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

they're no more key to his lead than anyone else who also voted for clinton four years ago.

there's no reason to pay more attention to them than the (much bigger) groups of people who have changed from staying home to voting, or from obama to trump.

and there is no need to pander to them. they have no one else to vote for.

Laptop is just the new email. It's a word. It is memorable. It alludes to shadiness. It'll catch on a bit probably. COVID? Yes, sure but what about the laptop? Where is the laptop? When are we going to talk about the laptop? We. need. answers. about. this. LAPTOP! It's so catchy and quotable like a good Seinfeld gag. Nothing deeper than that matters at all.

oh lmao it's scott rasmussen.

well, if that pollster is known for anything it's inflating Republican numbers.

Final weeks of 2016: massive Dem denial about district-level polling that showed Trump breaking through (see replies to this tweet).

Final weeks of 2020: massive Dem paranoia, even though district-level polling consistently shows Trump running well behind his '16 margins. https://t.co/2oAGSUfRU1

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) October 19, 2020

“Scott Adkins,” Trump said, mispronouncing the doctor’s name. “If you look at Scott, Dr. Scott, he’s from — great guy — from Stanford, he will tell you.”

would have assumed Trump gave up on DTV actioners without Eric around to FFWD through the talking parts, but it's good to know the pandemic is in a safe pair of fists

https://cityonfire.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/avengement-1-723x1024.jpg

https://i2.wp.com/teaser-trailer.com/wp-content/uploads/Close-Range-poster.jpg?resize=450%2C600&ssl=1

https://assets.voxcinemas.com/posters/P_HO00004525.jpg

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http://scottadkinsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Movie-Poster-Assassination-Games.jpg

https://cdn.traileraddict.com/content/xlrator-media/close_range.jpg

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https://maactioncinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/van.jpg



maybe he just saw this series and wants to keep him onside

https://dauvsy92u4wdt.cloudfront.net/prod/film/Poster_271834.jpg

https://www.punchdrunkcritics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/pdc_debtcollectorsposter.jpeg

Avengement!

Can I just

Toobin Snake Boogie

That's all, sorry

Those are all movie posters for 30 Rock, right?

Trump's idea of the Adkins diet is very different from mine.

I watched Avengement last week. It's on Netflix. It's pretty good.

wait, why did Toobin do that?

Toobin's explanation that he thought the video was muted and no one could see him doesn't really explain why he did that, but only why he thought he wouldn't be publicly embarrassed by doing it.

It was over Zoom, he probably figured he would only be *virtually* embarrassed.

he probably thought he could get away with having zoom running in the background while being muted and having his camera off. so he felt like he could do whatever he wanted and no one would known. and from there, you know, click a few links, have another glass of wine, one thing leads to another

that's the most innocent explanation i can think of and it's still pretty gross. the other option is that it was in some sense intentional.

Maybe he was just *being* a dick and contemptuously making the jerk off motion.

def don't need two threads for Toobin's dick

Especially when the biggest dick in the world is already the subject of several threads.

#onedick

Barely worth half a thread from what I heard.

No need to minimize the zoom window, if you know what I mean.

Wait, what the fuck is all this

Wait, I am actually most confused by this part of the story. What exactly are they doing over there? pic.twitter.com/h4W5fUjuYx

— David Freedlander (@freedlander) October 19, 2020

"We're too good to play D&D! Anyway, you get to be Pompeo this time."

i assume they were doing something like this for the #content

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/06/election-2020-war-games-trump-vs-biden-race-show-risk-chaos/5526553002/

Well I mean they got the chaos

whatever it was, the erotic energy is undeniable

https://i.imgur.com/kvyU8Yl.jpg

Lulz @ sic

Wait a minute

uh this has been deleted from the story?! https://t.co/WIhaZIw5C0

— Midsammar💭 (@samthielman) October 19, 2020

Method acting?

can we keep the this in the other thread? New Yorker magazine alert thread

Also starring Anthony Lane as Nathan Lane

And Wallace Shawn as William Shawn

The Foxconn thing is just something else.

https://www.theverge.com/21507966/foxconn-empty-factories-wisconsin-jobs-loophole-trump

Useful

JUST IN: In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a blow to Republicans with a decision allowing Pennsylvania to keep its extended mail-in voting period. https://t.co/eXKV0YMjAj

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) October 19, 2020

^ good news

While searching for Toobin's old swinger-club-set profile of Roger Stone earlier, I came across this August article featuring Stone attempting a characteristically, but still impressively, shameless attempt at rebranding as a grifter of megachurch patrons.

xp happy to read about that

dropped off my ballot today at the Civic Center, glad to be done with it.

I have been getting a robocall almost every day now to "re-elect Donald Trump". It's been increasing over the past few months. I've always been registered as a Democrat and have never voted for any Republican for any office in my entire life. I know this kind of stuff increases close to an election and I'm used to getting appeals from Democrats at election time, but this bugs me

If there's one thing you can count on from Trump and his supporters, it's that they will go to any length necessary to irritate liberals.

To be really fucking clear, I would much rather have seven threads about people laughing about Jeffrey Toobin than seven threads of people reposting every single fucking thing Trump says and does

Just be glad people moved on very quickly from talking about Trump's junk.

Hey guys, what did I miss?!

You can’t step in the same slipstream twice.

between the viaducts of Trump's jeans

was glad about that Supreme Court split, but this from Mark Joseph Stern is disturbing:

Ian is right—tonight’s order from the Supreme Court is terrifying. Four conservative justices supported a radical theory that would empower state legislatures to violate election laws and engage in voter suppression with impunity. Only Roberts balked.https://t.co/gXyvND850U https://t.co/80uQmrhwhu

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) October 20, 2020

I understand that it's good news re: PA but I find it chilling that half the court was evidently in favor of hearing this case

lol xp

14 days

Hell yeah

Uh oh looks like the chairman of biden fundraising committee/vp search committee member is not getting a cabinet position

1. Exclusive: Sources tell me that LA Mayor @ericgarcetti witnessed his top advisor Rick Jacobs sexually harass and assault people over the past six years. And not only did the Mayor not do anything to stop it, he's kept Jacobs in his position. https://t.co/icvQYPOmzl

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 20, 2020

Good

Yeah I'm gonna say I'm shedding no tears for either that guy or Garcetti.