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@Paekakboyz said in US Politics:
@gt12 so the key to future judgements is throwing an epic keg party and getting Big K onboard!
I don't know how much trust to place in the Justices as they go through their confirmation hearings. But all sorts of vids are doing the rounds of at least three of them (including 2 of the last 3 appointments) saying they wouldn't touch Roe v Wade. So they were either lying or dancing around the truth by saying they wouldn't do anything, but not saying that if it came up they'd rule against it.
US politics appears to have descended into a contest of who can best express their outrage and contempt for those with differing political views. We've seen it with MAGA & Trump and now we are getting the Hilary Clinton-style attacks on the "deplorable" members of the SCOTUS.
Fuck the facts, fuck reasoning, fuck any coherent political philosophy - it's all about conspiracy theories and finding targets to attack to assuage the need to express feelings.
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"For the first time in 50 years, national office seekers will have to specify their positions. Democrats will be forced either to stand firm on an unpopular extreme or moderate their positions and anger their base further. As of now, they cannot decide…”
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File under cognitive dissonance and sloganeering.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/04/1109367458/my-body-my-choice-vaccines
“Now that anti-vaccination groups have laid claim to "My Body, My Choice," abortion rights groups are distancing themselves from it — marking a stunning annexation of political messaging.
“"It's a really savvy co-option of reproductive rights and the movement's framing of the issue," said Lisa Ikemoto, a law professor at the University of California-Davis Feminist Research Institute. "It strengthens the meaning of choice in the anti-vaccine space and detracts from the meaning of that word in the reproductive rights space."
“Celinda Lake, a Democratic strategist and pollster based in Washington, D.C., said "My Body, My Choice" is no longer polling well with Democrats because they associate it with anti-vaccination sentiment.
“What's really unique about this is that you don't usually see one side's base adopting the message of the other side's base — and succeeding," she said. "That's what makes this so fascinating."
“Jodi Hicks, president of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, acknowledged that the appropriation of abortion rights terminology has worked against the reproductive rights movement.” […]
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“For Joe Biden, the calls are now coming from inside the house. … Obama political guru David Axelrod said the administration looks “out of control.””
When you’ve lost Debra Messing…
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Translation: Everyone hates him, but he makes us so much money, gosh-darrnit, we’ll just gave to do the whole thing again, give him a shitload of freebies and promotional assistance and try a little harder this time. #Charity
It’s likely a twitter effect, where everything the candidate posts gets amplified by paid media. I suspect DeSantis is going to get plenty of free promotion this cycle for the same reason, he and his COS use the platform extensively.
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It would be interesting to see those free media stats if you took out Trumps own tweets
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@booboo said in US Politics:
@Bones said in US Politics:
Am not upvoting.
This is too sad and too fucking scary.
Hey I didn't even wanna be in this politics side
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@Bones said in US Politics:
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This mornings’ headlines. Coincidence? Almost starting to feel a little coordinated.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/08/president-joe-biden-running-out-of-time-00044636
Oh, and he doesn’t work weekends.
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Dem primary voters under age 30.
Even accounting for the margin of error, I detect a distinct lack of enthusiasm.
(The Dems pay large money for internal polling, so they and their biggest donors almost certainly have access to this same information. What we’re now seeing is a game within a game, where potential replacements, knowing Joe and Kamala can’t win, are jockeying for position, and MSM pretending it isn’t happening right under our noses. CA Gov Gavin Newsom has all but declared his candidacy, every-other-day cutting WWE-style promos on FL Gov Ron DeSantis, whom Dems now view as their biggest threat.)
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Biden continues to hit it out of the park.
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@Kid-Chocolate said in US Politics:
Dem primary voters under age 30.
Even accounting for the margin of error, I detect a distinct lack of enthusiasm.
(The Dems pay large money for internal polling, so they and their biggest donors almost certainly have access to this same information. What we’re now seeing is a game within a game, where potential replacements, knowing Joe and Kamala can’t win, are jockeying for position, and MSM pretending it isn’t happening right under our noses. CA Gov Gavin Newsom has all but declared his candidacy, every-other-day cutting WWE-style promos on FL Gov Ron DeSantis, whom Dems now view as their biggest threat.)
If Newsom runs, the Dems are toast. There's a reason why there is net emigration from CA, and Newsom and his policies are part of that.
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Who’s going to save them? Beto? Hillary? Alysa Milano? Pocahontas?
He’s lousy, but I don’t see where he suffers any worse than the party’s other flagbearers, he’s operating in a world where you take a Big Swing because the punters have fuckall faith in the field.
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@Kid-Chocolate said in US Politics:
Who’s going to save them? Beto? Hillary? Alysa Milano? Pocahontas?
He’s lousy, but I don’t see where he suffers any worse than the party’s other flagbearers, he’s operating in a world where you take a Big Swing because the punters have fuckall faith in the field.
Good point. The cupboard is very bare on both sides, but especially on the Dem side. Maybe AOC or another member of the squad will run. That would be fun
Loyal Dems will vote for him, but I don't think he'll attract the necessary swing voters. And it is these that he will need. If Trump doesn't scupper DeSantis (and if he runs he will destroy anyone in his path), I can see DeSantis winning handsomely. There are enough ppl (I believe) in the US who will side with him purely on the basis that he has stood firm against wokism.
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@Frank said in US Politics:
Biden continues to hit it out of the park.
40 year high.Much as I do not admire the bloke, I'm curious to know how he has managed to cause 9.1% inflation.
Edit: Was it the same way that Trump caused a 30% drop in the S&P500 in one month in 2020?
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Yes They Can!
While Joe is on his knees begging for petrol at the House of Saud, Gavin is right now, this very minute, at the White House measuring the drapes. Okay last part likely a stretch, but he’s meeting with his girl. Looks pretty cozy.
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@Catogrande said in US Politics:
@Frank said in US Politics:
Biden continues to hit it out of the park.
40 year high.Much as I do not admire the bloke, I'm curious to know how he has managed to cause 9.1% inflation.
If you can claim all the successes when they coincide with your term in office, you get all the failures too when they hit
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@Catogrande Take his first two measures, killing a domestic oil pipeline, then a 1.9 trillion dollar “stimulus” package, and start from there, it gets reeeeal good.
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