(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday [1] [] Date: 2023-10-24 Energize an Ally Tuesday Every Tuesday, C&J focuses on a worthy candidate, campaign, or cause to support. With the 2023 off-year election season coming to a merciful end two weeks from today, we cede this space to Daily Kos Elections Team Head Poobah (and he has the fez to prove it) David Nir for his take on an opportunity to flip the Virginia House from red to blue: Virginia Republicans are just two seats away from passing an abortion ban. That may seem hard to believe, given just how blue the state has become over the last two decades, but it's the harsh reality. Thanks to a rough election in 2021, Democrats lost control of the governorship and the state House—and if the state Senate had been up that year too, Republicans would have already passed a ban by now. We know that because Gov. Glenn Youngkin has been pushing a ban ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Continued... But as it is, we're clinging to just a 22-18 majority in the Senate, and this November, every seat in both chambers of the legislature will go before voters. And the GOP only needs to flip two districts to gain total control of Virginia's government because the state's far-right lieutenant governor can break ties in the Senate. Great color. But there's good news, too: We have a slate of very strong candidates running under the Democratic banner this fall, and we only need to flip three seats to take back the House and drive a stake into the Republican dream of restricting abortion rights in Virginia. … And they're all running in districts we can win—with our help. The list of candidates is included in David’s post above. If you're willing and able, the link to donate to the twelve candidates endorsed by Daily Kos is here at the ever-dependable Act Blue. As always, you can customize where your dollars go. Many thanks for helping out. I think we can all agree: Virginia looks much better in blue. And now, our feature presentation... - Cheers and Jeers for Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Note: I've started wearing a 3-foot-by-5-foot American flag on my lapel. So I guess that means I win and you lose, tiny pin people. - 7 days!!! By the Numbers: Days 'til Halloween: 7 Days remaining 'til the end of Salem Haunted Happenings in Massachusetts: 7 Estimated number of Americans who watched President Biden's address in support of Israel and Ukraine: 22 million Number of articles in the top 5 newspapers by circulation (NYT, WAPost, LAT, WSJ, USA Today) that mentioned Biden's or Trump's age since Joe announced his reelection bid in April: 378 Percent of those articles that mentioned Biden's age (80) and Trump's age (77), respectively: 88%, 42% Current consensus estimate for 3rd quarter U.S. economic growth, which will be announced Thursday: 4.1% Length of time it took a recently-detected series of radio waves to reach Earth from some galaxies in the process of merging: 8 billion years - Puppy Pic of the Day: In North Carolina, a new record… - CHEERS to a sudden acceleration. Let’s check in and see how the co-defendants in the various Trump trials are behaving these days as they circle the wagons around their undisputed, broad-shouldered leader and prepare to take the stand and protect him at all costs even if it means they have to spend several years behind bars: x Embedded Content - Pass the syrup. JEERS to your tax dollars hard at work. While C&J was off yesterday, Republicans in the esteemed legislative body known as the House of Representatives were huddling behind closed doors (the few that haven't already been kicked in by rage-o-holic loser Jim Jordan) to figure out how to stop hating each other long enough to choose a new Speaker and get back in the good graces of the one American (Clem who works over at the Ottumwa, Iowa discount tire store) who still approves of them. Apparently today is the day they'll choose a chewy nugget from this lovely box of chocolates: House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (MN) Republican Conference Vice Chair Mike Johnson (LA) RSC Chair Kevin Hern (OK) Rep. Byron Donalds (FL) Rep. Austin Scott (GA) Rep. Jack Bergman (MI) Rep. Pete Sessions (TX) Rep. Gary Palmer (AL) Rep. Dan Meuser (PA) Standing in their way will be the usual fighting factions of morons and misfits whose petty grievances would make the mean girls in a private middle school roll their eyes and hiss, "Oh, grow up." If they fail in their task, they'll resort to their usual Plan B: blaming Democrats and cashing their paychecks. Not necessarily in that order. CHEERS to World Peace...or something like it. Today is United Nations Day. On October 24, 1945, the U.N. charter took effect. Their mission: » To save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind. “People, people! Can’t we all just get along???” » To reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small. » To establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained. » To promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom. Which, when translated for the Republican Party, means: "To enact Agenda 21 when America least expects it and turn all our golf courses into gay Muslim indoctrination camps that replace our precious bodily fluids with zombie juice." And they say liberals are the stoners? - BRIEF SANITY BREAK - x A class of engineering students in the Philippines went viral for designing ‘anti-cheating’ headgear ahead of an exam pic.twitter.com/2uBUAGWaHP — NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 21, 2023 - END BRIEF SANITY BREAK - CHEERS to gauzy gams. On this date in 1939, nylon stockings went on sale for the first time, in Wilmington, Delaware: Here is how a newspaper article described the frenzy: Customers were lined three deep at the counters most of the day. Many of them were men and many were from out-of-town, although the sale was limited to three pairs per customer and supposedly to Delaware residents. Four thousand pair were sold the first day. Three thousand to women and one thousand to bank robbers. CHEERS or JEERS to where we stand. A lot of folks (read: a pair of spiders in our cellar) have been asking me for an update on all the off-year elections, which are only 14 days away. This morning I spent a good 90 seconds minutes reviewing the latest polling data, number-crunchers' predictions, and the word on the street. Here's what it looks like as of this morning: ??????????????????? Disclaimer: The margin of error is plus or minus ??? - Ten years ago in C&J: October 24, 2013 CHEERS to #15? There's a state Supreme Court case down in New Mexico that gets underway today on the issue of marriage equality. If the mojo of enough justices aligns, the state will become the fifteenth to allow gay couples to tie the knot. How big is this in the Land of Enchantment? Pretty big, by the sound of it: For the first time in the state’s history, arguments in front of the Supreme Court will be webcast. KOAT will stream the arguments on their website. KUNM will also simulcast the arguments. The arguments are slated to begin at 9:00 am on Wednesday. Meanwhile, same-sex couples in New Jersey are Bollywooding their way down the aisles on their third day of marriage equality. So far only one locust swarm has been spotted, and that was during the Johnson-McGillicutty vows when they were released from a box in place of doves. Entomologists. You had to be there. - And just one more… CHEERS to ghosts of Halloweens past. One week ‘til The Spooky Day. This remains one of my all-time favorite SNL sketches. Carvey, Myers, Farley, Hartman, Nealon. Magic… - Have a terroriffic Tuesday. Floor's open...What are you cheering and jeering about today? - Today's Shameless C&J Testimonial “It's like going home to your grandparents. This is a great place to come and just say ‘Ah, I want to hug my Cheers and Jeers kiddie pool.’ “ —Park Ranger Brad Free - [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/24/2200834/-Cheers-and-Jeers-Tuesday?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/