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Yes | 151 | 82.51% | |
No | 32 | 17.49% | |
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Slim Pickens posted:They can't control state elections though, can they? If California says "gently caress you" and has an election, Pelosi wins her seat again. This just adds more unintended consequences if the states insist on holding elections on a patchwork basis, what happens if Pelosi is reelected or states allocate electors etc. The system still grinds to a halt while everything works its way through courts. This would be a worst case scenario with COVID.
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# ? Jul 30, 2020 21:53 |
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# ? Jun 9, 2024 16:50 |
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https://twitter.com/Cary_Elwes/status/1288904614310367232?s=19 Usual caveats about reading the replies are in force but this one is pretty good: https://twitter.com/CharlesDAHammer/status/1288915099034542080?s=19
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# ? Jul 30, 2020 22:26 |
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I think stuff like LegalEagle's video explaining what the constitution/law says will happen is a very distinctly moot point. If Donnie gets his way enough to start delaying elections then the law and the courts mean somewhere less than something you'd wipe your rear end with. Whether that's an argument for it being more or less likely with a greater or lesser chance of success is separate from the above point. I'm just not a fan of so much reliance on the idea of "but look what the paper says!" being what stands between Trump's desires and their implementation. People are what will prevent or allow what he wants in this hypothetical, not words, and that outcome is not set in stone because we haven't blown through those guard rails as a nation before.
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# ? Jul 30, 2020 22:41 |
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bird food bathtub posted:If Donnie gets his way enough to start delaying elections then the law and the courts mean somewhere less than something you'd wipe your rear end with. "If" is doing a helluva lot of heavy lifting in this sentence. Way more than it should ever have to do.
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# ? Jul 30, 2020 22:50 |
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Lmao Trump is doing another press conference. He's said the word plasma about 16 times. He pronounces it "plos-ma." He also calles Remdesivir, Remdasavar. He also again said "ind-ust-trees." Aside from that it's full of all the normal horse poo poo.
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# ? Jul 30, 2020 22:52 |
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https://twitter.com/JHWeissmann/sta...ber%3D1271pti15
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# ? Jul 30, 2020 22:55 |
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Acebuckeye13 posted:This seems like a big deal: What, Obama's speeches being a lot better than his actions?
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# ? Jul 30, 2020 23:09 |
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Acebuckeye13 posted:This seems like a big deal: I can't speak for his political timing, but his comedic timing is excellent. You will laugh! You will cry! In that order!
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# ? Jul 30, 2020 23:17 |
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What's insane about this is not only is it horrific and malicious, but it's so loving stupid politically! Michigan was one of the hardest hit states early on, is (Or was) a crucial swing state, and even has one of the very few potential GOP Senate pickups against Gary "Most Boring Man Alive" Peters. A robust national effort would have given Trump a chance to actually loving lead, and give an actual reason to vote for his administration. Instead they abrogate all responsibility and somehow forgot Trump is the loving President, of course everyone's going to blame him when poo poo goes sideways! getting ground up in the world's slowest and dullest woodchipper would be too good for these evil, incompetent clowns
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# ? Jul 30, 2020 23:21 |
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BIG HEADLINE posted:We would have President Pelosi. It falls to the succession order in this particular instance. She's an elected official. The entire house of representatives' terms end on Jan 3
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# ? Jul 30, 2020 23:23 |
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the administrations entire response has been to reward states with governors that praised Trump lmao
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# ? Jul 30, 2020 23:23 |
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well the presser was insane, it looks like if trump loses the election he is just going to take it to the supreme court and dispute it
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# ? Jul 30, 2020 23:27 |
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You can really see that line of bronzer in this shot.
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# ? Jul 30, 2020 23:33 |
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Hot Karl Marx posted:well the presser was insane, it looks like if trump loses the election he is just going to take it to the supreme court and dispute it It worked in 2000, the democrats have more of a spine than in 2000 but LOL HELLWORLD 2020
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# ? Jul 30, 2020 23:44 |
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Basketball's back y'all https://twitter.com/TaylorRooks/status/1288968061454884866
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# ? Jul 30, 2020 23:46 |
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ElMaligno posted:It worked in 2000, the democrats have more of a spine than in 2000 but LOL HELLWORLD 2020 If it comes down to a single state deciding the election then yeah, I could see it happening all over again if it's a small margin of votes giving it one way or the other. But if not, lol.
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# ? Jul 30, 2020 23:54 |
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facialimpediment posted:Enjoy reading about her: https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/3/11/antigay-reality-star-pardoned-trump-challenges-rep-john-lewis So does that mean that Barrington Martin II is now the Democratic ticket for 5th district? or does the anti-gay reality tv star just fall into John Lewis' seat because John Lewis died before the election?
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 00:14 |
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orange juche posted:So does that mean that Barrington Martin II is now the Democratic ticket for 5th district? or does the anti-gay reality tv star just fall into John Lewis' seat because John Lewis died before the election? Here are the details: https://www.wkrn.com/news/special-election-set-for-september-to-fill-john-lewiss-seat/ https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/18/politics/georgia-5th-congressional-district-vacant-seat-john-lewis/index.html Basically, an intra-democrat discussion picks the interim candidate for the special election on 9/29 (term lasts until January) and the November general (normal term). It's because Lewis already won his primary, so state law kicks the decision to the state party, rather than defaulting to nominating the runner-up.
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 00:21 |
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orange juche posted:So does that mean that Barrington Martin II is now the Democratic ticket for 5th district? or does the anti-gay reality tv star just fall into John Lewis' seat because John Lewis died before the election? last I saw the Dems were trying to get someone else appointed to the ballot, and not Barrington Martin
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 00:22 |
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AOC's amendment to stop the US Army from recruiting people on twitch failed.
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 00:23 |
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Hot Karl Marx posted:AOC's amendment to stop the US Army from recruiting people on twitch failed. The army actually got slapped by twitch for fake give away a so are shut down. The navy is still going though! https://twitter.com/jordanuhl/status/1288887757075623936?s=21
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 00:25 |
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Navy e-sports is more exclusive than the seals? Heh.
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 00:30 |
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not caring here posted:Navy e-sports is more exclusive than the seals? Heh. It takes a lifetime of training to be a pro gamer. It only takes a few months to be a SEAL. Gamers are the real heroes. A Bad Poster fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Jul 31, 2020 |
# ? Jul 31, 2020 00:40 |
2 GOP members yielded their time to a Dem who helped vote down AOC's amendment lmao. Also, sailors on the HW Bush gettin sick. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/george-h-w-bush-carrier-sailors-coronavirus Light on details as they aren't releasing much info.
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 00:52 |
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A Bad Poster posted:It takes a lifetime of training to be a pro gamers. It only takes a few months to be a SEAL. Gamers are the real heroes. Just thinking about those forthcoming book titles: No Easy Noscopes: A Naval Special Gaming Operator’s Story In The Match Lobby with Heroes: My Time as a Naval Esports Warrior [USN] SoldierStomper420-6-Niner: A Story of Life, Death and Redemption in Fortnight No Higher Achievement to Unlock: Patriotism and Valor on America’s Virtual Battlefields Killstreak: How I Beat Chris Kyle’s KDR
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 00:59 |
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American gamer will be such a good propoganda movie
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 01:02 |
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hobbesmaster posted:The army actually got slapped by twitch for fake give away a so are shut down. The navy is still going though! The Navy 100% has lots of jobs where you'll stay up all night staring at a screen that they'll be happy to put you in
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 01:03 |
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Fallom posted:The Navy 100% has lots of jobs where you'll stay up all night staring at a screen that they'll be happy to put you in Isn't saying stuff like that recruiter 101?
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 01:09 |
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I didn't know branches other than the army are doing it. I guess I should have assumed that
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 01:16 |
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They're not going to do anything to stop him, and if he did delay the elections they'd go along with it
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 01:24 |
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Bored As gently caress posted:Lmao https://twitter.com/dril/status/1085205226481537026
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 01:39 |
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Somebody mentioned up above "don't underestimate the evil creativity we are going to see from these people in the next couple of months" I am sorry to dump this wall of text here, but it's an interesting twitter thread by Seth Abramson, and I would appreciate seeing your thoughts on it. Gist of it is, what if Trump *announces* that he can, and will, change the date of the election, and even though it holds no legal weight, it convinces the chud army to stay home and not vote? quote:1/ Autocracies aren't born in rule of law. They're not even primarily born in violence. Rather they arise *despite* rule of law—often on the strength of a benighted populism, in fact just the sort of populist movement Trump is building now over false fears of a "rigged" election.
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 01:43 |
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ded posted:
Just if this is the thing which allows the GOP to bail on Trump if things don't turn around by Labor Day. "You did all kinds of horrendous poo poo in your time but canceling our election, , that's where you crossed the line."
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 01:48 |
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The biggest thing preventing a coup is that it would be a ton of work. Not going to happen with this guy imo
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 01:56 |
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Best Friends posted:The biggest thing preventing a coup is that it would be a ton of work. Not going to happen with this guy imo
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 02:19 |
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Best Friends posted:The biggest thing preventing a coup is that it would be a ton of work. Not going to happen with this guy imo There are so many other more eager, willing, and competent fascists out there. All Trump has done is let them know it's their time to
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 02:26 |
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Best Friends posted:The biggest thing preventing a coup is that it would be a ton of work. Not going to happen with this guy imo Seriously it's this. The man cannot form a coherent sentence structure, let alone plot a massive coup d'etat and install a autocratic regime. I don't know why people keep writing 2nd American Revolution fanfics, it's not going to happen!
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 02:30 |
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It's been obvious ever since covid got serious that the results of the election will be contested and seen as illegitimate by historically large numbers of people. But yeah, obviously, Joe Biden is not a threat to anyone in a position to effect a coup, Trump will leave when the generals tell him to.
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 02:33 |
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Just give Donny an easy way out of the presidency without looking like a loser, and he'd happily leave. It's been clear since day 1 that he hated the job, he just wants people to cheer for him.
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 02:39 |
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# ? Jun 9, 2024 16:50 |
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Best Friends posted:The biggest thing preventing a coup is that it would be a ton of work. Not going to happen with this guy imo OTOH, becoming president also take a ton of work, and he somehow managed to stumble into that.
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# ? Jul 31, 2020 02:45 |