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Editor at GameSpot. No, not the store in the mall, the other one. (he/him)
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Steve Watts
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Cosigned, and I think a lot of people pull their hair out at maddening polling/focus group anecdotes like some rando from Iowa saying "well abortion got repealed under Biden" or whatever but most people are not actually that dumb
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Steve Watts
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Yeah, you could see the Harris narrative being “fresh start” or “Dems in disarray” or any mixture of the two
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Steve Watts
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Someday McDonald’s is going to put Lorcana cards in happy meals and there will be no escaping the violence that ensues
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Steve Watts
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I don't have a strong feeling about the replacement idea, but I think the gamble is that whatever new attack they come up with Harris (most likely) wouldn't resonate the way Biden's age apparently has with voters.
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Steve Watts
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The right constantly tries to pose the left as jackbooted thugs but they obviously know that's nonsense because otherwise they wouldn't hand these vast powers over to the executive while a democrat is in office
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Steve Watts
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And if I understand correctly, the presumptive immunity for official acts means that any conversations he has with DOJ--say, firing people until he finds someone willing, the promising of pardons--can't be used as evidence.
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Steve Watts
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Yeah I get thinking that the lead actor is very charming because he is but he also literally murders a child in the first episode so like...
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Steve Watts
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I finally decided to start The Boys. I'm only on the second episode and this show is... not subtle. How did anyone watch any amount of this show and come away thinking Homelander is a hero.
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Steve Watts
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A good follow-up would be to ask, specifically, which policies and plans would you describe as "abysmal"
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Steve Watts
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This is true, and the reason it's frustrating is because a definitive victory was *supposed* to break the fever. Beating him in 2020 could have been the breakthrough moment. If not that, then if the GOP did the right thing and impeached after J6.
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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter
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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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Steve Watts
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Steve Watts
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I can understand not voting but I can’t really wrap my head around actively recruiting other people not to vote, as if “non-voter” is some kind of social identity group you feel proud of
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Steve Watts
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The constant spammy fundraising texts that are like “WE NEED TO KNOW DO YOU STILL SUPPORT JOE BIDEN” are not the worst thing about this very uncertain time in US politics but they’re up there.
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Steve Watts
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The most convincing spin answer I've heard for this is "being president and campaigning are both full-time jobs and I only want to do one of them, finish out my term, and hand off to the next generation" or some such
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Steve Watts
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Anyway this is the first time they've gone literal with the "seduced by the dark side of the Force" thing so three stars
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Steve Watts
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I can't believe Star Wars had the opportunity to go for the "prestige streaming TV classy butt shot" and chickened out
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Steve Watts
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Yeah I’m not sure how I would write that headline but the newsworthiness is obviously that she said it about Biden; the mention of “both candidates” reads more like a CYA equivocation
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Steve Watts
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Yeah, and there's been a lot of bad faith right-wing attacks with out-of-context clips, cheapfakes, etc.
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Steve Watts
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The NYT Games section rolled out a new game this week called Strands. Not quite as catchy as Connections but it’s pretty good, modeled like those word searches you’d have as busywork in school, except with added mechanics like fun.
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Steve Watts
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The optimistic case is that her low approval is from being hitched to an unpopular POTUS, and running her instead of Joe would instantly dismantle the whole “he’s too old and feeble!” battle plan that MAGA has been gearing up for months.
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Steve Watts
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You could see a world where Biden does a graceful handoff at the convention, talking about being a transitional president and wanting to assure we keep a lawless president out of office, and Harris is the best person to do that--and it turns out more-or-less okay. But that's assuming a lot.
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Steve Watts
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But I don't see how he could even plausibly argue that any of that constituted "official acts." IIRC he already tried that about his public statements and it got rejected, and the idea that signing a personal check is an official act is even more ludicrous.
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Steve Watts
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"Trump v. United States" is a pretty apt description of this whole period of American history tbh
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Steve Watts
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You get like 2/3 through the headline and think "well that's horrible" and then the last two words somehow make it way worse
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Steve Watts
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Falsifying business records to influence an election
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Steve Watts
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Please note I’m not talking about “wouldn’t it be funny if” hypotheticals, to make a point. I just mean the people who seem genuinely annoyed that he’s not announcing a crime spree as a super clever gambit that would definitely not backfire in any way.
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Steve Watts
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I keep seeing people lament how he’s not using these great new powers SCOTUS has granted him, and I get it. It would be emotionally satisfying and also very funny! But it would also definitionally mean he’s doing crimes! I do not want any president to do crimes.
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Steve Watts
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I get the wish Biden that would pull some kind of one weird trick ju jitsu but the whole point is that this decision enables crimes, so doing a clever reversal would involve *him* doing crimes, which would somewhat undermine the point that we have to elect him so the other guy can’t do crimes.
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Steve Watts
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I think there’s some nitpicky rules about how much he can use the trappings of the presidency for campaigning, and for some reason we still have to follow the rules even if they don’t. But signaling that they’re going to make it a campaign issue is good at least
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Steve Watts
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Yes, definitely more haunting than rousing. A great monologue and great performance though.
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Steve Watts
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(And that's not even counting Luthen's monologue which is beautiful in its on way, if not quite as rousing.)
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Steve Watts
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I prefer this one when it comes to anti-fasc inspiration. But wild that one show gave us two separate incredible monologues.
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Steve Watts
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Solution: any Senator leaning towards voting for conviction gets a visit from SEAL Team 6. What's that? The case would go before the Supreme Court? The Justices get a visit too. All legal!
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Steve Watts
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when I haven't regularly played Paladin in years even though it's still by far my most-played class with 3000+ wins, and then suddenly a Paladin handbuff deck absolutely takes over the whole meta
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Steve Watts
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Honestly you don't even have to assassinate that many Senators, just one or two and the rest fall in line. And now it's all nice and legal.
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Steve Watts
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It's nice to have a backup plan if he loses in November
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southpaw
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Chief Justice Roberts decrees the end of DOJ independence in an offhanded sentence on page 20.
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Steve Watts
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Go ahead and deploy SEAL Team 6, Joe, Roberts says it's fine
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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter
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look i'll be clear, I will be voting, and encouraging everyone I know to do the same, against donald trump and the end of democracy in this country in november. I do not care if that means i'm voting for a man who is literally dead.
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Steve Watts
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Also not to say I called it but
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I wouldn't interpret this so much as Heritage having much of a legitimate preference about the D candidate, more that they're just going to do maximum legal shenanigans no matter what happens and this is one easy way to do that
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Steve Watts
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Actually their full names are Wario Wario and Waluigi Wario
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Steve Watts
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Yeah I don’t have a strong opinion on which path is better but I do think that the rush to declare the “replace Biden” as obviously correct and without very real risks is dumb
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Steve Watts
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Right now I feel like the finger pointing will primarily be between the “replace Biden” and “don’t replace Biden” factions regardless of whether he gets replaced. Either way, if Trump wins, the other way was obviously better you absolute morons
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Tim Onion
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"You're not going to believe the allegations about Dr. Disrespect." First of all, who's that? Second of all, yes I am.
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Mr. Am I Being Detained
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Debate moderator Jiminy Glick: But if ‘TWERE the case that you were sovereign of a candy kingdom, would you be a benevolent monarch or a cruel tyrant? Trump: You’ve gotta be tough. You’ve gotta be tough with the candy people or they’ll laugh at you
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Steve Watts
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I think we also may be underestimating the level of bad faith shenanigans we’d see from red state election officials. Attempts to force Biden to stay on the state ballot, claiming the change is past some deadline, etc
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Steve Watts
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Very on brand for Philly to call out the bullshit of other cities
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I also notice Newsom more than most makes a point to be a loyal soldier in public. He was the first one out of the gate saying “so what if he had a bad debate, he’s got my full support.” Even if behind the scenes he’d love to be called up, he’s very careful to cultivate a team player image.
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