Thursday, September 24, 2020

Election 2020 Update: SCOTUS and the Senate

As surely as the seasons change from summer to fall and the Gulf clears itself of tropical disturbances; as certainly as 2020's hurricanes went from boys and girls to non-binary; and as absolutely as there will be a new Justice seated before November 3rd, will President Donald Trump be "re-elected", in the most marginal definition of the word.

Prove me wrong, Donks.  It's all up to you.  No amount of scolding is going to get it done.  The polls all say you've got this, just as they did right up until the afternoon of November 8, 2016.  So this is a "no excuses" election for you.  Not that you won't make all of the same stale ones if I'm right.

And I really don't want to be right.  I'm just not going to be helping you, or many of your down-ballot candidates, like I have in decades past.  That ship has sailed.

As for the Supreme Court: maybe you all can motivate Schumer, et.al. to throw a block.  I'm not seeing it, even if Mark Kelly wins and jumps the seniority line, because of Mitt now.  Amy Coney Barrett (or Barbara Lagoa, or whomever) will have ordered the drapes for her new office by then, her robes having come back from the tailors.  Seat on the bench adjusted and ready to cast her vote on approving the incumbent president's legal pleading for "election tampering", or vote "fraud", or whatever.  Negotiations are open for a third term.  A second one IMHO is no longer in question.



What are you gonna do about it, riot in the streets?



You could use it as a learning experience in how to wield power once you get it back.  Maybe not sign off on Trump's judges or undeclared wars, to start.  Sure sounds like anything more radical than that -- like changing the crusty rules of the upper chamber -- are out of your reach.



One thing I would suggest not doing is giving any more money to Bitch McConnell's opponent.


Personally I would have donated if Charles Booker had won the KY D primary.  And I'm voting for David Collins here in Deep-In-The-Hearta, since he's back on my ballot.  Consider the rest of Kate Willett and Ryan Grim's advice on a case-by-case basis if you've got political cash to burn.

And rank Lisa Savage first if you live in Maine.  Sara Gideon is still going to win, and Susan Collins is still going to lose.  So is Cory Gardner in Colorado.  The other seats Democrats ought to capture are North Carolina (Thom Tillis, R inc. versus Cal Cunningham); Montana (Steve Daines, R inc. versus Steve Bullock); Iowa (Joni Ernst, R inc. versus Theresa Greenfield) and Georgia's regularly scheduled US Senate election (David Perdue, R inc. versus Jon Ossoff).  It's a longer shot, but if a blue wave has been underestimated, the Donks could sweep out Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, replacing him with Jaime Harrison.  But they will lose Alabama's Doug Jones to Auburn's Tommy Tuberville.  The GA special election, Kansas, and yes, Texas, are out of reach.

But the ones I've predicted are enough to give Donks a 53-47 margin, which is what Moscow Bitch has been working with, and if I'm also wrong about Trump being re-elected then it's a new blue day in Washington.  They can do whatever they want.

Just don't forget that Joe Biden wants to work with Republicans because America needs the GOP.  That's why I #ListenToBernie.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

The Weekly TexFarLeft Wrangle


While there are things to be sad about and things to be mad about, this round-up of the best of the left of, about, and from around our Great State chooses a few things to celebrate.

To mark today as National Voter Registration Day, as well as to highlight the ongoing Hispanic Heritage Month ...


And before moving on to politics, some more good food news.


The sunny side for Democrats:


And for Greens:


Bad news for Republicans, though.


Much more stupid from Coronavirus Cornyn later.


Springer, generally viewed in this jungle primary as Luther's main Republican competition, is in quarantine after his wife tested positive for COVID.


"Can we get back to the good news, PDid?" Yes we can.


And while I have plenty of the regular reporting for another Wrangle later in the week -- you know, cops and Republicans behaving badly, environmental and criminal justice postings -- I'll close today with these.

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Saturday, September 19, 2020

Sunday "Rest in Notorious Peace" Toons

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Friday, September 18, 2020

Friday Lone Star Lefty Round-up


Keep your eyes on the Gulf again.


Governor Abbott has folded to the disaster capitalists who are the base of his financial support and opened up the state's businesses for more COVID spreading.


Including assisted living facilities.


But not the bars. Vox caught up with an Austin liquor store owner who described how his business has continually made adjustments through the six-month-long pandemic.

Teachers and students are adjusting as well.


With just a few of the most recent election headlines ...


Here are those details (Facebook Live, tonight at 7 p.m. CT).


(Remember: in last Saturday's weekender, Senator Lucio tweeted about the Pharr-B-Q. tomorrow.)


Last month the San Antonio Report posted some renderings of the restored battlefield and the relocated Cenotaph.


Ralph Bivens for the Texas Realty News Report snarks on Tesla's choice of a rural outpost for its truck factory, making the case that Houston would have been smarter.

Speaking of stupid:


A short wrap-up this Friday. Here's a few social justice posts.

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Thursday, September 17, 2020

White House Update: Greens and Blues see red (w/*updates)


Donks win some (Wisconsin, *Pennsylvania), Sunflowers fight back (Texas).


Plenty blogged already about that legal case.


There's been a lot of the geek fighting Twitter is famous for, so I'll just post some of my favorites.


I suppose that's enough blinding hypocrisy for one week.

-- While the Democrats and the Greens fought it out in court, Kanye also had to do battle for ballot access. The stress is getting to him though, and he's ... well ...


I was going to put "seeing yellow" in the headline, but it looks like he's properly hydrated, as it's more straw-colored. I would like to know if he was holding his own phone for this video. His hand -- if it's his -- is remarkably steady.

-- What's Sleepy Old Joe been up to? Latinx outreach.


Keep in mind that he hired all these new people with Latin surnames after being criticized for failing with the Browns, and this is what they came up with.


I don't know. I don't know what this is, either.


I was the quartermaster for my Scout troop at summer camp in 1969. I think that's the last time I've heard the word spoken. Ladies' department managers have lived a little longer than quartermasters, but they're going the way of department stores and dinosaurs also. Maybe Joe should go down to the Bijou and watch a newsreel, catch up on current events.

*Update: Biden's drive-in town hall on Thursday evening went well for him, although Politico thinks it was a softball session. Personally I wasn't thrilled, or surprised, at his support for fracking.


"Nothing will fundamentally change", except Kamala's shoes.


-- So let's mention Trump's town hall, where he got told to shut up by the Black woman, confused herd immunity with herd mentality, and a few other lies and ignorant comments.



*Update: Cash strapped Trump campaign awaits bailout from big donors

-- Just listen to this man.


Who needs a yard sign?
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