Flotsam and Jetsam - Election 2024 Proceeds Slowly but Surely

We've made incremental progress in the election. NYT wept as they finally acknowledged that Trump won Arizona, securing 312 electoral votes and a complete run of the "battleground" states. RCP finds Republican gained another House seat, giving them 216 of the 218 needed to control the chamber. Most of the still undecided seats are in California. With 86% of the vote counted, RCP won't call the Arizona Senate seat, with Democrat Ruben Gallego slightly ahead of Republican Kari Lake. Most other outlets have called it for Gallego, which would leave the Senate 53/47 Republican.

Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson, "Democrats complained their biggest fear would be Trump refusing to concede the 2024 Election He won in a landslide. The Pennsylvania Senate race has also been called, but Bob Casey still refuses to concede. Where is the Democrat Party calling him a ‘threat to Democracy’?" At OutKick, Stephen A. Smith Concedes Election Results To Sean Hannity: 'It Was An Annihilation'. At Hat Hair, Steve Moore says Thank God for the Electoral College. From Da Wire, Pelosi Blames Kamala’s Loss On Joe Biden. “Had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race,” Pelosi said. “The anticipation was that, if the president were to step aside, that there would be an open primary.” Matt Vespa at TownHall, How Joe Biden Got His Revenge on the Democratic Party. At Bearing Arms, Tom Knighton thinks Nate Silver's Comments on Presidential Polls Has 2A Ramifications. Polls are crooked, presidential or gun control. Wapoo worries Did abortion ballot measures backfire on Democrats? Abortion is almost a 50:50 issue, a few people are strong on both sides, while the rest of us are spread across the middle. It sounds like a winner to the two ends, but it's just not. Victory Girls think Tim Walz Was Another Big League Reason The Democrats Lost. Assistant Coach Walz couldn't keep the boys on the team. At RedState Nick Arama hosts Bill Maher Hilariously Eviscerating the Bratty Left Over the Election and Bob Hoge has an OPINION: SNL Opens With a Subversive Take on Trump's Victory—and I Actually Thought It Was Great. Althouse sorta likes it too, "Saturday Night Live" did a good job with the election results. "It goes a little long, but stick with it, because one person is much funnier than everyone else..."

Althouse, We'll forget how to agonize about money in politics if it keeps getting spent with such ineffective and hilarious profligacy. ""The Harris campaign paid Oprah $1 million to do that interview, and she spent $100,000 building the set of the Call Her Daddy podcast so Kamala Harris wouldn’t have to fly out to LA to film it."" A million bucks worth of sincerity! Matt Margolis at PJM thinks You Won’t Believe Who’s Offering To Help Pay Off Kamala’s Campaign Debt. Donald Trump! ali golub @alibrooke4ever "I think it’s time to accept the Democratic Party’s main purpose is money laundering", Quote Watcher.Guru@WatcherGuru "Kamala Harris's campaign ends $20 million in debt, after raising over $1 billion, Politico reports."

Dave Strom at Hat Hair outraged that FEMA Directed Relief Workers to Not Help Trump Supporters With Hurricane Relief. Twitchy reports it's 'Not Enough': FEMA Supervisor Reportedly Fired After Directing Workers to Skip Homes With Trump Signs and Justice Is Coming: Ron DeSantis Orders Investigation Into FEMA's Disaster Relief Discrimination. 

Sundance at CTH thinks it's a Good Sign – President Trump Announces No Position for Nikki Haley or Mike Pompeo in New Administration.

At Insty, GOING ON OFFENSE: House Judiciary GOP@JudiciaryGOP, "Jack Smith: Preserve your records." Jack Smith is just the hit man. Merrick Garland is the guy that paid the hit man. A dive into both of their communications is well warranted. 

Insty, THIS IS CNN: CNN Panel Meltdown Over Trans Issue Shows Left Learned No Lessons From 2024 Defeat.

This is an amazing clip, because it shows exactly how our debates end up being rigged by those who claim offense. The solution—“solution”—that is suggested is for Singleton to completely concede his position. It’s “do carry on, but not with the view you were expressing.” https://t.co/u66QCqV58E

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 9, 2024

The Free Bacon is upset that J.D. Vance Was a Poster Boy for Yale Law School. The School Won’t Congratulate Him on His Victory. "Law school congratulated Hillary Clinton when she won Dem nomination in 2016." It's a badge of honor.

Toni Airaksinsen notices a Cornell prof denounces Jews, claims “Violence is all Zionism Can Offer the World”. "Jews poison water supplies" he argues. He's Jewish.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Franchises In Motion up on time and under budget.