waxmonkey

waxmonkey

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big surprise, you cant be pro-biden on tiktok without being attacked

A private event with top social media influencers was intended to spur relationships and generate pro-Biden content. But creators faced backlash and online vitriol instead.

Biden wants to woo TikTok creators. But posting him comes at a price.www.washingtonpost.com A private event with top social media influencers was intended to spur relationships and generate pro-Biden content. Creators faced backlash and online vitriol instead.

it may be true that the damage cannot be overcome but it is certainly true that going through with forcing biden to concede to trump would be far more damaging and far less likely to be overcome

I think the freakout has been absurd and overblown and far more damaging than the debate itself, which would have been survivable if everyone had been willing to circle the wagons and push back on it I am, from a purely pragmatic standpoint, extremely concerned that the damage cannot be overcome

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I’m starting to think the DSA does not have our best interests at heart

the guy has a new video and it involves somewhat poisonous hash browns www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pVd... cc @darthbluesky.bsky.social

Primitive Technology: Polynesian Arrowroot Hashbrownwww.youtube.com YouTube video by Primitive Technology

good morning bluesky i hope you slept well

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Big stuff happening in the British election as the Monster Raving Looney Party continues to outpoll the Christian People’s Alliance.

well you win some you lose some

BREAKING: Reform Party leader Nigel Farage wins seat in UK parliament

congratulations to the uk any chance on bre-entering the eu

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when i say “don’t eat up the elite hysteria that is, in large part, driven by a resentment that he doesn’t treat them like Trump and Obama did” this is quite literally what I mean

Step down for the birthday boys

i suppose

And I suppose I should mention that Biden on his "bad night" showed a far better grasp of the things presidents need to know than Trump and it wasn't close. But while "better than Trump" makes for an easy voting decision, both parties should have higher standards.

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It’s a very obscure question but I did some research and it turns out that the president who led us out of the Depression and kicked Hitler’s ass was actually in a wheelchair? Who knew?

Kevin, I am not a historian, so IDK, but has there ever been a President in American History who used a mobility aid? And, if so, would you say this president who was so weak as to need, say, braces or a wheelchair, is considered to be one of the top President’s ever?

Theocracy 2025

Yup. Lots of people pointing out obviously this would be weaponized against LGBTQ folks. But also it just fundamentally bristles with a hostility towards privacy and freedom that runs through the entire project.

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Vote

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Happy independence day to all who remember why we declared independence and a very fuck off to those who think kings are good actually.

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This 4th of July, take a little time to think about how the Left can try to reclaim patriotism from conservatives. Seems like the story of a country that cast off a king and fought a civil war to free the slaves is fertile ground given our present moment.

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Pwnallthethings

Anyway, billionaires spend a lot of money on depriving their opponents of the right or will to vote, and they aren't opening their wallet out of the kindness of their hearts. It's because it does, when all is said and done, matter quite a lot

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just watched 74 people speaking at least a dozen different languages become american citizens in a ceremony at monticello, where the speakers were themselves children of immigrants. inspiring stuff and a vivid illustration of what reactionaries want to snuff out

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Just as PiS is a model for the Republican Party, their defeat can be a model for us

Poland saved itself from autocracy w/massive voter turnout: "leadership played a pivotal role... a veteran insider successfully challenged an authoritarian incumbent... baggage of Tusk’s career was offset by the benefits of his vast experience.. self-restraint & collaborative spirit were crucial."

How Poland Won Back Its Democracy | by Maciej Kisilowski - Project Syndicatewww.project-syndicate.org Maciej Kisilowski highlights five critical factors that propelled the country’s anti-populist opposition to victory.

lets go fly a trike

for a second i thought the ap was gonna talk sense but no the story is apparently journalists have been hiding bidens senility all along

Why was it a surprise? Biden's debate problems leave some wondering if the press missed the story

Why was it a surprise? Biden's debate problems leave some wondering if the press missed the storyapnews.com Did the media covering President Biden miss a story that was right in front of them? That's a question being asked in the wake of the president's halting debate performance in the debate with Donald Trump last week.

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It feels like the bare minimum thing we could do to save our own futures here is “not do the New York Times and the GOPs work for it by helping publicly speak the outcome they want into existence.”

I am absolutely scared shitless by this moment and I’ve been scared shitless of this moment coming for over a decade, but I’ve also concluded that the LAST thing we can collectively afford to do is projecting indecisive shrieking cowardice to everyone less politically plugged-in than we are.

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It makes me feel very much unmoored from reality to see all this *buying into* the Biden Too Old ratfuck narrative, days after the Supreme Court ruled that Trump gets to be dictator for life, just weeks after Trump became a convicted felon (oh, and there’s the Epstein stuff that just came out).

It really is making *me* feel crazy to see a bunch of other Democrat voters running around screaming about how Biden is now unelectable, on the basis of one bad debate and an incredibly obvious ratfucking campaign by America’s most craven newspaper.

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This is really helpful context, and I'd frankly completely forgotten about the whole fabricated "Hillary health scandal" before the fabricated emails scandal.

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If you think that we actually just need a civil war to settle this once and for all: 1. No, you don’t. 2. No, you don’t. 3. You are an idiot.

Trump’s re-election will mean four hideous years of the GOP playing constant Civil War Chicken at best - as this Heritage Foundation ghoul made clear - and actual civil war at worst. Avoiding that bloody nightmare is a pretty damn good reason to suck it up and vote for Biden.

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The fact that I know more about Joe Biden’s one bad debate night than I do about Donald Trump’s years of raping and sexually assaulting girls within Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

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"Debbie Lasko, a Republican Congressman and sponsor of the ‘Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act’ ...." The article predicts that a majority of Senators will reject Debbie Lasko's HOOHAA.

“Republicans in Congress are now following Trump’s lead, introducing a flurry of bills with names such as the ‘Liberty in Laundry Act’, ‘Refrigerator Freedom Act.’” It’d be funny if it was less dangerous.

‘It’s nonsensical’: how Trump is making climate the latest culture warwww.theguardian.com The ex-president is ranting about low water pressure and attacking mundane rules and technologies – and Republicans in Congress are now following his lead

watching the media hotdog guy themselves should be a lot funnier than it is

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Yup. Fake. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

'Fraud': Trump campaign denies federal filing naming Michael Flynn as VP running matewww.rawstory.com A new political committee registered with the Federal Election Commission indicates Donald Trump will name his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, as his vice presidential running-mate.Bu...

trump gonna make flynn his vp because two felons cancel out

so lets nut up and win

Biden on campaign call: "I'm not leaving. I'm in this race to the end and we're going to win"