MT-AL: Rob Quist (D) vs. Greg Gianforte (R) vs. Mark Wicks (L), May 25

[#gravelgang #lessiglad]

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

I'm not a fan of Gianforte or anything, but this is a story with an alarming headline, with pretty pedestrian details. LafargeHolcim is a fairly major player in manufacturing globally, and Gianforte owned under USD50,000 (which, to an individual of Gianforte's wealth is a pittance) in shares in his and his wife's IRA.

In fact, I used to own shares in Dodge and Cox's International Fund, which holds a significant stake in LafargeHolcim, so Gianforte's holdings could theoretically also be through a fund.

Unsurprisingly, the details at the Huffpo's "report" are sparse, so I can't be sure, not that one should expect better from such a trash-tier site.

And yes, it was also stupid when R's did this "six degrees of Isis" to Hillary.

[#gravelgang #lessiglad]

seems like FN finally dared to air Acuna
https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/867734607692779521

https://twitter.com/TomNamako/status/867737914045861889



MSNBC's Joe Scarborough blames Trump for GOP candidate Greg Gianforte's alleged assault of a reporter
http://theweek.com/speedreads/701327/msnbcs-joe-scarborough-blames-trump-gop-candidate-greg-gianfortes-alleged-assault-reporter



Rep. Duncan Hunter said of MT reporter assault, “It’s not appropriate behavior. Unless the reporter deserved it.”
https://twitter.com/MCJalonick/status/867750282276605953

Assault is never "deserved."

[#gravelgang #lessiglad]

The brightest timeline would have both Quist and Ossoff win, showing that both folksy Berniecrats and Bernie-declared "non-progressive" technocratic moderates have a place in the Democratic Party. Rather than shifting left or right, the party ought to shift out.

More likely is that both will lose by right margins and each faction will snipe at one another instead of realizing that a percentage point or two doesn't change the underlying dynamic. Mainly:

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