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Booker just never married. Until a year ago he was dating Rosario Dawson, best known as the other hot girl in men in black two.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:From the new NBC poll today: The party that used felony disenfranchisement to kick a million people out of the voting pool to turn Florida red, and when voters passed a Constitutional Amendment to undo it they said "lol, nah" The party that gerrymandered every swing state after 2010 and used the Supreme Court to lock down partisan gerrymandering once and for all as the law of the land. The party whose last president became the first in American history to refuse to concede an election, insists with no evidence that it was stolen, tried to use his authority and connections to overturn it, and is running on the platform that he should win elections every time. Better for protecting democracy. We are in a post truth hellworld where nothing matters. Bodyholes fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Nov 22, 2023 |
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Bodyholes posted:The party that used felony disenfranchisement to kick a million people out of the voting pool to turn Florida red, and when voters passed a Constitutional Amendment to undo it they said "lol, nah" Important to keep in mind that most of the stuff that we would file under "Cons" are firmly listed as "Pros" in their book.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Well, Twitter has a new main character today This is narcissist sadist poo poo. I wonder what this guy was up to when he was a diplomat. Like I’d expect to find kids gone missing in the places he stayed or something. Now that he’s identified, do people know how long he’s been doing this?
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I AM GRANDO posted:This is narcissist sadist poo poo. I wonder what this guy was up to when he was a diplomat. Like I’d expect to find kids gone missing in the places he stayed or something. I assume he's been in charge of policy on Israel and Palestine, judging by results
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I AM GRANDO posted:This is narcissist sadist poo poo. I wonder what this guy was up to when he was a diplomat. Like I’d expect to find kids gone missing in the places he stayed or something. https://twitter.com/i/status/1727059850725872010 Holy poo poo does he just hang around that vendor all week to harass them? Different time of day and different clothes.
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Nov 22, 2023 04:27
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He probably lives nearby, that's pretty close to the posh parts of the Upper East Side. Leave the apartment, harass the halal cart guy, grab lunch at Sweetgreen, pick up an iced matcha, harass the halal cart guy on the way home, watch the latest episode of Succession -- probably a daily ritual for him
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I assume he's been in charge of policy on Israel and Palestine, judging by results I can't tell if you were aware or not, but it appears that was exactly his role from 1999 to 2003. quote:Seldowitz was acting director for the National Security Council South Asia Directorate under Obama and was deputy director/senior political officer in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs from 1999 to 2003.
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Nov 22, 2023 04:57
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If there's any justice, he's gonna be hounded night and day as he tries to make his racist rounds, or do anything, now that his name and face are out there
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wake up babe, new ceasefire just droppedWashington Post posted:Israel and Hamas agree to hostage exchange deal, 4-day pause in fighting More here.
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None dare call it Ceasefire, apparently.
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About that "ceasefire" https://x.com/SkyNews/status/1727063774488629747?s=20
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Professor Beetus posted:The crime thing is hilarious. All I can think about was visiting my conservative relatives in [economically depressed, crime ridden shithole] talking about how bad things have gotten in Seattle and that's why no one wants to live there anymore. You can probably track media framing of those issues 1:1 with how many people give a poo poo at any given point. It's also that one side has been bitching about feral MS13 jihadist criminals streaming across the border and increasing crime for decades. The other side occasionally talks about minor reforms, but mostly doesn't push back or patently agrees there's a crime and immigration crisis of historical proportions. There's almost no stories about how some guy didn't get crimed today or how maybe the only crisis at the border is us being dicks to asylum seekers.
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Google Jeb Bush posted:I have no idea why you're phrasing it that way, or even really asking the question. The frontrunner by a trillion miles is Joe Biden unless he is ailing or dead, and possibly then. The DNC is also a bunch of squabbling factions (that you, the person reading this post, can influence in a small way by getting involved in the 2024 district on up conventions) and it's unclear to me who the squabbling factions would prefer if Biden dies drag racing his Trans Am and Harris doesn't seem dominant. Because the stakes are very high and I'm not convinced he's the best man for the job. If Trump gets in, or even anyone the GOP nominate, then it's gonna be project 2025, Bannon will set about dismantling the entire administrative state, and American democracy probably falls. Resting the defence against that on someone with the vigour of Biden seem unforgivably reckless, even without the ferocious propaganda machine that's at play. Like I'm sorry if this topic has been done to death or whatever, but I'm not seeing much in the way of resolution... They can't seriously be going with Biden. I'd never heard those names before though and like learning new ones so thank you. Booker was a somewhat facetious suggestion from the previous season, but that's kind of what I mean by "vigour".
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Bucky Fullminster posted:Because the stakes are very high and I'm not convinced he's the best man for the job. In the same polls pundits are citing to say that Biden is weak, Biden wins a hypothetical Democratic primary by a large margin and alternative candidates don't do significantly better against Trump than Biden does. He's underwhelming in the polls because many poll respondents say they prefer Republicans for 2024.
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I'm not talking about the polls, I'm talking about the person I can see with my own eyes
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Bucky Fullminster posted:I'm not talking about the polls, I'm talking about the person I can see with my own eyes How confident are you that your own assessment of whether Biden is "vigorous enough" to win predicts the views of the electorate a year from now? edit: it's not perfect but a useful way to check this is to think about how confident you were that Biden would win the 2020 election in 2019. James Garfield fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Nov 22, 2023 |
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James Garfield posted:How confident are you that your own assessment of whether Biden is "vigorous enough" to win predicts the views of the electorate a year from now? Pretty confident? I'll happily toxx on it at least. That can't be controversial, surely. He's not getting any more vigorous. I thought he wasn't great in 2020, but that trump-fatigue would be enough to get him over the line, which it was. The four years since then have not been kind to him, nor has that much time in the spotlight made it harder for the GOP to land shots. Not just vigour either. It's sharpness. Quickness. Strength, that sort of thing.
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Maybe this would be a good opportunity to resurrect the Presidents Thread.
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Carew posted:About that "ceasefire" This does not contradict it being a ceasefire.
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This is how it's actually bad for Biden... 1/32
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Bucky Fullminster posted:I'm not talking about the polls, I'm talking about the person I can see with my own eyes For the record, I agree. But who else is there? The 2020 primaries exposed the democrat bench to be full of a bunch of nobodies that couldn’t even beat perennial primary loser Joe Biden. The Dems are just failing to groom anyone else hate using that word now after all the culture war nonsense? any viable successors. Those granted the opportunity to advance are pretty old in their own right: Jeffries is 53, Kamala is 59…Buttigieg is 41 but I don’t think his presidential aspirations will ever come to life, no matter how much backroom support he may have. If Biden died in the next few months, what would the Democrats even do? Attempt a campaign with Kamala? The esteemed stateswoman Hillary Clinton might be your best option at that point…  E: Like, cmon  The Top G fucked around with this message at 15:07 on Nov 22, 2023 |
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The Top G posted:anyone else hate using that word now after all the culture war nonsense? I just assumed that was what your username was abbreviating
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Andrew Cuomo is going to try and make a comeback apparently https://twitter.com/phil_lewis_/status/1727115297591804342?s=46&t=BHs6Pl38GJXGN2Y4xeriNA At this point I’m not sure if he’s actually any worse than Eric Adams. Adams is just that terrible.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Andrew Cuomo is going to try and make a comeback apparently That Onion article was a prophecy. It is wild that being the executive of the largest and most financially important city in America is considered a trap office that only crazy people or disgraces want to hold.
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The Top G posted:For the record, I agree. But who else is there? The 2020 primaries exposed the democrat bench to be full of a bunch of nobodies that couldn’t even beat perennial primary loser Joe Biden. to be fair with that pic, he put like 147 or some such number candles and it was joke. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz43szWtuww/?hl=en
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mobby_6kl posted:This is how it's actually bad for Biden... 1/32 This is the best news he's had in months. Joe really needs Bibi to go away though. Nonsense fucked around with this message at 15:24 on Nov 22, 2023 |
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There are a few Dems who I think would have a shot but they're not nationally placed for it currently, and as you say not being groomed for it. I'd rate Whitmer as likely their best current emergency option, Jon Tester might not be the worst choice either. (Not saying he's got great positions, but just that I could see him mounting a decent race. I guess there's some buzz around Josh Shapiro but I am not familiar enough to assess if he's got legs.
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Bucky Fullminster posted:Pretty confident? I'll happily toxx on it at least. That can't be controversial, surely. He's not getting any more vigorous. If someone were to perform a comprehensive polling analysis on the topic, I would not be all that surprised if it proved that the median voter thought Biden was dangerously young and inexperienced, and they would really prefer someone say 10 years older.
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The Top G posted:For the record, I agree. But who else is there? The 2020 primaries exposed the democrat bench to be full of a bunch of nobodies that couldn’t even beat perennial primary loser Joe Biden. Oh he has those stupid coins collection too
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Bucky Fullminster posted:Pretty confident? I'll happily toxx on it at least. That can't be controversial, surely. He's not getting any more vigorous. There's only one person in the world who's ever beaten Trump in an election, and it sure as hell ain't Cory Booker. To be honest, I'm more concerned about Congress. The Dems are barely holding on in the Senate, and with Manchin's retirement and several purple-state Dems coming up for reelection, the future isn't bright. The Dems desperately need to pick up some GOP Senate seats to even hold onto the majority (let alone grow their margin enough to actually pass stuff), but all the Republicans up for reelection in 2024 are in fairly safe red states. Where the hell are the Dems going to pick up seats? Texas? Florida? Wyoming? Utah? Indiana? Tennessee? Not likely!
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Main Paineframe posted:There's only one person in the world who's ever beaten Trump in an election, and it sure as hell ain't Cory Booker. yeah the senate map was always bad for 24. I am happy if we nab the presidency, keep the GOP senate margin small and take the house back with decent numbers. My view is biden is running until he isnt.
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Ms Adequate posted:There are a few Dems who I think would have a shot but they're not nationally placed for it currently, and as you say not being groomed for it. I'd rate Whitmer as likely their best current emergency option, Jon Tester might not be the worst choice either. (Not saying he's got great positions, but just that I could see him mounting a decent race. I guess there's some buzz around Josh Shapiro but I am not familiar enough to assess if he's got legs. I hear Whitmers name tossed around, what’s driving the buzz? She was vetted for running mate in 2020 (though largely because of gender and swing state), gave a speech at the DNC, and did an above average job with Covid. Is that about it? Looks like she is decent platform wise too, with some track record of getting results Dems control the House & Senate in Michigan for about a year now, has she been able to take advantage? Dapper_Swindler posted:to be fair with that pic, he put like 147 or some such number candles and it was joke. “Haha he’s really old!” Is not really helping his case for re-election, in my opinion, but maybe I’m misreading his audience
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The Top G posted:“Haha he’s really old!” Is not really helping his case for re-election This was basically exactly what Reagan did in 1984. The only thing anyone remembers from the presidential debates that year was this moment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Lr4fgSFAY quote:Trewitt said: “Mr. President, I want to raise an issue that I think has been lurking out there for two or three weeks and cast it specifically in national security terms. quote:The age issue arose, even in the GOP camp, after Reagan’s poor performance at his first debate with Mondale, which had taken place at the Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville, three weeks earlier. At the time, Reagan partially blamed his problems on overpreparation with his staff. He said he was “confused” and acknowledged that he didn’t know what city he was in. At one point, in a discussion of the defense budget, Reagan cited the high cost of the military’s “food and wardrobe.” Trump is basically the same age as Biden and nobody is going to forget that both of them are very old. Leaning in and making fun of it probably makes the most sense. It was how Reagan disarmed perceptions that he was too old.
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The hit pieces on semaglutide recently are hilarious. Oh no, the drug does exactly what it’s supposed to do by telling your brain it’s not always hungry! Oh no, the drug only lasts for a week then you’re back to normal. Oh no, the drug stops working when it’s done because it’s treating a symptom and not a root cause. Other articles was some 17yo blaming the drug for her regaining 100 lbs after stopping taking it. Somehow that was what killed her self esteem? No bitch, you have no self control, blame yourself. We could stop subsidizing seed oils and putting that poo poo in everything and killing everyone with obesity and heart disease. Nah. Wonder when American pharma companies release their own GLP-1s that all this negative press goes away. A lot of jealously money is flowing straight to Denmark. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Dapper_Swindler posted:to be fair with that pic, he put like 147 or some such number candles and it was joke. For the non gram havers 
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:This was basically exactly what Reagan did in 1984. good points, I think stuff solidified for better or worse closer to the election and also once the GOP primaries are done. I am curious if there even will be debates, since trump is just not doing them with the also rans. I think he does one, maybe.
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He will never do another debate, he has nothing to possibly gain. No one who is on the fence, if such a mythical being even exists anymore, is gonna see him poo poo out of his mouth for 90 minutes and be like "yup that decides it, he got my vote".
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cr0y posted:He will never do another debate, he has nothing to possibly gain. No one who is on the fence, if such a mythical being even exists anymore, is gonna see him poo poo out of his mouth for 90 minutes and be like "yup that decides it, he got my vote".
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