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wildcat09

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  1. Y'all, the operators say it was ok.
  2. The reason to be nervous is because the electoral college tilts in the GOP's favor and every presidential election is close. Further, the mainstream media will normalize Trump (again), play up Biden's liabilities, and do everything in their power to manufacture a close race. But you're right, and that's a huge list of negative factors the GOP hasn't ever really dealt with in a presidential election year before. The state GOP multiple battleground states has very quickly become about as effective a political machine as the Democratic party has been in Texas for the last 30 years. And Trump's trials will not help him with undecided voters (and his defense will also peel a ton of funds away from other candidates). Polling this far out is always pretty much worthless, and polls have consistently missed the anti-Dobbs backlash that we've seen in every election since. Worries about Biden's age aren't going to negate that, no matter how much some centrist twits in the media want it to.
  3. Who else remembers on TOS when Johnny would brag about how moderate churches were dying off and more fundamentalist churches were experiencing the most growth in America?
  4. It’s wild to see someone so committed to posting chatgpt nonsense that they’ll go through a dozen accounts to keep it going.
  5. Surprise, Tim Ballard is a sex pest who has sexually harassed at least seven women: Every accusation is a confession. I wonder how long before we learn that he molested children too, to which I'm sure he'll say he had to do it to maintain his undercover status.
  6. I'm not saying it can't happen, but recent history has shown that all of the most authoritarian leftist regimes around the world arose out of and in response to (1) an extremely repressive and conservative monarchical/feudal system, or (2) an extremely repressive and conservative colonial system. I don't think any have arisen out of a liberal democracy. That doesn't mean it can't happen, but I think the fact that it hasn't so far is pretty important. As another matter, the Constitution didn't even imagine political parties. So I'm not sure what you mean when you say we'd have to throw out the Constitution. I agree however, at least in the long-term, that to flourish any organized society can't be controlled by one faction or party. People disagree about shit, so they need a system that enough of them recognize as legitimate to mediate their disagreements. Even if (like now) one side is clearly right about just about everything and the other side is a serious threat to the very system itself, that doesn't mean the side that is right will always be right. A one-party system ossifies and after awhile is unable to address the needs of most people. But that's a long-term issue and shouldn't be confused as indicating that we need two competitive political parties right now. Right now, the political will of the American right needs to be splintered and destroyed.
  7. Do y'all remember a few years back when Fox and the right had a freakout about the Dr. Seuss estate stopped publishing six of his books? I wonder what they'll have to say about Republicans banning his books in schools:
  8. Even for Ana, this is kinda sad. His prevarications are usually more subtle.
  9. I don’t think any of us have a problem knowing that it is Hunter Biden. I’ve thought he was a piece of shit since he slept with Beau’s widow and I don’t think his name should afford him protection from the law. But he’s getting harsher treatment from the DOJ because of his name, not more lenient treatment. This charge is rarely (if ever) prosecuted on its own. When it is prosecuted it’s in addition to more serious charges.
  10. Until the gerrymandered legislature impeaches the newest justice...
  11. *GOP replaces vote-counter with Mike Lindell* 70% of Dems: "Surely they'll rue this when it turns out more Democratic votes!"
  12. I can't wait for the SCOTUS decision explaining why actually this is completely in line with gun laws that were in effect at the founding.
  13. Kari lake is already there shopping for a new house.
  14. GR Horn and DonkeyCigars are two different posters. They both happen to suck, but they're different posters.
  15. Because selling Starlink units and service to the Ukrainian government is in no way exporting, selling, or supplying them to "the Crimea region" and there is a 0.00% chance anybody in the government would've ever interpreted it as such, particularly given the government's support and funding for them to do so. He geofenced Starlink because Putin told him to and he didn't want to anger Putin, because he gets aluminum from Russian companies.
  16. Are you fucking serious with this shit? You seriously think that Elon thought, or that anyone would think, that Ukraine using Starlink to operate drones in Crimea would've violated US sanctions?
  17. Romney fully supports the disenfranchisement of black voters.
  18. Aw damnit, I wasn't up to date: RIP Abby, you were a serviceable traffic light.
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