US Politics: July 2020 - "Denigrating this Luxury Avenue"

A horde of statues to fill in all those empty seats. Canny!

Terracotta MAGAts

"No, you're the statue!"

i want close-ups of the statues at the next rally during the "i'll gladly stand up" section when they're playing our new national anthem by lee greenwood

god, i would do anything for those pics.

not sure this is still the case, but 20+ years ago the closing number to the Stone Mountain laser show was a tribute to America/Confederacy set to Greenwood’s tune.

https://www.google.co.jp/amp/s/www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/08/melania-trump-statue-in-slovenia-set-on-fire/amp/

not sure this is still the case, but 20+ years ago the closing number to the Stone Mountain laser show was a tribute to America/Confederacy set to Greenwood’s tune.

― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, July 8, 2020 3:21 PM (fifty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

nah man it's Elvis' "An American Trilogy"!

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/09/18/23206508-0-image-a-3_1578592855848.jpg

That's getting pretty close to the King of All Cosmos from Katamari Demacy.

Mayor Turner is trying to get the Texas GOP convention cancelled today.

...and success! Venue contract cancelled this afternoon.

xp How dare you besmirch his name!

He’s a jerk, fuck him

Whoever wrote that this campaign is some elaborate rope-a-dope ... I'll take it.

Learn. Their. Names. pic.twitter.com/lYzH8LIj6d

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 8, 2020

Someone just sent me this old post, I don't even remember writing it but apparently this is the @ProjectLincoln guy https://t.co/PmzFye2Twg

— Brendan james (@deep_beige) July 8, 2020

lol this was the main "Lincoln Project" guy only 2 years ago https://t.co/NOqWLIk1BM

— The Discourse Lover (@Trillburne) July 8, 2020

warning, hopeful op-ed alert. do not read if you don't want to jinx things:

...Elections in both the House and Senate are increasingly syncing with broader presidential races. In 2016, every Senate race was won by the same party that won that state in the presidential contest. In 2018, House races largely correlated with Trump’s approval rating, with even the most popular GOP incumbents unable to run more than a few points ahead of the president. Polls for Senate races this year show the same trend, with Republican incumbents’ totals closely matched with Trump’s.

This spells disaster for the party. Public polls show incumbent Senate Republicans trailing in five states: Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Maine and North Carolina. One recent poll from Georgia shows Sen. David Perdue leading his Democratic opponent, Jon Ossoff, 45 percent to 42 percent, but that same poll also shows Trump trailing presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the state by two percentage points, 47 percent to 45 percent. The clear implication is that Georgia is also in play if Trump’s ratings stay down, which would spell disaster for Republicans since the second Senate seat in Georgia, held by appointed Sen. Kelly Loeffler, is also on the November ballot. That’s seven GOP-held Senate seats at a high risk of switching parties, with only the Democratic-held seat in Alabama that is seen as a likely Republican pickup to offset those losses.

It could get even worse. A University of Montana poll conducted last month shows Democratic challenger Steve Bullock ahead of Republican incumbent Steve Daines 47 percent to 43 percent, even as Trump is winning the state with 52 percent support. Before you dismiss this as a fluke, recall that Bullock is a two-term governor, which demonstrates his ability to win normally Republican votes. Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester also won reelection in 2018 even though exit polls showed Trump had a 51 percent job approval rating. Outside groups have already reserved more than $30 million in television time there, as both parties expect the race to be tight.

[also some stuff about even KS and AK being in play, because kris kobach is a fucking asshole and AK is cold]

...Republicans also look set to lose House seats if trends don’t improve. Throughout 2020, Democrats have led the national generic ballot, which asks respondents whose party’s House candidate they would support. They currently lead by a massive 11-point margin, nearly three points more than they won the national popular vote in 2018. Republicans will automatically lose two seats because of a court-ordered redistricting in North Carolina and won at least 10 seats in 2018 by three points or less. Losing this November by 10 points or more would almost guarantee further GOP House losses, entrenching Democratic rule in the House even further.

A Republican wipeout would likely extend deep into state legislatures, too. Republicans gained 680 state legislative seats in their 2010 wave victory, while Democrats picked up 309 state legislative seats in 2018. Another Democratic landslide could hand them control of a number of key legislative chambers, the most important being the Texas State House. Republicans in Austin hold an 83-to-67 advantage, but they lost 12 seats in 2018, and Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke won nine districts currently represented by Republicans. If Democrats were to win control, it would eliminate Republican control over redistricting in a state that is expected to send 39 members to the House after the post-census reapportionment.

[also some stuff about how this opinion could be wrong]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/08/2020-senate-map-could-be-even-worse-republicans-than-they-think/

the ultimate jinx is thinking about how this election will affect redistricting efforts for the next decade. maybe democrats should *knock on wood* use the upcoming window of peace love and prosperity to finally do gerrymandering and election reform while they still have an opportunity

I'm more worried about what country will be left after the election.

if any country contains COVID and re-opens its borders, I might have to flee. though I'll still vote absentee

He’s not going to lose but this is why it’s important to run good candidates everywhere

Republican outside groups linked to McConnell are now on the hook to spend a very casual $15 MILLION on his reelection in #KYSEN https://t.co/SwQgUqchFU

— Lauren Passalacqua (@laurenvpass) July 8, 2020

Is McGrath still running to his right

Doesn’t matter

probably not it's just funny

I know there's a lot of July left but is there really gonna be a better August thread title than "Everybody's Been Woked"?

not proud to say it, but there should be a separate thread for 'next month's title'

https://i.imgur.com/NV2aSH7.jpg

Supreme Court says Trump must provide his financial records to a NY grand jury. Decision was 7-2.

!!!

There's the tax returns.

still won't see them for years

I know there's a lot of July left but is there really gonna be a better August thread title than "Everybody's Been Woked"?

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, July 8, 2020 11:51 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

ah, how soon we forget "There Has NEVER Been a Boat Parade for Joe Biden!!"

They're just struggling forgotten working-class Joes who happen to own a boat (and have the resources to store, transport, fuel, and maintain said boat, plus copious leisure time in which to use said boat).

You know, salt o' the earth REAL Americans. Not like those elite latte/arugula libs.

― zombeekeeper (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, July 8, 2020 3:43 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Not speaking on whoever was in that SC parade, but when you live on or near lakes, having a boat, even a beat up old metal fishing boat w an outboard, is pretty normal. If you have a truck and a few gallons of diesel, you have "the resources."

It has definitely been interesting to follow all the pandemic regs that address **boating** so specifically? Like the risk level of activities including "pontoon boating" which is just INCREDIBLY specific lol. I mean in theory going to the dock or the public boat launch, as long as you only go with ppl in your bubble, should be low-to-no risk. But if ppl want to like, have their friends over, unmasked, on the PONTOON BOAT then you're at frat party levels of danger basically.

"Pontoon pontoon pontoon pontoon (pontoon)
I see one look like me
I see one look like you"

This might be a Great Lakes thing bc we have so much access, but...water activities are a great equalizer imo? The bar for taking part in fishing, boating, swimming, & other fun stuff is pretty low ALTHOUGH ADMITTEDLY I don't have a good racial diversity lens on this problem because...this is not a very diverse place. (Full disclosure I am 2 miles from a Great Lake right now.)

even a beat up old metal fishing boat w an outboard
yeah i didn't see any of these in those videos.

base level Alumacraft fishing boat will run $20k

TO THE TAXMOBILE QUALMSEY, LET'S GO

new, obv you could get something used and beat up but these were huge boats

Yeah, there are all ranges of boats on the little lake my mom lives on, from the guys with bare bones fishing boats with outboard motors to fully tricked out pontoon boats with water slides, huge ass sound systems, lights and all the bells and whistles.

the old up North axiom, your two best days with a boat are the day you buy it and the day you get rid of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYX1rIe3SaQ

never gets old

I'm saying though don't see a small new fishing boat and assume it's cheap, esp if it's if it's all kitted out

it's like how old fashioned "cabins" barely exist they are all just McMansions with log cabin motifs

these fuckers are the same assholes that have "economic anxiety" and piss on "libs" for buying avocado toast and lattes or whatever. fuck them and their boats!

I used to work with a Cajun guy who had five boats and a roided out pickup but no house or apartment.

maybe if i assume that only two of those boaters wanted that ride, that video is america under trump. also, those two still think it was the best ride.

i think the pilot and bink bikini are the two that like it, the rest are hostages going wtf

it's like how old fashioned "cabins" barely exist they are all just McMansions with log cabin motifs

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, July 9, 2020 3:10 PM (twenty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Okay, well...idk what to say. There are lots of uninsulated cabins & very modest lake homes around here. I guess it's just a regional anomaly.

haha, yep. i've stepped in many a shithole cabin