The Pines

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minneapolis born and raised

livin in bozeman since ‘04

always have a big sky pass

Bozeman, Montana

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It's just so good

(Power sued somebody for calling her a Nazi on Twitter. During discovery she turned over WhatsApp messages, some of which were about her love of Mein Kampf. She also turned out to be using a groyper Twitter alt to hassle people. She is now bankrupt and even cryptofash Compact Mag doesn’t want her.)

Dang dude 14 years wow.

It’s official: the majority of the UK House of Commons has now been called for Labour, ending 14-year of Tory rule.

I will say with some certainty and confidence that Labour will be out of favor by then and the pendulum back to conservative because UK is the UK.

They've got five years with this majority.

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I have no idea the best path re Biden but I do know a solid week straight of “Biden Old” and “Rich Dems Worried” above-the-fold stories are *obscene* in the face of SCOTUS using the Constitution to wipe their asses purely in the service of reinstating a felon rapist as president. Crazy-making shit.

Weird I would’ve thought Will Stancil would’ve been the other way on this Biden stuff but he’s been rock solid and real good on Stancil.

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It’s maddening to see skepticism of ejecting Biden treated like cultish loyalty. Some of us have been out here saying Biden’s too old for years. The problem is that what is being proposed is a shocking, almost unheard-of remedy, and every historic precedent tells us it’ll end in catastrophe.

100%

But the weird iconoclastic drive that has sprung up among the Twitter punditry and media class is NOT HEALTHY. It is not helping us think through the process more clearly. It is doing untold damage to Dems, no matter who the nominee is. It’s a massive boon for Trump. Of that I’m certain.

WhY wOnT BiDeN tALk tO tHe NYT

I searched the New York Times for "Trump"

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Biden's age and poor debate showing is obviously a legit story, but what we've seen over the last week is a hysterical feeding frenzy aimed at some combination of self-vindication, settling old scores, claiming a scalp, and the desire of some in the media to have Trump back in power. (1/2)

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Kind of appropriate that Britain booted out the Conservatives on the 4th of July which is, of course, the day Vicksburg surrendered to U.S. Grant. I guess some other stuff also happened on this date

I’ve thought about this more than once ngl.

It’s not gonna happen but it would be insanely funny if Biden loses then does Exactly to the letter the same things Trump did after Election Day 2020, with the exact same measures and same death toll and all, then have the right scream about how wrong that was, after years of saying Jan. 6 was cool

There is zero percent chance of some kind of cult of personality forming around Joe Biden or any other given Democrat either btw. Like unified propaganda for Biden and the Dems isn’t going to change that.

So many guys these days readily admit that propaganda works, and then adamantly refuse to do any propaganda

They’ll make plenty of dumb mistakes but I think mostly they’ll do great things.

Labour’s campaign was extremely cautious, and given past defeats I understand why. But now the UK center-left has a huge majority in a system with many fewer choke points than in the U.S. Let’s hope they’re ready to govern like the dominant party they now are

Lol.

Reports: Brazil police have indicted Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association

The second part is true but it has to start with you, that is each and every one of us and we can do it!

I don't think it's entirely health for the sake of our democracy to believe only one person is capable of saving it. Donald Trump will lose in November because the American people-and the Democratic Party-unite against him. We should have faith in ourselves and each other to believe we will win.

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I would happily replace every liberal commentator with Aaron Rupar. Sometimes you just need to hit the fucking talking points

Reminder for people who seem to be convinced that a deficit barely outside the margin of error in July is insurmountable

Think how lucky the UK is to not have a Fox News type thing goin on over there.

Britain's Labour Party is projected to win a historic landslide victory — knocking the Conservatives out after 14 years of power in a brutal wipeout

Labour Party To Win U.K. General Election, Exit Polls Showwww.huffpost.com The center-right Conservative Party has governed Britain for the past 14 years.

I’ve had people live text me during literally every debate dude.

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For me it’s not that I’m either ok or not ok with Biden as a candidate it’s that my brain cannot rationalize that the media has so uniformly freaked out about him while remaining comparatively serene about all the other far worse stuff in the past two weeks.

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Not a perfect comparison, and I’ve deliberately omitted the period when pandemic composition effects distorted the numbers. But 14 years of Conservative rule have been associated with stagnant real wages and severe deterioration of public services. This was a well-earned rout

The right literally only wins because they never ever do shit like this to any of their candidates ever. And their candidates are all total dogshit. But *ostensible* libs just can’t help doom themselves and it’s completely self inflicted.

The teleprompter is a common device for politicians. But President Biden’s use of it even in small settings has prompted frustration by some listeners.

Biden’s omnipresent accessory, even in your living room: A teleprompterwapo.st The teleprompter is a common device for politicians. But Biden’s use of it even in small settings has prompted frustration by some listeners.

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Like I said

‘Chaos is our friend.’ How Trump is quietly planning around Biden’s uncertain future | CNN Politicswww.cnn.com For much of the past year, Donald Trump and his allies have speculated that Joe Biden would not end up as the Democratic presidential nominee – suggesting without evidence that he would step down befo...

Man I thought for sure right wing media would just pull insane attacks against Biden after the debate but they haven’t needed to. We’re doing it to ourselves just fine.

IMO this is a straight-up ageist and ableist image, no?

More stuff that will be ignored and forgotten because of the current distracting spectacle.

Looks like something useful is happening on the Nazi site - this court document about Donald Trump’s involvement in the Epstein case is going viral This is a disgusting read

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honestly they’re kinda cooking with this

Some shots from a quick weekend ride into a sliver of Yellowstone last weekend.

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A second American Revolution, this one aimed at unwinding democracy in favor of a monarchy. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Analysis | The target of the right’s ‘revolution’ is pluralistic democracy itselfwww.washingtonpost.com The president of the Heritage Foundation said, “We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

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Georgia Republican convicted in Jan. 6 riot walks out during televised congressional primary debate - The Associated Press

Georgia Republican convicted in Jan. 6 riot walks out during televised congressional primary debateapnews.com A Georgia congressional candidate convicted for illegally demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has walked out of a televised debate with a fellow Republican.

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Since some of you have problems hearing it from me, here's another person with counterdisinfo expertise

The post-debate “Biden replacement theory” has all the vibes of a top-down bottom-up participatory disinformation campaign/conspiracism bubble reality

I’ve been more hard on the people panicking but like I get why they’re so terrified. I just never see the opposition do anything like this. Like they don’t care how dogshit their candidates are. And I don’t think there is a risk of a cult of personality forming around Biden if we just push through.

Not that anyone is asking me, but I have no idea what the Democrats should do right now. All the options seem bad, and there isn’t one that seems less bad than the others. And as a professional opinion-haver, it’s disorienting to have no strong opinion about something so enormously consequential.