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Michael Paulauski@mike10010100.bsky.social |
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I lose brain cells so you don't have to. Devops Galore. DemSoc liking anarchism. Antifascist. BLM/Abolish the Police. Views are mine, not employer’s. He/him
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Michael Paulauski
@mike10010100.bsky.social
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Also, Adam completely ignores how to go about selecting a new VP considering Republicans have the House and seem perfectly content to shut down the government to get what they want Just...how the fuck does this plan work out? We did the whole "brokered convention" thing before, it ushered in Nixon!
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Michael Paulauski
@mike10010100.bsky.social
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He has literally spoken publicly in a whirlwind tour on every day except one since the debate. What planet do you live on?
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waxmonkey
@waxmonkey.bsky.social
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or talking about trumps bad debate and how it shows hes wholly unfit to be president and the republican party must replace him
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Marc McKenzie
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To be honest, I'd say it's EXACTLY what they did. And then they didn't watch the rest of it because they had already made up their minds. Nothing--not even the new Trump/Epstein revelations or the SC's immunity decision--will change their minds or cause them to refocus.
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Satisfied Psychic
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Just a really blatant attempt to manufacture zeitgeist. Here's Why That's Good News For John McCain.
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Michael Paulauski
@mike10010100.bsky.social
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Also, Adam completely ignores how to go about selecting a new VP considering Republicans have the House and seem perfectly content to shut down the government to get what they want Just...how the fuck does this plan work out? We did the whole "brokered convention" thing before, it ushered in Nixon!
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Michael Paulauski
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I don't get it, how many more public appearances does Biden need to make, how many more speeches and rallies, before 20 minutes of a debate are wiped out in the media narrative? Shouldn't his solid appearances since then count for anything?
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Zane Alexander
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If only there was a cautionary tale about Democrats having a brokered convention, or switching the presidential ticket last minute, or not running the incumbent. If only
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Rob Pollard
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Oh wow. That’s shameful. I mean that literally, I would be ashamed to have my name on it. It’s like a historian writing about a plan to win the Presidency & focusing on racking up a big margin in California, forgetting that the popular vote is not relevant for how a President actually gets selected
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Michael Paulauski
@mike10010100.bsky.social
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Please note that this sentence was added as a giant handwave *after* the article was initially published. The Atlantic perfectly understands how this ratfucking op goes.
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David
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They absolutely did, the "next sentence" posted above does not appear in the version of the page I opened at ~1:45
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David
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Nobody noticed the error until after hitting publish and they edited in something to at least make it look like he did in fact think about it but that's all
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Rob Pollard
@robpollard45.bsky.social
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This is absolutely a “Step 4: profit” hand wave. Embarrassing stuff from a writer who is typically smarter than most.
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Erin Siobhan
@erinsiobhan.bsky.social
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I know you're just doing an exercise here, so this isn't meant to scoff at you, but I find this beyond implausible given the current Republican house. They would never put forth another motion to vacate or shut down the government if they thought it might harm Trump in an election year.
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waxmonkey
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two serious issues not having the votes in the house and not having the votes in the senate to kill the filibuster
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Erin Siobhan
@erinsiobhan.bsky.social
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But isn't this just a hand wave of a very serious issue? What's the answer here?
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Keith
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How is that a "problem" and not and "opportunity" for the House?
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Rob Pollard
@robpollard45.bsky.social
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The Senate blocked a Supreme Court replacement with no consequence, and a Justice is arguably more important than a VP, so why are you confident that would lead to a crisis that would lead to anything good?
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David
@crookedknight.bsky.social
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One problem: He forgot the House must also confirm a new VP
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Tom Wright
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My only worry is I think he misstates the 25th Amendment for Harris selecting a new VP. It's both chambers not just the Senate. Which would Johnson and Co. allow her to pick a new VP? Otherwise totally on board with everythign else
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Michael Paulauski
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This is what I don't get, it's like these folks shut their eyes and plugged their ears after the first 20 minutes of the debate.
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John Brown stan account
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Like this is not consistent with the headline. It's also not really true. Biden has made several public appearances (he looked fine during all of them) and is going to be on George Stephanopoulos on Sunday.
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Akoma
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This. It's crazy watching people give into the replace Biden narrative There's way too much unreliable info flying seeing claiming to be from inside sources
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Michael Paulauski
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I don't get it, how many more public appearances does Biden need to make, how many more speeches and rallies, before 20 minutes of a debate are wiped out in the media narrative? Shouldn't his solid appearances since then count for anything?
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John Brown stan account
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There is an incongruity between the headline and sub, which say that he *must* resign, and the article, which says that he must resign if he truly has declined so thoroughly that he can't campaign anymore.
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waxmonkey
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we should also not legitimize the right wing disinformation machine by submitting to it
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waxmonkey
@waxmonkey.bsky.social
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we don't need to give trump a win by conceding to him
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The Fig Economy
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The speed with which he went from “I disagree but in good faith” to “being kind of a dick publicly but seems ok DMing me out of the blue” to “won’t answer my good faith questions” to “subtweeted me specifically when I called him out openly” was shocking. Like four days.
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Nied
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Before he blocked me I actually QTed one of his posts claiming "secret info" & at the time I pointed out that if they can't actually confirm this shit that's evidence that the rumors aren't true.
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Brittany Wilson
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It pisses me off that he clearly has no access to shit we don’t. He is very clearly implying in these threads that he has some insider expertise he can’t share with us (probably it’s just being able to hear NYT reporters gas themselves up) then is like “Pod Save America says it’s bad too, guys!!!”
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The Fig Economy
@figgityfigs.bsky.social
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PSA: For the sake of my own mental and intellectual well-being, I’ve unfollowed and blocked this troll who used to be a decently thoughtful commentator, and I think you should as well.
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Michael Paulauski
@mike10010100.bsky.social
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Oh okay, well then, have fun helping the far-right win, I'm sure that won't negatively impact your life in any way, right? I assume you also don't give a shit about climate change, eh? How short-sighted.
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Michael Paulauski
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Lmao nothing was covered up, you're delusional.
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Michael Paulauski
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Oh shit so you're just gonna make shit up and pretend like the UN has made declarations it hasn't. May you live with the consequences of your own actions..
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Jakob Wasserhoevel
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While left-wing anti-Biden outlets have made the totally not surprising choice to ignore the SCOTUS Immunity Decision or Project 2025 completely. Jacobin hasn't done a single thing about the Court's decision to make Trump above the law.
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Stephen Nuñez
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If I were an optimist I would say we are at the "villain confidently starts monologuing about the success of his evil plan before it is a success" phase. I got a call from my extremely normie mom scared about the SC ruling. It is possible the crowing about blood scares a lot of ordinary folks.
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Michael Paulauski
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Exactly right.
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Jeff Lazarus
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I'd go even further and say the right is weaponizing the left's failure to understand this by coalescing around the very flawed Trump while seeking to magnify Biden's much lesser flaws.
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post malone ergo propter malone
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when you vote for President you are voting for a coalition rather than a person. the right understands this very well, which is why evangelicals lined up behind Trump.
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ManhattanJuryAppreciator
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The CNN guy mocking Biden for signing a bill creating a national Parkinson's Disease initiative is really emblematic of how much these guys don't care what the stakes are for ordinary people.
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Michael Paulauski
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You lost the argument months ago, go spread falsehoods elsewhere
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Andrew D Thaler
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When domestic pigs get out, they go feral in a single generation. When dogs get out, coyotes start behaving like domesticated dogs in one generation.
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Faine Greenwood
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I think some anti-meat activists really gloss over how humanity spent 1000s of years molding dogs + cats into companions and co-workers who pretty intuitively understand our emotions- we haven’t done this with pigs and cows. It’s not exactly shocking that many people thus don’t want to eat pets.
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Faine Greenwood
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I also think that anyone who claims that pigs could easily be taught and trained to do everything that companion and working dogs can do is not actually familiar with either working dogs or pigs. (And that pigs have to WANT to do this). Very different species with very different motivations!
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Faine Greenwood
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People really do underestimate just how intensely humans have co-evolved with domestic dogs over the course of many thousands of years. (And with cats, albeit over a somewhat shorter time-frame).
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ManhattanJuryAppreciator
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What's actually deeply irritating to me is not that the "liberal media" has agenda-setting power, it's that they're so terrible at it. If they honestly are trying to prevent Trump's election (and I don't think they are), they've spent the past few years doing the opposite of what they've needed.
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DJDynamicNC (he/him)
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Your honour, with all due respect, you can dance if you want to
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Michael Paulauski
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Then I'm sure you'll be just as unaffected by a right-wing government as by a centrist one, that's awfully neat for you.
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DJDynamicNC (he/him)
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Who said you have to be enthused? Why would my feelings about it matter in this equation at all? Spend five minutes voting then get back to organizing. Saying it matter is both obviously true and also not at all the same as saying it's perfect or the *only* thing that matters.
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Michael Paulauski
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Oh is that why they're ratfucking Biden so much? Wild, see, it seems to me like the media wants republicans to win.
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