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It was certainly a dark day that our "leaders" clapped like morons for a guy committing one of worst atrocities of our time while he stood up there spreading lies and racism. I respect those who boycotted genocidal war criminals speech but I see what Rashida Tlaib did and wish more followed suit. It was far more impactful and courageous statement than not showing up.

Tell them he was fired over The Chalupa Incident,

Hopefully Kamala is more like Obama with Israel than Biden (who is uniquely bad). It's the biggest and most important issue that I want to see a shift on.

Really great piece on Vance that I'll share for others: The Opportunist

I like Roy Cooper for VP. He's term limited as Gov so you aren't giving up any seats. Very likeable/affable guy, has done a admirable job of holding back some of the most backwards Republicans in the country.

I think he means Gavin will try for President not VP. But it's true that the Pres and VP cannot be from the same state.

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God damn there was no reason to go this HARD on Jay Leno

Some good articles Republicans’ Message of Unity Didn’t Last Long So Much for a Newly Reborn Republican Party "This, at the end of the day, is what “realignment” means. Trump’s GOP will continue to cater to business interests at home and project imperial military power abroad. Comparatively honest ghouls like Nikki Haley and Steve Scalise will sell this package with good old-fashioned Reaganite branding, excitedly reminding their listeners that Trump is the president who tore up the Iran deal and passed a big tax cut for the rich. Tucker Carlson and J. D. Vance will use different words — ones designed to excite people who prefer to believe that reelecting a billionaire union-buster to the presidency will somehow stick it to big business."

I hope he brings back the mesh shirts and football jersey crop tops too.

My initial reaction when i seen the video of him fist pumping after the attempted assassination was oh no he just won the election. It was really quick and smart thinking in the moment for him to do that. However after the dust has settled i don't think it's going to have that sort of impact. It'll play amazingly well with his base but they were already galvanized to vote. That doesn't mean Democrats aren't in trouble because they certainly are. Joe Biden's presser was better than his debate performance but did nothing to change anyone's mind. He was still incredibly dull and rambled on at times. The enthusiasm gap is pretty insane with 71% of R's happy with their nominee versus 33% of D's excited for their nominee (for comp, Hillary had 54% in 2016). Biden said it would be hard to start from scratch but imo that is exactly what Democrats need. They can champion the good stuff Joe did, refresh the push of popular Democratic polices, and can re-position on politically devastating things like the war on Gaza. Also of course shed the albatross that is the constant question of cognitive fitness that is going to linger as long as Joe is the nominee.

Biden may have gotten worse but his issues were known last election. It's annoying that everyone knew this and decided NOW is the time to ask Joe to step aside. While it's technically not too late it's basically too late. Party head honchos should've sat down with him back in 2022 and asked him to step aside or at a minimum informed him he was going to face a primary process. At the time Biden's approval was sub 40% and 2/3 of Democrat voters wanted someone else.

Assange is finally free! I'm not surprised they decided to offer a plea now that it's come down to actually having extradite and try him. They avoid the global condemnation for prosecuting a journalist that a trial would bring and still got to punish him by keeping him in prison for the last 5 years. This whole thing was shameful and cruel. Edit: It's actually worse - they thought they would lose the extradition request on appeal: Inside The Assange Plea Deal: Why The US Government Abruptly Ended The Case

Mike Patton had the type of career that i believe Axl envisioned for himself in the 90s. Always reinventing himself and going in weird obscure directions. If only Axl was a 10th as prolific. Faith No More is perfect for this thread. The change from The Real Thing to Angel Dust is pretty drastic. The ones after him are awful too,