Mark D

Time to ask the people who *really* know about US politics: British bookies! These odds have shifted since 9am today - at that point Biden was on 9-1 and far ahead of Harris. Ima just take a big sip of beer and take a look at the news...

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At which point it really just becomes a "well, that sucks, guess we have to win /despite/ the campaign rather than /because/ the official campaign" thing, which is ... uh, well, "rough" is an understatement

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Politics Knowers: “Biden’s going to lose ten points from that debate” Polls: *nothing happens* Politics Knowers: “Trump will gain ten points from the shooting! He’s unstoppable now!” Polls: *nothing happens* Politics Knowers: “If only Biden would drop out! Dems would clearly gain ten points!”

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This isn't like a dunk post on the other platform or whatever, I don't care, but having been away from twitter for half a year I can undeniably say that I feel better in life.

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Bethany Black

Something about click click click click click rotary phone

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Last night, my beloved niece texted me in (understandable) despair about the election and my response seemed to help, so I'm going to share it with you here... 🧵

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If you’re having a rough day, I really can’t recommend enough just putting on some old Tribe Called Quest albums. It’s basically impossible to be in a bad mood while Phife and Q-Tip are doing their thing.

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Trump Pence Trump Vance Trump dunce. Trump hence ... Trump once.

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For all the terrified Democrats squealing that Biden has no chance, please just stop your sobbing. We absolutely can win.

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Hamilton Nolan

He looks like a dude wearing a cheap Leo DiCaprio costume

Trump Pence Trump Vance Trump dunce. Trump hence ... Trump once.

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"I'll run the government so well you won't have to think about me at all" would be a compelling pitch from Biden and Democrats. Competency is really underrated.

Mostly agree except on reflection I feel like the three-day combo of the shooting, the Cannon decision, and the Vance pick was a powerful reminder of how miserable and exhausting it was to live with one goddamn thing after another when this guy had the spotlight for four straight years

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musk trying to buy a friendly administration. stop posting on the propaganda platform he controls

"Elon Musk has said he plans to commit around $45 million a month to a new super political-action committee backing former President Donald Trump’s presidential run, according to people familiar with the matter." www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

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"Despite countless past warnings, the Secret Service failed to heed the real threat posed to the former president by the hundreds of millions of firearms in the hands of everyday Americans."

Investigation Finds Secret Service Failed To Account For Nation’s 393 Million Gunswww.theonion.com WASHINGTON—In a damning report that raised pointed questions about the federal agency’s security procedures, an investigation by the House Committee on Homeland Security concluded Monday that the Sec...

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I know we know about JD Vance, but he's also working to make divorces harder to obtain, and says that people in "violent" marriages should stay married and not get divorced. So.

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I like to welcome people to the neighborhood by asking if they feel comfortable in the house, you know, considering What Happened

OH MY GOD is it too soon to update my header image

Want www.newsweek.com/us-high-spee...

US high-speed rail map shows proposed routeswww.newsweek.com The U.S. High Speed Rail Association advocacy group is proposing a new high-speed rail network linking major American cities.

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Is it normal for your therapist to challenge you to a fight

Fascinating from Rick Perlstien (summarised by Doctorow) on how to break apart #Project2025

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OMFG trying to figure out logging on Azure... Microsoft: here read these 50 pages of docs, some for parts of the stack that still work, some that are deprecated 😐

Does anyone remember that 30Rock one liner that was something like: "I'm terrible at time management, commitment, and thinking of a third thing for my lists" 😀

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I keep remembering that the official Republican solution to gun violence is just... more gun violence. "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun" means the plan -- the only plan -- is that AFTER the shooting starts, there's more shooting. Prevention isn't even considered.

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