Elections 2024 Mar 27, 2024 at 10:00 am

With a Crowded Left Lane, the Incumbent May Face an Easy Battle Against a Freedom Caucus Wannabe

Guys being dudes in Washington's 2nd Congressional District. Photos: Courtesy of the Campaigns / Design: Anthony Keo

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1

"Freedom Caucus wannabe"? Give us a break, Hannah.

2

Jason Call is a permastoned crank who seems hellbent on helping Donald Trump win reelection because ā€˜thereā€™s no difference between Biden and Trump.ā€™ Funny how that works for an ostensibly straight white man.

3

Pretty sure none of these candidates are causing any concern for Rick Larsen

4

@1 Do you really think Leif Johnson would deny aspiring to the Freedom Caucus?

5

ā€œCall tried to unseat Larsen in 2020, but his 14% of the vote share wasnā€™t enough to get through the primary. He took his second swing at the king in 2022, but he missed again. About 14.5% of voters supported Call in his second attempt, which sounds like an improvement, but it actually amounted to a loss of 2,500 votes between 2020 and 2022.ā€

Look on the bright side: if Call keeps improving at this rate, in only 342 years, heā€™ll get 100% of zero votes. On the flip side, Rick Larsen will still represent the district. ;-)

6

ā€œBinda and Call share
much of the same vision, so if
progressives do not quickly decide
who to coalesce around, Larsen may
once again get the easy route to re-election.ā€*

Fucking Ranked fucking
Choice Fucking VOTING!

(oh and Dump the
Electoral fuck-
Ing ā€˜Collegeā€™
Alfucking-
ready).

Uh-oh.
Iā€™m cussinā€™
Like that gol-
Dang Firebrand
from White Center
hon. Sen. Joe Nguyen

whoā€™s likely
a Shoo-in
as Best
damn
Mentor
In Town

*then they need
to settle this
like True
wariors:

nude
Oiled
pay-per-
View Wras-
Slinā€™ NO holds
Barred winner Take
ALL or just do the RCV

Alfuckingready WA.

7

"Still responsive to on-the-ground organizing, he [Binda] uses his platform to criticize Israelā€™s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and signs every ceasefire resolution he can get his hands on. 'I call it a ā€˜genocideā€™ because thatā€™s what it is,' he said."

fucking
BINGO.

if fucking
FOX can spew
:Lies all day & call
'em FACTS* must the
Rest of US tote around
pocket Dictionaries to try
& Determine Precisely when
bibi's ONGOING MASSACRE jumps
the fawking Shark into TOTAL Genocidal* Mania?

he's LITERALLY
STARVING 100 CHILDREN TO
FUCKING D E A T H EVERYFUCKING DAY.

*and El trrumpfster
who couldn't tell
The Truth if it'd
Save his Ass

8

@7: Yes, we want to elect as our leaders persons who simply declare what words mean, especially when so doing means ignoring existing international agreements. Nothing from the last century or so indicates such behaviors could possibly get us into any kind of trouble.

Thatā€™s actually the kind of leaders you really want, isnā€™t it?

ā€œif fucking
FOX can spew
:Lies all day & call
'em FACTS*ā€

Exactly! You are proud to take Fox News as your shining example of honesty in political discourse! But can you really deliver to such a high standard?

ā€œmust the
Rest of US tote around
pocket Dictionaries to try
& Determine Precisely when
bibi's ONGOING MASSACRE jumps
the fawking Shark into TOTAL Genocidal* Mania?ā€

Tell it, brother! Donā€™t be one of those nanny-pamby liberals who talk about words having meanings! Boldly declare those meanings yourself! Tell us, once and for all time, in the clearest, cleanest, most unequivocal language you can summon: did Hamas commit genocide in Israel on 10/7?

Testify, brother! Tell us loud and clear!! Show us your true colors!

9

@6 Ranked choice voting won't make much of a difference when your choices are solid, experienced democrat and batshit crazy progressives and conservatives. The ballot would look like choice 1 - Larsen, choice 2 - Larsen, choice 3 - Larsen, choice 4 - goodspaceguy

10

This guy again? Oh lort....

11

The House will flip come November--that's pretty well baked in--and then Rep Larsen will finally Chair the House Transportation Committee. If you prioritize high speed rail from PDX to Vancouver and other PNW mass transit projects, now is not the time to switch horses for a back bencher.

12

If Binda, a Lynnwood ā€œcityā€ council member who has admitted to campaign violations (as well as some poor / youthful decisions), is the best progressives can muster, then weā€™re in bad shape.

Iā€™m hoping the young man puts in more work for his current constituents before trying for higher office (and I would suggest shooting for county council as the next political move - see Mosqueada).

Good luck.

13

ā€œYes,
we want
to elect as
our leaders persons
who simply declare what words meanā€
--@Wormtongue

No wormmy what we
Want is for our ā€˜Leadersā€™
to call Out the Massacring
of Tens soon to be Hundreds
of Thousands of Defenseless
HUMAN BEINGS in their Open-
Air Prison. yours (and bibiā€™s) Hiding
behind Hamas whilst Cherry-Picking
from the ICJā€™s Decree ā€“ which Calls Out
Israel ā€“ actually bibi & his fellow furthest
ā€˜rightā€™ Ever co-Beliggerent coalition taking
Israel on a One-way trip to Infamy ā€“ calls Out
Israel to Back the FUCK OFF on the, what, ā€œPre-
Genocideā€ was it? you Remember: you merely Choose

to Ingore That part
whilst Forever
demanding
FEALTY to
the ICJā€™s
defin-
Ition.

wormmy.

note the
incongruences

Thank YOU
Mr. Binda for
Calling out this
Fucking GENOCIDE!*

oh and Kick
Smittyā€™s
ASS!

*too Soon,
wormmy?

Letā€™s let
History
Be the
Judge?

by carefully Calculating
the Mountains
of Dead?

fuck
That:

END the
GENOCIDE.

Oh
and never Mind
the Grammar Nazis:
thereā€™s bigger fish to fry: We the
Peepsā€™re Supplying some Fasscists
with Weapons* of Massive Destruction

Proudly Made
in the USofA!

*souvenirs!

14

see also:

ā€˜There
Is No Just-
ification for Terrorism,ā€™
Says Man Justifying Genocide

oodles more:
https://theneedling.com/2023/09/02/there-is-no-justification-for-terrorism-says-man-justifying-genocide/

15

Top U.N. Court
Orders Israel to Allow
ā€˜Unhinderedā€™ Aid Into Gaza

The International Court of Justice, considering a case brought by South Africa, used it strongest language yet on humanitarian assistance for the enclave.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/29/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news

but if they were to do That
itā€™s gonna sorely Mess
with Israelā€™s Ongoing
Genocide. if I know
Bibi, thatā€™s Def a
Non-Starter.

16

@13, @15: So, you agree with the definition of ā€œgenocideā€ used by the ICJ? I thought you had no patience with namby-pamby, dictionary-toting libs who agreed that words mean things. I thought you want leaders who will simply declare what words mean, as a triumph of their will!

Or are you just cherry-picking from the ICJ?

Discuss.

17

speaking of
cherry-picking:

ā€œThere
is no justify-
cation for terrorism. Ever.ā€

tensorna on December 8, 2023 at 8:44 AM

ā€˜There
Is No Justifi-
cation for Terrorism,ā€™
Says Man Justifying Genocide

https://theneedling.com/2023/09/02/there-is-no-justification-for-terrorism-says-man-justifying-genocide/

thatā€™s a
fucking
BINGO.

Disgusting.

18

speaking of
Evil:

from
Notes
From The Edge
Of The Narrative Matrix:

Israel Keeps Getting More Murderous

In the span of just a few hours we learned that Israel committed a horrific massacre at al-Shifa hospital, struck an Iranian consulate in Syria killing multiple Iranian military officers, and killed a vehicle full of international aid workers in an airstrike.

This murderous regime is out of control.

Israel is so dedicated to protecting civilian life that itā€™s deliberately gunning down unarmed Palestinians whenever they walk within firing range and then adding them to its ā€œHamas terrorists killedā€ tally.

Haaretz reports that the IDF has set up ā€œkill zonesā€ in Gaza where they just shoot anything that moves, with an IDF reserve officer saying the number of Hamas members Israel claims to have killed is massively inflated because

ā€œIn practice, a terrorist is anyone the IDF has killed in the areas in which its forces operate.ā€ Haaretz notes that the three escaped Israeli hostages the IDF gunned down in December had wandered into one of these kill zones.

--Caitlin Johnstone, 4/2/24

disturbingly more:
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-keeps-getting-more-murderous

19

speaking of
Evil:

from
Notes
From The Edge
Of The Narrative Matrix:

Israel Keeps Getting More Murderous

In the span of just a few hours we learned that Israel committed a horrific massacre at al-Shifa hospital, struck an Iranian consulate in Syria killing multiple Iranian military officers, and killed a vehicle full of international aid workers in an airstrike.

This murderous regime is out of control.

Israel is so dedicated to protecting civilian life that itā€™s deliberately gunning down unarmed Palestinians whenever they walk within firing range and then adding them to its ā€œHamas terrorists killedā€ tally.

Haaretz reports that the IDF has set up ā€œkill zonesā€ in Gaza where they just shoot anything that moves, with an IDF reserve officer saying the number of Hamas members Israel claims to have killed is massively inflated because

ā€œIn practice, a terrorist is anyone the IDF has killed in the areas in which its forces operate.ā€ Haaretz notes that the three escaped Israeli hostages the IDF gunned down in December had wandered into one of these kill zones.

--Caitlin Johnstone, 4/2/24

disturbingly more:
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-keeps-getting-more-murderous

@16

no wormmy
what I haven't
Time for is those
who demand Fealty
to the ICJ's definitions
twice/day & 16 times on

Sundays

whilst IGNORING the ICJ's
Demand for Israel to back
the fuck off on the genocidal
mechanications. can You spot
the Differences, Wormtongue?


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