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mcdaragh.bsky.social@mcdaragh.bsky.social |
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Kelly neglects to mention that the NYPost couldn't find a journalist to stand behind the Biden laptop story because Giuliani wasn't allowing it's contents to be independently verified, while insinuating that this is somehow the fault of "the left". Just atrocious stuff.
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I think you're overestimating the degree to which US journalists want BIDEN to win. They've been pushing this shit for years even as Trump babbles on about sharks and being electrocuted. That's before we get to the NYT making up a Ukraine 'scandal' based on Giuliani and some mobbed up Russians.
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He's a textbook finance bro - someone who is very good within a defined, discrete area that, because they are paid lots of money as a result, assume they are a godlike super genius. The fascination with AI as a magic cure all, despite the obvious grifters hawking it as such, is another tell.
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@mcdaragh.bsky.social
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And it's one that Melenchon only supports half of.
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No, it isn't, and no, there wasn't. It's a war of imperial conquest and genocide.
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@mcdaragh.bsky.social
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Call it the Romney effect. Dude was convinced he'd win up to the last minute in 2012.
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Yup
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Not a subscriber.
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@mcdaragh.bsky.social
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You haven't seen info on it because it's something that didn't happen.
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@mcdaragh.bsky.social
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I hated PE because I'm really not good at team sports. In middle aged I've become a bit of a gym rat because it turns out I like exercise and lifting heavy things. Can we make a policy out of this? Not sure.
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They did. But I genuinely think the French left might benefit from realising Melenchon is a repellent prick who caps their vote.
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@mcdaragh.bsky.social
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Might want to give Ensemble their props too and maybe consider why people weren't too enthused about Melenchon.
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I dunno seems like the gamble paid off...
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Say you don't know what the legislature is without saying you don't know what the legislature is.
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There's some CNN ghoul pretending him talking about Warner running in 2008 was a huge gaffe because Warner dropped out at the exploratory committee stage
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@mcdaragh.bsky.social
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They were always going to. LDs basically ran as the alternative to Labour in seats that wanted to kick the Tories out but are culturally basically hostile to Labour. Centrist dad ville.
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@mcdaragh.bsky.social
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Plus a surplus of really shitty houses.
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@mcdaragh.bsky.social
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As happy as I am Labour crushed the Tories, having unchecked power on a third of the vote is undemocratic and I think unsustainable.
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Something else you Brits nicked from the Irish
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He showed his work.
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I'm disappointed they broke 100. Genuinely. Looks like the "please don't hurt us too badly" strategy worked.
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Yeah but they were up against the party that produced Jeremy Corbyn.
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Tortoise is actually pretty good as is Chris Cook. And Johnson's siblings don't deserve to suffer for his failings
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That credibly accused of rape Yascha Mounk? He's back in the Atlantic?
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Jesus Christ you guys she voted to make the president a Tsar.
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I think there's a reasonable chance that the death of the Conservative party as we know it is a casualty in the ultimately victorious war against FPTP, which strikes me as a real win win situation if I'm being honest.
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I've met literally two types of Tory roughly my age - army officers in rural areas who have been increasingly disgusted by the direction of the party and a guy who I once literally had to threaten to throw out of my house due to his obnoxiousness.
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I have a bet on them going under 50. I think under 100 is almost nailed on at this point.
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Oh do fuck off.
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@mcdaragh.bsky.social
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I came out early with a prediction of Tories under 50 and Sunak losing his seat. It was a bold prediction, and now I think they may just scrape into the triple digits but I still think it's at least a 1/4 chance. That would include Truss losing.
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There's a strong turnip Taliban independent and a Reform candidate who isn't an obvious mutant so I think there's a good chance.
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I mean yeah - but it's a general election campaign and it's just the kind of shit you need to do here.
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That it is a delicate issue for a lot of people and that he's trying to navigate it in a way that treats everyone with dignity, plus he didn't actually meet with Rowling.
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@mcdaragh.bsky.social
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I would dispute that characterisation.
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I'm guessing that being relieved of the pressures of office has left him free to indulge in some of his other vices.
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Hey @nytimes.com maybe the head of the main Republican think tank implicitly threatening violence against the GOP's political opponents is worth mentioning? Just a thought.
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They literally keep the sandwich shop open for lunch.
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Yep. 95% of America's political problems are due to a large section of the media and the populace assuming that even patently absurd and undemocratic outcomes are reasonable and just, largely on the assumption that because the American system produced the results they must be.
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very much reflective of the lack of any real survival instinct among journalists that they think the big story today is whether biden will step down
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i suppose we can thank John Roberts for making his intentions crystal-fucking clear before the election
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Well technically Cybertron isn't American soil... *Single shot rings out*
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In a half way rational and responsible media environment the SCOTUS declaring fascism is cool and legit would be more of a story than "Biden - Old" and result in mass outrage among the chattering classes but of course it won't.
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Yep - also an acceptance that at the end of the day the purpose of democracy is not to find the best policy outcomes so much as it is to provide a mechanism for changing who is in charge that doesn't involve a lot of people being executed periodically.
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“Where no-one is homeless or hungry”* *unless they are one of - charitably - several former members of Primal Scream that you fucked over.
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Yep. Always find it grimly amusing to see accounts here claiming they're against genocide rocking the hammer and sickle in their bios.
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I don't think it's stubborn entitlement on Biden's part FWIW. There's no scenario where if he had declined to run again the nomination doesn't go to Harris, who didn't do great on her first national campaign. I happen to think the riskiness of a Harris nom is overstated, but it is still a risk.
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Dean would have won!
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I think she probably has a higher ceiling. But it's not a risk free move.
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So you're voting for Trump. Good for you.
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