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It's worth noting that the Biden campaign has been actively trying to push back against that perception that Biden is brainmush and Trump isn't. And they've got clips to back it up. https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1763210154575548687 That clip of him taking a stumble on the stairs is something I suspect we're going to see plenty of when the campaign ads really get going.
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I say good for Porter. Maybe it wasn't the most tactically sound choice of words, but we can't let our system gaslight us into accepting open bribery as normal or okay just because some fascists on the supreme Court said so. Billionaires spending millions and millions of dollars on false attack ads to sway an election is a form of rigging. It should be illegal and just because it's not (again, because 5 specific fascists said so) doesn't mean we have to change our ethical judgments on it. We don't have to clutch our pearls and be nervous about her comments upending democracy.
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Yeah there's a reason that Trump is pushing back on the "Biden old" stuff. He even pushed back against the special counsel report that got this current round of handwringing started. We've seen coverage of an elected official who is actually suffering from extreme dementia: Diane Feinstein. We don't have staffers on deep background saying that Biden can't handle the job, we don't even have Republicans who are in the room with him claiming that he's demented. What we do have are a whole bunch of people with motivated priors who watch 20 second clips out of context and determine that they are geriatric neurologists and they are seeing what they want to see. FLIPADELPHIA posted:I say good for Porter. Well, you're the only one.
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I'm disappointed for Porter but understand that giving up her house seat means a little political wilderness until she finds another role where she will absolutely slay.
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zoux posted:
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Morrow posted:I'm disappointed for Porter but understand that giving up her house seat means a little political wilderness until she finds another role where she will absolutely slay. The problem is that her extreme sore loserism is pissing off other Dems in positions of power and hurting her chances for a return to congress in the future. https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1765778091278778697 Seems to be a counter productive message to send to lawmakers.
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Not sure if I would use her wording but that race was insane. Schiff got so much money poured into him that he spent more on promoting Garvey than Garvey spent on himself. For a party that claims that democracy is at stake, it's bizarre that one of the most prominent Dems is receiving funding from Democrats to spend on promoting a Republican. There was a reasonable opportunity to make this race into a 2-Dem race and guarantee the seat in November but Schiff, Pelosi and crew apparently think the small chance of a Republican winning the race is much better than having Porter on the ballot.
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koolkal posted:Not sure if I would use her wording but that race was insane. Schiff got so much money poured into him that he spent more on promoting Garvey than Garvey spent on himself. Who cares? If republicans win a senate seat in *California* then we're all boned anyway.
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TheDeadlyShoe posted:Who cares? If republicans win a senate seat in *California* then we're all boned anyway. You know there's a small but nonzero chance that Schiff just has a heart attack or gets hit by a car in October right
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/peterhvideo/status/1765553068823675048 Did I miss something? Why is this happening?
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GlyphGryph posted:Did I miss something? Why is this happening? Spat of violent crime on the subways boosted by media coverage.
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koolkal posted:Not sure if I would use her wording but that race was insane. Schiff got so much money poured into him that he spent more on promoting Garvey than Garvey spent on himself. Hey now, we need a strong (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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koolkal posted:You know there's a small but nonzero chance that Schiff just has a heart attack or gets hit by a car in October right There's laws allowing for replacement of candidates. If there was a problem, the CA dems would call an emergency session of the legislature and pass a new law real quick.
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TheDeadlyShoe posted:There's laws allowing for replacement of candidates. If there was a problem, the CA dems would call an emergency session of the legislature and pass a new law real quick. Not really, more seeing that the problem is "I want to win and to do that I will support a fascist materially" is kind of bad. Like, if you think the dude will win great, but why on earth would you pour money into someone who wants to do some heinous poo poo solely because you want to make it easier on yourself?
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/peterhvideo/status/1765553068823675048 I know that for some insane reason this poo poo is constitutional ("pressing and legitimate needs of the state" come the gently caress on) but they can't do anything if you just walk out of the subway if they select you for a screening, right? Or are they legally able to compel you even if you say you've changed your mind about utilizing the subway? I know the on the ground practicalities are different than the technical legalities though and once you're selected it's basically going to be impossible to get them to not look through your poo poo.
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Josef bugman posted:Not really, more seeing that the problem is "I want to win and to do that I will support a fascist materially" is kind of bad. Like, if you think the dude will win great, but why on earth would you pour money into someone who wants to do some heinous poo poo solely because you want to make it easier on yourself? Because the leopard is cute and it can't eat faces inside it's little chicken wire cage.
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Kagrenak posted:I know that for some insane reason this poo poo is constitutional ("pressing and legitimate needs of the state" come the gently caress on) but they can't do anything if you just walk out of the subway if they select you for a screening, right? Or are they legally able to compel you even if you say you've changed your mind about utilizing the subway? Apparently not https://twitter.com/morganfmckay/status/1765728053764735443
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https://prospect.org/power/2024-03-07-conflicts-of-interest-doj-antitrust-budget-cut/ Dems weakening one of the actually good things that's happened under Biden
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More like, walk a couple of blocks to get to an adjacent station on the same line where there isn't a checkpoint. I had to do that a couple of times in the early 00s when the terror alert level was high
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Josef bugman posted:Not really, more seeing that the problem is "I want to win and to do that I will support a fascist materially" is kind of bad. Like, if you think the dude will win great, but why on earth would you pour money into someone who wants to do some heinous poo poo solely because you want to make it easier on yourself? Dunno, ask Katie Porter why she ran ads for a different GOP candidate. koolkal posted:https://prospect.org/power/2024-03-07-conflicts-of-interest-doj-antitrust-budget-cut/ Oh those dastardly dems like House Speaker Mike Johnson https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1765418215784493254 zoux fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Mar 7, 2024 |
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she is such a loving idiot. the dems of NY are hosed if some kinda charasmaric rockafeller republican ever runs. koolkal posted:https://prospect.org/power/2024-03-07-conflicts-of-interest-doj-antitrust-budget-cut/ yeah. that sucks but i think its one of those, we are gonna have to make cuts we dont like to get it past the GOP house we can try to limit what damage we inflict mixed with giving money to snap and other programs.
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zoux posted:Dunno, ask Katie Porter why she ran ads for a different GOP candidate. Oh I do not care who the person they were running against is, I just think materially supporting the GOP is bad because it 1) Can backfire and 2) Is materially supporting a fascistic ideology.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Apparently it wasn’t enough to pay the NYPD a billion dollars in overtime to police the subways? GlyphGryph posted:Did I miss something? Why is this happening? It was in response to 3 people being stabbed and one person being kicked onto the tracks in 4 separate incidents last week.
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koolkal posted:https://prospect.org/power/2024-03-07-conflicts-of-interest-doj-antitrust-budget-cut/ To save y'all a click: quote:On Tuesday, 31 members of Congress in two different letters registered strong opposition to the appropriations package provision that cuts $45 million in funding to the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and undermines a law increasing premerger filing fees that overwhelmingly passed Congress in 2022. And the anger boiled over onto the Senate floor. I don't have time to read as closely as I'd like, but could you elaborate on how this is "Dems weakening"?
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Dapper_Swindler posted:yeah. that sucks but i think its one of those, we are gonna have to make cuts we dont like to get it past the GOP house we can try to limit what damage we inflict mixed with giving money to snap and other programs. Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:It was in response to 3 people being stabbed and one person being kicked onto the tracks in 4 separate incidents last week.
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mobby_6kl posted:Isn't this the compromise budget that was discussed a few pages ago? So I guess technically "dems support" it but the alternative is everything gets shut down. Yes the Prospect's framing here should be instructive for people who rely on them as a media source. https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1765785363111428389 Whooo boy if the IDF takes a shot at US troops...
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zoux posted:Yes the Prospect's framing here should be instructive for people who rely on them as a media source. Bad precedent here set with the USS Liberty.
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mobby_6kl posted:Is NYC turning into London!? The Warriors was a documentary
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zoux posted:Yes the Prospect's framing here should be instructive for people who rely on them as a media source. This is a BFD. It’s a huge gently caress you to the Israelis too. About loving time. Do you have a non tweet source yet? selec posted:Bad precedent here set with the USS Liberty. This is a much bigger thing than a research ship. “Temporary Port” means JLOTS, joint logistics over the shore. They drill this as disaster response. If the big earthquake happens in Seattle with a big Tsunami. “Temporary port” would be how they’d respond. It’s like dropping a instant RO RO terminal.
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Bar Ran Dun posted:This is a BFD. It’s a huge gently caress you to the Israelis too. About loving time. She's Bloomberg's WH correspondent. It's also the top story on CNN.com right now.
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Bar Ran Dun posted:This is a BFD. It’s a huge gently caress you to the Israelis too. About loving time. https://apnews.com/article/biden-gaza-humanitarian-aid-port-us-military-israel-25fb6d71bc951d7491de3ab99733a749 President Joe Biden will announce a plan in his State of the Union address Thursday for the U.S. military to help establish a temporary port on the Gaza coast, increasing the flow of humanitarian aid for the beleaguered territory during the Israel-Hamas war, according to administration officials. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview the announcement, said the operation will not require that American troops be on the ground to build the pier that is intended to allow more shipments of food, medicine and other essential items.
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CNN has a brief writeup on their Gaza blog here. Looks like the plan is to debut this at the State of the Union tonight, after which there will probably be a formal press release with more info vvvvvvvvvvv A pier is not technically the ground. Standard Floor Is Lava doctrine applies haveblue fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Mar 7, 2024 |
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lobster shirt posted:said the operation will not require that American troops be on the ground to build the pier that is intended to allow more shipments of food, medicine and other essential items. No! the fool Biden is revealing our hover troop capabilities!
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lobster shirt posted:The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview the announcement, said the operation will not require that American troops be on the ground to build the pier that is intended to allow more shipments of food, medicine and other essential items. That’s one extremely “technically true” is the best kind of true rear end assertion from them there.
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It's supposedly coordinated with the IDF but I still think there's a non zero chance of American casualties and it's still incredibly bizarre that this is the tact that Biden is taking instead of cutting off economic aid and arms shipments to Israel
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It’s completely embarrassing that we have to use all our battlefield logistical capabilities for aid when our supposed ally could just allow us to send aid in via the road. I wonder if Bibi enjoys humiliating Biden more than Biden seems to love making excuses for poo poo like this.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Bibis gonna blow it up. As incompetent as we like to think Biden is sometimes, I can’t imagine this isn’t already a done deal.
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zoux posted:No! the fool Biden is revealing our hover troop capabilities! If they stay on the pier they’re on the ship not on the ground. Here’s the way to think about it. I board a containership alongside the pier at the terminal. The ship is flagged Chinese (CN). Once I’m up the gangway and onboard, I’m technically in China and Chinese laws because they are the vessels flag state are the laws. Generally Americans only find out about this when they commit crimes on cruise ships and realize that they did so technically in another country.
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