US Election 2024

[peterroberts]

Yep , looks like he’d be a seriously bad pick actually.

https://www.salon.com/2024/07/30/picking-josh-shapiro-could-be-for-harris--heres-why/

[Limiescouse]

@Arminius

There have been no significant consequences for a direct attempt to prevent Congress from certifying an election, it is absolutely staggering.

It reveals a deep rot at the heart of our country.

The common cry is that Garland was slow to get his investigations started, somehow believing that his office did nothing until they appointed Jack Smith. But the day his nomination was approved he started moving on the Jan6th case and was repeatedly obstructed by mid level FBI Trump loyalists willing to do whatever it takes to cover for him. The USSS performed a mass deletion of their work phones. Congress spent about week condemning the actions and then very quickly got back in line to try to convince the public the thing we all saw happen didn’t happen.

People need to get their fucking heads out of their arses and wise up to how perilous the situation is. This is not one guy acting against the government. It is a guy who already has half the government on his side.

[Limiescouse]

This is a post I made from 2 days ago commenting on what Maddow is discussing in the video

@Limiescouse

It is also important to remember that last time their theory for winning was not to get the most votes, but to fuck around with the process and stay in power through the back door. They are working different avenues this time, but it is essentially the same play book and is a LOT more organized with true believers inserted into positions of power who have been vetted to play their part this time around. They have been into positions of power at the state level all over the country that through a lot of mechanisms can just refuse to allow a legitimate election count. For a variety of reasons, delays in finalizing the vote counts, even if only for patently bullshit reasons, improve their likelihood of them winning. If you think back to the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Florida recount in 2000 where they said not that Bush won, but the timeline in the constitution didn’t allow for demonstrating that Gore won and therefore the earlier call for Bush must stand…they are making plays to see that sort of legal ruling, upheld by a corrupt supreme court if need be, from cases all over the country. Understand that when they complain about cheating at elections, the main goal is to make their opponents deny it so often that they are then backed into corner when it is time for them to talk about the actual cheating Trump does next time.

It is a real lack of imagination, and lack of understanding of how authoritarian regimes work elsewhere, to think that Trump has to end elections for the warnings to come true. Elections by themselves don’t mean democracy if the result is assured before a single vote is cast. America is absolutely fantastic about lying to itself about who it is and what freedoms we have, and so that is the most dangerous direction for us because a large contingent of the country will deny outright that anything is wrong despite him winning 2028 with 75% of the vote count. The same as they deny what we saw on Jan6th and any of the other wealth of truly disqualifying actions Trump has made since 2016.

[redalways]

@Limiescouse

But the day his nomination was approved he started moving on the Jan6th case and was repeatedly obstructed by mid level FBI Trump loyalists willing to do whatever it takes to cover for him. The USSS performed a mass deletion of their work phones. Congress spent about week condemning the actions and then very quickly got back in line to try to convince the public the thing we all saw happen didn’t happen.

Something something deep state something something

[RedOverTheWater]

It’s starting to feel like Harris will have to win by such a margin that thwarting her ascension to the Presidency won’t fly. And even then, it’s hard to know what Trump’s acolytes will do.

It is quite appalling.

[Arminius]

Rumours that Vance might in fact get dumped. His polling numbers are by a healthy margin the worst ever recorded for a VP candidate, and he has been a liability for two weeks in a role where you are barely supposed to be noticed. His support even among identified Republicans is soft.

[ShadesOfRed]

@Arminius

Rumours that Vance might in fact get dumped.

Even by Trump standards this is going to be fast.

“I hire the best people.”
At least he is creating jobs.

[redalways]

He’s not creating jobs, he’s creating churn. Extra economic costs for hiring the wrong person to begin with…

[SBYM]

Woah…

https://x.com/BFriedmanDC/status/1818411988956914140?t=lg9tySnkZDxnc5z15Bx_cg&s=19

I don’t even know where to begin with this one…

‘Scientists’ apparently…

[ShadesOfRed]

Sad to see how far David Schwimmer has fallen since Friends ended.

[RedWhippet]

@ShadesOfRed

Sad to see how far David Schwimmer has fallen since Friends ended.

Last we saw him, he was shoplifting in Blackpool:

The one with the 'lookalike': David Schwimmer pleads innocence after...

[SBYM]

https://x.com/MeghanMcCain/status/1818453771262836919?t=ARjWdWZO858kKshrYV0C3g&s=19

[StevieJayUSA]

Meghan McCain’s father must roll over in his grave from some of the shit she spews.

[Limiescouse]

@Arminius

Rumours that Vance might in fact get dumped. His polling numbers are by a healthy margin the worst ever recorded for a VP candidate, and he has been a liability for two weeks in a role where you are barely supposed to be noticed. His support even among identified Republicans is soft.

Beyond just enjoying the situation as it plays out, it is amusing on two angles.

This is a party who made such a stink about the illegality of the Biden-Harris switch, despite Biden not yet being the nominee. Yet they now have an official ticket approved by the party at the convention. They face the actual legal challenges making a change at this point they pretended to believe the Harris ticket should face. It probably wouldnt come to anything, but it would cost energy and resources to make it happen and defend it.

The other is it would require Trump to admit a mistake. And he has never done that in his life.

[Limiescouse]

@StevieJayUSA

Meghan McCain’s father must roll over in his grave from some of the shit she spews.

Not a lot of people know this, but did you know John McCain is her dad?

[Alright_Now_Legend]

Me to @cynicaloldgit: “If you have something to say, say it to my face.”

Go on, Momala

[ShadesOfRed]

Does she do her own stunts too?

[Sithbare]

Can someone tell Jill Stein to stand down ?

The democrats don’t need more votes being taken from them.

[Sithbare]

@Alright_Now_Legend

If you have something to say, say it to my face.”

Your korma sucks.

There.

[Alright_Now_Legend]

I refuse to debate you.