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Tweets that didnt age well 
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Jan 29, 2020 03:36
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Was this supposed to be a D pickup?
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Jan 29, 2020 03:43
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It was supposed to be a benchmark for Democrats to flip the state house in 2020. However she underperformed even the generic dem from 2018 who was up against the chairman of appropriations
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Jan 29, 2020 03:45
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People don’t turn out for special elections. At least someone’s trying.
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Jan 29, 2020 03:47
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skipdogg posted:People don’t turn out for special elections. Enough did for the other side. In elections with such small numbers, a well run campaign should be able to win if they have that kind of manpower. Maybe there should be more focus on physically driving people to the polls.
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Jan 29, 2020 03:52
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skipdogg posted:Was this supposed to be a D pickup? No. It is a an R+20 district.
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Jan 29, 2020 03:52
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Its R+9 according to 2018
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Jan 29, 2020 03:55
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GreyjoyBastard posted:I am excited and terrified by the idea of a goon (state) senator Same. Many times at 1 am I wonder why I decided to do this, then when I wake my son up for school at 6:30 I have a renewed energy to keep fighting.
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Jan 29, 2020 04:15
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Blotto_Otter posted:Two of the four largest colleges in Arkansas are still in dry counties. Many of AR's dry counties have loopholes that allow for beer/liquor to be sold for consumption on premises of a "private membership club", so you'd have goofy poo poo like a bunch of college kids buying a $1 lifetime membership to hang out and drink at the VFW. One of those counties had a vote to go wet about a decade back, and the list of largest donors to the (successful) campaign to keep it dry featured some delightful bedfellows: #1 was the liquor megastore located immediately on the other side of the county line, followed by a bunch of local Baptist churches. 34 of Arkansas' 75 counties are dry in some form. I went to college in a dry county in Arkansas (Faulkner), and I still don't understand the rules. Some restaurants had "membership clubs" to buy alcohol, but others just said they were restaurants with bars and it seemed to be fine. No stores straight up sold alcohol. The liquor stores were on the county line, 30 minutes away by car. It actually encouraged me to buy more heavy liquor than beer or wine, because it would last longer. I drink lighter stuff now than I did living in a dry county. Seems like the opposite of its objective.
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Jan 29, 2020 04:36
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At the very least a D on the ticket will be a good benchmark for the area in the future, though no telling how things will shake up with pop changes. Do state senate districts get redrawn with the census?
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Jan 29, 2020 04:41
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Watermelon Daiquiri posted:At the very least a D on the ticket will be a good benchmark for the area in the future, though no telling how things will shake up with pop changes. Do state senate districts get redrawn with the census? that's an interesting question
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Yeah, how else would they do it Bicameral state legislatures are kind of dumb because our federal system is the result of a compromise rather than practicality or philosophy and with no indelible district lines within states, you just have two proportionally representative bodies. But only one state has a single chamber zoux fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Jan 29, 2020 |
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Jan 29, 2020 05:02
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zoux posted:Yeah, how else would they do it There's the whole citizenship thing now, as well as Trump claiming that districts might be drawn based on eligible voters rather than population, which has implications beyond citizenship alone. Edit: Well, and to put that in clearer terms - not just Trump claiming that districts might be drawn in this way, see Evenwel v. Abbott arguing that districts don't HAVE to be drawn according to eligible voters rather than population, but that they COULD be drawn in this way litany of gulps fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Jan 29, 2020 |
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Jan 29, 2020 05:04
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She would have won if she just called herself Liz or Beth or Betsy or something Eliz? Too weird
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Jan 29, 2020 05:11
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Yeah how the gently caress does that even happen. Not enough nicknames for Elizabeth for you you gotta make up a weird one Hello my name is Jennif and this is my husband Ch.
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Jan 29, 2020 05:12
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i say swears online posted:that's an interesting question https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/citizenship-trump-census-voting-rights-texas/ Further reading on the topic. Expect extreme measures to disenfranchise minorities, backed by the Supreme Court.
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Jan 29, 2020 05:22
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this is good news... for shadi zitoon https://twitter.com/jaspscherer/status/1222323676772753409 BrutalistMcDonalds fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Jan 29, 2020 |
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:this is good news... for shadi zitoon Another rabid zitoon goon harasses the thread
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zoux posted:Yeah, how else would they do it i was wondering if they were under the same constitutional mandate; i figured states would have more freedom to delay a forced redistricting zoux posted:Hello my name is Jennif and this is my husband Ch. my nickname is the first few letters of my real name ;_;
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Jan 29, 2020 05:44
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https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1222535841844727813 lol get his rear end https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1222549882856255491 Yesterday they were talking about Sanders making a big campaign push here, I guess that's why. But if Bernie can win the Texas primary then that should really worry Cuellar and other aggressively moderate Dems and well I'm glad of it zoux fucked around with this message at 17:03 on Jan 29, 2020 |
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Jan 29, 2020 16:12
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cross-post from the map thread https://twitter.com/banalplay/status/1222302559253204992
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Jan 29, 2020 18:47
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I mean the point of maps like that is to laugh at whoever made it, but anyone that puts the whole state into one category is doing it wrong.
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Jan 29, 2020 18:57
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saintonan posted:I mean the point of maps like that is to laugh at whoever made it, but anyone that puts the whole state into one category is doing it wrong. It is a joke map
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Jan 29, 2020 19:05
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Is there a Dem Soc option for the TX-24 Democratic primary? I just moved into the district and have been seeing a lot about Olson and Valenzuela but neither of them appear to be left enough for my tastes.
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https://twitter.com/emmaplatoff/status/1222613607378227203 Folks, ya hate to see it beefart posted:Is there a Dem Soc option for the TX-24 Democratic primary? https://ballotpedia.org/Texas%27_24th_Congressional_District_election,_2020
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/emmaplatoff/status/1222613607378227203 “The sound of spines crumbling” is a truly insane quote
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Jan 29, 2020 21:20
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Joann Fleming is an insane person you see
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Jan 29, 2020 21:22
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I mean she's not wrong, but not for the reasons she hoped. The entire Republican party is on display right now for having no spine while their party is overwhelmed by corruption, bigotry, and cruelty. Her issue is really that there isn't quite enough cruelty and that it's not focused where she would like it to be.
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Jan 29, 2020 21:52
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Jan 30, 2020 02:31
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https://twitter.com/tperry518/status/1222693385485606913 noooooo beto pull up
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Jan 30, 2020 03:51
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he apparently went there to say bloomberg bought his way into the race, so lol on the optics or why he was even really there
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Jan 30, 2020 04:24
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texas is a hopeless case, in no small part thanks to beto, who galvanized conservatives thanks beto, you won't be missed, you loving loser
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enraged_camel posted:texas is a hopeless case, in no small part thanks to beto, who galvanized conservatives 
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dalstrs posted:I think we are going to surprise some people this year. I am attaching a map of SD-12 so you guys can easily see if you are in my district. I did polling station work in Carrollton in your district and the votes were 2-1 Democrat there in 2018. It's possible.
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beefart posted:Is there a Dem Soc option for the TX-24 Democratic primary? It is a tough race. I like most of the candidates and think they would all do well. I haven't seen anything that suggest any of them aren't at least pretty left. I think Candace or Jan are the most left but I am not sure. The only one I haven't personally talked to is Sam Vega so his politics are more unknown to me. I spoke at IGA earlier this week with Kim Olson and she can command a room. This is the district I live in and I'm still not sure who I am voting for. If I was in TX-26 the choice would be a lot easier. Kunabomber posted:I did polling station work in Carrollton in your district and the votes were 2-1 Democrat there in 2018. It's possible. I think so, people underestimate how much Trump motivates people. If we push policy that actually helps people on top of that I think we can have some shocking results in November. zoux posted:Another rabid zitoon goon harasses the thread It's a bandwagon we all need to join.
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enraged_camel posted:texas is a hopeless case, in no small part thanks to beto, who galvanized conservatives This is a correct take about Wendy Davis but an unbelievably incorrect take about Beto, who squeezed 20 point +R district into 3 point wins for a lot of republicans. There are absolutely Democrats sitting in long term GOP seats today because of Beto's Senate campaign which isn't something you can say about a Democratic state-wide also-ran since like, Reconstruction. We're mad at Beto because he didn't stay here and run vs. Cornyn not because he ran a bad Texas Senate campaign, he ran a great Texas Senate campaign.
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Is it time to start reading way too much into a special election in an r +20 district? Yes it is https://twitter.com/RobertTGarrett/status/1222900362568318977 The die is cast
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Jan 30, 2020 16:13
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Beto should have just ran for the chairmanship for the stet Democratic party. He'd probably be able to do some good there.
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I know we're all mad at Beto for running for president but imagine for a second you were surrounded by 50 Grima Wormtongues whispering in your ear that you're the chosen one and you can win this thing because they want to soak you and your supporters for campaign consultant cash.
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