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

I call it “The Freshmaker”

Have read some coverage of WH sources, this is definitely the way to win Michigan and the youth vote:

“Rather than verbally attacking Trump in the coming days, the White House and the Biden campaign will draw on the president's history of condemning all sorts of political violence including his sharp criticism of the "disorder" created by campus protests over the Israel-Gaza conflict, campaign officials said on condition of anonymity.”

Oh just wait for the teargas in Chicago. We have so much fun left to come.

Yeah I agree with all this I've just accepted that the will of the universe is always gonna bend Trump's way, the man will always get everything he needs just when he needs it and will never suffer an actual consequence in his life. I mean he really is the luckiest fucker on the planet. Dude was dead to rights in 2016 until Comey decided to just unilaterally break protocol to throw the election his way. He committed a ton of crime in office but never took a hit for it because he had enough loyalists on board to ensure nothing would happen to him. RBG dies right near the end of his term giving the GOP what will probably be permanent control of the Supreme Court. He contracts COVID and nearly dies from it only for lifesaving medicine to be invented just in time to save him. He attempts to overthrow the government and nobody cares. He steals piles and piles of government secrets, the sort of thing which would get you or I life in prison, but the case is likely not even going to be tried since the presiding judge is a Trump loyalist. He is charged with 34 felonies and the American public does not care. He runs again on a terrible and totally unpopular platform and will absolutely succeed because the Democrats insisted on propping up a man who can barely speak anymore, who will not bow out of the race despite having zero path to victory. And just when you think "eh, maybe people will be reminded of how awful and obnoxious he is" he survives an assassination attempt by a mere inch which instead makes him look like a hero. I hate to sound like this but it really is proof that being a good person and actually caring about the future means absolutely nothing in this world. Maybe it was stupid of me to have any hope in the first place.

sorry for that, just terribly depressed right now

We were inches away from a more entertaining world. Maybe not better but definitely more entertaining.

frogbs — Being a good person means a lot to the people you're good to! It just doesn't necessarily protect you or them. But we already knew that.

I'm still hanging in here!

Biden on. This should be "good".

He should just say "I did it"

i have to say that if the Dems fall into this trap, they deserve to fucking lose.

― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Sunday, July 14, 2024 1:28 PM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

theyre born to lose its their purpose in our political system

biden talk is exactly what you'd expect though I wish he'd go after guns more here.

they make me feel like I'm going crazy like one day it's "you need to give us $10 and help us defeat the next Hitler" and then next it's "praying for a speedy recovery for former President Trump, whose entire family is in our thoughts tonight"

do they not remember about how he teargassed American citizens, or tried to literally overthrow the government, or got something like 300,000 Americans killed from a preventable disease because he disassembled Obama's pandemic response team out of spite? do people not care that this man is all over the Epstein files and has almost certainly raped children? fucking hell.

yeah they dont care, keep in mind these are the same people currently pumping weapons into a genocide

frogbs, you forgot that he stared directly at an eclipse and was not harmed

If big donors pull out of the Presidential race that means more free cash to filter down to Congressional races. Consultants got bills to pay, man.

did biden seriously almost say 'make america great again' and then catch himself

Have read some coverage of WH sources, this is definitely the way to win Michigan and the youth vote:

“Rather than verbally attacking Trump in the coming days, the White House and the Biden campaign will draw on the president's history of condemning all sorts of political violence including his sharp criticism of the "disorder" created by campus protests over the Israel-Gaza conflict, campaign officials said on condition of anonymity.”

White House is flatly denying this and a senior aide says it "will not age well." https://t.co/J9RS260gJV

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) July 14, 2024

biden talk is exactly what you'd expect

the purport of the speech will be "no one wants things like this to happen. he's ok. it's over now. so let's all keep calm and carry on", but the real purpose is "hey look at me! I'm the guy who's president and I'm showing you my leadership chops!" - except nobody was needing that from him and as far as his approval goes it will be water of a duck's back.

this feels like not as big of a deal as it should be maybe the country is just too tuckered out to care

We've entered the Cool Story, Bro era of imperial decline.

lol Yashar Ali, unimpeachable source

it's not just that the democrats deserve to lose. it's that every goddamn one of us deserves better than what the democrats have to offer. they have nothing and no-one. they're the empty suit party.

"It's time to cool it down. We all have a responsibility to do that."

President Biden delivers an Oval Office address after yesterday's assassination attempt on Trump at a Pennsylvania rally. pic.twitter.com/UmhSC4rO31

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 15, 2024

it's become a truism that biden's good when he has a teleprompter, but he's not actually that good right? you can tell that he's looking at a teleprompter in this clip. the focus of his eyes just ever so slightly off-center to the camera, at times slightly straining to read, voice modulating in non-natural ways

wanna throw some of you in the gulags for defeatism. You don't have to be all "Dark Brandon has got this, trust the plan", because WE DON'T KNOW THE FUTURE

We've entered the Cool Story, Bro era of imperial decline.

― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, July 14, 2024 8:25 PM (twenty-two seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

for a while after the fall of rome they were still following the forms having an emperor and whatnot then one day they packed up all the emperor stuff and mailed it to constantinople

it's not just that the democrats deserve to lose. it's that every goddamn one of us deserves better than what the democrats have to offer. they have nothing and no-one. they're the empty suit party.

― Kate (rushomancy), Sunday, July 14, 2024 8:27 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

they do have the suits, or rather the suits have them, which imho is the root of the problem

he also called Trump "Former Trump" which, if only

Being a ceremonial Senator under the Ostrogoths was probably more fun than under western emperors, less chance of getting murdered overall.

the semicolon party

still better than the high colonic party

Getting an overwhelming Dr Steve Brule vibe from the president

still better than the high colonic party

― more difficult than I look (Aimless)

speak for yourself, "this town needs an enema" is a better platform than whatever the fuck the democrats are running on

joker the harlequin '24

Some day a coffee enema's gonna come and cleanse all the shit out of Congress.

you know if the next debate was just trump and biden making doo-doo jokes about each other it would be an improvement

i sincerely, unironically believe this

he also called Trump "Former Trump" which, if only

And the ballot box the battle box--pausing, like he wasn't sure if he should correct himself and call further attention to the slip. It's probably past the point where you're even supposed to notice.

one day it's "you need to give us $10 and help us defeat the next Hitler" and then next it's "praying for a speedy recovery for former President Trump, whose entire family is in our thoughts tonight"

i know a lot of people are complaining about this, but idk if i really want my elected officials to say things like, “it’s too bad he missed.” that’s hot not cold civil war-level rhetoric.

Democrats should have hired an ice cream truck that plays “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” to follow Steve Scalise around 24/7.

just say something vague like "this isn't how we resolve our differences", mention the Pelosis, even use it to advocate for gun control, I dunno. the idea of the people I vote for and send money to sitting around going "please God let Trump be okay" makes me so sick I'm gonna vomit all over the keyboard just thinking about it

Lol they just trying to operate like these humans they’ve heard so much about

The most disappointed person on the planet

Statement from former first lady Melania Trump:

"Dawn is here again. Let us reunite. Now. This morning, ascend above the hate, the vitriol, and the simple-minded ideas that ignite violence. We all want a world where respect is paramount, family is first, and love transcends." pic.twitter.com/XwEOEFrKrO

— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) July 14, 2024

we finally have our new "live laugh love"

“The winds of change have arrived.” Written by the CIA obv

just say something vague like "this isn't how we resolve our differences", mention the Pelosis, even use it to advocate for gun control, I dunno. the idea of the people I vote for and send money to sitting around going "please God let Trump be okayBiden" makes me so sick I'm gonna vomit all over the keyboard just thinking about it

― frogbs, Sunday, July 14, 2024 10:04 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Biden mentioned Paul Pelosi fwiw

Xpost Scorpions iirc

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/wind-of-change-cia-propaganda-cold-war-podcast-1027873/

Well now I'm curious about Trump's "love of music"

Andrew Lloyd Weber fan

He screened the butthole cut of Cats at the White House.

this was biden’s single best poll result since the debate. oops

The polling team extends its apology to @NBCNews and to all those who reviewed the filled in questionnaire of our most recent survey. We made an important mistake on the filled in released today. On the multi-candidate ballot (Q8, corrected here) we flipped the numbers.…

— POS (@POStrategies) July 15, 2024

He likes to move it move it

https://media.tenor.com/iX5cAijpUnAAAAAM/chef-michel-trump.gif