US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP

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https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1152575146777042945

 

[Nintex]

1919: Atlantic-crossing by plane
1969: Moon Landing
2019: Donald Trump

 

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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1152307567634391041

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1152327401650757633

 

https://twitter.com/PageSix/status/1152402780742701058

 

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1152575146777042945

 

good lord what a stunner

still think she should drop out tho

If I was Gabbard or any other person not going to make the debates in September and October (DNC is skipping August for some reason). I'd ask Fox News or some other network to host a town hall during the same time to do some counter programming.

[agrajag]

https://twitter.com/McNaughtonArt/status/1151869405006983170

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https://twitter.com/walid970721/status/1152616324922826752

[benjipwns]

https://apnews.com/a18105a9023a4b8aa988ea12b38ea9e7

Many of the candidates mired in the primary’s lower tier have quietly begun asking similar questions. Plagued by anemic polling and underwhelming fundraising , some campaigns are falling into a spiral of perceived hurdles that are becoming increasingly self-fulfilling, making it hard to find money to build an expansive campaign organization.

The anxiety is building ahead of September’s presidential debate, which impose tougher qualification rules that will winnow the field from two dozen candidates. That’s a humbling prospect for senators and governors who have spent their political careers building what they hoped would be strong resumes for a White House run only to face the reality that voters aren’t interested or, worse, don’t know who they are.

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Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan has run on bridging the divide between the party’s liberal and working class wings, but is barely registering in the polls. Appearing recently at a Pizza Hut in Manchester, Iowa, there were five people on hand, three who came to see Ryan, and a woman and her son only there to eat.

“Who is that man?” the woman asked.

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“I think I shook (John) Hickenlooper’s hand today,” noted Laura Bergus, a candidate for city council in Iowa City, referring to the former Colorado governor.

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Asked in an interview during a stop in Flint if the bus tour will help her break out in a way her women’s rights advocacy couldn’t, Gillibrand didn’t dispute the premise, but said, “I think it’s more than that.”

“I think I’m showing, by what I’m doing and saying and the ideas that I have, that I can beat President Trump,” she said at a small-plates restaurant in a city whose drinking water crisis became a national scandal.

She insisted she’s in the race for the long haul and rejects the notion that she’s fallen into the Democratic primary’s second tier.

“I’m different than other candidates,” Gillibrand said. “I’ve taken on the fights that other candidates haven’t.”


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At a town hall inside the Cleveland Public Library, she went further, asking about 20 attendees, “Do we value women? Unfortunately, the answer in our society today is no.”

“It’s why we don’t prosecute sexual assault. It’s why we don’t have equal pay. It’s why we don’t have national paid leave,” Gillibrand said.

The crowd seemed moved. A short time later, though, Kittie Warshawsky, a 51-year-old who works for a nonprofit, asked Gillibrand how she would “get your name out there” given that she mostly failed to get noticed so far. Gillibrand said that was what the “Trump broken promises” bus tour was all about accomplishing.

Afterward, Warshawsky called Gillibrand “terrific” but said of her chances in the primary, “I don’t have an answer yet on how she’s going to get through.”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/candidate-sleepovers-mean-tight-quarters-wet-towels-and-surreal-family-room-chats-11563615001

Sen. Cory Booker sat on the family-room floor with New Hampshire State Sen. Jon Morgan and his wife Katie, a physician assistant, until past midnight last Saturday.

The next morning at 8, the room was the scene of a gymnastics show as the New Jersey Democrat swung the Morgans’ sons high into the air, and upside down, as cartoons played in the background. Mr. Booker spent the night with the Morgans, their three sons and three dogs Saturday, an experience Mr. Morgan described as “a little surreal.”

Mr. Booker is one of at least five Democratic presidential candidates this election season who have chosen, at least on occasion, to forgo hotels and stay with friends, activists and local elected officials vetted by his team. It is a way to save money, build support—and take traditional retail politicking to an even more personal level.

Beside Mr. Booker, former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton and entrepreneur Andrew Yang have bunked with supporters.

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In 1992, then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton stayed with John Broderick, a lawyer who later would become the Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The next morning, Mr. Clinton decided to go for a jog. Mr. Broderick remembers the temperature being single-digits and telling Mr. Clinton he couldn’t go out with just his Arkansas sweatshirt. So, he said, “I dressed him up, he looked like a snowman.”

The next day, a neighbor called Mr. Broderick and told him that she had almost called the police after seeing “an unusual man” bundled up running through the neighborhood.

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Candidates are permitted to stay for free with supporters—and avoid documentation—because the Federal Election Campaign Act allows people to offer up their house without it being considered a “contribution,”

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During former California Gov. Jerry Brown’s 1992 campaign for the Democratic nomination, his overnight spots included a couch in a college dorm and a shack without running water or electricity. He said he was running against “the confederacy of corruption, careerism and campaign consulting,” so hotel stays weren’t appropriate.

But never staying in a hotel means you have to be a bit more careful, and some reports from 1992 said Mr. Brown was a messy houseguest. He took issue with the description when The Wall Street Journal asked him about it, even offering to put his wife on the phone to refute the claim. Jodie Evans, who was his campaign manager at the time, said that Mr. Brown isn’t not messy, he just “makes himself at home.…But he’s polite.”

She did say one host complained that Mr. Brown left the cap off a tube of toothpaste, and there were “wet towels, for sure.”

Mr. Booker said he still found time during the stays with supporters to unwind through prayer and meditation when he was in the privacy of a guest bedroom. “I still get the head space, but I get the added benefit of some community,” he said.

Even after long days on the campaign trail, he said he didn’t mind going back to someone’s house to talk into the night. Those stays, in fact, have given him “some of the best conversations in this entire campaign.”

And in at least one case, those interactions earned him a voter.

“I was already a fan but after the visit he did win me over,” said Pat Kalik, who hosted Mr. Booker earlier this year and endorsed him officially Friday. Ms. Kalik, a Democratic activist who works in telecommunications, was sold on his candidacy by the combination of his policies and his “sincerity.” After the sleepover, he sent her both a handwritten note and a video thank-you.

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Cory Booker’s 2020 Presidential Campaign Is Short of Donor Threshold

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Booker's going to get the police called on him while jogging, that's where this story is trying to tell me things are heading, right?

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"but I am Spartacus!" 

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[agrajag]

the #stillwithher crowd are complete sociopath scum

[BIONIC]

https://twitter.com/kiarace24/status/1152819374622945280

New ICE Bae vid coming soon

[benjipwns]

At this point which of the following would be your personal preference? (RANDOMIZE)
(N=1,000) n %
The House of Representatives should vote to
impeach President Trump---------------------------------213 21.30
House committees should continue investigating
Trump, but not vote to impeach him--------------------314 31.40
Congress should drop its investigations into
President Trump and his administration ---------------424 42.40

but Occam said

[benjipwns]

lol at that drop out question, the best defense against it seems to be nobody knowing who the fuck you are, bolded the candidates under 40% "never heard of"

I'm also going to suggest that potentially up to 15% of respondents may have said this to every candidate

should drop out %:
de Blasio - 42.2%
Bernard - 34.6%
Gillibrand - 27.0%
Booker - 26.5%
O'Rourke - 24.9%
Castro - 24.0%
Tulsi - 23.5%
Warren - 23.1%
Delaney - 22.8%
Yang - 22.3%
Moulton - 22.0%
Ryan - 22.0%
Swalwell - 21.5%
Hickenlooper - 21.5%
Biden - 20.6%
Bullock - 20.6%
Bennet - 19.9%
Harris - 19.1%
Gravel - 18.8%
Klobuchar - 18.8%
Williamson - 18.6%
Buttigieg - 18.3%
Inslee - 17.6%
Messam - 17.6%

[benjipwns]

also I refuse to believe more than half the people asked know who John Delaney and Michael Bennet and Tim Ryan are, those just sound like people they should know because they have common names, I bet Tim Ryan gets a bunch of "former Romney VP pick? Speaker of the House?"

What TV news or commentary source do you trust the most? {RANDOMIZE 38.1 - 38.9}
(N=1,000) n %
CNN ----------------------------------------------------------------129 12.90
MSNBC ------------------------------------------------------------- 91 9.10
FOX NEWS-------------------------------------------------------266 26.60
ABC------------------------------------------------------------------ 43 4.30
NBC ----------------------------------------------------------------- 53 5.30
CBS------------------------------------------------------------------ 51 5.10
C-SPAN ------------------------------------------------------------ 24 2.40
COMEDY CENTRAL-------------------------------------------- 25 2.50
PBS / NPR --------------------------------------------------------117 11.70

where's TWITTER / FACEBOOK?

Thinking about that first Democratic debate – what is the single topic or issue you want to hear
discussed by the candidates?
(N=385) n %
“Healthcare” ------------------------------------------------------- 76 19.74
“Immigration/Border Security”--------------------------------- 45 11.69
“Economy/Budget” ----------------------------------------------- 35 9.09
“Climate Change/Global Warming/Environment”--------- 26 6.75
“Education” -------------------------------------------------------- 19 4.94
“Taxes”-------------------------------------------------------------- 18 4.68
“Get the country back on track/What they will do” ------- 15 3.90
“Donald Trump/Out of office”---------------------------------- 15 3.90
“Work Together/United/Do their job”------------------------- 15 3.90
“Social Issues” ---------------------------------------------------- 14 3.64
“Equality/Rights”-------------------------------------------------- 14 3.64
“Foreign Relations/Policy/War” ------------------------------- 13 3.38
“Abortion/Women's Rights” ------------------------------------ 13 3.38
“Gun Control”-------------------------------------------------------- 8 2.08
“Trade/Tariffs”------------------------------------------------------- 6 1.56
“National Security” ------------------------------------------------- 7 1.82
“Infrastructure” ------------------------------------------------------ 3 0.78
“Election Interference” -------------------------------------------- 3 0.78
Other ---------------------------------------------------------------- 11 2.86
DK/NA/Refused--------------------------------------------------- 29 7.53

don't count these people, put them in the last category, they need to be held accountable for their mistakes

[agrajag]

benji, go to bed

[benjipwns]

got some new numbers in of who needs to drop out:
shosta - 66.6%
Cowardly Mandark - 52.4%
agrajag - 45.8%
the mods and kill them - 43.1%
Hobbes - 28.5%

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americans know they can't trust stost 

[benjipwns]

I won't you and fellow pretentious oaf agrajag try to kill me like you did poor Glen.

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1152716957701029888

Fatality

[VomKriege]

Avenatti should get into that bath water business.

[Nintex]

If Don Jr.'s 2020 strategy is to meet up with all the (ex) wives of his dads opponents there is no way it can go wrong I fully endorse it.

[Dickie Dee]

https://twitter.com/TPMLiveWire/status/1152949924348215297

 

[Dickie Dee]

Also, this needs to be made into a :foolingnobody emoticon

https://twitter.com/sciencecomic/status/1152972391758405632

[agrajag]

https://twitter.com/cit_uprising/status/1152939641361723394


 

[benjipwns]

Next to Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren will look like a woman.

[Kara]

Feel like it's probably not a great thing to say that the only candidate who's Jewish makes your skin crawl without qualifying why.

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Yes I know about her.

https://twitter.com/mimirocah1/status/1056553067284434944

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[Tasty]

She couldn't even get her unqualified handle?

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https://twitter.com/BilldeBlasio/status/1152653283980390400

beta o'cucked 

[Nintex]

we're five years out from CNN panels on white genocide.

I give it a year tops.

[agrajag]

we're five years out from CNN panels on white genocide.

https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1151287842095730690

[agrajag]

not CNN but close enough

https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1046918774228692992

[agrajag]

LeFt'S oBsEsSiOn WiTh RaCe

[Rufus]

This is why there's no GTA6. You can't create a more cynical version of this reality.

[agrajag]

https://twitter.com/SloppyPSY0P/status/1152991677210120196

[benjipwns]

sexy toad content:

https://twitter.com/peepeedoodooman/status/1152999020563849216

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1153047035068801030

[agrajag]

ice bae's Instagram account is suspended, wonder what she do

[Occam]

At this point which of the following would be your personal preference? (RANDOMIZE)
(N=1,000) n %
The House of Representatives should vote to
impeach President Trump---------------------------------213 21.30
House committees should continue investigating
Trump, but not vote to impeach him--------------------314 31.40
Congress should drop its investigations into
President Trump and his administration ---------------424 42.40

but Occam said

...And Fox News is the news source they trust most. Are these people able to breathe and walk at the same time?

[Trent Dole]

ice bae's Instagram account is suspended, wonder what she do

Murder other women and children, maybe?

[benjipwns]

no i heard you can post that on instagram

[agrajag]

as long as you don't show the nipple

[BIONIC]

https://twitter.com/kiarace24/status/1152911829951234048

[agrajag]

https://twitter.com/Education4Libs/status/1152769210965200896

[benjipwns]

https://nypost.com/2019/07/20/in-the-era-of-metoo-its-time-to-revisit-ted-kennedys-legacy/

Three significant anniversaries passed this week.

Only two have truly been noted.

First, of course, is the 50th anniversary of the moon landing on Saturday, July 20. The second was the 20th anniversary of the deaths of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette and her sister Lauren Bessette in a small plane Kennedy was flying to Martha’s Vineyard.

Only one of those deserves the hagiographic treatment both have been given, but I’ll get to that later.

The third was also a 50th anniversary, one that passed just two days after JFK Jr.’s and was, in many ways, related.

What could it be, Kennedy-worshipping-national-news-media? What could it be?

How many other school systems don’t teach Chappaquiddick?

Or, for that matter, any other history of the Kennedys that covers, say, presidential election rigging; raping a teenaged White House intern in his wife’s bedroom; wanton adultery and drug abuse; an interest in civil rights only as a personal, political headache; foreign policy catastrophes that include a failed coup of the Cuban government; the escalation of American forces in Vietnam, and nearly bringing the world to nuclear destruction in game of chicken with Russia — and that’s just Jack!

In a week dominated by headlines involving a rich, powerful, politically-connected man who used all that leverage to allegedly spend decades raping and trafficking girls as young as 14 — who escaped any true criminal consequence, and whose coming trial will be rivaled only by Harvey Weinstein’s — it’s well worth revisiting Chappaquiddick and Ted Kennedy’s true legacy.

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/GrrrUSA/status/1153006145428025344
A wild Trump appears

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1152959798847180800
See if you can spot the exact moment that Pence realizes he lost hit ticket to heaven. 

[Trent Dole]

https://twitter.com/kitten__cannon/status/1152778893952212993

[benjipwns]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/early-contests-by-the-numbers-delegate-race-tightens-in-cbs-news-2020-battleground-tracker/

Early contests by the numbers: Democratic delegate race tightens — CBS News Battleground Tracker

While Joe Biden continues to lead all Democratic candidates across early states in the presidential nominating process, his previously large advantage has shrunk since June, according to the latest estimates from the CBS News Battleground Tracker poll and delegate model.

While poll percentages in each state often attract attention, the race for the Democratic presidential nomination is ultimately a fight for delegates at the party's national convention next July. The party is set to seat 3,768 delegates at the convention in Milwaukee, and a candidate needs to win at least 1,885 delegates to win the nomination.

We estimate that Biden currently has 581 delegates in the nominating contests through Super Tuesday, which is considerably fewer than his estimate last month. This is based on our model, which translates voter preferences into district- and state-level estimates, taking into account Democratic party allocation rules. Delegates are given out proportionally to top finishers in each district and statewide.

Meanwhile, Elizabeth Warren's estimate has improved to 430 delegates, significantly reducing the gap between her and Biden. She does particularly well with college graduates, politically engaged voters and very liberal Democrats.

Bernie Sanders is currently in third place with 249 delegates. His estimate has dropped since last month. While he's kept most of his supporters, he hasn't done quite as well at retaining them, particularly college-educated Democrats: one in 10 of his supporters from June now say Warren is their top choice.

Kamala Harris is currently in fourth with 173 delegates. Although her vote share across these states is one point higher than Sanders' share, delegates are what counts, and Sanders is picking them up in more places, including Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

A couple of candidates are benefiting from early contests in their home states, without seeing delegate gains elsewhere. Beto O'Rourke is now at 48 delegates, entirely thanks to his supporters in Texas. Similarly, Amy Klobuchar is picking up 13 delegates entirely in her home state of Minnesota.

shit Biden and Warren are really pulling away with those key state and especially district victories

[VomKriege]

LMAO that Pence clip. He midas swell be GOB stuttering out some bullshit.

Would you say... it's comedy gold ? 

[Mandark]

Today is going to be Al Franken Discourse Day online thanks to the New Yorker piece.

Might be the one thing that makes me log off and read Settlers.

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Don't read this as a "pox on both their houses" performative weariness. He groped a bunch of women, resigned, got replaced by another Dem, and I'm amazed at the people who are mad about it a year and a half later.

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[kingv]

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I’m offended that you follow the same low follower accounts I do.

[kingv]

https://twitter.com/kiarace24/status/1152911829951234048

The bore is a fact based forum and we need to be honest with ourselves. She has a lot of forehead.

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https://twitter.com/walid970721/status/1152945773547544578

 

[agrajag]

https://twitter.com/kiarace24/status/1152911829951234048

The bore is a fact based forum and we need to be honest with ourselves. She has a lot of forehead.

more like five head amirite

[Kara]

her forehead just needs some lebensraum

[Nintex]

Diplomacy
https://twitter.com/PoliticusSarah/status/1153351741729062912

Lmao good luck Pakistan
https://twitter.com/PTIofficial/status/1153348994699071489

[Tasty]

beta o'cucked 

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[Nintex]

Trump is on fire today

https://twitter.com/charliespiering/status/1153367643816189952

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[james]

wHy iSnt bErNiE a dEmOcrAt

https://twitter.com/AJentleson/status/1153334905608294402

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1153366061452079105

https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/1153342805944786944

 

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[james]

https://twitter.com/MikeGravel/status/1152321787851620357