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

Don’t know why the url messes up, you know where to go to though.

https://www.ibtimes.com/maine-democrat-leads-longtime-senator-susan-collins-5-points-new-poll-3018312

Maybe the thing that will turn it around for Collins is a really sharp ad that zeros in on all the horrible positions her opponent is taking. Yeah, that's the ticket. Oh wait, shit, fuck...

What is Sara Gideon's "Top Priority?"

Hard to pin down, but one thing's for sure -- after 133 days of vacation during a crisis, it sure isn't Maine.#mepolitics pic.twitter.com/hKT2PR1tzY

— Team Collins (@TeamCollins207) July 28, 2020

Wow, that's a terrible ad: It only emphasizes all of the things that Gideon wants to focus on. The "gotcha" that they can't all be "top priorities" is weak.

"Look at all these things she's concerned about! How could she possibly be concerned about all these things! She MUST BE LYING!!!!"

Next level stupid.

Conservative think tank leader says schools should reopen since most Texans dying from COVID-19 are elderly or Hispanic

susan collins is going to loose spectacularly

Good morning to @SenSusanCollins and @SenSusanCollins only. pic.twitter.com/6i4GlGtgkF

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 29, 2020

Wow, I mean we've debated TLP again and again but that's a good ad.

These once and future Republicans have honestly shown much more conviction than most Dem leaders. And that's why they'll never get a cent from me, even if I appreciate their efforts now. Once they get their way they'll continue to fight to get their way, without the once in a lifetime twist of their goals loosely and broadly aligning with immediate Dem goals.

The Lincoln Project has also bought ads for the Democratic Senate candidates in Montana and Alaska:
https://www.axios.com/lincoln-project-senate-alaska-maine-montana-f1127dfe-5123-471a-9512-6e77ed3ce5fd.html

Politico: Louie Gohmert, who refused to wear a mask, tests positive for coronavirus https://t.co/Pc4kGXZF6k

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 29, 2020

well thats a shame

probably could have condensed this to 14 words

@realDonaldTrump

I am happy to inform all of the people living their Suburban Lifestyle Dream that you will no longer be bothered or financially hurt by having low income housing built in your neighborhood...

re: gohmert, it's really a shame they caught it today and not tomorrow. he was scheduled to ride on air force one with trump today

DJT with the Little Creatures deep cuts

Has any GOP politician died of Covid?

Nah, they've just been harvesting the lungs of the young to keep on tickin'.

Hence the goon squad abductions.

hooooly shit

Rep. Gohmert was tested several times before his planned trip to Texas with POTUS. Now he will isolate for 10 days.@replouiegohmert: “I can’t help but wonder if by keeping a mask on, if I might have put some… of the virus on the mask and breathed it in” https://t.co/FSNbdLtvk3

— Cynthia McLaughlin (@cynthiasmu) July 29, 2020

haha, and another pull quote from gohmert from that interview:

"If somebody feels strongly about everybody should wear a mask, then they shouldn’t be around people that don’t wear masks.”

hmm, if you reverse that it starts to make a little more sense:

if somebody feels strongly that they should NOT wear a mask, then they shouldn't be around people that DO wear masks

KM the "well if you believe this, then logically you should also believe..." line of argument does not apply to any of these idiots and it never has

lol he truly is as stupid as they come

PLAYBOOK PM: After we reported that @replouiegohmert was positive, we got an email from a Gohmert aide. pic.twitter.com/x31CSOdkLf

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) July 29, 2020

wow I honestly hope he dies

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/politics/portland-federal-agents-leaving-protests-homeland-security/index.html

I am happy to inform all of the people living their Suburban Lifestyle Dream that you will no longer be bothered or financially hurt by having low income housing built in your neighborhood...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2020

Saw Suburban Lifestyle Dream open for Soccer Mommy, they sucked

Ever since PM came out, Ive gotten a flood of emails from republican staffers who say they too are being forced to come to the hill without a mask now.

If you’re one of those people, email me or dm me.

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) July 29, 2020

hey I don't say this often but Donald Trump is a fucking ghoul and I hope his brains explode

if Barr gets it and dies of the VID along with Louie Gohmert, their bodies should be dropped out of a helicopter onto the Capitol steps

trump is just going back to the tactics that first got him on the front page of the times.

I know, he's not a galaxy brain and this whole "beautiful suburbs" thing is a huge racist dog whistle, but...like, does he *know* that the racial composition of the suburbs has changed dramatically in the past two decades?

More than half of all minority groups in large metro areas, including blacks,
now reside in the suburbs. The share of blacks in large metro areas living in
suburbs rose from 37 percent in 1990, to 44 percent in 2000, to 51 percent in
2010. Higher shares of whites (78 percent), Asians (62 percent), and Hispanics (59
percent) in large metro areas live in suburbs.

He just couldn’t spell exurbs probably

if Barr gets it and dies of the VID along with Louie Gohmert, their bodies should be dropped out of a helicopter onto the Capitol steps

I know song parodies sung by government employees isn't everyone's cup of tea, but...

TRUMP: “When you say per capita, there’s many per capitas. It’s like per capita relative to what? But you can look at just about any category and we’re really at the top”

US testing and death rate per capita is worse than other industrialized countries: https://t.co/BPLwn1aTdy pic.twitter.com/0muEjBzbMW

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) May 20, 2020

deep sigh

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

well, i don't really think that per capita can be assessed as of itself as being per capita because what does per capita feel like?

oh, that's from the ancient day of may 20, 2020. we can safely assume that's he's put in the time and effort to learn what the (very common, essential) term "per capita" means

we should try to find a way of using "per capita" that puts things on a comparable playing field, so we can do "apples to apples" comparisons

We're Really At The Top or There's Many Per Capitas for August Thread Title.

Oh, nm. Vintage Tweet.

You're going to have to be more specific when you are referring to per capitas, I can think of at least four different per capitas.

he like-a da red capita

TRUMP: “When you say per capita, there’s many per capitas. It’s like per capita relative to what? But you can look at just about any category and we’re really at the top”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20kM2xtUfBI

he probably thinks "per Capita" is a song from Kiss Me, Kate

Karl Marx - Per Capita

Ironically the suburbs stuff plays best in a state he has no chance of winning, and I suspect the Liveable California folks (ie racist anti-tax nimbys) are not thrilled that their alignment with Trump (who is using their exact language here) is going to be brought up regularly now.

are nextdoor nazis really shying away from trumpism

Yakov Smirnoff appeared at a Branson city meeting tonight. He opposed a mask ordinance. pic.twitter.com/BRpEwwZpiQ

— Rob Zerwekh (@zerwekh) July 29, 2020

What A Country!

In Fascist country, mask wears you!