1. Separate yourselves from the extremists, and ignore Trump. He’s not the vote rainmaker you thought he was.
2. Govern, this goes for Dems and independents. Quit these zero-sum, winner take all and sound bites strategy.
Actually, 3 pieces of advice:
3. Common sense gun laws. Owners have to pass a test showing they know how to safely use a gun. You know, like we do for cars. Require liability insurance for each gun. Yep, like cars again. Oh and require that each firearm be inspected annually to ensure it’s safety and firing mechanisms are in good working order. You got it - like cars.
Sean and Tucker and their ilk are entertainers whose employers pay to attract viewers and then advertisers. We saw after 1/6 that many of them knew at the time what was going on and tried to intervene. That they did not believe the script they were reading. That’s greed, and no matter what this will always be present. If there was more profit to be made by trumpeting progressive views they would do that.
Zero sum thinking is deciding anyone who is a Republican Party voter is full of hate. Is stupid. Is bad. I don’t agree. Are there hate filled people who vote Republican? Yes, of course. There are also hate filled Democrats. Independents.
When we reduce each other to a simple label, we lose the opportunity to broker solutions. What is it they say? All you have to do is convince the people holding pitchforks that the ones holding clubs want to take their pitchforks away. Like the Sneeches.
I have friends and family who are conservatives. Republicans. Trump or former Trump people. They’re not hate filled. Racist. Fascist. They’re not white supremacists. Not all of them are white. If they held any of those beliefs they would not be my friends or family.
They’re good people who formed their world view based on different life experiences and value systems. They respect that my views are different. Sometimes my view changes heating their thoughts. Sometimes their view changes, too. The thing is if they decided I’m a libtard and I decided they’re a MAGA Idiot then that’s where everything stops.
LBJ wanted to include in the 1968 Gun Control Act provisions for national registration of all firearms, and a shooter's license for all shooters, to prove they were responsible and legal..... There was push-back, and these measures were not in the final bill.
'Almost 0400 hours. Got to the Ukrainian border at about midnight. Two hour and a half to clear Ukrainian immigration and another hour to clear Polish immigration. Now we wait for Lucky to clear Polish veterinary inspection. He has been such a good boy. He didn't bite the vet when he read the id chip but when the driver reached in to get Tanya’s passport, Lucky took exception and growled at him.'
News today from Allen Hingston (subscribers on Letter to an American Friend responded to the morning post from Allen)
'Wow. A fan club. But Saskatchewan is my home. My grandson and his family live in Alberta. We fly into Calgary as it is a direct flight from Frankfurt. I'll try to post something from Warsaw.
Lucky is being a very good boy' (Lucky is Allen's and his wife Tanya's dog)
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Your greetings to Allen will be copied and emailed to him tomorrow. He appreciates your care. Thank you all!
Fern, thank you for this. Please send my best wishes to Allen, Tanya and Lucky for a safe trip to Canada- home for now. He has been wonderful to keep in touch with us despite all on his plate! Let them be safe and happy and free from fear!
Wonderful news! Gee whiz good stuff happening all over. My bubble may pop tomorrow but knowing Tanya and Lucky are together with Allen just seems like a "God's in his heaven and all is right with the world" moment.
Great news for Allen and co. Canada is a calm sensible nation, (except about ice hockey🤣), with lots of scenery to roam in. May it be your happy home for many years. We had a duck called Lucky at the Zoo farm for years. A crow flew over and dropped him when he was tiny. Both you, your wife and pooch are all very lucky. Putin is a greedy SOB but he can’t just fly around and have anyone he likes for lunch.
Best wishes, and safety to Allen, Tanya and Lucky! I’ve been fooled before, but it seems there may be a peek of light shining through where the end of this unholy mess might be seen.
So glad to hear that Alan is doing well as well as his wife and his dog. Great news!!! May we continue to get great news on the Senate race in Nevada and the House race too. 
I hope you're right about everything above, TC! The first advice to the Republicans that came into my mind was unprintable. I think my advice to any of them over 67 is "Retire now! You've earned it! Florida is gorgeous this time of year!"
To those under 40, I would say, "Trump has proven he is a paper tiger, and an infantile one at that. You are released! No more ceremonial Kissing of the Hind Quarters! Go home to your district and GO OUTSIDE. In the West, tour all the areas of your state devastated by droughts, wildfires, and longterm droughts. In the South, tour the endless beachfront communities still in tatters from <pick any CAT 3 to 5 hurricane of the past ten years. In Texas, go interview the hundreds of thousands of people, or their survivors, who were killed, or rendered homeless or broke by the massive damage when Abbott's pigheadedly independent Texas electrical grid failed in that freezing ice storm a winter or two ago. In the northeast, talk to the New Yorkers and Bostonians who already know perfectly well that absent very serious measures, they'll be navigating their streets by boat within 20 years.
On your front lawn, do what you've been secretly dying to do: BURN your MAGA hat and every photo of The Donald you can find. And wipe that brown schmutz off your face!
NOW: All come back to Washington and FIX everything about YOUR future that Trump royally effed up. Start with taking big, serious action to limit climate change. Consult your Democratic colleagues for the rest of the agenda to save your own asses and all of ours, too, from the wreckage wrought by The Former Guy, Agent Orange.
To the Republicans between 40 and 67, who are too young to retire and already too nearsighted to spot the oncoming cluster disaster, I would say "Wouldn't you rather take your graft prize winnings and open a nice barbecue joint back home? Just think. No more campaigns! All the ribs you can eat!"
Nooooooo….don’t send them to Florida! Swimming upstream here. Will stay with the family and fight the good fight.
Advice to Repubs: Flee ! Flee NOW ! Heed the advice of DeSatan and cloak yourselves in the armor of G*d to guarantee safe passage.
We’ll don the hazmat suits and prepare for pending nuclear Trumpty Dumpty explosion.All of Florida is within the cone of probability.
The exodus has started !The Trump flags are coming down. Covid numbers are rising again. Unvaxed MAGA’s are dropping like flies. Flee while you still can…
If Democrats survive this midterms, it will be despite Democratic strategists and pundits. Democrats continue to lose working class voters across all racial lines.
If a sane brain exists in Democratic leadership, they'll throw themselves on the mercy of Michigan's Democratic leaders who turned in brilliant results across the board for advice on winning (hint: clear proactive messaging delivered with no holds-barred clarity).
Democrats cannot continue to alienate (or fail to focus on) Hispanic, Black, and Asian American voters, nor can they postpone motivating the youth vote (which proved decisive in a number of races, and yet accounted for less than 30% nationwide).
The time for passing the baton is now...take proactive control of the messaging about the economy, invest in state legislative races, get the best communicators to blanket the country starting next week (not 6 weeks before the 2024 elections), figure out a long-term strategy to address Scotus (and educate the public), fire Christopher Wray (he's an utter disgrace and his leadership team has repeatedly lied to Congress). There should be non-stop momentum and communication.
2024 will be here sooner than we think, Trump is going to burn everything down and consume all the oxygen. For once, Democrats must be proactive and force the media to listen to their messages.
Especially paras. 4---the messaging is crucial; I've said it repeatedly: dem leaders seem to know only how to communicate in complex sentences with many clauses. Short snappy soundbites (that are true!), memorable zingers, and (like the GOP) coordinated daily more or less with universal taking points. Thanks for all 5 paragraphs. Super.
So disgusted that Dems failed to mention the republicans plan to gut SS and Medicare, except Joe just before voting started. Only one of the pile of inane emails mentioned it. Finally did donate to DNC but they have failed us. Come on Dems, time to put Beto or Stacy up for leadership roles.
hw your comment has created about equal amounts of new energy and a dragging anxiety The new energy and the excitement that goes with it are obvious I agree with you on every detail and I believe we are capable of what you propose and more the drag into a kind of sorrow is that I find it hard to convince myself that we will
This is great! I think humor literally saves my life every day. Meanwhile, this one must have been posted over two years ago bl/c I'm sure I found it before the pandemic. No matter, obviously not a direct reference to the current Election Madness but I have adopted it as my Official Plan for Life. I recommend it as we try to go about our daily lives with the song of uncertainty humming in the background. So far, it's working pretty well. It also sends me into one of those fits of laughter that lasts until I am thoroughly exhausted.
This is great news for Nevada and Arizona. Onward. On the advice for the challenged mobsters/crazies hoping to jump around the cage for two years, I think the best thing to say is just throw your stuff on the wall; it can take it. The adults outside the cage, led by the AMAZING Nancy Pelosi (thanks for your Pelosi story from long ago TC; it was a bellwether for her political skills) do their thing. It is going to be great show. Things are looking better and better. Thanks for your continuing analyses of the slow counts. It will be interesting to see what the nut cases have to "say". Maybe, just maybe there will be some GOP cowards who have lost their voices will suddenly recover the ability to speak and act sanely, humanely, and with justice. But maybe it is too much to hope for. All these great GOP Christians (?) who have no compassion; perhaps they have never read the Gospels about the message and life a person named Jesus.......
My advice for Republicans, especially election deniers and other MAGA extremists, is to call it a day, throw in the towel, and realize you're going the way of the dinosaur. Fade away into the quagmire in which you belong. Those Americans with half a lick of common sense have recognized you for what you are, and there's no going back.
Hello from Las Vegas! Technically, they'll wait, I bet, because some more ballots are out there and some need to be cured. But I THINK we've got it. The trendlines are in the right direction.
Unfortunately, it won't put the Democratic governor over the hump. But it should be enough to defeat the republicans for secretary of state (an election denier) and treasurer (certifiable).
I'll say probably. The races here were, as Red Barber liked to say, tighter than a new pair of shoes on a rainy day. And they ended up that way, but mainly because rural Nevada is insanely right-wing--Harry Reid saved their useless hind ends numerous times, and of course they religiously voted against him.
One of the great problems---just looking at the county by county maps in color with percentages---shows the great challenge of persuading---I really mean converting--- the right wing (and others). We (democrats dedicated to expanding the number of democrats) are dealing with political, cultural, and traditional views that are so strongly ingrained that they can be viewed as a "religious" point of view---i.e. one's "ultimate concern" and the value(s) around which you organize the rest of life. This is why messaging is so important---we need political "preachers" to "persuade' the 'unconverted" (all this has to do with the study of religion as a human experience in cultures, not particularly with theology, etc.) (more to say, but not now)
For what it's worth, when you look at a Nevada map, we have 16 counties and the state capital. Clark County, where Las Vegas is, has about 72% of the population. Washoe, the home of Reno, has about 20%. The rest is spread throughout the state. Democrats will pop into rural areas, and there are a few of them residing there, but it's understandable that they don't pay too much attention to them. That doesn't mean Democrats should NOT pay attention to them, especially in other states where the divide is less pronounced.
'CLOSING IN': doesn't only pertain to the final crucial election results; it's also what's happening to the Republican Party. The Party thought that it was closing in on us. No siree, the American people had had enough of their craziness, particularly young Black and Brown voters. They know more than any other group who their enemy is. Black and Brown young people voted for the Democrats at a higher percentage of any other group.
Do you feel more comfortable now calling Trump by his legal name? He still the ruler of The MAGAs. but his weaknesses and cruelty were not lost on American voters. Can the despicable nut job continue to get NUTTIER? I think so. The Orange Ogre may explode before our eyes, just like everything else he's done. We can't get too cool about this recent demonstration of Democracy by the American people because the Republicans aren't ready to retire. That's up to us,
TC made a highly unusual offer:
'So, open thread here for the weekend for everyone - paid and free - to take your best shot at giving 'them' the advice they really need to hear.' Oh that's going be a loud chamber crowded with expletives. If a Republican walks by, he/she will be deaf for the rest of its life.
🤣❤ where's David Carroll? Trump's echo chamber will continue to give him bad lawyerly advice. I have devolved to the eating popcorn meme. I didn't even engage the guy merrily skipping ahead of me in the grocery store chanting "Let's Go Brandon ".
Russian warship with the Republican MAGAt tugboat pulling it…..Go fuck yourselves.
And RonJon calling any kind of conference to decide anything…really?
And Boebert and Greene. Call girls. That’s all you are.
And DeSantis here in Florida…go gerrymander your short, clammy self straight to the woodshed where immigrants are waiting to beat you with switches.
And McCarthy…give it up. You will never be anything close to a match for Nancy Pelosi. You can barely string a coherent sentence together without sounding smarmy let alone be a speaker or Speaker.
And by the way boys and girls, you have seriously underestimated Liz Cheney.
To the Republicans...find your HUMANITY, and the truth. Or get buried by the future. Your call.
They had this advice in 2012, they decided that the tea party nuts ruled. So much for republicans finding humanity.
They are doomed by the rise of Gen Z. Most cognitive people recognize their humanity.
Just think of all those Gen Z 'kids' who will turn 18 by the 2024 election!
Estimated 2m a year.
Whelp, Republicans. Two pieces of advice:
1. Separate yourselves from the extremists, and ignore Trump. He’s not the vote rainmaker you thought he was.
2. Govern, this goes for Dems and independents. Quit these zero-sum, winner take all and sound bites strategy.
Actually, 3 pieces of advice:
3. Common sense gun laws. Owners have to pass a test showing they know how to safely use a gun. You know, like we do for cars. Require liability insurance for each gun. Yep, like cars again. Oh and require that each firearm be inspected annually to ensure it’s safety and firing mechanisms are in good working order. You got it - like cars.
#3 should be on every lawmakers agenda. Just like cars.
This would require replacing hate with respect for fellow man, even libtards. Sean and Tucker will explode at the thought. .
Sean and Tucker and their ilk are entertainers whose employers pay to attract viewers and then advertisers. We saw after 1/6 that many of them knew at the time what was going on and tried to intervene. That they did not believe the script they were reading. That’s greed, and no matter what this will always be present. If there was more profit to be made by trumpeting progressive views they would do that.
Zero sum thinking is deciding anyone who is a Republican Party voter is full of hate. Is stupid. Is bad. I don’t agree. Are there hate filled people who vote Republican? Yes, of course. There are also hate filled Democrats. Independents.
When we reduce each other to a simple label, we lose the opportunity to broker solutions. What is it they say? All you have to do is convince the people holding pitchforks that the ones holding clubs want to take their pitchforks away. Like the Sneeches.
I have friends and family who are conservatives. Republicans. Trump or former Trump people. They’re not hate filled. Racist. Fascist. They’re not white supremacists. Not all of them are white. If they held any of those beliefs they would not be my friends or family.
They’re good people who formed their world view based on different life experiences and value systems. They respect that my views are different. Sometimes my view changes heating their thoughts. Sometimes their view changes, too. The thing is if they decided I’m a libtard and I decided they’re a MAGA Idiot then that’s where everything stops.
LBJ wanted to include in the 1968 Gun Control Act provisions for national registration of all firearms, and a shooter's license for all shooters, to prove they were responsible and legal..... There was push-back, and these measures were not in the final bill.
JUST IN MESSAGE FROM ALLEN HINGSTON:
'Almost 0400 hours. Got to the Ukrainian border at about midnight. Two hour and a half to clear Ukrainian immigration and another hour to clear Polish immigration. Now we wait for Lucky to clear Polish veterinary inspection. He has been such a good boy. He didn't bite the vet when he read the id chip but when the driver reached in to get Tanya’s passport, Lucky took exception and growled at him.'
News today from Allen Hingston (subscribers on Letter to an American Friend responded to the morning post from Allen)
'Wow. A fan club. But Saskatchewan is my home. My grandson and his family live in Alberta. We fly into Calgary as it is a direct flight from Frankfurt. I'll try to post something from Warsaw.
Lucky is being a very good boy' (Lucky is Allen's and his wife Tanya's dog)
###
Your greetings to Allen will be copied and emailed to him tomorrow. He appreciates your care. Thank you all!
Fern, thank you for this. Please send my best wishes to Allen, Tanya and Lucky for a safe trip to Canada- home for now. He has been wonderful to keep in touch with us despite all on his plate! Let them be safe and happy and free from fear!
I am copying all the messages, and they will be emailed to him tomorrow.
Many good wishes from the UK, Glad to hear you and yours are safe and well having followed your posts in LFAA. Wonderful news.
Wonderful news! Gee whiz good stuff happening all over. My bubble may pop tomorrow but knowing Tanya and Lucky are together with Allen just seems like a "God's in his heaven and all is right with the world" moment.
Great news for Allen and co. Canada is a calm sensible nation, (except about ice hockey🤣), with lots of scenery to roam in. May it be your happy home for many years. We had a duck called Lucky at the Zoo farm for years. A crow flew over and dropped him when he was tiny. Both you, your wife and pooch are all very lucky. Putin is a greedy SOB but he can’t just fly around and have anyone he likes for lunch.
Allen grew up in Canada and his family lives there, including his children. It is very familiar ground.
Oh Lordy, good news from humans and pooch. May Ukraine rule
Great news, thanks for sharing this.
So happy to hear this. Wonderful.
🗽💜
Best wishes, and safety to Allen, Tanya and Lucky! I’ve been fooled before, but it seems there may be a peek of light shining through where the end of this unholy mess might be seen.
So glad to hear that Alan is doing well as well as his wife and his dog. Great news!!! May we continue to get great news on the Senate race in Nevada and the House race too. 
That is such sweet news. I could pinch myself My advice to Republicans, put your head between your knees and kiss your sweet dreams good night!
I hope you're right about everything above, TC! The first advice to the Republicans that came into my mind was unprintable. I think my advice to any of them over 67 is "Retire now! You've earned it! Florida is gorgeous this time of year!"
To those under 40, I would say, "Trump has proven he is a paper tiger, and an infantile one at that. You are released! No more ceremonial Kissing of the Hind Quarters! Go home to your district and GO OUTSIDE. In the West, tour all the areas of your state devastated by droughts, wildfires, and longterm droughts. In the South, tour the endless beachfront communities still in tatters from <pick any CAT 3 to 5 hurricane of the past ten years. In Texas, go interview the hundreds of thousands of people, or their survivors, who were killed, or rendered homeless or broke by the massive damage when Abbott's pigheadedly independent Texas electrical grid failed in that freezing ice storm a winter or two ago. In the northeast, talk to the New Yorkers and Bostonians who already know perfectly well that absent very serious measures, they'll be navigating their streets by boat within 20 years.
On your front lawn, do what you've been secretly dying to do: BURN your MAGA hat and every photo of The Donald you can find. And wipe that brown schmutz off your face!
NOW: All come back to Washington and FIX everything about YOUR future that Trump royally effed up. Start with taking big, serious action to limit climate change. Consult your Democratic colleagues for the rest of the agenda to save your own asses and all of ours, too, from the wreckage wrought by The Former Guy, Agent Orange.
To the Republicans between 40 and 67, who are too young to retire and already too nearsighted to spot the oncoming cluster disaster, I would say "Wouldn't you rather take your graft prize winnings and open a nice barbecue joint back home? Just think. No more campaigns! All the ribs you can eat!"
Love it.
Right on! Well said!
Nooooooo….don’t send them to Florida! Swimming upstream here. Will stay with the family and fight the good fight.
Advice to Repubs: Flee ! Flee NOW ! Heed the advice of DeSatan and cloak yourselves in the armor of G*d to guarantee safe passage.
We’ll don the hazmat suits and prepare for pending nuclear Trumpty Dumpty explosion.All of Florida is within the cone of probability.
The exodus has started !The Trump flags are coming down. Covid numbers are rising again. Unvaxed MAGA’s are dropping like flies. Flee while you still can…
Damn, those ribs lure some. Not me. I don’t need luring.. but love your unprintable advice…
If Democrats survive this midterms, it will be despite Democratic strategists and pundits. Democrats continue to lose working class voters across all racial lines.
If a sane brain exists in Democratic leadership, they'll throw themselves on the mercy of Michigan's Democratic leaders who turned in brilliant results across the board for advice on winning (hint: clear proactive messaging delivered with no holds-barred clarity).
Democrats cannot continue to alienate (or fail to focus on) Hispanic, Black, and Asian American voters, nor can they postpone motivating the youth vote (which proved decisive in a number of races, and yet accounted for less than 30% nationwide).
The time for passing the baton is now...take proactive control of the messaging about the economy, invest in state legislative races, get the best communicators to blanket the country starting next week (not 6 weeks before the 2024 elections), figure out a long-term strategy to address Scotus (and educate the public), fire Christopher Wray (he's an utter disgrace and his leadership team has repeatedly lied to Congress). There should be non-stop momentum and communication.
2024 will be here sooner than we think, Trump is going to burn everything down and consume all the oxygen. For once, Democrats must be proactive and force the media to listen to their messages.
Time for new leadership on the DNC. Stacy Abrams? Beto? Though not as consolation prizes, but two people who prevailed under crushing odds.
Especially paras. 4---the messaging is crucial; I've said it repeatedly: dem leaders seem to know only how to communicate in complex sentences with many clauses. Short snappy soundbites (that are true!), memorable zingers, and (like the GOP) coordinated daily more or less with universal taking points. Thanks for all 5 paragraphs. Super.
So disgusted that Dems failed to mention the republicans plan to gut SS and Medicare, except Joe just before voting started. Only one of the pile of inane emails mentioned it. Finally did donate to DNC but they have failed us. Come on Dems, time to put Beto or Stacy up for leadership roles.
hw your comment has created about equal amounts of new energy and a dragging anxiety The new energy and the excitement that goes with it are obvious I agree with you on every detail and I believe we are capable of what you propose and more the drag into a kind of sorrow is that I find it hard to convince myself that we will
I saw a meme once that I think sums this up:
BLM, LGBTQIA, BIPOC: “Help us!”
GOP: No
DEMS: No 🏳️🌈✊🏿💜✊🏾☮️✊🏽
This is great! I think humor literally saves my life every day. Meanwhile, this one must have been posted over two years ago bl/c I'm sure I found it before the pandemic. No matter, obviously not a direct reference to the current Election Madness but I have adopted it as my Official Plan for Life. I recommend it as we try to go about our daily lives with the song of uncertainty humming in the background. So far, it's working pretty well. It also sends me into one of those fits of laughter that lasts until I am thoroughly exhausted.
"I don't know who needs to hear this right now,
but if you're going through a rough time,
don't cut your bangs."
Suggestions for GQP congressional reps -
(1) Do the job you were elected to do! Put your district and state’s constituent’s needs FIRST. Not growing your own re-election coffers.
(2) Practice empathy - genuinely seek to understand how your constituents see and manage their lives.
This is great news for Nevada and Arizona. Onward. On the advice for the challenged mobsters/crazies hoping to jump around the cage for two years, I think the best thing to say is just throw your stuff on the wall; it can take it. The adults outside the cage, led by the AMAZING Nancy Pelosi (thanks for your Pelosi story from long ago TC; it was a bellwether for her political skills) do their thing. It is going to be great show. Things are looking better and better. Thanks for your continuing analyses of the slow counts. It will be interesting to see what the nut cases have to "say". Maybe, just maybe there will be some GOP cowards who have lost their voices will suddenly recover the ability to speak and act sanely, humanely, and with justice. But maybe it is too much to hope for. All these great GOP Christians (?) who have no compassion; perhaps they have never read the Gospels about the message and life a person named Jesus.......
GOP Christians, hahahaha. You mean Pharisees?
My advice for Republicans, especially election deniers and other MAGA extremists, is to call it a day, throw in the towel, and realize you're going the way of the dinosaur. Fade away into the quagmire in which you belong. Those Americans with half a lick of common sense have recognized you for what you are, and there's no going back.
You tell 'em!
I pray, again
Who is Tiffany? Who is Trump ?
I Laughed Out Loud.
Hello from Las Vegas! Technically, they'll wait, I bet, because some more ballots are out there and some need to be cured. But I THINK we've got it. The trendlines are in the right direction.
Unfortunately, it won't put the Democratic governor over the hump. But it should be enough to defeat the republicans for secretary of state (an election denier) and treasurer (certifiable).
Much better news than anyone was expecting last Friday!
I'll say probably. The races here were, as Red Barber liked to say, tighter than a new pair of shoes on a rainy day. And they ended up that way, but mainly because rural Nevada is insanely right-wing--Harry Reid saved their useless hind ends numerous times, and of course they religiously voted against him.
One of the great problems---just looking at the county by county maps in color with percentages---shows the great challenge of persuading---I really mean converting--- the right wing (and others). We (democrats dedicated to expanding the number of democrats) are dealing with political, cultural, and traditional views that are so strongly ingrained that they can be viewed as a "religious" point of view---i.e. one's "ultimate concern" and the value(s) around which you organize the rest of life. This is why messaging is so important---we need political "preachers" to "persuade' the 'unconverted" (all this has to do with the study of religion as a human experience in cultures, not particularly with theology, etc.) (more to say, but not now)
For what it's worth, when you look at a Nevada map, we have 16 counties and the state capital. Clark County, where Las Vegas is, has about 72% of the population. Washoe, the home of Reno, has about 20%. The rest is spread throughout the state. Democrats will pop into rural areas, and there are a few of them residing there, but it's understandable that they don't pay too much attention to them. That doesn't mean Democrats should NOT pay attention to them, especially in other states where the divide is less pronounced.
Go straight to jail! Do not pass go! Do not collect 200 dollars! And for gods sake take tRump with you and throw away the key!
What Karen said!
'CLOSING IN': doesn't only pertain to the final crucial election results; it's also what's happening to the Republican Party. The Party thought that it was closing in on us. No siree, the American people had had enough of their craziness, particularly young Black and Brown voters. They know more than any other group who their enemy is. Black and Brown young people voted for the Democrats at a higher percentage of any other group.
Do you feel more comfortable now calling Trump by his legal name? He still the ruler of The MAGAs. but his weaknesses and cruelty were not lost on American voters. Can the despicable nut job continue to get NUTTIER? I think so. The Orange Ogre may explode before our eyes, just like everything else he's done. We can't get too cool about this recent demonstration of Democracy by the American people because the Republicans aren't ready to retire. That's up to us,
TC made a highly unusual offer:
'So, open thread here for the weekend for everyone - paid and free - to take your best shot at giving 'them' the advice they really need to hear.' Oh that's going be a loud chamber crowded with expletives. If a Republican walks by, he/she will be deaf for the rest of its life.
🤣❤ where's David Carroll? Trump's echo chamber will continue to give him bad lawyerly advice. I have devolved to the eating popcorn meme. I didn't even engage the guy merrily skipping ahead of me in the grocery store chanting "Let's Go Brandon ".
You're asking the wrong person, Gail. I'll let you know if he drops by, without fail.
She may do that.
You know my advice….
Russian warship with the Republican MAGAt tugboat pulling it…..Go fuck yourselves.
And RonJon calling any kind of conference to decide anything…really?
And Boebert and Greene. Call girls. That’s all you are.
And DeSantis here in Florida…go gerrymander your short, clammy self straight to the woodshed where immigrants are waiting to beat you with switches.
And McCarthy…give it up. You will never be anything close to a match for Nancy Pelosi. You can barely string a coherent sentence together without sounding smarmy let alone be a speaker or Speaker.
And by the way boys and girls, you have seriously underestimated Liz Cheney.
Alrighty then.
🗽
May this vision spread far and wide
My advice to the Republicans is go to hell.
Been thinking of the Pelosi family a lot. Such a triumph brewing while they’re broken hearted over the difficult recovery Mr. Pelosi is facing.
Pretty please with a cherry on top. Holding my breath. Lighting candles. Knocking on wood. Crossing my fingers and toes. What else?