Elections 2023 and 2024 (Part 2)

Since this is the Intercept, the author might be trying to reach leftists who are planning to vote for Jill Stein or not vote at all and think that four more years of Trump can’t do much harm and are a price worth paying for sending a message to the Democratic Party establishment.

Christian nationalists are also ardent supporters of Israel’s right-wing leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, and so Trump would give Israel a green light to conduct an even more brutal military campaign in Gaza, southern Lebanon, and the West Bank. Trump would be happy to watch Israel crush the Palestinian people; he doesn’t support the creation of a Palestinian state, while his MAGA Republican supporters in Congress have already proposed banning Palestinians from entering the U.S. and demanding the deportation of Palestinian passport holders already living here.

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tucker carlson wants a “daddy” to spank teenage girls?
and he thinks that ■■■■■ is that “daddy”?
isn’t he the same guy that bemoaned - on his (at the time) nationally broadcast tv show - that [checking notes] m&m candy cartoon characters were no longer “sexy”? that Mr Potatohead toys should have a penis?

oh, and manly men tan their balls.

i am not qualified to make any psychological statement here, but… doesn’t this all seem to be something to need professional evaluation?
i think it is weird!

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Signs of things to come, guys. Ugh…

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Got to the early voting station (volunteer fire house in a rural area, very low population/square mile) to learn that they’d had over 100 voters that morning alone. Seasoned poll workers who said it was an unusually high turnout so far. Some people drove in, parked, looked at the line out the door, and got back in their trucks to drive away.

I really hope this is a good sign.

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So, just as much as the MAGA-est MAGAts:

Mel Brooks Morons GIF

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Me thinks he doesn’t quite understand much of anything.

I am NOT proposing a National Sales Tax, as the Democrats say in their Advertisements against me. Dems know what they are saying is a blatant lie. I am proposing tariffs on other countries that take advantage of us, hardly a NST. These tariffs are paid for by the abusing country, NOT THE AMERICAN CONSUMER. They do not cause inflation, and will MAKE AMERICA RICH AGAIN!

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Problem is, of course, there are way too many who make a business of not understanding anything they don’t want to understand. And if Il Douche says the sky is avocado green, by God so it shall be. You and I both know that tariffs are not paid by any country, but by the importer. But facts do not matter anymore. Gaaaahhhhhh!!!

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Far from the strangest thing he’s said lately:
https://www.axios.com/2024/10/24/trump-hunter-biden-pardon

Is he under the impression that there’s a constituency of gettable voters who care about whether Hunter Biden has to serve some time for his crimes? Hunter hasn’t exactly been a big subject in the news lately.

More likely I guess maybe he wants to set a precedent that family members of Presidents are above the law.

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“He gets to be lawless. She has to be flawless. That’s what’s unfair.”

The fact that this unfairness is encroaching on the presidential election is emblematic of a much larger problem within America of holding women and BIPOC individuals to different standards than men and Caucasians. There is no greater indication of the urgent need for change when the archaic notion of expecting perfection from women while chanting, “Boys will be boys,” is playing out in the race for the highest office in America.

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tragically, even without having republicans involved, this has always been the general rule for a woman interviewing for a male dominated job. (as in 46 males outta 46) -sigh-

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Trump will “be on” Joe Rogan’s podcast tomorrow- but they don’t know when it will air. I guess they expect to have to do a shit ton of editing.

No live interview for Donnie. He’s not up to it.

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It’s a rare day Rogan interviews someone with less real hair than himself.

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Guess which infamous and recently convicted former election clerk just happens to hail from Mesa county?

https://www.9news.com/article/news/politics/elections/ballots-mesa-county-colorado/73-263843bf-e8f2-4ba9-98a7-e199c3038470

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Polymarket Says the Four Whales Betting Big on Trump Are Actually Just One French Guy

One… entity operating in France, more like.

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It turns out, however, that just one individual has poured more than $45 million into bets favoring Donald Trump on Polymarket, the crypto-based betting website. The company was forced to investigate after it was discovered that just four accounts were placing disproportionate bets in favor of Trump winning the election.

In a statement to DealBook, Polymarket confirmed that a single trader based in France controls the accounts, a finding they came to following an investigation. Bets on Polymarket are placed using stablecoins, allowing users to remain somewhat anonymous—though with enough effort, blockchain analysis firms can often trace the origins of funds and unmask wallet holders.
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People will point to this as an insecurity in the vote-by-mail system. Note though that the deception was caught.

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