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

That explains how McConnell has lived to the age of 155

"Several members talked about murdering 'tyrants' read the indictment of every message board and comments section on the internet

Mostly this is just kinda sad

Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien, who tested positive himself, says the Trump campaign agrees to delaying the second debate by a week to October 22 so it can be in person.

"And accordingly, the third debate should then be shifted back one week to October 29," he says.

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) October 8, 2020

xp, I can't find it right now, and don't really want to, but when the ISIS phenomenon was gaining steam, there was a very well produced propaganda video going around the internet that included a speech by some ISIS fighter about "tyrants," and this totally makes me think of that.

One of those involved complained in June that Whitmer (D) was controlling the opening of gyms

well this is clearly tyranny

There's def something about the gym owner/personal trainer mentality that lends itself to Trumpism I've noticed. Small business owner + aggression + "self-sufficiency" ideology I guess? Plus just the practical reality that COVID especially sucks for gym owners and trainers.

the pain & gain presidency

This all gets lost in the ridiculous firehose-full-of-sewage that is current political news, but.

One of the endlessly repeated talking points from Republicans has been that the Obama Administration presided over "the slowest recovery since the Great Depression."

Pence said it again yesterday. "Slowest recovery."

There is a part of me that wishes someone would wheel round with "Oh yeah? Well at least we HAD a recovery. Where the fuck is yours?"

Like, imagine if there were a two-car race, and Car #1 finished, albeit slowly. Then Car #2 flipped over, crashed into a wall, caught on fire, killed thousands of people, and the resulting toxic cloud ended most sentient life on the planet.

Is it seemly that the talking point from Team #2 is still "yeah, but the other people were so SLOW"?

Brad Parscale cried during arrest, told officers his wife won't have sex with him https://t.co/UrzgSa7gcl pic.twitter.com/Dny3sXgnnM

— New York Post (@nypost) October 8, 2020

just putting this out there

damn it's not often that this song from my youth is so topical

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deKRFMjQ5sY&ab_channel=AndrewJohnson

dammit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQuSXE25vd4&ab_channel=MoxyFr%C3%BCvous-Topic

just putting this out there

That's what he said.

Had to laugh at the "and they cut you off whenever they want" part of Trump's complaint about virtual debate.

ugh it's Michigan Militia by Moxy Fruvous. I don't know how to do this shit

(xpost, the recovery) A perfect match for their framing of Obama and Swine Flu: what could have happened but didn't was so much worse than what's actually happening now.

please, the debate must be held in person so our candidate can interrupt and talk over the entire proceedings. remote debates are not possible because the constantly disruptive behavior of our dumb boy could be easily counteracted by muting him.

Just curious, what were those lunatics going to do *after* they kidnapped the governor and overthrew the state of Michigan?

profit, obv

lol

So, first you get the woman (Whitmer), then you get the power (Michigan), then you get the money? Did I get that order right?

This is why, broadly speaking, I'm not really afraid of militias rising up to wreak havoc on some grand scale. Yes, they may be inclined toward violent action (which is scary) but they're also real fucken dumb.

LIBERATE MICHIGAN!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 17, 2020

god don't scare me like that, thought it was a new one

There's a Michigoose / Michigander jest in there somewhere but I'm too tired to construct it rn

fitting that one of the plotters' leaders is named Fox

i'm curious to learn what they thought of Trump's call to LIBERATE MICHIGAN!!!

seems relevant, whether they started planning before or after, and if before, what their reaction was to it

"Wolverine Watchmen" was the name of their group

terrifying, in my view. sorry. i know i'm prone to overreact to these kinds of things.

but they were doing this to try to start civil war II. that was the aim. and if they really would have gotten the 200 people they were looking for to kidnap whitmer and "try her for treason" before the election, they may very well have succeeded in inciting violence across the country. and i very much doubt that trump or anyone in his orbit would have the courage to do the right thing in that situation. he likes people that like him. Wolverine Watchmen are probably leaning toward Trump, i'm guessing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQuSXE25vd4

(you just want the simplest form of the url possible. h t t p s colon slash slash www youtube com / watch ? v = skdlasjld )

((watch this not work...))

Lmao at his new proof of video seems like the steroid high is wearing off and someone showed him his polling with seniors and women.

"Wolverine Watchmen" was the name of their group

Rorschach was not the hero you fucking morons

thanks koogs!

Happy birthday, Tricia, would've been the appropriate response

please, the debate must be held in person so our candidate can interrupt and talk over the entire proceedings. remote debates are not possible because the constantly disruptive behavior of our dumb boy could be easily counteracted by muting him.

― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Thursday, 8 October 2020 18:05 (twenty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

please, the debate must be held in person so our candidate can have one last go at infecting old Joe

Def no reason not to have it in person they can just social distance
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/0YiZgsA4CPD2TqwPkbjvXVstb5Q=/0x0:4465x2836/920x613/filters:focal(2101x700:2815x1414):format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/56330823/613703308.0.jpg

"Wolverine Watchmen" was the name of their group

― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Thursday, October 8, 2020 1:17 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Current me looks back in shame at 17 yo me.

🚨 Biden campaign rejects Trump camp proposal to delay both Oct. 15 and Oct 22. debates; Biden camp only wants Oct. 15 town hall-style delayed to Oct. 22 pic.twitter.com/OlbcLD42RC

— Emily Larsen (@emilyelarsen) October 8, 2020

why are they accepting any delay? If Trump is "symptom free" make him prove it

remotely, that is

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JbcW7ewATGo/TT4KkBQP7PI/AAAAAAAADMw/c3PCcruoRRM/s1600/Foghorn_Leghorn2.jpg

"Remotely, that is!"

ugh it's Michigan Militia by Moxy Fruvous. I don't know how to do this shit

um sorry Moxy Fruvous is CANCELLED

thanks for getting that song stuck in my head again

why are they accepting any delay?

― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, October 8, 2020 10:44 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

idk struggling to care about this

given the way Trump's performed in those debates you probably want them as close to the election as possible

Not if he's bloated from steroids and gasping for breath

all Biden has going for him is Trump's humiliation

I don't think the Biden campaign is "accepting a delay." They want to go forward with the already scheduled Oct. 22 debate. The statement leaves open the possibility that that debate could be held remotely, just as the Oct. 15 debate was supposed to be. But the ball is in the Debate Commission's court now to make that decision.

xps i was looking up what you meant, damn, didn't realize a member of Moxy Fruvous is now a famous sex pest

Biden tested negative today, 9 days after the debate.

i hope every bird in America shits on Trump every day, forever, even after he's dead

also when he dies I want him left in the middle of Wacker Drive

didn't realize a member of Moxy Fruvous is now a famous sex pest

yeah kind of the last band you'd expect huh

WASHINGTON (AP) — Feds charge prominent Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy in covert lobbying effort to drop Justice Department probe.

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 8, 2020