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It will never not be absurd that this orange brain addled gently caress gets all the trappings of the being the POTUS.
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Feb 6, 2019 01:53
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Shifty Pony posted:"Utter morons" is also acceptable if you want to save a few keystrokes. The article, and Nate's twitter replies to criticisms of it, have actually been pretty interesting. He laid out something I had noticed, but hadn't been able to find words for: the Democrats' stated policies poll well and are broadly extremely popular. But statistically, if you disagree with any single one of them, even if only a single one of them, you are more likely than not to vote Republican. Hate rich people, hate guns, but also pro-life? Republican. A wealthy gay minority environmentalist who thinks their taxes are too high? Republican. Blue collar worker desperately needing healthcare, but also very racist? You better believe you're a Republican. The Republican party has cobbled together a big tent out of unpopular ideas precisely because they're unpopular. People accuse Republican voters of voting against their self interest, but it's only true to the extent that they're extremely leveraged on one of their interests of the others. It's a grand coalition of single-issue deplorables. Which explains, in a sense, the gradual decay of third way politics. It may now be functionally impossible, at the national level, to peel off Republican or Democratic voters to any great degree because there is no longer an issue to realign around which isn't loving poison to a huge section of one party's base.
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Feb 6, 2019 01:55
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its actually kind of refreshing that prince has not yet been handed over a bunch of countries because this administration is comic book villain evil and prince has been lobbying very hard for it as he sees this as his shot
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Feb 6, 2019 01:55
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https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1092947085563969536 Why do TV anchors even bother with this lunch thing, anyway I mean, Trump would have them all hauled off to prison in an instant if he thought he could get away with it
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Feb 6, 2019 01:58
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Berke Negri posted:the guy that wants to be made viceroy-for-hire of afghanistan may be a somebody Erik Prince is a nobody from a public politics standpoint, though. He's not the kind of person that stands to benefit from a weird stunt like this. edit- it literally just occurred to me that they could be doing this 100% to impress donald trump and nobody else in spite of the fact that that very idea is so idiotic that it's hurting my brain Paradoxish fucked around with this message at 02:02 on Feb 6, 2019 |
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Feb 6, 2019 01:59
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Berke Negri posted:its actually kind of refreshing that prince has not yet been handed over a bunch of countries because this administration is comic book villain evil and prince has been lobbying very hard for it as he sees this as his shot 
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Feb 6, 2019 01:59
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Dapper_Swindler posted:oh god, he is gonna have a fit. Steve Bannon, one of the most successful conmen in history
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Feb 6, 2019 02:01
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Paradoxish posted:Erik Prince is a nobody from a public politics standpoint, though. He's not the kind of person that stands to benefit from a weird stunt like this. its just grifting the whole way down
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Feb 6, 2019 02:02
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Paradoxish posted:How does this even qualify as a political stunt? Bannon is a nobody at this point. He's working with nobodies. No one involved in this project gains anything from it and the project itself has no practical value whatsoever. Besides grift? Because grift is huge. A potential 45 billion dollar project (and that's before it goes overbudget) can get a ton of money siphoned away. For Bannon I see him trying to gain relevance once more by acting as a magnet for fascists and then acting as a leadership incubator them to see if he can create the fascists of tomorrow. Sure they're nobodies now, but he helped propel a neo-fascist D-List celebrity to presidential status. If he's successful you may see him as a common connection between up and coming strongmen five or ten years from now.
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Feb 6, 2019 02:04
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Paradoxish posted:Erik Prince is a nobody from a public politics standpoint, though. He's not the kind of person that stands to benefit from a weird stunt like this. He's a Trump supporter, he was involved in creating a backchannel earlier in the endless Trump scandals, and his sister is Sec of Education.
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Feb 6, 2019 02:05
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oh man i keep forgetting the devos connection what an awful family
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Feb 6, 2019 02:06
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one of the most brutal takedowns i've seen in this administration so far is the mcmansion hell lady roasting betsy devos' mansion:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11927993/betsy_1.png)
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Feb 6, 2019 02:09
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TulliusCicero posted:It's always horrible for Tlaib as well; they really crawl out of the woodwork for the two of them I noticed there are certain people who tend to have pretty high ratios of lovely replies more often than not. AOC doesn't seem to have this problem, but I think that's cause she's waaay more popular and well known than the other two.
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Feb 6, 2019 02:10
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Berke Negri posted:oh man i keep forgetting the devos connection She is also the heir to the amway pyramid scheme fortune, is she not?
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Feb 6, 2019 02:10
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DaveWoo posted:https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1092947085563969536 How does this motherfucker still not know what a dog is or does at this point
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Feb 6, 2019 02:11
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Paradoxish posted:But, like, why? It's Steven Bannon, "SUPER GENIUS". None of us peons are smart enough to understand his galaxy-brain machinations
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Feb 6, 2019 02:12
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DoombatINC posted:How does this motherfucker still not know what a dog is or does at this point Trump has never actually met a dog. They are pure and good animals and flee when they feel his vile presence near.
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Feb 6, 2019 02:13
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https://twitter.com/FenitN/status/1092950933372325889 Ralph is a huge piece of poo poo
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Feb 6, 2019 02:14
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DoombatINC posted:How does this motherfucker still not know what a dog is or does at this point This is his most apt dog simile however, since dogs do sometimes eat things too big for them and choke.
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Feb 6, 2019 02:14
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DoombatINC posted:How does this motherfucker still not know what a dog is or does at this point No, trump just messed up his own turn of phrase: "he choked like (I do) a dog".
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Feb 6, 2019 02:17
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Cue Trump whining about "off the record" again.
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Feb 6, 2019 02:18
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Arist posted:https://twitter.com/FenitN/status/1092950933372325889 I hate him so goddamn much
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Feb 6, 2019 02:21
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Arist posted:https://twitter.com/FenitN/status/1092950933372325889 Well, this isn't specifically what I feared, but it's going to have a similar result. Kiss the dream of unfucking Virginia's gerrymandered maps goodbye. 
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Feb 6, 2019 02:23
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Feb 6, 2019 02:24
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yes, haha, salty trump, let's do this
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Feb 6, 2019 02:25
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Oh good; he's going to try and force the entire nation to sit through one of his loving stupid Wyoklokoda county fair rallies
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Feb 6, 2019 02:25
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Arist posted:https://twitter.com/FenitN/status/1092950933372325889 quote:But his assumption that allies would give him the benefit of the doubt contributed to Northam’s poor handling of the crisis over the photo, according to people close to the governor. And his shock at being so quickly discarded by the party has made it harder for Northam to accept the calls to resign, the people said. Are my standards so low now that I am proud of them Democrats for going "gently caress you, I'm not saving your rear end" here?
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Feb 6, 2019 02:25
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luxury handset posted:one of the most brutal takedowns i've seen in this administration so far is the mcmansion hell lady roasting betsy devos' mansion I'm the stone pillars who are disappointed in my idiotic playdoh stamp cousins
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Feb 6, 2019 02:26
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Whoa (regarding Fairfax's accuser) https://twitter.com/TopherSpiro/status/1092883844980789249
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Feb 6, 2019 02:26
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CuddleCryptid posted:Are my standards so low now that I am proud of them Democrats for going "gently caress you, I'm not saving your rear end" here? No, you should be proud that they cut him loose without hesitation.
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Feb 6, 2019 02:26
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CuddleCryptid posted:Are my standards so low now that I am proud of them Democrats for going "gently caress you, I'm not saving your rear end" here? Even the republicans in Florida got rid of a guy for wearing blackface, he has no hope (and he shouldn't, gently caress him).
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Feb 6, 2019 02:29
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Somebody send me a DM when this is over, I'll watch the response on YouTube just to influence the ratings
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Feb 6, 2019 02:33
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I've been laughing to myself lately at the number of people who don't think he's just going to get up there and start ranting about whatever his maggot-filled brain latches onto first.
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Feb 6, 2019 02:34
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Feb 6, 2019 02:35
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So are we TVIVing this here or what?
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Feb 6, 2019 02:35
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haveblue posted:They didn’t remove the mandate, they reduced the penalty for not compiling with the mandate to zero. This was done because you can do the one through reconciliation but not the other. THIS IS NOT TRUE, YOU WILL gently caress UP YOUR TAXES IF YOU TRY THIS The mandate is still in effect until tax year 2019 - filing in April 2020. What changed this year is no-documentation required for hardship. E: Oh look at all the pages that were here, waiting on me to refresh. I was beaten only a dozen times.
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Feb 6, 2019 02:37
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I guess we know what Dipshit will tweet about tomorrow. https://twitter.com/AmyEGardner/status/1092941590555971585?s=19
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Feb 6, 2019 02:37
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I wonder which commentator will be the first to call Trump "Presidential" because he succeeded in not making GBS threads himself on stage.
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