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Jane in NC's avatar

Congratulations to Rep. Faircloth. Every secular voice in government is a plus for church-state separation. Awesome news. Thank you, Maine voters!

Sean's avatar

He can concentrate on his job instead of wasting years pushing christian agenda and victimhood.

Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

Your country needs all voices against religious oppression it can get, even and above all at state and local level.

After the disaster with the last presidential election, I wonder how much of his victory can be attributed to being a Democrat rinning in a blue district and him being a man running against a woman.

Kay-El's avatar

He also seems to be a known quantity which may have helped as well.

PollyProletariat's avatar

Yes. Alarms have been sounding for a while now but no one's listening. See the recent video of a woman who was arrested by goons in Idaho. She heckled a speaker and suddenly found herself in Gilead.

NOGODZ20's avatar

Wow, first Maine's governor stands up to the orange schoolyard bully and now this.

Good things happenin' theah, ayuh?

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

"Ya can't get theah from heah."

larry parker's avatar

The bow tie police are out of control.

Sean's avatar

He's being paid by Big Bow.

NOGODZ20's avatar

(in Matt Smith's voice) "Bow ties are cool."

Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

Matri's picture lack of fish sticks with custard.

NOGODZ20's avatar

There's a TARDIS just out of shot.

Guerillasurgeon's avatar

In John Stewart's voice – no they ain't.

NOGODZ20's avatar

He's thinking of Tucker Carlson. :)

Whitney's avatar

Um.

Am I the only one wondering if the bow tie is under the collar of a black shirt? Maybe I need new glasses.

Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

I zoomed in and checked unless the bow tie and the shirt are made with the same cloth, it's a no. Plus on the left (you really need to zoom in as much as you can) you can see a little bit of red tinged cloth under.

James Scammell's avatar

Great … from Australia

wreck's avatar

"But Faircloth kept the seat blue, beating Carolyn Fish, a Republican currently serving on the Bangor City Council. He won with 72% of the vote."

"Stollen Election''!!!

Sean's avatar

Good news indeed!

Mr.E's avatar

I am sure it is due to cheating, fake election

NOGODZ20's avatar

"Dems cheated in a fake election where the Republicans...um...won the White House, the HoR and the Senate."

Would love to see the GQP try to twist THAT to make sense.

Len Koz's avatar

They don't have to make sense. Their base doesn't think and doesn't question.

Matilda's avatar

My town! On the welsh coast but no beach - wonderful victorian pier though - I once read the song writer actually went to Rhyl, a'proper' seaside town about 30miles away with beach, chips, funfair and ice cream etc, but needed a two-syllable word for the line to scan, hence Bangor!

Guerillasurgeon's avatar

My mother sang this song to me to get me to sleep she said. 75 years ago.:)

Troublesh00ter's avatar

Wow! I had wondered what had happened to Sean since his book and the movement he organized to get more liberals and progressives to the polls. It's GREAT to see him back in action.

Because right now, we need ALL THE HELP we can get!

oraxx's avatar

One step at a time. This is a good thing. The mindset that religious people are more trustworthy has got to change, because everything about this world says otherwise.

Jan Feeler's avatar

This news gives me a tiny bit of optimism, so thanks for posting! Andra Watkins has been keeping many of us informed about the White crischun nationalist agenda and how its intrusiveness harms us. I am still conflicted about whether it would be beneficial or not to have several really well known political and movie star people come out and say they are non believers, and why. Would it induce the "I have SOME doubt..." people to join, or would the pushback from the believers be too strong? Too much to contemplate...

PollyProletariat's avatar

How long will he survive when Trump is attempting install Gilead kingdom-wide?

Boreal's avatar

Every victory, no matter how small, gives us some hope.

NOGODZ20's avatar

Agreed.

(Dude, where you been? It's been forever) :)

Boreal's avatar

Lots of life stuff: chaos, deaths, illnesses (not my own).