Left Wing Cracker

Cranky old political hack, yet lovable He/Him/His

[Left Wing Cracker @LeftWingCracker]

Do me and yourself a favor and quit watching cable news. ANY of it. Not Fox News, not CNN, Not Newsmax, Not MSNBC and sure as hell not OANN. READ papers online you can get to. Cable news is onluy her to get you riled up, whatever you think you believe.

[Senator Roger Wicker @SenatorWicker]

Congratulations to Senator-elect Scott Colom. Mississippi voters have spoken, and they have honored you with the privilege to represent the state we love. I look forward to working together for the good of Mississippi and the United States.

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith: On behalf of all Mississippians, I say thank you. For a quarter of a century, you have devoted yourself to public service. Mississippi farmers and outdoorsmen are better off because of you. Our rural hospitals, small businesses, and energy producers are more secure. You have protected our natural resources and championed our growing economy. I am grateful for your efforts to help Mississippi reach its potential now and in the years to come.

[Lyndon Baines Johnson @lyndonbajohnson]

That it took the most unpopular president in modern memory, the worst environment for Rs since Watergate, and a uniquely bad and absent R candidate to elect the first African American Senator actually voted upon by the people of MS is indeed structural racism. -OS

[😱 Scary Larry 😱 🇺🇦✊🏻🇺🇸🗽 @aintscarylarry]

Charlie Kirk was shot by a Mormon whose family was 100% MAGA. You guys killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti and called them terrorists. Spare me.

[Legal Beagle @INLegalBeagle]

@dick_nixon It’s good framing, but I would rather strike while the iron is hot and nuke the filibuster now and not have to deal with two more years of “well shucks we can’t pass anything what you gonna do..” from the Tip n’ Ronnie Dems.

[Statesboro Blues @Gritzblitz56]

@dick_nixon They had better show some results in the meantime in regards to hearings on corruption and impeachment of the most toxic of the cabinet, otherwise that support will stay home in '28.

[Richard M. Nixon @dick_nixon]

For '28 the Democrat Senate line has to be, "We have 56 seats. There's a rule in the Senate that says if you have 60 seats, you can take the fast track. I want to give you the fast track to relief. My opponent is against that. Why do you think that is?"

[Eric Michael Garcia @EricMGarcia]

Wait, Colom had Pete Buttigieg campaign for him in Biloxi (which is more than 60 percent white) and Bill Clinton campaign for him in Tupelo (which is almost 40 percent Black)? GENIUS!

[Lyndon Baines Johnson @lyndonbajohnson]

"I'll drag the South kicking and screaming into the light, but they sure won't thank me for it."

-- Lyndon Johnson, 1964

[Karen Kenyatta Russell🍀 @Karen_Russell]

MAGA useful idiot

[Richard M. Nixon @dick_nixon]

This is fact, not sentiment - Colom won in the Delta. Those are the votes that put him over the top.

[Josh Marshall @joshtpm]

It will be interesting watching republicans slowly realize they’ll be running on the Iran war again in 2028.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Today the American Cancer Society made important changes to their prostate cancer screening guidelines: Men 50 to 69 should get a PSA test every two years; Black men and men with a family history of prostate cancer should get one every year starting at 45; and starting at age 70, men should talk to their doctors about what's right to them.

I know firsthand the toll of this disease, and I know that catching it early saves lives.

So talk to your doctor, get screened, and let’s keep working to end cancer as we know it.

[Andrew the Psycho-Statistician @Great_Chumpion]

@EricMGarcia I like my billionaire class traitor governor, Prtisker's money might have actually been the difference between the status quo and Scott Colom winning.

[Lyndon Baines Johnson @lyndonbajohnson]

There should be some hard questions asked inside the Democratic Party why little to no money went into Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

[The Nation @thenation]

"Chuck and I grew up, literally, in the same [Brooklyn] neighborhood. I am older than Chuck, but we went to the same elementary school, the same high school. We were on the Banking Committee together when I was first elected to Congress. So I have known Chuck for a long time, and I like Chuck, personally. He’s a very nice guy. But, I think, in this moment in American history, Chuck’s views are way out of touch with where the American people are at—and especially with where [the base of] the Democratic Party is. On issue after issue, I think he is just not in tune with where his constituents are at." https://t.co/XK2JkVwbxr

[LizaMinnelliOutlives @LiZaOutlives]

Liza Minnelli has outlived the torturously slow Mississippi vote count, which has ended in victory for Democrat Scott Colom.

[Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams]

I am Mississippi-raised, and tonight, I am overjoyed to congratulate Senator-elect @scott_colom! From the first time we broke bread together in August 2024, I understood his claim on history. He knows that justice and security, that affordability and prosperity are possible for Mississippi. And the people agreed.

This is what happens when the overlooked organize, the discounted turn out, and the silent refuse to be ignored. Now let's get to work.

[Lyndon Baines Johnson @lyndonbajohnson]

A Liberal Democrat now sits in Strom Thurmond's seat, a Black officer of the courts sits in James O. Eastland's seat, and Democrats have taken back LBJ's seat. The moral arc of the universe is long but bends toward justice. -OS

[Richard M. Nixon @dick_nixon]

At the Cenotaph the only sound you hear on Remembrance Day is babies.

[Charles P. Pierce @CharlesPPierce]

"It has been widely reported by the inhabitants here on Deneb VI."