U.S. Politics, November 2024: GARBAGE DAY!!

"oops, you guys shat on all my suggestions, guess I'll just stay President until we figure it out"

Harris would then have to nominate her own VP

Carrot Top is free, I'm told

Make Harris President, she nominates Hunter Biden as VP, House refuses to confirm, Trump can't become President because there's no one to certify, Harris rules by fiat

quick, get the ILXphone

Andy, funny you share that - I was talking about that with relatives just last night.

It would be worth it just to see the women haters lose their minds.

Start the Steal

The thing is— there was a guy who was President for one day and can anyone remember his name without looking it up?

that's kinda BS, isn't it?

idk but I'm sure they made a movie about it with Kevin Kline

it was a dog, I remember that

Air Bud: Hooping In The White House

Maybe kevin k’s dog can reprise the role… Hooping 2: Whiney it’s 4 U

Al Gore

An acquaintance on FB just reported being harassed roadside because her car had Kamala/Walz stickers on it.

Feel like offering to ride w people who don't feel comfortable driving alone and being a barrier between them and assailants

I still see Bernie '16 stickers all the time, I think it's a point of pride for the Berners

I still wear my Bernie hat

did Harvey Epstein win???

Harris won more votes in Vermont than Bernie did

Russian State TV Airs Melania Trump's Nudes on Prime Time

Maybe he’ll break with Putin and we finally get the pee tape.

"Another Democratic operative close to Harrisworld says they sent memos and data to Harris campaign staffers underscoring how, among other things, Republican voters, believe it or not, vote Republican" https://t.co/zA4LEeRThz

— Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) November 8, 2024

And racist misogynist Republicans even more so

interesting idea from a Guardian reader.. what's he got to lose?

_Joe Biden should resign on his 82nd birthday on 20 November, allowing Kamala Harris to become America’s first female president, till 20 January. That would be a decent legacy.
Dominic Shelmerdine
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In my fantasy scenario here she just says “fuckit” and issues executive orders like cutting off all aid and arms to Israel for the period, at least. Like I said, fantasy. But.

Imagine doing that before you lost the election

They'd use their YOLO moment to give Israel even more weapons, be real

The Biden campaign apparently had internal polling that showed Donald Trump was going to win 400 electoral votes at the same time that they were insisting he was a strong candidate. https://t.co/GdzOtmYsaD

— Anthony LaMesa (@ajlamesa) November 8, 2024

Wonderful thing, isn't it, hindsight.

it's a real fucking problem that "real" news like WaPo or the NYT is behind a paywall while stuff like Rumble or the Joe Rogan podcast are free. there is no leftist equivalent to that. perhaps because there is no one who really stands to gain from it, besides the people. whereas Russia can just chuck tens of millions of dollars at Joe Rogan and Tim Pool to do their bidding.

There are leftist equivalents to an extent, but the largest streamers and podcasters on the left don't advocate for voting Democrat, or are lukewarm at best. On the right its lockstep support, 100% enthusiasm (plus an auxiliary lane of enlightened centrists who magically end up agreeing with Trump on everything). The democrats could have some of that, there's no money on it but at the same time the Harris campaign was raking in donations, what are they spending it on?

Lawyers….

Wonderful thing, isn't it, hindsight.

There ARE equivalents of Tim Pool on the left, out there getting his audience to vote, but the same just isn't true of equivalent figures such as Hasan Piker

but the problem that you all seem to be getting at is that there aren’t any enthusiastic Dem podcasts…maybe that isn’t a problem with the podcast world but with the Dems?

I think the Democrats should have chosen a more dynamic and exciting candidate, if thats what you mean? (though for 2024 it was too late due to Biden's reluctance to step aside, and the candidate pool is currently too shallow) Bernie Sanders was the last candidate that could have inspired this

But in general, the right only media space tells you the Democrats are bad, the enlightened centrist space tells you the democrats are bad, and the much of the online left space tells you the democrats are bad

They may even all be correct, but thats a lot of messaging in one direction

The bind that the Dems are in comes from not offering clear policy visions, outlined in simple terms, that will do good for the material conditions of the populace. Why they can’t or won’t do this is clear to anyone who understands money’s intersection with Dem politics and policy. If they had something exciting and good on offer, then maybe the podcasts would follow.

Basically what I am saying is that the problem isn’t the lack of progressive Dem podcasts, but the lack of actual progressive Dem policies. It might be better to focus on getting the latter where it will do some good before worrying about the former

To be clear, I wasn't suggesting the lack of podcasts was the reason, I was answering the question about there not being a left media space. I think there is a left media space, but it doesn't advocate for voting in the same way the right media space does, which puts a lot more emphasis on it

I also don't think there is "a problem". I think it is a combination of multiple problems. I've seen lots of people offer lots of different reasons on this thread

I don't disagree with any of them

The Antisemitic attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam are despicable and echo dark moments in history when Jews were persecuted.

We've been in touch with Israeli and Dutch officials and appreciate Dutch authorities’ commitment to holding the perpetrators accountable.

We…

— President Biden (@POTUS) November 8, 2024

fucking makes me feel sick the way some US politicians spread disinformation and lies

oh no

i would ask “is somebody going to tell biden?” but then i realised no one will tell biden, and even if they did he wouldn’t listen, and even if he listened he wouldn’t remember it 5 seconds later

I think it is more a case of him being such a prolific liar/propogandist and genocide apologist that he wouldn't post any different, even if he was slightly more cogent.

hard to gainsay

Americans in America do not understand football ultras; they probably think those guys had their tailgate ruined.

oh yeah, it's probably just mainly in Europe where he is making the US presidency and himself a complete bloody laughing stock!

A Zionist friend from school posted the Biden thing on her IG.

Israeli football fans rampaged through Amsterdam last night following a Europa League match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax, tearing down Palestinian flags from private properties and chanting racist slogans.

some reportage for US context on what Biden is blithering on about

The main reaction over here in BE/NL is mainly about how the Israeli fans were the victims of horrendous antisemitic attacks. Since any other reporting would constitute antisemitism. The whole world is stuck in a massive catch-22.

I read the BBC story on that, it was reported that people were being stopped anf asked for their passports, is that normal holliganism?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgv4mdr9y8o

The Western media is also bending over backwards to hide the details about the anti-Arab/Palestinian charts. I only learned about that from here

sadly yes, felicity. football culture is absolutely rife with racist violence - antisemitism, anti-black, anti-muslim. and the tel aviv ultras are among the wost offenders. i recognise this may be extremely wild to US posters