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Gap03

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  1. McConnell and Collins have played this card one too many times - I don't think anyone believes her, given she only goes against Mitch when it doesn't matter. Hopefully Gideon has saved some money for ads to hammer her on this.
  2. It dawned on me watching that video why Trump hates wearing masks so much - they really emphasize his vagina neck.
  3. Sorry if I missed it, but did we ever get a straight answer for why there was no body camera footage of this? I had seen that at least one of the officers involved actually had a body cam on his vest, but apparently there was no video? Given recent history, it feels like the absence of video should cut against the police in instances where there is an expectation of potential escalation. Cops forgot to start their body cams? We should be starting with the presumption that the victim's account of what happened is accurate and needs to be overcome by third party testimony / evidence. Fuck this whole "You forgot to start your cam but say that you announced yourself? Oh, okay, fire away" bullshit. You have the camera to support your version of what happened; if cops hadn't proven themselves so untrustworthy, we wouldn't be here.
  4. That is fucking terrifying - mostly because it's become clear that this is where we're heading ...
  5. And wouldn't this leave decisions to lower federal courts, which have also been jam-packed with Republican crazy / stupid over the McConnell reign? I agree with Wildcat. I don't think that's going to have any deterrent effect for the Rs, who have long demonstrated their willingness to act in bad faith.
  6. I posted this video not long ago, but I was having flashbacks watching Rand so I feel compelled to share it one more time: Rand with another "global wobbling" / "CO2 toxicity" / "ice cube displacement" moment, brought to you once again by the Republican Party ...
  7. This guy is always worth a listen, if for no other reason than him coining phrases such as "greasy Kentucky fuck turtle" and "pant-shitting combination of The Handmaid's Tale and the Book of Fucking Revelations" ...
  8. You'd think that this fact pattern would resonate with the castle doctrine / "If someone steps into mah house at night, Ima fill 'em full of lead" types. I mean, if you don't hear the police announcing themselves (or the police just lie about it), you're dead and your family is shit outta luck. You'd think they'd be crying about "her FreEdUmS!", wouldn't ya? I guess as long as the no-knock warrants are only granted in low-income, minority areas, nothing to worry about ...
  9. Pissed off Fauci is definitely the best Fauci for 2020 ...
  10. They do know their demo, don't they?
  11. Hopefully they picked a particular Trumpy batch of voters, but goddamn FL and AZ ... BTW, this is supposed to be one of the most reliable pollsters in FL and AZ.
  12. Top and bottom rows have different # of stars. 2/10 WNB
  13. I don't think he really has to answer definitively. I would anticipate something like: "I never would have considered it in the past, but when the dust settles, we'll have to evaluate whether the conduct of the Republican Party over the past X years (especially with respect to consideration of nominees to the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary more broadly), when coupled with abuse of the federal courts by Trump, Barr and his administration) necessitates a rethinking of that position."
  14. It's gonna take a packed USSC to unwind Citizens United, so just another reason to get on that right away. I'm totally on board with a reinstituted Fairness Doctrine to rein in the neverending onslaught of stupid from Fox News, OAN and their successors.
  15. Think that's what he's saying - SNAP and their nudes (Allies) vs. Facebook (Germany) / Twitter (Italy).
  16. Until the Rs prove that they can behave like grown-ups, I'm fine with going scorched earth. Maybe there is a fallback to a Buttigieg-style reform (5 Ds, 5 Rs, 5 appointed by sitting members) in an effort to unify the country at some point, but a point needs to be made now. The Rs have been fucking around for far too long, and now it's time for them to find out. #FAFO2021
  17. If I were a SC justice, I'd be asking for a bit of extra security these days. Shit is crazy right now, and while the Dems don't have the sheer number of loons that the Rs have, it doesn't take an army. Shit, I wouldn't put it past Putin to put a false flag "Dem assassination attempt" in place to dial the madness up to 13. Can you imagine the Fox / OAN coverage? /Tin foil hat off/
  18. Romney was never going to give up the chance to try to cement the corporate personhood caselaw. He and his PE buddies need to be able to buy political influence for all time.
  19. Just full-blown propaganda from Kudlow and Navarro these days ...
  20. Don't know anything about this pollster, but fascinating shift in the polls in Mississippi - from R-+26 in March to R+1 in August. I WANT to believe - giving that old racist clown the boot would be spectacular.
  21. MeidasTouch with the smackdown ...
  22. This mashup makes me all sorts of ragey. Fuck every one of these motherfuckers.
  23. ** As long as you're hurting the right people!
  24. A related question is whether having enough vaccine available for everyone is going to solve the problem. If the vaccines that are approved end up being only 50-60% effective (possible) and only 50% of people are willing to take the vaccine because of "MiCrOChiPs iN mY BlOOD!" and the Trump admin fucking over all trust in science / CDC / et al. (pretty damn likely), it will only end up slowing the spread. In that case, we'll still be fighting through lingering community spread and the legacy of "YOU CAN'T MAKE ME WEAR A MASK!1!! Muh freedumbs!", so I question whether other countries are going to let Americans come visiting ... unless maybe Biden wins and can Jedi mindtrick the Trumptards into following a universal mask mandate. Yeah, I'm not planning on being able to leave the country any time soon.
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