2022 Midterms

[MDlaxfan76]

I've always made sure I told them to remember that if they don't like their job or the way people are treated, or the way businesses are run? Quit complaining, and start your own business!

I say this to my kids and every young person I talk to. You think starting a business is risky? No, putting your ability to feed your family in someone else's hands - THAT is risky.

+1

Two pieces of great advice.

[Seacoaster(1)]

Fun:

https://twitter.com/JDCocchiarella/stat ... 3143056390

[Kismet]

MAGA Republican nominee for Governor (and also an insurrectionist on January 6) dressed up as a Confederate soldier for an official event while on the faculty of the Army War College in Carlisle PA in 2013 - How ironic that the college which is located in Carlisle PA is quite near Chambersburg which was burned to the ground by invading Confederate armies in 1864.

Decision-making BS like this should be a disqualifier for office. Good judgement should count for something. I guess the guy has never seen an insurrection against the United States that he didn’t like.

https://www.businessinsider.com/doug-ma ... ary-2022-8

What a dope!

[DocBarrister]

Herschel Walker once put a gun to his ex-wife’s head and threatened to blow her brains out. He blamed the incident on his diagnosed dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder).

Walker's threats and alleged menacing behavior toward his ex-wife, Cindy Grossman, and other women date to at least 2001, according to police records obtained by NBC News and other outlets. Walker was never criminally charged. But he and Grossman discussed several incidents publicly after Walker's 2008 memoir described his being diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, or DID, formerly known as multiple personality disorder. Walker has said he developed “alters” to deal with stress and trauma, and he has noted how memory loss is a symptom of DID.

… “The first time he held the gun to my head … he held the gun to my temple and said he was going to blow my brains out,” Grossman is then seen saying in a clip from a 2008 interview with CNN.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna45544

The “first time?!?”

Now, dissociative identity disorder can explain his multiple personalities, but it doesn’t really explain why Herschel Walker held a gun to his ex-wife’s head and threatened to blow her brains out. People diagnosed with dissociative disorders are not more prone to violence, unlike the malignant stereotype.

https://bpded.biomedcentral.com/article ... 017-0053-9

Nope, can’t blame Mr. Walker’s dissociative identity disorder for holding a gun to his ex-wife’s head … that’s all on Herschel Walker.

Trump sure knows how to pick them. Of course, Trump is a credibly accused rapist. So a little gun play with a woman’s head probably wouldn’t preclude Trump’s endorsement.

DocBarrister

[DocBarrister]

Things are beginning to look ominous for the Trump MAGA-Trash Republican Party. Democrat Mary Peltola just defeated Trump-supported Sarah Palin for Alaska’s sole House seat.

Democrat Mary Peltola has defeated Republican Sarah Palin in the special election for Alaska’s vacant House seat, a big upset over the former governor in the state’s first election under ranked-choice voting.

Peltola, a former state legislator who will become Alaska’s first indigenous member of Congress, defeated a special election field that included Palin and another Republican, Nick Begich III. The Democrat finished first in the initial tally and then won enough second-choice votes from Begich’s supporters to see off Palin, who had former President Donald Trump’s endorsement and previously won a statewide campaign in 2006.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/3 ... t-00054428

That’s two upset Democratic wins in special elections in recent weeks.

A Red Wave doesn’t look likely in November.

Can the Democrats actually hold the House?

DocBarrister

[CU88]

Things are beginning to look ominous for the Trump MAGA-Trash Republican Party. Democrat Mary Peltola just defeated Trump-supported Sarah Palin for Alaska’s sole House seat.

Democrat Mary Peltola has defeated Republican Sarah Palin in the special election for Alaska’s vacant House seat, a big upset over the former governor in the state’s first election under ranked-choice voting.

Peltola, a former state legislator who will become Alaska’s first indigenous member of Congress, defeated a special election field that included Palin and another Republican, Nick Begich III. The Democrat finished first in the initial tally and then won enough second-choice votes from Begich’s supporters to see off Palin, who had former President Donald Trump’s endorsement and previously won a statewide campaign in 2006.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/3 ... t-00054428

That’s two upset Democratic wins in special elections in recent weeks.

A Red Wave doesn’t look likely in November.

Can the Democrats actually hold the House?

DocBarrister

Palin can see failure from her house...

[NattyBohChamps04]

Herschel Walker once put a gun to his ex-wife’s head and threatened to blow her brains out. He blamed the incident on his diagnosed dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder).

Walker's threats and alleged menacing behavior toward his ex-wife, Cindy Grossman, and other women date to at least 2001, according to police records obtained by NBC News and other outlets. Walker was never criminally charged. But he and Grossman discussed several incidents publicly after Walker's 2008 memoir described his being diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, or DID, formerly known as multiple personality disorder. Walker has said he developed “alters” to deal with stress and trauma, and he has noted how memory loss is a symptom of DID.

… “The first time he held the gun to my head … he held the gun to my temple and said he was going to blow my brains out,” Grossman is then seen saying in a clip from a 2008 interview with CNN.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna45544

The “first time?!?”

Now, dissociative identity disorder can explain his multiple personalities, but it doesn’t really explain why Herschel Walker held a gun to his ex-wife’s head and threatened to blow her brains out. People diagnosed with dissociative disorders are not more prone to violence, unlike the malignant stereotype.

https://bpded.biomedcentral.com/article ... 017-0053-9

Nope, can’t blame Mr. Walker’s dissociative identity disorder for holding a gun to his ex-wife’s head … that’s all on Herschel Walker.

Trump sure knows how to pick them. Of course, Trump is a credibly accused rapist. So a little gun play with a woman’s head probably wouldn’t preclude Trump’s endorsement.

DocBarrister

A few symptoms of CTE in there as well.

[NattyBohChamps04]

Things are beginning to look ominous for the Trump MAGA-Trash Republican Party. Democrat Mary Peltola just defeated Trump-supported Sarah Palin for Alaska’s sole House seat.

Democrat Mary Peltola has defeated Republican Sarah Palin in the special election for Alaska’s vacant House seat, a big upset over the former governor in the state’s first election under ranked-choice voting.

Ranked choice voting would have kept Trump from winning the 2016 Republican primary. It's good for all parties.

[a fan]

Things are beginning to look ominous for the Trump MAGA-Trash Republican Party. Democrat Mary Peltola just defeated Trump-supported Sarah Palin for Alaska’s sole House seat.

Democrat Mary Peltola has defeated Republican Sarah Palin in the special election for Alaska’s vacant House seat, a big upset over the former governor in the state’s first election under ranked-choice voting.

Peltola, a former state legislator who will become Alaska’s first indigenous member of Congress, defeated a special election field that included Palin and another Republican, Nick Begich III. The Democrat finished first in the initial tally and then won enough second-choice votes from Begich’s supporters to see off Palin, who had former President Donald Trump’s endorsement and previously won a statewide campaign in 2006.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/3 ... t-00054428

That’s two upset Democratic wins in special elections in recent weeks.

A Red Wave doesn’t look likely in November.

Can the Democrats actually hold the House?

DocBarrister

Palin can see failure from her house...

You win the day, CU88 !

[DocBarrister]

Things are beginning to look ominous for the Trump MAGA-Trash Republican Party. Democrat Mary Peltola just defeated Trump-supported Sarah Palin for Alaska’s sole House seat.

Democrat Mary Peltola has defeated Republican Sarah Palin in the special election for Alaska’s vacant House seat, a big upset over the former governor in the state’s first election under ranked-choice voting.

Peltola, a former state legislator who will become Alaska’s first indigenous member of Congress, defeated a special election field that included Palin and another Republican, Nick Begich III. The Democrat finished first in the initial tally and then won enough second-choice votes from Begich’s supporters to see off Palin, who had former President Donald Trump’s endorsement and previously won a statewide campaign in 2006.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/3 ... t-00054428

That’s two upset Democratic wins in special elections in recent weeks.

A Red Wave doesn’t look likely in November.

Can the Democrats actually hold the House?

DocBarrister

Palin can see failure from her house...

True, Palin is a loser. But remember, Trump won Alaska by 10 points in 2020. A Democrat hasn’t held this seat in 50 years.

There is something big happening nationwide that is favoring the Democrats.

DocBarrister

[DocBarrister]

Impressively, Peltola managed to prevail despite Alaska being a fairly red state. According to FiveThirtyEight’s partisan lean metric, Alaska is 15 percentage points redder than the nation as a whole. That means going by the results in the final round, Peltola’s 3-point victory was an 18-point overperformance for Democrats. By contrast, last week, Democrat Pat Ryan won New York’s 19th District, an R+4 seat, by 2 points — just a 6-point overperformance.

(Citations omitted.)

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/wh ... ember/amp/

DocBarrister

[HooDat]

Things are beginning to look ominous for the Trump MAGA-Trash Republican Party. Democrat Mary Peltola just defeated Trump-supported Sarah Palin for Alaska’s sole House seat.

Democrat Mary Peltola has defeated Republican Sarah Palin in the special election for Alaska’s vacant House seat, a big upset over the former governor in the state’s first election under ranked-choice voting.

Peltola, a former state legislator who will become Alaska’s first indigenous member of Congress, defeated a special election field that included Palin and another Republican, Nick Begich III. The Democrat finished first in the initial tally and then won enough second-choice votes from Begich’s supporters to see off Palin, who had former President Donald Trump’s endorsement and previously won a statewide campaign in 2006.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/3 ... t-00054428

That’s two upset Democratic wins in special elections in recent weeks.

A Red Wave doesn’t look likely in November.

Can the Democrats actually hold the House?

DocBarrister

Palin can see failure from her house...

True, Palin is a loser. But remember, Trump won Alaska by 10 points in 2020. A Democrat hasn’t held this seat in 50 years.

There is something big happening nationwide that is favoring the Democrats.

DocBarrister

I wouldn't get too excited Doc about the long term prospects for the Dems in Alaska. If you parse the voting, it is clear that the GOP in Alaska outweighs the Dems by (at least) 60/40.

But, you can take comfort in the fact that 35% of the GOP voters preferred a Dem to Palin.

[DocBarrister]

Things are beginning to look ominous for the Trump MAGA-Trash Republican Party. Democrat Mary Peltola just defeated Trump-supported Sarah Palin for Alaska’s sole House seat.

Democrat Mary Peltola has defeated Republican Sarah Palin in the special election for Alaska’s vacant House seat, a big upset over the former governor in the state’s first election under ranked-choice voting.

Peltola, a former state legislator who will become Alaska’s first indigenous member of Congress, defeated a special election field that included Palin and another Republican, Nick Begich III. The Democrat finished first in the initial tally and then won enough second-choice votes from Begich’s supporters to see off Palin, who had former President Donald Trump’s endorsement and previously won a statewide campaign in 2006.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/3 ... t-00054428

That’s two upset Democratic wins in special elections in recent weeks.

A Red Wave doesn’t look likely in November.

Can the Democrats actually hold the House?

DocBarrister

Palin can see failure from her house...

True, Palin is a loser. But remember, Trump won Alaska by 10 points in 2020. A Democrat hasn’t held this seat in 50 years.

There is something big happening nationwide that is favoring the Democrats.

DocBarrister

I wouldn't get too excited Doc about the long term prospects for the Dems in Alaska. If you parse the voting, it is clear that the GOP in Alaska outweighs the Dems by (at least) 60/40.

But, you can take comfort in the fact that 35% of the GOP voters preferred a Dem to Palin.

A Republican slice of burnt toast should have been able to win that seat in Alaska.

It wasn’t just Palin’s baggage that lost the seat. Peltola campaigned heavily on reproductive rights.

DocBarrister

[jhu72]

.. I think the SCOTUS RvW decision is still being underestimated.

[Kismet]

Things are beginning to look ominous for the Trump MAGA-Trash Republican Party. Democrat Mary Peltola just defeated Trump-supported Sarah Palin for Alaska’s sole House seat.

Democrat Mary Peltola has defeated Republican Sarah Palin in the special election for Alaska’s vacant House seat, a big upset over the former governor in the state’s first election under ranked-choice voting.

Peltola, a former state legislator who will become Alaska’s first indigenous member of Congress, defeated a special election field that included Palin and another Republican, Nick Begich III. The Democrat finished first in the initial tally and then won enough second-choice votes from Begich’s supporters to see off Palin, who had former President Donald Trump’s endorsement and previously won a statewide campaign in 2006.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/3 ... t-00054428

That’s two upset Democratic wins in special elections in recent weeks.

A Red Wave doesn’t look likely in November.

Can the Democrats actually hold the House?

DocBarrister

Palin can see failure from her house...

True, Palin is a loser. But remember, Trump won Alaska by 10 points in 2020. A Democrat hasn’t held this seat in 50 years.

There is something big happening nationwide that is favoring the Democrats.

DocBarrister

I wouldn't get too excited Doc about the long term prospects for the Dems in Alaska. If you parse the voting, it is clear that the GOP in Alaska outweighs the Dems by (at least) 60/40.

But, you can take comfort in the fact that 35% of the GOP voters preferred a Dem to Palin.

Certainly. But in November, the GOP will be split again and if the newly elected Dem is as moderate/popular as she seems, she has an excellent chance of re-election. Very much like Murkowski on the Senate side who is also going to get re-elected.
Benedict Donald doesn't play well in Alaska and apparently neither does Caribou Barbie. Crummy candidates usually don't win.

[jhu72]

The Denali Ditz won't win in November.

The story.

[jhu72]

Big hole in republiCON financing.

[ardilla secreta]

A woman’s view of the mid-terms

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[MDlaxfan76]

Big hole in republiCON financing.

Doesn't help that Trump is in full grift mode.

But then, there's the $1.6 billion...

[HooDat]

Has everyone seen - Kathy Griffin is calling for a civil war if the dems don't dominate the midterms.

it's getting pretty weird out there....