The Georgia Senate race has been called for Ossoff by CNN and I think by NBC News.

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff will win reelection, CNN projects, defending a crucial Democratic seat that Republicans once considered a top pick-up opportunity. Follow live updates. https://t.co/afynvQoC3Y https://t.co/eIvdHsEpng

Oh, FFS

Mark Halperin is dooming:

From leading Republican strategists to me. These are three different people: “There will be surprise winners and surprise survivors, but its going to be a blood bath.” “This is going to be a massacre. Donald Trump asked voters to vote as if he was on the ballot. They did.” “It’s worse than anyone thought. The assumptions on the percentage of Republicans that would vote Republican was wrong.” Why: Answer is obvious: Inflation, diesel, Iran, Israel, Epstein, data centers, ballroom, Trump family deals

From leading Republican strategists to me. These are three different people:

“There will be surprise winners and surprise survivors, but its going to be a blood bath.”

“This is going to be a massacre. Donald Trump asked voters to vote as if he was on the ballot. They did.”

“It’s worse than anyone thought. The assumptions on the percentage of Republicans that would vote Republican was wrong.”

Why: Answer is obvious: Inflation, diesel, Iran, Israel, Epstein, data centers, ballroom, Trump family deals

Couple of interesting notes from Florida. Republican Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) won 71 percent of the vote two years ago. With 97.5 percent of the vote in tonight, he's up 53-46. 

Republican John Rutherford (FL-05), on the other hand, is running only about eight points behind his 2024 results. 

One race suggests a blue wave, the other more of a typical midterm for the party in power. 

Golly Nell. Don't make me cry.

LMAO: 'CBS Mornings' admits it drove down to Florida and, after interviewing dozens of voters in Miami, Melbourne, and then Jacksonville at four separate restaurants, they couldn't find ONE SINGLE person who didn't like DeSantis. https://t.co/TtDhwkTXoJ

You know, if this vile creature loses, that's an unforced error. She should have been primaried out this spring, but wasn't. And Trump didn't wake up until she got too full of herself and ripped him a new one with a slick video. Tell you what. This makes me mad.

My Congresscritter is Rep Maria Elvira Salazar. She used to be a news gal on a Spanish channel. She's being challenged by Eliott Rodriguez, ex-local CBS news anchor. I used to like him, but no more. Currently at 7pm, they're 50%-50%!! https://t.co/3DD3cXYOQp

And the Democrat survives in FL-14. Decision Desk has called it for Kathy Castor.

Decision Desk HQ projects Kathy Castor wins the FL US House 14 General Election #DecisionMade: 7:48 PM EST Follow live results here: https://t.co/1M3XqbJeNB https://t.co/CT3FUcF2vx

The guy who constantly talks about America First is out here telling people to vote for the party that wants open borders https://t.co/K5flAy3eeJ

Looks like a normal midterm cycle so far in House races. We'll see if the numbers change as the counting wraps up. 

A tight race in Florida-13. Looks like Luna will win but only by a few thousand votes. Trump won this by something like 13 points.

“HOLY COW!” A very tight race is unfolding in Florida, where Anna Paulina Luna leads Democrat Leela Gray by only 0.2 points with 93% of the vote in. CUOMO: “Anna Paulina Luna is popular. MAGA is not. And if you are carrying that burden tonight, it seems like it could matter anywhere, even in ruby-red Florida.”

He has been for a while.

BaDUMP!

Looks like this one's in the bag:

Republican Randy Fine claims victory in election for Florida's 6th Congressional District, securing a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. https://t.co/TgbCUQrMUb

DDHQ has called it, too. 

Scott Galloway wants Elon Musk executed because he is a traitor to the West.

Also: vote for Abdul El-Sayed and the DSA. 

Scott Galloway calls Elon Musk a "traitor to the West" and invokes the executions of the Rosenbergs after WW2. "We lined up the Rosenbergs against a wall. This is a traitor to the West, and he should be held to the same standards as every other traitor in the West." *Applause* These people are absolutely unhinged.

Majority of voters in NBC exit poll say support for transgenders has gone too far... and Democrats still have 9 point advantage on which party is better able to handle policies related to transgender people. Make it make sense. 

As of 5p.m. ET: Just over half of voters say that support for transgender rights in society has gone too far, according to early results from the NBC News Exit Poll. https://t.co/Mlm0Zc7trp https://t.co/1jGfTiLEhI

Re: my post about how Democrats are far crazier than you think:

Calmest guy at the polling place today in NH was the 18-year old that got swung at. We want conversation, not violence! https://t.co/NymQw04VbF

Wait. Before I refill, I'm checking real estate on Zillow.

Tired of the election map? The yellow states are the states where you can legally own an otter. https://t.co/RuvBrYxctm

Most results were done at 10 PM through the 90’s. Yeah there were some close races that didn’t have results until the next day but nothing that would decide with party controlled Congress or the White House..

I feel a Jackson Browne song coming on...running on empty

BRB

I am going to try to make homemade pastrami this winter, using store-bought corned beef and a low-and-slow bake in the oven. 

Classic academic deflection:

Oh, alas! I am CONFLICTED!

Dana's crazy. A silver wave coming out tonight to save US?

Has she SEEN these seniors lately? HOLY CRAP, girlfriend

Ed is being too nice. I, in fact, do not know who I am. 

I'm fine with cabernet and crayons.

I live a simple, monastic life.

Marc Elias has reportedly received a DOJ target letter in the criminal probe of the decoy “Dan Sullivan” on Alaska’s Senate ballot. So has the DSCC. A target letter is not an indictment. Elias gets the presumption of innocence — something the Lawfare crowd never extended to me. But notice the difference. Arguing in court that an election was flawed is advocacy. The First Amendment protects it. What’s alleged here is something else: recruiting a retired teacher named Daniel J. Sullivan to sit on the ballot next to Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, so voters pick the wrong one. That’s not advocacy. It’s deception aimed at the voters themselves. And it isn’t just Republicans saying so. The New York Times reported that texts and documents tie the effort to the DSCC and its top law firm. Alaskans are voting today with both names on the ballot. Last week I said a fairly picked grand jury should hear this. We’re one step closer. Advocacy is protected. Fraud on voters is not. And here's the apex point -- Elias didn't just, it seems, participate in picking the fake Dan Sullivan, he then entered as if he was an uninvolved legal advocate, riding both sides of the sapling. Hypocrisy and deception.

But notice the difference.

Arguing in court that an election was flawed is advocacy. The First Amendment protects it.

What’s alleged here is something else: recruiting a retired teacher named Daniel J. Sullivan to sit on the ballot next to Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, so voters pick the wrong one.

That’s not advocacy. It’s deception aimed at the voters themselves.

And it isn’t just Republicans saying so. The New York Times reported that texts and documents tie the effort to the DSCC and its top law firm.

Alaskans are voting today with both names on the ballot.

Last week I said a fairly picked grand jury should hear this. We’re one step closer.

Advocacy is protected. Fraud on voters is not.

And here's the apex point -- Elias didn't just, it seems, participate in picking the fake Dan Sullivan, he then entered as if he was an uninvolved legal advocate, riding both sides of the sapling.

Hypocrisy and deception.

Might need a straitjacket for a couple of us rather than a lab coat .... NOT SAYING WHO, of course, but David knows who he is. 

Brisket sandwiches and salads for us tonight. The brisket was from our Knights of Columbus fundraiser. I've had cuts vacuum-frozen for a few weeks, so we get to stretch that out a while. Deeeee-lish.