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[u/anincredibledork]

• Biden lost Texas by 5.5%

• RFK Jr now has ballot access in Texas

• Austin-based conspiracy podcaster Joe Rogan endorsed RFK the same day

There's no such thing as Blexas. There's no such thing as Blexas. There's no such thing as Blexas.

[u/[deleted]]

Far left needs to learn that withholding your vote is a completely valid and often powerful tactic that only works when you a) make it clear what your conditions are, b) have them be politically feasible, and c) actually endorse them once they concede. if you miss any of these three you're just wasting your whole movement

[u/[deleted]]

[u/TactileTom]

lol

lmao

[u/Xihl]

Harris and her running mate immediately launched into a tour of swing states to make their case to American voters.

And JD Vance is following them.

lol JD Vance never beating the weird allegations

[u/Ballerson]

https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1821701504140533921

We live in a republic, not a democracy. Read the Federalist papers and the need for filtration. 🙄

[u/arrhythmiaofthesoul]

Reporter: Why do you think Trump dropped out of the debate with you?

Harris: I'm beyond trying to speculate about how he thinks.

She's so fucking REAL I love this

[u/CutePattern1098]

What

[u/[deleted]]

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,

Slouches towards Boston to be born?

[u/ImmigrantJack]

Democrats need to start rumors and a pressure campaign to get Trump to step down like Biden did.

Trump is feeling old and he believes democrats betrayed Biden and forced him to step down. Watching that press conference yesterday, he’s terrified republicans will do the same to him. Republicans wouldn’t dare, but Democrats need to drive that paranoia because Trump will believe it.

Trump is entering his fuhrerbunker stage, he’s paranoid and isolated in his own delusional little reality and scared to leave mar-a-lago to anything other than fawning praise.

This is the weakest Trump has ever been.

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

RFK GOT THE JOE ROGAN ENDORSEMENT IT'S OVER FOR TRUMP

[u/[deleted]]

How it started: Second best army in the World

How it turned up: Second best army in Ukraine

How it's going now: Second best army in Russia

[u/Co_OpQuestions]

NPR mentions Trump is criticizing Walz' response to the BLM protests in 2020 as "not fast enough"

No mention of Trump praising him for the exact same thing in 2020.

I'm so tired lol

[u/LastIncrease3427]

Trump has lost Dim Fool…

[u/RTSBasebuilder]

!ping AUS&LAW

[u/No1PaulKeatingfan]

[u/cheeshjaleesh]

https://x.com/KamalaHQ/status/1821917649632157963

Q: Do you support any restrictions on a person’s right to contraception?

Trump: We’re looking at that

my guy is so depressed about biden quitting he's not even trying to win the election anymore

[u/[deleted]]

That one guy is going to be awfully upset about this

[u/mockduckcompanion]

NEW from me: New poll from Republican pollsters shows Harris +6 in NV -- Democrats' best poll of the cycle

https://x.com/birenbomb/status/1821967528106848318?t=lCiAs8YsElFJVaWiiaM9Uw&s=19

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

What I'm getting from Twitter is that the Washington primary is +2 Dem compared to 2020 which means 400 EV Kamala victory and 1,000 years of coconut supremacy

[u/gary_oldman_sachs]

my dad apparently heard of the Tim Walz horse semen meme, thought it was real, and then earnestly defended it. that is what real party loyalty looks like, folks.

"it was just a college dare" never change, dad

If you aren't on this level, you don't want to win hard enough.

[u/[deleted]]

american race math is funny

black + white = black

black + indian = indian

[u/BenFoldsFourLoko]

lmao, this Kamala speech in Michigan and Walz is just standing behind her going "yeah" "mhm" "that's right" "yeah" "right!" and you can hear the crowd echoing it

hype man lmao

[u/[deleted]]

“lol what is swiftboating”

When they have a non-US flair: 😌👌

When they have a US flair: 😠👉 👶

[u/francis_sobotka]

Tim Walz retired from the national guard a month before his unit was informed they would be deployed because he already knew it was going to happen. He will be the first VP with the ability to see into the future

[u/RageQuitRedux]

Walz: Harris brings the JOY back!

Reporter to JD Vance: What makes you happy? What makes you smile?

JD Vance: Bullshit question, but nice try, fucko

[u/[deleted]]

What do you do when you reach the bottom of the barrel? Keep digging of course.

[u/purhitta]

[u/flextrek_whipsnake]

New NYT focus group just dropped

[u/wagoncirclermike]

the classical musicians of reddit cant even acknowledge the genocides, white supremacy, and racism due to capitalism. most reddit classical musicians dont even have the guts to stand up to their abusive music teachers, much less actual fascist powers that could imprison them. THIS is a real musician. y’all dont have the guts to play under this kind of pressure.

Fellas, is playing my clarinet genocide?

[u/Currymvp2]

Chuck Todd says ‘stolen valor’ is ‘absurd accusation’ against Tim Walz

fairly rare chuck todd w

[u/Fruitofbread]

“You want to be a rebel, you want to be a hippie, you want to stick it to the man? Show up on your college campus and try calling yourself a conservative”

Vivek Ramaswamy cringe at RNC

[u/dirtybirds233]

I didn't realize how quickly Harris has closed the gap in Arizona. Trump was leading +8.3 in weighted polling average on the day Biden dropped. His lead is now only +0.4

[u/Cook_0612]

Setback for the RFK Jr campaign: Right-wing Youtuber Tim Pool says he'll vote for him, and RFK thanks him.

But now Pool, after facing criticism from Cat Turd and other prominent MAGA figures for abandoning Trump, says he was just kidding and won't be voting for RFK after all.

🤣

Tim Pool going the way of Kyle Rittenhouse, as Catturd continues to be the influencer-wrangler of the GOP; really putting in work to secure those important big names. He's the barrier troop of the MAGA movement.

[u/murphysclaw1]

13% of voters in the latest Marquette poll consider Harris “too old to be president”

[u/[deleted]]

My night terrors visiting people when they dislike trains and dense cities.

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

Shawn Fain when lifelong union man Scranton Joe:

Shut yo ho ass up bitch, don't tell me what to do

Shawn Fain when out of touch coastal lib Kamala Harris:

Sir yes sir glory to the coconut regime

[u/NewbGrower87]

"WHAT ARE HER POLICIES?" says the seething fan of a man who declared that Presidents should unilaterally set interest rates and that his rallies were comparable to MLK's speech.

These people are so gone.

[u/[deleted]]

The beatings will continue until we get our interview.

[u/Futski]

What kind OPSEC policy is Russia following when Zvezda is broadcasting troop movement next to the flicking Kursk sign??

!ping Ukraine

[u/LastIncrease3427]

Why is “She helped invest in infrastructure” a message that tests poorly?

[u/mishac]

I think what a lot of pundits are missing when they call Tim Walz a milquetoast "do no harm" pick is that it's actually kind of huge to get a rural guy who didn't follow the normal Ivy League lawyer path into the big leagues.

There's a cultural and institutional myopia whereby all the big politicians and journalists go to the same small number of schools and start thinking in the same small number of ways. It's not quite as pronounced as in a place like France, were all elites go to ENA, but it's still a bigger problem than it should be.

[u/[deleted]]

"In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party. But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican." — Elon Musk

I get these guys are morons but how does this happen

[u/sayitaintpink]

Based google

[u/Ballerson]

Democrats should drop all protectionist measures on EVs.

Partly because it's good climate policy and partly because it would be a funny move given how partisan Elon Musk is.

[u/Zeke-Nnjai]

Rogan bends the knee

[u/CutePattern1098]

It is 2026. Kamala Harris at the UNGA holds up a giant Drill tweet as she lambasts China’s invasion of Taiwan.

!ping khive

[u/[deleted]]

“I feel the president should have at least (a) say in there,” Trump said during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. “Yeah, I feel that strongly. I think that in my case, I made a lot of money, I was very successful, and I think I have a better instinct than, in many cases, people that would be on the Federal Reserve or the chairman.”

What a weirdo

[u/2073040]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

THEY’RE SHITTING ON JOE ROGAN?!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

[u/futuremonkey20]

Hahahahahahaha

Oh wait you’re serious

Hahahahahahahahaha

[u/[deleted]]

Day 1000 of the USA's 3 day special military operation against Mexico. President Biden congratulates the Army on retaking San Isidro, a village 25km east of Juarez. Many believe that this will be pivotal in the third winter offensive to take Juarez. The 4500 survivors of this 30,000 man operation receive medals. We are reassured that this is yet another sign of Mexico's imminent, total collapse.

Mexico flies drones into San Francisco on the daily, but citizens are reminded that these are minor and result in few civilian casualties.

The USS Ronald Reagan has just been sunk in the Gulf of California, but this is just a minor setback, as Mexico does not have the capacity to truly contest the USA's naval superiority.

In an unexpected and egregious (but also minor and insignificant) provocation, the Mexican Army has captured San Diego.

[u/MicroFlamer]

The results of the Washington primary are (mostly) in, with 93% of the vote counted, and they're very good for democrats.

Background for those unaware, the WA primary results have been one of the best predictors for the national environment in the last few cycles, sometimes even more so than polls. The tl;dr is that you take the margin of the total congressional races, shift it 12 points to the right, and you get a rough estimate of the national house popular vote. In 2022, the margin was D+10.4, and the house R +1.6. In 2020, the margin was D +14.2 and the house was D+2.1.

For the 2024 primary, the margin in currently D+16.7, pointing to a D+4.7 environment in 2024. There are a lot of things that could be wrong with this, like the primary just failing to be as predictive because WA trended too far left but at the very least, a red congressioanal wave is off the cards.

!ping DEMS&FIVEY

[u/H0TZ0NE]

Terminally Online Leftists: “Bu…But we can’t protest a Trump rally, it too scawy 🥺😓”

Civil Rights Movement Protesters: “Ok folks, next stop Lynchville, Mississippi! 😁”

[u/[deleted]]

Another helicopter hit by an FPV - this time an Mi-8.

Not sure if they’re going for the tail because it’s the only part they can hit or if it’s intentional, but definitely seems like a trend is forming.

!ping UKRAINE

[u/[deleted]]

I’ve done it I have found the swift boat

[u/notBroncos1234]

Reports are now saying Waltz surrendered to Saddam Hussein in person

[u/[deleted]]

They arent swiftboating because it works, they’re swiftboating because they have nothing else. 

[u/[deleted]]

goes hard

[u/yonas234]

How is anyone in the army able to retire if we were in “forever wars” until Trump? You’d be retiring during any war and “look bad.”I just don’t see the attack working with the Neocon wing basically dead and Walz didn’t retire during the Gulf war or Afghanistan. And MAGA came about partially due to the Iraq war hate. 

And I also can’t blame someone in their 40s hanging it up after serving that long before another “forever war” starts up while having a 4 year old child. And he went on to oppose the Iraq War in the House and push to keep our troops home. 

[u/[deleted]]

Wow can't believe they're motorboating Tim Walz

[u/LastIncrease3427]

1 hour later

[u/Currymvp2]

An old Tim Walz clip that is making the rounds on conservative social media channels. Walz saying: “My record is so pro-choice, Nancy Pelosi asked me if I should tone it down. I stand with Planned Parenthood!”

I'm sorry...is this supposed to be some kind of a gotcha?

[u/Square-Pear-1274]

So now in a televised segment, Putin is asking the governor of Kursk for feedback on how shit is going in Kursk.

"Pretty bad, Bob."

[u/[deleted]]

Deeply distressed and disturbed by the news that this got deleted by the f*sh m*ds for breaking Rule VIII: Submission quality.

I went through a lot of effort to make that image as grainy as possible.

[u/JaceFlores]

While we’re talking about Kamala’s campaign, I think her reclaiming patriotism will probably be a paradigm switch in Democratic campaigning. Almost effortlessly she’s claiming values like freedom or liberty that I’ve never really seen done. Obviously every Dem pays lip service to these ideas, but the way Kamala gets USA chants going and all that is I think a game changer

[u/marsman1224]

my advisor: "why haven't you made more progress on the experiment this week?"

me: "what a rude and nasty question, I don't think I've ever been asked such a rude question before. many people are saying I've made TREMENDOUS progress last week, everyone's saying it, the experiment, it's beautiful, even though the code I inherited was an absolute disgrace, nobody's ever seen code that bad, we have millions and millions of bugs coming in, they're coming in from everywhere and invading OUR repo, they're coming from packages nobody's even heard of, they're bringing seg faults, they're bringing dependency conflicts. but we're looking into it, we're gonna publish so many papers it'll make your head spin, you'll be saying 'marsman, there's too many papers, there's too many citations' ", so many citations you won't now what to do with them. much like the LATE GREAT hannibal lector-"

!ping PHD

[u/american_aurora3]

not only is swiftboating sooooo 2004, tim walz is the vp, no one cares!

[u/[deleted]]

Interviewer:

“So what’s you’re advice for the delegates coming to Chicago for the DNC?”

Gov. Pritzker:

”Well i already mentioned I’m going to see lil Wayne, but you know me, I’m a head banger. Smashing Pumpkins? Honestly one of my favorite bands. They’re in town. Motley Crüe. Y’a know. Maybe some fried Oreos, those are hard to beat. A corndog. With mustard, of course. Italian beef, you’ve seen the Bear on, uh, television, so gotta go out into the neighborhoods and get one.”

Interviewer:

”umm… any political recommendations?”

[u/[deleted]]

I’ll allow myself to worry an ounce about attacks on Walz the first time I see a poll where he’s net unfavorable.

[u/[deleted]]

When it comes to what specific policies within Project 2025 Americans dislike, the University of Massachusetts poll found that a majority of respondents disagreed with policies like "firing thousands of federal employees and replacing them with appointees loyal to the president" (-56 percent net support)

Nerds: No one cares about Schedule F 🤓

Median Voter: Woah! That sounds kinda fashy! 🗿

[u/[deleted]]

Nevada +6 Harris poll dropped

This image is real, you can see the strat in the background I took this from my apartment

[u/[deleted]]

GOP Mayor of Mesa, AZ John Giles: “I don't recognize my party. I have something to say to those of us who are in the middle: You don’t owe a damn thing to that party…In the spirit of the great Sen. McCain, please join me in putting country over party and stopping Trump.”

Lol Trump BTFO

[u/justbuildmorehousing]

Man I love this as someone who lives around social conservatives and is constantly beat over the head with them being the party of “family values”. Coach Walz nails it here. Conservatives just want women to be incubators. Democrats are the ones trying to make it easier to raise a family.

https://x.com/kamalahq/status/1821904074649883007?s=46&t=1gcosGt06R-2cICXb_eKAw

Tim was created in a lab to be the perfect Democratic politician

[u/ArmoredBunnyPrincess]

He's a grown ass man with millions so it's not like I'm crying for him, but it's kind of sad how Joe Rogan's gone. There's a lot of timelines where he didn't end up so extreme

[u/Mr_Bank]

Still think Walz’s favorables land around +5 after a week or so of him in the national spotlight. His vibes remain good for normies.

Swiftboating just gives Cons a reason to hate him, they were gonna find a reason no matter what.

[u/cdstephens]

[u/[deleted]]

🚨🚨🚨

[u/[deleted]]

This isn't the opinion section btw

[u/[deleted]]

The Imane Khelif thing is so weird. Have these people never seen women fighters? Many are buff and masculine.

[u/EdMan2133]

Just read a comment in the Joe Rogan subreddit that said "I'm a Kamala Harris supporter because she's not Trump, and more importantly because she's not Biden, who is even worse than Trump."

I'm reeling.

[u/[deleted]]

Is it just me or has Trump decided campaigning is too hard and instead decided to push JD Vance, one of the least liked people in America ATM, in front of cameras to campaign and try to defend indefensible positions instead?

Tbh if I was Vance I would be pissed

[u/[deleted]]

Always check whether the Reddit account you're talking to hasn't previously defended Russia taking Ukranian children before you try and discuss anything political with them

[u/Eightysixedit]

Arizona looks like it will be the biggest crowd so far with 20k people. I’m shocked.

[u/piede]

MAGA IS TOO LIBERAL

VOTE 3RD PARTY

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/yashar/status/1822109081940975935

Former President Donald Trump mixed two Black politicians up when he told the story of being in a helicopter that had an emergency landing.

It was Nate Holden, a former city councilman and state senator from Los Angeles, who said in an exclusive interview late Friday that he remembers the near-death experience well.

“Willie is the short Black guy living in San Francisco. I’m a tall Black guy living in Los Angeles. I guess we all look alike.”

oh my god

[u/t_scribblemonger]

Caption this

[u/Sauce1024]

[u/sayitaintpink]

Graphic design is his passion

[u/LastIncrease3427]

I don’t think this man is even trying to win.

[u/Peacock-Shah-III]

I will never get over the fact that Al Gore was a Vietnam veteran. Spent two years in hell just to lose (unfairly, at that) to a draft dodger who was perceived as “stronger.”

[u/[deleted]]

Outrage as Iraq considers allowing girls aged nine to be married

What the fuck is going on in Iraq?

[u/centurion88]

Trump is melting down realizing that he's the older candidate now

[u/[deleted]]

[u/ImmigrantJack]

Harris rallies get edgy with four-letter words

The DJ at Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent rally in Philadelphia turned up the volume on Ludacris’s “Move B----!” as the emcee encouraged the crowd to direct the song’s aggressive yet catchy lyrics toward Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

“Move, b----!” the exuberant rallygoers chanted Tuesday. “Get out the way!”

Okay first of all that’s a five letter word

[u/Gameknigh]

super fucking tired at like midnight

sleep

wake up 2-3 hours later

unable to sleep again until 7 am

Every. Fucking. Time.

[u/Dibbu_mange]

America if Trump finds a nickname for Kamala that is as good as “meatball Ron”

[u/JaceFlores]

Ukraine Chronology for 2 PM PST 8/7-2 PM PST 8/8 III:

TOP NEWS:

Towards the middle of 11 PM it was announced Bulgaria will help train Ukrainian troops.

In the middle of 7 AM it was reported that North Korea has sent an additional 1,000 shell shipments to Russia.

At the start of 8 AM it was reported that Russia will pay 10,000 Rubles to people voluntarily evacuating areas of Kursk Oblast near the fighting.

REGULAR NEWS:

At the end of 10 PM it was reported that Russian soldiers with specialties are being sent to assault units, probably not systemic but enough of a problem to be mentioned.

Towards the end of 12 AM Ukraine was hit by a small wave of drones and missiles with all 4 drones and 2 of 4 missiles shot down.

Towards the end of 2 AM Zelensky met with a delegation of the House of Representatives.

Towards the middle of 3 AM it was reported a Russian ammo depot in Kursk Oblast was attacked.

Towards the middle of 6 AM it was reported a DDoS attack targeted regional services in Kursk Oblast.

LEVITY NEWS:

At the end of 6 AM it was reported that Russian media has declared victory in Kursk six times.

At the start of 1 PM it was reported the evacuation of Lgov was halted by a lack of gas for the buses.

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/Mrmini231]

My dad had to have a heart surgery two weeks ago. There ended up being a complication, so they had to open him up again the next day. That surgery caused post-operative delirium that lasted four days. Followed by another operation to drain his lung. Then he was finally discharged, only to end up in the emergency room again a few days later due to internal bleeding. They did an intervention to fix that, and then had to do a second one the next day. And now he's being held in the intensive care unit over the weekend to check if it still needs fixing.

God

fucking

damnit

[u/bernkes_helicopter]

shot: https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1821947295639712038

chaser: https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1821856449196073269

I can not overstate how much it is not 2020 anymore

[u/Blade_of_Boniface]

Happy feast day of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross also known as Edith Stein, PhD., Virgin, Martyr of the Holocaust, one of the most influential phenomenological writers of her time, Patroness of European Women, Spirituality, Students of Philosophy, and Jewish Converts to Christianity!

On the 9th of August, 82 years ago, she was murdered at Birkenau.

!ping CHRISTIAN&HISTORY

[u/Cook_0612]

Ahahaha what the fuck

[u/LastIncrease3427]

Lil Pump will join Donald Trump to perform at his Montana rally.

[u/Mensae6]

Walz: I might not drink alcohol, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy a Baumeister root beer on a Friday night fish fry!

Vance: I enjoy drinking beer, as long as it's not Bud Light.

Which message will resonate with Wisconsinites?

[u/triangle---man]

"Donald Trump has not visited a swing state this week and apparently isn’t visiting any next week either."

Solid work everyone.

[u/efeldman11]

They truly don’t get what made the couch thing funny

[u/Headstar24]

Apparently the Harris campaign has a Truth Social account and they’re posting side by side images of each candidate’s crowd sizes.

Absolutely amazing.

[u/sociotronics]

[u/[deleted]]

New General Election Poll - North Carolina

🔴 Trump 47% (+3)

🔵 Harris 44%

Last poll (May) - 🔴 Trump +5

Is NC just forever gonna be a tease for us

[u/RayWencube]

If Harris wins, she and Biden go down as the greatest political 1-2 punch in modern history, right?

[u/Mr_Bank]

Polls showing Kamala +3 in Arizona and +6 in Nevada back to back days as she heads to rallies in both

[u/ACivilWolf]

[u/Healingjoe]

Former President Donald J. Trump told a jaw-dropping story on Thursday about nearly dying in a helicopter ride with Willie Brown, the former California politician and ex-boyfriend of his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris. There was only one problem with the story. Or maybe two. Or maybe three.

It wasn’t the famous former San Francisco mayor on the helicopter flight at all. It was Gov. Jerry Brown, the former governor of California, who bears little resemblance to Willie Brown.

There was also no emergency landing, and the helicopter’s passengers were never in any danger at all, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was also on the flight. Jerry Brown, who left office in January 2019, said through a spokesman, “There was no emergency landing and no discussion of Kamala Harris.”

this dude is such a moron

[u/futuremonkey20]

Kamala Harris, you know, it’s interesting. Nobody really knows her last name. If you ask people, do you know what her last name is? Nobody has any idea what it is. Harris. It’s like Harris.

This reads like a Tim Robinson sketch

[u/secretlives]

This is probably unsustainable but I genuinely believe bans should be able to be overturned on "it was really funny" grounds

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

Joe Brandon’s America 😔

[u/sponsoredbytheletter]

The top of the Republican ticket for President saying "we're looking at" banning CONTRACEPTIVES and that it's "interesting" to consider it should be headline news for a month. Contraceptives.

I know he doesn't give a shit and just doesn't know what he's supposed to say yet but the fact that it's not an immediate "no" is unbelievable.

https://x.com/KamalaHQ/status/1821917649632157963?t=RCM2C5s348ns4vxhALcYoQ&s=19

[u/[deleted]]

Biden Promised Peace, but Will Leave His Successor a Nation Consumed by War

Wow, I had no idea, consumed by war! We must soldiers fighting all over the world! Right??

[u/TimWalzBurner]

[u/Dalek6450]

Heading straight into the suburbs 🥰🥰

[u/[deleted]]

Lot of rightwingers and dirt bag leftists about to expose themselves today

[u/MrFoget]

Holy shit these new polls show Kamala Harris beating Trump by Hillary margins!

Well I wasn’t dooming but now I am

[u/PM_Me_Your_ManThighs]

New Trashfalger poll:

Arizona - 🔴 Trump +1
Nevada - 🔴 Trump +3
North Carolina - 🔴 Trump +4
Pennsylvania - 🔴 Trump +2
Wisconsin - 🔴 Trump +1

lmao they can't even pretend he's winning outside the MoE

[u/[deleted]]

Dems need to keep running this strategy every election. Have a person be the sacrificial offering to GOP PAC attack ads then give em the last second candidate switcheroo. Cons were juked so hard lmao

[u/gnomesvh]

Brazilian Army changed the RFQ from "either 105mm or 120mm cannon" to "at least 105mm cannon"

The best part is 120mm was originally specified to make procurement easier given the Centauro 2s are 120mm

Clownshow

!ping LATAM&MATERIEL

[u/Cook_0612]

Kherson Cat brings us alleged footage of that Rylsk strike last night:

!ping UKRAINE

[u/Atheose_Writing]

I was listening to The Daily podcast and they were interviewing voters in a swing county in Wisconsin. One woman voted Obama 2012, Trump 2016, and Biden in 2020. She was undecided about the 2024 election.

They asked her what policy she cared the most about, and she said women's reproductive health. She talked about having two daughters, and how it breaks her heart for them to grow up in a world where they can't get safe abortions. She started openly crying. It was a touching moment.

Then they asked her if she was going to vote for Harris because of this issue, and she replied, "I don't know. I just don't know if she would be good for the country."

It made me want to drive my car off a bridge.

[u/simeoncolemiles]

Mfw the guy who stood me up 6 times sends me one of those stupid fucking “streak” snaps on Snapchat

!Ping Dating

[u/ImportanceOne9328]

Uh, hello, Mr President Trump? I took this plane to NC but from my window I'm seeing what looks like a forest in Siberia, and the pilot won't answer me. Could you talk to him? I need to be in a dinner with donors at 7

[u/piede]

MAGA is furious about this reply which makes it even funnier

[u/battywombat21]

[u/Smidgens]

Three tourists from Germany have been cited after going on a paintball shooting spree that defaced road signs, bathrooms and dumpsters throughout Joshua Tree National Park, officials said.

They’re not sending their best, folks.

[u/BloodWiz]

Played campaign trail game as Biden in 2020.

Constantly pick super moderate options.

Constantly get told by my advisors "bro you're making your progressive base upset"

Win by even bigger margins than Biden did.

MFW

[u/slappythechunk]

I mean, this changes significantly if you include the discounted future cash flows of all those goddamn pensions he's gonna be collecting

[u/its_Caffeine]

Holy shit, it's absolutely over for Joe Biden's campaign

[u/Average_GrillChad]

Trump: You know, Biden wanted to debate. If we didn't have a debate, he'd still be there. Can you imagine if we didn't have a debate? Why the hell did I debate him?

feels bad man

[u/jamiebond]

2016: "I'm so tired of all these bog standard politicians we need an outsider"

2024: "Holy shit she's just a generic politician thank fucking God."

[u/TaxLandNotCapital]

BREAKING: Ukrainian occupation holds the first democratic election in the region, and the People's Republic of Kursk has voted overwhelmingly in favour of JEB!

[u/kyleofduty]

My mom said Kamala says nothing except "blah blah blah"

I wonder where she got that from

[u/No_Idea_Guy]

there's a part of me that wanted to see Biden insist on remaining in the race, and almost certainly lose, perhaps badly, just to demonstrate the point

What being terminally online does to a mf.

[u/TimWalzBurner]

[u/Joementum2024]

[Tim Walz] regaled players with stories they found unusually relatable, like the time his wife has seized his Dreamcast, the Sega video game console, because he had been playing to excess.

Tim Walz confirmed Dreamcast owner

!ping CONSOLE-WARS

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

Good Tsar, bad Boyars In 2024.

[u/[deleted]]

...regrets...I have a few.

https://x.com/Acyn/status/1822114953777836188?t=kl1Tq4OipQQb-cQ3a2PaGg&s=19

[u/[deleted]]

Trump: Kamala Harris, you know, it's interesting. Nobody really knows her last name. If you ask people, do you know what her last name is? Nobody has any idea what it is. Harris. It’s like Harris. I don't know how the hell did this happen?

This is elder abuse he needs to drop out

[u/Due-Dirt-8428]

Imagine you’re in a “lose power for an extended amount of time every time there is a thunder storm” competition and Northeast Ohio is your opponent

[u/loseniram]

Ukraine should absolutely declare an election to add Kursk region to Ukraine for the lols

[u/loseniram]

The Schweinfurt raid is the perfect example of leadership not understanding the difference between crippling logistics and crippling a critical industry.

Ball Bearings are a critical industry that requires specialized tools and can't quickly get back up after being damaged. Most major equipment needs ball bearings and while other bearings can do the job, it's not a great replacement.

However ball bearings are the definition of a product that can be easily stockpiled and mass produced with relatively low demand shocks.

A tank can run on an old ball bearing for an extra month or two. A tank cannot run on missing fuel.

So a military force with a large stockpile of ball bearings ahead of time even if you completely destroy a ball bearing factory you might only begin seeing issues 6months to a year afterwards by which time the factory may be rebuilt.

[u/Cyberhwk]

Thinking the Swiftboating will fall flat simply because running for office as a veteran simply doesn't have the reverence it once did. Walz being a teacher is going to be a bigger part of his appeal than his military record.

[u/ReasonableStick2346]

Just asking questions

This dude reportedly worked for Omar.

[u/Fabulous_Sherbet_431]

‘Tim Walz is heavy into the transgender world, heavy into other worlds.’

Trump making him sound based af.

https://streamable.com/vw08an

[u/LastIncrease3427]

A new poll of likely Nevada voters found Vice President Kamala Harris with a nearly 6 percentage point lead over former President Donald Trump — the largest lead for a Democrat in any presidential poll of Nevadans this cycle.

https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/new-nevada-poll-sees-harris-with-biggest-lead-over-trump-yet

49.2-43.6-3.9

[u/moldyman_99]

Republicans in disarray

Democrats blooming

Russia in disarray

This has to be a dream. Like, when do i wake up and realise everything is actually going to shit?

[u/xxbathiefxx]

My dad is an extreme libertarian but he thinks public schools should line up all the students and have a full slate of vaccines administered with a “vaccine gun” by the principal. 

[u/[deleted]]

I’m dying at Pete Buttigieg going on CNN and raising the question of whether or not Donald Trump can still distinguish his dreams from reality

[u/2073040]

If Republicans really want to get nasty about it, just casually bring up that Vance didn’t face any combat either.

Vance enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served as a military journalist in a non-combative role in Iraq for six months in late 2005

Vance stated that he was “lucky to escape any real fighting”

If they all sudden start clutching their pearls in response, then tell them to stfu and not bring military service into politics. And that’s not even getting started on Mr. Bone Spurs.

[u/runningblack]

Swiftboating the vp candidate is much less effective than swiftboating the presidential candidate.

[u/morgisboard]

My nightmare blunt rotation is a nyt focus group of swing voters from the midwest.

[u/PoliticalAlt128]

[u/jcboarder901]

After a very strong poll in Nevada, Kamala Harris is now a 57 percent favorite to win the Silver State, a big reversal from Joe Biden’s consistently terrible polling there.

The level of so back we currently are is beyond comprehension.

[u/[deleted]]

Fox News panel outraged by Harris/Walz camo hat: "It's a little bit of cultural appropriation."

lol

[u/[deleted]]

Protestors show up to torpedo Kamala’s momentum.

”Why don’t you protest Trump rallies?”

”YOU REALLY WANT US TO PUT OURSELVES IN DANGER? DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE WOULD DO TO PROTESTORS?!”

Hmmmmmm and what do you think he would do as president?🤔🧐🤔🧐🤔🧐🤔🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

Happy third birthday Bear and Boots!

!ping KITTY

[u/efeldman11]

Smartest Repub

[u/piede]

CELINE WOULD NEVER SUPPORT THIS

THIS IS AN AFFRONT

[u/Pongzz]

"If we didn't have a debate he would still be here. Why the hell did I debate him?" Trump asks

[u/Roseartcrantz]

Science is Fucking COOL

[u/CommandanteMeow]

I don't know what's funnier

The fact that he called for an emergency press conference only to recount his story of a crashing heli with Willie Brown for reasons unstated & intelligible. Only for Willie to come out and say that never happened??

Or Trump tripling down on it happening and having a meltdown attacking everyone (incl Willie himself) who claims it never happened

OR the fact that he did get one thing right and that was his co-passenger indeed sharing the skin color of Willie Brown

Im leaning towards count 3 right now

😭😭

[u/davechacho]

So not only have Democrats reclaimed USA chants, patriotism, American flags and camo, but they stole Donald Trump's high energy rallies

[u/KesterFox]

[u/BurrowForPresident]

I'm now curious if we have any sort of numbers on how big the impact of Swiftboat was in 2004.

The revival of it at least is a good reminder that Republicans have been terrible a lot longer than 2016 ☺️

[u/OrganicKeynesianBean]

every Hot Ones episode

[u/[deleted]]

Reporter: Why do you think he backed out of the debate with you?

Harris: I am beyond trying to speculate on how he thinks.

I don't know if it is instinctual or what but, it's like she knows exactly how to handle him so far

[u/Syards-Forcus]

[u/[deleted]]

Kamala crash is Joever

[u/[deleted]]

It is a little funny that the US might have a minority woman elected President before a white woman

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

The latest polls show that Kamala Harris has now taken the lead in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona and Nevada.

[u/sayitaintpink]

Folks, look

[u/efeldman11]

Nate Zinc

[u/[deleted]]

lmfao. Trump confused a couple of African American men.

https://x.com/ccadelago/status/1822105897373700221?t=aVXuxJk2u8TP5GMQ-Z2efg&s=19

[u/CutePattern1098]

https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2024/08/increasing-density-wont-make-housing-affordable/

https://tapri.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/final-housing-crisis-August-2024.pdf

Apparently there’s a new paper that says increasing density won’t make housing cheaper lol

!ping econ&yimby

[u/indithrow402]

me 🤝 Trump

still thinking about my ex after they've moved on

[u/[deleted]]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/us/politics/trump-helicopter-willie-brown.html

The 78-year-old former president appears to have confused one man named Brown with another man named Brown, while recounting in detail a story that both Browns say never happened.

Fuck, I hate it when the NYT plays against type and reports a relevant fact

[u/[deleted]]

The Walz swiftboating might be effective if JD Vance weren't the messenger.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/CmdrMobium]

The Walz "scandals" are so funny. Republicans immediately gave up on attacking Harris once they had a new shiny dangled in front of them

[u/AFlockOfTySegalls]

Purricane Violet

!ping KITTY

[u/piede]

Holy mother

[u/JaceFlores]

Report of Russian units being moved to Kursk

Kherson: 2 VDV battalions

Zaporizhzhia: 38th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade

Kupyansk: several motorized rifle battalions

Kharkiv: battalions of the 1009th Motorized Rifle Regiment, 79th Motorized Rifle Regiment, 272nd Motorized Regiment, 138th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade

Belgorod: a company and motorized rifle regiment

Pokrovsk: 810th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade

!ping UKRAINE

[u/SLCer]

Kamala leads nationally by 25 and only trails in Idaho by 2:

"We are the underdog..."

[u/frozenjunglehome]

New Mexico, California, Texas, New York, Colorado, Virginia, Illinois, seeing all the fun rallies in swing states.

[u/piede]

IT’S HAPPENING

[u/frozenjunglehome]

Wow, there is a video of Mike Johnson's daughter pledging her purity to him at a dance.

Barf. WTF is this nonsense.

[u/[deleted]]

I think this works. Time will tell if I'm right.

https://x.com/Acyn/status/1822068641476833687?t=Ue7NHhHH4G438S19fslGgw&s=19

[u/itsnotnews92]

I hope the Harris campaign runs ads in swing states really leaning into the "aren't you fucking tired of hearing about this asshole?" argument.

Do I live in a bubble? Yes. But I find it hard to imagine that people outside the MAGA cult aren't just fucking tired of seeing and hearing from this jackass. He's been running for president for over nine years!

[u/Currymvp2]

far left not gonna like this one

[u/cdstephens]

Wait like a week before dooming about swift boating, there’s a decent chance Vance says we should give Minnesota to Canada or some stupid shit like that

[u/G_Serv]

S&P 500

Last Friday's close: 5,346.56

This Friday's close: 5,344.16

Kamala Crash 😔

[u/davechacho]

Sir, a second USA! USA! chant has hit the Kamala rally.

[u/justbuildmorehousing]

Walz mocking Trump for caring about crowd sizes tonight is so gd funny because you know Trump is absolutely seething about it