Wednesday Reads: No or Yes
Posted: September 15, 2021 | Author: JJ Lopez aka Minkoff Minx | Filed under: morning reads | Tags: California recall election |6 Comments
Well, I’m uncertain if we will get a definite answer tonight regarding those recall results in California. So if you don’t see any updates here on this thread…take a look in the comments. As of the time of writing this post, the polls in California are just about ready to close.
@CBSNews projects No wins #CARecall race — Newsom remains governor pic.twitter.com/AQ7YAoqe7f
— Kabir Khanna (@kabir_here) September 15, 2021
BREAKING: NBC News projects that the effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom has failed. Newsom will remain governor. @NBCNews @MSNBC
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 15, 2021
So for the latest information:
Here's a run through of our #CaliforniaRecallElection results page.
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) September 15, 2021
Check back here after polls close at 8 p.m. PT 👇https://t.co/RA7jwq0F7C pic.twitter.com/xZj92bR4VJ
such a waste of money https://t.co/LmiY8prfCD
— 🍂🍂Imani Gandied Apples🍁🍁 (@AngryBlackLady) September 15, 2021
LMAOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/03a4a4raG1
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) September 15, 2021
— mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) September 13, 2021
Who really cares about the CHILDREN?pic.twitter.com/YxOQNoS3cv
— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) September 15, 2021

This thread:
Here's what I think – so far – about the Milley business.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 15, 2021
– Calls for him to resign are stupid.
– Calls to fire him are stupid.
– The call to China was a *good* thing
– It's a legit question about whether he was preemptively countermanding possible orders from the CINC.
/1
This statement is the best defense Mark Milley could ever present for why he was trying to put backstops in place against a Night of Camp David scenario. https://t.co/zTFZBvzJUm
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 15, 2021
“We are on the way to a right-wing coup:” Milley secured Nuclear Codes, Allayed China fears of Trump Strike https://t.co/1CvbuptKGb
— Juan Cole (@jricole) September 15, 2021
I’m glad Milley did what he did.
Lots of focus on Gen. Milley’s concerns about Trump after January 6th as described in Woodward’s book. But the more concerning and potentially explosive revelations – esp to the Jan 6th investigation – are abt Bannon & Trump. https://t.co/Dwvozxbrkq pic.twitter.com/WxPfVAm8sU
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) September 15, 2021
A big and underappreciated revelation in the new Woodward and Costa book: Pence said he tried *everything he possibly could* to help Trump subvert the election.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 14, 2021
Pence is no hero.@RepRaskin tells me the 1/6 committee will fully flesh out Pence's role:https://t.co/kgOFlMiCB6
I did NOT have Dan Quayle on my "Saving the Republic" bingo card, but here we are. https://t.co/aBeOEAhCh8
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 15, 2021
In his desperation to remain in the White House after Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 election, Trump reportedly resorted to schoolyard threats against Mike Pence to convince him to overturn the results by rejecting certification. https://t.co/pF5B7m8Bvy
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 15, 2021
A Miami nurse has pleaded guilty for threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris, the Justice Department announced https://t.co/DkALXXcgIr
— CNN (@CNN) September 15, 2021
The message was so bizarre that some believed it must be a hoax, but sources told the Daily Beast that Queen Elizabeth really did send the note to the head of a rogue regime https://t.co/iQEaWXLGa6
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 15, 2021
FYI, the Los Angeles Registrar has removed this person from the polls. https://t.co/CjzfCJSVEd
— Jerry 🍨 (@js_edit) September 14, 2021
Friends, if you voted in West Hollywood please be sure to contact the appropriate office to make sure your ballot was counted accurately. https://t.co/p1LYEf5SrE
— plz get vaxed im so tired (@Alexander_Tam) September 14, 2021
L.A. County election officials removed a poll worker who showed up to a vote center wearing a Trump 2020 hat, T-shirt and face mask https://t.co/HClURKEpvD
— David Zahniser 🦅 (@DavidZahniser) September 15, 2021
Sister-in-law of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp passes away due to COVID-19 complications — as he’s suing over Biden’s vaccine mandate… https://t.co/yQGjEtuwz8
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) September 14, 2021
🚨 DOJ Civil Rights Division announced today its investigating Georgia prisons. If you have stories, information, leads, details, anything anything ANYTHING – share it share it share it. https://t.co/6XVEcP9pg4
— josie duffy rice (@jduffyrice) September 14, 2021
— Brown Eyed Susan (@smc429) September 15, 2021
Thanks for noticing. https://t.co/1fZ398UpZg
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 13, 2021
FBI director ChrisWray “faces new scrutiny over investigation of Brett Kavanaugh. Claim that FBI lacked authority to conduct further investigation into Kavanaugh may be inaccurate” https://t.co/mVtX7Q3J2H
— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) September 15, 2021
I would call her a cunt…I only use that word in extreme conditions:
Laura Ingraham is a sick POS. pic.twitter.com/K3dSGKmWBd
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) September 15, 2021
It’s almost like there’s another option that would prevent you from living in poverty. pic.twitter.com/cxbgVKL9Ji
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) September 14, 2021
US COVID-19 cases climb to levels not seen since last winter https://t.co/DL6GeqdPfC
— ABC News (@abcnews) September 15, 2021
Many U.S. counties with low vaccination rates had a high number of positive #COVID19 tests. In parts of the Southeast, Midwest, and Northwest, less than 40% of people are vaccinated and more than 10% of tests were positive in the last 7 days. More: https://t.co/hdTclb41lt. pic.twitter.com/qIsen82cIF
— CDC (@CDCgov) September 14, 2021
BREAKING: One in 500 US residents has died of Covid-19, according to a @CNN analysis of Johns Hopkins University and US Census Bureau data.
— Rob Frehse (@ItsNotaHalfDay) September 15, 2021
On the Boston Mayor Primary:
NEW: Boston Election Dept on slow count:
— David Wade (@davidwade) September 15, 2021
"Approximately 7,000 ballots were received today by the 8pm deadline by mail or drop box, and will be processed …to allow for cross referencing with the completed voter lists… Per state law, all ballots will be counted tonight.
In Boston, Democrats Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George advance to the general election for Mayor
— USA Election Watch (@electionwatchus) September 15, 2021

A 16 yr old girl can’t legally adopt a baby but can be forced to birth a baby for which she may not be able to house, clothe or feed.
— Carol Abney, CPA (@ElectCarolAbney) September 14, 2021
Let’s be honest.
It was NEVER about babies. It has ALWAYS been about control.

Norm Macdonald has died of cancer at 61. The former ‘Saturday Night Live’ star was known for his offbeat and absurdist humor. https://t.co/lvaiNz0JRd
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 14, 2021
Sad news there…about Norm MacDonald.
Norm Macdonald, Comedian and ‘Saturday Night Live’ Star, Dies at 61 https://t.co/AbQqP6H9wB
— Variety (@Variety) September 14, 2021
$276 MILLION?! Can only Republicans pay for this stupid recall election or now they believe in socialism?
— Mexican Judge (@laloalcaraz) September 15, 2021
If I were a voter in California, I wouldn't be celebrating. I'd be angry over tonight. I'd be asking @CAGOP what the taxpayers got in return for the $276 million wasted on this ridiculous recall campaign. Utterly embarrassing.
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) September 15, 2021

Watching #Kornacki as #RecallElection results start to come in. My cat Veronica is not as concerned as I am… #VoteNoOnTheRecall pic.twitter.com/tziaEEEWAF
— JJ Lopez Walts 🤌🏼 (@MinkoffMinx) September 15, 2021
These idiots wasted 300 million dollars on this ridiculous thing — and Newsom is up for reelection *next year.*
— digby (@digby56) September 15, 2021
Let's hear no more about GOP "fiscal responsibility."
This is an open thread.
Mike Pence asked Dan Quayle if he had any authority to refuse to certify the election and Quayle said, “Noe.”
LOL
Haha! Damn. Quayle’s from back when Republicans wouldn’t be sending love notes to Kim Jong Un.
Quayle. Quayle. Goddamn freakin I-escaped-from-a-boy-band Quayle, now a useful source of advice on how to stay out of jail while bootlicking.
/*boggle*/
How did we fall so far so fast?
I went to an event during the Bush-Q election and met his wife. Wow. Is she a sex traitor!