M.A Reid-Lobatto

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Formally @manmiles on Twitter. British Writer, Comedian and Former Barista living in Wisconsin. Cohost of the ‘Casual Trek’ podcast.

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2024 has been an unbroken string of events followed by people rushing to declare the presidential race OVER, ALL OVER, followed by nothing fundamentally changing because this election is and will continue to be, a binary choice between "More Trump" and "The alternative to More Trump"

"Following the failed assassination attempt on Saturday, former President Donald Trump did not see a polling boost, in the first presidential survey taken since the event....In fact, Trump's lead has narrowed slightly since an earlier poll taken July 12-14" lol. lmao www.rawstory.com/trump-pollin...

Surprise: Trump did not get polling boost after shootingwww.rawstory.com Following the failed assassination attempt on Saturday, former President Donald Trump did not see a polling boost, in the first presidential survey taken since the event.In the national Morning Consul...

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"I'm not obliged to say anything about any subject at all" has been an extremely freeing mantra. Said this in an interview once when asked about some drama or other: "I don't know enough about that to comment." It COMPLETELY took interviewer by surprise. She didn't know how to respond 🤣

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gigantic fucking loser energy and the only function of this is to depress turnout. polls said hrc was cruising to victory in 2016. republicans said "fuck that, vote". perhaps a lesson there.

“If Mr. Biden remained, not only would he lose to [Trump], he could be enough of a drag on other Democratic candidates that the party would most likely lose the Senate and miss an opportunity to win control of the House, Mr. Schiff said at a fund-raiser in New York.” www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/u...

Schiff Warned of Wipeout for Democrats if Biden Remains in Racewww.nytimes.com Representative Adam B. Schiff of California told attendees at a Democratic fund-raiser that the party would lose the Senate and miss a chance to take the House if the president did not drop out.

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I said it before and I’ll say it again: Of course Farnese is my favorite #Berserk character. We fail women recovering from Catholic guilt have to stick together.

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me: i need to write me, 30 seconds later: what if i make a meme instead, this is productive and authentic bc it is self promotion but also depressing

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Imagine the looks you’d get if you told someone in 2003 that Donald Trump would break up Tenacious D

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CONSERVATIVE: [shoots conservative] LIBERAL: I’m sorry, this is my fault. I’ll stop talking or wanting things.

It’s my 41st Birthday today, I did not expect it to coincide with my ‘every couple of years’ reread of The Dark Knight Returns.

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As soon as we learned that Crooks was a registered Republican it was clear that the assassination attempt was going to be a two-day story.

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I'm binge-not-watching the Republican convention all week.

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Something you may have missed yesterday - The Biden Administration is going to unveil a nationwide rent control proposal. It's going to be challenging to implement, and will require control of both chambers, but they're working on it. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Biden to unveil plan to cap rents as GOP convention beginswww.washingtonpost.com The policy plan comes as the president tries to assure Democrats about the viability of his candidacy.

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Trump just named as his #2 a guy who called for insurrection charges against a journalist for writing an op-ed & wants to censor academics and seize the assets of nonprofits he opposes. The "free speech" brigades haven't said a goddamn thing. And their benefactor just pledged $150m to elect him.

Checked the front page of free speech guardians The Free Press, and the feeds of Twitter Files crusaders Tiaibbi and Shellenberger. Nothing about Vance's alarming illiberalism. Instead they're ranting about how "DEI" and overheated rhetoric caused the attempted assassination.

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It's almost "Prime Day". If you look on your favorite shelter's website or instagram you might find that they have an amazon wishlist and that many of their items might be on sale. I hate amazon, I definitely encourage people to shop local whenever possible, but I'm just putting the info out there.

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A few things that are offensive that you may not know about. "Eat the food because children are starving in Africa." "We need ebook piracy because most people in sub-Saharan Africa don't have access to books." Please, just stop. And by 'please' I mean fuck you.

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Don't know anything about a given subject? Shut the fuck up. Also, if you have nothing positive to say, see above.

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JFC, Trump may win in November but it's not going to be because he got nicked in the ear four months earlier. I know catastrophist nonsense is how Democrats do foreplay, but this kind of insta-take is almost always wrong and definitely always useless.

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I think it's perfectly appropriate that the author of the book all the "both sides" people in 2016 told us to read is now going to be second in command of a fascist coup. Kind of poetic, really.

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Don’t get lazy though. Get out there and vote, people.

A reminder that in order to win in 2024 Trump needs to win EVERY toss up state: FL, GA, NV, & AZ (3 states he lost last time) - as well as wrestle 1 of 5 states from Biden: MI, WI, PA, NH, & VA (3 states that turned against him pre-insurrection and 2 that have NEVER voted for him.) Nearly impossible

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With all the comic news yesterday I feel like this got ignored. Larry Hama has been struggling with medical problems and, from what I’ve gathered, still really depends on gigs to survive financially. His ability to draw is being taken away. He’s a living legend and badass. Deserves better.

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BRING OUT THE... HEAD OF LETTUCE! 🥬

Like a harbinger of doom, Liz Truss has arrived at the RNC.

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Explain your book/WIP in one short sentence badly : Wrestling is a good way to meet bad men.

Explain your book/WIP in one short sentence badly (I've got a few): Bitter ex-girlfriends reunite as the city of Chicago wants their blood A girl and her large, weird dog tour America doing crimes Living in Oklahoma sucks real bad What if the Big Brother house was a boxing ring

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There is never any shame in using the library, and much benefit in doing so. They are the closest thing to an unmitigated social good that we have in these United States, which is why the hard right is gunning so fervently for them these days. A world without libraries and librarians is a poor one.

My book-buying budget is not what it once was, which is precisely why I’m using the library more. It also gives me the opportunity to read books that I’m not sure I want to add to the home library (not that there’s a lot of room to do that anyway).

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You: having a take about JD Vance Me, serenely: ACAB includes the Powerpuff Girls

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I'm not normally vengeful, but I want to point to Vance's nomination and ascension as the product of every purported liberal who touted his book as "revolutionary" over the objections of all the folks who knew better. That shit is partially on them, and they need to own that.

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Vance was Heritage's pick so don't forget about Project 2025, which proceeds apace

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Congratulations to jd vance and the republican party on its bold platform of "women should be enslaved"

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I get that he’s taken it all back, including when he said he feared Trump would be America’s Hitler, but I guess my position is… I have never gone to work for someone I’ve ever in any point in my life compared directly to Adolf Hitler… and it’s a fair question… www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump Taps J.D. Vance as Running Matewww.rollingstone.com Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he has selected Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his 2024 running mate.

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I can't say this without sounding paranoid because it should absolutely make you paranoid, but JD Vance is absolutely the surrender-Europe-to-Putin candidate.

JD Vance learns to love Trump, and Putinwww.youtube.com You remember “Russia, if you’re listening” and the flood of social media disinformation.But you’ve never heard the strands of Putin’s attack on the 2016 elec...