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November 10, 2022
'No one showed up': Here's how Donald Trump's attempt to get MAGA into the streets fizzled
Donald Trump's efforts to get his supporters into the streets of Detroit on election day was dissected by The Washington Post on Wednesday.
At 2:28 p.m. eastern, Trump took to his Truth Social microblogging website to complain about voting in Michigan.
"The absentee ballot situation in Detroit is really bad," Trump posted. "People are showing up to vote only to be told, 'sorry, you have already voted.' This is happening in large numbers, elsewhere as well. Protest, Protest, Protest!"
Trump's call was not answered by his MAGA base.
"Unlike in 2020, when similar cries from the then-president drew thousands of supporters into the streets — including to a tabulating facility in Detroit and later to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — this time, no one showed up," the newspaper reported. "After two years of promises from Trump and his supporters that they would flood polls and counting stations with partisan watchers to spot alleged fraud, after unprecedented threats lodged against election workers, after calls to ditch machines in favor of hand counting and after postings on internet chat groups called for violent action to stop supposed cheating, a peaceful Election Day drew high turnout and only scattered reports of problems."
'No one showed up': Here's how Donald Trump's attempt to get MAGA into the streets fizzled
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-maga-violence/'No one showed up': Here's how Donald Trump's attempt to get MAGA into the streets fizzled
Donald Trump's efforts to get his supporters into the streets of Detroit on election day was dissected by The Washington Post on Wednesday.
At 2:28 p.m. eastern, Trump took to his Truth Social microblogging website to complain about voting in Michigan.
"The absentee ballot situation in Detroit is really bad," Trump posted. "People are showing up to vote only to be told, 'sorry, you have already voted.' This is happening in large numbers, elsewhere as well. Protest, Protest, Protest!"
Trump's call was not answered by his MAGA base.
"Unlike in 2020, when similar cries from the then-president drew thousands of supporters into the streets — including to a tabulating facility in Detroit and later to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — this time, no one showed up," the newspaper reported. "After two years of promises from Trump and his supporters that they would flood polls and counting stations with partisan watchers to spot alleged fraud, after unprecedented threats lodged against election workers, after calls to ditch machines in favor of hand counting and after postings on internet chat groups called for violent action to stop supposed cheating, a peaceful Election Day drew high turnout and only scattered reports of problems."
November 10, 2022
In Michigan, abortion rights pushed the party to victories in both chambers of the Legislature and re-elected Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, giving Democrats a trifecta of power in the state for the first time in 40 years. In Pennsylvania, the party won a Senate race and the governor’s mansion.
Exit polls conducted by the television networks and Edison Research showed that in Pennsylvania abortion overtook the economy as the top issue on voters’ minds, and in Michigan, nearly half of all voters said abortion was their top issue.
Exit polls show that abortion was top issue in MI and PA
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/us/politics/abortion-midterm-elections-democrats-republicans.htmlIn Michigan, abortion rights pushed the party to victories in both chambers of the Legislature and re-elected Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, giving Democrats a trifecta of power in the state for the first time in 40 years. In Pennsylvania, the party won a Senate race and the governor’s mansion.
Exit polls conducted by the television networks and Edison Research showed that in Pennsylvania abortion overtook the economy as the top issue on voters’ minds, and in Michigan, nearly half of all voters said abortion was their top issue.
November 10, 2022
Former San Francisco Giants star Aubrey Huff, who's become infamous for being a right-wing troll since retiring from his career in professional baseball, is badly losing his school board race in the Southern California city of Solana Beach as of Wednesday morning
Preliminary election results from Tuesday's general election show that Huff's opponent, longtime incumbent Debra Schade, is leading Huff 80.6% to 19.4%.
The election results are unsurprising, and such an outcome had been expected from the time Huff first filed to run for office. A San Diego Union-Tribune analysis of this year's June primary election shows that there isn't a single Solana Beach precinct in which Republicans outnumber Democrats. Huff ran in the coastal portion of Solana Beach, and the Tribune analysis shows Democrats have a double-digit voter registration advantage in all of Solana Beach's coastal precincts.
Huff appeared to be relying on star power to win the race — he wrote "Retired Professional Athlete" on his filing paperwork — but it's clear his very public right-wing views didn't sit well with voters, even in the non-partisan race for a school board seat. Before being suspended from Twitter late last year for repeatedly violating the platform's COVID-19 misinformation policy, Huff was known for highly inflammatory posts. He went viral for one posted in November 2019 that showed him at a shooting range with his two sons.
Getting my boys trained up on how to use a gun in the unlikely event @BernieSanders beats @realDonaldTrump in 2020," Huff wrote. "In which case knowing how to effectively use a gun under socialism will be a must."
Right-wing troll baseball star Aubrey Huff getting clobbered in his school board race 19% to 81%
https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Giants-star-Aubrey-Huff-losing-school-board-race-17568555.phpFormer San Francisco Giants star Aubrey Huff, who's become infamous for being a right-wing troll since retiring from his career in professional baseball, is badly losing his school board race in the Southern California city of Solana Beach as of Wednesday morning
Preliminary election results from Tuesday's general election show that Huff's opponent, longtime incumbent Debra Schade, is leading Huff 80.6% to 19.4%.
The election results are unsurprising, and such an outcome had been expected from the time Huff first filed to run for office. A San Diego Union-Tribune analysis of this year's June primary election shows that there isn't a single Solana Beach precinct in which Republicans outnumber Democrats. Huff ran in the coastal portion of Solana Beach, and the Tribune analysis shows Democrats have a double-digit voter registration advantage in all of Solana Beach's coastal precincts.
Huff appeared to be relying on star power to win the race — he wrote "Retired Professional Athlete" on his filing paperwork — but it's clear his very public right-wing views didn't sit well with voters, even in the non-partisan race for a school board seat. Before being suspended from Twitter late last year for repeatedly violating the platform's COVID-19 misinformation policy, Huff was known for highly inflammatory posts. He went viral for one posted in November 2019 that showed him at a shooting range with his two sons.
Getting my boys trained up on how to use a gun in the unlikely event @BernieSanders beats @realDonaldTrump in 2020," Huff wrote. "In which case knowing how to effectively use a gun under socialism will be a must."
November 10, 2022
Bo Hines, the Republican nominee for North Carolina’s 13th Congressional district, said he wanted to implement a “community-level review process” for rape and incest survivors who want abortions. He lost to state Sen. Wiley Nickel (D) by nearly three points.
Defeated! repub wanted "community-level review process" for rape/incest survivors who want abortions
https://jezebel.com/all-the-anti-abortion-assholes-who-lost-their-elections-1849762244Bo Hines, the Republican nominee for North Carolina’s 13th Congressional district, said he wanted to implement a “community-level review process” for rape and incest survivors who want abortions. He lost to state Sen. Wiley Nickel (D) by nearly three points.
November 10, 2022
Viral speech of new Dem star
November 10, 2022
A year and a half after opening, 13 of the 146 condominiums at the Four Seasons Private Residences at 706 Mission Street in South of Market have sold, the San Francisco Business Times reported, citing third quarter Compass and city records.
The Four Seasons development opened for pre-sales in 2020 and began closing on condos the following year. Units range from studios to four-bedrooms to penthouses and have an average HOA fee between $3,180 and $5,400 per month.
An affiliate of Millennium Partners bought the site in 2006 for $23.5 million and kicked off construction in 2016 at an estimated development cost of $500 million. It combines a 510-foot highrise and the historic Aronson Building, built in 1903.
In 2018, Westbrook Partners took over the 45-story development from Millennium Partners, the firm behind Millennium Tower. The Four Seasons Private Residences opened in May 2021.
new sf tower..no one is buying, only 13 / 146 units sold since 2020 ( same firm that built Millenium
https://therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco/2022/10/27/four-seasons-luxury-condos-in-soma-have-few-takers/A year and a half after opening, 13 of the 146 condominiums at the Four Seasons Private Residences at 706 Mission Street in South of Market have sold, the San Francisco Business Times reported, citing third quarter Compass and city records.
The Four Seasons development opened for pre-sales in 2020 and began closing on condos the following year. Units range from studios to four-bedrooms to penthouses and have an average HOA fee between $3,180 and $5,400 per month.
An affiliate of Millennium Partners bought the site in 2006 for $23.5 million and kicked off construction in 2016 at an estimated development cost of $500 million. It combines a 510-foot highrise and the historic Aronson Building, built in 1903.
In 2018, Westbrook Partners took over the 45-story development from Millennium Partners, the firm behind Millennium Tower. The Four Seasons Private Residences opened in May 2021.
November 10, 2022
John Gibbs, who defeated in the primary an incumbent Republican who had voted to impeach Trump, also made comments in the early 2000s praising an organization trying to repeal the 19th Amendment which also argued that women's suffrage had made the United States into a "totalitarian state."
As a student at Stanford University in the early 2000s, Gibbs founded a self-described "think tank" called the Society for the Critique of Feminism that argued women did not "posess (sic) the characteristics necessary to govern," and said men were smarter than women because they are more likely to "think logically about broad and abstract ideas in order to deduce a suitable conclusion, without relying upon emotional reasoning."
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/09/hillary-scholten-john-gibbs-west-michigan-u-s-house-race/69608897007/
Scholten defeats Gibbs in west Michigan U.S. House race
Riley Beggin
The Detroit News
Grand Rapids — Democratic immigration attorney Hillary Scholten defeated Republican software engineer John Gibbs in Michigan's 3rd Congressional District in Tuesday's election, becoming the first Democrat to represent the Grand Rapids area since the 1970s.
Scholten of Grand Rapids had 55% of the vote and Gibbs of Byron Center had 2% with 99% of the estimated votes counted Wednesday morning. The Associated Press declared Scholten's win around 2 a.m.
John Gibbs (men are smarter than women, women shouldn't have vote) loses to Dem.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/21/politics/john-gibbs-womens-suffrage-19th-amendment-kfile/index.htmlJohn Gibbs, who defeated in the primary an incumbent Republican who had voted to impeach Trump, also made comments in the early 2000s praising an organization trying to repeal the 19th Amendment which also argued that women's suffrage had made the United States into a "totalitarian state."
As a student at Stanford University in the early 2000s, Gibbs founded a self-described "think tank" called the Society for the Critique of Feminism that argued women did not "posess (sic) the characteristics necessary to govern," and said men were smarter than women because they are more likely to "think logically about broad and abstract ideas in order to deduce a suitable conclusion, without relying upon emotional reasoning."
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/09/hillary-scholten-john-gibbs-west-michigan-u-s-house-race/69608897007/
Scholten defeats Gibbs in west Michigan U.S. House race
Riley Beggin
The Detroit News
Grand Rapids — Democratic immigration attorney Hillary Scholten defeated Republican software engineer John Gibbs in Michigan's 3rd Congressional District in Tuesday's election, becoming the first Democrat to represent the Grand Rapids area since the 1970s.
Scholten of Grand Rapids had 55% of the vote and Gibbs of Byron Center had 2% with 99% of the estimated votes counted Wednesday morning. The Associated Press declared Scholten's win around 2 a.m.
November 10, 2022
Analysis: Abortion, Trump dashed Republican hopes for 'red wave'
Analysis: Abortion, Trump dashed Republican hopes for 'red wave'
WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - When Michele and Matthew Nielsen voted in the U.S. midterm elections in Georgia, concerns about the economy did not dictate their choices. They wanted to protect abortion rights and stop candidates beholden to Republican former president Donald Trump.
“If someone wants me to vote Republican, that's fine, but they should probably not mention abortion and they should probably not mention Trump," Matthew Nielsen, 33, said outside a polling place in Alpharetta, Georgia.
The couple had supported a mix of Democrats and Republicans in the past. This time they voted for U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock, a Democrat.
They voiced concerns shared by millions of other voters who supported Democratic candidates in surprising numbers, denying Republicans the so-called “red wave” election they had been expecting.
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Exit polling and interviews with analysts and voters showed that while inflation was a leading driver for voters, the issue of protecting abortion rights was nearly as paramount.
November 10, 2022
On Monday, Salesforce laid off hundreds of employees, the San Francisco tech giant’s second round of layoffs this year. It follows an earlier round in October, when 90 people — primarily contract workers in the recruiting department — lost their jobs.
Salesforce did not disclose how many San Francisco employees were laid off. Most of those affected were part of the company’s sales department, Axios reported. Salesforce has also frozen hiring until January 2023.
“Our sales performance process drives accountability,” a Salesforce spokesperson said in a statement. “Unfortunately, that can lead to some leaving the business, and we support them through their transition.”
Salesforce, San Francisco's largest employer, lays off hundreds
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/salesforce-san-francisco-sales-layoffs-17571643.phpOn Monday, Salesforce laid off hundreds of employees, the San Francisco tech giant’s second round of layoffs this year. It follows an earlier round in October, when 90 people — primarily contract workers in the recruiting department — lost their jobs.
Salesforce did not disclose how many San Francisco employees were laid off. Most of those affected were part of the company’s sales department, Axios reported. Salesforce has also frozen hiring until January 2023.
“Our sales performance process drives accountability,” a Salesforce spokesperson said in a statement. “Unfortunately, that can lead to some leaving the business, and we support them through their transition.”
November 9, 2022
Americans take a stand for decency as the GOP red wave turns to dust, surprising all of us
Let’s cut to the chase: The ebullient Republicans who marched into Tuesday’s midterm elections smugly confident they would surf to power on a mighty, nation-sweeping red wave were left high and dry. Why? I’d argue it’s a testament to Americans’ distaste for indecency.
There are still races to be called and we don’t yet know which party will control the House or the Senate, but it was clear by the end of the evening the GOP would come nowhere near the liberal-crushing victories predicted by party leaders and right-leaning pundits.
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Call me idealistic, but I’ll posit a good number of Americans don’t love it when a political party broadly embraces a bullying figure like former President Donald Trump. Some don’t take kindly to political candidates who deny election results, or those who say they’ll only accept an election that they win. Some don’t like seeing politicians enthusiastic about taking rights away from women, or from married gay and lesbian couples. Some don’t appreciate a party that scapegoats transgender children to score political points, or one that accuses teachers of being groomers or pedophiles.
Americans take a stand for decency as the GOP red wave turns to dust, surprising all of us
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2022/11/09/midterm-elections-democrats-trump-republicans-red-wave/8307501001/Americans take a stand for decency as the GOP red wave turns to dust, surprising all of us
Let’s cut to the chase: The ebullient Republicans who marched into Tuesday’s midterm elections smugly confident they would surf to power on a mighty, nation-sweeping red wave were left high and dry. Why? I’d argue it’s a testament to Americans’ distaste for indecency.
There are still races to be called and we don’t yet know which party will control the House or the Senate, but it was clear by the end of the evening the GOP would come nowhere near the liberal-crushing victories predicted by party leaders and right-leaning pundits.
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Call me idealistic, but I’ll posit a good number of Americans don’t love it when a political party broadly embraces a bullying figure like former President Donald Trump. Some don’t take kindly to political candidates who deny election results, or those who say they’ll only accept an election that they win. Some don’t like seeing politicians enthusiastic about taking rights away from women, or from married gay and lesbian couples. Some don’t appreciate a party that scapegoats transgender children to score political points, or one that accuses teachers of being groomers or pedophiles.
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