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    Senator Warnock won in a special election to fill the remainder of Johnny Isakson's seat - which expires January 2023. This means the seat is up for election in 2022, where Warnock will run as the incumbent and the GOP field that is now led by former running back Hershel Walker, who has been enthusiastically endorsed by Donald Trump.

     
    Atlantic article from Jemele Hill
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    ......The Washington Post has reported that GOP operatives in Georgia—a traditionally conservative state that has grown more diverse in recent years—united behind Walker in part to offset Warnock’s status as Georgia’s first Black senator. They also saw Walker as a buffer against claims that the party is racist, making Walker the party’s official Black friend. “A lot of [conservatives] said, ‘He’s Black, and he agrees with us,’” an unnamed GOP strategist told the Post, “and I think that’s why people just gave him the benefit of the doubt.”

    In theory, Georgia conservatives’ embrace of a Black Senate hopeful should be a sign of progress. Instead, Walker’s candidacy is extraordinarily uncomfortable for me to watch because, while bolstering his political standing by repeating right-wing stereotypes about irresponsible Black fathers, he plays right into those same stereotypes.

    Walker’s disturbing history in no way reflects on other Black men. But I can’t help sensing some condescension in Republicans’ elevation of such a buffoonish candidate. Does Walker embody what they think Black men really are? Do they think that Black voters in Georgia are so gullible and hungry for representation that they would willingly overlook Walker’s obvious incompetence?

    His candidacy is especially offensive in light of who he is running against. Unlike Walker—who has falsely claimed to have graduated in the top 1 percent of his college class, even though he left after his junior year to join the USFL—the incumbent has a real academic record.

    Warnock graduated cum laude from Morehouse College and earned two master’s degrees and a doctorate from Union Theological Seminary. As the pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, he preaches in the same pulpit that Martin Luther King Jr., preached in. His Senate victory two years ago made him a rising political star. In office, he has astutely focused on bread-and-butter issues and worked with Republicans where possible...........


    www.theatlantic.com

    Herschel Walker’s Candidacy Is Just Insulting

    The contrast with his opponent renders it all the more egregious.
    www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
     
    This is just crazy stuff. This man shouldn’t ever be in any position of authority ever.

     
    A commentator who compared Herschel Walker's so-called "stupid" speech to that of "countless Blacks in the Deep South" has earned intense scorn—largely from Black people who come from the South.

    Michael Tracey, a journalist and recurring guest on the Fox News show Tucker Carlson Tonight, tweeted his response to critics of Georgia's GOP Senate candidate on Wednesday night. Trump-backed Herschel Walker and Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock are headed to a runoff election on December 6 after neither candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote this month.

    "Herschel Walker doesn't come across as the ideal US Senator, but the main reason he's called 'stupid' seems to be because he speaks in a heavy regional dialect, with lots of colloquialisms. This alone does not make him 'stupid'––he sounds like countless Blacks in the Deep South," said Tracey.






     
    GrandAdmiral said:
    Perfect timing releasing this ad right after a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub...

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    Is this what she's complaining about in that add? A 5th place trophy and sharing a podium? 😂

    Not saying there aren't legitimate discussions on this topic, but come on.

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    In the 200 freestyle final at the NCAA Women’s Championships last month, Kentucky senior Riley Gaines finished tied for fifth with Penn’s Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer who was the center of attention at the meet because she was allowed to compete against cisgender females under NCAA rules. Thomas was the NCAA champion in the 500 free, and she was favored to win the 200 free as well, but she finished almost a second-and-a-half off her best time and more than two seconds behind race winner Taylor Ruck.

    After that race, Thomas and Gaines shared the fifth-place podium, but Gaines said that Thomas was given the only fifth-place trophy for the event. Gaines told The Daily Wire that an NCAA representative told her, “Hey, I just want to let you know, we only have one fifth place trophy, so yours will be coming in the mail. We went ahead and gave the fifth place trophy to Lia, but you can pose on the podium with the sixth place trophy.”

    Gaines said that she argued with the official about why Thomas would get the trophy instead of her. Even though the two swimmers tied, Thomas is listed ahead of Gaines on the official results page, which indicates that Thomas touched ahead of Gaines by less than one hundredth (too small a margin to be absolutely certain).

    “It was a bit disheartening,” Gaines said, according to The Daily Wire. “It really was. I left the pool with no trophy. Not a big deal, but it was the goal that I had set all year.”
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    www.swimmingworldmagazine.com

    Riley Gaines: 'I Left There With No Trophy' After Tie With Lia Thomas; Kentucky Standout Disappointed With NCAA

    Riley Gaines tied for fifth place in the 200 free at NCAAs with Lia Thomas, and she said the NCAA gave Thomas the fifth-place trophy.
    www.swimmingworldmagazine.com www.swimmingworldmagazine.com
     
    zztop said:
    apnews.com

    Democrats sue for Saturday voting in Georgia Senate runoff

    U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock’s campaign and Democratic groups are suing the state of Georgia to overturn guidance by Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger that counties can’t offer Saturday voting ahead of next month’s Senate runoff election.
    apnews.com apnews.com
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    an update to the above:

    apnews.com

    Georgia court declines to halt Saturday early runoff voting

    A Georgia appeals court ruling means that counties can offer early voting this coming Saturday in the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic Sen.
    apnews.com apnews.com
     

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