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11/9 TGIF Happy Hour and Open Thread Weekend

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To borrow from someone I like very much at TOP, we have some things to cheer about this week. The jeers we’ve mentioning today already, but I’m certain we have a few more to add.

I don’t drink alcohol-infused beverages these days, but I will offer a cocktail that I used to drink occasionally in college: a 39th Street whiskey sour.

Ingredients include whiskey, OJ, splash of lemon juice, and a little bit of confectionery sugar. Shaken not stirred. Served with a bit of shaved ice.

This is for toasting Bill Nelson, Andrew Gillum, Stacey Abrams, and Kyrsten Sinema defending their states’ voters’ rights. Not just their supporters, but everyone’s, in ensuring all votes are recorded accurately. I confess I didn’t expect Bill Nelson to fight back. He deserves some kudos for not folding. They are the sunshine gang.

Feel free to continue posting news, tweets, videos (including music videos) for our happy hour! See you in the comments!

I’ll start this with some parrot head music. #bringithome

11/06 Midterm Elections Night & Open Thread, Deux

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Hi Birdies,

I’m starting a new thread.

Big races:

TX Sen – Beto vs Cruz
NV Sen – Rosen vs Heller
FL Sen – Sick Rott vs Nelson
AZ Sen – McSally vs Sinema
CA Sen – DeLeon vs Feinstein
MO Sen – Hawley vs McCaskill
TN Sen – Breesan vs Blackburn (Dem Lost)
VT Sen – Sanders vs a pack of Indies (well, not a big race, but it is Bernie’s re-up) Win>!

FL Gov – DeSantis vs Gillum
GA Gov – Kemp vs Abrams
MD Gov – Jealous vs Hogan
WI Gov – Evers vs Walker
IL Gov – Pritzker vs Rauner (Dem win)
AZ Gov – Garcia vs Ducey
ID Gov – Jordan vs Little
MI Gov – Whitmer vs Schulette
IA Gov – Hubbell vs Reynolds

MN AG – Ellison vs Wardlow

Democracy Now is reporting that Donnelly is projected to lose, which means it’s very unlikely the Senate will flip blue. That’s a surprise.

Please add your comments below!

11/6 Midterm Election Night & Open Thread

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Birdies–

Tonight we find out how much of a check the American people want to have on our Executive Branch. Or put it another way, how many of the 1000 legislative seats will the Dems gain from the last 10 years of losses? Will voters feel comfortable with the economy and overlook Trump? Will Trump’s divisiveness prevail and turn out his base?

Will we see our first women Native American Congressional Reps? First AA governor of FL and first female gov of GA? How well will the OR candidates perform in this cycle?

Of course, we hope there are no machine irregularities, but it’s anticipated that some will occur. And election lawyers will be on hand just in case.

In the Senate, Democrats are defending 26 seats while Republicans are only defending nine.

(those are predictions if they are filled in with red or blue, gold signifies toss-up)

In the gubernatorial races, there are 33 races, in which Dems could possibly pick up 9 of them.



(those are predictions if they are filled in with red or blue, gold signifies toss-up)

First polls close at 6ET in Indiana, VT and KY. Most in the MSM are saying to watch the 6th district in KY, but the bellwethers will be in VA 4 GOP races and FL 4 GOP races when the polls close at 7 ET.

Larry Sabato of Crystal Ball expects Dem pick-ups in the gubernatorial races, including Kansas.

Big races:

TX Sen – Beto vs Cruz
NV Sen – Rosen vs Heller
FL Sen – Sick Rott vs Nelson
AZ Sen – McSally vs Sinema
CA Sen – DeLeon vs Feinstein
MO Sen – Hawley vs McCaskill
TN Sen – Breesan vs Blackburn
VT Sen – Sanders vs a pack of Indies (well, not a big race, but it is Bernie’s re-up)

FL Gov – DeSantis vs Gillum
GA Gov – Kemp vs Abrams
MD Gov – Jealous vs Hogan
WI Gov – Evers vs Walker
IL Gov – Pritzker vs Rauner
AZ Gov – Garcia vs Ducey
ID Gov – Jordan vs Little
MI Gov – Whitmer vs Schulette
IA Gov – Hubbell vs Reynolds

MN AG – Ellison vs Wardlow

Add the races you are keen about in the comments!

9/14 Now that the Primaries are Over, What’s Next for the Progressive Wave?

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The past 6 months have been a rodeo. Like the contestants of the rodeo, they all start with great promise. We had a lot of newcomers as well as some seasoned ones aspiring to move into a more risk taking adventure. I enjoyed the primary diaries we all participated in. March 6th saw the first state primary for the general election, and from it, Beto O’Roarke emerged as the Democratic nominee for the US Senate from Texas. Yesterday’s NY-NY primary marked the end of the primary season. While our three preferred candidates didn’t win, we did see the beginning of … Continue reading →

9/6 Delaware Primary Thread & Etc. Update: Carper Wins Over Harris to Move on to the GE

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Today Deleware is holding its primary. The main race the media is watching is the US senate seat currently held by Tom Carper, a centrist Dem. His opponent is Kerri Evelyn Harris, an organizer who has served in the Iraq war and has been introduced as a Justice Democrat candidate. The polls close at 8PM ET. You can view the results as they come in at Politico: https://www.politico.com/election-results/2018/delaware/. Here's how @KerriHarrisDE is feeling on Election Day https://t.co/OxYBlESM3v — Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) September 6, 2018 Feel free to also post other news or fun videos as this serves as a second … Continue reading →

8/28 Arizona, Florida Primaries Night & Open Thread; Gillum Wins in Gov Race in FL!!!

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Tonight is another big primary night, this time in AZ and Florida. The Justice Dems Running in House Races: Florida and Arizona, have you voted? You still can. Polls close at 7 pm local time. We can help build a Congress that works for the people. You can help get out the vote at https://t.co/bx994hOEAL pic.twitter.com/mwNwUiIJfw — Justice Democrats (@justicedems) August 28, 2018 Also governors races will be watched carefully since Dems are eyeing congressional district line redraws in 2020. In Florida, Andrew Gillum is up against Gwen Graham. Both are from Florida’s panhandle. OK Florida. This is it. When … Continue reading →

8/9 About That KS-03 Race

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The primary day KS-03 was a strange one in politics, almost as strange as Arizona, Kentucky and Rhode Island were for Bernie Sanders in 2016. Birdies, you may remember that there were holdouts in KY primary, in which it showed Bernie in the lead. Then I remember following the Lexington journalists on twitter, and they too could not believe how the numbers changed in a county that had already reported its numbers of Bernie’s lead suddenly flipping to Clinton. In AZ and RI, there weren’t enough poll stations open for the long lines, and in AZ, Clinton was already declared … Continue reading →

8/7 Major August Primaries Night & Open Thread

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Hi Birdies–it’s a big primary night. Poll closing Times: OH-4:30 PT/6:30 CT/7:30ET Kansas, Missouri – 5pm PT/7pm CT/8pm ET Michigan – 6PT/9CT/9ET (polls are open the same amount of hours in the Central time zone, which is in the UPI) Washington – 8:00 PT/10pm CT/11ET Incumbents count on low turnout in midterm primaries. That's why we've been all #GetOutTheVote and #GOTV on social all weekend. Voters in MI, MO, KS, and WA need to know who the Justice Democrat in their district is. Share this to help spread the word. https://t.co/bx994hx3cb pic.twitter.com/OFxuO7T4RE — Justice Democrats (@justicedems) August 6, 2018 Most … Continue reading →

6/5 Super June Primary Night Thread

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Tonight is the Dem primaries for AL, CA, IA, MT, MS NJ, NM and CA. The state being watched most closely is the largest one, California, especially in the house, senate and governor’s races. From Politico: Democrats are more assured of getting general election candidates through the primary in four other Clinton-won, Republican-held districts in California. And in the governor’s race, it could be Republicans who end up without a candidate. That race is a battle for second place. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom has led public polling, but former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and state Treasurer John Chiang, both … Continue reading →

5/22 More Runoffs/Primaries, Cheeto & Cuomo Share Similar Donors & Nina Fires Back–& Open Thread

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Tonight there are 17 runoffs in Texas and primaries in KY, GA, & AR. Should be an interesting evening looking at the polling results. Did you know some of the folks who worked for Cheeto are also banksters donors for Gov Andrew Cuomo’s campaign? Yep, you can’t make this bowl of party chex up! In other news, Nina Turner issued a statement about the Politico article which reports the whispers of the has-beens of the Clinton campaign. That and more in the comments! Please feel free to post videos, tweets or other things on your mind! Update: NPR and other … Continue reading →

Paula Jean Swearengin Discusses Her Campaign For U.S. Senate

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Paula Jean Swearengin spoke with TYT’s Cenk Uygur about her campaign against Joe Manchin.

On name recognition and Manchin’s polling numbers:

“A lot of people know Joe Manchin. A man walked up to me the other day and said “Who are you running against?”. I said “Joe Manchin”. He said “I dont want to know anymore I’m voting for you”. A lot of people are going to show up and vote for me whether they know my name or not”

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“He [Manchin] is polling to lose to a generic Republican. What is worrisome to a lot of people here in West Virginia is Don Blankenship is polling second. I don’t think that people are going to get behind Joe Manchin especially because Don Blankenship is in this race because let’s be honest, West Virginia is going to make history when Blankenship gets his butt kicked by a coal miners daughter.”

On how Manchin views her candidacy:

“I’ve seen him a few times, I’ve asked him to debate. I don’t think he’ll have the guts to do it. It’s funny, as an advocate for this state and working for this state for years oftentimes I’ve been called honey, babydoll, darlin’ by Joe Machin. When I announced my candidacy I was called Paula Jean. So finally I have a name. I hope he starts calling more women by their names.”

Watch the entire interview:

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3/15 The Ides of March

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The ides of March. Originated with Julius Caesar, but not emphasized until Shakespeare wrote a play about a Roman dictator. But also how the dictator was assassinated and the underbelly of corruption was exposed. On this date in 2016, Bernie Sanders decided not to fold up his campaign, even though he did poorly in Super Tuesday. However, TBTB in the Democratic Party tried to coronate one of its baronesses as the nominee and did not honor their agreement to host more debates. But Bernie didn’t give up. He ended up winning more states and raising over $234M, over a million … Continue reading →

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