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Yes, this is why the person who's running second in the polls just drops out before the election. There's always a plan. It's called campaigning.
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Cisgender apprentice geezer (she/her). Love of money is the root of all evil.
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ChelseaNH
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Yes, this is why the person who's running second in the polls just drops out before the election. There's always a plan. It's called campaigning.
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ChelseaNH
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Anyone who argues that Biden is too old should have to define their standard of acceptable presidential function.
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ChelseaNH
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I think you're underestimating his desire to be cruel to the people he considers losers, who happen to more or less coincide with the people the right wing wants to oppress. Granted, he's not into the details of how to go about it.
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ChelseaNH
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Time to break out the emergency supply of cute animal pictures.
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ChelseaNH
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Fired is your best case scenario. Sent to Guantanamo on charges of treason is probably in the mix for worst case.
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ChelseaNH
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A desire to be mighty warriors of the apocalypse.
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ChelseaNH
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Not just Christian but rapture activists. Despite the whole "But concerning that day and hour no one knows" thing, they are determined to engineer the end times so that their ascension to heaven will be witnessed by all the losers left behind. (The audience is more important than the destination.)
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ChelseaNH
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The Founders were far more conscious of the Hundred Years' War than the GOP justices.
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ChelseaNH
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This is like the dotcom bubble: build a website and the revenue will appear. How? It's a new economy! Lots of money was invested in startups that spent lots of that money with tech providers and then cratered when the new economy somehow failed to materialize.
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ChelseaNH
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If only there were a way to understand the context of his words, maybe we could tell if he was just joking or being completely serious. Maybe we should get AI on that. I hear it does all sorts of amazing things...
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ChelseaNH
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This law-abiding citizen:
www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
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Oh, wait, this assumes that he's elected speaker next session. Cripes, now I'm wondering what happens if the GOP takes the House and repeats their interminable speaker squabbling.
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ChelseaNH
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I was thinking today that Democrats better have control of the House when it's time to certify the presidential election. Really rather not have Mike Johnson in charge of that.
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ChelseaNH
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Oh, wait, didn't go far enough down in Google. Great white shark weighs in around 4000 lbs. How about speed? Looks like they can both do short bursts about 30-35 mph, but typically their fast speed is under 20 mph. So yeah, pretty good match up. Hippos have more protective padding, though.
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ChelseaNH
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Google says hippos weigh about 3000 lbs and sharks weigh about 200 lbs. If they meet in the air, the hippo wins. If they meet in the water, the shark has a shot if it gets lucky.
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ChelseaNH
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... On land? I would have to go with the hippo.
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Someone dismissed it as "There's always a think tank plan." So it's important to point out that this is in the implementation phase. They're soliciting and processing applications; they will have a base of people ready to go for the new administration. And they're connected to the Trump campaign.
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ChelseaNH
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At this point, voting for Biden is essentially the same thing as voting for Harris. Anyone who thinks they can organize and fund a presidential campaign for any other candidate in four months is delusional. Suck it up and get on with it.
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ChelseaNH
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Oh, no, that would motivate turnout for the GOP! They'll say he's trying to make the court partisan!! Imagine the chyrons on Fox News!!! -- DNC consultant
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ChelseaNH
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A monopoly will make government processes more efficient. Naturally, they will pass those gains on to citizens...
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ChelseaNH
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At this point, isn't voting for Biden essentially voting for Harris? Unless Harris has a different operation running her campaign, but putting that together four months before the election seems like a heavy lift.
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ChelseaNH
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Now that the DOJ is officially the president's revenge squad, who's going to ask the tough questions at press conferences? (Oh, wait, I'm assuming there will still be press conferences.)
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ChelseaNH
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For the Christian nationalists, I'm hoping their tendency to schism hits them early and often. Whenever they talk about the US as a Christian nation, ask "Which denomination?" (Everyone assumes it's theirs.)
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ChelseaNH
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Time to invade the Democratic Party. Although in red states, it might be more effective to invade the GOP. At least give yourself some cover.
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ChelseaNH
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Looking forward to those fund-raising texts.
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ChelseaNH
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Phase 1: Vote harder Phase 2: ? Phase 3: Democracy
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ChelseaNH
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1. Sign pardons 2. Announce you've signed pardons for people who have stolen <things>, send inquiries to <go between> to learn if you've been pardoned 3. If someone isn't pardoned, they're told so 4. If someone is pardoned, <go between> "suggests" a gratuity
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ChelseaNH
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It's the same atmosphere that the Civil Rights movement faced.
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ChelseaNH
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I get the vibe that some of it is the learned helplessness of abuse victims. "I'm going to get beat up, let me try to lie low and not draw their attention."
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ChelseaNH
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Many of the great things we did were made possible by taxing the rich.
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ChelseaNH
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What position is this that would get Garland seated on the Court in 2016?
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ChelseaNH
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Trade war with China -- We had a frickin' TRADE WAR WITH CHINA memory holed. I am so tired of this timeline.
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ChelseaNH
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Start creating that list of "Things We Took for Granted."
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ChelseaNH
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I would really like to see criminal charges go up the management chain.
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ChelseaNH
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Conservatives think there's a building full of government workers coming up with new ways to burden businesses, and it's really a building full of people who drink heavily because all the vile things they discover business people doing in the name of profit. (Also the writing staff of Leverage.)
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ChelseaNH
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I know someone who won't vote for Trump, but will vote for Republicans -- who have kissed Trump's ring. While Trump is a monster, the current GOP platform is straight up white Christian nationalism. How much does that change with Trump out? So maybe write about that.
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ChelseaNH
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Trump would insist on doing the nuking; he's been jonesing to drop a nuke on someone for ages.
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ChelseaNH
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Okay, but at least they're only fleecing rich people.
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ChelseaNH
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One of my favorite moments in The Rocketeer was the Mafia joining up to take on the Nazi.
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ChelseaNH
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Multiple choice quiz. You get two minutes to explain your answer.
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ChelseaNH
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One of the lesser reasons I'd like to see incumbent Democrats primaried is to build name recognition for the next generation.
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ChelseaNH
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"We don't care. We don't have to." (Thank you, Lily Tomlin.)
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The problem is the way these people see "freedom" as personal rather than abstract. But this is why I say, when they talk about a Christian nation, ask "Which denomination?" Christians are happy to oppress each other. (Does no one remember the Hundred Years War?)
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ChelseaNH
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Why does Project 2025 exist?
If 2024-2028 will be the same as 2016-2020, why is there a detailed (920 page) plan to do things they didn't do before?
democracyforward.org/the-peoples-...
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Investment in clean energy infrastructure Antitrust enforcement to protect consumers NLRB rulings to protect unions More student loan relief (currently at $160 billion for some 4.6 million people) Lower prices for more drugs, and not just for Medicare Building more affordable housing
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Four months to agree on a candidate, staff a campaign, raise funds and get the message out to the electorate that no, really, this time we know what we're doing, trust us -- without anyone stepping on a rake along the way. That's the plan? And we're trusting the Democratic Party to execute it?
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ChelseaNH
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13 appellate courts sending cases to SCotUS, ergo 13 justices
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July, August, September, October You can spend those four months trying to coalesce around some mythical unicorn candidate and create a WHOLE NEW PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ... Or you give a seasoned campaigner a chance to regroup and rebuild. Which seems more possible?
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I voted for Bernie in the primary in 2016 because I wanted him to stick around long enough to have leverage over the platform (I'm in NH so it wasn't assured at the time), but he wasn't my choice for Chief Executive.
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