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Chuckie Finster

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  1. 15 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    I will never understand. Just from a basic perspective of politics, how did we get here?  Where people have pledged their entire existence to a politician?  Why are these people so broken?

    What frustrates me is that most of the Trump supporters I know would never tolerate Trump as a coworker or neighbor or family member.  Yet, because of team politics, they’ve got undying devotion to him as President.  It’s insane.

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  2. 14 minutes ago, tokamak said:

    Just stepping back, how was it so easy for the Republicans to peel off 8 Democrats (17% of the caucus) with nothing more than a promise to back pay federal workers (which they are legally required to do anyway) and a future vote that everyone knows won't actually happen? Serious question - when was the last time that the Democrats peeled off 17% of Republicans with minimal promises in order to get something done?

    Would it make you feel better or worse to learn that the number was much greater than 8, these were just the 8 that were strategically selected to minimize blowback?

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  3. 8 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

    I find it fascinating we've heard zero news or updates about Tyler Robinson or the criminal case against him.

    It's like deja vu with the Trump shooter.

    The shooting itself is used as a huge rallying point.  The prosecution is apparently not important.

    Why the hell do I know more about the fucking DC sandwich guy than either of these shooters?

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  4. 38 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:


    Here is a message that will resonate for Democrats, particularly as more people are unemployed, lose health insurance etc ...:  "Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos have a net worth greater than the poorest 169 million Americans put together. So far this year, the wealth of Bezos, Zuckerberg and Musk has increased by 679 billion dollars. BILLION. Zuckerberg's yacht uses almost 1200 gallons of diesel an hour. Elon said he wants to become the world's first trillionaire. How much money is enough for these assholes? Elon and Zuckerberg do want what's best for you and me, the only want what's best for themselves. Meanwhile, their Republican shills in Congress do NOTHING but try to enrich themselves ---- and they are already obscenely wealthy. It is not "socialism" or "communism" if these guys pay more in taxes so that the poorest of children can eat. It's compassion. It's fairness. It's decency."   Also, Dems need to target privacy concerns online ... NOBODY likes being tracked across the internet, not even Republicans.  Those two things. Hammer them into oblivion. Trumpism works because it gives people an enemy to focus on. The Dems have a readymade bogeyman and it's one that everybody already knows and senses is evil. 

    My favorite baseline is still: Pretend you were given $100,000 the morning of January 1, 2000.  And then again on January 2, and January 3, and then again every single morning after until today.  You still would not have accumulated a billion dollars, and Elon Musk's net worth is more than 500 times that.

    Tell me that won't get voters out for blood.

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  5. 13 hours ago, Blotto said:

    he is such a fucking imbecile. Fuck everyone that votes for this goddamn clown

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-gov-abbott-says-ll-190757763.html

     

    It actually makes less sense the longer you think about it.  The people moving to Texas because of the Mamdani election are likely political allies of Abbott, yet he's telling them that they are not welcome.  He's not even fake punishing the right people!

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  6. 6 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    Can we be politically honest here for a second. Nobody outside of the very politically online set in certain geographical regions even knew that there was important democracy taking place today. 

    I’m normally in agreement on claims like this, but you’re flat out wrong here.  The Mamdani stuff absolutely crossed over into normie world.

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  7. 2 minutes ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

    Lulz at that last post. Chicago, SF, and NYC are my three favorite cities. They all kick ass

    My Republican parents visited San Francisco last year and came back saying how incredible it was and that it was nothing like how people describe it.

    Unfortunately, they have not connected the dots as to what this means about all the other information being fed to them.

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