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Judge Kaplan will have seen that photo of Habba, right?
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Jan 25, 2024 09:19
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Most Americans hate Trump and don't want to hear about him, but Trump's not the one pulling this stunt and a majority of the country still thinks that the GOP is the party to trust on immigration and "border security": https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/first-read/poll-republicans-advantages-immigration-crime-economy-rcna117054 that article is from 5 months ago, the GOP got clocked in an off year election already I think the GOP has done some new and exciting ways of loving up since then Seriously why do people in this thread just act like the GOP hasn't eaten poo poo repeatedly at the polls since 2018? TulliusCicero fucked around with this message at 09:28 on Jan 25, 2024 |
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Jan 25, 2024 09:21
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Vire posted:Not trying to be a doomer Coolguye fucked around with this message at 09:24 on Jan 25, 2024 |
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Jan 25, 2024 09:21
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LanceHunter posted:Yeah, Abbott isn’t actually gonna defy anything. Nobody is seceding or going to war or starting poo poo with Mexico. He’s just gonna put out a bunch of official statements about how he’s gonna stand up to feds, because this is all just a chance for him to remind Trump he exists and would be very happy to be selected as VP candidate. (While also staving off potential challenges from the right, which are the only challenges that could cause problems for him when he’s up for election again in 2026.) I can’t imagine Trump putting someone who requires a wheelchair on the ticket. He’s just going to be the latest moron prostrating himself only to be called a slur on TRUTH
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Jan 25, 2024 09:24
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Waffle House posted:Gonna stop you right there, neither of these terms is congruous with reality, gottta remind you that you're dealing with an objective piece of poo poo who has long overstayed his welcome. Gimme some better terms here. I know it's emotionally satisfying to pretend that the people doing horrible things are all diaper-wearing morons, but he is clearing achieving his objectives here. He's getting all the right people angry at him, he's getting to dominate a news cycle (literally days after a big primary for his party), and he's in no danger of suffering any actual political consequences. Docjowles posted:I can’t imagine Trump putting someone who requires a wheelchair on the ticket. He’s just going to be the latest moron prostrating himself only to be called a slur on TRUTH Yeah, there's basically no way he'll get the VP nod. But this does buttress his rep with the Trump wing of the party. There are exactly two other figures in statewide Texas politics who would have any chance running against Abbott in the Republican primary (right-wing radio host turned Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and the literal indicted criminal who is also somehow our Attorney General, Ken Paxton), and stunts like this make it harder for him to be challenged from the right.
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Jan 25, 2024 09:30
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TulliusCicero posted:that article is from 5 months ago, the GOP got clocked in an off year election already  I'm not trying to be a doomer or suggest that this stunt is going to make Trump win in November, I'm just trying to make the point that in this specific instance it'd be a dumb idea for Biden to take the bait. If he ignores it or deals with it quietly then it probably won't have any effect on anything.
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Jan 25, 2024 09:35
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LanceHunter posted:I know it's emotionally satisfying to pretend that the people doing horrible things are all diaper-wearing morons, but he is clearing achieving his objectives here. He's getting all the right people angry at him, he's getting to dominate a news cycle (literally days after a big primary for his party), and he's in no danger of suffering any actual political consequences. The dude is in a wheelchair, he is already comfortably diapered and insulated as you say. He is no threat to anyone, and you should bully him until he is.
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Jan 25, 2024 09:37
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Docjowles posted:I can’t imagine Trump putting someone who requires a wheelchair on the ticket. He’s just going to be the latest moron prostrating himself only to be called a slur on TRUTH to be fair to trump he won't call Abbott a slur, he'll make a wild hand motion that is the visual representation of a slur for people who use wheelchairs that hasn't been invented yet
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Jan 25, 2024 09:40
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instead of fretting about whatever the gently caress goes on in a state i don't live in, i just double checked my voter registration and signed up for my absentee ballot.
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Jan 25, 2024 09:48
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Dell_Zincht posted:Judge Kaplan will have seen that photo of Habba, right? It made international news and this is a huge court case, there is absolutely no way someone hasn't brought it to their attention.
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Jan 25, 2024 09:54
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Is it a faux pas or a crime for a lawyer to lie to a judge like that?
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Jan 25, 2024 09:57
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And since I'm on a Texas politics posting-spree, let me just say that it is absolutely wild and terribly demoralizing watching how our state got so weirdly anti-immigrant over the last 20 years. Texas, like most border states, was pretty chill about immigrants since at least the later half of the 20th century. (Hell, the joke used to be that Texas would gladly allow unlimited immigration from Mexico in exchange for a strong border that would keep out people trying to move here from California.) Even conservatives realized that immigrants were a pretty vital part of our economy and that we have a lot of strong ties South of the border. I don't know a single person whose family has been in this state for 3 or more generations who doesn't have a few folks from either Mexico or Central America in their family tree. And like I said, even the Republicans in Texas recognized this. George W. Bush fought his party in a failed attempt to try and create a path to citizenship for people already in the country along with a temporary worker program that would have effectively legalized damned near everyone who wanted to come over to work. Rick Perry's got boo'd at the GOP primary debates over the law in Texas that gave in-state tuition to college students who had been living in the state but didn't have legal status. This was his exact quote: “We were clearly sending a message to young people that, regardless of what the sound of their last name is, that we believe in you. We are going to allow you to be contributing members of the state of Texas and not be a drain on the system.” And the audience (in loving Florida) booed him. Loudly. I think that was when things stated to change. A lot of anti-immigrant sentiment from elsewhere in the country managed to creep into Texas politics. Then Trump came on the scene and just kicked all that into loving overdrive. The sentiment around immigration in this state, at least among elected Republicans, is absolutely unrecognizable now. LanceHunter fucked around with this message at 11:01 on Jan 25, 2024 |
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Jan 25, 2024 09:58
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Great to hear that Kari Lake, noted Trump ball-gargler, is standing up against corruption and dishonesty in politics.
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Jan 25, 2024 10:27
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Cool cool cool Civil War then Cool cool cool
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Jan 25, 2024 10:59
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Raged posted:Cool cool cool Let's not get ahead of ourselves. This has happened before. The president just nationalized the guard and we didn't have civil war. True they want Biden to do this because they can go scream crying to the Fox News Cinematic Universe.
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Jan 25, 2024 11:06
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Raged posted:Cool cool cool lol
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Jan 25, 2024 11:08
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Nelson Mandingo posted:Let's not get ahead of ourselves. This has happened before. The president just nationalized the guard and we didn't have civil war. Yeah, if Biden does nothing "He's weak and pathetic and not a strong leader!" and if he does deal with it "He's an out-of-control dictator!"
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Jan 25, 2024 11:12
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Stoatbringer posted:Yeah, if Biden does nothing "He's weak and pathetic and not a strong leader!" and if he does deal with it "He's an out-of-control dictator!" What if he just does it for one day?
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Jan 25, 2024 11:17
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Escape From Noise posted:What if he just does it for one day? What if he does it "in Minecraft"? Check and mate
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Jan 25, 2024 11:40
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Docjowles posted:I can’t imagine Trump putting someone who requires a wheelchair on the ticket. He’s just going to be the latest moron prostrating himself only to be called a slur on TRUTH Trump wants a VP he can push around
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Jan 25, 2024 12:18
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John Wick of Dogs posted:Trump wants a VP he can push around Don Jr. confirmed?
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Jan 25, 2024 12:50
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BigglesSWE posted:Don Jr. confirmed? Pence has a solid record of allowing himself to get pushed around by trumbo.
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Jan 25, 2024 12:55
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I said come in! posted:How much of the southern border situation is even actually true? I just take everything from Republicans with a healthy dose of salt. Assume almost all of it is exaggerated. Yeah this is why I was calling out the "six million" claim yesterday. Like I mean come on, you're talking a Los Angeles size city moving into the US over the past three years? This doesn't even pass the sniff test and nobody's pushing back on it. I'd thought the immigration numbers were on the order of like 40K/year
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Jan 25, 2024 12:57
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On CNN's front page for a while earlier:
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Jan 25, 2024 13:01
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https://twitter.com/drvolts/status/1750198948948795402?s=46&t=G1x8XWIwrNxUQoXItlkh2w
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Jan 25, 2024 13:03
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Data Graham posted:This doesn't even pass the sniff test 
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Jan 25, 2024 13:05
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Fly commercial? Like an animal?
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Jan 25, 2024 13:06
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Data Graham posted:Yeah this is why I was calling out the "six million" claim yesterday. Like I mean come on, you're talking a Los Angeles size city moving into the US over the past three years? This doesn't even pass the sniff test and nobody's pushing back on it. I'd thought the immigration numbers were on the order of like 40K/year  BigglesSWE posted:https://twitter.com/drvolts/status/1750198948948795402?s=46&t=G1x8XWIwrNxUQoXItlkh2w
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Jan 25, 2024 13:08
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Data Graham posted:Yeah this is why I was calling out the "six million" claim yesterday. Like I mean come on, you're talking a Los Angeles size city moving into the US over the past three years? This doesn't even pass the sniff test and nobody's pushing back on it. I'd thought the immigration numbers were on the order of like 40K/year But that'll be the number chuds throw out from now on
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Jan 25, 2024 13:08
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If I had the money to fly private I’d settle for Business/1st Class, to show everyone how down to Earth I am!
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Jan 25, 2024 13:10
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mobby_6kl posted:I would only fly private too if I could, tbh. Way to announce that you'd be a piece of poo poo if you weren't too poor, I guess
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Jan 25, 2024 13:12
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mobby_6kl posted:I would only fly private too if I could, tbh. Yeah, but you'd be sharing that plane with Ron Desantis.
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Jan 25, 2024 13:19
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Escape From Noise posted:Yeah, but you'd be sharing that plane with Ron Desantis. A guest on a recent Chapo episode mentioned a story where apparently on a flight to Israel, Ron just sat staring straight ahead, no screen no headphones saying nothing the whole time, like Puddy from Seinfeld
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Jan 25, 2024 13:23
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Failed Imagineer posted:Way to announce that you'd be a piece of poo poo if you weren't too poor, I guess  Escape From Noise posted:Yeah, but you'd be sharing that plane with Ron Desantis. 
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Jan 25, 2024 13:25
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lol she's going to leave him 100%
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Jan 25, 2024 13:26
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I think she will run for governor
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Jan 25, 2024 13:27
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John Wick of Dogs posted:I think she will run for governor Publicly humiliate meatball Ron and take his job
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Jan 25, 2024 13:29
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Is this the year Texas goes blue? Is Beto running for something again?
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Jan 25, 2024 13:31
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With races like Beto O'Rourke is in them, you can't lose!
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Jan 25, 2024 13:34
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No and no
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