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Prairie Gates's JournalIt's Weird how they think anyone on the left gives a flying you-know-what about Larry Summers
They're like, "The emails also show close ties with major Democratic figures like former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers."
Larry Summers is an asshole. He was the absolute worst of Clintonism and plenty of people on the left were pissed when Obama brought him on board as well. I've thought this guy was a neoliberal shitbag for 30 years. And that's not "attacking a Democratic figure." This fool is not a Democrat, but a plutocrat.
I mean seriously. The worst corporate, neoliberal idea man of the last 30 years, and managed to throw in some "Harvard should still be racist" for good measure. If we have to throw Larry Summers under the bus, believe me, many of us did that 30 years ago!
Durbin and Shaheen voted Yes to cover for Other Dem Yes Votes
Durbin and Shaheen are retiring. They have no particular reason to vote yes for the CR. Durbin especially spends most of his days sending out messaging about how he's opposing this and opposing that, standing up to Trump on various issues. And he should be hell bent for leather: the Trump administration is currently laying siege to the city of Chicago and environs, arbitrarily arresting people, tear gassing neighborhood, running a filthy transit camp and generally going Super-Fash all over Chicagoland.
So what gives? Durbin and Shaheen voted to cover other Dems who were perhaps more vulnerable - to either primary challenges or a complete collapse of support in the midterms. I would have thought one could be Slotkin, who has been all over teevee the last few days trying to soften the Dem constituency for this vote, but of course, she's in office for the next six years, so she was also taking a hit for others.
I suspect some of this will come out eventually, but it was definitely more of the Dem caucus than just these eight who were for the deal: two retiring, nobody up for reelection next year, King not even available for a primary? There was horse-trading about who the eight to play ball would be, but nobody tell me it was just these eight and the no votes were hard no votes. Thune had ten Dems at a minimum, and probably many more.
Trump Won the Shutdown
This is a hard pill to swallow, but it's true.
Trump said give them nothing. Don't even meet with them. Fire their people. Take away their food. Shut off the planes. Continue to attack them in their cities. Drag them off to detention. Indict them. Give them nothing. Don't even meet with them.
And he didn't.
And the Dems blinked.
There's not really another way to see this.
One of Election Night 2025's Biggest Losers: Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik must be looking at the 2026 New York Governor's race with fresh eyes today. In neighboring New Jersey, a Trump-centric GOP candidate just got blown out of the water by 13%; he did not even break 45% in the polls. The hallmarks were supposedly there for a closer race, as the two-term Democratic governor was at least partly unpopular, and the Democratic candidate sustained a major offensive from GOP money. But Mikie Sherril wiped the floor with the MAGA Ciatarrelli, winning by over 400,000 votes and winning bellwether Passaic County, which Trump had turned, 57%-42%.
The news was worse in Virginia. Spanberger won by over 15% (!), a larger percentage margin than Mike Braun's win in Indiana in 2024.
In Stefanik's own state, of course, Zohran Mamdani won the NYC mayor's race handily, claiming an outright majority and energizing a new group of voters in New York City. He did so with Governor Hochul's active support and endorsement. That will be remembered.
Now Stefanik will have to face Hochul in a blue state governor's race in 2026.
She's already a loser. Trump dangled UN Ambassador for her after her relentless and craven MAGA devotion. He yanked the post and the cushy Upper East Side digs from her and handed it to one of the most incompetent men in the Trump orbit, Signal Chat moron Mike Waltz. This switcheroo was offensive even to liberals: for whatever you might say about Stefanik, she's a smart, accomplished, Ivy League educated attorney. Mike Waltz is a filled-out shirt and a haircut. In recompence for this public humiliation, Trump hooked her up with some money people for a gubernatorial run against the popular Hochul in 2026. How long is that money going to keep flowing after last night? With double digit margins against Trump-backed clowns in NJ and VA, who's going to throw good money after bad in NY?
Congrats Elise Stefanik: You earned it!
Wow...those polls predicting a razor tight race in New Jersey were so very wrong
Quinnipiac had a poll that had Sherrill up 10%. That was the best of the lot. Some had it dead heat and dead even? Currently at 13%.
Will there be the usual call for soul searching from the pollsters after their being this catastrophically wrong?
World Series heading to Game 7
Blue Jays massively shit the bed in the bottom of the 9th, 2nd and 3rd no outs, and then a very soft infield pop up and then Barger gets doubled off on a line drive to Kike.
Holy Jesus what was Barger doing?
Trump has still done NOTHING on the supposed bailout of the soybean farmers
He's been talking about it for at least six weeks very vocally, but was presumably holding off because he thought negotiations with China on tariffs would solve it. Obviously, after his meltdown on China of last Friday, there's no relief coming from new orders, and it's probably too late for that anyway.
In two weeks, many of these farmers will have bills due that were supposed to be covered by the sales, which are non-existent. China hasn't bought a US soybean since May. Trump said he would pay "our great farmers" with tariff funds, but how? And with the government shut down, who is going to collect those applications and press those buttons?
This is affecting other agricultural products as well.
Is he going to wave a magic wand on Halloween and hope for the best?
ICE Agents swarm North Side neighborhoods in Chicago Friday Morning
There was a troll post on this board a few days ago mentioning that ICE agents weren't in "Ravenswood and Andersonville," and calling these "uber-liberal Chicago neighborhoods." Maybe that fucking dipshit had a hotline to ICE.
This morning ICE made arrests and caused multiple problems all around these areas of the North Side of Chicago, particularly in Ravenswood and Lincoln Square. Both of these are relatively well-off and majority white neighborhoods about two to three miles north of Wrigley Field. ICE was literally detaining landscapers and harassing others who they came across. This is a change from the areas they've been flooding thus far (in majority Latino neighborhoods on the South and West sides).
Here's a story:
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/10/wgn-staffer-detained-by-border-patrol-agents-in-lincoln-square-neighbors-say/
The Truth About the Gaza Deal
Netanyahu found a face-saving way to fold.
Israel was losing the war. Their recent offensive was stalled - again - in Gaza City. They had already lost world opinion almost completely. Last week, two million Italians protested the Netanyahu regime, shutting down much of the country in an unapproved general strike. That was just a sample of what's been happening everywhere. Netanyahu was further losing domestic opinion in Israel itself. The IDF was failing at every objective other than pure destruction for destruction's sake.
The "Deal" was structured in a way to give Netanyahu and Trump the appearance of a victory. It does so by basically giving Hamas everything it wants in a "Round 1," and then leaving the "Round 2" materials for later. That this was also seemingly timed to push Trump over the line for a Peace Prize only speaks to the utter cynicism of both regimes. Hamas gets a 100 to 1 hostage exchange, opening up of aid (that was supposedly not being blocked, let's remember!), and a ceasefire. Israel gets its last 20 living hostages back (they've been unable to locate a single hostage for months). Hamas puts off disarmament and has thus far rejected the truly bizarre re-colonization of Gaza under an insane British mandate, complete with dipshit Tony Blair. Some of us are old enough to remember that the war would never be over until every last Hamas member had been hunted down and surrendered, and Gaza was completely disarmed.
So, anyway, that's where we are. We should all, of course, be very grateful that the overt genocide has been halted, and that hostages are being freed.
Comey Hearing Date set for Jan. 5, but Pat Fitzgerald wants Case Dismissed Before Christmas
A new Fitzmas, if you would.
Let's see if it's better than the last one!
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/08/us/james-comey-arraignment-fbi
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