#early returns

[sgtlucychen]

THE CHENFORD DIARIES ⤷ The Rookie 7x06 | The Hotel Room

[aisatsana441]

My only tried-and-true Election Day tradition is drinking heavily and rereading rageprufrock’s Early Returns (https://archiveofourown.org/works/273054?view_adult=true) to make myself feel better about the democratic process.

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[science-criticaltheory]

Progressive Races to Watch.  

Howie Klein, from Down with Tyranny blog, reviews the key races that will determine if there will be a progressive breakthrough in the midterms.

TheRealNews  

[rageprufrock]

Early Returns?

Early Returns was the first kink meme prompt I ever filled, and what a pain in the ass it was to try and stay anonymous. I also STAYED anonymous as the author for this story for...years I think, after it was completed, in part because while posting a kerfuffle kicked up in the comments about whether or not I wrote it. For a long time it just seemed easier to let it live in in comment format and leave it as fictional carrion to whoever wanted to keep picking at the corpse of the story.

[progresspittsburgh]

"PLCB spokesperson Stacey Witalec says the company which developed and operated the kiosks in conjunction with the state, Simple Brands, defaulted on an approximately $1.2 million payment which was contractually due at midnight Tuesday. Witalec says the machines will be shut down today, and ultimately, permanently removed from stores. It was not immediately clear what steps state officials could take to recoup the loss."

[progresspittsburgh]

Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Forest Hills, said in an interview this morning that Democrats will start a "discharge petition" for a clean debt ceiling vote. It is a procedure that allows immediate floor consideration for a bill if a majority of House members sign the petition. That would require the entire Democratic caucus and a couple dozen Republicans, a highly unlikely proposition, especially given that a "clean" debt ceiling increase was voted down in May by a 318-97 margin.

Dems hope to force "clean" debt vote