2 for California, 2 for Montana is ridiculous, but I don't think Dems get enough credit for actually winning a majority. I mean, ever. It is certainly rigged against them. That they ever get above about 42 is a bit of miracle.
Wednesday, November 04, 2026
Gone And Forgotten
I don't always dance on the graves of the dead, but Lindsey Graham was a monster and lol no one will remember him in 3 years.
For My Amusment
I don't know if it matters much, but it would be funny.
Washington — President Trump has been asking advisers around him and on the phone whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should stay in his job, following Republicans' catastrophic losses Tuesday night, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CBS News.
Retirement Home
I keep hitting this elder care issue in part because I get a lot of pushback. It really is one reason why electeds try to hang on so long, and this has been privately confirmed to me by staffers.
Unless you are a rich person (common in Congress) who has had a private staff for years (much less common), there is no way that you can buy the kind of care that a member of Congress can get.
Elder care doesn't mean "wiping your ass." It isn't medical or nursing aid care. It means handling your basic daily affairs, mostly.
One difficulty with a private staff is you have to manage the staff. The United States Congress is an employer that handles most of the staffing issues. You also have eager overeducated people willing and able to put in extra effort, to put up with shit they wouldn't from other bosses.
Sure a rich person can hire a staff, but that's hard and they mostly won't be the Ivy grads who chuck their CVs at your office constantly.
If you do have money, you can plan for these things, but for these people, this was their plan.
Who
I guess I had heard of this guy.
BREAKING on MS NOW: Mike Johnson will NOT run for House Minority Leader.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) November 4, 2026 at 3:10 PM
TALAFREEKO
Texas has had an odd place in culture my whole life. The Dallas Cowboys - and their cheerleaders, of course - were, for reasons I can't explain, America's Team for a long while. It wasn't always hardcore conservative in that context, but it was, well, Texas.
Things are changing.
Blue Texas
One election does not make it solidly blue, but Texas being in play for presidential elections will likely change how "we" talk about the electoral college.
Texas+California is 40+54.
People lie every 4 years and say the EC ensures that small states are not overlooked, when the opposite is true. Republicans might suddenly start hating the EC and might even start being more honest about it.
Tuesday, November 03, 2026
Lindsey's Legacy
Not 100% but looks like the Dem wins South Carolina and no one remembers Lindsey Graham's name in 3 years.
More Thread
Is Blue Texas really happening?
...looks like TALAFREAKO wins
..more on this tomorrow but dems winning TX statewide will hilariously change everything
It Ain't Over 'til It's Over
I refuse to get invested in possibilities based on early vote totals.
...Roy Cooper wins NC.
...Dem Governor Bottoms in Georgia.
The Online Right's Closing Election Message
If you have any idea what this stuff means (I do, sort of) then I am very sorry.
Will He Get A Pardon
Maybe I can bet on that at one of those betting sites.
Washington — An Oklahoma man faces federal charges after allegedly sending hundreds of letters containing white powder to public officials and media outlets ahead of both the 2024 and 2026 elections.
According to charging documents unsealed on Tuesday, Robin Patrick Martin allegedly sent more than 700 envelopes to public officials of both parties across the country. Authorities said the powder contained in the envelopes was nontoxic and said the envelopes had messages written in UV-reactive ink, not easily seen by the naked eye.
Martin is charged with one count of conveying false or misleading information and hoaxes and another count of mailing threatening communications. It wasn't immediately clear whether Martin had been taken into custody.
According to an FBI affidavit, Martin "described perceived issues with the 2020 election, claimed that President Donald Trump won the 2020 election, and voiced concerns regarding some of the same issues recurring in the then-upcoming 2024 election."
Just a patriot.
COUNT FASTER
At some point I switched from going to bed at 1am to going to bed at 10pm (generally) and I am not looking forward to having to stay up very late.
Yes I know the polls haven't closed yet, except in Guam I guess.
Pete's Warfighters
They don't like him much.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had a similar approval rating. Roughly 45% of respondents said they approved of him, while 50% said they disapproved.
The kid of a friend is in the military, and while I don't think this person's opinion (hates Pete) is anything but anecdote, I do get the sense that hating Pete is a perfectly normal thing to do. It isn't an opinion people feel they have to hide.
Matt Drudge No Longer Rules Our World
I was thinking about how, in the old days, election day activities for liberal bloggers would including monitoring Drudge to see what nonsense he was trying to feed to cable news. Things like BROKEN VOTING MACHINE IN WHITE GEORGIA PRECINT or SCARY BLACK MEN SEEN AT POLLS.
Back then, everything would jump right from Drudge to cable news. He was their assignment editor.
Back then, Drudge was a conservative warrior.
He is no longer that. It seems he hates Trump as much as any normie lib does.
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