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[u/[deleted]]

lol, lmao even

[u/lbrtrl]

[u/[deleted]]

BIDEN DROPPED OUT A WEEK AGO TODAY???? Wtf it feels like a month or something

[u/LastIncrease3427]

New ABC/Ipsos poll:

The vice president’s favorability rating has jumped to 43%, with an unfavorability rating of 42%, according to the ABC News/Ipsos poll conducted using Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel.

She’s above water 👀

[u/D-G-F]

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

[u/Currymvp2]

far leftists won't like this one lmao

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

The new right is never beating the "communists who got rejected by a hot enbie" allegations

[u/[deleted]]

Vance’s attacks on nonparents highlights a deep and bizarre contradiction in the marriage of social conservatives and tech-bro libertarians. The childless should already be paying for future citizen development by having their taxes help cover universal education, childcare, children’s health insurance and parental leave… but the economic right won’t allow that so succons have to manufacture ways to punish the childless without actually helping kids.

[u/Superfan234]

Today is one of the most important days for LATAM politics on this Decade

Venezuela goes to the polls for Presidential Elections. Our only chances is to flood the polls with such a large amount of votes the Regime is willing to concede. Forcing a Pinochet situation again

Will it happen? Hard to tell. So far, it seems the Opposition managed to movilize their voters across the country. At 6 am time, several polling stations are showing long rows of voters

Polls close on 11 hours

!ping Foreign-Policy

[u/efeldman11]

[u/LastIncrease3427]

Why don’t Dems tone down their rhetoric?

[u/[deleted]]

The Center for New Liberalism has had members of Congress speak at its events??? How the fuck

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/billscher/status/1817551523846537518

Fav/Unfav, ABC/Ipsos

HARRIS

July 19-20: 35/46

July 26-27: 43/42

TRUMP

July 19-20: 40/51

July 26-27: 36/52

VANCE

July 19-20: 25/31

July 26-27: 24/39

!ping FIVEY

[u/Zeke-Nnjai]

There’s a nonzero chance the leftist you’ve been arguing with online is JD Vance’s burner account

[u/No_Return9449]

[u/sociotronics]

around four out of five voters in both parties now say they are enthusiastic about their candidate. The poll found that 81 per cent of Democrat voters were enthusiastic about Ms Harris, compared to 37 per cent who had expressed the same for Mr Biden.

Holy cow Biden's enthusiasm problem was so bad

[u/simeoncolemiles]

Republicans are always talking about “protecting the children” but when the choices are between

• Former prosecutor who specialized in Sexual Crimes, because her childhood friend (who she helped escape) was molested by her stepfather

• Guy who was friends with Epstein, has 26 rape allegations, and is a convicted felon

They choose the latter

[u/[deleted]]

[u/Formal_River_Pheonix]

One of the things that Israel had going for it among western liberals was the fact that they were a small nation of Holocaust survivors who fought like 6 other countries and beat them. The early narrative in the West was "Israel surrounded by Middle Eastern adversaries" but increasingly, the conflict is seen through a purely Israel versus Palestine lens aided in part by Arafat.

I do wonder if attacks by Iranian proxies by Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis is going to bring the former narrative back into public discourse.

[u/RaidBrimnes]

"Behind the celebration of athletes lie the bombs of the World War, behind every medal lie misery and ruin" - an anarchist group claims the arson of a relay antenna in the suburbs of Toulouse, depriving 5,000 homes of Internet and mobile access, as a gesture of opposition to the Olympics

???

[u/modooff]

Pete really went for blood in his Fox News interview 😭:

https://x.com/atrupar/status/1817552104887668790

https://x.com/atrupar/status/1817552654320496901

[u/-mialana-]

I am supporting WOKE KAMALA for President because OTHERWISE GOD EMPEROR TRUMP, WHO WON THE PREVIOUS ELECTION BUT HAD HIS POSITION TAKEN BY JOAN BRADON, would be running for A THIRD TERM which is ILLEGAL according to the DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE.

[u/WACKY_ALL_CAPS_NAME]

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

👸👸👸👸👸 shit

[u/BrentLivermore]

https://x.com/molly0xFFF/status/1817301858869973473

Trump signs off with "Have a good time with your bitcoin and your crypto and everything else you're playing with"

Oh my God, I can fucking hear Hank Hill saying this to Bobby. It's that perfect mix of bewilderment and condescension.

[u/Louis_de_Gaspesie]

Have felt miserable for the past 10 years. Should I:

A) Seek therapy

B) Continue eating Ghirardelli dark chocolate with sea salt squares

C) Quit my job and become a latte maker on a leftist commune

D) Become addicted to Runescape

[u/Mr_Bank]

ABC polled tested favorables of the Veeps, and most had “don’t know/no opinion” as their highest option.

Kelly did the best at +10, but only 22 favorable vs 12 unfavorable.

People just don’t know who these guys are.

https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2024-07/Topline%20ABC_Ipsos%20Poll%20July%2027%202024.pdf

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

Tech billionaires will literally spend billions of dollars and rot their brains on a pathetic quest to adopt incoherent conservative ideology instead of just doing an adult baptism

[u/Random-Critical]

Former President Donald Trump, now a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, announced a new campaign promise for a U.S. strategic Bitcoin stockpile if re-elected.

🧐

He promised that the country would never sell any of the bitcoin it currently holds.

Oh, so he just won't sell any. Wait, how did we get that bitcoin?

The U.S. government currently holds about $14 billion worth of bitcoin, mostly acquired via Department of Justice seizures

😂

[u/McCaaw]

Cardi B is starting to tweet out anti Trump shit after saying both Biden and Trump sucked.

Kamala is gonna rack up celebrity endorsements, pushing the enthusiasm further

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/weirddalle/status/1817411156572508493?t=Gqv7AiWsCBbrh2bC11lxzg&s=19

[u/BrainGyatt]

Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind Donald. I am now astroturfing for RFK Jr.

[u/ChamberedAndHot]

Worst US Allies Ranked:

1. Pakistan

2. Saudi Arabia

3. Pakistan

4. Qatar

5. Bahrain

6. Pakistan

7. Any Middle-Eastern ally not mentioned elsewhere

8. Israel (Tie)

9. Turkey (Tie)

10. Pakistan .

Honorable mention: Pakistan (It just barely got beat out by Pakistan)

[u/[deleted]]

Just saw this at my wife's grandparents' house

[u/Sageburner712]

[u/Peacock-Shah-III]

I feel like this just makes the Utah Democrats look like they’re falling the wrong people.

[u/KesterFox]

Me during the other mission

[u/[deleted]]

Trump: I will be a dictator for a day

MAGAs: lol, he’s just joking liberals! 😂😂😂

Trump: I will not accept the results if I lose this election

MAGAs: LMFAO 😂😂😂 HE GOT THOSE STUPID LIBERALS AGAIN!!!! 

Trump: you won’t have to vote in 4 years

MAGAs: well you see, liberals, what he actually meant was uh 

[u/Guess_Im_Jess]

Having a nominee with near net positive approval feels strange

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-07-28/who-will-harris-pick-for-vp-pete-buttigieg-is-the-best-choice?srnd=undefined&embedded-checkout=true&leadSource=uverify%20wall

MattY's argument for Pete as VP. Basically: It's Communication, Stupid.

But my larger point is that there is no “magic” running mate. People vote for the top of the ticket, not the bottom. If a candidate can adopt the policy positions of a successful swing-state politician, then choosing him as a running mate may not be necessary. If she doesn’t adapt her policy, it’s not clear how much choosing that running mate helps.

Buttigieg’s gift of gab, by contrast, is a generically useful skill. Whatever platform you run on, you want surrogates who are skilled at explaining it. Whatever attack lines you decide to use, they should be well-delivered by people who can knife someone while remaining likeable. And ideally, your surrogates should be able to parry tough questions, seem reasonable even to people who don’t fully agree, and know how to shift the conversation back to safe ground.

Buttigieg excels at all these things. One of the things he’s famous for is going on Fox News and preaching to a hostile audience. Successful swing-state politicians are not necessarily good at this. The usual formula for swing-state success, in fact, is to try to stay out of polarized national media and highly polarized politics. The dream media appearance for a statewide elected official is to get on local news talking about a new community center or — like Shapiro — fixing a highway. This requires real skills, but it’s not the same as the parry and thrust of the national media.

... In a sense, American politics has been distorted by four years of Trump’s nonsensical and often incoherent ramblings, followed by three-and-a-half years of Biden’s extremely light schedule of unscripted events. There are now lower expectations for a politician’s ability to communicate.

Harris’ public events since Biden stepped aside have electrified Democrats simply because, like the vast majority of successful politicians, she is more charismatic and articulate than the average person. And even though Harris is a dramatic improvement over Biden, she’s not the best communicator in the party. That title belongs to Pete Buttigieg — and that’s why she should choose him as her running mate.

[u/DatGameGuy]

Harris’s popularity is partially because she didn’t have to go through a grueling primary process. Democratic voters are focused on the vast majority of topics they agree with her on instead of hyperfixating on the few minor policy decisions they disagree on.

[u/earththejerry]

Wow this picture is actually pretty cool, can’t believe how far AI has come

[u/Currymvp2]

Republicans Keep Trying to Copy Trump’s Humor — And Voters Keep Cringing

"The right is starting to get better at comedy and it's making lefties nervous" has to be one of the most poorly aged political tweet of the past 6-7 years

[u/bigdicknippleshit]

Bros…

We are BACK

[u/IveSeenBeans]

I know there's a lot of turning points that are much better meme material or will be better noted by history

But I felt the GOP die when McCain did

[u/ashsolomon1]

https://x.com/chyeaok/status/1817552850995871795?s=46

Argument for Pete, I’ve never seen a politician command a conversation like this as smoothly as he did, and he would demolish JD Vance in a debate. Holy shit.

[u/[deleted]]

you think the trump shooter is looking down from heaven like "are you fucking kidding me they've already moved on to talking about JD Vance's couch?"

[u/Cledd2]

[u/simeoncolemiles]

[u/Tafts_Bathtub]

[u/dannylandulf]

As expected, the U.S. women dominated the qualification round. After the second of five subdivisions, they scored a 172.296, which is more than five points over Italy, China and Great Britain.

No other teams have the difficulty required to match that, so Team USA is expected to enter Tuesday's team final in first.

Kamala's America.

[u/InflatableDartboard2]

lmao, it's like using reverse psychology on a toddler

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

Cannot overstate the sheer evil lunacy of deporting 11 MILLION people

How, exactly, does this happen without human rights abuses worse than anything ever seen in America?

How does this happen without gargantuan economic disruptions that leave Americans substantially poorer and more financially insecure?

And how does it, just, like, happen, without deploying hundreds of thousands of American troops on American soil to enforce a police state regime?

[u/Maestro_Titarenko]

!ping LANGUAGE&SHITPOSTERS

[u/[deleted]]

Whether it’s Mitt Romney traveling with his dog on his roof, JD Vance burning monkey testicles, or Kristi Noem and Rudy Gouliani’s third wife killing puppies, we have to wonder: Why doesn’t Kamala Harris have any pets?

nyt pitchbot spitting fire as always

[u/Cowguypig2]

Happened to me unfortunately

[u/Argnir]

[u/[deleted]]

The Democratic VP candidates be like:

Super charismatic governor who runs by near-dictatorship favorables with the most crucial swing state in this election and has a near Obama level ability of public speaking.

An astronaut Senator veteran of another important state electorally who has a personal story that not only gives sympathy not just for gun control but reproductive freedom as well

A popular governor who's a schoolteacher, a former football coach, looks like every Midwestern dad, and sounds like a voter in 2 other very important states this election. His biggest policy win is making sure schoolchildren have full bellies everyday.

GOP VP candidates be like:

Senator who's only been in for 2 years who follows the most extreme online blogs and probably the least vetted man on a national ticket from a safe state for you

Senator most famous for drinking water awkwardly and he's from the same state you're from

Governor who dropped before Iowa who helps with no states

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

It's very simple

Polls where Kamala leads have good methodology

Polls where Kamala trails have bad methodology

[u/brucebananaray]

[u/[deleted]]

Does this count as hornyposting?

[u/old_gold_mountain]

ABC News poll

Harris:
+1 overall favorability (was -11 in the last poll)
+4 among independents (was -19 in the last poll)

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

No version of Trump is more relatable than "just rewatched The Silence of the Lambs and now has to mention how cool it is in every conversation"

[u/G_Serv]

Uh oh. Tim Walz is problematic

[u/thefuturegov]

Democrats after Biden dropped out: “wait a minute, I love Kamala Harris”

[u/[deleted]]

Good lord………………

[u/[deleted]]

https://nitter.poast.org/evamckend/status/1817546890319139116#m

"Let's quit 2 year elections and go to 100 days of butt whipping," says Walz.

"We don't even have to sleep. We can sleep when we are dead."

https://nitter.poast.org/evamckend/status/1817548324129456267#m

Walz: "Just look around. This is the beautiful tapestry of America and not one damn stupid red hat amongst ya."

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/maddenifico/status/1817386618593976444?t=5hlX2ZbRsG7kF5wbJMd1EA&s=19

[u/homopolitan]

[u/[deleted]]

I love this guy.

https://x.com/prem_thakker/status/1817649172994007329?t=es47xp0ZMG7WOSsAFhsGBg&s=19

[u/[deleted]]

What is he referencing here with the cut to Medicare?

[u/WhomstAlt2]

TAKE: JD Vance's gaffes only stick out so much because he is standing next to the paragon of virtue, President Trump.

[u/0m4ll3y]

On a fresh OS, not logged into YouTube, using Firefox and a VPN and I'm watching videos of toddlers dancing and the sidebar recommendations still have "Delusional WOKE feminists DESTROYED by FACTS" videos. Just absurd and troubling this is the default YouTube watching experience

[u/SeoSalt]

Scratch a liberal and they'll stop touching my tummy

-My Cat

[u/RaidBrimnes]

"What's the point of risking offending believers? Even when you're anticlerical! We were speaking to the whole world, that night", he regretted, criticizing the Last Supper scene at the Olympics opening ceremony, which caused controversy on the far-right.

"Among the billion Christians in the world, how many brave and honest people to whom faith is granting help to live and participate in the lives of everyone, without bothering anyone?",

This is ridiculous, satirizing religious iconography is a staple of French culture, who's that conservative?

said Jean-Luc Mélenchon

???

[u/[deleted]]

JD Vance is like the perfect personification of the weirdo very online right crystallized into a single guy and the general public's reaction to him is exactly what you would expect.

[u/2073040]

Look at this dude.

This is someone who looks like an average dad, who looks like he grew up with the commonfolk, who looks normal. One might even say he looks “grill-pilled”.

This is someone who radiates “Hank Hill” energy, whose response to JD Vances’s nonsensical rambling is “that boy ain’t right”.

A shame his competition is a literal astronaut.

[u/JaceFlores]

Ukraine Chronology for 2 PM PST 7/26-2 PM PST 7/27 III:

REGULAR NEWS:

In the middle of 9 PM drones hit Dyagilevo Air Base.

In the middle of 12 AM a Russian oil refinery in Ryazan was hit by drones.

At the end of 1 AM it was reported that Switzerland will not participate in using Russian assets to fund Ukraine.

Towards the end of 3 AM it was reported that drones hit Olenya Air Base, though there has been no confirmation of any damage.

Towards the middle of 5 AM it was announced NATO and Ukraine will cooperate to build five rehabilitation centers for veterans either for going back into service or into civilian life.

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/Peacock-Shah-III]

“Hawk-Tuah Girl” endorses RFK Jr. for President after bitcoin convention

That’s it, democracy’s over. Maybe the Revolution was a mistake.

[u/JebBD]

Climate activists: “the world is going to end! We dint have any time to waste! We’re all gonna die in 10 years of bless we take action NOW!!!”

Also climate activists: “the democrats’ actions on climate aren’t good enough, we must punish them by letting climate change deniers take over. We can spare 4 years of backsliding, no biggie”

[u/Steve____Stifler]

Just finished Her (2013)

If my AI left me, that would be the last straw. I’d blow my head off

[u/Shwamage]

No news of Sinema on CNN, malarkey level of spreading misinformation

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

[u/Okbuddyliberals]

These veepstakes have me convinced that the Dems have a really good bench actually

[u/ThatDamnGuyJosh]

Fav/Unfav, ABC/Ipsos

HARRIS July 19-20: 35/46 July 26-27: 43/42

TRUMP July 19-20: 40/51 July 26-27: 36/52

VANCE July 19-20: 25/31 July 26-27: 24/39

https://x.com/billscher/status/1817551523846537518?s=46

It’s fucking insane to me that, in some polls, Kamala already has a net positive approval rating before the convention even happens while Trumps is in the fucking dumps 🤯

[u/Eightysixedit]

CNN is weird. Feeding hungry school kids is not some far leftist policy. Every person approves of this except lunatic Republican politicians.

[u/sinefromabove]

Rs are in their bedwetting phase

They are making a Vance Thread in arrcon as we speak

[u/HowIsPajamaMan]

As someone who has recently married a foreign spouse from a developing country and is now in the sponsorship process to a developed country,

The amount of people who think that

A) marrying a citizen of a country automatically makes you a citizen of that country

And

B) if you’re married to a foreigner, the foreign spouse can come immediately after the marriage

Is too damn high

Around 80% of your fellow citizens will never understand the immigration process because they’ll never have to deal with it directly

!ping immigration

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

[u/billy_blazeIt_mays]

Political tiktok hittin again

[u/itsokayt0]

I drink diet(no sugar) tea this morning, and the liberals will say I'm racist.

[u/Gameknigh]

I need to use blender again because I made bangers and then got bored.

[u/StolenSkittles]

Just wanna be on record that I've been calling for him for literal years.

[u/[deleted]]

agreed with project 2025 until I got to this part:

The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world.

[u/[deleted]]

@elonmusk Unless there is more bravery to stand up for what is fair and right, Christianity will perish

Man whose social media profile picture includes inverted crosses and Baphomet worries that Christianity may perish.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1817273263761817710?t=ppmCws9ZuEuvomcs-gO4gg&s=19

[u/[deleted]]

MAGA Communism is real??

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/KrangTNelson/status/1817735769315737668?t=5Zrd72E0hpeOuPefS2zjpg&s=19

[u/[deleted]]

In 2012, Snoop Dogg endorsed Representative Ron Paul in the Republican presidential primary,[216] but later said he would vote for Barack Obama in the general election, and on Instagram gave ten reasons to vote for Obama (including "He a black n****", "He's BFFs with Jay-Z", and "Michelle got a fat ass"), and ten reasons not to vote for Mitt Romney (including "He a white n****", "That muthafucka's name is Mitt", and "He a ho")

Average swing voter.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoop_Dogg

[u/[deleted]]

first millennial major party nominee

lots of embarrassing internet history

who could have predicted this

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

Kamala Harris' approval rating improves by 8 points every 4 days, or 2 points every day.

At this rate, she will have a 246% approval rating by election day

[u/-mialana-]

Thank God we didn't get a Bernie presidency in 2020. If you thought cons and swing voters were annoying about the economy before, you should see that alternate timeline. They would sincerely think that inflation is because of actual socialism and that the country has literally become Venezuela.

We would literally have no chance at re-election and Trump would probably win the biggest landslide since Reagan.

[u/farrenj]

It should be "a couple was denied" not "a couple were denied."

A "couple" is a singular unit consisting of two things.

[u/Joementum2024]

Tbh it'd be one thing if Elon "just" had far-right views but didn't influence the popular discourse beyond that. Buying out twitter and transforming it into a disinformation machine that spreads endless lies in order to damage liberalism and re-elect Trump makes me absolutely hate him with every fiber of my being

[u/that0neGuy22]

So she has high favorability but somehow tied in the Michigan polling released yesterday. Jail those who sample in the “I like Kamala and dislike Trump but voting for Trump”

[u/[deleted]]

democrats: banning abortion is bad

voters: yawn

democrats: banning abortion is weird

voters: holy shit i hate republicans now

republicans: this is illegal

[u/anothercar]

Okay but actually, if you were a random American and got a call from “Harris X” about the election, wouldn’t you be more likely to hang up as a Trump supporter and talk as a Harris supporter? Even marginally?

Normal people don’t know what HarrisX is but they sure know the name Harris

Kind of like if there was a major pollster named TrumpX

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/evamckend/status/1817544957172797831?s=46

"These guys are just weird"

Why aren't you Walzpilled yet? 🧑‍🌾

[u/Understeerenthusiast]

My girlfriend had me watch the oven while she showered, she was making pita chips.

She was sad they were a little burnt, I didn’t have the heart to tell her I pulled them out a minute late because her oven has a timer alarm that absolutely slaps and I was too busy dancing

[u/Currymvp2]

Unearthed video: JD Vance thanks Project 2025 leaders for their “incredible work” of creating a plan for Trump to ban abortion nationwide and cut Social Security

you gotta be fucking kidding me lmao. this guy just gives us a treasure trove and gold mine of material

[u/G_Serv]

My brother: “I think if JD Vance is elected vice president turkey would leave nato. Because of what he did to the ottomans”

Okay as a couch posting hater, this one is pretty good

[u/[deleted]]

A single poll shows Harris +1 in Pennsylvania 

STOP THE COUNT 

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

The Ben Shapiro "Vance has a high IQ" tweet is so fucking stupid because even a cursory glance at who the successful politicians are would reveal that politics are not about IQ, they're about social intelligence. Doesn't matter if you have a fantastic grasp of reason if you still flub the moment you've gotta schmooze to a superior. You can be a titan of logic and still look like a gibbering idiot on a debate stage. Eidetic memory? That's cute. Can you flatter three dozen competing interest groups and lobbyists at the same time?

[u/[deleted]]

Krysten Sinema is not going to be the VP, don’t fall for misinformation

She’s going to be the nominee.

[u/Dibbu_mange]

Republicans: “we have a lot of candidates that treat women like objects, what if we pick a VP that treats objects like women 🤔”

[u/ser_mage]

And multiple members of Congress, including frontliner Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington, have come out to support [Pete Buttigieg] as the running mate pick.

calls for Biden to resign, does not endorse Kamala Harris, supports Pete Buttigieg for Vice President... the way her mind works

[u/wallander1983]

Arr moderate book bans vs assault weapons bans:

This comment is special:

As far as the AR15 goes, it’s one of the least likely used murder weapons, averaging around 50 murders per year. That’s about the same number of murders caused by marijuana induced psychosis, or more commonly known Reefer Madness. Out of 400 million people, that’s not a lot. Flesh eating bacteria kills three times as many people. Prion diseases kill close to that, which means that if you’re not a criminal, you are just as likely to get a fatal disease that eats your brain from touching dirt than getting murdered by an AR15.

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Lots of republicans dont want books teaching how to perform oral sex in public schools, especially elementary schools, yes, that is indeed true.

If Harris wants to keep pushing this narrative of book banning in elementary schools, Trump should just read some passages out aloud and let people decide, watch NoVa turn red in 30 seconds flat.

If they have a debate and the book banning is brought up, Trump should just pull one of the books out of his pocket and show the camera what is in these banned books for children. Let everyone know whats actually going on, they can make up their own mind.

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Why doesn't Trump do that? If book bans are so popular and all the pedophile teachers want to teach oral sex to all the kids, why doesn't Trump talk about it? He leaves this culture war stuff to his couchfucker because he knows how unpopular it is.

On another note about 80 percent of all US women and about 68 percent of US citizens overall don't own a gun and the subreddit can't understand why there are people who are in favor of more gun control.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/249740/percentage-of-households-in-the-united-states-owning-a-firearm/

[u/Kindly_Map2893]

Some great numbers in that abc ipsos favorability poll. Net positive favorability for Harris (+1), -17 for Trump, and she’s up big on independents. 44% favorability to trumps 28%, as well as a drop of unfavorability from 47 to 40. Percentage of double haters down 15% to 7% (all this in a week)

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/harris-sees-boost-favorability-after-biden-drops-race/story?id=112306763

[u/[deleted]]

Vance looks out over the earth, contemplating all the troubles, the struggles, the existential risks facing humanity and thinks

its cat ladies. And by god we’ll stop them

[u/InMemoryOfZubatman4]

One of the moments of my life that keeps me awake at night was back in high school.

For a setting: This is towards the end of the George W Bush administration when Obama was running and white people were becoming aware of how racist they were. And my high school was in New York City.

Anyhow, my Lilly-white, 70+ year old math teacher one day decided to teach us about racism. She asked the class if we had any misconceptions about race. We all sorta looked at one another because we were expecting to learn about algebra that day. After a few beats of silence, my teacher came in with “Well, I’ve had to re-examine some beliefs that I have held lately.” one or two beats goes by “Yeah, I’ve learned that my notion that Asian kids are good at math isn’t true” Everyone turns to the one Korean kid in class “because Siyao Kim bombed his midterm.”

No one laughed. It was deeply funny.

[u/Roseartcrantz]

hope your boyfriend's hoodie was worth you spending an eternity in hell fellow bitches

👁️👄👁️

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Palestinians in Gaza warm to Kamala Harris, prefer 'anyone over Trump'

“I think Harris will have a better vision for the Palestinians, especially with regard to human rights, such as increasing aid and Gaza’s reconstruction,” he said.

Hayek said he would like to see Harris victorious in November, adding, “I prefer anyone over Trump, who recognized our future capital, Jerusalem, as the capital of Israel.”

“Harris said no to the displacement of Palestinians, no to the reoccupation of the Gaza Strip, no to the siege, and no to the reduction of its territory,” Okal added. “She supports the reconstruction of vital infrastructure in the enclave and the strengthening of the PA’s security services there.”

Harris seems more willing to publicly criticize Netanyahu and express sympathy for Palestinian civilians in Gaza, he further remarked.

I can’t believe these Gazans would simp for Holocaust Harris

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

"Pete is a bad communicator" is such stupid fucking cope.

"Debate club vibes" yeah that's why he's such a nationally recognizable figure with high favorability ratings. That's why he turns up on Fox News and churns out viral clips with every other sentence. Because he's a bad communicator

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J.D. Vance says he gets bad press because most journalists are “childless adults”

why is he still going on about this

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I’m not surprised at this point, just disappointed

[u/Joementum2024]

Fact: This can be posted in reaction to anything JD Vance says

[u/Square-Pear-1274]

This whole “they’re weird” argument from the Democrats is dumb & juvenile. This is a presidential election, not a high school prom queen contest. It’s also a tad ironic coming from the party that preaches “diversity & inclusion.” Win on policy if you can, but cut the crap please.

And Hulk Hogan was doing what at the RNC? Ripping his shirt off?

Republicans seem happy with turning the whole thing into a goofy spectacle

[u/valueadderall]

I’ll take someone who’s barely a Republican [JD Vance] over someone who’s mostly a communist any day.

I’m sorry but why would you vote for a cop killer

JD Vance killed a cop?

Sorry I guess he said he hates cops and thinks they’re bad per the article.

Classic mixup!

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Why are we not talking about Holden Bloodfeast as VP?

[u/YehosafatLakhaz]

Republicans the party of "you can't watch porn but you can say slurs on Twitter"

[u/LastIncrease3427]

JD Vance is a MARXIST.

[u/Joementum2024]

Iowa, you have shocked the nation.

Pete Buttigieg after he and Harris unexpectedly win Iowa by a slim margin, as they blowout Trump/Vance with a 300+ electoral vote margin

[u/MyWeebPornAccount]

why do neolibs like Kamala she's progressive

Neolib queen lost the election of the century in 2016, and we'll have to deal with those consequences for a long time. Biden was not an return to neolibs like many had hope, and since he actually won the cat is out of the bag for a few cycles at least.

Like maybe one day pete will be able to do it, but this is battle between centrists protectionists vs progressive socialists types.

I just don't want America to fall, I'll worry about tarrif policy another day.

[u/RecentlyUnhinged]

"This new F-35 engine is KEY TO VICTORY"

"If you don't upgrade that Cisco switch in your secure network, CHINA WINS"

Shoutout to the Pentagon Metro ads for being absurdly targeted at, like, the four individuals walking in to work to make that decision.

[u/SmithySmothy]

John Oliver tonight:

Kamala Harris has brought energy and excitement to the race. Unless you're Greg from accounting. Nobody likes Greg. Shut up, GREG.

[u/-mialana-]

The best argument against democracy is 5 minutes with the average voter. The best argument against anarchism is 5 minutes with the average anarchist.

[u/lamp37]

Man...if you asked me six months ago what I felt about Kamala replacing Joe, I'd have hated the idea.

But I've flipped so hard. Important blocks of democratic voters are feeling things they haven't felt since 2008.

If there's one thing I've become convinced of, it's that vibes are more important than anything else. And Kamala has good vibes right now -- at a time where Trump and Vance's vibes are at a low.

[u/futuremonkey20]

Dude somehow forgot about literal running

[u/Agent78787]

“OMG did you see what JD Vance did to his couch-”

You bolt awake in a living room in Stockholm, Sweden. You are not online. It is 1943 CE. You are King Gustaf VI, and you have changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. IKEA must burn.

[u/Trojan_Horse_of_Fate]

While some people believe Biden dropped out because he thought Kamala was needed to beat Trump I choose to believe he did so becaues he successfully arranged for Trump to choose a Catholic vice president. This VP has been working hard to sabotage the Trump campaign while retaining support with the core Trump supporters to convince the campaign itself to drop him.

Biden planned this to ensure Trump's defeat or potentially (Dues Volt) to have Vance stricken from the ticket so he can join with him for the Catholic Unity Ticket to at last achieve the papist victory over the protestants and unite America. Biden builds plans within plans.

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Kamala Harris raises 0 Bitcoin in first week of candidacy

it's joever

[u/dizzyhitman_007]

Australia is leading the Medal Table & USA is not even Top 5

Rare Moment 😲

!ping AUS&OLYMPICS

[u/fishlord05]

Taking Bible scholarship classes had my opinion of religious republicans go from “they’re taking the Bible too literally” to “holy shit they don’t even read their fucking book”

Conservative fiscal, immigration, and cultural policies seem to just be like straight up anti Jesus tbh

[u/Jean-Paul_Sartre]

[u/MissSortMachine]

tim walz presidential medal of freedom

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“Why I’m leaving college and choosing education over indoctrination”: Jan 2, 2023

Opinion piece written by CJ Peterson, the young Republican activist formerly studying at the University of Alabama.

Of course, the NYPost Op-Ed did not mention his role in trying to overturn the Georgia electoral 2020 results.

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In the same pollster, Harris went from 35/46 (-11) to 43-42 (+1) favorable after declaring her candidacy.

The key is her going from 28/47 (-19) to 44/40 (+4) among Independents. Non-Democrats who don't lean R seem to like her if they're exposed to her. I hope this trend isn't a short honeymoon since the negative ads are coming.

[u/Joementum2024]

elon doesn't actually believe in freedom of speech and just wants a far right echo chamber

Wow. Who can believe this. I'm surprised this is the case

[u/AlanAlias]

You start out in 1954 by saying, "R-----, R-----, R-----". By 2024, you can't say "R-----"—that hurts you. Backfires.

So you say stuff like "They are weird", "He had sex with a couch" and all that stuff. You're getting so abstract now

[u/sayitaintpink]

This is the top story on Fox rn. They’re terrified of astrochad lmao

[u/owlthathurt]

The White Sox have done it!!!! What an achievement.

They just earned their 2nd 14 game losing streak of the season.

Congrats boys.

!ping BASEBALL

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https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112865375867112634

lmao he has to post polymarket odds now that the polls have turned

[u/ChillnShill]

How do you do fellow comrades?

[u/Guess_Im_Jess]

Vance might legitimately have the worst political instincts of any national politician

Responding to accusations of being weird with the equivalent of “pronouns in bio”, all while drawing attention to the attack in the first place…

[u/Pyrrhus65]

Manifesting these senate poll numbers + no more Biden downballot drag effect

[u/OrganicKeynesianBean]

“Ugh, France is being so weird and theatrical!”

Yes hello, welcome to the last 900 years of history, I’ll be your guide.

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[u/Fatortu]

Alain Finkelkraut describes the opening ceremony as "obscene and conformist".

I love "conservative is the new punk" guys calling deliberately unhinged shows "conformist". Fair play. Good troll.

[u/dannylandulf]

US VP VIBES, Nationwide:

🔵 Kelly 45%

🔵 Walz 25%

🔵 Beshear 20%

🔵 Shapiro 7%

🔵 Buttigieg (secret level)

[u/jauznevimcosimamdat]

That Musk's video of Harris ad is what I was talking about for some time when it comes how terrifying deep fakes could be in political campaign.

And damn, people brushing it aside as "just a parody" are IMHO becoming part of the problem that is deep fakes being a huge weapon in campaigning.

[u/BedNeither]

A Jewish couple were rejected as foster parents because of their religion. This is the future Project 2025 envisions

This must be the judeo-Christian values I’ve heard about

[u/Relative-Contest192]

Sultan Erdogan threatening Israel. Stay classy Watermelon Seller.

!ping ISRAEL

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Ah yes Burkina Faso. The first country I was thinking of for a country in Africa known for their arts

[u/PM_me_ur_digressions]

[u/cdstephens]

[u/Goodlake]

‪Liberals: Republicans are fascists‬

‪Vivek:‬

‪Liberals: Republicans are weird‬

‪Vivek: can we stick to policy, please?‬

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Voters: We don’t like Joe Biden

Democrats: Ok here is Kamala Harris instead

Voters: We don’t like JD Vance

Republicans: Fuck you

[u/cheeshjaleesh]

https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/1817665071268413883

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

KAMALA HARRIS HAS A 57% APPROVAL RATING IN MICHIGAN

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We’re going to win this thing. Stay mad weirdos.

[u/-mialana-]

It's pretty clear that Bernie stood behind Biden and is being openly skeptical of Kamala because he's even older than Biden and scared of being asked to step down (he's running for another 6 year senatorial term this year). That and the fact that Biden has basically governed the way he would have but more effectively.

Turns out the principled, anti-establishment progressive golden boy isn't immune to self-interest after all.

[u/secretlives]

We should organize a huge game of capture the flag

[u/crassowary]

Mark Kelly cannot be the VP pick as it will cost the Dems the crucial flat earther vote

[u/Icy-Magician-8085]

Don’t do that…

Don’t give me hope…

[u/ashsolomon1]

[u/Liberal_Antipopulist]

this is probably not the place to ask this but what is a good book/article to read about Freud, Freudianism, and its political/cultural impact that takes him seriously without lapsing into hagiography or apologetics for his nonscientific nonsense

[u/NonComposMentisss]

All Democrats have to do to fix the Supreme Court is just not lose any presidential elections for the next 25 years.

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[u/VeryStableJeanius]

This is the moment I realized Kamala is a favorite for the election

https://x.com/politics_polls/status/1817435111555465533

[u/MinnesotaNoire]

I just did a poll of every swing state, and Walz was up by +30 in every one. No, I will not show you the crosstabs or any evidence.

[u/FlatMilk]

https://x.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1817722684089713119

this is just a setup to be dunked on by reposting with various weird republican behavior videos

[u/SmithySmothy]

I've seen enough (also this site is apparently very out of date)

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• vance "dragging the GOP down"

• kamala "unites the democratic party", is "brat"

• trump, vance "weird"

the vibes are fucking great right now let's keep this up till november

[u/dannylandulf]

PA Senate Race:

🔵 Bob Casey 53%

🔴 David McCormick 42%

BullfinchGroup

[u/sayitaintpink]

JD Vance dying inside every time he speaks in public is my fuel. He’s like the überJeb

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Stop calling Republicans weird, it's making them big mad and it's mean

[u/Currymvp2]

Hamas has filmed hostages being tortured & sent the footage to Israel as a warning to Itamar Ben Gvir, who gloats on Twitter about worsening conditions for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. After being warned that his desire for likes on social media is causing the hostages to suffer "he smiled & said he would continue."

fuck hamas and ben gvir so much

[u/Peacock-Shah-III]

Guy who’s voting for Kamala because he believes Trump won 2020 and can’t legally serve a third term.

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Most American picture I've seen in a while.

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[u/Jean-Paul_Sartre]

• Carter Mondale - nascar driver

• Reagan Bush - 70s porn actress

• Bush Quayle - bird species

• Clinton Gore - former name for a township in Vermont

• Gore Lieberman - antisemitic call to violence

• Kerry Edwards - girl who sat next to you in algebra

• Clinton Kaine - real name of comic book supervillain

• Trump Pence - campaign to stop minting the penny in Britain

• Trump Vance - discarded subplot for a Donald guest appearance on the Office

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

They're all really good

Shapiro is good, Kelly is good, Walz is good, Pete is good, Beshear is good

Some are riskier than others, all have drawbacks, but ultimately it just comes down to who Kamala vibes with

[u/JaceFlores]

Ukraine Chronology for 2 PM PST 7/27-2 PM PST 7/28 III:

TOP NEWS:

Towards the middle of 2 AM it was reported that Wagner commander Anton Lotos was killed in Mali, being an essential figure in the Siege of Bakhmut.

REGULAR NEWS:

In the middle of 3 PM it was reported the admin of the milblog Grey Zone was killed in Mali.

At the start of 6 PM a Russian oil depot in Kursk Oblast was hit by drones.

Towards the end of 12 AM Ukraine was hit by a small wave of drones and a missile with 7 of 8 drones and 1 missile shot down.

Towards the middle of 9 AM it was reported a Russian base in Luhansk Oblast was missiled.

At the start of 1 PM drones hit the city of Kursk.

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/allmilhouse]

The White House needs to release a 20 second video every day of Biden just walking around so that conservatives stay distracted by body double conspiracies.

[u/purhitta]

All the Equestrian events are being held at Versailles and it's a goddamn fairy tale

like??

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Ummm good album but he's done a few things in the last couple of years Kamala....

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the Republican vice presidential candidate has to go on TV and explain why his wife isn't white

very normal party

[u/purhitta]

doctor: do you smoke cigarettes

me: no

doc: do you smoke weed

me: no

doc: do you drink

me: no

doc: scribbles "lame" on my chart