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Post by roseinbloom on Jan 6, 2021 8:46:29 GMT -6
It’s been like 8,000 votes updated since 3:30 am. Some people have been working hard for democracy.
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Post by beatch on Jan 6, 2021 8:48:14 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Jan 6, 2021 8:50:05 GMT -6
It was also Election Day in VA and we held onto our Dem majority
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Post by miawallace on Jan 6, 2021 8:50:35 GMT -6
In honor of this great day, The Snubbing of Mitch McConnell! Never gets old! OmG his face! Lol
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Post by mrsweasley on Jan 6, 2021 8:52:39 GMT -6
👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 I’ve missed Kornacki I am catching up because I missed a lot last night, but you can catch him during Football Night in America before the Sunday night game. Really cashing in on the popularity 😂
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Post by dc2london on Jan 6, 2021 8:53:06 GMT -6
In honor of this great day, The Snubbing of Mitch McConnell! Never gets old! OmG his face! Lol Schumer's face too "You reap what you sow MFer"
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Post by miawallace on Jan 6, 2021 8:54:07 GMT -6
I woke up around 4am my time and my friend sent me a message on messenger telling me to go back to sleep. And I was like “hold up! I need to see what’s happening in Georgia and then I’ll go back to sleep”
He works the amazon belt overnight.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 6, 2021 8:54:08 GMT -6
I think Mitch has plenty of mischief planned as Minority leader. They'll have to drag him out of that chamber after rigor mortis. He'll never retire.
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Post by roseinbloom on Jan 6, 2021 9:02:42 GMT -6
Another 5k just came through. How many of the 65k they had left can be tabulated today? I just want it to be a firm enough win for AP to call it. Warnock is a huge victory, I’m just suppressing until we know the senate is “signed, sealed, delivered.”
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Jan 6, 2021 9:06:07 GMT -6
I’m awake! Ossoff is up! Is this really happening?!! 😭😆☺️
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Post by sctiger on Jan 6, 2021 9:08:30 GMT -6
I'm torn between joy at the results, and rage that for years bullshit think pieces about how we need to listen to racist rural white people (largely shared, in my experience, by "liberal" white dudes)... When in reality we needed to fight Black suppression. AND BLACK PEOPLE KEPT TELLING US THAT. Rage. Fuck rural white people. They aren't going to change. It's time to start serving the people who do the work and vote leaders into office. Trying to appease racist white people is futile. The whole hillbilly elegy bullshit and all that.
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Post by loves2read on Jan 6, 2021 9:10:16 GMT -6
It’s interesting to think how much more consequential Kamala is going to be as tie breaker in the Senate for two years.
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Post by stepho on Jan 6, 2021 9:10:44 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2021 9:12:20 GMT -6
I don't anticipate getting much work done today.
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Post by carmensandiego on Jan 6, 2021 9:12:50 GMT -6
I think this shows the long term damage that voter suppression does to communities. It was a concerted - and TBH largely ignored - effort at all three branches. Legislators signed oppressive voting requirements and redistricted as favorably as they could, the executive branch signed those laws into effect, and the judiciary failed to act as a gatekeeper.
Democratic candidates and voters shouldn't have to be this desperate to get out the vote.
Hell, it also goes to show how out of touch the party is with some constituents that really showed up for it in its most desperate hour.
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Post by carmensandiego on Jan 6, 2021 9:13:38 GMT -6
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Post by Wtfshouldmynamebe on Jan 6, 2021 9:14:20 GMT -6
Trump is going to whine soon. They showed the almost completely maskless packed crowd in DC
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Post by carmensandiego on Jan 6, 2021 9:14:44 GMT -6
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Post by byjove on Jan 6, 2021 9:19:28 GMT -6
Trump is going to whine soon. They showed the almost completely maskless packed crowd in DC This is going to be bad in so many ways. The BLM protestors were very good about wearing masks and did not precipitate an outbreak. This time? *shudders*
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Post by Rebel on Jan 6, 2021 9:24:06 GMT -6
Trump is going to whine soon. They showed the almost completely maskless packed crowd in DC This is going to be bad in so many ways. The BLM protestors were very good about wearing masks and did not precipitate an outbreak. This time? *shudders* And with the new more contagious Covid strain....this rally is going to be the cause so many needless deaths.
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Post by carmensandiego on Jan 6, 2021 9:24:14 GMT -6
OMG...someone on Twitter posted part of James Carville's interview on Twitter. 😂
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Post by overboard on Jan 6, 2021 9:25:51 GMT -6
What’s that, 2021? HOPE???
This is a lovely way to start the day.
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Post by roseinbloom on Jan 6, 2021 9:32:00 GMT -6
I guess they are hopeful they might have a result by lunchtime???
Eta I misread, they will know how many are left to count
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Post by Eames on Jan 6, 2021 9:32:05 GMT -6
I don't anticipate getting much work done today. Same. For some reason I am wading into the comments section on Fox News because it's delightful to see them arguing about whether Trump has ruined their party. 😂
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Post by athn64 on Jan 6, 2021 9:32:45 GMT -6
Yes, while Stacey deserves so much credit, it wasn’t magic on her part. So many people and orgs have been working hard and need continuing support. The org I’ve donated to in Milwaukee the last year sends handwritten thank-you notes from their director! Think of the time that takes let alone the organizing part of it. I can’t hype the Daily episode from Monday enough. It’s the first part of a two part series on the run off and it focus on the Dems. They interview Ms Abrams and it’s great, but they also talk to her and other people about the efforts. It’s completely novel approaches in some cases. And it’s so hands on and relationship based. It takes a lot of work, but gosh it’s so worth it. I’m also in the middle of the podcast series White Picket Fences about white women voters and it really makes you think. All the time and resources put in to court that group. I’d like to see some sort of cost benefit analysis on that versus efforts to bring new voters into the process, especially voters who have been suppressed and disenfranchised. If we want to build power, we need to really be deep diving on this and implementing the proven methods quickly. Not to mention it’s the right thing to do morally to repair the injustice and wrongs of our country. Like no shade at all to people who donated to her because damn we were desperate, but let’s see less Amy McGrath money and more Stacey and company money. You know they are coming for us in 2022 so we need to be organized and efficient. Thanks for coming to my pre coffee Ted talk. White women are the problem. Full out. We need to pivot our efforts to more worthy demographics.
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Post by downwarddog on Jan 6, 2021 9:35:17 GMT -6
Trump is going to whine soon. They showed the almost completely maskless packed crowd in DC This is going to be bad in so many ways. The BLM protestors were very good about wearing masks and did not precipitate an outbreak. This time? *shudders* One of my besties has worked at the Dept of Justice for over 20 years and she said for the first time ever in her tenure, they just locked all the doors in her DC office building because of the scene growing outside. Very disturbing.
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Post by origami on Jan 6, 2021 9:38:11 GMT -6
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Post by Uncaripswife on Jan 6, 2021 9:39:44 GMT -6
I'm torn between joy at the results, and rage that for years bullshit think pieces about how we need to listen to racist rural white people (largely shared, in my experience, by "liberal" white dudes)... When in reality we needed to fight Black suppression. AND BLACK PEOPLE KEPT TELLING US THAT. Rage. Fuck rural white people. They aren't going to change. It's time to start serving the people who do the work and vote leaders into office. Trying to appease racist white people is futile. The whole hillbilly elegy bullshit and all that. I think we need to remember that there are plenty of racist white supremacists in urban and suburban areas, too.
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Post by origami on Jan 6, 2021 9:40:31 GMT -6
This part.
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Post by origami on Jan 6, 2021 9:42:41 GMT -6
Fuck rural white people. They aren't going to change. It's time to start serving the people who do the work and vote leaders into office. Trying to appease racist white people is futile. The whole hillbilly elegy bullshit and all that. I think we need to remember that there are plenty of racist white supremacists in urban and suburban areas, too. Hell yeah there are. I live in the Portland, OR metro area and there are racist AF folks here. Watching results last night with whole counties that go 70, 80, 90% blue? I've never seen anything like that in my "liberal" urban enclave.
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