US Politics: July 2020 - "Denigrating this Luxury Avenue"

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/politics/trump-election-tweet-republican-reaction/index.html

exactly as expected. softly saying "no, dearie, no", as daintily as they can without upsetting their dear pustulent leader

Mitch & Co know how to steal elections in Nov/Dec (20th anniversary tour).

XP: There's been a group of ~80 leaders emeritus who've gamed out scenarios for how Trump can interfere with electoral results:

WBUR: On Point: This War Game Maps Out What Happens If The President Contests The Election.

IIRC, delaying the election wasn't mentioned, but there's a lot of dire things that Trump could do, particularly with mail-in ballots. Voter suppression leads to a closer election than polls, a contested swing state, Covid-19 scare used to prevent mail in ballot counting, the DHS nazis called to street protests, and there's no one in the government in a good position to fight back. The presidency holds all the Federal law enforcement, and the career millitary guy on the program (Lawrence Wilkerson, aide to Sec State Powell) was practically begging the military to stay in their barrocks.

Voter suppression is one they're already actively pursuing.

They have to lean on state legislatures and Governors for that, but they have enough cronies to do that around the country.

ACLU probably gonna be at the ready with tons of state lawsuits for States disenfranchising voters or disallowing vote by mail. I don't have huge confidence that this SCOTUS would rule in their favor on most, but...gotta try.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/politics/trump-economic-approval-rating-analysis/index.html

But Trump now may be seeing this advantage dissipate. His approval on the economy has seen a dramatic decline since the beginning of the year, and he's lost his edge on the economy over former Vice President Joe Biden.

NO WAY, Harry!

I do love how he's losing his "edge" to someone who is, afaict, literally doing next to nothing beyond existing as an alternative. Trump would probably lose his edge to Pop-tarts.

don't forget tho, Bernie would've lost massively to him, acc to all the DNC assbags

what's with the avalanche of assbags today

just a passing whimsical fancy

we're brainstorming podcast segment names for Defector

don't forget tho, Bernie would've lost massively to him, acc to all the DNC assbags

― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, July 30, 2020 1:42 PM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Six months ago, I was making the electability argument for Bernie to anyone who would listen. Four months ago, I even voted for him. Now, I have to admit, I'm kind of glad that the nominee is a moderate who can promise baseline competency and won't scare anyone. That's not to say that Bernie wouldn't have won, but he would've made me nervous.

I think the fact that he kinda got stomped by Biden despite his core issues being more relevant than ever points to the fact that people just really fuckin hated Hillary Clinton

My friend Herman Cain, a Powerful Voice of Freedom and all that is good, passed away this morning. Herman had an incredible career and was adored by everyone that ever met him, especially me. He was a very special man, an American Patriot, and great friend. I just got off...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2020

uhh

2016 was extremely weird in terms of both candidates having such high 'negatives' among voters. Trump's were higher than HRC's, but both were at historically high levels.

xpost LOL

helluva place to end your first tweet in a two tweet post

tmi tweet

I just got off in honor of this great patriot

I was there in 1988
I was there at the premier of Rain Man at Lincoln Center
I'm losing my edge
I'm losing my edge to the elderly neolibs whose loafers I hear when they get on the hustings
I'm losing my edge to the Tweeters who can tell me every VP nominee from 1956 to 2008
I'm losing my edge

lol @Morbs - stealing that

amazing, the world is stupider every day

at least i stole it from our resident DNC assbag

What an asshole this guy is. https://t.co/LK3wiIDmxK

— Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) July 30, 2020

I am dying at Trump's tweet cutoff, I know it's unproductive to laugh at a dumb person, but I can't stop, I'm sorry

Worth watching:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLm0r3gOpU4

Obama just called for eliminating the filibuster if "that's what it takes" to pass new voting rights laws, calling it "a Jim Crow relic"

— Grace Panetta (@grace_panetta) July 30, 2020

Wow I guess Bill Clinton is totally not gonna get reelected

he'll be elected to speak at all our funerals

(for a price)

i'm worried about ilhan omar in the primary now btw. i should not have been so glib about it.

caek, what have you done!!

rats, sinking ship, etc

Steven Calabresi. https://t.co/Vf99LoiRi9 pic.twitter.com/F8OqFI0Ky3

— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) July 30, 2020

it just occurred to me... this guy is a fascist!

Keep feeling fascist nation
Passion burning
Love so strong

Imagine that tweet is what puts you over the edge. Takes a special person.

he sounds not just very concerned but very very concerned

caek, what have you done!!

― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Thursday, July 30, 2020 5:29 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

when i am glib about people they lose elections! it is a terrible curse!

Josh you are on FIYAH in term of bringing the lolz lately. Whatever you are drinking, I want some.

caek where is this newfound worry coming from? i've been ready to pull the trigger on a donation but only if it's actually needed.

Is this tied to a possible scandal about funneling campaign donations to her husband?

the photo of him “reviewing the donor list looking for your name” is pure MAGA heroin for you 78 year old relative on a fixed income who’s convinced MS-13 is one caravan away from kicking down their door https://t.co/5oZjlGfuVM

— kilgore trout, new tone haver (@KT_So_It_Goes) July 30, 2020

I've never understood why, if your gift will be 600% matched toward a $25M goal, the matcher doesn't just pony up $20M and be done with it.

Drives other people to donate IIRC

President Donald Trump‘s baseless Wednesday morning question about postponing the 2020 general election has been given new life. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suggested the final decision on any such postponement hinges upon whether Attorney General Bill Barr and others at the DOJ can find a legal justification to change the date.

“Can a president delay the November presidential election, Mr. Secretary?” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) asked during a Senate hearing. “You are one of the most highly trained and accomplished lawyers who are part of this administration,” Kaine summarized, “Can a president delay a presidential election?”

To which Pompeo replied: “In the end, the Department of Justice, and others, will make that legal determination. We all should want – I know you do, too, Senator Kaine – want to make sure to have an election that everyone is confident in.”

https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/legal-experts-erupt-after-mike-pompeo-says-bill-barr-will-determine-whether-to-postpone-the-election/

wouldn't be surprised if that no-neck actually has no idea about the chain of command there.

caek where is this newfound worry coming from? i've been ready to pull the trigger on a donation but only if it's actually needed.

― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Thursday, July 30, 2020 8:08 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

1. this cryptic tweet from a guy who i know some people here don't like, but he does have a record of calling squad-related races

https://t.co/mxFreGNhkC https://t.co/jvD0DrzTTR

— sean (@SeanMcElwee) July 29, 2020

that's this PAC https://theintercept.com/2020/06/15/gop-republican-super-pac-eliot-engel-jamaal-bowman/ and they don't have a great record, and maybe they're spending it all on yard signs and i'm worrying about nothing.

2. one of my arguments that she wasn't in a real race was that, if the one of the best known and most hated people in congress was in a real primary then there would be national coverage but there wasn't any. and then there was some coverage.

Rendering millions of people homeless is probably an effective voter suppression strategy

especially if you do it in a census year

the census counts homeless people

in theory, sure.