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

Biden has now dyed himself orange, attacked the lying NYT, and is on track to lose the election... but he doesn't have to accept Trump's victory. He could, for instance, incite a Blue MAGA mob to storm the Capitol in January.

— David Klion (@DavidKlion) July 9, 2024

The BlueAnon Shaman will be visually indistinguishable from the Q Shaman.

Ooooooooo Maga Blue
What’s a game if you never lose?

dying at the image of dem analogs to the j6ers storming the capitol

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) became the first Senate Democrat to go public with his concerns about Joe Biden on Tuesday, saying that he doesn’t believe the president can beat Donald Trump in November.
“Donald Trump is on track, I think, to win this election ― and maybe win it by a landslide ― and take with it the Senate and the House,” Bennet told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.

Bidenista coup will fall apart when they all stop to thank the capital cops for their service.

George Stephanopoulos, the ABC news anchor who recently interviewed President Biden about his fitness for the presidential race, was caught on camera Tuesday indicating that he doesn’t think Biden can serve another four years.

Stephanopoulos, a former Democratic operative turned news anchor, is seen in gym clothes in a video published by TMZ when he is asked by a passerby: “What do you think, do you think Biden should step down? You’ve talked to him more than anybody else has lately. And you can be honest.”

Stephanopoulos, then just off camera, is captured on fuzzy audio responding that he doesn’t think “he can serve four more years.”

In a statement late Tuesday, Stephanopoulos acknowledged that he was the person seen in the video. “Earlier today I responded to a question from a passerby. I shouldn’t have.”

An ABC spokeswoman said that Stephanopoulos “expressed his own point of view and not the position of ABC News.”

Sorry everybody, but the lesson internalized by powerful people in this era is that you never, ever resign, admit wrongdoing, or step down. Ever

Al Franken excepted.

Franken and Katie Hill never should’ve stepped down. That shit is why the GOP always wins

i think there’s still a good chance biden drops out

last week he tried to prove the debate was a one-off, but failed by flubbing three interviews, which lead to the calls for him to step down to get louder

then he switched tack, to basically shouting down any challenge in hopes of stemming the tide through intimidation

by doing so, he’s raising the cost of unilaterally speaking out against him, which seems to have partially temporarily succeeded in quelling the rebellion. but so far everyone who’s made a statement in support of his candidacy has given half hearted strategically minimal endorsements, signaling they are willing to defect if a large enough coalition coordinates on going that way

when biden inevitably gives more horrible public appearances (next opportunity is thursday press conference), the same dynamic will repeat itself. over time, the “shouting” strategy will yield diminishing returns, as his polls continue to fall and coalitions become more emboldened to act

Yeah he's clearly leaning into his Aggressive Joe bit, but if it ever had any charm or even menace to me now it just seems shrill, overly insistent. Like, "Maybe you're just a jerk" behavior.

Thinking about traveling to GA to do some anti-Trump campaigning this fall

Do it.

👍🏽

^^^ Yeah!

Rep Adam Smith going hard on Biden stepping down right now on msnbc

Pelosi saying that Biden should still think about it and not make a decision until after this week

There are 119 days until the election.

It's been 13 days of talk about Biden stepping down since the debate. And it doesn't look like it's going to stop soon.

Good on Adam Smith. If it's going to happen at all, it's necessary to keep a flame burning under the story in the media.

Pelosi obviously signaling Biden to tone down his belligerence and give the Demcratic leadership some room to maneuver him out without dividing the party. Welcome to the opposition, Nancy!

pelosi says biden should reconsider not reconsidering staying in the race. nbc's jake sherman says her statement is "earth shaking"

just tell Biden it's 2028 and his second term is ending in a week

“It’s up to the president to decide if he is going to run,” she said. “We’re all encouraging him to to make that decision. Because time is running short.”

When pressed on whether she wanted him to seek re-election, Ms. Pelosi said: “I want him to do whatever he decides to do. And that’s the way it is. Whatever he decides, we go with.”

Well done US media, this is going to be the only issue until November, isn't it - Biden old / Biden forgetful / Biden pauses for 20 seconds / White House denies Biden has parkinson's (what people will remember: Biden parkinson's)

Hmm word on the street is Biden has Parkinson's

it’s joever

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/opinion/joe-biden-democratic-nominee.html

When you lose George Clooney

Is that the first Batman to speak out so far?

Clooney is fortunate enough to live in Italy instead of this shithole

oh you mean the country with an actual fascist leader?

Negronis for everyone!

this shithole

are you back in our beautiful country beamish??

lol

White House denies Biden has MacGregor's Syndrome

I have led some of the biggest fund-raisers in my party’s history. Barack Obama in 2012. Hillary Clinton in 2016. Joe Biden in 2020. Last month I co-hosted the single largest fund-raiser supporting any Democratic candidate ever, for President Biden’s re-election. I say all of this only to express how much I believe in this process and how profound I think this moment is.

I love Joe Biden. As a senator. As a vice president and as president. I consider him a friend, and I believe in him. Believe in his character. Believe in his morals. In the last four years, he’s won many of the battles he’s faced.

But the one battle he cannot win is the fight against time. None of us can. It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe “big F-ing deal” Biden of 2010. He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate.

Seeing grumbling that Trump speech at his golf course last night didn't get enough attention. Summary of it

Oh boy. Trump’s Doral rally tonight was a doozy. Let’s recap it:

He started off by bragging about his golf course instead of apologizing for being an hour late and leaving people waiting all day under a heat advisory.

He said he didn’t know what NATO was.

He bragged that…

— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) July 10, 2024

This is mortifying.

Ridiculous. He literally just hosted a fundraiser for Joe.

Less handwringing and more backbone- the force is with us! pic.twitter.com/z0Hc7vNzhG

— Law Dog (@maximusgsd) July 10, 2024

nobody will be able to say "you've never elected a force ghost president"

He asked why “sweaty” golf caddies “never touched me, never hugged me, never kissed me.”

I mean they do remember what happened to Kenobi, the second time he faced down Vader. he knew what was going to happen and went ahead with the showdown anyway.

Biden fan art, they really are turning into mini-MAGAs, so weird.

Looking forward to the "Kamala as Fennec Shand" memes

This is mortifying.

Ridiculous. He literally just hosted a fundraiser for Joe.

Less handwringing and more backbone- the force is with us! pic.twitter.com/z0Hc7vNzhG
— Law Dog (@maximusgsd) July 10, 2024
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, July 10, 2024 9:07 AM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

for a sense of how with it these biden dead-enders are, consider what happens to obi-wan at the end of A NEW HOPE and his reasons for that decision lol

star wars!!!!!

Kamala Harris hears a ghostly voice "Run, Kamala, run!"

No surprise that Law Dog is a "retired corp litigator" who refers to his wife as "a cute Harvard girl". He confesses he has feelings for Biden.

On Tuesday, @PressSec said a WH meeting between Biden's doctor and a neurologist was not related to Biden's care.

That was not true. Hours later, she said that meeting was actually when Biden got his neurological exam. https://t.co/obAgDOnXML

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) July 10, 2024

how’s our very own puxatawney phil holding up?

It’s all just so ridiculous. ALL of it.

We're gonna get the worst of both worlds. The Dems are just going to keep pushing this up in the news feeds every day and then still not do a fucking thing about it.

The only winners (in this very moment) are the historians who get to answer the question “how the fuck did we get here?” Because that’s a very long, book length answer.