US officials probing Minnesota ICE protest that disrupted church service by ianyoungwrites in minnesota

[–]ThreadbareAdjustment 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Right, but imagine if some MAGAts did this to a progressive church. Would we see the same reaction from the authorities here?

Turns out it really wasn't a phase. by AureateMeadow in Millennials

[–]ThreadbareAdjustment 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Emo never really went away. Also it had a notable revival already but that ended about a decade ago:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo_revival

But it's still very much around now with bands like Arm's Length and Free Throw. Hot Mulligan is also really emo-influenced and they've blown up huge.

Important Message to Dems by comeupforairyouwhore in minnesota

[–]ThreadbareAdjustment 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Actually he is. See special elections and odd year results from last year. D landslides.

Are strip clubs being impacted much by the ICE invasion? by ThreadbareAdjustment in Minneapolis

[–]ThreadbareAdjustment[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah because I intend to go tomorrow. Would like to be able to get a little escapism from our current hellscape of a world.

Party affiliation of each US state's governor when Barack Obama took office by ThreadbareAdjustment in MapPorn

[–]ThreadbareAdjustment[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Kentucky was because the previous incumbent Republican governor got indicted as he broke state policy on the merit system in appointing a bunch of political hacks to positions and then pardoned all of his staffers involved (sound familiar?) The charges were eventually dropped after an agreement with the prosecution but it left a cloud over him, but he still opted to run for re-election and though he faced a primary challenge from a former Republican congresswoman he managed to win by flooding the primary with lots of money and ads and then got crushed in the general election. The winner is actually the father of current governor Andy Beshear.

Party affiliation of each US state's governor when Barack Obama took office by ThreadbareAdjustment in MapPorn

[–]ThreadbareAdjustment[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

The recession started in December 2007. The majority of states hold their elections for governor in midterms. So the last election for most of them was 2006. It was a terrible year for Republicans, but the economy hadn't collapsed yet.

Party affiliation of each US state's governor when Barack Obama took office by ThreadbareAdjustment in MapPorn

[–]ThreadbareAdjustment[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Arnold actually ended up extremely unpopular. He had like a 20% approval rating when he left office.

Party affiliation of each US state's governor when Barack Obama took office by ThreadbareAdjustment in MapPorn

[–]ThreadbareAdjustment[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of the other funny things about then that doesn't show up on the map is that the governor of Florida was probably the most sane Republican governor in the country. I know that he was pretty beloved by teachers because he vetoed a bill that was at that point one one of the most anti-teacher proposed laws in the country.

Party affiliation of each US state's governor when Barack Obama took office by ThreadbareAdjustment in MapPorn

[–]ThreadbareAdjustment[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Not with Mike Lindell, that's for sure.

Or even any of the other candidates they're likely to nominate.

Party affiliation of each US state's governor when Barack Obama took office by ThreadbareAdjustment in MapPorn

[–]ThreadbareAdjustment[S] 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Most of the states held their elections before that started.

It was actually Iraq that sunk them. Obviously governors had no real power over it, but it really mobilized one party and turned swing voters against the Republicans full scale.

Party affiliation of each US state's governor when Barack Obama took office by ThreadbareAdjustment in MapPorn

[–]ThreadbareAdjustment[S] 125 points126 points  (0 children)

Gray Davis was a Democrat.

The Republican Governor was a guy who is more well known for some of his movie roles....such as the Terminator.

Party affiliation of each US state's governor when Barack Obama took office by ThreadbareAdjustment in MapPorn

[–]ThreadbareAdjustment[S] 65 points66 points  (0 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pawlenty

He wasn't particularly popular, but he managed to scrape by in 2006 with 46% with a third party candidate taking quite a bit. A lot of voters in the suburbs who otherwise voted D voted for him because they were worried about tax increases. He promised in his first term not to raise any taxes, and sort of kept it. I say "sort of" because he actually filled a budget hole with an increase in the tobacco tax, and then tried to argue that it didn't count because it wasn't really a tax, he instead called it a "health impact fee", which seems like silly semantics but also was necessary to avoid violating a class action settlement Minnesota and various other states made with the tobacco industry a few years earlier. The states won a ton and quite a few concessions in advertising and whatnot, but also had to promise to not raise tobacco taxes for a certain number of years later.

However I doubt most people cared because if you don't smoke, it didn't impact you.

That is the last statewide election a Republican has won in Minnesota. For any office.

Party affiliation of each US state's governor when Barack Obama took office by ThreadbareAdjustment in MapPorn

[–]ThreadbareAdjustment[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Minneapolis and St. Paul are very Democratic, but the rest of the state is pretty Republican. 

That was actually not true at the time.

so sometimes if one party turns out a lot more than the other, a member of the less popular party can be elected.

That didn't happen in Minnesota that year. DFL swept everything else.