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Ii like Polis a lot. He's a sensible, relatively moderate Democrat that can speak clearly and convincingly to a broad coalition. But he's gay. So he's got no chance in 2028.

they're lying to him. They watched that Julia Roberts ad

Homes are exempt, and you also are exempt if (IIRC) 80%+ of your stock is in one company (ie you started your own business and took it public). So dumb that anyone worth less than a billion cares at all about this.

Netted 3 votes for Kamala/Allred et al in Fort Bend County. Took my grandmother and great aunt (both in their late 80s) with me. All kinds of hassle but we did it. My grandmother requested a mail in ballot (unbeknownst to me) but decided she didn't trust the USPS under DeJoy to deliver it. We waited in line for over an hour on the first day of EV, then the poll worker checking IDs said she had to return her mail in ballot to invalidate it before she could vote. Drove her back, then returned with her mail in. Skipped to front of the line due to her disability - we couldn't at the first precinct because I voted there. My great aunt moved from Philly last year. I would rather she voted in PA but she has dementia and needed to be where I can help take care of her. We have been trying for months to get a TX ID for her. Damn near impossible because she was born in Rural Arkansas in the 30s (making a birth certificate a real challenge). She's also had multiple different names. We got her an ID but it hasn't arrived so she didn't have a valid picture ID for early voting. It was scheduled to arrive before Nov 5, and Texas' SOS said she would be registered starting Nov 4. I called Fort Bend registrar's office and they confirmed she could EV regardless. I looked up the rules and technically an expired passport is valid no matter how long it has been expired for anyone over 75. However hers expired in 1973 so I didn't want to risk it. Brought her VUID, Pennsylvania ID, temporary TX ID, birth certificate with different name, and a letter from Social Security to her TX address, along with a Reasonable Impediment Declaration form. Then the poll worker just took a look at her PA ID and let her vote - this was technically not a valid form of ID and it gave me extra joy to see the look on my Trumpy FIL's face when I told him they took her invalid ID. TLDR: Helped two old ladies vote straight ticket D with me in an incredibly difficult process that would be damn near impossible for someone pushing 90 to accomplish on their own. Worth it.

"Never fight uphill, M'boys!" Robert E Lee

He's also an accomplished director

Try a Nero d'Avola. Sicilian reds grown by Mt Etna. Typically bold, dark fruit forward and medium body - not too earthy. Also usually a phenomenal price point. Nero Oro or Terramore are two WD's. If you want to stick to California River Road is a pretty good Alexander Valley Cab. Iter has a similar profile and price point but they purchase throughout Napa, not just AV. La Mascota is an Argentinian Cab that's a great value as well.

I am a certified somm that worked at TW for two years after leaving the restaurant industry, led the wine program at my store, and taught classes. Total Wine does get a higher rate on SD and WD products. This is largely because they control the distribution of those products, as opposed to third party distributors that take a slice of the profit. The owners/founders are also from PA, not MD. They absolutely train their associates to push those products, sometimes through questionable claims. I found quite a few of their WD wines were very good. Typically they were European families producing at a mid scale. TW would demand exclusive distribution of their wines in the US in return for wide scale distribution. The WD program also includes First Growth Bordeaux's and other seriously quality bottles. SD products were more disappointing. Tons of bourbons that source from MGP. Labels that intentionally mimic major brands like Tower Texas Vodka (Tito's) and Lonehand Whiskey (Jack). The classes will only feature SD or WD products, and they offer free tastings of almost all Direct products. They train their staff pretty much exclusively on WD/SD products and offer bulk discounts only on those beverages. The stores keep metrics for % of sales that are WD/SD, and they reward the best performers in each region. I've had much better results with their WD wines than their SD spirits, but just ask for a taste before you buy, as some of them are quite good.

just filled mine out. No brainer for the most part. I'm voting for every bond and every Dem at the Federal level. Only problem is for County Commissioner. The Republican is the incumbent and has been decent, serving in a bipartisan fashion for 30 years in the role. His Democratic challenger is charged with 4 felonies and 4 misdemeanors after creating online personas to post fake racist attacks against himself, including one named (I shit you not) "Antonio Scalawag". I think the charges are overblown and i don't really think being an online troll should be a criminal offense, but this dumbass' actions still pissed me off so I'm skipping that vote. It did provide a moment of disconnect for my GOP parents (who live in the same district). They mentioned having to get home to vote early against the felon. I asked them if they were voting against the felon for POTUS as well and got a lot of hemming and hawing about fake charges and projection towards me for bringing up politics (I didn't) in return. These people are gone, baby gone.

I hate those alerts as much as anyone. You can turn them off. Just a public service. I slept beautifully through the night.

Thank you for those chyrons Thank you for pointing them out. I missed it at first

Latest bullshit smear attack on Walz: Subheadline: what he actually said: Hey morons: Explaining a theory is not advocating for its adoption. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/walz-state-education-appointee-called-us-overthrown-deconstructed

We need better progressive populists today. The OG's passed amendments instituting a national sales tax, direct senatorial elections, and women's suffrage (sure Prohibition was a screw up, but they passed yet ANOTHER amendment to fix that). And that was in an equally polarized country where a majority were disenfranchised. We can change things. We've done it before. Blaming the Founding Fathers is lazy and projection.

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