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Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 7:35 am

Svengali becomes Iago! Enjoy the show!

‘Mad and totally unethical’: Dominic Cummings hits out at Boris Johnson

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:48 am

If Boris said this he'll be looking for another fridge to hide in

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 9:54 am

The one on the right.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 11:36 am

Nothing like a little genocide for Rick Santorum...

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 2:05 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 9:54 am The one on the right.

I dunno ... isn't that too obvious?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 2:27 pm

The electoral college changes a bit.

TExas gets two more seats. Colorado, Florida, Montana, NC and Oregon gain one.

California, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia and Ohio all lose one.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 2:59 pm

A few on twitter are saying NY lost their vote by a margin of under 100 people (who surely exist and simply weren't counted).

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 3:09 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 2:59 pm A few on twitter are saying NY lost their vote by a margin of under 100 people (who surely exist and simply weren't counted).

Yeah, that's a drag. There were uncounted people I'm sure in MN (?) also, but probably way more in NY.

On the other hand, there's probably a bunch of people in NY who responded to the various census surveys but died of Covid before 4/1/20.

If the House was several times larger, as it should be, this would be less of an issue.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 3:18 pm

I couldn't find the answer on a cursory (30 second or so) Google check. What happens to the House when a new state is added in between census? Like if DC ultimately becomes a state in, say, 2022. Does the House then just have 436 members until the new census in 2030 and then it gets reapportioned to 435?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 5:08 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 2:27 pm The electoral college changes a bit.

TExas gets two more seats. Colorado, Florida, Montana, NC and Oregon gain one.

California, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia and Ohio all lose one.

I made this point after the 2016 election. The surefire way for Democrats to win the presidency is population distribution into red states.

Take a million of the surplus of Democrats out of California and put them across the red states where it was close and it could very well lead to better gains politically.

Any reasonable person should be able to conclude this. Biden won by 7 million more votes but nearly lost the presidency by 43k.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 5:23 pm

Hot take from Brian Kilmeade on Fox and Friends, making excuses about why Biden has a higher approval rating than Trump. The made up Russia stuff, but more ridiculous, because Hillary refused to admit she lost the election!!!! WTF, she conceded the night of the election unlike the asshole who called for an insurrection that lead to storming the Capitol and continues to throw rallies saying the election was stolen. I mean, do they realize how idiotic they sound?

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:39 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 5:23 pm Hot take from Brian Kilmeade on Fox and Friends, making excuses about why Biden has a higher approval rating than Trump. The made up Russia stuff, but more ridiculous, because Hillary refused to admit she lost the election!!!! WTF, she conceded the night of the election unlike the asshole who called for an insurrection that lead to storming the Capitol and continues to throw rallies saying the election was stolen. I mean, do they realize how idiotic they sound?

To whom? They're rewriting history so that it can be consumed by the masses.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 8:52 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 3:18 pm I couldn't find the answer on a cursory (30 second or so) Google check. What happens to the House when a new state is added in between census? Like if DC ultimately becomes a state in, say, 2022. Does the House then just have 436 members until the new census in 2030 and then it gets reapportioned to 435?

I believe that has to be addressed in the Enabling Act for the state - but I do think they would almost certainly do it as you suggested.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 9:39 pm

I put a Pod Save America interview with Hunter Biden right down there with any conservative podcast interviewing any other conservative personality. Just why?

And anytime I hear about Hunter Biden all I can think of is the opening part to this Damon Wayans bit about kids:

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 11:55 am

The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 5:23 pm I mean, do they realize how idiotic they sound?

No

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:33 pm

Speaking of stupid...

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:26 am

For a second I was like...Signal is not secure communication?

Then the article says they were screenshots. Like, damn. Dude wanted to keep receipts to take everyone down. Using Signal is meant to keep it untraceable.

Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central District of California

Just like last time, we couldn’t provide any of that. It’s impossible to turn over data that we never had access to in the first place. Signal doesn’t have access to your messages; your chat list; your groups; your contacts; your stickers; your profile name or avatar; or even the GIFs you search for.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:28 pm

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Apr 30, 2021 5:56 pm

Fucking God dammit this piece of shit scumbag.

We can never have real fucking progress in this country.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat May 01, 2021 7:20 am

Virginia GOP’s Gubernatorial Contest Is a Trumpian Mess

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Sat May 01, 2021 8:08 am

Fox News has been paving the way for a Donald Trump for 30 fucking years.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat May 01, 2021 7:46 pm

Kansas Rep. Mark Samsel arrested for battery after physical altercation with student

Kansas state Rep. Mark Samsel was arrested on charges of misdemeanor battery on Thursday after getting into a physical altercation with a student while substitute teaching in Wellsville.

Samsel, 36, was booked into the Franklin County Adult Detention Center after 3:30 p.m. Thursday. He has since been released on $1,000 bond, Sheriff Jeff Richards said.

Superintendent Ryan Bradbury said that Samsel will no longer be allowed to work for the district.

On Wednesday, Samsel, R-Wellsville, was substitute teaching at the Wellsville school district’s secondary school. Throughout the day, high school students began recording videos of the lawmaker talking about suicide, sex, masturbation, God and the Bible.

In one video shared with The Star, Samsel tells students about “a sophomore who’s tried killing himself three times,” adding that it was because “he has two parents and they’re both females.”

“He’s a foster kid. His alternatives in life were having no parents or foster care parents who are gay,” Samsel tells students. “How do you think I’m going to feel if he commits suicide? Awful.”

In another video, Samsel is recorded telling students, “make babies. Who likes making babies? That feels good, doesn’t it? Procreate. ... You haven’t masturbated? Don’t answer that question....God already knows.”

Wow...just...wow...

Post by **brian** » Sat May 01, 2021 8:01 pm

For the GOP that’s presidential timber right there.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue May 04, 2021 11:13 am

I still can't believe that I am at a place where I am rooting for Liz Cheney, but here we are and continue to be...

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed May 05, 2021 2:34 am

Not sure what to make of this, but I love how language can be so malleable even when trying to get at a point.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Thu May 06, 2021 12:05 pm

Watch out for Count Binface in todays election for London's mayor

Post by **Shirley** » Thu May 06, 2021 12:16 pm

Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 2:34 am Not sure what to make of this, but I love how language can be so malleable even when trying to get at a point.

I know exactly what to make of it.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu May 06, 2021 12:57 pm

I'm so glad that I've never had to be in a position to have to appear that detached from reality on camera.

Gross and disturbing to watch.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu May 06, 2021 3:06 pm

I remember Paris Dennard from some major embarrassing moment that went viral, but can't remember what it was. There have been so many insanely stupid mouthpieces and politicians out of the GOP in the last decade, I can't remember them all.

ETA: This was it. Guy is a fucking moron.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu May 06, 2021 4:24 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 3:06 pm I remember Paris Dennard from some major embarrassing moment that went viral, but can't remember what it was. There have been so many insanely stupid mouthpieces and politicians out of the GOP in the last decade, I can't remember them all.

ETA: This was it. Guy is a fucking moron.

Is it self-loathing? Sociopathic tendencies? Like, what makes a person like this Paris idiot or Steven Miller get so snugly into bed with people who would happily watch you drown?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu May 06, 2021 5:42 pm

Yea, he's a garbage human being. I just felt that at some point you made your point. And for whatever reason it looked bad on the interviewer (when I knew it shouldn't) by continuing with the interview.

Note: Not the rest of the interview where he twists everything. But the beginning of it. That clip was shared as "RNC spokesperson refuses to say Joe Biden is president" when I saw it.

Post by **brian** » Fri May 07, 2021 7:55 am

Long read, but good one on the textbooks that racist Republicans read in school.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Fri May 07, 2021 9:16 am

holy fuck. reading through this now.... i don't know why i am but i'm stunned that in my lifetime stuff like this has still been published

(it's sad that there are really no ends to my naiveté when it comes to this - "Ole Massa" .... !!! )

brian wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 7:55 am Long read, but good one on the textbooks that racist Republicans read in school.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri May 07, 2021 11:46 am

I really wish I had a couple of you smart guys with me last night. Went out for a few beers with an old friend. Well, he’s a republican and we proceeded to argue politics for a good part of the night. He kept making statements and claims that I strongly suspected were incorrect/untrue (probably pounded into his head by Fox News). But, I don’t follow things closely enough to have slam dunk rebuttals at the ready to refute his claims. So we just butted heads until the conversation veered to friendlier territory.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue May 11, 2021 5:25 pm

I can't stop laughing.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue May 11, 2021 5:27 pm

Why does her outfit match the couch?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue May 11, 2021 5:35 pm

Because she's sofa king stupid?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed May 12, 2021 7:32 am

Johnnie wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 5:35 pm Because she's sofa king stupid?

Crackerjack!

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed May 12, 2021 8:09 am

Ooof. Yang had to walk this back. But this doesn't exactly read like a real apology.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed May 12, 2021 8:31 am

The fact that people did and do support this guy as anything resembling a serious left candidate drives me insane. Even more malleable than Buttigieg but too dumb to smooth out the process.

(I'm sure he's smarter than me. I mean politically dumb.)