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Banking attorney and politics junkie. My hobby is collecting hobbies and suffering from ADhD. He/him. Dog and cat dad.

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Will Stancil's avatar Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social
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One thing I love is how every single person on Twitter thinks Harris could improve her polls by “actually campaigning” without realizing that Biden is in fact actually campaigning. The problem is you’re in a media bubble that ignores him in favor of a narrative, and it’ll probably ignore her too

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Nicholas Grossman's avatar Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
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Is it okay for Supreme Court Justices to get a bunch of expensive stuff from billionaires for free? Democrats say no. Republicans say yes. Let’s have the debate. Make it an issue in this election, various views weigh in, then the people decide.

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L O L G O P's avatar L O L G O P @lolgop.bsky.social
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It was a really bad idea to try to push Biden out in a way that maximized the chances he'd stay and created the impression that this nearly impossible thing could just easily happen. But here we are.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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Lol, I have. I've left several messages and sent several emails.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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We're in a terrible situation and the only solution is to stop attacking the nominee we have.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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Well I agree that the party is going to lose us the election if they keep on attacking Biden, but they can choose to stop any time they want to get their shit together. And again, the alternative is...nothing. There is no alternative without fatally damaging that nominee from party infighting.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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I don't see why he can't win. The best polling has it a 50-50 race in the electoral college, and as I said, there's good evidence to think the polling is significantly skewed against Biden. But even if you think Biden is losing, to say he *can't* win? I don't see it.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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YMMV. There's so little certainty about this situation that I don't blame anyone for having a different read of things.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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And the polls that say Biden is losing also say that Americans between 18-25 are R+30. That literally can't be right. So the polls have to be wrong. Obviously, they can be wrong in lots of ways, but I trust every non-polling measure of the election, which says Biden is cruising to a huge victory.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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But in America, the party that switches their candidate out away from an incumbent president always loses. So I'd rather not do that. It's Biden or nothing.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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I find the question of whether or not Biden is "unfit" to campaign a strange one. Biden is unfit to campaign, but that's because of his views. If anything, being infirm is good, since it means the younger, lefter people around him will have more power.

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Michael Tae Sweeney's avatar Michael Tae Sweeney @mtsw.bsky.social
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I don't think every cop is a violent sadistic sociopath, but I do know if I were a violent sadistic sociopath who wanted to hurt people without suffering consequences, there's one career that I would be *extremely* drawn to

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Susan Rinkunas has a newsletter's avatar Susan Rinkunas has a newsletter @susanrinkunas.com
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Both abortion cases were punts, not vindications. You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to the Supreme Court
www.jezebel.com/these-are-no...

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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I can hear this in Yeardley Smith's voice.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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We don't disagree there, if those are the only two options.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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Incorrect. The only Dem to vote against the IRA was Golden, from Maine. The Squad voted for the IRA and were instrumental in getting so many green energy provisions in there.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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Well, apparently your partner didn't become completely obsessed with Burn Notice for a few years and watch every episode multiple times.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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Obviously that stopped on October 7th.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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That play happened with Build Back Better and Biden's comms team still keeps going after the Squad and negotiating with the centrists. The Squad has consistently had Biden's back on policy while the centrists always backstab him. Since day one.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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He also got killed by Sam Axe once in a made for TV movie in the Burn Notice cinematic universe.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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Leopard shark? I don't think that's right, but it's the best I've got.

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Seth Cotlar's avatar Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social
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Vote for the slightly older guy, not the crook. It’s important.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li's avatar Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.bsky.social
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their act of constitutional arson is our opportunity for American Reconstruction

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Courtney Milan's avatar Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com
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A hill I will die on: all white-collar crimes are violent crimes. It's just that the violence is removed from the perpetrator because the perpetrator is wealthy.

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Daniel Drezner's avatar Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social
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Loving these quotes from Iranians explaining their vote. CC: Americans who think there’s little difference between Biden and Trump.

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Jeff O'Handley's avatar Jeff O'Handley @jeffo20.bsky.social
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"It's still his blueprint for governing, no matter what he says."

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Prisonculture's avatar Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social
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Nothing is stopping every single Democratic elected official and apparatchik from taking the airwaves every single day to articulately and decisively repeat a set of cogent talking points about Trump (ie 45). Nothing. Dem PACs could be slamming him with ads now. Stop whining and do that.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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Right. The problem with swapping Biden out as nominee is that it doesn't solve anything. The fundamental obstacle here is a media that *will* destroy any democratic nominee. I don't have a solution.

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L O L G O P's avatar L O L G O P @lolgop.bsky.social
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When you see the way the press is treating Joe Biden for aging in public, you see how they could treat Donald Trump for committing fraud, rape, espionage, and insurrection and never, ever will.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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No, but it's within the core powers of the Presidency, so they're immune from prosecution.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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I think most Presidents would fail that test though. Like, FDR would absolutely not put up with customer service.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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That's pretty darn cool! Thanks for answering my question! They are such amazing animals!

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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Whale sharks are some of my favorite animals. Can you tell me something cool about them that I wouldn't know from David Attenborough specials and Wikipedia articles?

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LexLudens's avatar LexLudens @lexludens.bsky.social
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I don’t know if there are any coordinated campaigns but I think media outlets engaged in one-sided reporting and posting shit like this need to hear from their subscribers and former ones.There are writers I respect who work but their work is diluted by bullshit and ratfucking.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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It's the NL. They're just mooks for our heroes in the AL to beat. I don't think most people even realize that the Phillies and that Braves are different teams.

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Hunter's avatar Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social
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The NYT's Biden stories show that the paper isn't afraid to flood the zone when they have a "news" story they insist Americans pay attention to. The Republican Party's embrace of Trump's full-on criminal and fascist behavior does not, to the Times, warrant such coverage.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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Yes, I think that's right. We'll see what the future brings. No matter what, we have to stay united!

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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No. My position is that I have no earthly idea what the right thing to do is, and I pretty immediately distrust anyone who thinks they do. I'll vote for Biden, I'll vote for Harris. But every argument I've seen for making a switch seems pretty flawed to me.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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Worrying about the candidate's capacity to be president, whoever that candidate is, is something we can address on January 20th. Until then, the only consideration is getting Trump's opponent elected.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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Here's the thing: Every leftist and liberal should be united in beating Trump. Biden's mental health is completely irrelevant except to the effect it has on the election. If his campaign can get a corpse elected, then he shouldn't step down. If an energetic Biden will lose, we need a new candidate.

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67 Sound's avatar 67 Sound @67sound.bsky.social
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Constitutional law profs:

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The Fig Economy's avatar The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social
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These are the stakes. This is one of the premier organs of “intellectual conservatism,” and they see the immunity ruling as transformative and revolutionary, and they are signaling the willingness to do violence to defend their gains. Make everyone you know understand these stakes.

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bac5665's avatar bac5665 @bac5665.bsky.social
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That's only true if there are (free and fair) elections in 2028. Hoping to challenge Trump in 28 is a really, really bad plan for Newsom.

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