Newsom Goes Scorched Earth on Democrats’ Midterm Messaging: ‘Stop Being on the Damned Defense!’

Newsom Goes Scorched Earth on Democrats’ Midterm Messaging: ‘Stop Being on the Damned Defense!’

Governor of California Gavin Newsom (D) blasted his own party during a CBS interview, which aired on Wednesday night, saying that Democrats are getting “crushed on narrative” as the GOP looks poised to make big gains in the midterms.

We were only 74 electoral votes away from the My Pillow guy being Secretary of Defense. - John Collins

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Brian Kilmeade Mocks Biden's Democracy Speech: 'Where's Nancy Is Nothing Perilous' -- That's What a FedEx Guy Asks!
• Biden's Harrowing Retelling of Pelosi Attack to Open Speech on Threats to Democracy
• Alleged Pelosi attacker was in US illegally: DHS
• As families and a major newspaper demand he resign, top Texas law enforcement chief says his agency ‘did not fail’ Uvalde in school massacre

You may not like the price of gas or the cost of groceries, but do you really think ushering in autocrats is going to improve the economy? - Steven Beschloss

Meanwhile, Kim Jong Un Is Tossing Missiles Around

The United States and South Korea have decided to extend military exercises in response to a recent spate of missile launches from North Korea, offering stern warnings for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un should he hold a nuclear test, officials announced Thursday. 

It can’t be said enough how right Hillary Clinton was. About everything. - Andrea Junker tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• Kari Lake Says If She Were Governor, Arizona Police Would Arrest FBI Agents Enforcing a Policy That Doesn’t Even Exist
• 'It Was Always a Lie': Dan Crenshaw Ridicules Republican Election Deniers
• Gutfeld Says Married Women ‘Can Be Just as Murderous as Single Women’ After Being Told They Also Have Abortions
• Sunny Hostin: Suburban women backing GOP ‘like roaches voting for Raid’
• Kanye West Paid Off Employee Who Heard Him Rant About Jewish Conspiracies, Praised Hitler for YEARS: Report
• Physician who provided abortion to 10-year-old sues Indiana AG

Call me crazy, but it feels like the Republican proposed cuts to Medicare and Social Security are supposed to force us to work until we are dead... - piper4missouri tweet

Ron DeSantis Said He Won't Run For President in 2024. ROFLOL.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is indicating to GOP donors that he has no plans to challenge former President Donald Trump in 2024, Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman reported on Wednesday.

Kari Lake Accuses Media of Making Her Look Like Hateful Sociopath By Filming Things She Says. - Andy Borowitz

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Rock The Voter News

• Blood moon lunar eclipse to rise on Election Day
• Nevada ACLU asks for probe into ‘partisan’ hand count of mail-in ballots
• 'Set Up Your Own Rally!' Obama Fires Back at Heckler During Speech in Arizona

The reason unions are badass is if a billionaire walks into your office and starts demanding you work 12 hours a day 7 days a week to prove to him you deserve your job, you and your coworkers can legally make that one of the worst days of his life. - annevclark tweet

Will Kash Patel Spill The Beans On Trump? FINGERS CROSSED!

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Donald Trump adviser Kash Patel to testify before a grand jury investigating the handling of federal records at Mar-a-Lago, according to two people familiar with the investigation.

Judge Beryl Howell of the DC District Court has granted Patel immunity from prosecution on any information he provides to the investigation, the people said.

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What don't billionaires control at this point? - Robert Reich

Business/Tech News

• Retailers predict record holiday sales amid historic inflation
• New York reaches $523 million opioid settlement with drug manufacturer Teva
• Man Firebombs Oklahoma Donut Shop After it Hosts Drag Queen Event
• Costa Rica Ends Search for Plane Crash with German Fitness Billionaire

Increasingly Desperate Elon Musk To Require Every Twitter User to Purchase One Tesla. - Andy Borowitz

Magic Mushrooms Offer Hope For Depression

Research and exploration into using psilocybin, the active substance in “magic mushrooms,” to treat depression and post-traumatic stress disorder has expanded in recent years. A new study suggests that a single dose of a synthetic version of psilocybin can have a mitigating effect on depressive symptoms. 

CNBC Cancels Its Most Popular Show
NBCUniversal’s CNBC has canceled “The News with Shepard Smith,” its primetime general news show, to refocus on business and market coverage...Smith joined CNBC two years ago from Fox News to bolster primetime TV ratings. His show accomplished that, doubling CNBC’s 7 p.m. ET viewership and bringing in the wealthiest audience of any primetime cable news program over the last two years, according to Sullivan. “The News with Shephard Smith” had its largest average audience last month since April.

Why are they so worried about the border when the terrorists are already here? - John Collins

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Odd News

• Prepare for alien encounter now before it's too late, warn scientists
• Scientists spot record-breaking gas cloud bigger than Milky Way
• Tonga eruption's towering plume reached the 3rd layer of Earth's atmosphere
• Lottery winner dons mascot costume to hide jackpot from family
• Oklahoma City Zoo seeks help naming quartet of lion cubs

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On this day in 1783, George Washington bids farewell to the soldiers of the disbanded Continental Army. "The unparalleled perseverance of the army through almost every possible suffering and discouragement for the space of eight long years, was little short of a standing miracle.”

We can defeat the enemy.

Peace.

Hillary Clinton: Republicans Worried About Crime Not ‘Too Bothered’ By Paul Pelosi Attack

Hillary Clinton: Republicans Worried About Crime Not ‘Too Bothered’ By Paul Pelosi Attack

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Republicans running on anti-crime platforms who have failed to condemn last week’s attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

Anyone who laughs and jokes about an 82-year-old being assaulted and having their skull fractured will not hesitate to do the same to you. Remember this when you vote. - Dr. Jack Brown tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Capitol rioter's opinion of Roger Stone quickly went downhill after actually meeting him: court testimony
• Tucker Carlson Falsely Claims Brazil’s Election ‘Is Still Ongoing’ and Suggests It's Rigged Against Bolsonaro
• Bill Maher Predicts Trump Will Return to Power: ‘He’s Going to Have the People in Place This Time to Pull Off This Coup’
• Don't expect Putin to fall anytime soon, says Western official

Republicans claim you should vote for them because they're tough on crime. 

But when one of their cult members commits a crime against Paul Pelosi, they couldn't care less. - Hillary Clinton tweet

The Country With The Itchy Nuke Button Finger
Top Russian military officials have discussed under what circumstances Russia would use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine, according to The New York Times...Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia would be willing to use tactical nuclear weapons, designed to be used on a battlefield, to defend Russian territory. 

Republican Shenanigans

• GOP Makes Major Gains in Top Polling Analysts' Projections For Midterms
• 'CNN This Morning' Shuts Down Kari Lake's False Claim Her Joke About Pelosi Attack Was Fabricated by 'Creative Editing'
• Arizona GOP nominee Kari Lake mocks attack on Paul Pelosi at campaign event
• Glenn Youngkin finally says sorry over Paul Pelosi -- as Kari Lake makes clear she won't
• Jokes about Paul Pelosi aren’t just in bad taste. They normalize political violence
• GOP Nominee Under Fire For Promising ‘Republicans Will Never Lose Another Election in Wisconsin After I’m Elected Governor’
• 'Prove it!' Defiant GOP Senate candidate refuses to back off false claims about schools giving kids litter boxes
• Far-Right YouTuber Stages Lewd Anti-Biden Stunt on D.C. Metro Overpass: 'DEMOCRATS CAN SUCK MY D*CK'
• Supreme Court rejects Lindsey Graham's request to block Georgia grand jury subpoena

Demonizing Pelosi, vilifying Hillary, reversing Roe-- get the picture folks? - Andrew Weissman tweet

This Is What Happens When An Alabama Football Coach Becomes A U.S. Senator

Speaking with Eric Bolling this week, Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville accused the left of “trying to wipe Christianity” out in the United States.

In a clip from Newsmax’s The Balance that quickly spread on Twitter Tuesday, Bolling opened by saying he believes in a version of so-called “replacement theory,” asking viewers to listen to his “whole comment” before “the left selectively edits” it:

Roger Stone is what it looks like when 150 pounds of sexually transmitted disease lab samples is stuffed in a cheap, knockoff Birkin bag. - Rick Wilson tweet

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This Fire Department missed a few spots, so I'm voting for the Arsonists. - John Fugelsang

 

Rock The Voter News

• Biden to give speech on protecting democracy Wednesday night in DC
• Pennsylvania court orders election officials to not count ‘undated’ ballots
• Tim Ryan Says He Went on Fox News to Reach 'Gettable' Voters: 'You Gotta Go Into the Lion's Den'
• 'Y'all See That Debate? Lied His Ass Off': Val Demings Rally Intro Has Choice Words for Marco Rubio
• Clinton wants Trump to pay her legal fees after tossed conspiracy lawsuit
• HHS renews public health emergency for monkeypox outbreak

Just think how insignificant the Saudis would be if we had more green energy. Jimmy Carter had us on the right path, and then Ronald Reagan happened. - RikHavik tweet

Did Trump's Uncle Tom Help Him?
Donald Trump’s attorneys saw a direct appeal to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as their best hope of derailing Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election, according to emails newly disclosed to congressional investigators.

Lindsey Graham Appeals Supreme Court Decision To Ginni Thomas. - Andy Borowitz

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In one day, a blue check went from almost unobtainable to worthless. kind of like tesla stock. - Jeff Tiedrich tweet

Business/Tech News

• Private companies added 240K jobs in October, up almost 50K from September
• Fed interest rate decision today: Live updates on expected rate hike
• Ford's October sales slide 10% amid supply chain issues
• Elon Musk put his foot down on Twitter's $8 blue tick fee, telling users they can keep complaining but the price won't change

Memo to the Fed: Interest rate hikes aren't working because inflation is being driven by corporations using it as cover to price gouge the people. - Robert Reich

Costco Chicken Patties Recalled
Foster Farms is recalling roughly 148,000 pounds of fully cooked frozen chicken breast patties sold at Costco because they may contain pieces of hard and potentially sharp plastic, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Users Offer To Stay On Twitter If Musk Pays Them $50 A Month. - Andy Borowitz

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Odd News

• Eerie image of the sun 'smiling' captured by NASA
• Bizarre New Bee Species Discovered With Dog-Like Snout
• Royal Society of Chemistry commits to 100% Open Access
• 'Greedy' Woman Empties Buckets Of Halloween Candy At Florida Home
• Connecticut school's corpse flower blooms, emits foul smell

Time To Deflate Photo

Are those Lenticular clouds over Mount Rainier, Washington, OR flying saucers?

Peace.

Roberts delays handover of Trump tax returns to House panel

Roberts delays handover of Trump tax returns to House panel

Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday put a temporary hold on the handover of former President Donald Trump's tax returns to a congressional committee.

Roberts' order gives the Supreme Court time to weigh the legal issues in Trump's emergency appeal to the high court, filed Monday.

Donald Trump could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot someone and our corrupt Supreme Court would block every investigation. - Jeff Tiedrich

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• 'What Is WRONG With These People?' Stunned Jake Tapper Destroys Republicans Joking — And 'Lying' — About Pelosi Attack
• 'Dear Lord Yes!' Daily Show's Jordan Klepper Says Elon Musk 'Bullsh*t' on Pelosi Attack Will Absolutely Spread and Derail Truth
• Don Lemon Rips 'Vile' Laughter From Kari Lake's Audience After Joke About Paul Pelosi Attack
• ‘I Know Enough to Smell a Rat’: Megyn Kelly Casts Doubt on San Fran PD's Narrative About Paul Pelosi Attack
• Whoopi Goldberg Blames Fox News for Political Violence in Wake of Pelosi Attack: ‘Some of This is On Your Hands’

The attack on Paul Pelosi originated with the exact same conspiracy theories as the January 6th attack on the US Capitol Building. Same rhetoric.  Same madness. Same cause. Same delusions. The same violence. 

Republicans won't condemn it, because they want MORE of it. - Stonekettle tweet

Will Trump Testify Or Nah?

The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection is “in discussions” with former President Donald Trump’s attorneys about testifying under oath in the probe, Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the vice chairwoman of the panel, said Tuesday.

Schoolhouse Rock never prepared us for this sh*t. - John Collins tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• Ted Cruz Calls Out Trump for Not Opening Up His War Chest to Support Republicans in Tight Races: He's Got $100M and is 'Spending Almost None of it'
• Election Denier and GOP Nominee in Arizona Has Twitter Account Restored After Complaining to Elon Musk
• Whoops! Pennsylvania Senate Candidate Oz Tells Hannity the State Borders the Atlantic Ocean – It Doesn’t
• Judge tosses Meadows's suit fighting Jan. 6 subpoena
• Arizona’s Libertarian Senate Candidate Quits and Endorses Masters
• FiveThirtyEight Now Forecasts to 50/50 Odds That Republicans Will Win Back the Senate

“Liz Cheney and I are not brave. We are just surrounded by cowards”

- Rep. Adam Kinzinger

My, My, My, Fortune 500 Corporations Are Funding Election Denier Candidates. We Are So Screwed.

Lawmakers who voted against certifying the results of the 2020 election have raised more than $13 million from Fortune 500 companies since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to a data analysis by ProPublica.

John Roberts delays handing over Trump’s tax returns to Congress

Clarence Thomas temporarily blocked Graham’s testimony helping him run out the clock

Amy Coney Barrett just got a $2 million book deal

Kavanaugh was never vetted by the FBI

& they wonder why we don’t trust them? - Lindy Li tweet

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Rock The Voter News

• White House says all must call out political violence after Pelosi attack
• Justice Jackson Recused Herself From a Supreme Court Case. Your Move, Clarence Thomas!
• Stephen Colbert Taunts Donald Trump With 2 Things About Barack Obama He'll 'Never Have'

Brazil kicked fascism’s ass and we get our turn on November 8th. - Beks tweet

This Judge Is Optimistic About Abortion Rights 
A North Dakota judge ruled Monday that he will keep the state's ban on abortion from taking effect, saying there's a "substantial probability” that a constitutional challenge to the law will succeed.

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Business/Tech News

• One-third of Millennials behind on retirement savings: survey
• US manufacturing plummets to lowest level since 2020
• More than 40 lawmakers urge U.S. Soccer to comply with probe into culture of abuse
• Online requests for abortion pills spiked after Roe was reversed: study

Elon rolls out Twitter Platinum™️ for $49.99/month you can edit other people’s posts. - NotHoodlum tweet

I Wonder If Musk Pays Overtime Wages?

Staff at Twitter have been clocking up much longer hours than usual since Elon Musk took over, CNBC reported. This comes as staff face the looming threat of layoffs amid the tech mogul's planned overhaul of the company.

Twitter managers have told some staff to work 12-hour shifts, seven days a week — equivalent to 84 hours a week — to meet Musk's deadlines, CNBC reported, citing internal communications.

I've seen Elon Musk in a bathing suit.

Good thing he's rich. - Kona Lowell tweet

IKEA needs to provide better descriptions on their furniture like, what is the divorce rate on assembling this tv stand? - Jessie tweet

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Odd News

• Scientists Just Discovered an Entirely New Way of Measuring Time
• Extreme Climate Activists Declare 'Pause' on Defacing Priceless Art with Soup, For Now — Threaten 'Escalation' in Coming Days
• Massive Brawl Breaks Out at Women's Soccer Match Between LSU and Ole Miss
• TikTok chefs assemble world's largest sushi roll
• Swedish aquarium's escaped cobra returns home on its own

Time To Deflate Photo

The Architect who never went to school.

Peace.