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2nd Thursday Good News Roundup: Empathy Edition [1]
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Date: 2022-11-10
x In response to a question about empathy by @AprilDRyan Biden hit on why Democrats did so well in the midterm election and Trump and the GOP failed, "Part of what I think leadership requires, and I hope I meet the standard, is letting people know you understand their problem." pic.twitter.com/x28jtDVtwY — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) November 9, 2022
Wrong-Wing politicians do, of course, understand the fears, rages, and hatreds of their followers. They just don’t care about them except as a means to wealth, power, and sex. Neither the leaders nor the followers care about their own well-being, much less anyone else’s, or the consequences of all of this karma.
Elections
We made gains in the Senate, governorships, State Houses, school boards, and abortion referenda. Our opponents made gains in nano-music.
Democrats overperformed at every level, including taking over state legislatures, and breaking R supermajorities. We certainly didn’t get everything on our wish list, but you never do. More next time.
x Breaking: There will be no Republican supermajority in North Carolina. This is HUGE news for abortion rights. Republicans were just a few seats away from winning the power to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto and enact a total or 6-week abortion ban. — Caroline Kitchener (@CAKitchener) November 9, 2022
Voters in Wisconsin, our most gerrymandered state, easily re-elected Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, but only barely turned away the legislature getting veto-proof R supermajorities.
Deniers Conceding
These election deniers conceded that they lost.
Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania conceded to John Fetterman in their Senate race.
Michigan Governor candidate Tudor Dixon conceded to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
NY Governor candidate Lee Zeldin conceded to Gov. Kathy Hochul.
MI AG candidate Matt DePerno conceded to Dana Nessel.
NH Senate candidate Don Bolduc conceded that he lost to Maggie Hassan, but insists he wasn’t conceding to her, only to his voters.
Baby steps, away from the Magic Dumpster Fire.
Control of the House and Senate
Undecided.
Senate
There are three undecided Senate races, AZ, NV, and GA. Our chances are excellent in all three, which would increase the Democratic majority to 51-49.
It has been noted that if we win AZ and NV now, we will have control of the Senate, and there will be no motivation for the less hate-filled, less hypocritical Rs to vote for Herschel Walker in the GA runoff on 12/6. Note that early voting there will start on November 28.
Postcarders: On your marks!
Our best current hope is for 51 Democratic and allied Senators in January. Manchin and Sinema will not be irrelevant, but their positions will be greatly weakened.
House
There are significant numbers of undecided House races. The NBC News model says the most likely outcome is Rs with 222±9 seats. IOW, nobody knows. In 2018, it took days for the Blue Wave to become apparent. But so far, Democrats have been overperforming in districts that TFG previously won.
But Nate Silver is questioning his own model, because the polling is clearly so far off this year.
The 3 Big Questions I Still Have About Election Day
Will the polls be systematically wrong? [Yes, they were.] How big will the turnout gap be? [It was huge.] How much does candidate quality matter? [That depends.]
If Rs get to control the House there are expected to be challenges to Kevin McCarthy for the Speakership, It has been noted that whoever might get the job would be facing worse internal challenges than John Boehner and Paul Ryan, who were driven out by the infighting.
Rick Scott planned to challenge Mitch McConnell as Majority Leader in he Senate, but that’s off.
Lauren Boebert was reportedly 73 votes behind Frisch in Colorado, with a batch of early votes to come in.
OK, that’s where we were yesterday before these new batches of votes came in. We were hoping that there would be big data dumps from critical states last night, but no such luck. So this is where we still are.
Arizona
Governor—D Hobbs 50.2%, R Lake 49.8%
Senator—D Kelly 51.4%, R Masters 46.4%
Nevada
Governor—D Sisolak 45.8%, R Lombardo 50.6%
Senator—D Cortez Masto, 47.5%, R Laxalt 49.6%
Not much chance of Sisolak gaining that much ground, but it hasn’t been ruled out.
Georgia
Governor—Kemp won
Senator—D Warnock 49.2%, R Walker 48.7%→runoff
Wackadoodletude
Normal Mostly Good News
With some bad news that we are turning around.
x Our CEO Ester Baiget: "Let's stop subsidizing the past." In 2020, fossil energy received 70% of global energy subsidies. 20% went to renewable energy. Fossils are our history, but cannot be our future.
Learn more here:
https://t.co/Hl8m48AOrD#COPClimateaction #COP27 pic.twitter.com/o7sdJh6lBu — Novozymes (@Novozymes) November 8, 2022
x Great to hear that @RishiSunak is going to #COP27! As former Chancellor of the Exchequer, he'll be interested in the massive cost savings of the energy transition & how 100% renewables could change lives in the UK.
https://t.co/Mo14jnKwkNhttps://t.co/eHMMflLy5v pic.twitter.com/GmlHDDgCjZ — Oxford Martin School (@oxmartinschool) November 2, 2022
Ah, yes. Very understated British sarcasm.
x France just legislated that every parking lot for 80 cars or more must be covered by solar panels
That’s 11GW of new solar (same as 10 new nuclear reactors) powering millions of home - zero new land needed
Climate action is happening, just not at #COP27
https://t.co/2erNxvQyX2 — Assaad Razzouk (@AssaadRazzouk) November 9, 2022
x As Speaker, it is my privilege to lead a Congressional delegation to #COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Faced with an accelerating climate crisis, Congress is proud to work with our partners around the world to advance a healthier, more sustainable and more equitable future. — Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) November 9, 2022
x Iceland held a funeral to mourn its first glacier lost to #climatechange.
The impacts of the #climatecrisis are being felt all over the world. There is no time to waste, is no planet B. #ActOnClimate #climateemergency #Climate #energy #GreenNewDeal #COP27 #cop27egypt pic.twitter.com/Liyon7wPe7 — Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) November 9, 2022
x In 3 yrs this #solar installation at a high school in Arkansas turned the district budget from a $250K deficit to a $1.8 million surplus. They're using the surplus to increase teacher salaries.
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #renewables #cop27 pic.twitter.com/N5LOjpVtLL — Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) November 9, 2022
Animals! JWST! Weirdness!
x This week, #JWST is scheduled to observe Crab nebula, Saturn's moon Titan, Galaxy NGC 7250, Exoplanets such as Trappist-1b and GJ 3470, Abell 2744, asteroids such as 1996TL66, 2005RN43, 2014LV28, OKYRHOE, 2002XV93, 2004PF115, 2004XA192, 2004PG115 among other objects. pic.twitter.com/WBVKM2XpLn — Erika #PlanetaryDefense (@_AstroErika) November 3, 2022
x Nicknamed the “cookie monster” the Blue Ambanja Panther chameleon is a real looker 🥰❤️💙 pic.twitter.com/BuqGq4veL6 — RAOK 🇺🇦💙🌻More Love❤️Less Hate🖐🏽BLM🐶🐱🐾💯☮️ (@EvolvingEmpathy) November 9, 2022
x What's WLM like?
🏠 Galactic neighbor: 3 million light-years away
🙅 Antisocial: Hasn’t interacted with nearby galaxies
👴 Old school: Similar chemical makeup to early universe galaxies
This makes WLM ideal for studying how stars in the early universe may have formed & evolved. pic.twitter.com/iWMYnVaofk — NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) November 9, 2022
x Your Daily Stress Reliever 🐶🐾🥰😂❤️ pic.twitter.com/ifLcn1x3G8 — RAOK 🇺🇦💙🌻More Love❤️Less Hate🖐🏽BLM🐶🐱🐾💯☮️ (@EvolvingEmpathy) November 9, 2022
x Video of Jupiter made by interpolating images from the James Webb Space Telescope. #JWST
© u/ceresians pic.twitter.com/C2prkLPxej — Erika #PlanetaryDefense (@_AstroErika) November 7, 2022
x Baby Rhino 🦏 Cuteness Overload 🥰❤️😊 pic.twitter.com/9og8f28BnH — RAOK 🇺🇦💙🌻More Love❤️Less Hate🖐🏽BLM🐶🐱🐾💯☮️ (@EvolvingEmpathy) November 9, 2022
x This little one would like to remind you that a handmade #JWST rug is the perfect place to keep your favourite piece of wood and scrap of cardboard pic.twitter.com/bTF6fItuId — Dr Becky Kennedy | Cepheid Studio (@CepheidStudio) November 1, 2022
x The James Webb Space Telescope is back online! ⬇️
https://t.co/ecj4aLNkd0 — Live Science (@LiveScience) November 9, 2022
Funny or Cry
x It seems like a good time for another incredible #JWST image!
Hubble #JWST pic.twitter.com/7oAU5lRGjj — Astro Joke of the Week (@JokesAstro) November 9, 2022
x Great news!! #JWST Mid-Infrared Instrument Returns to Full Functionality (p.s. Solar System obs coming soon! 🪐)
https://t.co/UECrInlCb0 pic.twitter.com/YptEOwAtbS — Dr. Amber Straughn (she/her/hers) (@astraughnomer) November 8, 2022
x David Horsey, The Seattle Times (2021) @davidhorsey pic.twitter.com/CK4Rd8SDDv — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) November 8, 2022
Another Ferengi Rule of Acquisition?
x Michael de Adder, The Washington Post @deAdder pic.twitter.com/D9q2ghXcA3 — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) November 9, 2022
x Gary Markstein, Creators Syndicate pic.twitter.com/ch464NZm3d — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) November 8, 2022
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