Today In The Banana Republic of Georgia

Why, he does declay-ah: Secretary of State? Goodness, gracious not when he is Guvnah! Now that this "resolves" everything...

Brian Kemp is resigning as Georgia secretary of state, claiming victory in the gubernatorial race (and ending a lawuit filed on Election Day seeking to block him from exercising his duties), but his Democratic opponent Stacey Abrams isn't conceding https://t.co/V0JkRuQCSI

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) November 8, 2018

Today In The Banana Republic of Georgia

BREAKING FROM THE @AP: A spokeswoman in Kemp’s office, who has also worked on his campaign, says there are 22,000 provisional ballots. She has shared the county breakdown with only one candidate — Kemp — but has not shared it with the media or the public. #CantTrustKemp #gapol

— Georgia Democrat (@GeorgiaDemocrat) November 7, 2018

.@staceyabrams campaign holding a press call now. "We know our opponent has had the secretary of state’s office declare he is the winner. We are here to say we don't accept that."

— Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) November 8, 2018

And so it continues; thread on
the Abrams campaign's continued efforts to confront Kemp's election tampering.

Today In The Banana Republic Of Georgia

They're not even trying to hide the abuse of power anymore. They think it helps them. Shows who's boss. https://t.co/VkwG1KYYql

— digby (@digby56) November 4, 2018

Brian Kemp: The boy who cried "Omigosh I can't beat this African American woman without cheating" hack

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 4, 2018

So old I remember Brian Kemp made baseless accusations of hacking against the Obama administration two years ago at a moment when it was politically advantageous to Trump. Took six months to debunk. https://t.co/9LJD606Wr9 pic.twitter.com/3X1IEgn5RX

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 4, 2018

Seriously: has any news outlet gotten this detail correct?

Story should be: "GA SoS* referred suspected breach to DHS and FBI for investigation."

Period. Anything else is just getting played by a known fabricator.

*A candidate in this race

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 4, 2018

This "investigation" is announced a day after reporters obtain a letter warning of the Georgia election system's vulnerability to hacking. I don't think it's all that crazy to think Kemp is hacking his own system and planning to blame it on Democrats. https://t.co/RSsILu8l2T

— Lex Alexander (@LexAlexander) November 4, 2018

Fox Viewer-in-Chief

One justification the press should use in covering what Trump does and says a lot less is that he doesn't actually spend much time Presidenting.

Why cover a crazy old man's Fox-watching habit? Would you do it if he were your senile dad?

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 3, 2018

Then talk about what the people who are doing the job of the President are doing.

"While Mr. Trump watched his third hour of Fox, John Bolton was dismantling the global legal order based on his own authority, and Stephen Miller was kidnapping brown children."

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 3, 2018

Full Resources Of The US Government

Are the facts in a subsequent press release? https://t.co/gGo40YFPXu

— Schooley (@Rschooley) November 2, 2018

A Brilliant Plan of Unfathomably Stable Genius

Scoop: As of yesterday, BP agents have to ask everyone they catch "did you travel as part of the migrant caravan?"

The northernmost group of the caravan is still 6+ weeks away. https://t.co/DCkdT8a6yA

— Dara Lind (@DLind) November 2, 2018

The Soros tattoo, silly.

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 2, 2018

The Tell

Marcy Wheeler: "After complaining about how the nomination has destroyed his family, he accuses a shady, largely fictional, mirror image of the Right Wing Noise Machine of seeking revenge." Kavanaugh's tell being that the Clintons are avenging themselves against him.

The guy who insisted that–

I am strongly opposed to giving the President any 'break' in the questioning regarding the details of the Lewinsky relationship — unless before questioning on Monday, he either (i) resigns or (ii) confesses perjury and issues a public apology to [sexual assault cover-up expert Ken Starr].

That guy thinks the scrutiny of his own sexual past is just "revenge on behalf of the Clintons," plural. Not just Hillary for — as he explicitly mentions — "President Trump and the 2016 election." But also Bill Clinton, the man whom Kavanaugh demanded describe details of his use of sex toys and enjoyment of blowjobs under oath, and perhaps even Chelsea, the young girl who had to watch her parents be humiliated before the entire nation.

In spite of Kavanaugh's suggestion that this imagined campaign would have consequences for decades, his admission that it might be revenge means it must be revenge for something. For something done to the Clintons. Hillary. And Bill.

And he's foaming at the mouth, waiting to be where he can really punish all enemies.

Still kind of hard to believe the guy who bobbed and weaved on every question about his personal issues wrote this. pic.twitter.com/cTopWzXYLF

— Schooley (@Rschooley) September 30, 2018

Honestly don't know why any of the senators didn't use the "Would she be lying" structure on Kavanaugh. https://t.co/Z3sVUbi5UQ

— Schooley (@Rschooley) September 30, 2018

I'm excited to finally have an out-of-control smug drunk self-entitled rageaholic rape-bro Supreme Court Justice vowing to take revenge on the fellow citizens he imagines are his enemies, how could this possibly be bad for our democracy, I just can't see why anyone would complain

— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) September 30, 2018