California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, and Washington have “all mail” elections. Mostly Blue states. I’m sure the R’s would love to shut down our election system and run it through some billionaire-owned private mail system. What could go wrong?
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Putin put one of his earlier oligarchs in prison because mumble mumble
and only let him out years later after he signed everything over. One of the oil barons.
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‘Stop texting me’: Ex-Nancy Mace adviser goes off on ‘pitiful embarrassment’ lawmaker
The CEO of a political consultancy firm in South Carolina took to X on Friday morning to complain that he is being inundated with questions about controversial Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and explained that he “fired” her as a client months ago.
According to Wesley Donehue of political strategy firm Push Digital, he bailed on his former client because he didn’t have time for her drama.
Mace, who has been accused by former staffers of living to be invited to cable TV shows, with some calling her “delusional” and “a joke,” recently harassed a newly-elected trans lawmaker over bathroom privileges in a series of social media posts and television appearances. She also accused a foster child activist of assaulting her with what the individual said was just a handshake.
On X he wrote, “You can stop texting me. I fired Nancy Mace as client a few months back because I’m a political consultant and not a babysitter, a sex therapist or a doctor who can prescribe fixes for chemical imbalances. I don’t have time for her constant egotistical bulls–9 and drama in my life.”
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Good points. Is there any word on whether the Congress has or will vote to adjourn itself and go home to “enjoy” the holiday break? It would sure beat workin’ …
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I want Trump to investigate something. We currently have a President- Elect (MUSK) that was not born in this country. I want Trump to search for his birth certificate so we can find out what is going on…
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What a lovely tribute to your wife. I’m glad you shared this plea with our community.
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Wow, you must be really, really old to remember “annual budgets.”
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She’s the Liz Truss of Kyrsten Sinemas.
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Louisiana has two good things, food and music. Outside of those it’s a swamp, literal and figurative.
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Paul Krugman is no longer behind a paywall…from yesterday
“But a government shutdown in response to completely false claims about what’s in an innocuous short-term funding measure suggests that the peddlers of misinformation are high on their own supply.”
And this beauty, “…Inauguration Day is still a month away, yet the chaos monkeys have already taken over.”
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My office mate and I regularly trot out this line, so I love to see other people using it.
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I have to say, I prefer your problems to our problems.
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If I were a future White House Correspondent: “President Trump, how do you respond to the accusations that while you golf daily, Elon Musk is really running the show?”
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I grew up in the Detroit area, and Dick The Bruiser was a DJ on one of the local classic rock stations. So I heard his voice every morning on the drive to high school.
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Not at all a cat:
(Blob-headed fish and amphibious mouse among 27 new species found in ‘thrilling’ Peru expedition | Peru | The Guardian )
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The GOP strategy is all performative, but I always looked at it as done in personal interest (podcasts, t-shirts, NFT-bibles, etc).
I think the WWE analogy is spot on, but has me fear-wondering if there’s actually a Vince McMahon that’s writing their script with an actual story arc
Are we heading towards a “bah gawd it’s Kevin McCarthy’s music” moment or something stupid in a month?
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Gitmo.
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These are people who overwhelmingly voted trump.
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Musk at this point has so much money from so many sources that he’s effectively untouchable with that kind of pressure. However, Trump could destroy Musk by just closing down the DOGE project and banning him from the WH and MAL, so he wouldn’t have Trump’s ear and access to the inner circle.
“Thanks for the financial support in the election, we don’t need you now. Go play with your big Mars rocket.” It would be devastating for Musk, who thinks he’s running things now.
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A John Fetterman heel turn seems possible too, but not dramatic enough to draw ratings given the numbers in the Senate
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