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

I guess a higher being also decided to kill a bystander.

"that firefighter died for all of us..."

He’s not going to mention anyone killed or wounded at that rally

Sources close to President Biden tell me tonight they’re *furious* that while the president is trying to recover from Covid in Rehoboth, a pressure campaign keeps picking up speed. Lots of anger toward some donors for talking of $ drying up if he doesn’t quit, toward what they…

— Robert Costa (@costareports) July 19, 2024

"Sources close to..." =Jill

Sometimes you just have to steal grandpa’s car keys.

ha what losers maybe try finding a fully functioning president if you care so much

Biden is starting to make the Nixon of August '74 look like a paragon of humility and clear thinking.

which.. he kinda was.. .delusional, antisemitic, but they didn't need a hook to pull him offstage

"You won't have Old Joe to kick around anymore..."

He could, at the very least, still understand simple math.

apparently Hulk Hogan speaking now, we've gone full wrasslin'

Well Hogan has one thing in common with Trump, people have filmed him saying the n word

So Costa's the Biden direct channel basically.

Andrew Bates is knocking down everything he sees on Twitter, saying no no no no not gonna happen. Maybe Biden's really gonna make it a public fight, there's been this tacit assumption that at some point he gets it and folds but obviously he doesn't have to do that. And the longer he drags on, the more factious the party gets, the pro-Biden people who are left are starting to get super defensive (a lil bit MAGA) and it all seems bad. I think it's megalomaniacal for Biden not to step aside at this point, but the race isn't short on megalomaniacs.

I just don't see what path he sees here — everybody walks back everything they've said and they have a huge celebratory convention and it's all hunky dory? I guess when he sees himself at the center of all that, he just doesn't/won't see himself as he is, and doesn't understand what a fantasy it is. Just boomer narcissism on a large scale. (I know, not "boomer," but really he is.)

Just boomer narcissism on a large scale

yup

What if it turns out that Joe and Jill stay up every night digging for the treasure buried under the White House, and they need at least another 10 months to reach it?

imagine if he got to the convention speech and starts talking about Housing Secretary Carville and UN Ambassador Bill Haley... at that point you can't walk it back

he had one job (the debate)

all he had to say was "it's been four years and you still won't shut up"

Foreign policy experts who have publicly supported President Joe Biden are circulating a petition among former national security officials who have worked under him, saying he should step down as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for the good of the country.
“With the deepest appreciation for your many decades of inspired leadership, we strongly believe that ongoing concerns surrounding your continued candidacy and the growing likelihood of an electoral college victory for Donald Trump put your national security accomplishments ― and our country and your legacy ― at an unacceptable level of risk,” reads the letter they intend to send, which HuffPost viewed a copy of on Thursday evening.

Better to pull the bandaid off before this gets (even more publicly) embarrassing

Basically Pelosi figured out Donilon was the one feeding Biden hopium-spiked poll results, and leaked it out.

Once it was proven that there really was bad info in the inner circle, that gave everyone else confidence in their own eyes. The emperor really was naked. https://t.co/cznv2gvfOH

— Michael Lin, MD PhD 🧬 (@michaelzlin) July 18, 2024

What if it turns out that Joe and Jill stay up every night digging for the treasure buried under the White House, and they need at least another 10 months to reach it?

Starring Nicolas Cage

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— Dolly Madison ✌🏻🌻 🟦 (@dollymad1812) July 19, 2024

xp Ulysses Grant's Confederate Gold.. saw a History Channel show about this

kid rock is bringing the house down.

I just don't think Democrats are the issue. People who identify as Democrats are going to vote for the Democratic nominee whether it's Biden, Harris, Gavin Newsom, or Claire McCaskill riding a little donkey. The question is what are independents and possible non-voters going to do.

jared and ivanka totally look like the undead.

Well there goes the zombie vote, great.

hulk hogan, dana white, kid rock, eric trump, and tucker carlson. man, that is some brain trust of a speaker lineup.

Tucker to help with the critical undecided Deadhead vote

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XP Guest Stars From The Worst Love Boat

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New Drake meme

trump just kissed a dead man's fire helmet.

Someone will absolutely go through this speech tomorrow and post a poll on here. Early favourites: "Bullets flying over us, yet I felt serene," "And there was great, great sorrow," "Once my clenched fist went up..."

Any of you who watched that shit should spend a week in the woods doing some serious reflection on what you're doing with your life.

Oh, please.

Jfc It’s not that serious xp

One thing people love is when you brag about how brave you were

He began by somberly saying that this would be the only time he'd ever talk about the shooting--going to take a wild guess he doesn't hold to that.

I personally like guys who didn't get shot by an ostensible supporter...

I'm not watching but I got a CNN news alert saying "Trump Takes the Throne" and that sounds about right.

It's just weird and meandering. He really is terrible at speech-making. Also seems to be given from a place of complacency, like the election's won, which could be a good starting point for Harris.

glad he managed to get hannibal lecter in there...

11:01 PM EDT
Steve Contorno
Trump hints at the future he has put before JD Vance as his hand-picked heir to the MAGA movement. "He's going to be with us for a long time," he says.

11:03 PM EDT
Jeff Zeleny
As Trump introduces Vance to the crowd, Vance can be seen saying: "Thank you sir," putting his hand over his heart.

Trump has been talking for an hour and just hit the second of "two things" he's going to do as President...

— Sam Seder (@SamSeder) July 19, 2024

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"Senator, I scorned Donald Trump, I reviled Donald Trump, Donald Trump was an enemy of mine. Senator, you are no Donald Trump."

hulk hogan, dana white, kid rock, eric trump, and tucker carlson. man, that is some brain trust of a speaker lineup.

― scott seward, Friday, 19 July 2024 02:24 (one hour ago) link

imagine that's the best "celebrity" lineup you can rollout and somehow you're still leading the polls.

All the Silicon Valley crypto creeps are in on Trump. This is probably how the country actually falls apart lol. Just straight-up rug-pulled.