Yeah, we know — it never left. But if, unlike Jon Stewart and a nation of teabaggers, you haven’t been pigging out on Fox News 24/7, you can now enjoy its new spinoff channel, the United States House of Representatives:

The GOP plans to hold high profile hearings examining the alleged “scientific fraud” behind global warming, a sleeper issue in this election that motivated the base quite a bit.

Other exciting episodes in development include “The New Black Panthers Party Hearty,” “ACORN: The Next Generation,” and “All My Birth Certificates.”

Inside investment tip: Watermelon futures.

What Now? An Epic Election Meets the Future [Marc Ambinder]

The GOP Plan To Investigate Obama: The First Four Potential Investigations [TPM]

“Bristol Palin admitted Tuesday that she failed to vote in this year’s mid-term elections… Palin, currently competing on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ said this may disappoint her mother, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R). ‘I’m going to be in trouble. Sorry, mom!'” [The Hill]

Maybe I should have titled this post simply “The Big Loser.” Because, let’s face it: everyone expected the Democrats to get hammered. After all, the economy is still on the rocks, unemployment remains high, and Wall Street and Big Business, having gotten what they wanted out of the Obama adminsitration (a bailout and a stabilized economy) now want to get the party back in power that will allow them to go back to doing what they were doing before the economy collapsed, and thanks to the Supreme Court’s recent Citizens United decision, they had carte blanch to throw money at the race. Seen in historical context, then, the Democratic losses are about what one would expect from the party in power during a mid-term election taking place before the backdrop of a very sour economy. This really is little different from what happened to Bill Clinton in 1994. So all in all, it’s not a terrible night for the Obama adminsitration. And it should not be forgotten that keeping the Senate in Democratic hands was a major plus for the Administration.

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As RML points out, Green Day did a lot to move things along in 2006 and 2008. And the often quiet but always insightful CassandraSaid suggested this clip of the band’s trademark song to close out Election Night.

Oh, and “head movies”?  Rent Tropic Thunder, or better yet, Google “Simple Jack” and trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg7YjwZzNz0

Oh, who are we kidding: This moment has been foretold for centuries eighteen months, and no amount of special-effects wizardry can disguise it. But hey, you’ve already bought your ticket, so why not stick around for our Election Night Open Thread/Disaster Porn Revue? You can’t have a Collapse of Civilization without popcorn!

We once ran 31 candidates for University of Oregon student-body president. We still have the ballot. But it doesn’t hold a candle to this.

He’s Really On There [TPM]