US Politics, August 2024 -- "Unburdened By a Has-Been"

Maybe we will get at The Blue Up? reunion out of this

“Vance With Eyeliner” should be the title of someone’s breakthrough Hit Em single

xps Suicide Commandos/NNB double bill or gtfo

Commandos could definitely happen! not sure any administration could get NNB to come back

I learned within the past 48 hours that I actually know Shapiro's brother and sister-in-law fairly well in a professional/quasi-personal context. Let's just say that my experiences with this family did not alleviate whatever unease I might've had about him

Harris/Walz 2024: Let's Go Out and Have Some Complicated Fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnCrl-BpuR0

Dems in disconcerting levels of array https://t.co/F6fmqQK8DE

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 6, 2024

lol

and here's why that's bad for joe biden

was reading an article about the israel iran situation which mentioned biden and was like hadnt thought of that guy in ages is he still around

Tim (Hüsker Düde) Walz

Has Bob Mould been reached for comment?

Lol xp

a couple of the bridesmaids have come out with praise too. kelly, beshear.

I like bouie’s take that this is the triumph of the resistance: wine mom and a public school dad who you can easily imagine attending the women’s march. Possibly being naive here but that normie mainstream group feels like it has moved meaningfully left since then on all the non-#democracy issues, which is exciting.

hell of a xp Puffin

it's the live laugh love presidency!

bouie otm, chait hurting right now lashing out in the only way he knows how

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woah pic.twitter.com/dmDyZCTPo7

— matt (@computer_gay) August 6, 2024

Anyway, last point: Walz got into politics bc he took his students to a GW Bush rally & they were kicked out bc one wore a Kerry badge. He got mad. You can sell things like that.

— Justin Sherin (@wychstreet) August 5, 2024

I worked with Walz at a golf course when that happened (side gig for both of us). I saw him at the course shortly thereafter and he told me the story. His fury on behalf of his students was authentic.

— Shane Drahota (@sdrahota) August 6, 2024

pelosi must have the best pr in the world every time something happens she orchestrated behind the scenes, you never hear much about her in front of the scenes work tho

― lag∞n, Tuesday, August 6, 2024 7:34 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

ya pretty sure this is her approach to the stock market too

got her

https://www.24sight.news/cp/147411470 more on that story xp

Crazy that the Minnesota state troopers bring Walz to the airport and when he gets off the plane the secret service grab him and throw him in an armored car yelling into their cufflinks: "BRATDADDYONE IS ON THE MOVE. WE ARE GO!"

the party’s sold out, man. It used to be about the blatant incompetence.

chait doing the radical centrist primal scream, sad stuff man i hope hes ok

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She could always go to Israel and autograph a bomb

As southpaw on Bluesky put it: "Is it the Trump campaign’s position that Donald Trump should not be allowed to vote?"

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Maybe the "If Harris/Walz win, we get the first American Indian woman governor" helps in areas with high Native population like Arizona (with 3 swingy congressional seats) and Montana's must-win Senate seat

jesus christ nobody cares about policies or positions. they care about their gut and vibes and it doesn't matter how happy the squad is that tim is in, "centrists" are gonna look at him and think "that's an old white guy who seems down to earth" and be comfortable with him.

If this doesn't move you, I don't know what will pic.twitter.com/Vh4XK1yZkU

— Nick Ahamed (@nickahamed) August 6, 2024

The thing about the argument that Shapiro would've been more reassuring to swing voters who are worried that the ticket is too far left is that it doesn't take vibes/affect into consideration at all. Regardless of their policy positions, Shapiro comes across as a slick big-city lawyer, while Walz is a folksy Midwestern dad. If voters are worried that Harris is a wacky San Francisco liberal, feel like Walz would be more reassuring than Shapiro.

I came to my left wing position on health care because I blew my hearing out firing heavy artillery in the military

lmao

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these commentators who are all salty because Shapiro got passed over are truly ridiculous

I’ve seen the popular image of Tim Walz being hugged by the kids when signing the bill for free breakfast and lunch at schools, but this is my first time seeing the video and it’s very sweet.pic.twitter.com/PXEToDoG8v

— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) August 6, 2024

oh my god!

how long until JD Vance calls Walz a pedo

I'm sure Vance, Elon and the tech bros are coming up with a theory about how Walz emasculated himself by agreeing to have a female boss.

lol at Walz being a “dangerous liberal extremist.” It’s always interesting to research who gets paid to write this stuff. She fits the young blonde Fox News type perfectly. Points docked for using “positionality” in her bio.

https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/karoline-leavitt/

last three nat polls came out today all have Kamala ahead

ow my eyes, and my legs too

ive seen enough dems are winning im calling it

The hashtag getting amplified on Twitter is #TamponTim because, god forbid, he advocated for free tampons in all restrooms.

xxxxpost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l3OOpBPI8c

I'm Karoline Leavitt and I'm here to say
I love squinting in a major way

The hashtag getting amplified on Twitter is #TamponTim because, god forbid, he advocated for free tampons in all restrooms.

― bratwurst autumn (Eazy), Tuesday, August 6, 2024 11:24 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

oh my god what a bunch of pathetic losers

The thing about the argument that Shapiro would've been more reassuring to swing voters who are worried that the ticket is too far left is that it doesn't take vibes/affect into consideration at all. Regardless of their policy positions, Shapiro comes across as a slick big-city lawyer, while Walz is a folksy Midwestern dad. If voters are worried that Harris is a wacky San Francisco liberal, feel like Walz would be more reassuring than Shapiro.

― jaymc, Tuesday, August 6, 2024 12:16 PM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

agree with all this also the idea that the their politics are far left enough to cost them votes is ridiculous

Glad that the GOP thinks a bunch of dudes making fun of tampons is a winning PR strategy

so weird that it is a battle of the diet dew lovers.

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/kamala-harris-vp-tim-walz-diet-mountain-dew/

never forget

difficult listening hour wrote this on thread Democratic (Party) Direction on board I Love Everything on Sep 18, 2017

this country's going so far to the left you're not going to recognize it

...from the party that attached maxipads to their ears in solidarity at their convention. (xxp)