An Idaho school district apologized after photos circulated showing some elementary school staffers wearing Halloween costumes depicting Mexican stereotypes, and others posing behind a cardboard wall adorned with the slogan "Make America Great Again."

jerseyhoya wrote:One thing when you're looking at 2014 as the baseline - nationally turnout sucked, and the 2014 turnout in a lot of states with big races this year had legitimately abysmal turnout then. For example Indiana, Texas, and Nevada each had under 30% of their voting eligible populations vote as there weren't any competitive races (sorry Wendy Davis). So turnout in those states would need to go up like 30% relative to 2014 just to hit what the shitty national turnout level was in 2014 and would need to go up almost 50% to hit what average national turnout was in 2010.

Not to deny turnout this year looks like it will be very high for a midterm & looks like it will be so in such a way that helps Dems, but there's a lot of "HOLY SHIT LOOK AT THIS COMPARED TO 2014!" going on without the context of just how low a bar that is to clear.

A Republican congressional candidate in a competitive race in North Carolina said in a sermon that there would be no peace in Israel unless Jews and Muslims converted to Christianity, CNN reported Friday.

Mark Harris, who served as a Baptist pastor in Charlotte until resigning last year to run for office, recounted in 2011 his visit to the Holy Land.

“You cannot be in that land, as powerful and as moving as it is, without realizing the incredible tension that is constantly in that land between the Palestinians and the Jews,” Harris said. “There will never be peace in Jerusalem until the day comes that every knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.”

Harris went on to say that no Jewish or Muslim resident of Jerusalem would find peace unless they accepted Jesus Christ.

“Jesus, when he went into Jerusalem, said, ‘I am the vine. I am the true vine,’ and until those that are called in Islam realize that and until those that are called in Judaism realize that, for that matter, until those that are caught in the religion of Christianity and are missing the personal relationship with Jesus Christ, realize that, there’ll never be peace in their soul or peace in their city,” he said.

jerseyhoya wrote:One thing when you're looking at 2014 as the baseline - nationally turnout sucked, and the 2014 turnout in a lot of states with big races this year had legitimately abysmal turnout then. For example Indiana, Texas, and Nevada each had under 30% of their voting eligible populations vote as there weren't any competitive races (sorry Wendy Davis). So turnout in those states would need to go up like 30% relative to 2014 just to hit what the shitty national turnout level was in 2014 and would need to go up almost 50% to hit what average national turnout was in 2010.

Not to deny turnout this year looks like it will be very high for a midterm & looks like it will be so in such a way that helps Dems, but there's a lot of "HOLY SHIT LOOK AT THIS COMPARED TO 2014!" going on without the context of just how low a bar that is to clear.

Monkeyboy wrote:Two days until the election and Kemp has launched a probe into possible cyber-crimes by the Georgia democratic party.

It's BS, I'm sure, but it makes me nervous. If it's one thing the GOP consistently does it's accuse the dems of whatever the GOP is about to do. I hope Georgia is as prepared for shenanigans as Pacino says PA is.

Monkeyboy wrote:If you know anyone who doesn't have a car or is kind of iffy on voting, please offer them a ride to the polls or remind them to vote. Physically take them there if you think it will help get them into the booth.

Every vote will count. I think it's going to be closer than dems would like.

Monkeyboy wrote:If you know anyone who doesn't have a car or is kind of iffy on voting, please offer them a ride to the polls or remind them to vote. Physically take them there if you think it will help get them into the booth.