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The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

Let there be snark.

Republicans don’t lie to be believed, they lie to be repeated.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

Today in our ongoing national embarrassment…

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

The Supreme Court cannot be allowed to become the ultimate, unaccountable arbiter of everything.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

The fight for our country is always worth it. ~Kamala Harris

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

The words do not have to be perfect.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

America is going up in flames. The NYTimes fawns over MAGA celebrities. No longer a real newspaper.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Hey hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?

Second rate reporter says what?

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Debate Prep Open Thread

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(Well, at least it’s amortized across two nights.)

Tonight’s candidates, as they will appear on stage, per CBS: Marianne Williamson, Tim Ryan, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O’Rourke, John Hickenlooper, John Delaney, Steve Bullock.

I’ll probably be ‘watching’ through the Guardian’s ever-excellent liveblog. More options here, per NYMag.

See y’all around 7:45pm EDT, Murphy the Trickster God willing…

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  1. 1.

    germy

    We don’t have cable. I’m hoping we can watch the debate on youtube, rather than the CNN website.

  2. 2.

    raven

    I puled the trigger and cancelled my Dish Network in favor of youtube TV. I’ve had it for over a month and $50 a month for 70 channels is a lot better than $169 per for 300 I don’t watch.

  3. 3.

    Ohio Mom

    Gosh, how did the League of Women Voters manage all those years of sponsoring presidential debates without a set design budget?

  6. 6.

    MomSense

    How do you solve a problem like McConnell?
    How do you stop an asshole – vote him out.

  8. 8.

    Van Buren

    Why do I have the belief that media coverage tomorrow will focus on “mistakes” and not good answers?

  9. 9.

    debbie

    @MomSense:

    I take it you missed the NPR interview of McConnell this afternoon? Just as well, I was shrieking at my radio through the whole thing.

  12. 12.

    Raven

    A Democratic Virginia state lawmaker interrupted President Trump’s Jamestown speech Tuesday directly in front of the stage where the president was standing, declaring, “President Trump, you can’t send us back, Virginia is our home.”

    Ibraheem Samirah, who is Muslim, held up a sign with the words “Deport Hate,” sparking boos and chants of “Trump, Trump, Trump” from some in the audience. The president temporarily halted his speech, and Samirah was escorted from the event by law enforcement.

  13. 13.

    germy

    There will be no Chuck Todd tonight, which means no “one word answers” or “show of hands” bullshit.

  14. 14.

    Raven

    Samirah was born in Chicago, a second-generation Palestinian American[1] whose parents were refugees.[2] His father was separated from the family while Samirah attended middle school when he was barred reentry into the United States.[2] Samirah lived in Jordan as a teenager before returning to the United States in 2009. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from American University, where, though Muslim, he was a member of the historically Jewish fraternity Sigma Alpha Mu, attracted by the chapter’s progressivism and “respect for diversity”.[3] He next earned his Doctor of Dental Medicine from the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine at Boston University.[4] While he attended dental school, Samirah was a member of the Students for Justice in Palestine.[5]

  17. 17.

    Baud

    It took over 100 people eight days to build the set for CNN’s Democratic debates. Nine 53-foot semi-trucks were needed to haul in all the equipment. 

    Democrats already creating jobs!

  18. 18.

    Raven

    @debbie:

    JAMESTOWN, Va. — President Trump hailed the contributions of African-Americans to the building of the nation during a ceremony on Tuesday paying tribute to democracy in the New World, even as he continued to wage war on some of his most prominent black critics.

    The president’s elevated and scripted words honoring 400 years of representative government in the Western Hemisphere and the role played by African-Americans stood in sharp contrast to the acerbic attacks he made beforehand on a black congressman and his Baltimore-based district.

  20. 20.

    Amir Khalid

    6,400 manhours and nine trucks full of set tells me this presidential debate is being treated first and foremost as entertainment. CNN could very easily have done this without the expense and glitz, and the debate would have been better for it.

  22. 22.

    Chyron HR

    Any candidate who isn’t prepared for a Rashida Tlaib “impeach the MF” question is unprepared.

    What, like, “As president, will you support the impeachment of Donald Trump?”

  25. 25.

    MomSense

    @debbie:

    Thank god I missed him! Middle son got in an under 5mph accident and I’m about to add another boy to my insurance – I can’t afford to get into an NPR-rage fueled accident right now.

    @dmsilev:

    Yes to that! I was singing it to the Sound of Music tune which I used to sing as How do you solve a problem like Scalia – but he’s still dead!

  26. 26.

    NotMax

    Spent the day chauffering a certain lady of 91 over hill and dale, shopping for a new shade for a lamp in the living room and also looking at recliners. Lost count of how many stores safaried through.

    Not complaining, mind you. However am sorely looking forward to a large stiff drink.

    ;)

  38. 38.

    Roger Moore

    @Ohio Mom:

    Gosh, how did the League of Women Voters manage all those years of sponsoring presidential debates without a set design budget?

    LWV was trying to inform the public; CNN is trying to entertain them. Entertainment apparently requires a bigger budget than information.

  40. 40.

    SRW1

    @Baud:

    I hear there’ll be a laser light show AND a smoke machine.

    Not sure about the light show. The smoke grenade throwing prolly will be all manual.

    ETA:
    If you believe the guys and girls in the CNN pre-debate show you could get the impression it’s gonna be a catch-as-catch can event at some fun fair.

  48. 48.

    5x5

    I don’t have cable. I added CNN-go to my Roku channels. So far, I can watch the debates (it’s in pre-show right now) without a cable subscription. They’re allowing free viewing.

  50. 50.

    Baud

    How do I watch?

    This time around, CNN is hosting, and it’s offering several ways to catch the debates. You can watch them:

    Streamed online at CNN.comVia the CNNgo app on Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Chromecast, and Android TVOn TV at CBSN. (A cable subscription is not required.) In addition, CBSN will feature coverage before and after the debates.

  53. 53.

    chris

    Thread.

    Trump is not some bizarre aberration from principled conservatism. Trump is the logical endpoint of every single piece of conservative dog-whistle messaging for the past forty years.— Tom Tomorrow (@tomtomorrow) July 30, 2019

  54. 54.

    Patricia Kayden

    @chris: Since Nixon’s Southern Strategy, Republicans have decided that racism is a winner for them and they’re right. Things will only change when the demographics shift the racial makeup.

  55. 55.

    Ladyraxterinok

    @NotMax: If she was going through the stores with you walking, with walker, or with other aids–rejoice that she can still do this at her age.

    I ‘joked’ that sales at the local stores dropped precipitously when my mobility ills curtailed my ‘out and aboutness.’

  56. 56.

    lamh36

    No debate watching for me tonight. Tonight was my last final of 2 classes for the summer semester! Summer semester officially over for me. 3 weeks off before the Fall semester!!! I’ll know what my final summer semester grades are by the end of the week, but I’m hoping for 2 As!!! I’m pretty sure I’ve got an A in one. I’ve got at least a high B, a good grade on this final could give me another A!!!
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/519409bf92c4202f29e16dc4f9e2e0db25e82fec39a508bce95243a0409440d4.gif

  60. 60.

    PsiFighter37

    Won’t bother watching these until there’s a reasonable number of people on stage.

  61. 61.

    Jay Noble

    Can somebody please give each of the candidates alittle desk flag to attach to their podiums just shut the whiners up. And for goodness sakes make sure they do it according to the Flag Code!!!

  63. 63.

    Raven

    OMG a television network is treating a television event like it’s a television event!!!! The Horror!

  64. 64.

    lamh36

    @MomSense: My niece Zoe is good. I think you may mean my godbaby Maddie. She got out of the hospital bout a week and 1/2 ago. She’s doing well. Her and her mom adjusting

  65. 65.

    mrmoshpotato

    It took over 100 people eight days to build the set for CNN’s Democratic debates. Nine 53-foot semi-trucks were needed to haul in all the equipment.

    Goddamn! What a waste of money.

  66. 66.

    Death Panel Truck

    @Raven: “Today is the day Donald Trump became president!” — Chuck Todd or some other half-wit

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