Author Topic: US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP (Read 6840046 times)

benjipwns · « **Reply #56280 on:** April 06, 2020, 10:16:46 PM »

so did four justices vote to hear the case and the other five immediately voted to rule "nah" to it?

Uncle · « **Reply #56281 on:** April 06, 2020, 10:17:03 PM »

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/exkp5e/what-happens-if-you-vote-and-die-before-election-day

benjipwns · « **Reply #56282 on:** April 06, 2020, 10:33:05 PM »

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Biden’s campaign, which only had $12 million in the bank as of the most recent Federal Election Commission (FEC) deadline, will host a series of virtual fundraisers over the month of April. The most high-profile of these will be a “virtual fireside chat” with the former vice president on April 16. That event, hosted by the Silicon Valley venture capitalist Jed Katz, will cost donors $2,800-a-head to attend. The former vice president’s wife, daughter, and a top foreign policy adviser are also scheduled to host online fundraisers in the coming week for the campaign.

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Since jumping into the race last April, the former vice president has struggled to raise enough money to keep ahead of prolific spending, especially on luxury air travel. Between October and December 2019, Biden’s campaign spent nearly $23.3 million, despite raising only $23.2 throughout in the same period. Those numbers did not improve in the first two months of this year. After flopping in the first three nominating contests, Biden raised only $27 million throughout January and February. His campaign, however, spent nearly all of that, leaving only $12 million on hand at the start of March.

Biden’s fundraising troubles stem from an inability to make in-roads with small-dollar donors, resulting in an overreliance on big money contributors. Unlike his progressive rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Biden’s campaign has been mainly fueled, to date, by more than 4,800 donors with pockets deep enough to max out, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

I will virtually donate, amirite

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #56283 on:** April 06, 2020, 10:39:14 PM »

imagine being biden and actually broke this time.

benjipwns · « **Reply #56284 on:** April 06, 2020, 10:49:44 PM »

The Wisconsin situation actually seems to be corona-irrelevant, it's a failure by the state to meet capacity which could have happened anyway.

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In response to this brewing catastrophe, Judge William Conley, an Obama appointee to a federal court in Wisconsin, ordered the deadline for receiving ballots to be extended to 4 pm on April 13. In response to this order, the Republican Party asked the Supreme Court to modify Conley’s decision to require all ballots to be postmarked by April 7 or they will not be counted.

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as of Sunday morning, 12,000 ballots reportedly had not yet been mailed out,

So, in theory, a state can simply fail to ever mail ballots. To test this ruling, I choose Oregon.

benjipwns · « **Reply #56285 on:** April 06, 2020, 11:03:58 PM »

Pretty sure it's in my Mod Admiral powers to issue test cases for the Supreme Court. Show me where it's not.

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #56286 on:** April 07, 2020, 12:08:24 AM »

we doing this

team filler · « **Reply #56287 on:** April 07, 2020, 04:52:17 AM »

show me the money already

Nintex · « **Reply #56288 on:** April 07, 2020, 07:34:15 AM »

Quote from: shosta on April 06, 2020, 10:00:01 PM

Are we going to talk about the INSANE state and federal supreme court rulings today?

People are trying to NOT DIE and the courts won't let them extend the election or allow people extra time to vote from home. I feel like I'm living in a nightmare

Are you tired of the WINNING yet?

james · « **Reply #56289 on:** April 07, 2020, 09:55:00 AM »

Wow apparently massive lines today as people run to vote for bernie

Nintex · « **Reply #56290 on:** April 07, 2020, 11:14:46 AM »

*many people died*

Trump: "It's the do nothing Democrats fault , they let people vote in their rigged primaries"

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #56291 on:** April 07, 2020, 11:51:50 AM »

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-reportedly-has-financial-interest-in-hydroxychloroquine-manufacturer

VomKriege · « **Reply #56292 on:** April 07, 2020, 12:15:28 PM »

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1247551956383600647

Mandark · « **Reply #56293 on:** April 07, 2020, 01:33:02 PM »

Strict constructionism! Originalism! No activist judges legislating from the bench!

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Can't believe Obama waited so long to have Scalia murdered.

[close]

Nintex · « **Reply #56294 on:** April 07, 2020, 01:57:54 PM »

https://twitter.com/stevenmnuchin1/status/1247582310154809345

brrrrrrrrr

Tripon · « **Reply #56295 on:** April 07, 2020, 02:06:05 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on April 07, 2020, 01:57:54 PM

https://twitter.com/stevenmnuchin1/status/1247582310154809345

brrrrrrrrr

This is how you can tell Nintex doesn't follow the small stuff in U.S. politics/policy since there's multiple accounts of the money not actually getting to small businesses.

https://twitter.com/SRuhle/status/1247508512000925696
https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1247584617244381184
https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1247524173187969024
https://twitter.com/AliVelshi/status/1247303683219623936
https://twitter.com/CivilEats/status/1247332265958522883
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1247516503995449344

etc. etc.

Kunai With Chain · « **Reply #56296 on:** April 07, 2020, 02:08:01 PM »

They should just put Biden on one of those Stephen Hawking's machines and let the machine do the talking while Biden just sits there.

Tripon · « **Reply #56297 on:** April 07, 2020, 02:08:29 PM »

https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1247552136000557059

Rand Paul survives.

Mandark · « **Reply #56298 on:** April 07, 2020, 02:12:43 PM »

What America Needs Next: A Biden National Unity Cabinet

Peak Thomas Friedman.

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #56299 on:** April 07, 2020, 02:16:40 PM »

when will biden concede?

hashtag

VomKriege · « **Reply #56300 on:** April 07, 2020, 02:16:48 PM »

Those "small business loans" will be useless if they don't start coming through timely.
Between this, the 1200$ checks that will arrive someday, and the unemployment websites jammed up and people unable to file for benifits...

It's gonna cost an arm and a leg to European countries and tourism, hospitality, restaurants, entertainment (live especially) are all gonna suffer a lot with large gatherings not even being on the horizon but I'm reasonably optimistic that the economy will restart as soon as lockdowns ease and that the hit on people's livehood will be minimized somewhat. Not sure I can say the same for the USA...

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #56301 on:** April 07, 2020, 02:23:16 PM »

Quote from: Tripon on April 07, 2020, 02:06:05 PM

https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1247524173187969024

Marco 2024: We are just trying to help.

james · « **Reply #56302 on:** April 07, 2020, 02:31:07 PM »

Quote from: Tripon on April 07, 2020, 02:08:29 PM

https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1247552136000557059

Rand Paul survives.

Nintex · « **Reply #56303 on:** April 07, 2020, 02:35:57 PM »

https://twitter.com/politico/status/1247590259002613765

Larry on Zoom

BIONIC · « **Reply #56304 on:** April 07, 2020, 02:46:10 PM »

Quote from: Tripon on April 07, 2020, 02:08:29 PM

https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1247552136000557059

Rand Paul survives.

Bitch ass neighbor didn’t inflict lasting enough damage

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #56305 on:** April 07, 2020, 04:18:25 PM »

Quote from: shosta on April 07, 2020, 02:02:42 PM

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1247333355416219649

this fucking election

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #56306 on:** April 07, 2020, 04:36:47 PM »

Hmm, there are weeks where decades happen, what you getting at right?

https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1247252732416794637

VomKriege · « **Reply #56307 on:** April 07, 2020, 04:58:43 PM »

https://twitter.com/mbaram/status/1247597527987339269

Nintex · « **Reply #56308 on:** April 07, 2020, 05:39:14 PM »

So a Democrat recovered because of Trump's wonder drug and went on Fox News to praise him

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1247637743011639297

Trump Direct at 5:30 and Sean Hannity at 9.

Tasty · « **Reply #56309 on:** April 07, 2020, 06:22:20 PM »

Quote from: shosta on April 07, 2020, 02:02:42 PM

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1247333355416219649

Photo taken from Joe Biden's inauguration, January 2021:

Tasty · « **Reply #56310 on:** April 07, 2020, 06:23:47 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on April 07, 2020, 05:39:14 PM

So a Democrat recovered because of Trump's wonder drug and went on Fox News to praise him

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1247637743011639297

Trump Direct at 5:30 and Sean Hannity at 9.

...It's a fucking mind control serum.

Jesus Christ, this whole thing has been an op!

Nintex · « **Reply #56311 on:** April 07, 2020, 06:35:45 PM »

Trump says mailing by vote is fraudulent but he does it himself.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #56312 on:** April 07, 2020, 06:37:24 PM »

Quote from: shosta on April 07, 2020, 02:02:42 PM

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1247333355416219649

Biden talks like I write, why you fucks not vote for him?

benjipwns · « **Reply #56313 on:** April 07, 2020, 06:39:25 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on April 07, 2020, 02:12:43 PM

What America Needs Next: A Biden National Unity Cabinet

Peak Thomas Friedman.

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My recommendations:

For vice president, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala or Gov. Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island; for Treasury secretary, Mike Bloomberg; health and human services secretary, Bill Gates; secretary of oversight for the trillions of dollars in emergency coronavirus spending, to make sure it’s done fairly and productively, Elizabeth Warren.

Attorney general, Merrick Garland; homeland security secretary, Andrew Cuomo; secretary of state, Mitt Romney; defense secretary, Michèle Flournoy; labor secretary, Ro Khanna (who co-chaired Sanders’s campaign).

Secretary of national infrastructure rebuild, a new cabinet post, Walmart C.E.O. Doug McMillon; commerce secretary, former American Express C.E.O. Ken Chenault; O.M.B. director, Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio; education secretary, Laurene Powell Jobs; U.N. ambassador, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

HUD secretary, Ford Foundation chief Darren Walker; Interior secretary, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico; energy secretary, Andy Karsner (a green Republican who led renewable energy for George W. Bush); E.P.A. administrator, Al Gore.

Nintex · « **Reply #56314 on:** April 07, 2020, 06:44:25 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on April 07, 2020, 06:39:25 PM

Quote from: Mandark on April 07, 2020, 02:12:43 PM
What America Needs Next: A Biden National Unity Cabinet

Peak Thomas Friedman.
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My recommendations:

For vice president, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala or Gov. Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island; for Treasury secretary, Mike Bloomberg; health and human services secretary, Bill Gates; secretary of oversight for the trillions of dollars in emergency coronavirus spending, to make sure it’s done fairly and productively, Elizabeth Warren.

Attorney general, Merrick Garland; homeland security secretary, Andrew Cuomo; secretary of state, Mitt Romney; defense secretary, Michèle Flournoy; labor secretary, Ro Khanna (who co-chaired Sanders’s campaign).

Secretary of national infrastructure rebuild, a new cabinet post, Walmart C.E.O. Doug McMillon; commerce secretary, former American Express C.E.O. Ken Chenault; O.M.B. director, Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio; education secretary, Laurene Powell Jobs; U.N. ambassador, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

HUD secretary, Ford Foundation chief Darren Walker; Interior secretary, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico; energy secretary, Andy Karsner (a green Republican who led renewable energy for George W. Bush); E.P.A. administrator, Al Gore.

AOC to the UN

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #56315 on:** April 07, 2020, 06:50:10 PM »

Quote from: Stro on April 07, 2020, 06:26:49 PM

Why are Republicans so obsessed with voter fraud despite all the evidence showing it's non-existent to entirely negligible

Nintex · « **Reply #56316 on:** April 07, 2020, 06:50:53 PM »

https://twitter.com/jason_howerton/status/1247655180293804033

WASTED

Transhuman · « **Reply #56317 on:** April 07, 2020, 07:08:05 PM »

Quote from: riotous on April 07, 2020, 07:04:51 PM

Quote from: Stro on April 07, 2020, 06:26:49 PM
Why are Republicans so obsessed with voter fraud despite all the evidence showing it's non-existent to entirely negligible

Because they are liars just trying to suppress votes.

Got any proof of that? Besides them admitting it? Yeah, didn't think so.

Mandark · « **Reply #56318 on:** April 07, 2020, 07:10:33 PM »

The Wisconsin GOP is particularly aggressive about maintaining power through gerrymandering, stripping the governorship of authority in a lame duck session after they lose, etc.

Transhuman · « **Reply #56319 on:** April 07, 2020, 07:16:09 PM »

Gerrymandering is such a cute name for such a nasty thing

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #56320 on:** April 07, 2020, 07:27:24 PM »

Anyone else looking forward to the correspondents dinner with Obama headlining the Bernie roast?

Nintex · « **Reply #56321 on:** April 07, 2020, 07:46:05 PM »

I'm looking forward to the Zoom sponsored Trump/Biden debate.

"You don't even know what you are talking about, look into the camera Joe, there it is look.
He just walked out of the frame, can you believe it"

"He doesn't know anything I'll answer for him"

"Mr. Trump if you don't start behaving right now we will have to cut off your microphone"

"No you won't honey, your ratings will tank and you know it"

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #56322 on:** April 07, 2020, 08:41:13 PM »

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/modly-fired

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #56323 on:** April 07, 2020, 09:02:45 PM »

Quote from: shosta on April 07, 2020, 08:52:07 PM

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1247687248788815874

ambiguous tweet

https://twitter.com/theonion/status/1164703849044676608

benjipwns · « **Reply #56324 on:** April 07, 2020, 11:12:25 PM »

For you Bernie-clingers, the Wisconsin results of his 30 point defeat won't be released until April 13th.

benjipwns · « **Reply #56325 on:** April 07, 2020, 11:21:02 PM »

https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1247624701989597186

thisismyusername · « **Reply #56326 on:** April 08, 2020, 12:02:48 AM »

I wish she'd die in a fire, and you as well for continuing to post her, Benji.

</Glenn>

benjipwns · « **Reply #56327 on:** April 08, 2020, 12:07:06 AM »

I want to host a panel of her, David Brooks and Thomas Freidman to discuss their hopes and dreams of the Biden Administration. We'll start with a fantasy draft of the Cabinet.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #56328 on:** April 08, 2020, 12:12:51 AM »

Quote from: shosta on April 07, 2020, 02:02:42 PM

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1247333355416219649

https://twitter.com/davesweeten/status/1247555014068826112

Quote from: benjipwns on April 08, 2020, 12:07:06 AM

I want to host a panel of her, David Brooks and Thomas Freidman to discuss their hopes and dreams of the Biden Administration. We'll start with a fantasy draft of the Cabinet.

Transhuman · « **Reply #56329 on:** April 08, 2020, 12:34:52 AM »

https://mobile.twitter.com/krystalball/status/1247237724710604800

I understand why and how to use twitter now

james · « **Reply #56330 on:** April 08, 2020, 01:14:27 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on April 07, 2020, 11:12:25 PM

For you Bernie-clingers, the Wisconsin results of his 30 point defeat won't be released until April 13th.

Benjie do you really think that in the middle of a pandemic people would stand in line for 4 hours to vote against Healthcare for all?

team filler · « **Reply #56331 on:** April 08, 2020, 07:44:17 AM »

https://twitter.com/DilanPCook/status/1247839373716054018

thisismyusername · « **Reply #56332 on:** April 08, 2020, 08:38:19 AM »

VomKriege · « **Reply #56333 on:** April 08, 2020, 10:58:05 AM »

Sadly might still be useful in August. Hopefully they start shipping in installments before that...

Production was never going to shift quick enough for the current crisis, even if they started in February, to close the structural shortcomings. Even more so considering you can't produce new medical staff in a few months to put besides it. Every hard hit place has already called in every reserve, retired professionals and students they could throw in that furnace & is converting beds to "ICU" as fast as they could.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #56334 on:** April 08, 2020, 11:25:56 AM »

Bernie’s out :'(

Tripon · « **Reply #56335 on:** April 08, 2020, 11:27:14 AM »

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1247908627706302465

It's over.

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #56336 on:** April 08, 2020, 11:27:19 AM »

what a coward

nachobro · « **Reply #56337 on:** April 08, 2020, 11:28:40 AM »

VomKriege · « **Reply #56338 on:** April 08, 2020, 11:34:08 AM »

He probably reckoned that the primary and convention will not be concluded with any amount of normalcy and that battling for delegates to use as leverage was a bit futile then. The current crisis articulates his points much stronger than he could do himself.

Shuri · « **Reply #56339 on:** April 08, 2020, 11:35:54 AM »

Americans are fucked. Another 4 years of Trump.

Unbelievable.

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