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“I see the word ‘communism’, and I think it’s something about communism,” she told JTA, adding, “I didn’t read the words.”
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Texas attorney general urges supporters to protest at capitol ahead of impeachment vote
Guess this is the new playbook move.
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Biden & McCarthy announce they have a debt ceiling deal but might be shot down by extremists on both sides (which is probably evidence that it’s not the worst deal ever).
(And yes the GOP should not be holding the country hostage but agreeing to flatten, not cut federal spending is not the end of the world. It’s an open question to be who would be hurt worse politically by a shutdown/default — Biden or the GOP.)
(And yes the GOP should not be holding the country hostage but agreeing to flatten, not cut federal spending is not the end of the world. It’s an open question to be who would be hurt worse politically by a shutdown/default — Biden or the GOP.)
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Lol.
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How this story is reported (or at least, Tweeted about) is frustrating. I'm nearly positive he said that he stopped mail-in ballots from being sent out to potential voters. That doesn't mean that those people still didn't vote some other way. Or that they were ever going to vote at all. It's bad (if they were truly valid requests) and I'm sure it suppressed some of the dev vote, but it didn't cost 2.5M votes.
Totally Kafkaesque
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No offense, but that’s a bad faith position to hold, because you presuppose the right had valid reasons to suppress the vote.Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 12:19 pmHow this story is reported (or at least, Tweeted about) is frustrating. I'm nearly positive he said that he stopped mail-in ballots from being sent out to potential voters. That doesn't mean that those people still didn't vote some other way. Or that they were ever going to vote at all. It's bad (if they were truly valid requests) and I'm sure it suppressed some of the dev vote, but it didn't cost 2.5M votes.
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There's no reason to do them any favors with framing. If I stand in front of you blocking you from getting into the supermarket, it doesn't matter if you eventually get around me and go inside if the debate is whether I sought to block you from shopping. If he stopped 2.5MM write-ins and 1.75MM of them went on to vote in person anyway, he still stopped 2.5MM write-ins.
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I didn’t presuppose or even say I believed that.EnochRoot wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 12:22 pmNo offense, but that’s a bad faith position to hold, because you presuppose the right had valid reasons to suppress the vote.Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 12:19 pmHow this story is reported (or at least, Tweeted about) is frustrating. I'm nearly positive he said that he stopped mail-in ballots from being sent out to potential voters. That doesn't mean that those people still didn't vote some other way. Or that they were ever going to vote at all. It's bad (if they were truly valid requests) and I'm sure it suppressed some of the dev vote, but it didn't cost 2.5M votes.
Totally Kafkaesque
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I don’t want to do them any favors, but the way I’ve seen it worded in several places essentially says he stole 2.5M votes from Biden and Beto and therefore they should have won. That’s quite a leap to me, much as I’d like to believe they could or should have won.mister d wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:15 pm There's no reason to do them any favors with framing. If I stand in front of you blocking you from getting into the supermarket, it doesn't matter if you eventually get around me and go inside if the debate is whether I sought to block you from shopping. If he stopped 2.5MM write-ins and 1.75MM of them went on to vote in person anyway, he still stopped 2.5MM write-ins.
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Of course, one thing we shouldn't do is believe anything Paxton says. We have no reason to believe he stopped mail ballots from being sent out, or that he violated Texas law in doing so.
Biden lost Texas by half a million votes. There's no way that was because of anything Paxton did. The results in Texas were in line with what would be expected given how Biden and Trump performed in other states.
Biden lost Texas by half a million votes. There's no way that was because of anything Paxton did. The results in Texas were in line with what would be expected given how Biden and Trump performed in other states.
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You don’t suppose…
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
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Just don't bring a good faith argument to a bad situation. You won't win, and those you seek to hold accountable will laugh at the notion.Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 4:34 pmI didn’t presuppose or even say I believed that.EnochRoot wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 12:22 pmNo offense, but that’s a bad faith position to hold, because you presuppose the right had valid reasons to suppress the vote.Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 12:19 pmHow this story is reported (or at least, Tweeted about) is frustrating. I'm nearly positive he said that he stopped mail-in ballots from being sent out to potential voters. That doesn't mean that those people still didn't vote some other way. Or that they were ever going to vote at all. It's bad (if they were truly valid requests) and I'm sure it suppressed some of the dev vote, but it didn't cost 2.5M votes.
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More of this please.
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Great ad.
Also, Lucas Kunce has popped up in some gaming podcasts I listen to recently because he's big into Magic: The Gathering.
Also, Lucas Kunce has popped up in some gaming podcasts I listen to recently because he's big into Magic: The Gathering.
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Yes, it’s a good ad but Hawley will win by at least 15 points. His brand of performative grievance politics plays especially well with the kind of mouth-breathers who live in MO.
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Josh Hawley got 51.4% of the vote in 2018
yeah, he beat an incumbent to win that election, but he also held statewide office at the time
yeah, he beat an incumbent to win that election, but he also held statewide office at the time
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Didn’t mean to insult you there, Bronto. But, I had a bunch of my wife’s MO relatives in mind, who are completely lost to the cult.Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 8:31 pm Josh Hawley got 51.4% of the vote in 2018
yeah, he beat an incumbent to win that election, but he also held statewide office at the time
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And he’ll win 57.5-42.5-ish next year is what I’m saying.Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 8:31 pm Josh Hawley got 51.4% of the vote in 2018
yeah, he beat an incumbent to win that election, but he also held statewide office at the time
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and I'm saying as someone who lives here that I'll be extremely surprised if that's the margin
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Someone should really rent a billboard and just show 24/7 the video of Hawley running away like a little bitch.
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Ok, so serious question since you obviously know the “local” (MO) mood better than we do, but what stops him from winning fairly easily in a Trump +15 state? Dobbs blowback? Other stuff? Because he certainly is a MAGA darling especially in MO from everything I’ve read and I don’t see any reasons voters will peel off from him.Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 7:27 am and I'm saying as someone who lives here that I'll be extremely surprised if that's the margin
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he's not as favorable as you thinkbrian wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 8:45 amOk, so serious question since you obviously know the “local” (MO) mood better than we do, but what stops him from winning fairly easily in a Trump +15 state? Dobbs blowback? Other stuff? Because he certainly is a MAGA darling especially in MO from everything I’ve read and I don’t see any reasons voters will peel off from him.Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 7:27 am and I'm saying as someone who lives here that I'll be extremely surprised if that's the margin
he's going to win, and going to win comfortably; but the margin being 15 would be incredibly surprising. 55-45 is the much safer bet
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What would it take for him to lose? I don't need a specific example, even "statistical near-impossibility" is fine.
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Coming out as gay?DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 10:57 amWhat would it take for him to lose? I don't need a specific example, even "statistical near-impossibility" is fine.
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"Trump was bad."sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:04 amComing out as gay?DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 10:57 amWhat would it take for him to lose? I don't need a specific example, even "statistical near-impossibility" is fine.
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"I bought this case of Bud Light at Target"Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 12:25 pm"Trump was bad."sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:04 amComing out as gay?DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 10:57 amWhat would it take for him to lose? I don't need a specific example, even "statistical near-impossibility" is fine.
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And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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The GOP has a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court because people on the far left of the spectrum chose not to vote hard enough to stop it.
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FWIW, the Liberal Justices were joined by Roberts and Kavenaugh in the majority for this opinion.Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:39 pmThe GOP has a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court because people on the far left of the spectrum chose not to vote hard enough to stop it.
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I feel like Roberts is more in the HW/Romney side of the right as opposed to the more MAGA-adjacent Gorsuch/Thomas/Alito or Opus Dei-affiliated Barrett. And it seems like he has pull on Kavanaugh. So it does appear as if he can occasionally rein in the more egregious decisions if it strikes his fancy that day.
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From what I've read, Roberts is deeply concerned with his legacy as Chief Justice and therefore unwilling to completely throw out the traditions of the Court and judicial precedence to push his ideology beyond the former constraints on a Court. He will still push his Conservative Agenda, but holds a slight tether to the norms that have governed Justices in the past. Not concerned enough to address shockingly blatant ethical violations, of course.L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 4:12 pm I feel like Roberts is more in the HW/Romney side of the right as opposed to the more MAGA-adjacent Gorsuch/Thomas/Alito or Opus Dei-affiliated Barrett. And it seems like he has pull on Kavanaugh. So it does appear as if he can occasionally rein in the more egregious decisions if it strikes his fancy that day.
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