2024 US Presidential Election
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the sad/funny/terrifying/etc. thing is that, sometimes, it's hard to tell if u.s. political coverage is satire these days.
the onion frequently nails it.
alasdair
It was realistic up until the last line
quite surreal, isn't it? with AI imitation, it's only going to get worse.
The onion is going to get worse? 
ions
Mr. Fantasy
You can't curb inflation with quantitative easing.
jasperkent
Bluelighter
It's very difficult to satirize Trump.
At this point I'd believe just about anything, no matter how over the top-- because he really will say anything, no matter how over the top.
Case in point:
It's still fucking August, yet it's not too early for the dreaded "War On Christmas."
jasperkent
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Trump was saying the crowds at Harris/Walz rallies were fake-- that they were "A.I.-generated."
He's partly right about the AI thing.
But the crowds aren't there because of Artificial Intelligence. They are there because of Actual Intelligence.
He's partly right about the AI thing.
But the crowds aren't there because of Artificial Intelligence. They are there because of Actual Intelligence.
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Trump types like a drunk.
a drunk toddler 
he's the most easily-triggered snowflake in politics. not a little ironic...
alasdair
he's the most easily-triggered snowflake in politics. not a little ironic...
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jasperkent
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I would actually cut him some slack if I knew he was a drinker. But he never drinks alcohol. This means that everything he says and types comes from a 100% sober brain.a drunk toddler
Terrifying.
jasperkent
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For several years now, Republicans have been complaining about the phrase Happy Holidays as if it's some kind of Marxist woke shit.It's still fucking August, yet it's not too early for the dreaded "War On Christmas."
I remember people saying Happy Holidays way back in the 1960s and it wasn't controversial in the slightest. It was simply shorthand for Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
These oh-so-easily offended morons are always losing their minds over problems that are nonexistent.
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A few stores, or one store, or something, told it's employees to say Happy Holidays to "be more inclusive". Some idea by some middle manager trying for a promotion. As far as I know, no politician ever espoused it.
It's all culture wars. The right goes on and on about cancel culture, but then boycotts companies and people they don't like.
cancel
verbcolloquial (originally U.S.). transitive. To dismiss, reject, or get rid of (a person or thing). In later use, esp. in the context of social media: to publicly boycott, ostracize, or withdraw support from (a person, institution, etc.)
The Chicks (Dixie Chicks) played at the DNC Convention. Remember when the right cancelled them because they hurt Bush's feelings?
jasperkent
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I sure do. My late and intensely beloved pit bull, Dixie Chick, was named after them 14 years ago.
jasperkent
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It's like Trump's latest catchphrase "migrant crime," which he uses as often as possible. To hear him talk, huge hordes of criminally insane migrants are robbing, raping, and murdering their way across America.
But in fact, violent crime is relatively low in most of the country and study after study has consistently shown that native-born Americans are much more likely to commit crimes than immigrants.
And undocumented immigrants?
They are the least likely to commit crimes, which makes a lot of sense in that they don't want to draw attention to themselves. They are here to work, and often here to get away from the high crime rates in the countries they came from.
But in fact, violent crime is relatively low in most of the country and study after study has consistently shown that native-born Americans are much more likely to commit crimes than immigrants.
And undocumented immigrants?
They are the least likely to commit crimes, which makes a lot of sense in that they don't want to draw attention to themselves. They are here to work, and often here to get away from the high crime rates in the countries they came from.
jasperkent
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And I'm beginning to think that Trump believes the term "asylum seekers" means people taken out of mental institutions by their governments and shipped here. He keeps saying "other countries are emptying their insane asylums into our country."
Blowmonkey
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Will we ever get that 2016 energy back? This feels so lackluster, even with Biden dropping out, it's pretty boring.
Zuckerberg says he was pressured by Biden/Harris to censor/suppress all kinds of people and information on facebook last election, but just admitting it will probably not change a thing, no more Zuckerbucks though.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
Zuckerberg says he was pressured by Biden/Harris to censor/suppress all kinds of people and information on facebook last election, but just admitting it will probably not change a thing, no more Zuckerbucks though.
Mark Zuckerberg admits censorship and vows to curb election donations - Washington Examiner
Mark Zuckerberg said he planned to fight any pressure from the White House to censor content on Facebook and that he would not donate "Zuckerbucks."
www.washingtonexaminer.com