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TyrantWD posted:I don't get how the bosses over at Fox allowed the interview to air. If I were Trump, I'd cut them off after that. At this point they're definitely thinking more long-term than just Trump's presidency.
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sexpig by night posted:https://twitter.com/BernieWatchdog/status/1288614348148092929 I see that the formula of "Here is a famous person, and they are doing a podcast now!" is at the usual level of quality those things typically are at.
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Jul 31, 2020 16:32
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sean10mm posted:So why is everyone suddenly despair posting about an eternal Trump presidency again? Trump is still eating poo poo in all the latest polls. Or are we back to imagining Trump will stage a military coup when he has like a 33% approval rating among military officers? The only realistic way for Trump to win right now is with a lot of voter suppression and his administration sure is trying its hardest to do that.
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Aug 3, 2020 16:17
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Jesus III posted:Isn't unemployment figured off only those who can and will work? Yes, it counts those who have sought employment within a certain timeframe (I want to say within the past 6 weeks? but I'm firing from the hip here). So a metric that would not count, say, someone who was laid off but doesn't currently want to get a new job if that might involve being exposed to the public in a pandemic.
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Glumwheels posted:But online leftists say she’s a cop Anyone who doesn't think she's a cop, is a narc.
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Aug 11, 2020 22:25
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Holy poo poo I can't believe I didn't catch that. Incredible.
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Aug 17, 2020 17:57
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mango sentinel posted:Meg Whitman sucks so bad, even if you're a fan of the sociopath CEO set she's awful at that stuff. DNC just trotting out failures Honestly the DNC bringing out a Quibi CEO to speak might actually be the most on-brand thing they can possibly do.
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Quibi, much like the DNC, doesn't even have the slightest idea of what people under the age of 50 would want.
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BetterToRuleInHell posted:I know this is a side tangent, but it blows my mind that the basic concept Quibi tried to work failed so miserably. Their entire business model was predicated on getting famous people to star in their series and they actively ignored the younger people on staff because they assumed that they knew what millennials wanted more than the millennials themselves. quote:Katzenberg and Whitman also point out that they stocked the Quibi offices with young employees who are in the demographic they’re trying to reach. But “there was an incredible lack of knowledge of the audience and dismissiveness of the audience,” another ex-Quibite says. “A thing Jeffrey always says is ‘I’m not a child or mother, but I made movies children and mothers loved. I know millennials better than millennials.’ ” Katzenberg had at times been well served by his intuition, and he remained convinced of its acuity. “I say, ‘Where’s your data?,’ ” Whitman says of their contrasting styles. “He says, ‘There is none. You just have to go with your gut.’ ”
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Aug 17, 2020 19:36
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Glass of Milk posted:Which candidate for President will be more receptive to a mass protest in favor of Single Payer the day after inauguration? The difference is that one of them thinks the unmarked vans should be driven by local police instead of federal agents.
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Aug 18, 2020 12:33
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shoeberto posted:The problem with the pro-socialism/Bernie-or-Bust Twitterati bubble is that it convinces people that Bernie actually had a chance of winning the EC, which is quite literally the only game that matters in the presidential election. If you want progressive change, by all means, push to get your local congress critters to be true progressives and push the party leftwards. Have them push through the reforms that need to happen. But it's disingenuous to suggest that Bernie could have actually clinched the presidency, and that even if he had, magically we become some socialist paradise of affordable healthcare and police reform etc. etc. etc. And that's all that seems to be the spirit of the argument that "Well actually, Biden is a horrible monster, worse than Trump!" I just called up Biden and asked him if he will stop kids from being locked in cages and he yelled at me to vote for Trump instead.
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Aug 18, 2020 15:28
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rscott posted:John Kaisch was one of Newt Gringrich's main lieutenants when he was in the house in the 90s, it's insane how the reflexive desire to defend people on "our" team manifests itself. Can't wait for the 2032 DNC when Tom Cotton is a distinguished guest as they run Dan Lipinksi against Ivanka Trump Honestly I feel like the only thing that'd keep democrats from rehabilitating Trump in the same way they've rehabilitated Bush, is that Trump won't gently caress off from the public eye for years after leaving office.
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theflyingorc posted:If only Obama had used his huge amounts of power, as an ex president, to stop Trump. Yes? If nothing else being a respected former president means you have a lot of influence. Obviously he can't outright stop Trump but if he wanted to lessen some of the harm Trump is causing then there's plenty he could do besides telling people to vote.
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Sep 7, 2020 14:17
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Mooseontheloose posted:Ugh federal debt is going to matter again isn't it? Hell, we're gonna see it coming from Biden as well. quote:Former Delaware Sen. Ted Kaufman, a Biden confidant who succeeded him in the Senate, predicted during a Wall Street Journal Newsmakers Live interview Tuesday that a large increase in federal spending would be difficult to achieve in 2021. Gotta love those household metaphors for the deficit!
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ought ten posted:That was weeks ago and IIRC he already walked it back, or other blue dogs did. I’m ready to eat my words but Biden is not running on “austerity now!” I hope they're fully committed to walking it back, tho I'm pretty skeptical about the whole thing myself and I'll only believe it by his actions.
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Medullah posted:One of my fellow managers who's still anti work from home asked me "How do you know they're working all day? How do you know they don't spend two hours watching a movie?" Anyone who even asks that question has no idea how easy it can be to slack off in an office.
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DaveWoo posted:He's apparently doing it for realsies now: The phrase "Plans to" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
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Sep 13, 2020 20:26
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Mr Interweb posted:a couple of weeks ago, i mentioned how trump's handling of the pandemic was super baffling to me, and the revelation that trump thought it was a serious threat has....only made me MORE confused. I feel like a pretty big chunk of it is that he was operating under the assumption that blue states would be hurt the most by it and not, y'know, something that can easily spread everywhere.
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Sep 14, 2020 12:54
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Data Graham posted:I swear to god if I never hear the word "ratings" again in my life it'll be too soon Yeah it's an extremely minuscule thing to gripe about but I'm so sick of hearing it too. All sorts of ways to talk about if something was a success and his broken 1980s brain focuses on just ratings.
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Sep 16, 2020 15:13
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SalTheBard posted:I really wish RBG had retired when loving Obama asked her to.
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Sep 19, 2020 00:53
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Phlag posted:One more to add to the list: Dang, Lindsey Graham would look like quite the fool if he did something hypocritical.
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Sep 19, 2020 01:03
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Mr Interweb posted:this makes no sense. if biden wins, wouldn't that mean mcconnell's own dumbass self-imposed rule not apply? No republican will ever be harmed in the slightest if someone points out their hypocrisy.
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Sep 19, 2020 02:06
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freeasinbeer posted:It’s a bit mealy mouthed but I kicked $25 his way for mentioning court packing. Honestly the way he said it feels like the best approach to try to get centrists on board with the idea.
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Sep 19, 2020 02:44
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Nonsense posted:I thought the whole issue with even bringing up privilege and such with regard to emigrating is that the United States continues to tax your income. I do not know the scenarios involved when you do not pay this income tax or if you can return freely to the US when you don't. The amount you have to make before you'd get taxed by the US after emigrating is pretty high, I wanna say a bit over 100k?
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How are u posted:How much grift would you be ok with if your policy goals were being achieved? If someone could get Medicare for All passed, as far as I'm concerned they could be the biggest grifter to ever live and it would still be worth it. I feel like most people here would feel similarly to an extent?
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Sep 21, 2020 19:28
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Rigel posted:Yes, and it really doesn't take much at all. A simple majority of congress can revise the law limiting the supreme court to 9, and expand it to 13 (the number a lot of people are throwing out there now). 4 Biden judges later, and we have a 7-6 majority. This is not at all a "final victory". I'm feeling really skeptical about the republican party truly being doomed, I'll only believe it when they're buried in the ground. I've heard it several times during my life and they keep bouncing back.
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Rigel posted:They haven't really bounced back though on numbers. They started from a massive coalition during Reagan that was almost unbeatable, and every election they lose more and more voters. It varies a bit, but they are now at the point where its no longer reasonable to expect them to get a majority of the national vote anymore going forward even when faced with the most unpopular opponent in decades, and it will continue to get worse for them. MUCH worse. They did not need to rely on structural advantages like smaller states in the past, but now it is the ONLY thing allowing them to cling to power as a minority party, but their advantages will no longer be enough as they continue to bleed support. They are headed towards the electoral ditch of becoming an irrelevant regional southern party. I really do hope that happens and that they don't find some method to start winning back voters. Since yeah you're right, those trends aren't looking good for them at all in the long run. But I just can't fully believe in it until it finally happens. Hope for the best and plan for the worst, etc.
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