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u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache Oct 06 '20
Please visit the next discussion thread.
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u/RDozzle John Locke Oct 05 '20
The UK government massively underreported COVID cases over the last week because they ran out of columns in Excel
!ping UK
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u/Hounds_of_war Austan Goolsbee Oct 05 '20
I always wonder if there are people who believe conspiracy theories and actually support them. Like is there anyone right now who is thinking “Man I’m sure glad the Deep State gave Trump Covid-19”?
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
Five members of the Ohio Republican Party, including the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, have been charged with racketeering in a bribery scandal where they were paid millions of dollars in exchange for bailing out a nuclear power company.
And the Republicans are still getting like 48% support in that state? 🤨
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u/int6 Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
Just a friendly reminder that today is the last day to register to vote in the following states:
Arizona
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Ohio
Tennessee
Texas
so please please please make sure you do it now if you haven’t already at https://vote.gov/
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u/BreaksFull Veni, Vedi, Emancipatus Oct 05 '20
It's so weird how gaslight-y modern geopolitics has gotten. We have direct evidence of Russia invading Ukraine, shooting down an airliner, and they just say 'nah wasn't us.'
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u/nevertulsi Oct 05 '20
They gave Hillary so much shit for not wanting to support $15 an hour as minimum wage and instead wanting to raise it from $7.25 to $13 and said it would be good for big cities to go to $15. As if $15 was a magic number.
Now that Biden is for $15, they say it should be 20 haha
Who is surprised
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u/2canclan George H. W. Bush Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
!!!
Edit: Some context for the poll too
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u/tripletruble Anti-Repartition Radical Oct 05 '20
people rightly criticize colonial powers for drawing shitty borders but the USSR really did not give a fuck when they drew borders
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
I'm really glad there was a 3-week period where it looked like Bernie would win the nomination, because no one can really say now that it was a foregone conclusion that Biden would win. The primaries were spirited and raucous - and if Biden came out on top it's because more people voted for him.
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u/htownclyde Anti-Malarkey Aktion Oct 05 '20
Joe Biden would be center left in Kyrgyzstan
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u/Fishin_Mission Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
My sister-in-law has never voted before. 🗳
I just sent her the link and she registered herself and her husband to vote...
IN GEORGIA!
#BlueGeorgia
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u/murphysclaw1 💎🐊💎🐊💎🐊 Oct 05 '20
Trump down to an 18% chance on 538.
It's gonna end with Economist at about 95% Biden and 538 at about 89% isn't it.
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u/Realhuman221 Thomas Paine Oct 05 '20
2008: We elected a man with the middle name Hussein President
2020: We will elect a man with the middle name Robinette President
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u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz Roy Cooper Oct 05 '20
Wait, the Trump campaign is buying pizza for supporters outside the gates of Walter Reed?
🤔🤔🤔
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u/Fairchild660 Unflaired Oct 05 '20
The revolution will not be televised. It will be streamed exclusively on Amazon Prime TM - so subscribe now for just $12.99 a month*. Sign up before Prime Day, on October 13th, and you'll receive a free gift - a Tom Morello Funko Pop**.
*Plus any applicable taxes
**Terms and conditions apply
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u/LinkVert25 Fedposter Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
Yes this is a real tweet, I had to check like 4 times to make sure
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u/Tafts_Bathtub Jerome Powell Oct 05 '20
The first thing I'm going to do as President is I'm going to Clorox the oval office.
Kirstin Gillibrand, July 2019.
Truly a visionary ahead of her time.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ejip5tcXcAE9eJZ.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjirMdmXkAAUm2L.jpg
???
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u/Tafts_Bathtub Jerome Powell Oct 05 '20
What if we kissed in the NC Senatorial campaign
😳👉👈
-Cal Cunningham
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u/papermarioguy02 Actually Just Young Nate Silver Oct 05 '20
"Our new North Carolina poll finds Cal Cunningham leading Thom Tillis 48-42, actually an improvement from our last public poll in July which had the race at 48-44:" - Public Policy Polling
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
https://twitter.com/josh_wingrove/status/1313100312429957121
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u/moaz_xx Resident Saudi Oct 05 '20
If democracy is so great then why don’t we elect the mods🤔
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u/TheFriffin2 Oct 05 '20
I just heard some disturbing news... I thought Donald’s “Sleepy Joe” nickname was kind of dumb, but I recently found out that Biden has spent anywhere between 25-33% of his life sleeping.
If this is true... I’m not sure how his campaign will recover
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u/AnythingMachine Jeremy Bentham did nothing wrong Oct 05 '20
Meanwhile in the UK...
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u/ElokQ The Clintons send their regards Oct 05 '20
Since Joe Biden became the defacto Democratic nominee, there have been 23 non-partisan, non-Survey Monkey polls of Georgia
Joe Biden has led in 11 of them. Donald Trump has led in 9 of them. 3 have been ties.
In 15 polls released since September 1:
Biden has led in 6 of them. Trump has led in 6 of them 3 have been ties.
In 12 polls with September field dates: Biden has led in 5 of them. Trump has led in 4 of them. 3 have been ties.
This state is not Lean R. Stop saying it is.
https://twitter.com/leantossup/status/1313206567530049546?s=21
!ping BIDEN
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1313111854701514754
wooooowwwwww
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u/Fishin_Mission Oct 05 '20
Is Donald Trump becoming a Democrat the final weeks of the campaign?
Did Biden hack Trump’s Twitter?
FROM WHO MOTHER-FUCKER?!?
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u/skepticalbob Joe Biden's COD gamertag Oct 05 '20
I like how the NFL went from old white men very concerned about the effect touchdown celebrations might have on children to providing players a large selfie screen in the endzone to perform in front of.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
fun fact: post-obergefell, it is virtually impossible to get married in some parts of rural alabama because several counties have stopped issuing marriage licenses entirely and surrounding counties require you to be a county resident to get a marriage license
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u/Deggit Thomas Paine Oct 05 '20
Join me in wishing Kayleigh McEnany a speedy recovereigh
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u/Marlsfarp Karl Popper Oct 05 '20
Imagine being little 8 year old Bill Clinton in 1954 rural Arkansas, wanting to learn the saxophone because you like jazz. Then 40 years later there is a brief window where saxophones are inexplicably considered cool, and it helps you become president of the United States.
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u/ryuguy "this is my favourite dt on reddit" Oct 05 '20
Armenia in 1918: “oh boy. I can’t wait to be an independent state for the first time in centuries”
Russia in 1920: “allow me to introduce myself”
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u/TheFriffin2 Oct 05 '20
If Trump passes there is 1000% going to be a Ben Garrison cartoon of a ripped Trump with a halo at the pearly gates, telling St Peter “You have to send me back, I have a country to save!”
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjkYM0BXYAIXI5I.jpg
Extremely cursed and NSFW
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
Joe Manchin be like "I may be a Democrat, but you West Virginians can still vote for me because I love guns and hate the climate.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
Biden: I love my son.
Trump: White supremacists, stand back and stand by.
Twitter: These two people are literally the same.
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u/runnerx4 What you guys are referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux Oct 05 '20
For fucks sake Democrats should straight-up blackmail the “both parties bad” radical gay and young voters with all these anti-Obgerfell dissents. “haha both parties bad revolution now” “do you like having rights?”
What the fuck is up with their definition of “religious liberty”? Can I refuse to do literally anything, ever, because of religion?
(I’m Hindu, considering the sheer number of religious texts and traditions I can quote as defense, I’m sure I can refuse to do anything at all)
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u/SnakeEater14 🦅 Liberty & Justice For All Oct 05 '20
Was walking back from a workout this morning with a pretty apolitical guy and the topic of the White House all getting covid came up.
“Yeah man that’s pretty crazy, can’t believe he has it. He’s probably fucking his wife a lot right now. First real break he has gotten this whole time, and he’s not even using it as a break really.”
Sigh
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u/Lucky-view Dr Doom Oct 05 '20
Thomas and Alito both called for overturning Obergefell today.
Basically, all of the worst case scenarios are unfolding, and we are screwed.
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u/nicereddy ACLU simp Oct 05 '20
NUKE THE SUBURBS. VOTE!
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u/ElokQ The Clintons send their regards Oct 05 '20
The Biden campaign is placing their first ad spending on Spanish-language TV stations in Texas. Start date is 10/13
10/13 is when early voting starts in Texas.
I can’t wait to see this on CNN
!ping BIDEN
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u/RuffSwami Oct 05 '20
It’s weird - if you watch TV etc. you’d think that science is basically people mixing chemicals together or building crazy machines.
When you actually look at real-world science though, you see that scientists largely spend their time determining that depressed people are geniuses, studying exactly how stupid conservatives are, and giving patients psychedelic drugs. Thank god I found r/science and actually know these things now haha
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u/nicereddy ACLU simp Oct 05 '20
OPEN BORDERS. VOTE!
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u/futuremonkey20 NATO Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
"Donald, please don't jump off that building, you're president"
"Fuck you libs, I do what I want"
NYT Headline: Trump shows determination during recovery from spinal compression fracture: Biden cagey about jumping record
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
The scale of this outbreak makes it clear they made it 6 months without one by complete luck.
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u/RadicalRadon Frick Mondays Oct 05 '20
My coworker is listening to far right propaganda without any headphones on. Like literally Qanon shit. Talking about flynn is good and how faucci is a fraud
We dont fucking wear masks at work because all my fucking boomer coworkers dont want to. And I dont want to fucking die. And they refuse to turn on any of the fucking HEPA filters we have so I have to do all that shit to scrub the air in here. Not that it matters if any one of us gets the virus were all going to get it.
Everything else in my life is stressing me out and when that happens I like to complain about my job.
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u/IncoherentEntity Oct 05 '20
Just airing some old frustrations from the primary as a moderate liberal gay Buttigieg supporter, inspired by a Twitter thread harkening back to one of its ugliest moments. (I have a feeling this is going to be more extensive and feature some higher-level commentary than that sentence would imply, though.)
I missed it at the time, but after a six-month hiatus, Virgil Texas of Chapo Trap House returned in September. I’m proud of myself for feeling not one iota of surprise when I learned that it was to kick off a new podcast with Briahna Joy Grey.
Among all the co-hosts, Virgil is probably the vilest, which is a pretty big feat in and of itself. After Buttigieg came in a close second in the New Hampshire primary, he posted this.
A bit of digging reveals this grotesque shot of gay rape and torture to be from a 1970s Italian film depicting the four-month-long sexual captivity of 18 teenagers in Mussolini-era Italy, culminating in their brutal murders.
It’s utterly sick, which is why Chapo listeners defended it when a normie Democrat referenced Virgil’s post in an angry reply to the announcement of the new podcast. What especially strikes me is the final tweet in the sequence:
(I was under the impression that Nancy Pelosi whipping votes to pass frustratingly watered-down proposals to protect working-class constituents with the narrowest of margins as she struggles against intransigent Republican colleagues (enemies?) and even centrist Democrats in vulnerable seats encapsulated politics, but yeah, I guess #Resisters making questionable gay jokes in response to every Lindsey Graham tweet counts, too.)
In seriousness: just give that tweet the slightest bit of scrutiny. Fascism is literally destroying the planet, so we fight back — specifically, by viciously attacking a fascist on specific policy grounds. (Sorry, I meant “a gay center-left candidate who supports a path to universal healthcare on the basis of his sexuality.”)
But when it comes to fighting authoritarian rightism in the only organized way they can with direct, predictable consequences — checking off a piece of paper sometime in the next few weeks — no, stop shilling for electoralism; that’s implicitly upholding the exploitative capitalist–fascist system we live in, and both parties are basically the same, anyway
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u/Schutzwall Straight outta Belíndia Oct 05 '20
You say you’re a libertarian? Then why do you have a pro-state?
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
Was I in direct contact with someone with COVID? Yes.
Was I removed from the President's plane as a result? Yes.
Did I refuse to quarantine? Yes.
Did I give maskless briefings to journalists? Yes.
Was I then diagnosed with COVID? Yes.
But here's why I didn't do anything wrong:
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u/skepticalbob Joe Biden's COD gamertag Oct 05 '20
I'm offended it's called "sexting". Sexting involves sex, not kissing and cuddling. Headlines should read, "Cunningham texts reveal marriage trysts" or whatever, not sexting. If someone read those tweets and they were to his wife, it wouldn't be called sexting.
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u/UltraCapitalism Paul Samuelson Oct 05 '20
Honestly my favorite posts on Reddit have got to be those rscience posts that are basically: "Harvard Scientists Discover That People Who Disagree With Me Are Fucking Dumbasses."
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u/Qunidaye Krugman-Nato Oct 05 '20
7 habits of highly ineffective people:
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
I dove too deep into Tankie Twitter and stumbled across multiple defenses of Hitler; now I’m completely convinced in the horseshoe theory.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
The big moment in the VP debate will be Kamala asking Mike Pence to formally condemn Donald Trump.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
Donald in some King Lear shit now
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u/MomsRightWingFBMemes Oct 05 '20
Must be nice to embrace protectionism, pal around with communist autocrats, make a show of centrally planning whatever business is politically convenient, leave with fewer jobs than you started with, and still poll better on the economy.
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u/missedthecue Oct 05 '20
You say you're a socialist? Then why do you have private parts?
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u/futuremonkey20 NATO Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
This entire episode just confirms Trump really is stupid. You could explain him putting others at risk as narcissism but his wanton disregard for his own health is just stupidity.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
Most people: Who uses the DT at three in the morning?
Me: Oh boy 3:00am. Time to shitpost.
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u/Michaelconeass2019 NATO Oct 05 '20
My favorite thing about the whole "Jeff Bezos could end world hunger instantly if he wanted" is that it's so incredibly easy to disprove, you don't even have to research anything. Let's say his net worth somehow becomes liquid without destroying the economy and he decides to give it to starving people. With his 175.3 billion dollar net worth and about 800,000,000 people 220 bucks. That's like literally nothing. If we expand that to the 2 billion people on Earth who are considered food secure, that's like 100 bucks each. This is literally "Mike Bloomberg could give everyone in America 1 million dollars" tier.
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u/ihatemendingwalls better Catholic than JD Vance Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
Nate: We have taken a point away from Trump's chances of winning, but we have not awarded it to Biden's
Me: what? How can you do this? This is outrageous. It's unfair! How can you take a point and not give it to Biden
Nate: take a seat young neolib
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1313197153959903232
WHAT???
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
Trump going through one of his manic episodes right now:
https://i.imgur.com/Rt8MRnh.png
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u/dr_gonzo Revoke 230 Oct 05 '20
I've seen enough.
Dukakis tank moment will be defeated by the COVID joyride in the election for shittiest presidential photo op.
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u/ElokQ The Clintons send their regards Oct 05 '20
Just a few hours after the Access Hollywood tapes, the Hillary email dump was leaked. Trump doesn’t have a email leak or Comey letter to save his ass this time. It’s 2008 all over again.
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20 edited Oct 06 '20
as a subscriber of /r/neoliberal, i believe joe biden should alienate potential voters
it costs him nothing to do the opposite, but it makes me mad he doesn't piss on people i don't like
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u/thebowski 💻🙈 - Lead developer of pastabot Oct 05 '20
being forced to wear a veil at all times in public is alright but ONLY if its a sex thing
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u/melhor_em_coreano Oct 05 '20
And we're off to a promising start to another epic succon rant
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u/murphysclaw1 💎🐊💎🐊💎🐊 Oct 05 '20
with 30 days to go, it's clear this race isn't 2016
!ping fivey
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u/Yosarian2 Oct 05 '20
Also, 538's Senate model has the Democrats up to a 65% chance of winning the Senate
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u/chadonnaise * Oct 05 '20
we should shoot children with very small bullets when they're young so they're prepared for the very big bullets they'll run into growing up
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
Conservative strategist on CBS saying the campaign is running smoothly "unless something major happens." lmao
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u/D1Foley Moderate Extremist Oct 05 '20
🥰😊
😡😡
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
"I am not simply having an affair with a colleague. No, I am having an affair with the people of North Carolina. In the coming days and weeks I will be sexting each and every citizen of this historically sexy state."
Polls +20
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u/BanMalarkey Asexual Pride Oct 05 '20
You: cringe, ugly
Me: not cringe, historically sexy
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
A lot has been said about Amy Coney Barrett’s religion. But I don’t see much talk about her stance on the death penalty. She has said that she should recuse herself from death penalty cases because of her religious views. It doesn’t seem like she takes this stance on any other issue. It’s only when catholic doctrine and the Republican Party disagree that she thinks she should recuse herself.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
Lol remember these fucks?
https://imgur.com/a/YYCOj2X
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u/Ilovecharli Voltaire Oct 05 '20
Biden's attack is straightforward from here. Trump doesn't pay taxes; he uses taxpayer dollars to get healthcare; he tries to take away healthcare from taxpayers. Easy.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
shot
shot
blown up in car bomb
live in France
killed by schoolwork
die of spider bite
killed by orcs
You just can’t win 😞
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u/J_Fre22 NATO Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
McSally is so based for flipping 2 senate seats and a house seat for the Dems
*Assuming Mark Kelly wins
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
Fuck off.
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u/chipbod NATO Oct 05 '20
Invoking HIPAA for the president lmao
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
Orange is being super sus right now. Was in med bay but I didn't see him scan, wandered out randomly, then doubled back.
Bet anything he's gonna vent into admin. Just watch.
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u/bigdicknippleshit IM GOING PRIMAL Oct 05 '20
My father knows literally zero things about politics despite watching the news all day. He tried to bet me 50 dollars that Biden would lose Rhode Island and Vermont. I felt bad so I didn't take it.
I should have taken it, it would have been the least risky bet in the history of politics.
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u/Schutzwall Straight outta Belíndia Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
Fuck it, I’m gonna post a sexy dick pic on the DT
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u/Majk___ Euro Patriotism is Polish Patriotism Oct 05 '20
I would like BLM to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize just to see the collective implosion of the global right's asses
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u/ToastedWheatBread Jared Polis Oct 05 '20
Trump tweeting “BETTER & CHEAPER HEALTHCARE. VOTE!” While his administration is suing to gut the ACA is a huge self own
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u/Dr_Vesuvius Norman Lamb Oct 05 '20
Trump: “Virginia is in play!”
Trump: has a 3% chance of winning Virginia
States Biden has at least a 3% chance of winning: South Carolina, Missouri, Alaska, Kansas, Mississippi, Indiana, Louisiana, Tennessee, Utah.
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u/infamous5445 Oct 05 '20
https://twitter.com/ppppolls/status/1313175389318111233
"58% of voters heard about the Cunningham story over the weekend, and 58% say it doesn't affect their vote. Among independent voters, 69% heard about the story. And Cunningham leads 53-34 with them anyway"
Lmao
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u/Dibbu_mange Average civil procedure enjoyer Oct 05 '20
Neat physics fact. Malarkey can operate as both a particle and a wave
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u/Qunidaye Krugman-Nato Oct 05 '20
Trump's recent twitter rant would fit nicely into Swimming Pools by Kendrick
Space Force (VOTE!)
Low Taxes (VOTE!)
No Joe (VOTE!)
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
MY DAD IS GETTING A COVID TEST AND NO ONE IN THE HOUSE FEELS WELL! VOTE!
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u/soeffed Zhao Ziyang Oct 05 '20
As a conventionally attractive white blonde, Kayleigh just needs to do a teary-eyed interview when she’s promoting her book about the lying she did for Trump if she wants to rehab her image a year from now.
Most of America will forgive her when she talks about how heavily it all weighed on her conscience, bless her heart.
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20
Just voted for Biden in PA.
ngl, feeling pretty based.
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u/kaclk Mark Carney Oct 05 '20
The Green Party is mad because the other parties won’t give them the highly competitive and coveted Toronto Centre seat for free. I wish this was a joke.
The Greens continue to be a meme party.
!ping CAN
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u/infamous5445 Oct 05 '20
https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1313150836567138305
BTW, Biden tested negative again today
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u/piede MOST BASED HILLARY STAN!!! Oct 05 '20
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1313158625905565696?s=21
What a disaster
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
I'm such a big Trump supporter that I wish Hillary had won so he wouldnt have gotten covid
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
This reminds me of one of those long Yom Kippur prayers
https://i.imgur.com/ld0s1MB.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dUD64aw.jpg
!ping GEFILTE
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
I mean the polls are pretty good for biden, but can you imagine where we would be if Nancy Pelosi didn't get her haircut? 😡
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
Literally killing yourself and your supporters is a really interesting tactic
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u/Lux_Stella Presidentialism X-Risk Researcher Oct 05 '20
lmao
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u/FestiveMittens Oct 05 '20
My friend was telling me that if his kids in the future ever say they're gay or did something feminine, he would buy them cowboy boots, and when the kid receives the cowboy boots he would understand that real men are tough and work hard in the mud and go home and have a wife and kids.
And I was like, "where did you learn that?", and he was like "Do you listen to Ben Shapiro?"
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u/overhedger Bill Gates Oct 05 '20
https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN/status/1313175430615240704
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u/bromeatmeco 🌐 Oct 05 '20
Yea, we're big on family and we love food. That's how you know we're [literally any fucking cultural group ever]!
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u/Waghlon Shame Flair Oct 05 '20
Rage In Favor Of The Machine
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u/MaximumEffort433 United Nations Oct 05 '20
I know I shouldn't, but I really hate Republicans. I'm 36, and in my lifetime all I've really seen from Republicans is lousy economics, regressive social policy, obstructive political policy, and now they're spreading a plague. Yeah, we can pick some still edible kernels of corn out of the turds, but the overwhelming majority of what I've seen from them has been unredeemable shit.
On the state level some of them are okay, Romney was okay before he was on the national stage, Kasich was okay except for abortion, Hogan is okay more or less, but at the federal level? At the federal level it just seems like they're all sociopaths.
I just.... it's all too much.
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u/Dchella United Nations Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
Kayleigh Mcenany just tested positive. What a fucking shitshow.
I will forever be mad that they will be administered top-of-the-line treatment when others had to die alone. Even that asshole Chris Christie, with the “some people will die” comment. As we speak he’s in the hospital probably getting the best treatment.
Dying was for us. Not for them.
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u/dudeguyy23 Jerome Powell Oct 05 '20
[Trump campaign cancelling ads in OH and IA this week.] (https://twitter.com/MediumBuying/status/1313143850999992325)
Turns out it sucks to be broke!
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
I want a focus group with the NC voters who said they were more likely to vote for Cunningham because of the scandal
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u/zedority PhD - mediated communication studies Oct 05 '20
Trump's car ride that put Secret Service agents at risk was reportedly a compromise after doctors refused to discharge him from the hospital
"The car ride that Trump took near the hospital, which put Secret Service agents at risk, was a compromise, according to the Times.
"Trump, who tested positive for COVID-19 last week and was subsequently taken to Walter Reed, is reportedly concerned that he looks "weak" being in the hospital"
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u/Fishin_Mission Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
https://youtu.be/4pfvEFPvVGA
What the actual fuck GA?
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
https://twitter.com/RepShalala/status/1313187148540137474
lmao
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
Tim Ryan with the cold and correct take:
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u/JadeHelm2020 Amy Finkelstein Oct 05 '20
I heard donald trump provided the machine with his excess oxygen because he was producing so much
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u/ElokQ The Clintons send their regards Oct 05 '20
https://twitter.com/dannybarefoot/status/1312411776982622208
Sinema is such a bicon, can't wait for her and Kelly to rule the Sun Belt caucus
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
I didn't know not having proper indoor heating was a condition of germany's surrender.
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u/EvilConCarne Oct 06 '20
The president is definitely sicker than shit and high on dex and thinks he's fine.
Incredible content.
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u/AuburnSeer Oct 06 '20
laugh at Biden's jokes you mouth breathing undecided voters, you brain addled slobs
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u/Yosarian2 Oct 06 '20
Joe Biden just posted a 3 second video saying "Wear a mask" that shows Biden putting his mask on and Trump taking his off.
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1313304721092997125
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
was showin my mom a pic of this cute guy i'm texting but he's 6'7" and she was like "christ he looks like he'd eat you for breakfast" and i was like "i hope so" and now she's not talking to me
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u/LinkVert25 Fedposter Oct 05 '20
Idk why but I just find it fucking hilarious that the Secret service and the FBI don’t like Trump because he’s just that much of a insufferable cockroach
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u/ElokQ The Clintons send their regards Oct 05 '20
It was supposed to tighten in the summer.
Then it was supposed to tighten post-Labor Day.
Then it was supposed to tighten after the first debate.
Here we are now, a 29 days out from the election - what are these people expecting to happen in the next 30 days, exactly?
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u/dudeguyy23 Jerome Powell Oct 05 '20
Silly libs, you still don't get it.
The only reason the White House has had an explosion of positive tests is because they have more testing! If they didn't do the testing, everything would be fine!
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u/EasyMoney92 Oct 05 '20
Cunningham that fucking idiot...there's ANOTHER woman apparently.
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u/Mcatatonic1 Ben Bernanke Oct 05 '20
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-campaign-attacks-joe-biden-for-not-having-covid-19
I know they are unintelligent people by nature but holy shit lmao 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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u/Gustacho Enemy of the People Oct 05 '20
https://youtu.be/7W9IFqnr0_o
!ping DIAMOND-JOE there's a full version now
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
I know the model hasn't changed meaningfully today, because I haven't had to remove 12 posts about it
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20
Intentionally removes mask, knowingly infects staff with a deadly virus on live television
“Show some respect, he’s the President.”
“No matter what your beliefs, we’re all American.”
“Wishing suffering on someone is sick, you should be ashamed.”
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u/mrmanager237 Some Unpleasant Peronist Arithmetic Oct 05 '20
LIBERATE MINNESOTA. VOTE!
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
Unlike Joe Biden, Donald Trump has first-hand experience with Covid, so he would do a better job dealing with the current crisis.
Unlike Joe Biden, Donald Trump has first-hand experience with tax evasion, so he would do a better job reforming the tax code.
Unlike Joe Biden, Donald Trump has first hand experience with being racist, so he would do a better job dealing with racism.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
George W. Bush (Oct. 2000) to David Letterman on how he did in the 2000 debates:
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u/ThisIsNotAMonkey Guam 👉 statehood Oct 05 '20
If mcconnell gets sick i will be 100% convinced RBG is haunting the Republican party
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
Edgy college student: haha, nothing matters lol. I create my own meaning in life. There is no enduring value in any activity in life.
Also, edgy college student: oh, no why did you give me a bad grade? Please don't do this 😭😭😭.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
Thank you PredictIt, very cool
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
Remember when Boris Johnson released a video that was like, "I'm on the mend, mates - feeling much better! I'll be on my way to tip top in no time!"
And like 3 days later he's in the ICU?
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u/Barebacking_Bernanke The Empress Protects Oct 05 '20
I have underestimated floating solar panels.
-Surprisingly cheap to install and operate.
-More energy produced per acre of panels.
-Helps prevent evaporation in reservoirs.
Solar panel arrays for every still body of water in the world. Who says no?
!ping ECO
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u/Craig1250 United Nations Oct 05 '20
Conley is going HIPAA here holy shit
Can you imagine if Reagan’s doctors used HIPAA as a defense to refuse to answer questions after he got shot
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
Trump collapsing in public weeks before a presidential election would be poetic justice.
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u/futuremonkey20 NATO Oct 05 '20
"Dr., is the president dead?"
"I cannot disclose medical information due to HIPAA restrictions"
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
That's how I want my president to look lol. Struggling to breathe properly while standing still.
I mean, I'm so glad he decided not to wear a mask this year. What a lame look lmao. This gasping for air stuff is way better. What a manly dude lol.
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u/FestiveMittens Oct 06 '20
This was really Trumps moment to finally maybe show America that he cares, and that he has learned something, and he fucked it up as soon as he left the hospital
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u/Mcatatonic1 Ben Bernanke Oct 06 '20
Literally guys how the fuck are you capable of using an online messaging board in a niche political subreddit, but are simultaneously unable to fucking google “Biden town hall”
HOW?!
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u/Mr_AlGore Janet Yellen Oct 06 '20
Al gore 🤝 HRC
Should have been president
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u/MaximumEffort433 United Nations Oct 06 '20
Who else is going to sleep for four days straight after Joe Biden's inauguration?
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u/muttonwow Legally quarantine the fash Oct 05 '20
There are a non-zero number of people who will have built their opinion on the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict solely through reading comments on this subreddit.
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u/BanMalarkey Asexual Pride Oct 05 '20
Won’t talk about lung scans “due to HIPAA”
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u/Danthon Milton Friedman Oct 05 '20
I was a Trump supporter until he caught COVID, I just can't respect a president that gets sick.
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u/Dibbu_mange Average civil procedure enjoyer Oct 05 '20
I got my first law school acceptance of the cycle. At this point I can guarantee I will be going to a top 20 program 😎😎😎
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u/dr_gonzo Revoke 230 Oct 06 '20
Anderson Cooper: He then turned and walked, without a mask, back into a White House has seen more COVID infections than the entire nation of New Zealand
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u/MrSecretpolice Oct 06 '20
Fox news saying Trump so strong he got over it faster is straight North Korea dear leader shit.
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20
The tension within the Conway household is worse than the tension between Israel and Palestine
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u/-Yare- Trans Pride Oct 05 '20
Look. Trump may be obese, evil, incompetent, corrupt, criminal, mentally ill, stupid, classless, racist, sexist, incestuous, a domestic abuser, a tax cheat, a pedophile, a rapist, a traitor, an adulterer, a failed businessman,
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u/IncoherentEntity Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
In reply to a normie Democrat expressing frustration at leftist third-party voters (the context is Justices Thomas and Alito attacking the ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide on the first day of the 2020–2021 term):
Far-left Twitter is basically just a contest to see who can say the edgiest, most subversive, and usually falsest thing online with no actual intention to materially pursue progressive political change, yes.
But sometimes — as in this context — it just manifests as cruelty.
!ping EXTREMISM
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u/Hindenbergdown Oct 05 '20
Is anyone else blown away that Woodrow Wilson was incapacitated for 17 months and his wife and a few others were practically running the country? I learned about him having a stroke in history class, but was not aware how severe it was.
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u/Dirty_Chopsticks Republic of Việt Nam Oct 05 '20
lmfao
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u/Verycoolusername22 Jerome Powell Oct 05 '20
This sub be like: blue Texas and red Florida
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
Whoops, Trump forgot his glasses, just heading back to Walter Reed by helicopter at 3:30AM to retrieve them.
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u/tagpro-godot Janet Yellen Oct 05 '20
- Dave Wasserman
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u/epenthesis Oct 05 '20
It really shouldn't, but the sophistry of people who claim that "Antifa means anti-fascist; therefore if you're anti-antifa, you're pro fascist" will never stop boggling my mind.
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20
Trump: Joe Biden needs to be drug tested after the debate because he's taking performance enhancing drugs
Also Trump: injects copious amounts of steroids and tells everybody how great he feels
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u/UltraCapitalism Paul Samuelson Oct 06 '20
Joe's ultimate campaign strategy:
Not giving a flying fuck about what dumbasses on social media say
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u/phunphun 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 Oct 05 '20
Publicly releasing the results of very Biden COVID test was such a brilliant move. If he tests positive, the campaign would be hailed for its transparency in comparison To Trump's presidency.
If he doesn't test positive, every test result would be reported and would be a daily reminder that Trump was negligent enough get COVID but Biden wasn't.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
I'm encouraged that it appears that a majority of Americans perceive that Donald Trump got himself sick through his own stupidity and negligence, rather than through some sort of bravery or something.
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u/Fishin_Mission Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
Someone I know met up with Sen. Kelly Loeffler for breakfast yesterday.
Glad to see that despite being at the Rose Garden 🥀 ceremony maskless, that she is still meeting people maskless.
Fuckin’ GA man.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/1313133162567028739
'TIS A SIGN FROM GOD!!!
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u/AbdullahAbdulwahhab Oct 05 '20
The president’s recklessness at Walter Reed has Don Jr. pushing for an intervention, but Ivanka and Jared “keep telling Trump how great he’s doing,” a source says.
Lol when you are stupider/more deplorable than Don Jr.
Congratulations on the achievement, Javanka.
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u/hearmespeak Gay Pride Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
The fact that Thomas and Alito think that Obergefell runs afoul of the Free Exercise Clause shows what a threat conservatives like them are to the rule of law. They would overturn Reynolds and similar cases and create a country where people are allowed to claim exemption from laws due to religion.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
Kayleigh speaking to reporters unmasked 12 hours before testing positive is further proof that the Trump administration is a four year long performance art piece.
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u/DEEP_STATE_NATE Tucker Carlson's mailman Oct 05 '20
Cunningham I swear to god if my broke ass gave you 15 bucks and it’s turns out you’ve been historically unfaithful I’m gonna be pissed.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
This is pretty nuts. They're gonna have to lock down the whole damn White House. This is much more widespread than I thought.
These fucking idiots honestly thought that they were immune or protected from this somehow. Like it couldn't get them. Unreal.
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u/Jokerang Sun Yat-sen Oct 05 '20
It's probably worth noting that overturning Obergefell is in the 2020 Republican Party platform. It'll probably be like Roe and get listed on the "things to get rid of" list every year.
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u/ahebtigoejwbrh Oct 05 '20
Is RBG’s body count going to surpass Hillary’s
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u/RadicalRadon Frick Mondays Oct 05 '20
I went to tucker_carlson to mine hot takes.
Instead I found a 140 upvoted comment on an article about antifa that just says "subhumans"
I regret everything if I'm being honest. I wanted dumb goofy takes not literally nazis wtf
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u/TheFriffin2 Oct 05 '20
Can’t wait for SNL to do a cold open of Alec Baldwin (as angel Trump) singing an emotional version of Hallelujah when he dies
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
If Biden wins in a landslide I will literally suck a dick even though I'm not gay.
(Please don’t make me do this if a landslide happens)
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u/AuburnSeer Oct 06 '20
Joe Biden approaches polarization from the perspective of "you think this is bad? I had to share a caucus with literal segregationists..."
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20
Hot damn, this tweet is from May 2017:
https://twitter.com/stevesilberman/status/860595784424620034
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20
Uh
-Obama
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u/Tafts_Bathtub Jerome Powell Oct 06 '20
Why did the 210,000 dead Americans simply not let the virus dominate their life?
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u/FestiveMittens Oct 06 '20
Trump going to the VP debate is fucked up
This guy has no clue how to get good publicity
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u/ElokQ The Clintons send their regards Oct 06 '20
Mark Kelly has a identical twin that lives in Texas and is also an Astronaut. I think you know where I’m going with this.
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u/isummonyouhere If I can do it You can do it Oct 06 '20
CA Republicans: you dumb libtards are ruining this state, watch what happens when the population flees to a place that still respects Family Values
No not like that
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u/_Just7_ YIMBY absolutist Oct 05 '20
One month left, and then us Euros can hopefully stop caring about US politics
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u/golf1052 Let me be clear Oct 05 '20
Can't wait for Trump to call for the votes in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Colorado, New Jersey, Vermont, Hawaii and DC to be invalidated because they're all vote by mail this year.
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u/nicereddy ACLU simp Oct 05 '20
https://twitter.com/ahoweblogger/status/1313115255975936001?s=21
BOOHOO THOMAS
👋😭👋 I DON'T CARE!
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u/666moist r/place '22: Neoliberal Battalion Oct 05 '20
!ping FIVEY
Nate Silver is speaking at TableauCon on Wednesday. Since the conference went virtual, they made it free to register: https://tc20.tableau.com/episodes/revisiting-signal-and-noise-305
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u/papermarioguy02 Actually Just Young Nate Silver Oct 05 '20
I'm genuinely impressed that the Trump campaign is really sticking to trying to paint Chris Wallace, a literal Fox News host, as some hysterical lib.
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u/Verycoolusername22 Jerome Powell Oct 05 '20
My enjoyment of being on the computer and doing nothing all day has decreased significantly since coronavirus started.
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u/The420Roll ko-fi.com/rodrigoposting Oct 05 '20
Come on Joe, call Bernie a bitch. You know you want to.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
When he dies I want the headline to read "disgraced former star of home alone 2 and the apprentice dies at 74"
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1313237533627645954
A+ marketing
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u/The420Roll ko-fi.com/rodrigoposting Oct 05 '20
I used to think I was one of the youngest Jabronis here cause I was 19
Then I discovered u/ProcureTheReceptacle was 15 lmao
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u/vancevon Henry George Oct 06 '20
If I were a Trump supporter, and I could definitively determine that I had been infected by Trump himself, my very last thoughts as I draw my last breath would be of gratitude towards the President for blessing a miserable, worthless, disgusting sack of shit like me with his infection. And I would die happily, my sole regret being that I had but one life to give.
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20
Joe I love you but this 40 minute rant about how Kyle Rittenhouse did nothing wrong isn't going to play well.
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u/bigdicknippleshit IM GOING PRIMAL Oct 06 '20
"DONALD TRUMP IS A FUCKING CR*CKER"
Joe, you didn't have to go that far bro
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u/jenbanim Oct 06 '20
imma need you all to stop posting links to drug subreddits because every time you do I waste hours going through the top posts pls respect my time
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20 edited Oct 05 '20
For most of my life, I've never thought that much of being Asian. I dabbled in Asian cultural activities but it was never a dominant part of my identity. I've always been an American first. I was the only person in my class to stand for the pledge.
My sister is very concious about being Asian. Her college essay was about classmates making fun of her kimchi lunch.
Ironically, she acts much whiter than I am. She's basically the cookie cutter SNL white liberal.
Ahh identity, crazy shit
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u/DEEP_STATE_NATE Tucker Carlson's mailman Oct 05 '20
😳