"Will you shut up, man?" US Politics October 2020

what’s the keypad boner emoji

Ivanka instead of Pence?

I am not ordinarily one to boast, but I FUCKING CALLED IT

"Will you shut up, man?" US Politics October 2020

Assume it’s fan fiction until someone else corroborates.

JoeStork: well, yeah, of course. Just kidding but I still thought it was funny.)

Oh I meant the Sherman tweet!

Apparently Hillary is currently higher than Pence or Harris in betting markets to be our next president.

they rarely vent people any more, from what I've heard. It's an absolute last resort and had caused more harm than good previously. Totally ready, in fact welcome, to be called out on that, if it's wrong. The "very urgent" ventilators from 4-5 months ago are mostly unused.

omg that Vanity Fair article is amazing

Jaime Harrison brought his own plexiglas divider to his Senate debate with Lindsay Graham. #SCSen pic.twitter.com/MX15BaY5S2

— Amy S. Rosenberg (@amysrosenberg) October 4, 2020

and that's where we are folks

Hoping Kamala brings a comically large shield to hers

"Colleagues – our thoughts and best wishes are with the President, the First Lady and Mike, Thom and Ron. I have discussed our situation with Chuck and believe the followIng course of action is prudent. The Senate will go into pro forma session until October 19th. On that day, we will need all Republican Senators back and healthy to ensure we have a quorum.

Lindsey and his committee will be able to conduct the confirmation hearings of Judge Barrett as planned, beginning on October 12th. Should we need to break into a pro forma to conduct covid or other related business requiring votes, you will be given at least 24 hours notice to return.

I had a good conversation with the President yesterday and he is in good spirits. I am mindful, though, that these times are unsettling in the life of our country. We need to lead now, with extra prudence and care, not just for our own health and well being, but to be able to perform our elected duties and to be examples to the country. Wear masks, stay distant, and come back safely on the 19th.

Best,

Mitch"

just imagine I'm posting that Residents video again

oh shit

Chris Christie's been moved to the Intensive Cake Unit

— blaine capatch (@blainecapatch) October 3, 2020

don't play with my heart dammit

lol, had me for a second.

He's going the distance!

trump's gonna end up fine isn't he. he could end up as a fucking brain in a jar of formaldehyde and still go grift and crime into his next stolen term.

*_*

ok i'm better now, sorry.

surely Mitch McConnell should get with the programme grandad.
I mean to be a loyal -party member shouldn't he be courting the vid?

McConnell is a Republican, not a Trumpian.

a bygone disctinction

he also unfortunately is a regular mask-wearer, who’s repeatedly urged people to wear them. he’s a horrible heartless ghoul, but he’s not a covidiot

McConnell knows that Trump is a repugnant idiot, and most likely holds him in utter contempt. McConnell has never taken his eyes off the prize of using Trump"s gift for public chaos and negative interest in governance to advance his own previous-gen Republican mission of stacking the courts.

He's way less interested in governance than Trump is!

an overstatement—they come at their equal disdain for gov't from different places

he also unfortunately is a regular mask-wearer, who’s repeatedly urged people to wear them. he’s a horrible heartless ghoul, but he’s not a covidiot

his is very much a face that was made to be masked

It's like his face needed a shell too.

lol

shame really since he's helped so many of the population feel like dirt and not helped control the virus for so many people. You'd think he must need to share the experience himself.
& otherwise how is he going to share the feeling of extreme pain and desperation he's inflicting on others.

Headlines from new NBC/WSJ poll (conducted after the debate, 9/30-10/1)

1. Biden's national lead among registered voters expands from 8pts to 14pts

Biden 53%
Trump 39%

Was Biden 51%, Trump 43% in Sept poll before debate

— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) October 4, 2020

lol

Good morning!

In Florida, 550,338 vote by mail ballots have already been cast

Votes cast by party:

Dems293,835
Republicans 152,079
No major party: 104,424

It’s Election Day in Florida

— Matt Dixon (@Mdixon55) October 4, 2020

More people have voted in Florida a month before Election Day than theses states have total registered voters pic.twitter.com/E5ikXdIOrE

— Matt Dixon (@Mdixon55) October 4, 2020

It's really refreshing to see ballots rolling in without his airhorn blare accusations of fraud shitting up the feed.

Got my mail in ballot yesterday, will be taking it with me to vote in person this week. Voting without getting my "I voted" sticker is just not voting at all.

Excuse my ignorance, are “no major party” voters for small parties or voters not registered to either major party?

I found that strange as well, because as we all know, Florida *is* a major party state, dude, and no poll is going to tell me otherwise.

I interpret that as registered independents and third party registrants all lumped together

I just moved & registered to vote in Florida at the DMV. I told them "Independent", and it looks like I'm now registered with the "Independent" party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Party_of_Florida

put my ballot in the mail today! felt good

also, i clicked an article with the headline As virus spreads across GOP ranks, some Republicans say party will pay price for ‘stupid’ approach hoping for some schadenfreude, but all i got was this:

Pence’s debate is seen by some Republicans as an opening to both boost Trump with skittish voters and refresh the party’s message on the pandemic since Pence has led the coronavirus task force.

“All he has to do is be kind and pleasant, to be reassuring and competent,” said former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R).

let us all meditate on trump's ability to be these five things: kind. pleasant. reassuring. competent. and how that's all he has to do.

No major party = everything other than R and D, including independents, minor parties, and no party affiliation.

I believe ol' Newt is talking about Pence there, not Trump.

The lying from the White House on Friday and from Conley yesterday about the president's condition is staggering.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 4, 2020

So dexamethasone was found to be beneficial ONLY in patients on a ventilator OR on oxygen.

NOT on patients who don't need oxygen.

There was even the possibility of harm in that patient population.

— Craig Spencer MD MPH (@Craig_A_Spencer) October 4, 2020

lol, seriously

it is staggering, though. it couldn't be a better october surprise, really - in my mind the major scandal is all the people he (and his inner circle, i assume) knowingly exposed. you'd think they'll be spending 99% of their effort this month trying to prevent negligent manslaughter lawsuits

So either he’s sick or they’re killing him.

let's not either/or this

let's both/and this

Trump is going to have the world's best ghost costume this Halloween.

very convincing.

Lmao

There’s a long history of White Houses lying about the president’s health — JFK, FDR, etc. The distinction here is the incompetence.

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) October 4, 2020

People have been lying about JFK's health for decades.