I’ll be glad that this intolerable fascistic shit show ends — Saphsin

I'll be glad to take a step back from encroaching fascism too; the last four years have been incredibly stressful to say the least even at a personal level. However, even when (if) Trump leaves office we'll still have numerous and existential problems that existed when he entered, including severe wealth inequality, which greatly metastasized during the pandemic, a growing police state with demonstrably little accountability, and now new problems like a fascistic cult germinating within and abetted by the Republican Party, a now solidly right-wing Supreme Court that can strike down major Democratic policies, and perhaps most critical of all - a relentless global warming crisis. Of all the candidates that entered the Democratic primary, Biden seems to me one of the least capable of handling the present and future crises. To that end I find it odd that so many are ganging up on @StreetlightX for articulating valid concerns regarding Biden's ability to confront these multifaceted issues as well as his culpability in a number of them. A vote for Biden is a rejection of Trump of course, but more more subtly it also entails a continuation of neoliberal policies and outmoded institutional practices that landed us here in the first place that require confrontation, and I think accepting and grappling with that reality, rather than coping with Biden through mental gymnastics, places us in a better position.

You are out of your tiny fucking mind if you are making excuses for a 76 year old about to take his dick out for a 25 year old.

Excited to get rid of Trump maybe? — Benkei

Two distinct things

Sorry, I'm half following this. Are we supposed to be excited for Biden/Harris?

I'm just glad I live in NYC where my vote in the general means nothing.

Wow can't believe NOS hasn't posted about the latest devastating NYPost hit piece on Joe Biden, here is an excerpt:

A raw series of text messages show Joe Biden offering fatherly comfort as his son, Hunter, lamented from a rehab facility about being a “f–ked up addict who can’t be trusted” and had damaged his dad’s political career.

The intimate family exchange took place on February 24, 2019, two months before Joe launched his campaign for the White House.

“Good morning my beautiful son. I miss you and love you. Dad,” the elder Biden wrote at 6:57 a.m.

Joe's campaign will never recover from this.

It sounds like they are going to keep dropping articles like this. — NOS4A2

Wow sounds like the Trump campaign is flailing

Beto O'rourke is what keeps people around here awake at night — ArguingWAristotleTiff

Why does he skateboard at night?

Seem to recall a very smart person say that only math and alcohol require "proof", and that, for everything else, evidence should suffice.

I heard they started sterilising women there? The Rome Statute classifies that as a crime against humanity, — Michael

Yes we love committing crimes against humanity in this country we honestly can't help ourselves.

I take it Stephen is a cunt. Why is he a cunt? — Benkei

He has spearheaded the Trump administration's racist immigration policies including the concentration camps.

Oh fuck yes Stephen Miller has it

New Project Veritas video, this time about ballot harvesting in Ilhan Omar’s district. Rigged elections. — NOS4A2

:joke:

I’ll reserve judgement until he offers some evidence. — NOS4A2

Lmao

You mean the guy claiming he was set up? — NOS4A2

This story right here, can't miss it.

you gonna comment on the project Veritas fiasco or nah?

Remember that Project Veritas story @NOS4A2 assured us was very real

Trump died

Apparently the administration knew Trump had tested positive for Covid at least a full day before the official announcement and tried to hid it until his symptoms became overt. During this time he had attended a rally in which he potentially infected more people

This handwringing is incredible.

What exactly would the consequences be if that happened? Let's try to do the calculus.
1. Pence becomes Pres.
2. The Republicans nominate a younger more dynamic stand-in for the trumpees
3. Republicans sweep the elections — magritte

This isn't calculus this is just make-believe. Pence doesn't have the support of the GOP base that Trump possesses, and he certainly doesn't have enough time to form a solid voting coalition.

Things that make you go hmmmmmm...... — creativesoul

No pretty straightforward: liberals would rather attach themselves to fascists than socialists.

Bernie had a heart attack literally a year ago to the day and received far less support from the Democratic elite than Trump did today for contracted a virus he exacerbated.

Wishing Trump a speedy recovery so he can continue killing us

That reminds me of a certain advertisement Trump bought 30 years ago.

Well, I oppose the death penalty, so it's only fitting that I don't want someone – anyone – to die from a sickness. — Michael

Dying from the death penalty, a government sanctioned punishment, seems to me to be very different from a disease.

Wishing Trump well or denouncing those hoping he dies/suffers implies that he exists in some sort of moral vacuum; that he has had no actual impact on people's lives in the last 4 years, not to mention his entire lifetime. This is a man who explicitly said earlier this year than he knew the virus would be deadly, but downplayed it because he didn't want the American people to panic. Now we have over 200,000 Americans dead, and hundreds of thousands more whose lives are irreparably changed because they lost loved ones, suffer from long term effects after having recovered, lost their jobs or businesses, etc. Expressing sympathy for Trump and denouncing those who don't is just vacuous moral signaling; an attempt to display moral high ground when it in fact signals the opposite.

I haven't felt this good since Sanders won Nevada

I'm actually his doctor. He has it

I'm so excited I dont think ill be able to sleep tonight

:pray:

Holy shit Trump tested positive for covid let's goooooooooooooo

Incredible that there is a white supremist group who call themselves the Proud Boys which they named after a song cut from the Disney musical, Aladdin, and one of the group creeds is to masturbate no more than once a month.

Asking other members to do a coup on us

Well I think that was a bad performance for both, but I think Trump looked worse while providing less substance.

oh my god this is awful

:cool: Got the bourbon, got the beer, no scotch though :confused:

Starting with two shots and a beer

I hope Biden challenges Trump to a push-up contest

What I find rather incredible is that you can collect "race" data in the first place and then even share it with third parties. This would be so incredibly illegal in the EU it wouldn't even be contemplated.

All the more reason we should avoid having our data stored in the US or even handled by companies established there. The only protection is to make sure your data is encrypted in transit and in storage. — Benkei

Unfortunately my country is run by geriatrics who, when given the opportunity to press, criticize and make these types of demands of tech industries, would rather ask Zuckerberg why their grandchild won't friend them on Facebook.