People that you've never heard of, people that are in the dark shadows -- US Politics September 2020

The only part of that that made me laugh was realizing that each word he barfs out brings us one word closer to his last.

He looks so crazed as he says that! Wtf

The underrated part there is his belief that bricks are too heavy to throw.

This is the ultimate macho man Alpha of Ben Garrison's fantasies.

a lot of stuff here I didn't catch up with, but the report of 'strokes' happened on twitter and was in fact fake; someone retweeted the story about Pence being put on standby (which is completely normal) while he went to the hospital (why? no one knows) and said "confirmed he had strokes!" and people like Judd Apatow retweeted it everywhere and hardly anyone deleted these tweets when they were informed that the link said nothing of the sort, because people are fucking dumb.

In other dumb news: Pelosi photographed inside a hair salon in SF. Salons are closed. She claims she thought it was legal. WTF lady. You are not helping.

There needs to be counter-op of, like, Louie Gohmert forcing open a Golden Corral.

btw, did he ever come back covid19?

_from_

sorry, don't call it a comeback

one can only hope he died with a whimper, but I suppose he didn't

not only did he come back, unfortunately, but I saw a picture of him convalescing with a mask.

I thought London Breed announced that there would be a re-opening of hair salons in SF today

Video of me watching strong early markey returns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0IQCLQDfKw

Huge relief: Markey wins big in Mass.

A tragedy for the Kennedy family

there is a reopening of hair salons in SF, but outdoors only.

Markey is a good guy these days so it’s cool he won but it’s extra cool because this is a huge show of strength by aoc/justice democrats/sunrise, and so should frighten (and hopefully push left) the melts.

anyway, point being, it's another 'here's my $5k refrigerator filled with ice cream". apparently the salon owner let this happen so she could video it and leak it to Fox News and make a big deal. She could have stopped it and told the person who rented the chair from her that she wouldn't allow it. But Pelosi should have fucking known better. Like, know what the laws are in the area you represent, moron.

A tragedy for the Kennedy family

― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, September 1, 2020 6:24 PM (twenty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Could be worse, knowing their luck.

what is a melt in a US political context?

At the moment, the Kennedy/Markey district map seems to indicate that the biggest predictor of Kennedy turnout is proximity to Rhode Island.

Something something corrupt old money something something

xpost To the limited extent that I understand the term, I'd wager it's any ostensibly left-leaning pol who bets against and/or undermines the efficacy of more progressive candidates?

I think it’s just been adopted from the ukpol threads where it is generally used as a pejorative for centrists

That’s what I meant by it, yes.

Basically this

Not a single patient should be forced to fight off medical bankruptcy in the midst of a global health pandemic without a lawyer by their side.

— Rep. Joe Kennedy III (@RepJoeKennedy) May 8, 2020

Like I’m not sure this claim is actually true, but this thought must cross a few incumbents minds over the next year or two

Ed Markey winning is amazing because it shows incumbents with imperfect records that if they just work with young left wing activists they can beat back the toughest possible primary challenge.

— Aaron (@BobbyBigWheel) September 2, 2020

Congratulations to noted ilx curmudgeon ed markey.

I see that Kennedy lost big time in my hometown Brookline aka the birthplace of JFK.

eat it pelosi

Haha fuck you mr kennedy

BREAKING: Senator Collins clarifies her position on President Trump. "Yes, I said that I wouldn't endorse him but that doesn't mean I don't fully support him." https://t.co/fcWokcwMHR

— PAULUS V (@PAULUSV3) September 1, 2020

Eat shit, horrible person

What would you even do if such a chicken-livered waste of space was your grandma

Probably dye your hair turquoise and start vaping but maybe that’s just me

it still kind of astounds me the total disregard for legacy these people have

like, you're OLD AMD RICH, why are you humiliating yourself like this?

AND

Very sorry for denigrating chickens’ livers in my above post, not my thing but iirc my grandma enjoyed them on the reg

The thing this really tells us about collins is that (as we know) she’s always been a pandering front-runner fair-weather bullshit peddler who believes in nothing (as we know) and isn’t about to change just because she’s losing (thank fucking god for that)

The entire population of republican senators are sharts in human form

You have to be some kind of loser to lose a race in Massachusetts with the last name Kennedy. Fuck that lightweight.

The gasbag Buttegieg fanboy on my Facebook friend list is very upset about Kennedy's loss

I'm restraining myself from going onto his page and making fun of him but it's very hard

The entire population of republican senators are sharts in human form

I dunno, sharts are short lived and usually only end up making a mess for the sharter.

Clearly you've never seen Shartnado.

or witnessed a middle schooler have to do the mile run after sharting on the way out to the track

Even a man who is pure in heart
And says his prayers by night
May let out a shart when the Poopbane blooms
And the autumn Moon is bright.

The Susan Collins article is a) from July and b) doesn't include the (made-up) quote in that tweet.

mold a new reality
closer to the shart

shart! shart!
let it all out!
these are the shorts I can do without
come on
i'll do the laundry with you
come on

(sorry)

(more of a shart-positive perspective)

https://www.newsweek.com/florida-boat-parade-trump-carlos-gavidia-1529086

Our big ‘boaters’ can’t stop themselves from committing felonies, they’re just too beautiful.

you might say they're gonna go down with the ship