US Politics, June 2024: "Have there ever been this many cowards in power?"

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/sen-fetterman-injured-maryland-crash/3881810/

maybe this will jar something loose and he'll be less of a ghoul? lol, right.

for unknown reasons, the Traverse rammed into the rear of Fetterman's vehicle.

fess up, which of you was it

for unknown reasons pleasures, the Traverse rammed into the rear of Fetterman's vehicle.

oh then it was David Cronenberg

Hamas strikes again

When they wheeled Fetterman into the operating room he looked at the surgeons and said, "Please tell me you're genociders."

when i moved to DC i remember reading some stat that said the city had the most incidents of cars intentionally hitting other cars. i was pretty shocked at the time but now i am one of those ppl

When they wheeled Fetterman into the operating room he looked at the surgeons and said, "But doctor, I am Pagliacci."

Hamas strikes again

― frogbs, Monday, June 10, 2024

and they've got right
to take my place
in the Dem horse race

Now I know how Princess Di felt

As the paste
Made from her English face
Spread between two intact princesses

Omg

That should been what Elton sung instead

this furiosa thread i dunno

Yeah Fetterman would fit into a Mad Max movie

nah we don't need another hero

Sorry if I missed other posts about this

https://thehill.com/business/budget/4652668-extending-trumps-tax-cuts-would-cost-us-trillions-of-dollars/?nxs-test=mobile

HUNTER BIDEN FOUND GUILTY...

OF KNOWING HOW TO PARTY

Yes!

Now we can move on...to Crooked Joe Biden.

About time we started to bring down the Biden Crime Family.

lol PK

i have to admit i'm curious how exactly MAGAstan is going to spin the current president's son getting over-prosecuted for gun possession. i mean i believe in them and know they can do it, i'm just wondering what the deflective talking points are gonna be

Hunter Biden guilty of Rule 34
Donald Trump guilty on 34 counts

Yeah, Hunter Biden should be a poster boy for Second Amendment gun rights.

What else is he going to hunt with?

My right to bear arms protects my right to smoke hubba

I think they're doing the right angle - "I'm in recovery and I accept the consequences of my actions" will actually resonate with quite a few Americans

There it is

https://newrepublic.com/post/182568/conservatives-conspiracy-theories-hunter-biden-guilty-verdict

Let me guess — Bidel let his son get convicted so he looks good in comparison to Trump, then will pardon him after the election

Uh Biden

i think it will be hilarious if he pardons him after the election

Stephen Miller: “The gun charges are a giant misdirection,” asserted Miller. “An easy op for DOJ to sell to a pliant media that is all too willing to be duped. Don’t be gaslit. This is all about protecting Joe Biden and only Joe Biden.”

LOL what the fuck is he talking about

Joe sold Hunter the crack

when the shrooms hit and i realize the beauty of the world all around me pic.twitter.com/rwAcQcHDLv

— Trey Smith (@SlimiHendrix) June 11, 2024

If only Republicans had the ability to conduct their own congressional investigation to prove the nefariousness of the Biden Crime Family.

Opinion | If Donald Trump was named anything but Trump, he never would have been put on trial for manipulating a presidential election he’d go on to win. Here’s why I’m calling on Hunter Biden’s judge to give him the maximum 25 year sentence.

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) June 11, 2024

25 years for each laptop he's stolen from burisma

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/11/us/elections/results-ohio-us-house-6-special.html is going to be a squeaker. it went republican 67 to 32 in 2022 and 74 to 26 in 2020.

Meanwhile, it looks like state Sen. Michael Rulli (R) is on track for a significant underperformance in tonight's #OH06 special election (a Trump +29 seat), though he's still strongly favored to win the seat.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 12, 2024

Noble Co. is now fully reporting, and Rulli (R) only wins it by 28 pts over Kripchak (D). This is a county Trump won by 63 pts in 2020. As a whole, #OH06 is Trump +29.

I'm starting to think #OH06 (a special neither party paid attention to) is going to end up quite close.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 12, 2024

Monroe Co. (Trump 76%-22% in '20) now fully reported. Rulli (R) wins it just 60%-40%. Rulli has to hope for a better Election Day vote surge elsewhere. #OH06

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 12, 2024

oh well. huge swing though.

I've seen enough: Michael Rulli (R) wins the #OH06 special election, defeating Michael Kripchak (D). But it'll be a much closer margin than either party expected.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 12, 2024

Hopefully it’s a sign of things to come (in a good way).

IIUC it's consistent with the last four years of special elections, but the fact that it's *still* happening with a national campaign underway seems noteworthy.

Brill still out here Contenting

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/steven-brill-death-of-truth

Good morning!

https://bsky.app/profile/taniel.bsky.social/post/3kuqasirbpl2s

Brill’s NOT Content

PS the nineties eh? I had a subscription to that and George

Using AI to simulate polling results. This should work out great.

lol, AFAICT the authors of that article seem to mostly work in the data-science, language-processing, and AI fields. if any of them know anything whatsoever about politics, polling, or even "the expressed opinions of individuals and groups across the web," they're not going out of their way to make that clear. they might as well be writing in an lawn-care magazine about how AI will probably be able to change the way you mow your lawn.

plus there's a rather long history of trying to model and simulate voters

can AI be used to simulate electoral results that factor in Republican cheating?