LuckyNumber7
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My sister lives in Lebanon and she described horrific scenes to me. She thought her building was bombed. My brother in law thought his building was bombed. Neither were near each other.
US Politics XXIV: Your Country Sucks
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It's Mel Brooks movie level shit. It's be funny if it wasn't real. Who the hell thought that was a good idea?
https://twitter.com/oonahathaway/status/1290712017331015686?s=21
https://twitter.com/senblumenthal/status/1290712938198831105?s=21
At some point these guys need to break the norms and “see something, say something”
We aren’t going back to a “normal”. The normal
Was the cause of this effect.
This is years of one political party bending and eventually breaking all the rules to gain and hold on to power.
A society that admired and aspires towards ignorance and bliss.
This is going to have to be a new era. One where the truth still matters and has to matter, but i fear the democrats and most of society will try to bring back a way of life that is long gone.
Call these criminals out. Fight for what’s left of this country and only when the enemy is removed can we try to build something better.
I don’t want to put sources in danger but these cryptic messages by Democrats and others do us no good. It’ll be too late on November 4th to know Russia hacked into our systems well in advance etc etc
It’s so maddening to see things spiral out of control and all we get are tweets
https://twitter.com/senblumenthal/status/1290712938198831105?s=21
At some point these guys need to break the norms and “see something, say something”
We aren’t going back to a “normal”. The normal
Was the cause of this effect.
This is years of one political party bending and eventually breaking all the rules to gain and hold on to power.
A society that admired and aspires towards ignorance and bliss.
This is going to have to be a new era. One where the truth still matters and has to matter, but i fear the democrats and most of society will try to bring back a way of life that is long gone.
Call these criminals out. Fight for what’s left of this country and only when the enemy is removed can we try to build something better.
I don’t want to put sources in danger but these cryptic messages by Democrats and others do us no good. It’ll be too late on November 4th to know Russia hacked into our systems well in advance etc etc
It’s so maddening to see things spiral out of control and all we get are tweets
dazzledbylight
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Sorry to hear about your relatives' scare! At least they weren't nearer to the blast.
Poor Lebebon.
LuckyNumber7
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Her initial update was that she was locating her 2 year old son. That was a scary thought without context.
2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate casually stored next to a giant fireworks depot.
The. Fuck.
The. Fuck.
LuckyNumber7
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I feel emotionally successful in that I successfully quelled my family worries by using my aerospace background to identify the orange gas as likely a nitrogen compound. I went full investigation mode within 20 minutes of the blast. Also shut down my trumpy parents who were worried it was a nuclear blast [emoji55]
Hewson
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Sometimes it pays to be a rocket scientist.
womanfish
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so their big plan to win swing states is to hope Kanye steals enough of the black and youth vote to pull off a victory?
I mean... it's something.
I will also add that if this actually works we should simply call it a day and become 50 separate countries.
I mean... it's something.
I will also add that if this actually works we should simply call it a day and become 50 separate countries.
There is a much higher chance of Kanye being committed on an involuntary hold before November than there is of this "strategy" working.
After 2016 I take nothing for granted.
womanfish
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Not sure what ballots he's on, I'm guessing lawsuits to block him will be coming. But it could most certainly be a factor in the TX, GA, OH and NC where the race in either tied or in margin of error. I don't see it being as big a deal in WI, PA, MI, FL which at least for now are well outside the margin.
Also the couple polls I've seen with West in them nationally, it seemed to actually take from Trump, but again, that is hardly scientific at this point.
Irvine511
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help me understand ... i feel like Kanye West on the ballot (which is the weirdest fucking sentence ever) would harm Trump more than help. is this some racist "blacks will vote for other blacks" thing? because as we consistently see, and as we saw very clearly this primary, Black folks are highly practical voters who harbor no illusions about where the country is and who is and who is not capable of winning in the general.
Again - I take nothing for granted, nor should anyone else.
Should he have an impact? Good god of course not.
Should Donald Trump have ever been taken seriously as a major party candidate? Holy fuck no.
Should he have an impact? Good god of course not.
Should Donald Trump have ever been taken seriously as a major party candidate? Holy fuck no.
It is a hail Mary "let's get.the black guy on the ballot that the blacks will vote for" play by the Trump campaign.. no doubt.
And the polls right now say that it doesn't matter in the least.
I still take nothing for granted.
Irvine511
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what Biden needs to start to do is to lean in to realities like this:
womanfish
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Well, with the way this campaign has been run so far... I would not doubt that they think they are going to peel off black voters, because you know, "the blacks", they stick together amirite?
When in fact they have GOP operatives scampering around collecting signatures that in the end may hurt Trump. This wouldn't surprise me at all. So far they have done the tear-gas church victory! then the genius of LAW AND ORDER!! followed by a short stint of Biden is a far leftwing anarchist, now onto the even more brilliant - Donald Trump is the "working man's president"
Not exactly the cream of the crop they've got there.
Well, with the way this campaign has been run so far... I would not doubt that they think they are going to peel off black voters, because you know, blacks, they stick together amirite?
Presidential nominees Cory Booker, Kamala Harris and Deval Patrick have entered the chat.
I highly doubt that they think they're going to peel off large swaths of the black vote. The candidate may be stupid, the campaign has proven itself to not be.
They will try all sorts of dirty tricks to peel off a few thousand here or there. And no, not simply the black vote, but also the young vote, protest voters who think "they're all the same," and "lolz let's vote for Kanye" voters.
The difference between a Trump presidency and a Clinton presidency couldn't sell out Michigan Stadium.
Take nothing for granted and continue to drive turn out.
They will try all sorts of dirty tricks to peel off a few thousand here or there. And no, not simply the black vote, but also the young vote, protest voters who think "they're all the same," and "lolz let's vote for Kanye" voters.
The difference between a Trump presidency and a Clinton presidency couldn't sell out Michigan Stadium.
Take nothing for granted and continue to drive turn out.
DaveC
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yes, exactly. some racist out there thinks black people will vote for famous black people no matter what without thinking, and that this will split their vote.
the majority of people who are still current kanye west fans in 2020 and would actually go to cast a vote for him are rich white college kids (aka the children of trump supporters who would likely vote for trump over biden) who know him more as kim kardashian's husband than for his music. according to what i'm hearing from black social media (so take this with as many grains of salt as you like), his black fanbase has largely abandoned him over the last couple years. i guess shit-talking harriet tubman and calling slavery a choice doesn't win you too many friends in the black community.
i'd be a little more concerned about vote-splitting if he wasn't running on a near-carbon-copy of the trump platform with the religious craziness amped up to 11, but nobody who was seriously going to vote for joe biden is going to look at kanye and say "that guy is also a good choice". frat bros might vote for him so that they can tell their frat bros that they voted for kanye and have a good laugh about it at the next kegger, but those dorks were just as likely to go write in "deez nuts" anyways. it's not going to swing anything.
Deez Nutz lacks political experience.
Irvine511
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right? who doesn't know this? Trump?
maybe he can ask Frederick Douglass to run, as he's an example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more, we've all been noticing.
dazzledbylight
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Good for you re: id'ing the probable nitrogen compound AND shutting down your trumpy parents nuclear blast theory.
Best wishes to your relatives over there. Keep us posted.
dazzledbylight
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With the Kanye run - it"s imho very similar to Repuglicans having a woman as a VP or even a Presidential nominee. Who is it... Nicky Halley(?) being floated for 2024?
Liberal, progressive, and many moderate Democratic women sure as hell are not going to vote for her! Yours truly included.
Liberal, progressive, and many moderate Democratic women sure as hell are not going to vote for her! Yours truly included.
MrsSpringsteen
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I'm reading the book. Sadly nothing in it surprises me, and I believe everything.
Mary Trump's tell-all book about the president and his family has sold more copies in a week than his Art of the Deal did in 29 years.
People bought an estimated 1.35 million copies of Too Much But Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man in its first week according to publisher Simon & Schuster, while 1.1 million copies of The Art of the Deal sold between its publication in 1987 and Trump's presidency in 2016.
In a statement, Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp said:
"Mary Trump’s memoir has transcended the usual ceiling for political books to reach a larger audience of people who want to read stories about unusual families.
We knew Too Much and Never Enough would make news and offer fascinating psychological insights into the president, but we’re moved to see how deeply the book has touched readers, and thrilled to have people compare the book to The Godfather."
The 1.35 million sales figure includes pre-orders, print books, ebooks and audiobooks.
The book debuted at #1 on bestsellers lists in the UK, Ireland, the US and Canada.
Mary Trump's tell-all book about the president and his family has sold more copies in a week than his Art of the Deal did in 29 years.
People bought an estimated 1.35 million copies of Too Much But Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man in its first week according to publisher Simon & Schuster, while 1.1 million copies of The Art of the Deal sold between its publication in 1987 and Trump's presidency in 2016.
In a statement, Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp said:
"Mary Trump’s memoir has transcended the usual ceiling for political books to reach a larger audience of people who want to read stories about unusual families.
We knew Too Much and Never Enough would make news and offer fascinating psychological insights into the president, but we’re moved to see how deeply the book has touched readers, and thrilled to have people compare the book to The Godfather."
The 1.35 million sales figure includes pre-orders, print books, ebooks and audiobooks.
The book debuted at #1 on bestsellers lists in the UK, Ireland, the US and Canada.
DaveC
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sure, but no doubt donald's book has moved a few copies in the last four years. kind of a bullshit statistic if you leave those sales out. mary's book wouldn't have sold that many copies before donald became president either.
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