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Welcome to USPol General, Summer of 2020 edition. This is the thread for discussing the US news and politics in general. I am, inexplicably, the thread IK. Thread rules: All standard D&D rules apply. In addition, ---The US General Election, the candidates therein, and debates about who to vote for have their own thread here, so that discussion of them doesn't completely drown out everything else. ---Posting about gun control was long relegated to it's own thread because of the toxicity surrounding the issue. Posting about guns and gun control is now allowed in this thread, but make a special effort to post well; poor gun posting carries heavier penalties than normal. In particular don't call other goons violent psychopaths because they own guns, and don't call other goons cowardly victims-to-be because they don't own guns. There is also a dedicated gun control thread. ---Try to stay on topic. Goons love to post about food and video games in every thread, but unless it's related to US politics, try to keep it to a minimum. This thread also sometimes has lengthy discussions of minutiae that is tangentially related to US politics, like obesity and food policy or vaping health risks and regulations. These are allowed and, if you have any particular expertise, effortposts on these topics are encouraged. ---Don't post lovely political opinions from random unimportant people without commentary. That sort of thing belongs in the Right Wing Media thread or Conservative Email Forwards/Facebook Posts thread. ---Glee about mass death is discouraged, even if it's mass death of Trump voters. ---Do not challenge other users to toxx. If you do so, you will automatically be toxxed to the opposite outcome, regardless of if the challenge is accepted. ---Reminder that if you do not wish to read a particular poster's posts anymore, you can always use the ignore function. Other USPol Related Threads ---GOONPAC Activism Thread ---The State/Local Politics Thread ---The SCOTUS Thread ---Political Cartoons Goatse James Bond fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Sep 9, 2020 |
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Jul 14, 2020 22:00
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thank christ, i knew someone that was utterly hosed by this decision
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Jul 14, 2020 22:01
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Its great to be here with you all, at the end of all things American Empire.
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Jul 14, 2020 22:03
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woooo new thread surely this one will bring better news than the last one, right? ...right? 
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Jul 14, 2020 22:03
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With respect to Gorka being on the NSEB, it looks like that org doesn't do much other than giving scholarships to people to make them better spies https://www.nsep.gov/content/national-security-education-board
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Jul 14, 2020 22:04
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CommieGIR posted:Its great to be here with you all, at the end of all things American Empire. Cheers friend, to a ship sinking. Gonna play it on out with the rest of the band.
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Jul 14, 2020 22:04
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Oh hey. That actually became a tthread title. I did kinda want to safe it for fall, but there will be plenty of options until then.
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Jul 14, 2020 22:04
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abolish ice
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Jul 14, 2020 22:05
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Herstory Begins Now posted:abolish ice
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Jul 14, 2020 22:05
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https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1283129422619582475
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Jul 14, 2020 22:06
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cant cook creole bream posted:Oh hey. That actually became a tthread title. I did kinda want to safe it for fall, but there will be plenty of options until then. Greyjoy just knows they’re not gonna make the fall one until December at this rate :V
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Jul 14, 2020 22:06
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https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1283140827427090434?s=20
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Jul 14, 2020 22:07
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This the final season, or what?
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Jul 14, 2020 22:07
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Go home, Mike Pence.
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Jul 14, 2020 22:08
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Maybe I'll keep up with the new thread now that I'm not several thousand posts behind. Also: Herstory Begins Now posted:abolish ice
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Jul 14, 2020 22:08
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I saw the last thread was closed and my first thought was “oh god what did someone do.”
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Jul 14, 2020 22:08
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https://twitter.com/AliceAvizandum/status/1283143673098711041?s=20
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Jul 14, 2020 22:09
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Julias posted:Maybe I'll keep up with the new thread now that I'm not several thousand posts behind. See you in 4k pages...
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Jul 14, 2020 22:09
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https://youtu.be/7k9oflMcPZk Trump presser alegedly about China Watch him announce ban on TikTok
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Jul 14, 2020 22:09
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Quick, everyone make terrible but realistic predictions so we can look back at the beginning of this thread and cry when they all come true. Mine is that Biden promises in a presidential debate to not going after anyone from the previous administration, because we all have to "move on".
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Jul 14, 2020 22:10
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Silly Burrito posted:Go home, Mike Pence. Please no, we don't want him. He can go take a long walk off a short pier.
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Jul 14, 2020 22:11
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I think the president is bad
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Jul 14, 2020 22:11
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gently caress Donald Trump, he is responsible for countless deaths and abuses and frightening stupidity, he deserves to be discarded in the trash under a pile of dogshit. Good luck making it through summer everybody!
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Jul 14, 2020 22:11
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:I saw the last thread was closed and my first thought was “oh god what did someone do.” technically the thread should have closed like 3 weeks ago! summer started near the end of june!
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Jul 14, 2020 22:12
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Superrodan posted:Quick, everyone make terrible but realistic predictions so we can look back at the beginning of this thread and cry when they all come true. Trump wins reelection.
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Jul 14, 2020 22:12
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There is actually a guy that Trump hired named Bigley. 
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Jul 14, 2020 22:12
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...Children are dying from not physically entering a school? What the gently caress is he even saying?
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Jul 14, 2020 22:12
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North Carolina https://mobile.twitter.com/AndreaABC11/status/1283116910842974215 
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Jul 14, 2020 22:12
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quote:The National Security Education Program (NSEP) is a U.S. federal government initiative to enhance the national security of the U.S. by increasing the national capacity to understand and interact effectively with foreign cultures and languages. NSEP oversees nine critical initiatives designed to attract, recruit, and train a future national security workforce. Some funding comes in exchange for a commitment to U.S. federal government service upon completion of academic study. NSEP is aimed at building a wider pool of Americans with foreign language and international skills by involving participants in "innovative, intensive, and long-term programs designed to provide meaningful opportunities to gain significant competencies in these languages and cultures." [1] Seems like a prefect place to put a guy with neo-nazi associations and the level of thought to make this gibberish: 
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Jul 14, 2020 22:12
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Keep ICE! in the Arctic
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Jul 14, 2020 22:12
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Herstory Begins Now posted:abolish ice Not an empty quote
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Jul 14, 2020 22:13
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Superrodan posted:Quick, everyone make terrible but realistic predictions so we can look back at the beginning of this thread and cry when they all come true. Biden vetoes m4a because "America isn't quite ready yet" or some other bs then dies in comfort, surrounded by high tech medical technology and experts while everyone under 64 can get hosed and die in the street.
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Jul 14, 2020 22:13
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ACAB
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Jul 14, 2020 22:14
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A big flaming stink posted:https://twitter.com/mviser/status/1282793073903382534 I waiting for a relevant thread to post this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_the_Sky This book apparently led the authors to make an youtube and tv show and is probably why Joe used this proverb. Wikiped posted:Kristof and WuDunn provide a series of solutions to help end the disparity between men and women in developing countries. They talk about micro-credit, lending money to women so that they can start businesses which will make them independent. They also talk about modern soap operas that portray women as independents and when seen by patriarchal husbands and affected wives can change household dynamics. Another solution is sponsored by Always, Always provides feminine care products to school girls so that they do not miss school during their menstrual cycle, which often happens because they feel ashamed. The final and probably most empowering solution is an education. Allowing girls to attend school and go beyond elementary school can truly help women advance in developing countries. drat it why did have to be now and not earlier for the thread move?
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Jul 14, 2020 22:14
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Superrodan posted:Quick, everyone make terrible but realistic predictions so we can look back at the beginning of this thread and cry when they all come true. Hillary Clinton says something, thread grows four pages of shrieking over how her complete failure to cease to exist will doom the left forever
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Jul 14, 2020 22:17
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:North Carolina i did some more digging and each school district has the option of choosing what they call Plan C, which is entirely virtual learning. so this is not a mandate for schools to resume in person instruction, it's saying that the least restrictive you can be is hybrid in person for k-8 and high schools are mostly mandatory virtual learning
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Jul 14, 2020 22:18
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:I saw the last thread was closed and my first thought was “oh god what did someone do.” 
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Jul 14, 2020 22:21
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Superrodan posted:Quick, everyone make terrible but realistic predictions so we can look back at the beginning of this thread and cry when they all come true. donald trump is recorded on a hot mic using a racial slur he gets a small bump in the polls in the following days
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My two other predictions are that Trump proposes in an interview that we ban bodycams because films of police brutality incite riots, and also that during a debate Trump somehow goes back to his greatest hits and manages to blame Biden directly for Benghazi and the conservative media and all the Chuds out there start infighting with one another about whether Obama/Biden or Clinton were truly more responsible for Benghazi.Craig K posted:donald trump is recorded on a hot mic using a racial slur Reading the first sentence I thought "No way this happens, it would be too good for 2020" but then I read your sentence and now it's back on the table for things I can't possibly see happening, so therefore, they might.
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