US Politics, July 2024 - "Will you just drop out, man?"

It means this:

He liked to watch old election night broadcasts on YouTube and had an affinity for diet root beer

lock em up

Starting to think Biden’s confident cause he will steal the election.

Sensible policies for a happier America.

That was an xp but if Biden steals the election that would rule.

It’s not like he could get in trouble for doing it anyways since it would be an official act

Suddenly Hunter's presence in the inner circle makes sense. The Biden Crime Family rides again.

CNN has the Blitz Primary pair on right now. I like Abby Phillips (referring to the Michelle Obama/Oprah/Taylor Swift town halls): "That also seems...fantastical."

couldn't resist the display name

Wolf Blitzer Primary

The man in the back said, “Everyone’s a hack”
And it turned into a Primary Blitz

Karine Jean-Pierre is fucking awful at her job. She’s almost as bad as that prick from the Dubya administration whose name I’ve wiped from my memory

“Katie Johnson” at age 35 discussing Trump raping her in 1994

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib-OORRRo

people should remember that this lawsuit was before epstein's arrest and death. the things she says about epstein's "massages" align with details that would become widely known later, but in 2016 epstein was not yet this household name. so for someone looking to smear trump, it wouldn't be an obvious angle.

i am almost certain this accusation is true and it is sickening to think that trump could become president again.

we're just sleepwalking into this repulsive outcome.

for as much as I hated him in 2016 I really didn't think the really salacious stuff was actually true but watching the way this guy always makes the worst and most disgusting possible decisions and the way he skates with fucking everything he does, I'm convinced it's true

You believe polls, and the media organizations that commission and design them. That is your right. But (and we've discussed this many times) when you examine those polls' methodology, they are effectively worthless. They reach out to 100,000+ people to get 1000 answers. They can't get enough black respondents, so the ones they do get, they count as three ("weighting"). They only interview English-speaking Latinos. They are national polls when elections are not decided nationally, but state by state. Which of those things gives you the most confidence in the numbers?

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lol literally unskewing the polls

all the biases you mention would apply to a poll run at any point in time. so comparing polls across time should still be valid. and biden is polling way worse than he did four years ago. it's like if your scale is off by 5 pounds, you won't know how much you weigh, but you can still figure out how much weight you've lost/gained

Biden social media is posting misleading things about the media, presumably because they're mad at them. Stelter's actual point here is that Project 2025 is at least offering some vision of the future, which the Biden campaign hasn't really managed.(Because they're too busy getting pissy with the media, maybe.) He's obviously not endorsing it. Just more wagon-circling victim mentality.

Here's what I said: "The critique of Biden right now is that he's stuck in the past, talking about his past accomplishments. So, ironically, Project 2025, even though it scares a lot of liberals, it's actually a forward-looking plan..." (1/2) https://t.co/JQaZrdpcSP

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 8, 2024

Like why are they posting about Brian Stelter at all? Who is this even playing to?

It’s comms people in the white house mad at their cultural peers.

The laser eyes dark brandon shit pisses me off now.

It’s comms people in the white house mad at their cultural peers.

Yep. Good thing they've got their priorities straight.

The Dark Brandon idiocy was cringe from day one

https://www.jezebel.com/i-never-want-to-see-the-dark-brandon-meme-again

Doesn't seem that long ago that Karl Rove threw an on-air fit because he didn't like the math he was seeing.

tryna pod save America

Replace Biden as nominee:

64% all voters
55% Black voters
66% Hispanic voters
48% Biden (!) voters

Biden is too old to be an effective president:

69% all voters
62% Black voters
68% Hispanic voters
55% Biden voters

This is from the NYT PRE-debate poll, Trump 48-Biden 42,…

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) July 8, 2024

Guy isn’t just destroying his legacy, he’s about to take a wet shit on it

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GSCeh_HXwAEC446.jpg

qanon vibes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2_E62NY3hg

Oops lol. Great song, though!

pic.twitter.com/0MPoJgznk0

— anti-treat aktion (@biscuitcoded) July 9, 2024

augh!

good morning!

ppl are so betrayed by that AOC statement, but a statement from her calling for Biden to drop out would have very little purchase within the White House and the Democratic establishment at large. there is more upside for her at this point to voice loyalty -- though the actual statement isn't exactly a full-throated endorsement of Biden, it's just her saying factually that Biden is the nominee, so she will support him (as long as he remains the nominee).

It wouldn't be humanity in the year 2024 if we weren't champing at the bit to shout J'ACCUSE!!!! at literally anyone over the merest imagined slight.

Seems like she could have said nothing

she'd probably get hounded for remaining silent

I wouldn't call the positions of any Dem members of Congress a betrayal, they're making their best guesses about the best way to win while also navigating party politics and thinking about what happens after November. Obviously I think there's a better case for Biden stepping aside, but I don't think it's a slam dunk decision either way. And tbh marshaling support within the party is the most focused and energetic thing the Biden campaign has done all year. Now they need to project that outward.

^^

People are vv weird about AOC

yep

People like saviors (people are weird about Bernie Sanders too).

But we need coherent speakers at this moment tbh

And non-corpses

we're staring down the barrel of fascism, if Biden insists on staying in then the Dems should all get behind him. doesn't mean they have to be happy about it but these are the stakes right now.

The GOP convention next week could have a focusing/energizing effect. And/or it could give Trump a bounce that will terrify people even more and prompt one more round of Joe's-gotta-go.

can't wait to find out which lunatic will be his running mate

Pelosi.

i watched this whole thing. if you transcribed what they said and read it it would make sense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE5BWFRETdk

It’s looking Vance

I'm guessing Trump delayed his VP pick to find out whether he'd be running against Joe or Kamala.