[mattomac]

Make America Great again again….

[The Weeping Angel]

I love it when Americans lecture us on our cuisine.

[Youngian]

America for me, if you swap the pancake for toast and add the mushrooms.

Wish I’d thought of that one. Could describe any of the evil GOP slugs on the Hill

[Tubby Isaacs]

[Tubby Isaacs]

I thought these were supposed to be tough guys. Alarmed by library books, apparently.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Ah, apparently there are still quite a few NYC cops who have exemptions under consideration. So may be a fair few more to come.

[Bones McCoy]

The Commander in Chief rolls through Glasgow, and drops shade on Piers Morgan.

[mattomac]

I see that they are angry in America over a gallon of petrol costing 3 dollars…. Worked it out costing about 8.80 over here.

[Youngian]

Doesn't look like Biden's unprecedented fiscal stimlus has struck a chord with those 'left behind by neoliberalism.'

[Arrowhead]

Doesn't look like Biden's unprecedented fiscal stimlus has struck a chord with those 'left behind by neoliberalism.'

An absolutely disastrous result for Biden and the Dems. Just a few months after an actual coup attempt, Republican leaders will quite reasonably conclude that they can get away with anything now - the American public are not going to hold them to account.

One ray of sunshine is that this result should hopefully put a rocket up the Dems and they will actually start passing some meaningful legislation rather than staring out the window. Still not a single bill passed so far to protect basic voting rights.

[Youngian]

hopefully put a rocket up the Dems and they will actually start passing some meaningful legislation rather than staring out the window. Still not a single bill passed so far to protect basic voting rights.

The Byzantium procedures of Congress are bit beyond me but has Biden picked up the phone to New York's state prosecutor to see how the Al Capone tax case is coming along? The Republicans want a civil war anyway and Trump will give it to them so why pussy foot around?

[Crabcakes]

It only needs to put a rocket up one dem - Joe fucking Manchin.

[Boiler]

Just a few months after an actual coup attempt, Republican leaders will quite reasonably conclude that they can get away with anything now - the American public are not going to hold them to account.

See also viewtopic.php?p=13062#p13062

[Tubby Isaacs]

Doesn't look like Biden's unprecedented fiscal stimlus has struck a chord with those 'left behind by neoliberalism.'

I for one think Glenn Youngkin will keep his promise and ensure that school children in Virginia aren't taught an obscure bit of sociology. Like they aren't at the moment. I assume Glenn is a charter schools man. See how that goes with parental involvement.

There is an economic element to the poor Biden approval at the moment though, I think. Lots of panic about inflation, which should settle down once the high numbers from the start of the year drop out of the figures. If Manchin is in good faith, which lots don't think he is, they'll get some big stuff passed to run on next year. But it's pretty gloomy.

[The Weeping Angel]

Doesn't look like Biden's unprecedented fiscal stimlus has struck a chord with those 'left behind by neoliberalism.'

I for one think Glenn Youngkin will keep his promise and ensure that school children in Virginia aren't taught an obscure bit of sociology. Like they aren't at the moment. I assume Glenn is a charter schools man. See how that goes with parental involvement.

There is an economic element to the poor Biden approval at the moment though, I think. Lots of panic about inflation, which should settle down once the high numbers from the start of the year drop out of the figures. If Manchin is in good faith, which lots don't think he is, they'll get some big stuff passed to run on next year. But it's pretty gloomy.

Terry McAuliffe's gaffe about parents shouldn't be telling what thy teach hurt him. Also the fact that no media outlet pointed out that CRT isn't taught in schools in Virginia didn't help me.

[mattomac]

Down ticket races were poor for the Democrats a year ago, I wonder if this a knock on from that, termed with the fact Biden hasn’t yet done much of note.

All the play Lincoln Report made of Trump being told not to go VA, maybe that helps. It’s the elephant they have yet to fully reckon with and I think in some places him not showing up is a good thing.

Dems need to start doing stuff the Republicans claim they would, no point being nice, same with Labour over here,

[Samanfur]

Also from the Texas story:

Texas governor writes puzzling letter about ‘pornography’ in school libraries as new culture war targets literature

Governor Greg Abbott has written to the Texas Association of School Boards asking the organisation to determine whether “pornography or other inappropriate content” exists in the state’s public school libraries.

And in Iowa:

[Samanfur]

Apologies for the double post, but:

It only needs to put a rocket up one dem - Joe fucking Manchin.

I'd add Kyrsten Sinema to that list. Even her own constituency's getting fed up of her.

[Andy McDandy]

They're saying "pornography and other content" because no reasonable person would want children accessing porn. But of course that's their foot in the door.

Same as Jayda Fransen saying that all she cared about was protecting the kids, or "animal lovers" whose interest in animals seems to be limited to one particular form of animal slaughter and food preparation, or so many more...

[The Weeping Angel]

Down ticket races were poor for the Democrats a year ago, I wonder if this a knock on from that, termed with the fact Biden hasn’t yet done much of note.

All the play Lincoln Report made of Trump being told not to go VA, maybe that helps. It’s the elephant they have yet to fully reckon with and I think in some places him not showing up is a good thing.

Dems need to start doing stuff the Republicans claim they would, no point being nice, same with Labour over here,

Outside of Virginia they're have been some good results the Democrats have won a load of mayoralties plus in the other Governor election in New Jersey the Democratic Governor appears to have won that one.