Russ Bengtson

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fuck. yes.

c'mon girmay, get another one

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“3 in 10” means 7 in 10 either are fine with him staying or don’t care either way. That’s the majority. Always report majorities. This is a democracy. Majority rules.

Biden trails Trump by just 2 points across key states, a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult shows, even as three in 10 Democrats say he should leave the race trib.al/GlWZVox

c'mon girmay, get another one

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I guess Bidens age doesn't matter that much to me cause I don't think US Presidents do nearly as much as the myth likes to tell. Reagan spent the back end of his run with Alzheimers, last guy played golf & shitposted for 4 years, idc if Bidens an ent who speaks once a yr, taking it over Project 2025

this zverev/norrie third-set tiebreak might never end

look man the truth of the matter is that biden IS old—no matter what you think of it—and if the media is going to spend the next four months minutely parsing every single slip or stumble then we're all fucking fucked. so hooray.

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Oh dear lord

Do you not like RFK jr? If not, why not?

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"RETRUTH IF YOU WANT TELEVISED MILITARY TRIBUNALS" is, to me, a deranged and instantly disqualifying thing for a presidential candidate to say, but on the other hand joe biden looks and sounds very old

In the exact same nine day period that Biden and his White House and campaign have been flailing, Trump has offered voters a window into his own mental state and vision for term 2 It’s not great! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

QAnon Memes, F-Bombs, and Tribunals: As Biden Faltered, Trump Amped Up the Crazywww.rollingstone.com Trump quietly had his own week from hell while the media was hounding Biden

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????

NEW: "New Jersey Postpones Hearing On Trump’s Liquor Licenses After Supreme Court Decision" me, for @forbes.com

New Jersey Postpones Hearing On Trump’s Liquor Licenses After Supreme Court Decisionwww.forbes.com The state denied liquor-license renewals for two Trump golf clubs, requiring them to prove they are still qualified to sell alcohol after Trump's felony conviction.

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I mean, I know this is useless to say almost but if Biden were retweeting right now a meme grown out of a violent conspiracy theory movement that says Republicans and Hollywood are running a satanic pedophile cult, he’d be immediately forced out but it’s Trump so media & politicos are all 🤷‍♂️

QAnon Memes, F-Bombs, and Tribunals: As Biden Faltered, Trump Amped Up the Crazywww.rollingstone.com Trump quietly had his own week from hell while the media was hounding Biden

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Pundits are completely useless. They’re freaking out right now because people outside their circle jerk are not falling in line. I want Biden to win because he isn’t Trump, but I also want to see every one of these self-important, useless, consistently wrong assholes eat shit. No offense.

NEW: Biden has narrowed Trump’s lead in swing states despite a widely panned presidential debate performance, the Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll finds

Biden Narrows Gap With Trump in Swing States Despite Debate Losswww.bloomberg.com The incumbent trails his GOP rival by just 2 points across key states, a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult shows, even as three in 10 Democrats say he should leave the race.

oh my god the prophecies were true

update from brussels: dog on a horse

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Lol. 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/n...

Moped-Riding Thieves Frighten Diners at Upscale N.Y.C. Restaurantswww.nytimes.com In Williamsburg and Manhattan, robbers have stolen watches worth tens of thousands of dollars before fleeing on motorbikes.

cool that the national media will press biden on dropping out to the point where it becomes uncomfortable for everyone yet trump can just say "project 2025 just isn't my bag, baby" in a terrible austin powers accent and they're all like well good that's settled then

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This guy was such a G for telling his evil wizard cyborg boss that his religion is bullshit during a work meeting.

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Say what you will about the various Democratic party actors in the fight over whether Biden stays on the ticket, but I can understand all of their behavior much better than I can the journalists who are trying to write their way into the camps

watched the second half of "looking for mr. goodbar" last night and have decided it takes place in the "platoon" cinematic universe

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I want kind of a modified Viking funeral where I’m put out to sea in a boat and everyone throws Swedish Fish at my vessel until it disappears from sight.

just looked at the 10-day and it's cool that long island is just a big, misplaced, florida key now

really needed biden to say, "you know george, I could have seal team 6 take you out right now"

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Taylor vocally came out against Marsha Blackburn during that evil lady’s last senate race and Blackburn still won. I think we need to give up the (understandable) fantasy that pop stars can swoop in and save the day. This is very much just my opinion, I know. But I’m right.

Wouldn't it be great if Taylor started openly explaining the details of project 2025 and why we need to vote

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TRUMP: I am going to drop daisy-cutter bombs on Seattle just cuz BIDEN: I'll have the Bob Salad — ha, COBB Salad, whoops. NYT: Biden's Gaffe Sends Shockwaves Through Democratic Party; Trump Pledges Infrastructure Changes to Northwest

what are we doing here? he accidentally said million instead of billion and then immediately knew it and corrected himself. he didn’t “flub a line” and then “make an effort to correct himself,” he did the speaking equivalent of a typo that you know you’ve made and instantly correct

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what

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fuck these gobshites, in fact if this election win happens with individual average citizens support over theirs it is actually way better, kill what clout they think they have, ruin their robber baron fantasies

Assholes: "Abigail Disney, an heiress to the Disney family fortune, plans to withhold donations to Democrats until Joe Biden drops out. Gideon Stein said he’s decided to pause planned donations of $3.5 million." www.cnbc.com/2024/07/04/d...

Disney heiress, wealthy Democratic donors say they won't finance the party until Joe Biden drops outwww.cnbc.com President Joe Biden faces a rebellion from wealthy Democratic donors after his debate performance against Donald Trump.

vamos alcaraz, great match tiafoe

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Are cities for their actual residents, or for wealthy suburban business owners/political donors? With folks like Eric Adams & Providence's Brett Smiley, if journalists pretend not to know the answer, they're revealing they ALSO think they work for the latter.

"The roadway once carried between four and six lanes for motor vehicles, despite 88 percent of people in the area traveling on foot and squeezing into 30 percent of the space." And now Adams wants to give it back to cars?

Mayor Adams May Nix Sidewalk Expansions on Bustling Eighth Ave. - Streetsblog New York Citynyc.streetsblog.org Mayor Eric Adams cast doubt on years of city efforts to give pedestrians more space to walk on overcrowded Eighth Avenue.

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Baude who, by the way, clerked for Roberts, and whose read on what the hell is going on with the conservatives is worth a great deal

ignore the hed, this is extremely harsh criticism from the very measured Will Baude of the Court's rulings in the 14th Amendment and immunity cases www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/o...

Opinion | A Principled Supreme Court, Unnerved by Trumpwww.nytimes.com Most of the court’s decisions were principled and sound — most, but unfortunately not all.

alcaraz/tiafoe AND the first TdF time trial, what a morning

I'm livin' off of grass and the drippings from the ceilin'

bittersweet to see this Conservative member of parliament lose his seat. Michael Fabricant you may be the craziest white boy on Earth