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softlynow

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  1. No. Local Republican club meetings. I was compelled to attend one.
  2. We are destined to nuke ourselves from this planet, and his incredible success is proof of that.
  3. I've had the displeasure of seeing him speak in person. I thought I knew before that day how far gone the republican activist class was. To see them lap up the most inane and obvious line of complete BS was both amazing and completely demoralizing. There is absolutely no grift too outrageous that they won't fall for it.
  4. Even if Dems went for it, their blue state maps would be struck down once the checks clear to 6 of the 9 SCJs. Do not get your hopes up that institutions or process will save us. Shit has to burn, and we're nowhere near that point yet. Maybe during Barron I's reign.
  5. FIFY, but white knighting noted.
  6. Trump finally untethered himself from Putin financially with the crypto payoff coin. Only money matters to dotard. Putin trying to exert leverage he no longer has hopefully means he just made the shit list. But usually dotard fucks shit up somehow. He’ll probably TACO this, too.
  7. https://randazza.com/third-amendment-lawyers-association/ https://thirdamendmentlawyers.weebly.com/ There's either something very wrong or very right about this guy.
  8. Like Chip Roy said, clearly we need to cut government spending. Get that number down to zero then the power of all those prayers can actually kick in.
  9. We did get the 10 Commandments in classrooms. Have you said “thank you?”
  10. The Houston area had 3 500 year floods in 2015-2017. The grownups stopped being in charge in this state a long fucking time ago.
  11. Who gives a shit about the right or the wrong of the story, whether it matters, affirmative action, the NYT's fascist platforming (it sucks, but this won't be the last time)? It the story hurting him? Does it look like it will linger and give Adams an opening to retain power? How is Mamdani handling it? Is he pivoting, ignoring, or (stupidly) taking the bait in every appearance? Politics isn't right or wrong, it's bloodsport. The conversation y'all are having is a nice one in a journalism ethics classroom, keeping in mind the lessons learned there will be chucked out the window for clicks and views at the first opportunity. I saw a story where David Patterson is comparing ZM to Trump in terms of enthusiasm and certain aspects of speaking style. In other words, this may be your new Dem model in the "circus is everything" style of campaigning. There will be other little scandals (yes, this is a tiny one). Pols are humans whose every choice is put under a microscope. We generally fuck up now and then. The real story is whether this guy can show the way for progressives in terms of style and managing the media in the most intense local media market.
  12. The fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes. - Ginny Stroud
  13. I don't - political question doctrine. They'll demur to the states to say who is eligible to be on their ballots. In Red states, Trump will remain. If, for some reason Obama did try to run, those same states would remove him from the ballot, leaving no drama for election day.
  14. I think your policy will remain unchanged at least until the next enrollment period.
  15. We're governed in a way that always leads to a crash. We don't have to hope for it (and we really shouldn't, because there will be horrors). It's coming.
  16. His comment was “Muslims scare liberals.” A true statement, IMO. If, elsewhere he broadened that to all liberals, that would be an untrue statement. There are more than outliers. Remember polling in the 60s that showed a rapid flip in the percentage of white folks who were wary of black families moving into their neighborhood? I know that polling has come up on this or predecessor boards. We know there’s a strong element of social pressure behind that polling. Suddenly admitting you’re a racist was uncouth. I think we’re still in that moment on most things LGBTQ+. It’s unfortunate, but many people in their 40s and 50s who grew up using homosexual epithets didn’t expel their bigotry becuase of social pressure. Sure, you can back them down if they drop a slur or tell a terrible joke, but there are liberals not repulsed by Dan Patrick’s bathroom fascination. Humanism moves ahead of the populace. Obergefell dropped and new battle lines were formed, seemingly the next day. That’s a good thing. We need to be pushed to treat more and more people as human. But for electoral politics, that tendency leaves left-leaning parties very vulnerable. W/r/t Muslims, I will say I have more limited anecdotal data. But, every one of the guys I’m talking about did openly say quite inappropriate things about Tlaib and Omar. Like I said, I don’t view them as particularly good people. But a big tent needs shitheels, too.
  17. They vote Dem, hate Trump, talk a good game about racism and many other liberal priorities, and call themselves liberal. When you see polling where 10% of registered Dems are for something that makes you scratch your head, it’s those people.i just happen to know several Im not defending them or saying they’re good people. I’m just reminding y’all that there’s less homogeneity left of center than we’d like on even the issues we’d most like to prioritize. Recall the controversy about Go Set a Watchman’s Atticus Finch vs. TKaMs AF. AF represents the kind of people I’m talking about. They look quite liberal when the fight is about broad strokes racism, but the script nearly flips when you dig deeper.
  18. I know more than just a few liberals who you could say are scared of muslims, who roll their eyes at non-white and/or female presidential candidates and are completely at odds with the general left sentiments for some or all things LGBTQ+. When the consultants trot out their failed strategies, I get it. There is a segment out there that hangs with Dems by a thread for wins, and sits out enough to be a major factor in many losses. Anyone who thinks they have a handle on what Dems should do going forward is probably wrong. Oue electorate is a fucking mess. It isn't just the morons on the right that don't understand the issues, hold strong prejudices against one or more out groups and are generally underinformed. There's quite a few left-leaning morons as well. The best play might just be to nominate a bunch of Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camachos up and down ballots.
  19. There are some people. Nowhere near a majority. That's a lot of why we're at this point. I've greatly reduced my news intake for my own sanity. I allow myself 3-5 minutes to be angry about this, but that's all. At my previous consumption levels I would be angry half the day.
  20. The DoI readings by trumpkins are akin to Fortunate Son and Born in the USA being played at Dotard rallies.
  21. An all-female statewide slate liberally running Sarah Stogner's offense would at least be entertaining.
  22. Is the primary election over? Did I miss the battle? "They?" He can run if he wants. Hopefully others get in there and send him home, not that I think anyone beats lazy eye.
  23. That skeet is pointing out that Teslas are depreciating faster than (as least a couple) other EVs. It's taking a mildly interesting fact and making into a "Elon is destroyed" internet moment.
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