I know that we have broken hearts. I know that. I don’t minimize that.
But, I don’t have to be a cheerleader to see the positive things that happened.
Too often, we look at the big races, as if they are the be all, end all.
They are important, but so must positive happened on Tuesday, that we need to go over it.
First things first:
The Democrats won the House of Representatives.
The American Experiment will continue.
The American Safety Net is secure for the next couple of years. We will fight about in 2020,but now, no more worrying about that.
Let’s go to the state levels.
People don’t even realize the elections that will have the most direct impact on their lives.
They might not know it, but the people of Harris County Texas now have a completely Democratic judiciary.
ALL 59 spots in the judiciary went to Democrats, INCLUDING 19 BLACK WOMEN.
You don’t think that these 59 judges are going to have an impact in the largest county in Texas?
Though Florida was a heartbreaker, with Gillum, something happened that can have the serious potential for changing the landscape in Florida.
Remember, nearly one in FOUR eligible Black voters was automatically disenfranchised because of their association with the criminal justice system. Even after they had paid their debt to society, they had to go through an arcane, arbitrary and biased application system for the restoration of their voting rights, and it often didn’t happen. The passage of the referendum on Tuesday changed that, for over 1.4 million people in Florida. You think that a nice bunch of those who will now see their voting rights restored might become Democrats?
Yes, elections matter.
Then, we have the new Democratic Governors that will be there during 2020 redistricting: Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico. This matters, a great deal.
One of the most important legal positions in the state is the Attorney General – the person who SHOULD advocate for the little guy, and fight for the average consumer. It is the State Attorneys General who are leading the fight AGAINST Dolt45 and his Administration, picking up the mantle to defend for what is right. On Tuesday, we got 4 Black Attorneys General: Letitia James of New York, Kwame Raoul of Illinois, Aaron Ford of Nevada and Keith Ellison of Minnesota.
It was also a good night for Medicaid Expansion.
Three states had Medicaid expansion on the ballot and it passed in all three states.
The flipping of the Kansas Governorship to Democrat means Medicaid expansion is coming.
The election of a Democrat in Maine means that finally, the Medicaid expansion that passed by the voters will finally have a Governor that wants to fully implement it.
Nevada wanted to implement a Medicaid buy-in program that was vetoed by the previous Republican Governor. Now that the Governor is a Democrat, that will come back.
The Democratic Governor in North Carolina wants to expand Medicaid, and Tuesday’s results have now eliminated the veto-proof majorities that the Republicans used to hold, so now, Medicaid is on the table once again.
Republicans won the high profile races.
Democrats won the midterm election.
—>Ds won the US House
—>Ds vote margin bigger than Tea Party’s in 2010
—>Rs LOST 333 legislative seats
—>Rs lost 7 governorships
—>Rs lost key 2020 Midwest states in PA, WI and MI.
(h/t @NoahCRothman)
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) November 7, 2018
There is so much to unwrap. What happened in Michigan, what happened in New Mexico, Nevada, New York State, Pennsylvania.
There was good news in a lot of places.
Don’t let the Debbie Downers steal your joy.
We don’t live in the land of ponies and unicorns. There was cold, hard progress that happened on Tuesday. It’s not everything, but it’s a damn good foundation. Now, FINALLY, we are on OFFENSE, going into 2020.
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1060690845018607616
I just read it’s Pima County that posted, still a lot of votes to count in Maricopa which is more “conservative.” And turnout wasn’t great, somewhere around 46 percent, I think.
But Kyrsten’s district is in Maricopa County and that should help.
Just keeping our fingers crossed.
UNFIT MOFO!
https://twitter.com/funder/status/1060411616192327680
https://twitter.com/itsdlevy/status/1060660275437805568
Beautiful family. Congratulations.
https://twitter.com/Essence/status/1060650256696786944
#MatthewWhitaker is UNFIT for the Office of Attorney General.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1060668288408129536
He looks as stupid as he sounds.
https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1060671217634627584
Bro can cook!
Mmmmm. What else are y’all having?
Sweet rice, cornbread dressing, ranch style beans & biscuits. I’ma have a garden salad with mine.
Good for you eating your greens and veggies, SG2.
It sure sounds good. That’s a Sunday dinner on Thursday night.
MEMO to Bernie Sanders.
GO to the Senate and do your job. Stay away from the Democratic Party, you old geezer.
Such a dumb comment he made about people in FL and GA “not necessarily racist” but “uncomfortable” with voting for a black person. Good example of how it’s better to say nothing when you don’t know, rather than be an apologist for racists.
In Georgia for sure and looks like Florida too the BIG ISSUE appears to be voter suppression shenanigans. And you can bet we don’t even know the full extent of it. Greg Pallast will be digging up this sh!t for the next year at least.
I strongly suspect that in a fair election, Nelson and Gillum won.
A lot of those folks who would not vote for a black candidate are already registered as Republicans. And, yeah, Bernie that is racist by definition.
PBO won Florida twice.
And then there’s GA, winning the prize for GOP corruption.
https://twitter.com/Greg_Palast/status/1060605567536775169
https://twitter.com/PoojaOnTV/status/1060380125508845569
It was murder. He deserves the sentence.
https://twitter.com/StandUpAmerica/status/1060564106669973505
https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1060617976070717440
https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1060615509299863553
Count every last MOFO BALLOT
EVERY ONE OF THEM.
Well, if you’re the GOP and you think you need to steal an election from Democrats, Broward County is the logical choice in 2018. It’s heavily Democratic and it’s also the location of the Parkland shooting.
https://twitter.com/PamKeithFL/status/1060544180034899968
Sealed indictments waiting, boo! #WhitakerMustRecuse
https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1060588172948750342
What is #ObstructionOfJustice for $1000, Alex…..
https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/1060586821871173632
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1060591346979868673
https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/1060434723040829440
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1060545135480594432
COUNT EVERY LAST ONE OF THOSE BALLOTS
RECOUNT, AS NEEDED.
https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1060588934726594561
https://twitter.com/RepRaulGrijalva/status/1060581539401138176
https://twitter.com/McFaul/status/1060574566282493952
Congratulations @LucyWins2018. Jordan is one proud son looking down from heaven and seeing his mom fighting for him and bringing about change.
https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1060585717955469313
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1060575864394530821
https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1060584976830337024
Word of the Day : November 8, 2018
Palmary:adjective PAL-muh-ree
Definition: outstanding, best
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/palmary-2018-11-08?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=p&file=palmar04&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=wotd&utm_content=pron
I ❤️❤️❤️ Beto O’Rourke
https://twitter.com/btslovxe/status/1060563522696941568
He’s gotta run again. Maybe he should move to a blue state. But he’s gotta run.
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1060565211525058560
https://twitter.com/gmoomaw/status/1060200484567506954
LOL Don’t want to even go there if these lil critters popped out of my Va JAY JAY that size.
LMBAO
Feel free to liven up your Thanksgiving with this conversation starter:
“Come January, Nancy Pelosi is third in line for the presidency. Can you pass the yams?”
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) November 7, 2018
Thought experiment: if Sam Rayburn had just won control of the House for the second time in his career as Democratic leader – after Republicans had spent several cycles demonizing him across the country – would anyone expect him to walk away?
— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) November 7, 2018
YES I AM,Pelosi says when asked if she’s confident she will be speaker. “I think I’m the best person to come forward to unify, to negotiate – I’m a good negotiator”
— Alana Abramson (@aabramson) November 7, 2018
For Jordan…
https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1060531374199918592
https://twitter.com/LucyWins2018/status/1060533044493266944
YEEESSSSSS!!!
Though, I will forever believe that John Ossoff defeated her 2 years ago…
Since I live in GA and have followed Handel’s self-serving series of careers, this makes me very happy. We finally have someone representing the district who will act in the best interests of the people in the 6th CD.
So are we going to call this Day One of the Constitutional Crisis? Or is it Day Two?
https://twitter.com/CharlesMBlow/status/1060544517374468096
https://twitter.com/Indivisible_SAZ/status/1060533534480203776
Father God, we come today on bended knees beseeching thee to bless and keep Ruth Bader Ginsburg here with us. Strengthen her where she is weak, and build her back up where she is torn down.
https://twitter.com/PeterAlexander/status/1060534163361746944
Amen.
AMEN
AMEN
May God Bless & Keep Ruth in his ever loving care & MERCY.
Amen.
https://twitter.com/AndrewGillum/status/1060354399812358144
COUNT EVERY BALLOT, DAMMIT!
The golden retriever is like, “This one is MINE”…
https://twitter.com/chaeronaea/status/1060255379752448000
Thanks for the uplifting post, Rikyrah.
I did feel better yesterday after reading about state and local elections in some of the states. There were major victories, to be sure.
But what pleases me so immensely is that the House is starting to look more like the nation’s demographics.
https://twitter.com/woodruffbets/status/1060369766563614722
https://twitter.com/MaddowBlog/status/1060407655355858944
I never thought that she would win
https://twitter.com/MaddowBlog/status/1060376235988213760
KUDOS to Lauren!
Lauren’s the REAL DEAL. Plus, I’m a fellow nurse.
Truth
https://twitter.com/MaddowBlog/status/1060409361628127233
Underwood flips GOP seat in first-time run focused on health care
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/underwood-flips-gop-seat-in-first-time-run-focused-on-health-care-1364758083971 via @msnbc
This is why I don’t want to hear anyone talking shyt about Nancy Smash.
Thread
https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1060337557798617088
Uh huh
Uh huh 😒 😒
Mueller’s New Boss, Matthew Whitaker, Led Secretive Anti-Dem Group https://thebea.st/2PlyrE4?source=twitter&via=desktop
This TURD, right HERE.
RIP 😥 😥
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1060489458204729344
https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1060498595659558912
https://twitter.com/drvox/status/1060285212708327424
https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1060324388246036480
THREAD
https://twitter.com/MaddowBlog/status/1060376235988213760
Good Morning,Everyone 😄😄😄
Good Morning, Rikyrah & 3 Chics Family.