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[OrangeGrayBlue]

This NY race is crazy. I think it's the biggest swing yet.

Especially impressive because I get the impression that R votes are more reliable than D votes in special elections. Not sure if there's any data to back that up though, just an educated guess.

 

[sphagnum]

Be careful. That's how you get Tulsi Gabbards.

You wouldn't rather have half the Congress made of Tulsi Gabbards than the current GOP?

 

[whyamihere]

You wouldn't rather have half the Congress made of Tulsi Gabbards than the current GOP?

That wasn't the point tho

 

[kirblar]

lololol

At least we still agree on that even if we have very different thought processes and opinions on definitive language!

 

[Teggy]

Hannity announced that he's not going to talk about Seth Rich "for now".

 

[whyamihere]

Romney actually won New York AD9 55-43.

What a ROMP.

#iconic

#ChristinePellegrino2020

 

[Bonen no Max'd]

lol

Dave Weigel @daveweigel

After tonight, Dems are roughly 0.2% of the way to reversing their state legislative losses under Obama.

 

[Suikoguy]

Be careful. That's how you get Tulsi Gabbards.

Sounds like something you should see your doctor about.

 

[Box of Kittens]

Speaking as a Chicagoan, there are definite disadvantages to only having one viable party, especially when a machine is involved. I'd still take this over living in a Republican dominated area for sure.

 

[whyamihere]

At least we still agree on that even if we have very different thought processes and opinions on definitive language!

Forever and always.

 

[Aaron Strife]

You wouldn't rather have half the Congress made of Tulsi Gabbards than the current GOP?

Do I have to decide right now?

It should be 218 Tom Perriellos.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Speaking as a Chicagoan, there are definite disadvantages to only having one viable party, especially when a machine is involved. I'd still take this over living in a Republican dominated area for sure.

It's not just Chicago, Madigan's not exactly farting roses down in Springfield. There is a fundamental problem with only one party being serious about the "actually taking care of people and providing services" part of government, while the other is stuck in privatization, low tax la la land.

 

[Box of Kittens]

I'm certainly no fan of Michael Madigan. Of course when Bruce Rauner's idea of standing up to him is demanding that Illinois be turned into Scott Walker's Wisconsin...

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

I'm certainly no fan of Michael Madigan. Of course when Bruce Rauner's idea of standing up to him is demanding that Illinois be turned into Scott Walker's Wisconsin...

Rauner is a dummy. The establishment GOP should have been holding him up as the kind of incompetent, clueless disaster you get when you elect a businessman with no actual political acumen to high office.

 

[Stumpokapow]

LIBERAL PROGRESSIVE BERNIE ICON TULSI GABBARD

the 162nd most liberal democrat in the house #wow #amazing

 

[sazzy]

because this tweet says it better than I can..

 

[Fenderputty]

whyamihere is one of the three posters here who I never, ever disagree with. If you find yourself arguing with him I would bet a lot of money that you're wrong.

Confirmation bias: the post

 

[whyamihere]

Confirmation bias: the post

i see nothing wrong with it tbh

 

[Fenderputty]

i see nothing wrong with it tbh

This made me laugh

 

[Toxi]

This is sad

I literally wrote more on the "Thank you" card I sent to my grandparents yesterday.

 

[whyamihere]

NY AD-09

Pellegrino (D, WFP): 57.89%
Gargiulo (R, C, I): 41.93%

D+15.96%

Trump: 59.96%
Clinton: 36.87%

R+23.09%

Romney: 55.49%
Obama: 43.39%

R+12.10%

This was a 39.05% swing from the 2016 presidential result, and a 28.06% swing from 2012.

Insane.

 

[VendettaRed07]

Pence calls his wife "mother"?

 

[Aaron Strife]

NY AD-09

Pellegrino (D, WFP): 57.89%
Gargiulo (R, C, I): 41.93%

D+15.96%

Trump: 59.96%
Clinton: 36.87%

R+23.09%

Romney: 55.49%
Obama: 43.39%

R+12.10%

This was a 39.05% swing from the 2016 presidential result, and a 28.06% swing from 2012.

Insane.

I've crunched the numbers - if there was a uniform swing of 39 points from 2016, we would win 476 U.S. House seats and 107 U.S. Senate seats.

You heard me.

Edit: We'd swing 172 seats. For a majority of 366 seats. Consider your expectations set.

 

[neurosisxeno]

Pence calls his wife "mother"?

Would not surprise me at all.

 

[whyamihere]

Montana:

https://decisiondeskhq.com/upcoming-races/montana-early-voting-updated-523/

As of last night, the state reported 238,320 of 354,681 mailed ballots have been returned. That tally is 106% of 2014's total mailed absentees, and 71% of 2016's. Over 71% of the vote in Montana is concentrated in 9 counties. Here's how their returns stack up:

County (2016 Presidential vote, Gubernatorial vote) % returned

Cascade (voted for Trump by 22%, Bullock by 10%) 65.4% of mail-ins returned

Flathead (voted for Trump by 36%, Gianforte by 15%) 67.4% of mail-ins returned

Gallatin (voted for Clinton by 1%, Bullock by 15%) 62.5% of mail-ins returned

Lake (voted for Trump by 21%, Bullock by 1%) 71.6% of mail-ins returned

Lewis & Clark (voted for Trump by 7%, Bullock by 23%) 71.1% of mail-ins returned

Missoula (voted for Clinton by 16%, Bullock by 34%) 62.3% of mail-ins returned

Ravalli (voted for Trump by 38% Gianforte by 14%) 73.4% of mail-ins returned

Silver Bow (voted for Clinton by 14%, Bullock by 44%) 69.6% of mail-ins returned

Yellowstone (voted for Trump by 27%, Gianforte by 1%) 68.1% of mail-ins returned

Overall, 67.2% of mailed absentees have been turned in. For comparison, in 2016, 94.8% of absentees sent were returned, in 2014, 88.7%, and in 2012, 92.2%. We expect a considerable number will flood in tomorrow and thousands more will likely be dropped off at election offices and precincts by the deadline.

Yellowstone, the largest county in the state by population, and typically a Republican one, still has not exceeded its 2014 mail-ins, but a pile of large counties have blown past midterm numbers: Ravalli is at 120% of its 2014 tally, Lewis and Clark 118%, Gallatin 115%, Flathead 113%, and Missoula 109%. All mail-ins must be received by Thursday, May 25th.

I don't really see anything of note here.

pop of each county:

Yellowstone: 155,634
Missoula: 112,684
Gallatin: 97,308
Flathead: 94,924
Cascade: 82,344
Lewis and Clark: 65,856
Ravalli: 41,030
Silver Bow: 34,680
Lake: 29,099

 

[Fenderputty]

You guys are being mean to Donald. If Obama writes that letter, it's insulting because he's an intellectual. Give the slower prez a break guys. He also just got back from the Middle East so I'm sure he was still anxious. The

 

[adg1034]

I've crunched the numbers - if there was a uniform swing of 39 points from 2016, we would win 476 U.S. House seats and 107 U.S. Senate seats.

You heard me.

-Aaron Strife, founder and editor-in-chief of FiveEightyThree.

Spoiler

Okay, FiveEightySix when you include DC. But who's counting.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Montana:

https://decisiondeskhq.com/upcoming-races/montana-early-voting-updated-523/



I don't really see anything of note here.

Blowing past midterm turnout is a good sign, at least.

40% turnout would probably be ok in 2018 depending on which 40% turned out. Frankly I'd shoot for 50

 

[neurosisxeno]

I don't really see anything of note here.

Well there is this:

a pile of large counties have blown past midterm numbers

That bodes well for Democrats generally.

 

[whyamihere]

Well there is this:



That bodes well for Democrats generally.

Generally, as long as its our voters.

 

[Teggy]

I've crunched the numbers - if there was a uniform swing of 39 points from 2016, we would win 476 U.S. House seats and 107 U.S. Senate seats.

You heard me.

🤔

 

[The Technomancer]

I haven't found the gif yet but when Trump says "just got back from the middle east" I think its the Israeli ambassador who basically facepalms

EDIT:
https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/866770905036443649/video/1

 

[thepotatoman]

I haven't found the gif yet but when Trump says "just got back from the middle east" I think its the Israeli ambassador who basically facepalms

EDIT:
https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/866770905036443649/video/1

No, it's the director of Mossad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Cohen

 

[The Technomancer]

No, it's the director of the Mossad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Cohen

Even better!

 

[teiresias]

I've crunched the numbers - if there was a uniform swing of 39 points from 2016, we would win 476 U.S. House seats and 107 U.S. Senate seats.

You heard me.

Edit: We'd swing 172 seats. For a majority of 366 seats. Consider your expectations set.

I'm convinced. If we don't win veto-proof majorities in 2018 I'm calling for Stein to primary Pelosi.

 

[mo60]

I've crunched the numbers - if there was a uniform swing of 39 points from 2016, we would win 476 U.S. House seats and 107 U.S. Senate seats.

You heard me.

Edit: We'd swing 172 seats. For a majority of 366 seats. Consider your expectations set.

I know that you are probably joking but even with a uniform swing that large there will still be some republicans districts even if there was a 39 point swing in favour of democrats. A lot of these republican district would pretty much be in the deep south in states like AL, MS and etc.They would likely be winning these districts by 5 to 10 points or even less. You can possibly swing the districts where the republican won by 10, 20, 30, 40 and maybe even 50 and 60 and 70 points with a uniform swing that large.

 

[Dan]

Did you think one Gorka in the administration was too many? How about two?

DHS hires Gorka's wife for top advisory role

The wife of President Trump's top anti-terror adviser, Sebastian Gorka, has been hired as an adviser to the Department of Homeland Security's chief of staff, according to documents obtained by a watchdog group.

Katherine Gorka will serve as an adviser to the agency's chief of staff in a permanent role, according to the American Oversight group.

Gorka has criticized the agency extensively in her work in the private sector. During the Obama administration, Gorka blasted the agency for teaching employees that Islam is a religion of peace.

"Not only is the war against the Islamist threat not being won, it is not even being fought," Gorka wrote at the time.

Gorka says that Obama's counterterrorism policies have "driven many of today’s experts underground."

 

[chadskin]

The Tajik president came prepared for Trump's yankshake:

 

[shinra-bansho]

Is that Melania's signature...

You wouldn't rather have half the Congress made of Tulsi Gabbards than the current GOP?

This confuses me. Why would army of Liberal Icons be replacing the GOP members and not Democrats.

 

[Davide]

Pope Francis just gave Trump his encyclical on climate change.

 

[sazzy]

long-awaited HBO/Jon Stewart show cancelled

http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/23/media/jon-stewart-hbo/index.html

 

[Grexeno]

long-awaited HBO/Jon Stewart show cancelled

http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/23/medi...hbo/index.html

Probably Stewart deciding to do something different.

 

[neurosisxeno]

long-awaited HBO/Jon Stewart show cancelled

http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/23/media/jon-stewart-hbo/index.html

I enjoy Last Week Tonight more than I ever enjoyed The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.

 

[royalan]

I enjoy Last Week Tonight more than I ever enjoyed The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.

Yep.

 

[nature boy]

I see Hannity has been silenced by the globalist cucks.

Spoiler

For real, looks like he got a beating down by Fox

 

[Gattsu25]

long-awaited HBO/Jon Stewart show cancelled

http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/23/media/jon-stewart-hbo/index.html

It was going to be an animated show, right?

Edit: from the link:

In a joint statement, Stewart and the network said they have decided not to proceed with a short-form digital animated project due to "technical issues."

"We all thought the project had great potential but there were technical issues in terms of production and distribution that proved too difficult given the quick turnaround and topical nature of the material," they said.​

I enjoy Last Week Tonight more than I ever enjoyed The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.

Yep.

Thirded.

 

[Valdfellgar]

I enjoy Last Week Tonight more than I ever enjoyed The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.

Yep.

Last Week Tonight is the shit. I legit get a little sad and angry when he tells us he won't be back for a week. It's like "You're my fucking coping mechanism, John! What am I supposed to do without you!? What am I supposed to do?"

 

[Plinko]

I enjoy Last Week Tonight more than I ever enjoyed The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.

Yep.

Jon Stewart on his worst day >>>>>>> John Oliver on his best

The "yelling at fake people" stuff he does is the worst. I don't mind the show itself, but the man is intolerable. Everyone has their moments, but much of Stewart's humor was subtle and smart. Oliver's is like getting beaten with a bag of oranges. In case you didn't get the joke, he's going to yell and swear immediately after so you have another chance. Oliver is like the kid in high school who had some decent humor but would almost always ruin the moment by following it with something rude and obnoxious. I feel like people have fallen under the "Oh it's on HBO so it must be smart!" mindset with his style of humor.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Last week tonight is informative and they do good issue awareness stuff but it's also pretty unfunny. Oliver doesn't have half of Stewart's comedy chops, or if he does, he's not using them.

 

[metalslimer]

Honestly the funniest part of TDS was the correspondents. I never found Stewart that funny especially towards the end where it felt like he was just running through the motions.