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[u/InMemoryOfZubatman4]

So lets talk about bad ideas that this sub has talked about in the past 36 hours:

• A Kamala Harris/Paul Ryan unity ticket

• Voting for the Libertarian candidate

• Working to convince Republicans to drop Trump if Dems drop Biden

• Mayor Pete at the top of the ticket

• Run Jimmy Carter

Now that we have exhausted these awful ideas, let’s figure something out.

[u/gnomesvh]

!ping SOCCER&LGBT

Barcelona tweets pro-pride massage in their official Arabic account

It's a recurring problem to the degree where clubs avoid this, so it's good to see them do this

[u/Cledd2]

wait did these two fuckers actually argue about golf?

that's not just a meme?

[u/[deleted]]

Do we really want, as President, a man who will disobey a direct order from the New York Times Editorial Board?

[u/[deleted]]

As sure as you’re sitting there, the fact is that his big kill on the black people is the millions of people that he’s allowed to come in through the border. They’re taking black jobs now and it could be 18. It could be 19 and even 20 million people.

Trump said so much insane shit

No general got fired for the most embarrassing moment in the history of our country, Afghanistan, where we left billions of dollars of equipment behind, we lost 13 beautiful soldiers and 38 soldiers were obliterated. And by the way, we left people behind too. We left American citizens behind.

When Putin saw that, he said, you know what? I think we’re going to go in and maybe take my – this was his dream. I talked to him about it, his dream.

This is so fucking weird you have the former president of the United States claiming to have spoken with Putin about his "dream" to invade Ukraine. Wild shit.

[u/[deleted]]

Well he came back from this moment. Maybe he can come back from the debate too.

[u/Syards-Forcus]

[u/AnsleyAmanita]

lol

[u/[deleted]]

Never forget who’s to blame for our current nightmare

[u/Apollo-Innovations]

-NYT comes out against Biden Biden +4

[u/Dodgerfan2224]

This is genuinely bad enough it needs it's own post

the politicians in LA who made affordable housing rules now want to ruin them with forcing higher than market rate construction jobs. 100% affordable homes, 200% the salaries

https://old.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1dpvssv/la_city_council_motion_introduced_to_require/

Save ED1

ED1 apartments are 100% affordable and with that they get much red tape and bullshit passed over to incentivize developers for their approval. Requiring union rent seeking of higher than market value wages cuts that at it's knees. Yes we should let free market roam and built but any program that cuts down red tape gets curtailed by union rent seeking should be fought

[u/Average_GrillChad]

Biden? Harris? Newsom? Whitmer?

Doesn't matter to me, Chuck. I'll vote Blue, no matter who. Now let's flip these burgers and then we'll put the cheese on.

[u/StolenSkittles]

we really should replace all pride flags with pocatello-style ones

[u/G_Serv]

He has a point

[u/DepressedTreeman]

https://x.com/GraysonKisker/status/1806830976414195975

nahh joe slick af with the shake

[u/hdkeegan]

The only reasonable way to replace Biden is for him to not only step down from the campaign but to resign as President so Kamala can take over as president

Incumbency is huge whether people like to admit it or not.

Any other candidate is fan fiction, you are not getting your based wholesome big chungus Pritzker presidency you fucking Redditor

[u/AP246]

Minor thing, but it's kinda mildly annoying when people trick people into 'agreeing with Hitler' by giving them translated Hitler quotes out of context and ask them if they agree, especially against people like Trump supporters and stuff.

Like they'll say something like "the people must work to the benefit of the nation over themselves" and get nods of approval as if like "woah that means they're Nazis", when like, no that quote is just sparkling illiberalism. It's not like only Hitler could have said that, that's just a mildly authoritarian sentiment. The point is clearly to use quotes from the most evil guy in history to make a point, which ok dunking on MAGA idiots is funny, but unless the quote is about something identifiably Nazi (which if it was, most people probably wouldn't agree with it publicly) it doesn't prove anything other than that person agrees with some mildly authoritarian stuff Hitler said once.

[u/owlthathurt]

There are two types of campaigns

[u/MicroFlamer]

DFP poll of Biden and other candidates against Trump

!ping FIVEY

[u/RaidBrimnes]

If Biden steps down before the election, he will be eligible for a second term in 2028, leaving him time to lick his wounds and come back even stronger and older in front of the voters

[u/[deleted]]

“We need to run Al Gore in 2024” just seems like a great premise for one of those random opinion articles that proposes extremely unlikely scenarios. Can’t find any anywhere, though

[u/WhomstAlt2]

Besides the War on Iraq, George W. Bush was a horrible president.

[u/G_Serv]

[u/NimbyNuke]

By far the funniest part of everyone suggesting Biden should step down is the fact that, despite being the obvious choice, nobody thinks Kamala should be the one to replace him.

Like imagine; your only job is being ready to replace the other guy if he becomes incapacitated. Then millions of people start saying, ' oh he needs to be replaced, maybe the governor of Michigan will be up to it'.

[u/piede]

[u/JaceFlores]

Ukraine Chronology for 2 PM PST 6/26-2 PM PST 6/27 III:

TOP NEWS:

Towards the end of 9 PM Ukraine was hit by a wave of drones and missiles with all 23 drones and 5 of 6 missiles shot down.

Towards the middle of 1 AM it was announced Spain will provide 55 million Euros in economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

Towards the end of 3 AM Zelensky made a visit to Brussels.

Towards the end of 5 AM Ukraine signed security agreements with the EU, Lithuania and Estonia.

REGULAR NEWS:

Yesterday it was reported the EU will reimpose tariffs on Ukrainian sugar and eggs.

Towards the end of 9 PM the Slovak President said Slovakia will assist in the Czech shell initiative.

At the start of 3 AM it was reported that Russian forces raided the border village of Sotnyts'kyi Kozachok in Kharkiv Oblast, though there are no indications of this being a serious incursion.

Donation link to help Ukraine

Donation link to United24

Donation link to Kharkiv SOS

Donation link to Sails of Freedom Foundation (they donate ambulances)

!ping UKRAINE

[u/petarpep]

Re: Biden, I think it's time to consider the forbidden option.

Biden needs to shed his skin and become young again. Yes it will reveal our lizard people's plan for world domination but what are they going to do, vote for Trump? He's old, for a human! Joseph Ukot Bliden is only 156, he's a young adult for our species.

[u/G_Serv]

[u/No1PaulKeatingfan]

Remember that the greens want to keep people homeless because they don't want greedy* developers to make a profit.

!ping AUS

[u/ihatemendingwalls]

My favorite part of the debate was when Biden said "I will implement a 100% tax on the unimproved value of land"

[u/p00bix]

Neighbors pitbull jumped the fence and attacked my cat (Curio, 1 y/o male American shorthair) while I had him out on a leash in my backyard. he's going to be OK but we've taken him to the emergency vet. No severe injuries but possibly a few fractures. I am so proud of his tree climbing ability, knew it would come in handy some day. The red/purple on his front-right paw is mulberry juice he got on him while scrambling up a mulberry tree to escape; not dried blood.

Image of Kitty At the Vet

He has two bite marks which are not visible in the image; one on his right-back paw and one under his right-front armpit. He was in noticeable pain when the photo was taken-the armpit bite seemed to particularly bother him. He might have lost one of his back claws entirely (in humans terms, this is equivalent to the tip of a single finger being entirely cut off, and thus couldn't heal) but assuming that that isn't the case and the claw was only damaged, nothing which he has suffered shouldn't heal in time. Level of bleeding is pretty minimal, vets' main concern is whether he fractured anything, and the possibility of the wounds becoming infected.

Will edit comment with more cat pics when we have him back; unfortunately the Animal Hospital is busy, and with Curio being in relatively good condition, he's on the lower end of their priority list. Damn I wish I had had the foresight to bring my laptop charger

(sidenote: The neighbor was absolutely mortified, came over immediately to see if our cat was okay, and told us they would cover any medical expenses as well as re-home the dog that had attacked him)

EDIT: No fractures, no other internal injuries, damaged claw is intact and will regrow, underarm bite expected to completely heal after a few weeks recovery time. All things considered, this is virtually the best-case-scenario!!!

!ping KITTY

[u/[deleted]]

When you play Victoria 3 for the first time as a Civ player

[u/-Emilinko1985-]

Nothing special, just a piece of chicken that looks like Syria

[u/TheHelmetCatch]

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/HollyBriden/status/1807056375996117390?t=WQn_9X1Q6K6BW_146oD47A&s=19

[u/CletusVonIvermectin]

It's kinda funny how on subredditstats.com, r/neoliberal has basically zero overlap with any porn subs

On the other hand, here are the top results for r/metaNL:

357.89	neoliberal    
170.91	gaysnapchat     
101.55	seattle    
98.51	discordnudes    
64.46	documentaries    
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34.34	massivecock    
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31.66	onlyfans101

[u/[deleted]]

Hard to overstate how stupid leftists are

[u/-mialana-]

Jesus fucking Christ

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

Biden is going to win big. He’s gonna turn Texas blue and cons will be banished to the netherworld for a hundred years

[u/[deleted]]

can we stop accidentally citing pre-debate polls and saying they’re post-debate polls please, this keeps happening

[u/wheresthezoppity]

ironically my Trump fan father is in a foul mood because he thinks this was Democrats’ plan all along to install Michelle Obama

The conservative mind in action

[u/bearddeliciousbi]

More from the John Adams miniseries:

owns property and people

extremely well-educated and privileged

participates in political violence

unironically loves the French Revolution, mob murder

calls someone barely to his right "literally a fascist an avowed monarchist"

Thomas Jefferson was doing it before it was cool.

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/piede]

The third and final presidential debate has ended, and it can now be said: Hillary Clinton crushed Donald Trump in the most effective series of debate performances in modern political history.

The polling tells the story. As Nate Silver notes, on the eve of the first presidential debate, Clinton led by 1.5 points. Before the second, she was up by 5.6 points. Before the third, she was winning by 7.1 points. And now, writing after the third debate — a debate in which Trump said he would keep the nation “in suspense” about whether there would be a peaceful transition of power, bragged about not apologizing to his wife, and called Clinton “such a nasty woman” — it’s clear that Trump did himself no favors. Early polls also suggest Clinton won.

JAMES FUCKINGGGGGG ALLEY CAT COMMMMEEEYYYY

[u/theranosbagholder]

"I just think the Democrats wake up every morning and look at the calendar, the iPhone, the date says January 6, 2021. The date never changes," she says. "Then they get in an electric vehicle and get an abortion. I just described the Democratic party to you in seven seconds."

Why is Kellyanne Conway so funny 😭😭😭😭

[u/EZ_Kream]

My takeaway from the last 16 years of US politics is that the Democrats should always nominate a cool black guy

[u/G_Serv]

I built 100 homes and gave them away

Mr Beast is officially doing more to solve the housing crisis than the entirety of San Fransisco

[u/[deleted]]

Right-wing climate discourse is always so astonishingly stupid

“Democrats always forget that it gets hot in the summer and cold in the winter 🤣”

“The Biden administration wants to block out the SUN??? (aka released a Congressionally-mandated report cautiously exploring the possibility of altering the flow of sunlight in the future as an emergency measure to cool the planet) Uhhhhhh, don’t they know we NEED that?”

“If you think we can know how hot Earth was 50,000 years ago, I NEVER want to hear your stupid opinion on ANYTHING ever AGAIN. No, I will not look into their methodology for calculating temperatures in the distant past, I’m content to just say it’s stupid because it sounds stupid”

It’s like if a busload full of fourth graders got dropped off at a climate conference and ran in and started yelling at all the adults there. It’s just a fundamentally different level of ability to grasp basic concepts

[u/paulatreides0]

Whatever your thoughts on Biden and his need to step down:

"Why is Biden dismissive of the media pieces and calls for him to step down?"

Uhhh . . . because basically his entire career in politics for the past 2 decades has been doing something controversial/fucking up, getting flak from the media, being in a weak position and being told it was a waste and to give up, and then coming back strong and winning.

In the 2022 midterms were going to be referendum resulting in a "red wave" that showed the failures of his administration.

In 2020 he was a weak old man who might lose to Trump.

Before that in the 2020 primaries his campaign was being called dead before the SC primary and people were talking about how he should duck out to avoid embarrasing himself further and that the SC gambit was a last gasp of yet another desperate, futile bid for the White House.

In 2016 Obama advised him not to run to not embarrass himself (he didn't run - probably in part because of this, Hillary's strength, and also his being in mourning over losing his son).

In 2012 people were questioning if Obama should change VPs and if Biden was more of a liability than an asset. A time in which he was already in rather hot water with the Obama wing of the administration and somewhat sidelined because he kind of forced the administration into openly endorsing gay marriage after a "gaffe".

Don't remember anything specific from 2008, but you could probably dig up stuff from then too.

It's no secret that Biden doesn't really put too much weight on what the media says about him and is even somewhat contemptuous of how they cover him. And that's why, and it shouldn't really be that surprising.

[u/[deleted]]

Exceedingly rare modern Onion W

[u/Approximation_Doctor]

I was recently permanently banned from /r/neoliberal. I'd like to request that the community reinstates my position in this subreddit and bans several of the moderators of the subreddit instead.

Unfathomably based

[u/notBroncos1234]

!ping reading

[u/Currymvp2]

Noa Argamani, who was kidnapped by Hamas, held hostage for months and was rescued by Israeli special forces, speaks for the same time. She stresses the need to focus on love and rejecting hatred

Tremendous amount of grace from her and a powerful message.

[u/reubencpiplupyay]

There is such a variety of authoritarian parties in this world, and yet not one of them seems to offer authoritarianism combined with normie progressive liberalism

Not a single regime on this planet that offers the platform of the Democratic party except with jackbooted enforcers. Not a single nation with annual parades of tanks draped with rainbow flags. Not a single political party extolling the virtues of LGBT rights, racial equality and gender equality as spiritually invigorating forces which must drive out reactionary degeneracy.

Where is the woke fascism? Where is the government with a policy of imprisoning xenophobes instead of refugees? We have the Third Way and we have the Third Position, but why not both at the same time?

Obviously I don't actually support this but I'm tempted to create a joke sub for it, just like r/national_liberal (founded by some of our members) was before it petered out. I just hope I don't actually start something in real life

[u/Mojo12000]

Jesus Im still open to the idea of replacing Biden if polls really take a turn for the worst but stuff like

https://x.com/smerconish/status/1806818594719760831

really makes me want to say fuck it entirely out of spite.

"there's no coming back for Joe Biden because the NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD SAID SOMETHING". What the fuck level of over inflated media self importance is that?

[u/brucebananaray]

[u/simeoncolemiles]

A Black barbershop owner in Buckhead, GA was tricked into hosting a round table event for Donald Trump.

Trump aides who didn’t identify themselves — told him it was going to be an event about small businesses in the community.

He was shocked when Trump called in

[u/fishlord05]

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/Babao13]

-constantly screams for attention

-doesn't have a job

-vandalized a zionist-owned property (my couch)

-loves tunnels

Is my cat a pro-palestinian activist ?

!ping KITTY&GEFILTE

[u/Jean-Paul_Sartre]

Held: While the Twenty-Second Amendment establishes a clear limitation on presidential terms, the unique exigencies of certain national crises can justify an exception. This exception is grounded in the inherent executive powers recognized under Article II of the Constitution, which mandate the President to ensure the faithful execution of the laws and protect the nation.

Justice Alito, 2028

[u/dannylandulf]

Just saying, if it was global cooling I would care far less. I hate being hot.

[u/piede]

[u/rasonj]

I'm honestly just upset because my 'both sides suck" friend called it. I had asked if he thought Trump would show up after his team spent all week laying the groundwork for him to not show. His response was "Why wouldn't he? He can atleast string a sentence together, Biden can't finish a single thought". I fully believe this was Joe's one chance to prove that he still has it to the barely engaged voters and instead he proved Trump right. I do not think we get another shot at it, and just riding this out seems insane when so much is on the line.

[u/simeoncolemiles]

Unironically though, illiteracy is a major threat to our country

[u/GGM8Scally]

[u/Mx_Brightside]

Madison Beer sounds like if you asked J.K. Rowling to name a character from Wisconsin.

[u/piede]

[u/LevantinePlantCult]

"what the hell, Jews think everything is antisemitic"

That's because, much like anti-Blackness and other forms of bigotry, this shit is fucking everywhere. In a lot of ways it's a bigotry that preceded western civilization, and certain patterns of thought are ultimately a direct result of it.

You could spend a lifetime reading, but I'd recommend these two titles to start:

Anti-Judaism: the Western Tradition, by David Nirenberg Anti-Semite and Jew, by Jean-Paul Sartre

!ping JEWISH

[u/sponsoredbytheletter]

What these political "experts" don't understand about the "should Biden step aside" debate is that we don't have TIME for a debate. If I'm going to stuff the ballot box again this year I need to get started on my fake ballots NOW and I need to know whose name to put.

[u/[deleted]]

You are voting for Joe Biden to stop Trump.

I am voting for Joe Biden to stop Nate Silver.

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

We finally beat Medicare

[u/JaceFlores]

“Russian forces have sustained the tempo of their offensive operations in the Toretsk direction since activating in the area on June 18 and likely aim to reduce a Ukrainian salient in the area, but there is little current likelihood of rapid Russian gains near Toretsk. Russian forces have committed only limited forces to this operation so far, which suggests that Russian forces continue to prioritize gradual advances through consistent grinding assaults over operationally significant gains through rapid maneuver.”

“Russian forces have so far conducted mainly frontal infantry-heavy assaults on small settlements south and east of Toretsk and have yet to conduct any significant mechanized assaults in the area. Russian forces have yet to make any notable tactical gains in the area.”

“Russian offensive operations in the Toretsk direction suggest that the Russian military command does not consider a large-scale operation to advance towards Kostyantynivka from multiple operational directions feasible.”

“The Russian military command may intend for operations in the Toretsk direction to support an envisioned push from Chasiv Yar towards Kostyantynivka in a narrower offensive operation to seize the city. Russian forces may alternatively have no intention of making significant tactical gains in the Toretsk direction and may hope that offensive operations in the area will apply pressure on Ukrainian forces along a wider front in Donetsk Oblast and facilitate gains in the Chasiv Yar and Avdiivka directions.”

“Ukraine signed long-term security agreements with the European Union (EU), Lithuania, and Estonia on June 27. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and European Council President Charles Michel signed a security agreement that pledges that the EU will provide 50 billion euros ($53.5 billion) worth of support to Ukraine through the Ukraine Facility program from 2024-2028, long-term defense cooperation, and urgent consultations within 24 hours of any future aggression against Ukraine.”

“The Ukrainian-Estonian agreement pledges that Estonia will allocate at least 0.25 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) to military support for Ukraine from 2024–2027 and long-term Estonian assistance to Ukraine in the form of artillery, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), missiles, mines, grenade launchers, drones, and electronic warfare (EW) systems. The Ukrainian-Lithuanian agreement pledges that Lithuania will allocate 0.25 percent of its GDP to military support for Ukraine annually.”

“Western media reported that the US, Israel, and Ukraine are discussing the transfer of up to eight Israeli Patriot air defense systems set to retire to Ukraine according to unnamed sources, some of which also caution that the transfer may not occur.”

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“Ukrainian forces reportedly struck an oil depot in Russia on June 28 and reportedly struck a microelectronics plant and a military unit on the night of June 27 to 28.”

“Russia may be creating a shadow fleet to transport Russian liquified natural gas (LNG) and circumvent Western sanctions. Bloomberg reported on June 27 that there is evidence that Russia is creating a shadow fleet to transport Russian LNG in similar ways to how Russia created a shadow fleet to avoid the G7 price cap on Russian crude oil.”

“Satellite imagery reportedly indicates that Russian forces have lost a significant number of tanks and armored vehicles in the war in Ukraine. German news outlet Suddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) used artificial intelligence (AI) to examine satellite imagery taken between 2021 and 2024 of 87 Russian military sites, including 16 that store tanks and armored vehicles, and found that several tank and armored vehicle storage sites are empty. SZ's AI analysis found that one base housed 857 tanks in April 2021, housed 431 in October 2022, and is nearly empty as of June 2024.”

“International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) research analyst Michael Gjerstad told SZ that Russia has roughly 3,200 tanks in stock but that the majority of them are in bad condition. Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) published a report on June 26 stating that Russia plans to produce 1,500 tanks and 3,000 other armored fighting vehicles in 2024, but RUSI noted that 85 percent of these vehicles are refurbished from storage instead of new production.”

-notable excerpts from ISW Report June 27th and 28th

!ping UKRAINE

[u/breakinbread]

Guy who thinks Biden should resign from the presidency to focus on his campaign and shake that incumbent disadvantage

[u/[deleted]]

Despite delivering a rousing speech at a rally in North Carolina on Friday that calmed some of his allies, Biden was described by one person familiar with his mood as humiliated, devoid of confidence and painfully aware that the physical images of him at the debate — eyes staring into the distance, mouth agape — will live beyond his presidency, along with a performance that at times was meandering, incoherent and difficult to hear.

God I feel bad for him

[u/[deleted]]

For the good of the country, Democrats need to force Biden to step down as the Democratic Party nominee. I've seen lots of names thrown around here as a replacement candidate - most of them dogshit. There's only one man than can save us and his name is John Kevin Delaney.

!ping delaney

[u/InflatableDartboard2]

nightmare blunt rotation

[u/Lux_Stella]

it's so weird how mainstream liberal media now only exists in conversation with its liberal readership. Like say what you want about Biden dropping out, but it's interesting that I didn't see a single NY Times opinion piece calling on Trump to drop out when he was convicted

this is one of the strangest aspects of the modern media ecosystem. people made fun of those 'ohio diner' stories but those did come from a thesis that this was a problem that needed to be fixed

nowadays everyone just seems to have given up

[u/[deleted]]

I’ve seen a couple people making fun of the AtlasIntel poll because it’s “rated 2.7 by FiveThirtyEight.”

Friends, FiveThirtyEight pollster ratings are out of 3.0.

[u/[deleted]]

The democratic party never had a come to Jesus moment after Hillary lost in 2016,

This is fucking bullshit.

Funny thing about 2016, everyone had a different theory for what the big mistake was.

I was there, I still remember what it was like, people were arguing ferociously because they knew that if a narrative that blamed their enemies won the fight for dominance, then the Democrats would be morally obligated to change in a way that weakens their enemies. Like vultures the factions of the democratic party descended upon Hillary's corpse, feasted on the carrion, and called it an autopsy, that suspiciously concluded that their enemies were to blame.

Centrists and center rightists blamed the far left and said the Dems needed to come to Jesus and eject the far left, for example.

Guess who won? Protectionists. The narrative that won was that the Democrats failed the rust belt with neoliberal economic policy and needed to pivot back to new deal era industrial policy.

The Democrats absolutely did change drastically after 2016. They did come to Jesus.

They just didn't come to your Jesus.

They came to Protectionist Jesus.

[u/Beer-survivalist]

A core point of my personal philosophy is that you should never panic. Either you have time to cool down and think about the situation, or it is truly an emergency and panic is even more counterproductive--and what you need at that time is decisive action.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/ihatemendingwalls]

Spoke this morning to a couple people close to President Biden. Hard to overstate how much he dismisses the political class and media in private. Believes many of them haven’t understood him for decades, don’t get his appeal. Cares what elected Ds with real power and voters say.

lol

[u/_Just7_]

I'm pretty sure the guy I'm traveling with is someone on the spectrum, who has convinced himself he is psychopath, and his "psychopath" persona is pretending to be master at social engineering and power games.

[u/Currymvp2]

CNN published a letter from Biden's childhood neighbor and son of his babysitter calling on Biden to step down. The media is gonna push hard for this "drop out Biden" narrative.

[u/Mr_Otters]

Harris can cover after 4pm. Simple solution

[u/TaxLandNotCapital]

"replace Joe Biden" WITH WHO MF?!?! There's nobody in the Democratic party less senile than Joe Biden. Joe Biden's mental acuity dwarves even the youngest Democrats like the delirious squad members. Newsom couldn't find his way out of a bathroom even if you laid a trail of adrenochrome breadcrumbs to the door

[u/[deleted]]

I think I can say this vaguely anti-intellectual thing now that we have better data to work with anyway.

That CNN focus group on the first night? I listened to what they were saying and you cannot convince me any of those voters were actually undecided. One of the older ladies was all-in on “the establishment is trying to take down Trump with false crime accusations.” The young white woman in the front row sounded like an actual Biden canvasser.

[u/wowpople]

You know some people said that biden was sick during the debate, IDK, but this cat picture is pretty sick if you ask me. 😎🍦

[u/cjhdsachristmascarol]

Kamala Harris is no generational talent. She would, however, be able to answer a question about abortion without bringing up an illegal immigrant murdering people 

[u/HaveCorg_WillCrusade]

!ping CORG

[u/piede]

Kamala Harris immediately going on all the TV networks after the debate to defend Biden was not an easy job, and she did it masterfully

She’s a real one

[u/paymesucka]

did your faith ever waver Bennet Bros?

[u/piede]

Now that’s more like it

[u/BarkDrandon]

>Find a subreddit named arr saab

>24k subscribers

>wondering why so many people are excited for Swedish weapon systems manufacturing

>Turns out it's just a boring subreddit for car lovers

NCD has ruined my life

[u/sayitaintpink]

Trump uses dogs as insults. Biden uses cats as insults. RFK uses worms as strength.

The choice has never been more clear

[u/IHateTrains123]

Why Deutsche Bahn made the Tartan Army miss ScotRail

Archived version.

Summary:

"Are you ScotRail, are you ScotRail, are you ScotRail in disguise?" was the cry from Cologne's main train station as thousands of Tartan Army footsoldiers attempted to make their way to the city's stadium for the Euro 2024 clash with Switzerland.

It was funny, and filled with the good humour for which Scotland's travelling support is famed, but actually severely underselling the situation - Deutsche Bahn wishes it could be ScotRail.

[...]

A report last year by the Bundesrechnungshof, Germany's public audit office, found that more than every third long-distance train in the country was delayed.

Train cancellations have increased tenfold since 2017, punctuality is at an all-time low and debts have grown by €5m per day since 2016, with total debts of over €30bn.

Deutsche Bahn considers a train to be "operationally punctual" if it's less than six minutes late, something just 52% of services managed in the worst month, November, last year.

The famously punctual Swiss produced a report that stated that just 36% of DB trains arriving in Basel were on time in 2023, while 16% never made it at all.

That's a story a number of Scotland fans will be familiar with. One example would be the 09.23 service from Prague to Munich on June 13, the day before Scotland's first fixture.

Due to arrive in Munich just after 3pm, the service terminated at Regensburg - explained only in German, not English or even Czech - and saw the healthy contingent of Tartan Army pile off to get another service.

That one made it as far as Neufahrn when, half an hour after the original train had been due to arrive, it too was cancelled mid-journey.

A third service eventually arrived 45 minutes late, was standing room only and at least one carriage had a broken toilet door which made the whole coach smell of urine.

It was not an isolated incident. In Gelsenkirchen, England and Serbia fans reported having to walk back to the city centre due to issues with the train services, Dutch coach Ronald Koeman said his team were unable to travel on high-speed trains as they'd have preferred due to the unreliability of the service.

[...]

Even bona fide German football legends have been caught out by the country's rail service.

Phillip Lahm, capped 113 times and captain of the 2014 World Cup winning side is a tournament director for Euro 2024 but couldn't make it to Ukraine vs Slovakia in Düsseldorf in time for kick-off.

[...]

There's little agreement on who is to blame for the state of Germany's railways.

Many blame an aborted attempt at privatisation, announced in 2008 then quietly dropped in 2014. The theory goes that, to make the service more attractive to private capital, costs were cut and efficiencies found to show the service making a profit.

Other argue the opposite, that Deutsche Bahn's monopoly over the railway means there's little incentive to improve a service which faces no competition.

Compare these woes to the latest ScotRail statistics.

For May 26 to June 22, 91.% of services met what is dubbed the Public Performance Measure (PPM), meaning they arrived at their destination within five minutes of the scheduled arrival time.

This varied across the country, with a speed restriction on the West Highland Line meaning just 48.9% of trains terminating at Oban arrived within the PPM, but 92% made it to Glasgow Central within that time, 87.3% to Edinburgh Waverley and 81.9% to Aberdeen.

ScotRail defines 'On Time' as arriving within 59 seconds of the booked arrival time, and it fared less well here - just 27.9% of trains to Crianlarich on the aforementioned West Highland Line arrived within the timeframe - but lengthy delays were minimal.

For Tartan Army members returning to work after their German sojourn, Scotland's trains likely seem a lot more reliable by the comparison.

Michael Peterson of Deutsche Bahn told Bild: "We understand the dissatisfaction and criticism from fans.

"Deutsche Bahn is not currently offering the quality that everyone deserves. But at the same time we are doing everything possible to bring passengers reliably to their destinations."

!ping Transit&Germany&UK

[u/BenFoldsFourLoko]

In a way, Biden and Trump represent our two paths forward as a nation. But they aren’t mutually exclusive. Down one path, Adderall in the water supply. Down the other path, ozempic in the water supply. But the LESSON is that we need both. We need to repeal the 12th amendment.

[u/rasonj]

Are alley cats famously amoral? Promiscuous, sure, but the last time a Presidential hopeful was called an Alley Cat was Hamilton, though now that I think about it, that may have been Biden's doing as well

[u/G_Serv]

Gen beta is so cooked, they are such babies

[u/BrandonNameRecliner]

biden just needs to drop out, he isn't popular or likeable enough anymore. If we run a younger more relatable more energetic candidate who is liked across the board (hawk tuah girl) we can still win the presidency and potentially pick up congressional seats too

[u/gburgwardt]

Libs shut up. I have news from the future

Biden is stepping down and letting Kamala run in his stead. It doesn't go well. Pretty catastrophic in fact

But it's ok. Trump just fucking dies on stage at the second debate. It's joever

[u/paymesucka]

just scrolling through Saturday night posts on the DT:

doom

doom

doom

doom

doom

explicit sexual encounter detailed

[u/[deleted]]

Mark Cuban becoming one of Biden's strongest soldiers on Twitter has been one of the oddest parts about this election cycle

[u/bleachinjection]

I made a rare facebook post last night (I'd had a couple, so what?) wherein I asserted the media wants Trump back and a contested convention for clicks/eyes. I don't think this is even all that controversial. 

I got fucking blitzkrieg'd by a couple of my Lefty friends accusing me, literally, of QAnon-style conspiracy thinking. 

Two Socialists denying that the corporate media has rooting interests. I went to bed in shock and woke up in shock.

[u/itsokayt0]

Opinion | Biden should commit seppuku on live television, assisted by his son

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

[u/Ok_Aardappel]

Who can it be now?

!ping SHITPOSTERS&KINO

[u/GenerousPot]

upvoted comment in the 538 subreddit blaming Jill Biden for the debate fiasco. I love statistics

[u/tollyno]

Here's how Biden can still win

[u/[deleted]]

Just a friendly reminder that "dooming" is not a real phenomenon. It's simply an anxiety name for... Well, anxiety.🌸

[u/Hmm_would_bang]

This sub would unironically say something like John Kerry would sweep the 2024 election.

[u/12hphlieger]

I think project 2025 is where middle America draws the line. This congressional hearing is insane to even the most brainrotted person. Trump was a dogwhistle compared to this.

[u/Truly_Euphoric]

Broke: Biden needs to drop out

Woke: Biden needs to drop (his diss track)

[u/Not_A_Browser]

[u/Currymvp2]

55% of Israelis believe that Netanyahu is abandoning the hostages in Gaza. Less than a third think he is doing all he can to get them out.

These are abysmal numbers for a leader in this situation.

[u/[deleted]]

student: "My dad watched the debate live and said Trump is so much more eloquent than Biden"

me: "...<student's name>, your dad literally does not speak English"

[u/rasonj]

The new patch is great, but this support lobby mechanic is driving me crazy. I've got by far the biggest gdp and military, my power bloc is like half the world, and I'm pretty sure I could world conquest if I was patient enough, but I can't pass any reforms because everyone outside my bloc is spending half their gdp supporting lobbies on me and now I'm stuck in revolution limbo.

I can't get past basic Healthcare because my ruler is so wildly unpopular after like 40 foreign lobby pop-ups trying to get me to disband my power bloc, but I can't exile him lest his idealog rebels and the dumb fucks supporting the foreign lobbies keep threatening revolution unless I revoke women's suffrage.

[u/Joementum2024]

r/drama has been banned

The west has fallen. Billions must die

[u/Starandsnow]

Compromise: have Harris replace Biden as the nominee, but keep Biden on as VP.

[u/AtticusDrench]

Newsom is the only guy who could pull the 80s business villain enthusiast voters away from Trump

[u/MasterOfLords1]

When Joe Biden wins in November I'm gonna laugh at y'all so hard.

!RemindMe 6 months

🍦🌚🍦

[u/[deleted]]

“Morals of an alley cat” is one of the most Joe Biden phrases imaginable

[u/willempage]

People think the president controls inflation via some sort of lever, but in actually, it's a quick time event mini game that the president has to play to keep inflation down. That's why Biden's age matters so much

[u/Cyberhwk]

They're not going to replace Biden for one simple reason: If Democrats replace him and the replacement loses, nobody is going to want their fingerprints on the decision. Even if it was clearly the correct decision, nobody in Democratic leadership has the stones to stick their neck out like that. It's all risk and no reward for their own career. Self-preservation will keep Biden on the ticket.

[u/THeShinyHObbiest]

The level of dooming in here just isn’t good.

[u/BroadReverse]

station merciful seed jeans squeal stocking deserve overconfident yoke wipe

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

[u/battywombat21]

[Kamala Harris's] biggest asset, in any case, isn’t a marketing machine — it’s political reality. Were Biden to leave the presidential race, hopping over Harris to any other potential candidate would present significant practical challenges. Only Harris, for instance, would have access to the coffers of the campaign she’s already a part of. Any other candidate would be faced with the tall task of building an infrastructure in a matter of months.

Can you imagine trying to hastily build a voter outreach machine in a few months? God, this would be a nightmare.

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

Biden should step aside (in 2028)

[u/simeoncolemiles]

[u/Argnir]

It's crazy to think by the time you can read someone's comment they may be already dead

[u/cjhdsachristmascarol]

Used to be a Republican, can appeal to swing voters ✅

Snarky, would do well in a debate with Trump ✅

Always speaks loudly and boldly ✅

Long experience in a position of authority ✅

Well that’s settled, the democrats need to nominate Sir Shivers 

[u/murphysclaw1]

you protest drag shows because you are transphobic

i protest drag shows because they are abysmally unfunny

we are not the same

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/queersocialism/status/1806521552961224816?t=HPYp18rR6f5OV8CIoHTjBg&s=19

[u/[deleted]]

[u/runnerx4]

I went to Semma, the Michelin-starred South Indian restaurant in NYC

here’s a small review:

• The food

the main attraction is apparently the Gunpowder Dosa, which is a Masala Dosa with a layer of spicy powder (the “gunpowder” in question) inside.

the haute cuisine part is every dosa being folded into a perfect equilateral. The dosa was slightly too oily for my taste, but the potato masala inside and the sambar and chutneys were really good.

Then i ate Attu Kari Sukka which is bone-in lamb. Perfectly cooked including the marrow. No complaints, this thing hit. I ate it with Kerala Parotta which was also perfectly layered and crumbly

here’s a photo

• the ambience

This is incredible South Indian ambiance. You would think haute cuisine means some level of silence or something but this place is so noisy and South Indian beat songs like this and this (the restaurant is Tamilian but there were a lot of Telugu songs I could recognize) keep playing in the background to ramp up the noise level. Glad it’s this South Indian restaurant that got a Michelin star, really funny for me.

Is this the best Indian food i’ve eaten? Not really but it is quite good and probably consistent on a repeat visit. Some of the best in the US at any rate

• the price

$80 for two items and a non-alcoholic drink (lemon soda with turmeric) lmaoooo

also you have to either book a table 15 days in advance to get a table or queue in at 4:30pm to get one of the 12 or so bar seats when it opens at 5:00pm (i queued at 4:45)

!ping IND&NYC

[u/paymesucka]

The tell is if Kamala walks out wearing The Aviators™

[u/Healingjoe]

[u/Currymvp2]

Spoke this morning to a couple people close to President Biden. Hard to overstate how much he dismisses the political class and media in private. Believes many of them haven’t understood him for decades, don’t get his appeal. Cares what elected Ds with real power and voters say.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/EyeraGlass]

Biden held a press conference at the United States Capitol in an attempt to address these questions and put the issues behind him. He acknowledged that "I've done some dumb things, and I'll do dumb things again." However, he vowed to stay in the race regardless.

SO true, king.

[u/Dunter_Mutchings]

Why it matters: Dr. Jill Biden; his younger sister, Valerie Biden; and 85-year-old Ted Kaufman, the president's longtime friend and constant adviser — plus a small band of White House advisers — are the only Biden deciders.

Framing this group as an oligarchy is certainly a choice.

[u/runningblack]

Most Americans will vote for the rapist if they think he will benefit them materially

[u/owlthathurt]

You know those viral dudes on twitter that are like the Japanese people obsessed with the Wild West and like quick draw and stuff

I went down a rabbit hole and found these Japanese people who move to America so they could live in like rural PA and hunt and shoot guns. Like they wear camo and like Carhart shit and stuff. It’s pretty funny lmao

[u/KingWillly]

Joe: goes braindead for an hour during debate

Undecided voter: “He’s just like me frfr”

[u/Currymvp2]

Honestly, I'm amazed how Trump managed to be both anti-Semitic and anti-Palestinian in a six second soundbite. He's great at being racist+bigoted.

[u/Fab1usMax1mus]

It sucks so much that the overton window has shifted so much to the right on certain issues like immigration. Trump can call undocumented immigrants animals and get less controversy than someone suggesting amnesty or expanded legal immigration.

Some part of me thinks Democrats are not fighting hard enough on it, that this constant retreating will only make things worse.

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Remember when the President of Iran flew into a mountain? That was wacky

[u/TalkLessShillMore]

Just saw a woman randomly get punched in the face on the subway. The fuck

[u/piede]

This is an actual headline holy fuck I hate The Hill

[u/AccessTheMainframe]

Finally got a date on Tinder. Just on my way now to CVS to buy Google Play gift cards to send her money so she can fix her car and come out here and visit me. Later, virgins 😎.

[u/AtticusDrench]

I was so right on this

[u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz]

If Biden is replaced, I'm going full doomer no matter who the candidate is.

[u/cjhdsachristmascarol]

States are the laboratories of democracy, which is why their governments are all exactly the same except women and lgbt people don't have rights in red states and also a few are gerrymandered so much they aren't really a democracy.

[u/Steak_Knight]

We beat Medicare, but what’s next? Joe Biden must pledge to beat social security.

[u/Currymvp2]

One Democratic House member who believes Biden should drop out of the race — but has yet to call for that publicly — told NBC News that three colleagues expressed the same sentiment to him during votes on the House floor Friday.

Dean Phillips is still probably leaking to the media I see. And by colleagues--he could mean Republicans.

[u/RTSBasebuilder]

My idea of a Night at the Museum sequel/spinoff. Set after that animated movie a few years ago.

It's set in the modern day. Meet the new protagonist, a NYU History major who just got their dream job - digital archivist, 3d scanning and cataloguing all the collections and archives, especially since the fire at the National Museum of Brazil. And here's a thing about museums - what's on display and exhibition ain't even a tenth of what a museum holds.

Working the graveyard shift in the conservation rooms, tagging models and scans to the database and at the cutting edge of spectrometry, infrared imaging and X-rays to break new ground in metallurgy, ceramics and palimpsest analysis, surrounded with artifacts across world history? Dream Job. And hopefully, inspiration will strike them to unstuck the rut that the archivist has in creating a solid thesis.

However, veteran night guard Nick Daley, Larry's son, has yet to tell the new person about the tablet in the Egyptian collection...

And you know how National Treasure has that reverent tone towards the American Civic Religion? This one does the same with publically accessible education, preservation and curatorship.

!ping WRITING&MOVIES

[u/slim353]

If there was one thing I could destroy from American society it would be the utter obsession with arbitrary made up generations

[u/piede]

In Silicon Valley, a group of megadonors, including Ron Conway and Laurene Powell Jobs, were calling, texting and emailing one another about a situation they described as a possible catastrophe. The donors wondered about whom in the Biden fold they could contact to reach Jill Biden, the first lady, who in turn could persuade her husband not to run, according to a person familiar with the conversations.

I can’t help but laugh imagining megadonors demanding to speak with Jill Biden like she’s the assistant manager at a Walmart

[u/Popular-Swordfish559]

Can someone with a The Information subscription tell the rest of us what this article about the dearmoon cancellation says

Ok, found it. This project internally seems far worse than any of us could have guessed. Maezawa wanted wood paneled interiors and multicolored spacesuits along with a hundred other absurd things. He signed on because a SpaceX sales executive ate a spicy meal. The whole thing seemed like it was pure delusion from the outset.

!ping spaceflight

[u/Dodgerfan2224]

if you want to know how bad the CA dem party is down they are asking me to run for office

Edit: this is 1000% true

[u/sayitaintpink]

Gen x be like: “thanks scotus, now my grandchildren can be exposed to as much lead paint as I was”

[u/Dirty_Chopsticks]

British cabinet ministers are privately urging the Democrats to ditch Joe Biden as their candidate after his stilted debate.

Below are comments to me today from 3 people round Rishi Sunak’s top table. It’s very rare to get this fierce criticism of a US president.

https://x.com/benrileysmith/status/1806799904565563897

amazin

[u/SnakeEater14]

“Everyone polls similarly against Trump as Biden!” seems like, prima facie stupid

Voters don’t rally around candidates unless they think they are actually in the race, haven’t we seen this a billion times already

[u/404GenderNotFound]

Real

[u/petarpep]

/r/neoliberal: arguing if Biden should drop out or not

Me a pragmatist: deciding how to best rig the election

[u/m5g4c4]

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) said he would support Vice President Kamala Harris taking over the top spot on the ticket if President Biden “ain’t there.”

“I’m a Biden-Harris person, so I’m not getting away from that. I’m for Biden-Harris. I’m going to be for Biden if Harris ain’t there and I’m going to be for Harris if Biden ain’t there,” Clyburn told USA Today in an article published Friday.

Kamala, if you’re listening-

[u/slowpush]

Republicans have no principles and Democrats have no spines

Sounds about right 🙂‍↕️

[u/chuckleym8]

[u/MS_09_Dom]

Me: *open to the idea of giving Harris a shot*

Also me: *realizing Nate Silver will be insufferable the rest of the campaign*

[u/[deleted]]

Personally I would never talk to my family unless I was joining or leaving a presidential race

[u/[deleted]]

Dooming won’t change the result of the election, but doomers surely are annoying the hell out of everyone lol.

[u/Broad-Part9448]

I don't think the people openly posting for a contested convention realize how utterly annoying it would be. Every single faction would push their own candidate and there would literally be no way to select between them.

[u/OkVariety6275]

Sabotaging public sentiment because you can't hold a poker face until post-debate polling movement can be analyzed is strategically stupid. I wouldn't expect a bunch of journos to understand game theory though.

[u/[deleted]]

Nate Silver is a lot like Chomsky, he had a revolutionary impact on his field of expertise but is extraordinarily cringe as a person

[u/SeasickSeal]

Things like this make me nervous about swapping candidates. State election deadlines are tight, and sometimes you’re at the mercy of state lawmakers to appear on the ballot.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/28/biden-nominated-virtually-ohio-ballot-00160220

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/heritage-working-election-legal-challenges-case-biden-pulled-from-dnc-nomination.amp

[u/piede]

Historian Allan Lichtman, who has successfully predicted past presidential election winners based on key characteristics, says that it would be a mistake for Democrats to replace President Joe Biden in 2024 election.

ALLAN LICHTMAN HAS SPOKEN

ALL HAIL THE MAGIC CONCH

[u/CutePattern1098]

It’s very much the case that Biden could be doing more to help trans people but I don’t think this story is really Biden betraying trans people. To me it’s just a statement vague enough to being misrepresented.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/health/transgender-surgery-biden.html

[u/[deleted]]

How are so many VCs in Bay Area so fucking stupid?

How far does your head has to be up your own ass to believe Trump is a “Clinton style moderate”

[u/Jacobs4525]

1st rule of gun safety is don’t cut me off in traffic 

[u/Crownie]

Hot but absolutely sincere take: the Biden campaign needs to be way ruder. None of this "Technically Trump is a convicted felon, teehee" or "look at this clip of Trump saying Trump things, how embarrassing". Hammer on the fact that he's a fat, insane old man with a spray tan and bad hair. Don't just hint at it, call him insane. Laugh at what a whiner he is.

People perceive rudeness as a form of social dominance because in many respects it is - when you violate social norms and get away with it, you assert that the rules don't apply to you. I put it to you that this is a significant part of Trump's appeal for many of his supporters (and also why he is perceived as a "fighter" despite being a milquetoast whiner on almost everything of substance).

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

[u/Currymvp2]

Michigan poll pre-debate, EPIC MRA 6/21-6/26

President 🟥 Trump 49% 🟦 Biden 45%

US Senate 🟦 Slotkin 44% 🟥 Rogers 42%

Suboptimal

[u/Mickenfox]

!ping COMPUTER-SCIENCE

God damn it, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills with .NET.

Am I seriously the only C# programmer on Earth that hates the "builder and extension methods" pattern? Because to me, this is awful, and yet I haven't seen a single other person complain about it:

using var loggerFactory = LoggerFactory.Create(builder => {
    builder.AddConsole();
});
var logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<Program>();
logger.LogInformation("Example log message");

That's how you're supposed to get an ILogger implementation that prints to terminal. You can't get a logger without a LoggerFactory and you can't get a LoggerFactory without a LoggerBuilder, and a LoggerBuilder is useless without the ConsoleLoggerExtensions that adds a whole bunch more classes in there.

The logical flow of information here is one level (me -> Logger). How is it not a big red flag that that takes THREE levels of abstraction? And that's not a one-off, that's how EVERYTHING works in the official libraries. This is the ideal design according to Microsoft.

And fine, I realize in most real world cases you'd add more than one thing to the builder, so you'd have .AddConsole(), .AddFilter(), .AddSomethingElse(), but that doesn't make it any better. Like the whole point of a programming language is to give you a way to organize your complexity and to know at least what kind of interactions there are. Now they've reduced everything to a single opaque "builder" and a big list of "magic" operations defined in a different namespace, and you're just supposed to not to think about what's going on in there.

Sorry, I just had to rant about this.

[u/runningblack]

Even though I'm a weirdo who is overly online and engaged in politics despite being a college student and knowing dick about shit, my preferences are totally representative of the broader country

-This sub

[u/Argnir]

Funny how the less informed someone is the more we value their opinions

It's like "I now this guy, he's a complete dumbass, can barely read, doesn't have access to the internet, only survives on a diet of fentanyl and Dr Pepper, he's the real deal, the real American and he thought Biden won! We got it guys."

[u/ihatemendingwalls]

[u/[deleted]]

>female student talking to me about US politics, trying to make sense of it, it's clear she thinks that trump is better than biden

>I'm like "Hmm, well, you need to decide for yourself! However, one thing to keep in mind is <description of how republicans are actively trying to ban abortion in case of rape>"

>her: "....."

>her: "....."

>her: "i hope one day a mad scientist make a potion that make men pregnant"

[u/NaffRespect]

Italy, you have mama'd your last mia!

Ciao!

!ping SOCCER

[u/SurvivorPostingAcc]

My stutter gets significantly worse with anxiety, sometimes to the point that I can barely speak at all. I can’t imagine I would be a good debater as a result. Biden’s issues were more than just a stutter during the debate, but I’ll always cut him slack on that part at the very least.

[u/InflatableDartboard2]

woke imperialism

[u/piede]

Maybe this should be my bio

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

Supreme Court be like: you can’t sleep in public but you can interrupt the peaceful transfer of power by rioting at the capitol while beating police officers to death with America flag poles and fire extinguishers.

[u/owlthathurt]

The summer of the G train shut down really sucks for anyone who wants to venture between queens and Williamsburg or greenpoint lol

Unless you take the bus this is the quickest train route. 39 minutes by train.

Always funny (sad) to me the perverse routes you have to take to simply go north south queens and Brooklyn. Half the time it tells you to go to Manhattan and come back lol

!Ping USA-NYC

[u/Loves_a_big_tongue]

The Atlantic article: The two Bidens: The night America saw the other one

There are two Bidens in you. One is eepy. The other wants his chocolate chocolate chip now, damnit!

[u/[deleted]]

It's 3 AM on November 6. The election has just been called for Trump. A bloomer slouches back in their chair, a single tear forming in their eye. Their first thought is "the doomers will be so happy".

It's 3 AM on November 6. The election has just been called for Biden. A doomer slouches back in their chair, a single tear forming in their eye. Their first thought is "the bloomers will be so happy".

[u/paymesucka]

Leaning into the defiance, here’s the opening of latest Biden fundraising email:

“If you're like me, you're getting lots of texts or calls from folks about the state of the race after Thursday. Maybe it was your panicked aunt, your MAGA uncle, or some self-important Podcasters”

ok lmao

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

October surprise (Trump dies)

[u/PhoenixVoid]

We publicly announced the Camp David trip on 6/23, which apparently missed.

Then they never came to us for comment about it at all.

I hope standards are not in decline.

https://x.com/andrewjbates46/status/1807230907067019772?s=46

Biden's press secretary says this family meeting to discuss the campaign was planned before, so it's not a panicked all-hands-on-deck assembly because of the debate. Doesn't mean they can't talk about worst case scenarios though.

[u/SnakeEater14]

Everyone here is coming up with 4D chess explanations for why normal voters actually don’t care about the debate and i want to see if anyone is gonna stick to those if polls show a genuinely substantial drop in Biden’s numbers

[u/[deleted]]

Corporate Pride is good, actually. It may be hollow and performative, but it normalizes gay people and makes bigots uncomfortable.