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Eric@robopeppers.bsky.social |
75 followers 308 following 334 posts
Political junkie, hobbyist programmer, and accountant by day still ploting my escape.
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The Next Day
@incompetusrex.bsky.social
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Listen, if the Biden campaign wanted to quell concerns about his age, they would have put him out there, like in the post-debate pressroom, a rally, an event at the Stonewall monument, a national address, a medal of honor ceremony, a meeting with governors, another rally, and televised interview.
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Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
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"He's earned second term because of the job he's done" is a perfectly good message for surrogates to make about an incumbent candidate. "I've earned a second term because of the job I've done," is fine, but not really an optimal message for the candidate to make, imho.
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ApocalypticaNow
@apocalypticanow.bsky.social
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If Democrats are confused about how to handle tough questions about their nominee's fitness for office, they can just look at the thousands of examples of Republicans avoiding, deflecting, and redirecting similar questions about Trump over the past 8 years.
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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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Ian Boudreau
@iboudreau.bsky.social
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Joe Biden refusing to take advice from people who have been wrong about everything for decades could be seen as an indication his brain is still working
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utopia deferred
@utopia-deferred.bsky.social
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in summary:
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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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Jeramy Neugin
@lostcitymagic.bsky.social
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Hillary headlines in 2015. Don't let the media fool you again. Image Courtesy of angry_staffer.
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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Is Copa getting any of that ad spend?
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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Too bad Red Lobster shut down. Venture capital stopped FLOTUS from flaunting POTUS fucking prowess.
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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It's finally time. Break the glass and eat the emergency Hot Ones.
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J.M. Berger
@intelwire.bsky.social
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I'm old enough to remember when everyone agreed it would be unprofessional and unethical to diagnose Trump as a sociopath
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K. Chen
@tznkai.bsky.social
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Jebas I had actually forgotten about this, damn you all for reminding me.
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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I really need to get back into it. Maybe today will be the day . .
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Micah
@rincewind.run
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if you, like me, are tired of All The Bullshit, may I suggest repeatedly picking heavy things up and putting them down again
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Maladroithe
@maladroithe.bsky.social
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10/10 do recommend. You can’t fix the SCOTUS on your own, but you can lift the heavy thing. And maybe lifting the heavy thing will help you lift your kids or carry groceries or tackle some tough yard work or ease your back pain (no really!). And maybe that’s enough!
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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Yup, I've never got the impression she wants to be involved in politics.
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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This article also calls for an "open competition." Sure, I'm just inventing these assholes and forcing NYT to run with them. I wish I could use this insane power for something good.
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/o...
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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At least they have started to accept Harris as the only alternative. Some progress at least. *sigh*
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Rob Sheridan
@rob-sheridan.com
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Wife: How’s Berlin? Have you gone to any art museums yet? Me: Yes I’m walking into one right now
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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This is why the people who consume the most of this content think in the same pundit terms and not as an actual voter and participant in the process. Just endless worrying about what others will think or how a policy will "play", no thought into whether it is actually good or bad.
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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The recent Pod Save podcast debate on Biden was focused on an open convention, with no mention of Harris. Bill Maher, the scumbag that he is, also called for one. Most of the NYT articles were about an unspecified new candidate. You may be right on BlueSky but this place is not the norm.
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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Then that should be the argument made. Most of the calls I see for him to step down or be replaced and skip over Harris and go into fantasy land. It is Biden or Harris end of story.
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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If she doesn't have a VP before the election, which would be possible because of ballot issues. Then Congress would have to approve any appointment, very unlikely leaving Johnson next in line. Senate would still be unable to remove her, thanks to the 66 vote threshold so we avoid President Johnson.
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PlanetCarnival
@planetcarnival.bsky.social
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Biden rebroadcasting Major League Baseball with implied oral consent.
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Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴
@knilirabaj.bsky.social
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dan solomon
@dansolomon.bsky.social
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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Well that was nothing . . .
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Alyssa Harad
@alyssaharad.bsky.social
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Despair is one of the sins you ask forgiveness for on Yom Kippur--an inevitable human sin. "Forgive us for we have trafficked with cynics and indulged in despair."
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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I sure could use this joke today.
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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A best friend who had a severe mental break in 2015/2016 a I fell out of touch eith just called out of the blue. He seemed happy but still not right mentally, so damn sad and scary how fragile our mental health is. 😢😢 Can we just call it a week?
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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Just learned a cousin of mine died from an OD over the weekend. So much awful shit for a Monday is really pushing me to my limit. Might just need go back to bed and start over tomorrow at this point. FUCK!!!!!
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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How about looking at some of the legal posters? Let them post from the bench.
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Shiv Ramdas
@nameshiv.bsky.social
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the fact that the left and centre in France have both said that the third place candidates will drop out is getting basically no play in a US press going full apeshit over Round 1 results and yes it is so that you think fascism is inevitable globally so why not here
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Too Big to Fail
@toobigtofail.bsky.social
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If Hillary Clinton and 2 of Jason Kander (lost by 79,000 votes); Katie McGinty (lost by 87,000 votes); and Russ Feingold (lost by 100,000 votes) had won in 2016, Democrats would currently have a majority on the Supreme Court.
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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And you can't be constrained by law if you can not be prosecuted when that law is broken. Elementary level shit here.
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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I just signed up as well, planning to invite some friends over to make an event of filling this out.
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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He will issue an illegal order and a pardon at the same time going forward. Hell, there will probably be an OLC memo or executive order that will make it automatic.
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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Just remember Cuban can only give the check "after" he gets what wants. That way it isn't a bribe.
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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That would be great. He can go out on top, and then Harris can go into the election as the incumbent and all the whiners about his age can shut the fuck up.
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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Fuck a focus test, just cut some promos and release them. Hit them with back to back attacks and keep hitting. Eventually, something will stick when it does drill down on that shit.
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Kari Dru
@karidru.bsky.social
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OK that's it I'm gonna go listen to Born Slippy on repeat for the foreseeable.
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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter
@swolecialism.bsky.social
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In a lot of ways the entire Republican establishment since the 70s has been dedicated to making sure that what happened to Nixon would never be allowed to happen to one of theirs again
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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Keep clam and carry on.
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Eric
@robopeppers.bsky.social
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They think technology will protect them.
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Michael Tae Sweeney
@mtsw.bsky.social
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Makes you think! Way fewer stories about email servers this year despite Trump having far worse lapses of email open records protocol and stealing classified docs! Wonder why it stopped mattering all of a sudden! bsky.app/profile/dodg...
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Michael Tae Sweeney
@mtsw.bsky.social
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Full court press - the Times can make a story last when they want it too, similar to how every conservative - even the "moderates" start rowing in the same direction when theres a supreme court confirmation fight.
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Adam Rothman
@adamrothman.bsky.social
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This essay by Dallek about LBJ's decision not to seek reelection is a fine reminder of the unpredictability of events, which may be history's greatest lesson.
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