Chris Kluwe is now in the lead.

LFG!

Just checked the updated vote totals, and Chris Kluwe is now leading in the 72nd State Assembly race.

I repeat: Chris Kluwe is in the lead!

L.F.G.

There are still votes to be counted, and craziness is craziness, but I feel extremely positive about this. Everything is trending Chris’ way—and the Democrats’ way.

Also, a few additional ponderings:

• 1. If accountability is still a thing in modern politics, the Republicans have to ultimately dump Will O’Neill as Orange County Party Chair. Once a relatively sane political leader, Will went all in on MAGA foolishness. He backed candidates like Gracey Van Der Mark and Pat Burns, ignored extremism, cheered on legitimate racists and xenophobes.

I particularly like the audacity of his latest IG story …

Will is horrified by Hipolito Cerros’ six-year-old Tweet, but had nary a peep to utter when Van Der Mark flashed the QAnon sign, when Donald Trump bragged of grabbing women by the pussies, when J.D. Vance made a gay joke and half the Republican caucus condemned Muslims to hell.

Truth is, Will is an out-of-touch, entitled, snobby white dude whose milk is oat, whose comforter is goose feathers and whose loyalties are toward party, not county/country.

So, keep walking, bruh. You’re done.

• 2. I’m so, so, so happy for Letitia Clark, Tustin’s mayor elect and one of my new favorites. When I interviewed Letitia for this site a few months back, she was confident her message was resonating, and that a positive approach trumped the bullshit oozing from the local GOP.

Well, here you go …

• 3. Had a weird misunderstanding on IG with Lauren Kleinman, Newport Beach mayor. Supported her on some shit she was taking. She wrote this …

To be clear, I have no beef. People on different sides need to work together.

Truly, they do.