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Xander from BtVS has been eclipsed by another Xander. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 21, 16:08 2
- This week, on... -- nm - LowBar Theatre Jul 21, 16:21
- of course, Xander Harris is also eclipsed by Xander Berkeley and Xander Bogaerts by virtue of them being actually real. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 21, 16:10
How burnt out am I? I'm coming out of my second week of vacation and still feel completely bereft of motivational energy. - Beryllium Jul 21, 16:00 2
- I used *papyrus* as the banner font. 9/10 burnout level, yes? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 16:15 1
  - I think that one goes to "eleven." -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Jul 21, 16:16
Just tuning in. WTF -- nm - sycor Jul 21, 15:53 1
- right Hit Monkey is so awesome -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 21, 15:57
First election since 1976 not to have a Biden, Bush, or Clinton on the ticket -- nm - budice Jul 21, 15:51 1
- Yet… -- nm - VMan Jul 21, 16:12
Who is the guy who got a delegate or two from Guam? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 15:51
"Atlanta Braves 2B Ozzie Albies suffers left wrist fracture" -- nm - David Jul 21, 15:45 2
- If the Braves had an outstanding balance or balance due. They're paying this year. -- nm - budice Jul 21, 15:47 1
  - I laugh to keep from crying. Atlanta and the Dodgers are both speedrunning the Nine Misfortunes bit from The Simpsons. -- nm - David Jul 21, 15:51
Biden for President refiles with FEC to change name to Harris for President -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 15:41
Saddened to hear that Joe Biden has succumbed to political backstabbing from those in his own party. - Loyola Jul 21, 15:33 24
- The mental decline was accelerating, look at his State of the Union speech. Look at him standing like a scarecrow -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 16:11
- I appreciate the view from outside of our system, but I think you are misunderstanding how our system works. - ty97 Jul 21, 16:04 11
  - Also, Joe stepped aside of his own accord. There was pressure, yes, but it was his decision. Nobody could have made him do it. - ty97 Jul 21, 16:06 10
    - It seems he was coerced into this decision to stand down. His opponents exercised coercive control to achieve their aims. That is troubling. - Loyola Jul 21, 16:21 5
      - The decision was made when the money stopped coming in. -- nm - Dano Jul 21, 16:26 1
        
        I believe that’s accurate. And that the money stopped coming in when his party colleagues deemed it appropriate to denigrate his ability to lead. -- nm - Loyola Jul 21, 16:31
      - also "their aims" are beating Trump. That's a shared aim of all of us. -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 16:24
      - It was not a crisis of perception. Voters bought into the "he is tool old" thing and he was going to lose -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 16:23 1
        
        Oh yes it is because people perceived that "someone else" can beat Trump So what happens we wake up day after Election - eag Jul 21, 16:31
    - It was a coup inside the party flat out - eag Jul 21, 16:11 3
      - I disagree, Dem voters polled also said he was no longer fit. Coup is a ridiculous word to use here IMO - ty97 Jul 21, 16:20 1
        
        It was a coup might sound a little strong but it was a non violent coup IMO -- nm - eag Jul 21, 16:33
      - Party > One man -- nm - oblique Jul 21, 16:18
- Circumstances changed since the primaries. Doubtful he’d win them given widespread sentiment. -- nm - nubby Jul 21, 15:39
- fairly or unfairly he's old and would have lost in a landlside in Nov if he stayed in -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 15:37 9
  - That’s for the people to decide. His party should temper their faith in their predictive abilities given they thought Hillary Clinton would win in a - Loyola Jul 21, 15:41 7
    - oh, OH, THAT'S MY ENTRANCE MUSIC! I said, repeatedly, in 2016 that Clinton might lose to Trump. - ty97 Jul 21, 16:05
    - Nobody ran against him. It wasn’t a straight “He’s our guy” primary season. It was a “It’s yours” one. -- (edited) - Name Withheld By Request Jul 21, 16:05
    - and if The People chose fucko, he would wipe out everything Joe has achieved with the stroke of a pen the minute he got back into the Oval Office - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 15:48 4
      - I think this internal takedown will resonate so badly with the over 65s, that it will guarantee Trump becomes president. -- nm - Loyola Jul 21, 15:56 3
        
        Go look up how the over 65s vote in our presidential elections. -- (edited) - ty97 Jul 21, 16:07
        
        as over 65. if there had to be a change from Joe. I'm thrilled it was Kamala. she's got my vote. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 21, 15:58 1
        
        Same. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Jul 21, 15:59
  - (nobody except maybe Kamala has cloaked themselves in glory the way it all went down but there was no coming back from the debate alas) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 15:41
Shapiro endorses. -- (link*) - mud Jul 21, 15:27 1
- But neither Gavin or Gretch in there coments have -- nm - eag Jul 21, 15:45
45 supported, donated to Kamala in 2011 -- (link) - budice Jul 21, 14:58 4
- He also donated to Hillary senate and Bill presidential campaign -- nm - eag Jul 21, 15:43 1
  - RINO!!! -- nm - MTG Jul 21, 16:09
- He has no issue writing checks his ass can’t cash. -- nm - VMan Jul 21, 15:03 1
  - Or never will. -- nm - VMan Jul 21, 15:03
This was the most I ever contributed to a campaign. So, it’s my fault. - David Jul 21, 14:58 2
- It’s my fault. I just bought three Biden-Harris yard signs. -- nm - mara Jul 21, 15:23 1
  - Ask for half back. -- nm - VMan Jul 21, 15:24
wha'd I tell ya -- (pic) - mud Jul 21, 14:53 [Attachment] 1
- Fox. The paragons of impartiality. *unnecessary eye roll* -- nm - VMan Jul 21, 14:58
Tennessee’s 77 delegates have committed to Harris, becoming the first state delegation to do so -- nm - nubby Jul 21, 14:49 3
- I assume they volunteered. *rimshot* -- nm - VMan Jul 21, 15:24 1
  - I award you 100 Volnelk points -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 16:21
- sweet. -- nm - mud Jul 21, 14:54
RoP @ SDCC! -- (link*) - mud Jul 21, 14:41 1
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 21, 15:35
"I take it all back. Harris for America!" -- (pic) - aaron Jul 21, 14:35 [Attachment] 3
- what a clown -- nm - prayformojo Jul 21, 14:42
- To think the latest dropout momentum came from Stephanopolous comment then Clooney's email -- nm - budice Jul 21, 14:37
- Our job is (mostly) done here. -- nm - Media Jul 21, 14:36
rev.Al has Hakeem on now. If he doesnt drag a Kamala endorsement out of him live, I'll be disappointed -- nm - mud Jul 21, 14:32 1
- (he didn't) -- nm - mud Jul 21, 14:36
just follow every Nick Castellanos at-bat -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 14:27
So what I'm hearing is that Biden can run again in 2028? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 21, 14:22 1
- Cool it, Aaron. -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 14:26
it’s also even money or better that Merchan sentences fucko to a multi-year stretch in mid-September -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 14:21 9
- Appealed. SCOTUS tosses in hours -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 14:46 6
  - State court. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 21, 14:57 5
    - Will still be appealed to get SCOTUS to apply its Trump immunity doctrine to the states. -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 21, 15:03 4
      - On acts that occurred before he was president. -- nm - . Jul 21, 15:08 1
        
        I feel like Vizzini. I said inconceivable so many times the last decade or so; it’s lost all meaning. -- nm - VMan Jul 21, 15:15
      - In a sane world, it wouldn’t pass the smell test. - Will Hunting Jul 21, 15:07 1
        
        In a sane world we wouldn’t have a corrupt SCOTUS hellbent on installing a King of America, but here we are. -- nm - znufrii Jul 21, 15:10
- Not sure that long but, I would guess some jail time due to contempt, lack of remorse, assholery, etc. -- nm - VMan Jul 21, 14:28
- sweet! -- nm - mud Jul 21, 14:23
“so… just spitballing here. how do you feel about getting shot at again?” -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 14:19
I'm curious about this ADHD advice project, but I don't think I'm $239 curious ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 21, 14:17
New campaign filings with the FEC show that 'Biden for President' has just changed its name to 'Harris for President.' -- nm - nubby Jul 21, 14:16
heheh. get modding. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 21, 14:13 [mastodon]
I’ll be honest. It’d take me a minute to name anyone in the Cabinet right now *other* than Pete. Who’s our Sec. of State? Sec. of Defense? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 21, 14:11 4
- Although it’s nice not to know rather than here about them kowtowing to the dictator or fired for not or unconfirmable temporary -- nm - VMan Jul 21, 14:21
- Well *someone* has tuned out the war in Ukraine. -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 14:17
- State: Blinken, Defense: Austin -- nm* - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 14:12 1
  - YES! I guessed Blinken right! Although I guessed Donder for Defense. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 21, 14:13
No chance it’s not Harris at this point. -- nm - nubby Jul 21, 14:10 9
- Barrack and Nancy didn't come out and endorse her so.... -- nm - eag Jul 21, 14:25
- Mention about Big Hill re-entering. George Clooney or Buttegieg. Other than that, I dont see it -- nm* - budice Jul 21, 14:12 7
  - Baseless speculation by pundit mouths needing airtime, most likely -- nm - znufrii Jul 21, 14:21 1
    - Just give me one more hit off that junk, man -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 14:58
  - Mention? Huh? I know not what these words mean. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Jul 21, 14:19
  - Clooney what? And the Clintons (plural) already endorsed Harris -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 14:18 3
    - The Clintons doing party elder things that Nancy and Obama don’t bother with. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 21, 14:24 2
      - whether you think it was wise or not (we’ll see in Nov!) Nancy was able to do what Mitch McConnell never could or chose not to on 1/7/21 -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 14:26 1
        
        If only Mike Pence had the courage -- nm - eag Jul 21, 14:32
The new cover of Time -- (link) - nubby Jul 21, 14:06
*finger curls* -- nm - Joe Manchin’s Monkey Paw Jul 21, 14:03
not sure how you boil it down to a slogan like “vote for us and we’ll send you the other $1400” but electing a black woman who will send Trump to jail - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 13:56 5
- I literally do not care if the man ever serves a day in prison, I just don't want him to serve another day in the White House -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 14:05 3
  - it’s literally the only reason he’s running right now -- nm* - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 14:07 1
    - I literally do not care why the man is running, I just don't want him to serve another day in the White House -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 16:22
  - Very much this. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 14:07
- "Lock him Up" -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 14:01
What a week. -- (pic) - budice Jul 21, 13:54 [Attachment]
I think I'd like Pete as my #2 as well he has a military background which is needed -- nm - eag Jul 21, 13:53 1
- IIRC Kerry (war hero) and Bush Jr (draft dodger/AWOL) were the last presidential campaigners with military service, obviously no longer required -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 14:02
unleash Lame Duck Brandon -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 13:52 1
- He could end the conflict in Gaza without worrying of the political blowback. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 21, 14:21
Side note. Apparently Vance lives like half a mile from my in-laws here in Cincy. His house is now bananas 24/7 with security and traffic. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 21, 13:49 3
- My coworker lives in Cincy and says it's a liberal ish area. She was stunned to learn where he lived. -- nm - amandaphone Jul 21, 13:51 2
  - He's a proud hillbilly! He loves hillbillies! Just don't want to live with hillbillies. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Jul 21, 14:15 1
    - Downright elegiac about ‘em -- nm - nubby Jul 21, 15:12
$5m raised in an hour -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 13:46 6
- Weren’t they withholding like 90 mil. The letter is out. At least half now. This is basically upfront money. -- nm - VMan Jul 21, 14:14
- Is that a lot? - znufrii Jul 21, 13:49 1
  - “avalanche” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 13:53
- NGL, I was like 'feels kinda low' -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 13:48 2
  - It is Sunday -- nm - eag Jul 21, 13:50
  - Yeah I thought some Hollywood people might kick in. George Clooney WUA? -- nm - amandaphone Jul 21, 13:49
Also have we talked about how trump pence signs can be reused as trump Vance signs with just two letters changing? Saving money on ink! -- nm - amandaphone Jul 21, 13:46 1
- trump + vance = trance -- (pic) - mud Jul 21, 13:49 [Attachment]
I dare Kamala to make Not Like Us her campaign theme song -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 13:42
'Nothing short of a miracle': Missing Newfoundland fishing crew arrives home safely -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jul 21, 13:41
Someone on NPR a bit ago was asking if trump would have to picked vance if he would have known it was Harris, not Biden. Does this matter? - amandaphone Jul 21, 13:38 20
- He made the bet Biden would stay in. And he lost. He doesn't pick Vance if he knew he would drop. - Jovian Jul 21, 15:40
- How about If Trump had been killed, would Biden be dropping out? -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 14:43
- I think the only absolute requirement was full on psychophant lackey. He learned his lesson with Pence. - Dano Jul 21, 14:02
- Harris was a prosecutor, Donald a defendant. Harris took down fake colleges, Donald ran one of the worst/most expensive fake colleges -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 13:49 3
  - So who would have been a better VP to run against him? -- nm - amandaphone Jul 21, 13:52
  - Literally her 2020 primary campaign ad -- (link) - znufrii Jul 21, 13:52 1
    - Just run that shit again now. -- nm - amandaphone Jul 21, 14:06
- There was an Atlantic article about how Trumps entire campaign is focused on “Biden weak”. Should be interesting how much of a problem Harris is for them -- nm* - oblique Jul 21, 13:41 3
  - His cult likes to call her "knees up". I expect them to go with that -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 13:49 2
    - SOrry, heels up. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 13:50 1
      - They already had out there that Harris slept her way to the top (had an affair while married, with Mayor Willie Brown) - zeitgeist Jul 21, 13:55
- he was never gonna pick a woman if that’s what they’re suggesting -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 13:40 7
  - (though I don’t put it past him kicking Vance to the curb for Ivanka if things go south) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 13:41 6
    - Ivanka is done. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 13:42 5
      - Ivanka will come out for Harris -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 21, 14:22
      - I would have put money on Lara -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 13:48 3
        
        Lara is deeply unappealing. She is the nastiest Trump wife. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 13:49 2
        
        Only because Guilfoyle isn't married to one. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 13:51 1
        
        They would be evenly matched, at least. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 13:56
- Hard to say. I think Vance is the anti-Harris, since he's so openly misogynist. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 13:39
at the end of the day Dems are making a bet that the electorate looks more like Obama’s (probable win) than Hillary’s (coin flip at best) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 21, 13:34
I think whoever is the new nominee should change their name to Presidenty McPresidentface. They'd win in a landslide. -- nm - Dano Jul 21, 13:25
It's gonna be state to state Republican lawsuits. With some shenanigans happening to keep it as Biden on the ballot. -- (link) - Inigo Jul 21, 13:24 2
- None of it passes the smell test. -- nm - nubby Jul 21, 13:31
- I wonder if it could backfire. Will it happen in any state the Dem has any chance in and it could be a bad look to independents. -- nm - Dano Jul 21, 13:27
Independent of anything else, Jovian is right about one thing. 45 is one of the luckiest people alive. -- nm - David Jul 21, 13:22 2
- For the life of me, I don't get it! -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 13:22 1
  - seriously. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 13:28
Snowpiercer season 4 premiere tonight -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 21, 13:20
so does this mean he is out as president too and kamala is in? or does he stay on till the next election is over? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 21, 13:18 7
- If that were the case, the news would be covering Kamala’s swearing in. -- nm* - mara Jul 21, 13:49
- I asked cause my PIL are getting horseshit info from somewhere... -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 21, 13:38 1
  - He’s president until the next inauguration. -- nm - znufrii Jul 21, 13:39
- -- nm* - con_carne Jul 21, 13:32
- His statement specifically said he was focusing on finishing out his term -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 13:21
- He didn’t resign. Just turned down the nomination -- nm - oblique Jul 21, 13:20 1
  - Will not seek the nomination. He stood down like LBJ. -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 13:31
So, John, just how corrupt is your court anyway? -- (link) - ty97 Jul 21, 13:17 [Backboard]

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