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friendbot2000 posted:Aight goons! Who is ready to get into the loving trenches with me and continue the fight? Same but in Maryland - didn't do my due process on the school boards, but luckily we're generally a progressive county/state. Speaking of MD, Hogan won (by a large margin) but that wasn't a surprise. He's avoided being seen as close to Trump and has promised to continue working with a legislator, which tbf he doesn't have a choice as the Dems have a lock on the state house. More locally, Marc Elrich won county executive in Moco which is good! He has some...backwards ideas regarding development and is seen as a bit too friendly to NIMBYs but overall he was a better candidate than Floreen or (lol) Ficker. All in all it wasn't the night that we hoped for, but Dems still took the house and just as importantly, we took some state legislators and governors mansions back. My suggestion to everyone? Take a break for the holidays, see family, friends, do hobbies. RELAX. Do anything BUT worry about politics. We've earned it, and your health/sanity need the break. However come January when the new congress gets sworn in, it will be time for all of us get back in the trenches and focus on 2020!
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axeil posted:Who's ready to flip the VA legislature into a Dem majority and give us another trifecta? I forgot VA and their damned off-year elections! Oh well, better to hit the ground running!
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friendbot2000 posted:Do I hear the beginnings of a Goonsquad Coalition? Someone call our glorious leader Fancy. It is time for war! Hopefully Fancy is logged off the internet for a month and taking a much deserved break. With that said, yes we should all get Goodnsquad back together for 2019!
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The Glumslinger posted:A guide to the 2020 Senate race This was an incredibly informative post, thank you. Based on that list, Dems getting the Senate in 2020 looks tough. You mentioned a few possible primary challengers on the liberal end. Outside of the retiring Rs, do you see any that may get a primary challenge from the MAGA crowd? Such as Thom Tillis?
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The Glumslinger posted:They might try again on Lamar Alexander, they tried to primary him in 2008 and 2014 I just looked up the 2016 senate election on Wikipedia and Oomf, I know we were all freaking out about Trump that night, but my god you are right did the Democrats just fail so spectacularly. Stolen from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2016 Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat Kentucky Nevada Seats before 54 44 Seats after 52 46 Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 2 Popular vote 40,402,790 51,496,682 Percentage 42.4% 53.8% Swing Decrease 9.3% Increase 10.0% Seats up 24 10 Races won 22 12 Bold is mine. Republicans had 24 seats up that election, and won 22 of them. This is despite getting about 11 million fewer votes in total. This shows both how much Democratic party just failed in 2016, but also just how undemocratic the Senate is given our current demographic makeup.
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Nov 7, 2018 23:47
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Lightning Knight posted:Senator Roem would loving own. Could she run for state senate in 2019?
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Quorum posted:Incidentally, the last time Virginia had a Democratic trifecta was under Governor Wilder, who left office in 1994. Since then, at least one chamber of the legislature (and almost always both) or the governorship have been held by Republicans. Considering how different the Virginia Democratic Party of the early 1990s was-- and, indeed, how different the Virginia of the early 1990s was-- I almost can't imagine what a huge difference that would make in the state. Living in the DC Metro area and seeing how fast Northern Virginia has changed over the last twenty years has been completely nuts. I still can't get over how people commute from places such as Warrenton into DC. As I stated earlier, VA going from solidly red, to swing state, to solid blue in 20 years is just..I don't have a word for it.  As recently as 2004 Virginia went Republican and voted for Bush! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2004
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Discendo Vox posted:friendbot, could you go over what their positions are? In MD, the vast majority of zoning policy authority is allocated to appointed county-level entities specifically to avoid abuse by elected officials. What makes these scalps your priority? I’ll try to make an effort post later but in regards to Amanda she has a lot of outsized influence on the planning board. Here’s a fluff piece about her in Bethesda mag where she wants to https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/july-august-2018/the-accidental-activist/
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So I’m watching the HBO Beto documentary and hear me out. It’s less about Beto O’Rourke and more about local progressives in a deep red and conservative state fighting against the odds against an entrenched Republican goliath and exceeding all expectations. You hear from people who are suffering under Republican rule and pouring their hearts, time, and wallet to make change happen, to improve their lives, and the lives of everyone in their state. They are fighting to end gun violence, LGBT and racial equality, immigration ,minimum wage, healthcare ect in a state mostly known for religion and guns. As someone deeply involved in local politics (albeit in a deep blue state which as its own challenges) it was really inspiring. 
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Congrats VA goons!!!! Special shoutout to Yourboyfancy and Friendbot2000 - you all earned this. Enjoy yourselves!! The fight continues in 2020!
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Nov 6, 2019 02:52
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Oracle posted:Holy Christ y’all voter enthusiasm is through the roof. My local county clerk had to post on Facebook that there were no elections in our county/state today because they kept getting calls asking about it. 2020 is gonna be insane. If this momentum keeps up 2020 will be an electoral slaughter for the GOP. 
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Ugh, our NIMBY mayor won re-election in Rockville, MD so that’s a huge blow to affordable housing.
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Nov 6, 2019 13:50
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Rednik posted:I'm excited about last night's results, but drat Trump is also somehow turbocharging the GOP turnout. This was an under reported aspect of the 2018 midterms and continues to be one today. Yea the theme seems to be Democrats and independents are motivated - but Republicans are too. It explains how in states like KY the lovely Republican Governor loses but Republicans still win at the local level.
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Nov 6, 2019 14:36
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mcmagic posted:https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1192119152892399616 Even then, the voter suppression in the south is really loving bad. Without it, Abrams would have been governor. Luckily Abrams has been at the forefront to fight against voter suppression with her Fair Fight 2020 initiative. I suggest every good have a look and donate if you can. https://fairfight.com/
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Nov 6, 2019 17:50
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Grouchio posted:Why is Amazon trying to vote out socialists again? I assume the socialists want to tax them and make them pay a fairer share to society like funding transit and housing
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We really don’t need leftist candidates following the Republican example and openly calling for the deaths of our political rivals.
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Dec 20, 2019 00:42
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VitalSigns posted:Maybe because most people don't know about the horrible things Obama actually did Calling for his death isn’t going to help spread that message.
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Dec 20, 2019 01:08
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VitalSigns posted:Is he calling for Obama's death, because in the tweet he's calling for Obama to undergo the same experience that impoverished cancer patients have in the healthcare system that Obama established. If that amounts to an unjust and unnecessary death sentence, seems like the responsibility for that is Obama's no? Calling for the death of a former president, particularly a popular former president, is not a winning electoral strategy.
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Dec 20, 2019 01:58
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VitalSigns posted:You don't know that, we would need to do an experiment with a large enough sample size to tell for sure. Go out with that message to your local community and see how it works.
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Dec 20, 2019 16:02
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VA is proof that the nothing matters crowd can stfu. Proud of all you VA goons! I hope MD can follow suite soon 
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Quorum posted:It's also a decent draw for Trump-era Chud Tourism in the DC area since it's accessible by Metro, near enough to Mount Vernon to be a good stop on the tour-bus-of-boomers circuit, and very white in the touristy bits! Mount Vernon....my wife and I went two years ago for a day trip and its the only time in the DC region I was surrounded by MAGA hats. That said, going to the slavery memorial section of mount vernon was the best way to avoid them! I wonder why they weren’t visiting that part. 
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Jun 21, 2020 17:34
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VitalSigns posted:I have and part of being an adult is working to accomplish the goals of the organization even if someone at the office makes you mad, getting revenge on them by sabotaging everyone is childish Have you ever actually been a part of a political organization though? Like even the DSA is done with Lee Carer so it’s funny seeing Goons stumble over themselves to tell people who are actually involved in this poo poo that they are wrong.
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Feb 19, 2021 00:20
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mandatory lesbian posted:All this drama just proves moving away from virginia was correct, thanks va legislators Yea its not like VA hasn't been a massive success story the last few years or anything especially compared to most other states in this Union. Also people are not moving away from VA gently caress off with that. Seriously every non-VA goon barging in here to act shocked how VA does things (and it is stupid yes) should do some research on their own states. You will probably be equally horrified. But this is what progressive groups have to deal with on a day to day basis. Sorry this poo poo isn't easy and that change takes work.
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mandatory lesbian posted:God i cant believe i have an opinion on the state that i lived in for over 9/10ths of my life, the audacity That’s nice you had the privilege to move out but do realize a lot of us do not have that option and have worked very hard to improve VA and heck the neighboring states too. I’m sorry you feel VA sucks, but it’s also lovely to move out and then come into a thread full of people trying to make a state less bad and just causally tell them it sucks. Like ok thanks? What do you think we’re trying to do? We’re not running away. We’re here to fix poo poo.
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mandatory lesbian posted:Im not ragging on you fwiw, im ragging on the legislators who decided petty personal beefs were more important then voting for a bill that would have helped people. I think that’s Fair and I’m sorry as well for going off on you. I love the DMV area but local politics is emotional and hard....but can also be rewarding! Please everyone here just get involved. No matter how trivial or frustrating or dumb the process may seem it is rewarding and it does make a difference in people’s lives.
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