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bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

I cannot explain how much I hate Shawn Ryan. Not even just because he was a part of the most sociopathic group since Hackworth and Tiger Force, but because he is such a loving bad host. I thought Rogan was uncritical- Ryan makes him look like an investigative journalist. He also comes across as the dumbest SEAL alive which is an achievement, I guess

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facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
https://x.com/DineshDSouza/status/1822395316328382644?t=say07wct3vxMyIslX9u8BA&s=19

https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1822692239153230221?t=HzJBM-APydBnkzgT-dSOUw&s=19

That brain is coooooooked. Just fondue in a skull.

Though that's one way to deal with Kamala's big crowds: claim they're AI.

psydude
Mar 31, 2008

I'm perfectly fine with Trump sitting in Florida for the rest of the campaign because he thinks Harris' support is all made up.

fknlo
Jul 6, 2009


Fun Shoe
I know it's all projection, but just loving lol at them becoming crowd size truthers when it isn't Trump exaggerating the size of his.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Thank you, Johnny Hockey.
https://x.com/brianklaas/status/1822676891398025287?t=pxOIfMOjXDht1kQWrVVKKA&s=19

Obviously, there's no precedent for a candidate change 4 months from the election, but is there anything similar to this in terms of a candidate who was seemingly ragdolling their opponent at this stage in a game? I've seen several pundits suggest that, as long as the Democrats keep their foot on the gas, the election could be a runaway for Harris.

E- https://x.com/IsaacHayes3/status/1822749249693483383?t=aLIoFgS1tAzyqjxB9LbDog&s=19

CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 23:00 on Aug 11, 2024

MonkeyFit
May 13, 2009
I was wondering if anyone was ever going to sue his campaign for copyright infringement. How many artists have come forward saying he didn't have permission to use their songs between all his campaigns?

ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus
stop letting anyone campaign more than 1 month before an election. punishment is prison and barred from holding office.

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

MonkeyFit posted:

I was wondering if anyone was ever going to sue his campaign for copyright infringement. How many artists have come forward saying he didn't have permission to use their songs between all his campaigns?

It all depends on the rights holder. Many, probably most musicians don't have control over how their music is used. The contract might give them royalties for performance or whatever but the label gets to decide on use.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 27, 2008

ded posted:

stop letting anyone campaign more than 1 month before an election. punishment is prison and barred from holding office.

This is how they do it in some European countries; campaign season is limited to six months before the vote and man oh man I can’t think of anything more wonderful than that.

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

pantslesswithwolves posted:

This is how they do it in some European countries; campaign season is limited to six months before the vote and man oh man I can’t think of anything more wonderful than that.

Would require a Constitutional amendment here.

Hyrax Attack!
Jan 13, 2009

We demand to be taken seriously

CBJSprague24 posted:

Obviously, there's no precedent for a candidate change 4 months from the election, but is there anything similar to this in terms of a candidate who was seemingly ragdolling their opponent at this stage in a game? I've seen several pundits suggest that, as long as the Democrats keep their foot on the gas, the election could be a runaway for Harris.

While it seems to be going well hope they celebrate the polls by continuing to campaign nonstop & not for a second think it is in the bag, or get into running up the score mentality. Situation is drastically different than it was a month ago & could turn quick. Although hopefully the jerk team self destructs and stops campaigning in early October as they collapse into infighting.

A.o.D.
Jan 15, 2006

CBJSprague24 posted:

https://x.com/brianklaas/status/1822676891398025287?t=pxOIfMOjXDht1kQWrVVKKA&s=19

Obviously, there's no precedent for a candidate change 4 months from the election, but is there anything similar to this in terms of a candidate who was seemingly ragdolling their opponent at this stage in a game? I've seen several pundits suggest that, as long as the Democrats keep their foot on the gas, the election could be a runaway for Harris.

E- https://x.com/IsaacHayes3/status/1822749249693483383?t=aLIoFgS1tAzyqjxB9LbDog&s=19

Reagan really beat the ever loving poo poo out of Carter, and later Mondale. He took states no Republican had business taking, but then again it was a very different political landscape.

ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus
carter caught blame for iran and modale sucked poo poo

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Stultus Maximus posted:

Would require a Constitutional amendment here.

There might be support, apparently a lot of the big mega donors are as annoyed with constant requests for money as everyone else with email or a phone with messaging.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Finally some concrete details on the Donniehack: definitely Iran, documents likely boring as they actually hacked a former campaign advisor, it was a spear phishing attack, and it was confirmed by Microsoft. Could also be completely separate from the politico trove, as that could also be a pissed off person in the campaign.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/us/politics/trump-campaign-hacking-iran.html

Bottom line though - it's not just in Politico's hands anymore:

quote:

The New York Times received what appears to be a similar if not identical trove of data from an anonymous tipster purporting to be the same person who emailed the documents to Politico.


At least NC is no longer a state Kamala absolutely needs anyways. Probably a bit of a reach, but Biden was getting so weak in the Blue Wall and southwest that he was going to start needing wildcard states like NC. Also, this is consistent with Donnie's internal numbers, which are actually showing him sub-50% in fuckin Ohio. But there's another number in there that's making me think Kamala should be making some visits:

https://x.com/PpollingNumbers/status/1822672067352789294

If it's 46-46 in the General, and 46-36 in the Governor's race, that's a blaring signal of a Republican base that might not show up. That was one of Biden's big warning signs when he was underpolling downballot democrats by absurd numbers.

Flikken
Oct 22, 2009

10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it

facialimpediment posted:

which are actually showing him sub-50% in fuckin Ohio.

Ohio is only as Blood Red as it shows since it is heavily gerrymandered.


A Gerrymander constitutional amendment is on the ballot in November

shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

pantslesswithwolves posted:

This is how they do it in some European countries; campaign season is limited to six months before the vote and man oh man I can’t think of anything more wonderful than that.

the added benefit of parliamentary systems that frequently no one knows there's going to be an election until that far out

Nystral
Feb 6, 2002

Every man likes a pretty girl with him at a skeleton dance.

Flikken posted:

Ohio is only as Blood Red as it shows since it is heavily gerrymandered.


A Gerrymander constitutional amendment is on the ballot in November

Based on FL’s anti-gerrymander amendment this just means they’ll readjust the lines to match county / city limits and effectively keep the gerrymander.

Wingnut Ninja
Jan 11, 2003

Mostly Harmless
I could have sworn Ohio already had an anti-gerrymandering thing years ago and the state Republicans were just like "nah, we prefer not to". Not really sure what would make this one be enforced any better.

Flikken
Oct 22, 2009

10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it

Wingnut Ninja posted:

I could have sworn Ohio already had an anti-gerrymandering thing years ago and the state Republicans were just like "nah, we prefer not to". Not really sure what would make this one be enforced any better.

Ohio Supreme Court ruled the map unconstitutional and the legislature ignored them

Basticle
Sep 12, 2011


IIRC the Ohio Supreme Court refused 5 consecutive redistricting maps submitted last year saying they unduly favored Republicans (you know you hosed up when a Republican majority Court ruled against you). The 6th and current map was allowed in place because it supposedly has bipartisan support in the state Congress.

stealie72
Jan 10, 2007
This time it's different-ish because it's a citizen's panel that is not tied into the legislature at all. Of course, if the legislature/AG just say "nya nya we can't hear you" not sure what will happen. Ohio's statewide government is full of GOP true believers.

Flikken
Oct 22, 2009

10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it

stealie72 posted:

This time it's different-ish because it's a citizen's panel that is not tied into the legislature at all. Of course, if the legislature/AG just say "nya nya we can't hear you" not sure what will happen. Ohio's statewide government is full of GOP true believers.

Yeah it kind of sucks a bunch.


Ohio has term limits and has had them for some time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Oelslager?wprov=sfla1

This guy has been in office since 1985.





Edit: Other state level fuckery.

Supreme Court Justices didn't use to have to run on party affiliation. Now it is required.

And DeWine appointed a dude to finish a term, that dude still has time left on his term but is now running to unseat the first black woman on the Ohio supreme court instead of just waiting for his current seat to be up for reelection.

Flikken fucked around with this message at 13:17 on Aug 12, 2024

not caring here
Feb 22, 2012

blazemastah 2 dry 4 u
I feel like the districting should be left to math nerds and if it survives peer review, there's your map.

Oxygenpoisoning
Feb 20, 2006

not caring here posted:

I feel like the districting should be left to math nerds and if it survives peer review, there's your map.

NC tried that at one point. My grad school advisor was one of the key witnesses for the NC Supreme Court case for their first two overturned maps. They just ran a simple Monte Carlo simulation and shows that the 3/1 GOP advantage was completely impossible if done randomly. The map they proposed was shot down because there was bipartisan push back to letting an algorithm choose the boundaries.

not caring here
Feb 22, 2012

blazemastah 2 dry 4 u
So basically:

We want a fair district map!

No, not like that!

Zamujasa
Oct 27, 2010



Bread Liar
We need a fair map!


No, not that one, that's too fair.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

DEER CRACKERS
Fair district map?

No, partisan advantage!

ThisIsJohnWayne
Feb 23, 2007
Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!



Zamujasa posted:

We need a fair map!


No, not that one, that's too fair.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Evdd9uZKU

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.
https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1823103114700083625

not caring here
Feb 22, 2012

blazemastah 2 dry 4 u
Did he just have the keys lying around? The gently caress is going on?

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug
Pillbug
Given that Epstein was both jailed and is now dead, was it just a plane that he used to use/rent?

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

CommieGIR posted:

Given that Epstein was both jailed and is now dead, was it just a plane that he used to use/rent?

I'm pretty OK with not giving him the benefit of the doubt on this. One, he's earned the skepticism, two, that's one *hell* of a coincidence.

Plastic_Gargoyle
Aug 3, 2007

CommieGIR posted:

Given that Epstein was both jailed and is now dead, was it just a plane that he used to use/rent?

It's this. It's a coincidence if it's anything at all. A darkly comic one, but not newsworthy.

Wingnut Ninja
Jan 11, 2003

Mostly Harmless

CommieGIR posted:

Given that Epstein was both jailed and is now dead, was it just a plane that he used to use/rent?

Yes, I assume it's just a charter company that rents planes to rich fuckers, and there aren't that many of them around, so this sort of thing was pretty likely to happen at some point.

ThisIsJohnWayne
Feb 23, 2007
Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!



Plastic_Gargoyle posted:

It's this. It's a coincidence if it's anything at all. A darkly comic one, but not newsworthy.

You'd think, but consider this: the journalistic basis vs impact of Cameron and the pig.

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

bird food bathtub posted:

I'm pretty OK with not giving him the benefit of the doubt on this. One, he's earned the skepticism, two, that's one *hell* of a coincidence.

That plane is steeped in dark energy. Not a coincidence.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
He just wanted a plane he was familiar with.

pmchem
Jan 21, 2010

Plastic_Gargoyle posted:

It's this. It's a coincidence if it's anything at all. A darkly comic one, but not newsworthy.

i'm sorry, this is the funniest poo poo of the day, qanon crowd is going to have their heads explode

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Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

DEER CRACKERS
It would be questionable if Epstein had been merely a long‐term lessee of a plane that was owned by someone else before and after his time, but I think that given that the plane was owned outright by an Epstein company, it’s fair to refer to it as “Epstein’s plane”. It’s the same as how Carin II will always be Göring’s yacht.

Someone should definitely have looked up its record of ownership before putting TRUMP livery on it. Say what you want about accepting the plane proffered by a charter company on short notice, but the branding is just an unforced error.

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