Just learned from Jeopardy: Lincoln's first vice president was named Hannibal Hamlin. No idea if he was also a private detective or a mercenary, but it sounds like he should have been.

Sounds like the A Team/L.A. Law crossover we've all been waiting for without realising it.

Dems take the Senate.

So awesome! I mean, thinnest possible margin, it makes Joe Manchin one of the most powerful people in DC, risk of a 2022 backlash went up blah blah blah, but it is all worth it for "soon-to-be Minority Leader Mitch Starchy Britches Bunyip of Kentucky McConnell".)

Just for the hell of it, FCM: Trump convicted of felony election fraud; internecine GOP civil war; Governor Stacy Abrams.

I woke up and discovered 1) that we have probably flipped the Senate and 2) I had an email about a possible fraudulent charge. I am trying to call the bank to figure out what is going on but I keep hitting the wrong buttons or ending up in the wrong part of the phone tree of options and have to hang up and call back.

Which means I have to hear the whole recording about the stimulus check and how to go to IRS.gov and if it's pending then dont' call them.

Finally got through.

Looks like someone tried to make 3 purchases.

Plot twist- it's on mom's account (she added me to her account a year ago) and she did make those charges. I did not realize this until after I had cancelled her card and verified my name and address of where to send it.

So now I have to call back and figure out how to fix that mistake. And of course I got distracted by their long stimulus announcement and hit the wrong option on the phone tree which means hanging up and calling back again. And listening to the stimulus announcement again.

I need caffeine.

Holy amazing shitballs!! COME THROUGH GEORGIA!!

Now is there anyone who can win majority leader over Schumer? I really am ready for him to go.

Ugh never mind I see they met and already voted him Dem leader on 11/10. Fuckit

Being awake is hard and I’d really rather not and billytea is hitting me with brain teasers. I cannot.

I'm sorry, askye, I hope you can get that sorted out relatively easily

bt's FCM still has me just thinking F Mitch McConnell. Not literally, ew, but seriously, fuck that guy

JZ, I had to turn it off about 12:30am our time. I fell asleep watching The West Wing. Jimmy Smits took office. It was nice to wake up this morning and see the tide had turned.

Just for the hell of it, FCM: Trump convicted of felony election fraud; internecine GOP civil war; Governor Stacy Abrams.

Exactly in that order, billytea.

F: the thought of Trump being convicted of felony election fraud gets me hot and bothered

C: I want the internecine GOP civil war to be cancelled on account of all factions dropping off the face of the earth

M: Governor Stacey Abrams (or whatever job she would like, including Queen of the Whole Wide World)

Trump demonstrators have breeched the Capitol building and are trying to occupy it, overrunning Federal police. It's a full on melee. They went through four layers of security fence.

Get out the rubber bullets.

Holy crap!

Imagine if a Black Lives Matter protest had breached four layers of security fence at the Capitol. People couldn't march peaceably by LaFayette Park this summer, without being tear gassed.

Donald Trump is evil incarnate, and the Republican Senators supporting his sedition are the most un-American thugs I hope I will ever see in my life.