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disjoe
Feb 18, 2011


2spooky4me posted:

http://madison365.com/third-party-vote-height-white-privilege/

Interesting take to say the least but it does mirror my feelings as a gay person that folks (almost universally white, heterosexual men) stating they're voting third party this year are doing so from a place of privilege because none of their rights are directly threatened by a Trump presidency. It also feeds into my annoyance over that "both parties are equally bad" narrative because that is demonstrably false.

But you see Hillary might tax some people more and that's just as bad because

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lozzle
Oct 22, 2012

by zen death robot

Cardboard Box A posted:

He got the specific Russian propaganda source wrong, but the Russian propaganda angle right.

Yeah but "Donald Trump uncritically repeats claims of viral tweet" is not nearly as damning as "Donald Trump is fed disinfo by Russian propagandists directly."

Charlz Guybon
Nov 16, 2010

radmonger posted:

A lot of people have said Trump winning could be compared to Brexit. Just maybe, the real cross-Atlantic comparison will turn out to be Jimmy Saville.

I do think if the media statrs reporting this heavily the fact that Bill Clinton hung put with this guy will be talked up by Trump's surrogates. Kind of a MAD scenario.

sean10mm
Jun 29, 2005

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, MAD-2R World

2spooky4me posted:

http://madison365.com/third-party-vote-height-white-privilege/

Interesting take to say the least but it does mirror my feelings as a gay person that folks (almost universally white, heterosexual men) stating they're voting third party this year are doing so from a place of privilege because none of their rights are directly threatened by a Trump presidency. It also feeds into my annoyance over that "both parties are equally bad" narrative because that is demonstrably false.

The fact that rooting for third parties is almost exclusively the hobby of white people is a HUGE hint that said third parties are composed almost entirely of human garbage.

Minorities have every reason to see the system as awful, yet they almost all flock to the Democrats because they see the Democrats as the best choice available if they want even the SLIGHTEST chance of improving their situations.

greatn
Nov 15, 2006

by Lowtax
I'm a weirdo who actually has faith in the political system and the Democrats.

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
The Eichenwald thing is a big nothingburger unfortunately.

https://twitter.com/passantino/status/785682424860581888

https://twitter.com/passantino/status/785683329261510657

https://twitter.com/passantino/status/785692409183150081

https://twitter.com/passantino/status/785684023985053697

It looks like what happened is @Republic2016, whoever that is, tweeted a fake email, the tweet went viral, Sputnik picked it up and ran a story 4 hours later, and shortly after that Trump brought it up in his speech. So it seems more likely that Trump is picking up false emails from random viral alt-right tweets than that Trump is getting fed lines direct from Sputnik.



e: and of course I was beaten while putting this post together, whoops

Geoff Peterson
Jan 1, 2012

by exmarx

Interesting, and part of the reason I was skeptical of Eichenwald's reporting. The whole thing reeks of the last manic stages of conspiracy theorists. "See! Proof! It all fits together, provided you look at it very narrowly and remove surrounding context or contradictory information"

Of course, the downside of that would mean that he's uncritically sharing viral tweets in campaign rallies-though it's not the first time we've seen him do that sort of thing either.

HannibalBarca
Sep 11, 2016

History shows, again and again, how nature points out the folly of man.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/785842546878578688

what the gently caress

The Phlegmatist
Nov 24, 2003

mastershakeman posted:

seriously guys what about the Colorado referenda like single payer and assisted suicide

Amendment 69 (#nice) posted:

Shall state taxes be increased $25 billion annually in the first full fiscal year, and by such amounts that are raised thereafter, by an amendment to the Colorado Constitution establishing a healthcare payment system to fund healthcare for all individuals whose primary residence is in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, creating a governmental entity called ColoradoCare to administer the healthcare payment system; providing for the governance of ColoradoCare by an interim board of trustees until an elected board of trustees takes responsibility; exempting ColoradoCare from the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights; assessing an initial tax on the total payroll from employers, payroll income from employees, and nonpayroll income at varying rates; increasing these tax rates when ColoradoCare begins making healthcare payments for beneficiaries; capping the total amount of income subject to taxation; authorizing the board to increase the taxes in specified circumstances upon approval of the members of ColoradoCare; requiring ColoradoCare to contract with healthcare providers to pay for specific healthcare benefits; transferring administration of the Medicaid and children's basic health programs and all other state and federal healthcare funds for Colorado to ColoradoCare; transferring responsibility to ColoradoCare for medical care that would otherwise be paid for by workers' compensation insurance; requiring ColoradoCare to apply for a waiver from the Affordable Care Act to establish a Colorado healthcare payment system; and suspending the operations of the Colorado health benefit exchange and transferring its resources to ColoradoCare?

taxes taxes taxes taxes your average idiot won't vote for it, it's polling at like 23% support :rip:

Also the health insurance companies pulled out their wallets and fought it pretty hard, physician-assisted suicide is definitely passing though so I guess Coloradans will have an option available to them.

freckle
Apr 6, 2016

by Nyc_Tattoo

greatn posted:

I'm a weirdo who actually has faith in the political system and the Democrats.

:same:

Crows Turn Off
Jan 7, 2008


Djonald Unchained

Crow Jane
Oct 18, 2012

nothin' wrong with a lady drinkin' alone in her room
The Green candidate for mayor here isn't so bad. He's actually done a lot of outreach and campaigning, his policies are decent, and he seems like a good guy. I'm still voting for the Democrat instead, but I wish him luck.

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

Finally, something that Donald Trump supporters and SA Goons can agree on: CNN sucks

https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/785836810060591105

It's remarkable how much this resembles the crowd at a WWE event.

Shifty Pony
Dec 28, 2004

Up ta somethin'



Looks like it may have been Donald Jr (because of loving course it was):

https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/785604126562480128

Here's the tweet he linked to (since deleted)

Shifty Pony fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Oct 25, 2016

davecrazy
Nov 25, 2004

I'm an insufferable shitposter who does not deserve to root for such a good team. Also, this is what Matt Harvey thinks of me and my garbage posting.
Yet who runs that titter feed? It's KGB/GRU/FSB all the way down.

Diva Cupcake
Aug 15, 2005

This is fine.

Kro-Bar
Jul 24, 2004
USPOL May
Donald finally gets to be Donald! Is this the pivot we've been waiting for?

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/785842546878578688

freckle
Apr 6, 2016

by Nyc_Tattoo

I hope he's fired his (((campaign staff))).

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

greatn posted:

I'm a weirdo who actually has faith in the political system and the Democrats.

:same:


that_guy_from_inglorious_basterds_quivering_with_anticipation.gif

Alternatively

its_happening.gif

drilldo squirt
Aug 18, 2006

a beautiful, soft meat sack
Clapping Larry

This is terrifying.

Sarmhan
Nov 1, 2011

Maximum Hitler engaged.

Geostomp
Oct 22, 2008

Unite: MASH!!
~They've got the bad guys on the run!~

Sounds like his handlers have officially given up. Were gonna get Trump at his Trumpiest over the next month.

CascadeBeta
Feb 14, 2009

by Cyrano4747

Blurred posted:

Looking through their top 20 threads there:

9 are about this video of one guy saying that certain (read: black, Muslim and Chinese) people are going around in buses from polling station to polling station committing voter fraud
4 are about Wikileaks
4 are childish jabs at Paul Ryan (broken clock, etc.)
2 are about poll unskewing
1 is about hordes of Muslim rapists in Germany

Literally not a single post about policy or issues, not even a single one directly about Trump.

These people are loving demented, and Hillary was right to call them irredeemable.

See this is why, I think, a lot of friendships are strained or ended over this election (I remember that poll being linked but I don't have it on hand). One side is voting based entirely upon fear and hatred of the Other, or even just general fear and hatred. It's impossible to argue with them because there's no policy or stance you can take that seems rational to them. Either your with them or against them.

I'm no longer on speaking terms with my mom now because of a political debate. She ended up screaming at me that I was a brainwashed idiot with no real world experience who is going to bankrupt my family's business and destroy the country with my vote. The very notion that I didn't agree with her opinion was blatant disrespect in her mind, and bringing up anything to the contrary just completely shattered her narrative. She literally believes Donald Trump lost 916 thousand dollars, not millions. The returns are a fake and a liberal lie to undermine him. The tapes were faked or were from so long ago they shouldn't matter, even though her next point was about Bill being a rapist. Everyone is biased except for the news sites she's completely drowned herself in. It makes me so sad to see her like this, but I've given up trying to get through to her. It's hopeless.

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。

Nice coded language there, chief. :stare:

Night10194
Feb 13, 2012

We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.


Here comes maximum overhitler!

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

cult member at airport posted:

It's remarkable how much this resembles the crowd at a WWE event.

I thought the WWE had actually started attracting a more younger and Hispanic crowd in recent years.

deadwing
Mar 5, 2007


:getin:

greatn
Nov 15, 2006

by Lowtax

cult member at airport posted:

Finally, something that Donald Trump supporters and SA Goons can agree on: CNN sucks

https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/785836810060591105

It's remarkable how much this resembles the crowd at a WWE event.

Minorities go to WWE events.

Speaking of which, when will Vince remove Trump from the WWE Hall of Fame. He's done much worse than Hulk Hogan. And that's Hulk loving Hogan being removed from the wrestling hall of fame.

greatn fucked around with this message at 15:12 on Oct 11, 2016

Kro-Bar
Jul 24, 2004
USPOL May

https://twitter.com/emilynussbaum/status/785843596830371840

https://twitter.com/emilynussbaum/status/785844000372748288

:tinfoil:

Night10194
Feb 13, 2012

We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

It's a month late, but we're about to get everything we expected the second he took on the Breitbart fuckers, I think.

Nwabudike Morgan
Dec 31, 2007

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/785842546878578688

canepazzo
May 29, 2006



So the "I won despite Ryan" tweet was sent from iPhone (usually from his team), and the "Ryan is so weak" tweet was sent from Android (usually from himself). Now this latest one.

There can only be one reason:

He snatched Kellyanne's phone!

lozzle
Oct 22, 2012

by zen death robot

The inmates are running the asylum.

30 TO 50 FERAL HOG
Mar 2, 2005




im gay
Jul 20, 2013

by Lowtax

That image... I don't even know where to start trying to read it.

Roman Reigns
Aug 23, 2007


Ladies and gentlemen

He

HAS

STARTED

No Butt Stuff
Jun 10, 2004

What the hell.

Well, I can't wait to see what kind of riots he ends up inciting before November.

Sky Shadowing
Feb 13, 2012

At least we're not the Thalmor (yet)
In the mrantime, Hillary has jumped 80% in the 538 Poll+ projection.

Diva Cupcake
Aug 15, 2005

I mean just blatantly taking the email out of context here.



https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/785844881801510916

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sean10mm
Jun 29, 2005

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, MAD-2R World
Trump hasn't gone full Trump yet, says Trump.

:laugh:

Meanwhile, at stately Poll Aggregation Manor:

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