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He/him. British in Vancouver, Canada; writer; former celebrity on the bird app; Star Trek expert.

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And if you want to play the citation game, where’s your source that says Biden is the only Democrat that can beat Trump? Because you should show it to the donors, the party members and independents he’s haemorrhaging.

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No, this already factors in margin of error—margin of error isn’t a universal number, it varies depending on the pollster. And I’m not saying Harris will beat Trump—I’m saying she’s more capable than Biden. Biden will lose because he is deteriorating; Harris isn’t.

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Here ya go, a tasty aggregation of various state and national polls summarized into a clear metric: Biden is losing.

projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/presid...

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Tell that to the data—because it very much disagrees with you.

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What, as opposed to not-really-capable and will definitely lose?

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IGNORE THE TYPOS YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

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Biden isn’t doing it because he’s infused with some divine purpose—he’s doing it because an arrogant man. There’s not much more to it than that. I say this as an arrogant man—I know what I’m taking about.

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I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again; you can’t be opposed to toxic masculinity and also support Biden’s continuation when a very capable woman in the form of VP Harris is RIGHT THERE

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This awful Biden situation could’ve been avoided if the US had simply stayed under British rule and gradually transitioned to being an independent parliamentary democracy like Canada

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I’m not sure in honesty—their only real similarity is being women, which if we’re being fair isn’t a particularly modern way to compare them.

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I was born in Poole, so to see it turn to Labour for the first time in its history as a constituency, and by 18 VOTES, is 👌🏼

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I will say when I’ve met Penny she does carry herself with a leader’s vibe, and I expect, as a Portsmouth girl, this’ll hit her hard. Still, pick your side and take the loss.

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Would like to revise that Fabricant isn’t my favourite to see go, it’ll be Jacob Rees-Mogg; that somewhat aristocratical disposition really fucks me off.

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This is my favourite one; there’s a very feigned servility about Fabricant that scratches me the wrong way

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YEAH AND YODA KNEW WHEN TO GIVE UP AND DEFER TO SOMEONE MORE POWERFUL

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The Star hits the mark:

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49 to 41 is abhorrent; hurry up and hand over the torch.

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Joe Biden has told an ally he is weighing up whether to run against Donald Trump in November's US election, the New York Times is reporting.

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I have to say, I didn’t expect America to decide it wanted a monarch three days before July 4.

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Also why Democrat-hardliners are thumbing around, every other western nation is terrified that Biden is the man you’re going to put forward.

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But the difference is he won’t, and he will win. Biden can withdraw, and the chance the democrats will lose is reduced. This isn’t complicated; data doesn’t care for opinions.

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The way people attacking any discussion of Biden's electability - and that's what it's about - sound like the people who flipped out on anyone questioning Hillary's electability and it's giving me the same feeling in the pit of my stomach.

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Your country’s politics IS my country’s politics; you think the US exists in some vacuum? Welcome to the realties of being the cultural and political hegemony.

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He isn’t capable of doing it—anyone can push policy through, what’s he doing that’s so unique that it can’t be spearheaded by another character?

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There is a straight line between the people that pushed HRC and are now pushing for Biden to stay the course. They haven’t adapted to the post/present-Trump world where the politics of old no longer works.

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This election season really is a shit show; seems every other day there’s something that’ll impact the result.

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People often forget that inclusion isn't just a physical act, but a spiritual, emotional act too; if I don't want to do something, and I am forced to because someone is determined to include me, that isn't inclusion. Inclusion is considering our personal wants and needs, not just our presence.

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Memento Morty 🌙's avatar Memento Morty 🌙 @mortythenurse.bsky.social
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the worm when he got to RFK's brain and realized there was nothing there

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The larger question is whether Biden is compos mentis enough to actually understand he should stand down.

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Well that’s an entirely different discussion—what’re you expecting?

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I think you’re misunderstanding—I’m saying that liberals can be just as dumb as conservatives and think Biden is as bad as Trump when he clearly isn’t.

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Indeed, America’s poor education standards impact the left and right equally.

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Well this is a record of election success in relation to approval ratings; Biden’s is around 36%; no sitting president has been reelected at less than 40%, and Kamala is less than Biden, so? That’s why the VP is being ignored

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Because her approval rating is lower than Biden, so what would you be replacing Biden for?