US Politics, June 2020 — You have to dominate.

xps don't forget the old people who aren't thrilled about being abandoned to the plague

Personally I think he’s fucked himself and with any luck he’s fucked Republican control of the Senate. This many people turning out under the threat of COVID, tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets? Imagine how many will turn out just to vote.

This assumes we have something like “peacetime” come November. Nobody really knows what winter will bring. But people hate him. They hate him so much it’s frankly impressive.

I knew I shouldn’t have posted that, just being cooped up at home for three months and now being surrounded by horrible news, images of shocking violence everywhere I turn and that goddamn orange idiot stirring shit up at every opportunity has my anxiety at an all time level.

I’ll just say it’s hard not that let worst case scenarios spiral out in your head during all of this shit.

“hard not to”

it ain't like that man, you're stressed, we're all stressed, and this is how it manifests itself sometimes. you're good people.

I don't know if this represents a shift against Trump and the GOP, but if this goes long enough and their numbers sink low enough, they will eventually try to find some way to make peace just to save what's left of their political lives. Those are very big ifs though.

Apparently old-people social media (local Facebook groups) are et up with people freaking out about Antifa invasions. One woman I know said her grandparents own a business in a small town (a town not menaced by anything at all) and they spent the night at the business last night because they were afraid it was about to be looted.

Tons of troll posts circulating warning about Antifa forces gathering in, like, mall and Target parking lots.

at the mall, stealing cds from Sam Goody

to be fair, once all the nazis wrap up their urban sojourns they'll probably throw in a little light vandalism once they get home just to dot all their i's

Unless approval among registered R voters somehow dips far below 95% I’m afraid the party is ride or die w/ Trump and nothing—nothing—is going to change their calculus

do any of you think that this will mark a sort of seismic shift against trump?

good news is it really doesn't have to, Trump driving down GOP turnout even 1% is huge given the razor thin margins they're on

yeah, i agree with that. but for the same reason, given how thin the margins were in 2016, if he's doing significantly worse and he's clearly going to lose, it could turn into a landslide

i am knocking on all wood, trust me

Joe Biden still needs to eventually appear on television for at least 10 minutes one sort of would think

As I often say, five months is an eternity in US presidential politics. Assume nothing.

My favorite theory for why the GOP leadership can’t turn on the Trump admin is because there’s kompromat on all of them. Better to retire a little early due to a lost election than have a select group of foreign agents turn CI and provide witness testimony

RIP steve king i guess

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EO-kS1VU8AALGix?format=jpg&name=medium

i would guess that he'll be more influential and financially compensated in the white supremacist speaker scene

ah look! Resistance leader George W. Bush.

Makes you wonder if these "Presidents Obama and Bush should address the nation" people actually have a functioning memory.

it helps their Biden "enthusiasm" too

NPR tapped Klobuchar for remaining Floyd cops' fate interview just now; how on point

Trump Privately Backs Off From Sending Troops Into States Amid Unrest

After threatening states that he would dispatch the military to quell protests, President Donald Trump appeared to be privately backing off, with White House officials saying the response to demonstrations across the country indicated that local governments should be able to restore order themselves.

The shift came as protests in Washington and other cities over police brutality against minorities proceeded Tuesday with relative calm, a striking contrast to the harsh crackdowns outside the White House on Monday night. The president wanted to make the aggressive action in the nation’s capital an example for the rest of the country, a senior White House official said Tuesday.

someone will call him a punk bitch in like 2 hours and detroit will get carpet bombed have no fear

So are those Blackwater troops all over the Lincoln memorial or whut?

some Hitler xxp

So now he's gonna move the RNC with two months to go? "Republicans in Disarray!"

so glad my governor didn't back down on the convention, not that it was a difficult decision. RNC made completely unreasonable demands AND refused to make even a half-assed pledge to follow the most basic health and safety guidelines. the best part of all this was when Gov. Cooper pointed out that fucking NASCAR provided a significantly more thorough, detailed, and responsible plan of action for a race that was being held with much less turnaround time without any actual spectators.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/melissasegura/police-unions-history-minneapolis-reform-george-floyd

Long article on the difficulties involved in negotiating contracts with police unions. Article takes Minneapolis Council to task, but notes the obstacles they face

So are those Blackwater troops all over the Lincoln memorial or whut?

― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Wednesday, June 3, 2020 10:10 AM bookmarkflaglink

They were Maryland National Guard

And some cops in military vests

Cos that's not creepy af

countdown to SECDEF Jared Kushner

NEW: Defense Sec. Esper: "I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act."

“The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most ... dire of situations. We are not in one of those situations now.” pic.twitter.com/GcMBjs73rI

— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 3, 2020

At this rate he's gonna have no choice but to throw Tiffany into a position somewhere.

she'll end up being the Frodo Trump of this story. muddling, committed, core-competent.

who will lead him to the Undying Lands

The NC/RNC thing was inevitable, like he ever wanted it anywhere but in one of his hotels/Florida/his living room. Like a lot of his bullshit, he no doubt only wanted North Carolina because someone smarter or more educated/organized than him found some tangential campaign benefit to it and snuck it into his brain, but Trump is always about doing the easiest, laziest thing for the biggest return.

are there ANY states that are going to be willing to do this in August?

This morning's White House propaganda email's subject is "The Lying About Donald Trump is Now Completely Out of Control" which, given the circumstances and even by their standards, is risible beyond parody

xp -- I live in one. The mayor of Jackson would say fuck off, but the casinos/convention infrastructure on the coast would probably jump at the chance.

Like a lot of his bullshit, he no doubt only wanted North Carolina because someone smarter or more educated/organized than him found some tangential campaign benefit to it

Was it even his choice? I assumed it was chosen by RNC leadership, not by Trump himself.

He def. pretended like it was his preference.

i believe mar-a-lago might be available to host the RNC convention. no masks or other PPE allowed

Is the DNC still happening or is that unknown as well?

zoom DNC iirc

I found a 2018 article about how the RNC was having trouble finding a city willing to host the convention in normal times. Charlotte was the only one actively lobbying for it.

Someone should print up Zoom DNC shirts a la the Run DMC logo.

Nashville is apparently under consideration now. Yay.

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