Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

with the Kraken taking a plea, the Cheese stands alone.

If you’re looking for someone who’s young and athletic, go watch a fucking movie.

I wonder if trump will be tried as an adult.

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

Fani Willis claps back at Trump chihuahua, Jim Jordan.

Not all heroes wear capes.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about it’s history.”

Books are my comfort food!

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

If you are in line to indict donald trump, stay in line.

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

Republicans would impeach Biden if he bit into a whole Kit Kat rather than breaking the sections apart.

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

“But what about the lurkers?”

I’m just a talker, trying to find a channel!

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  1. 1.

    Chet Murthy

    I read everywhere that Pennsylvania will be the state that determines the outcome of the election.  I know nothing about the state, but I notice that we haven’t had any campaigns to fund GOTV efforts there.  Are there any PA peeps who have any insight into this area ?

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    @Chet Murthy:  Pennsylvania is one of the five states we funded for the Civics Center.  So we have done a tiny bit for PA, but not a lot.

    Perhaps there are some down ballot races that could help bring out voters that would also vote for President while they are at it?

  5. 5.

    divF

    @WaterGirl: Short version: anything leagcy media can’t bothsides, it simply doesn’t report on. So Trump’s cognitive decline is off limits to NYT, since there is no credible related thing that Harris can be attacked with to provide the bothsides balance.

    ETA: it’s a good insight. “Trump is in cognitive decline, but Kamala is … ?”

  6. 6.

    rikyrah

    @WaterGirl:

    That they are so wedded to both siderism

    That they can’t give it up

     

    Trump is incoherent and can’t land a punch on Harris.

    So, they have nothing to run to Harris to get a reaction.

     

    Harris refusing to take the bait gives them.nothing to talk about because they were so used to letting Trump set the tone

    They were stenographers who were just writing about back and forth

    But, with Harris unwilling to play that game, they don’t know what to do.

     

    This was one video, but she did three expanding on the idea, and why legacy media were salty that content creators were invited to the DNC.

     

    Totally OT, but Meghan Markle stand recognized the same tone and tenor in that ridiculous article about the VP and her expectations of people who work for her  😒

  7. 7.

    Chet Murthy

    @WaterGirl: I watched it: it was pretty informative.

    TL;DR legacy media (e.g. FTFNYT) is only willing to cover an aspect of the race if they can bothsides it.  So TCFG’s cognitive decline, they could cover along with Biden’s.  But with Harris …. now they can’t cover it, b/c there’s no bothsides there.  Similarly, TCFG tries to attack Harris, but (a) his attacks are completely laughable, and (b) Harris just shrugs them off, not firing back, so again, there’s no back-and-forth that FTFNYT could cover as a “both sides” sort of thing.

    I hadn’t thought of things this way, but it seems (-seems-) to make sense.  As she pointed out, this is why they ask such -inane- questions as “can you campaign on joy?!?!??”  I mean, WTF, right ?

  8. 8.

    WaterGirl

    @divF: @rikyrah:   Really appreciate the summaries, thank you!

    @rikyrah:  I don’t understand what this means.  maybe there’s an autocorrect in there that’s confusing me?

    Totally OT, but Meghan Markle stand recognized the same tone and tenor in that ridiculous article about the VP and her expectations of people who work for her  😒

    I really like Meghan Markle so I’d like to understand what you are saying.

  11. 11.

    JaySinWA

    @divF:

    ETA: it’s a good insight. “Trump is in cognitive decline, but Kamala is … ?”

    … far too rational for our taste?

    ETA harkening back to Hilary was over prepared.

  12. 12.

    piratedan

    @Chet Murthy: I guess it’s one of those failings that they can’t cope with.  How can you perform election coverage balance when one party is so out of balance with itself.  It’s like that old Monty Python Sketch regarding the Silly Party and the Extremely Silly Party.

  13. 13.

    VFX Lurker

    @WaterGirl: I interpreted it as “Meghan Markle stans.”

    …Meghan Markle stans recognized the same tone and tenor in that ridiculous article about the VP and her expectations of people who work for her 😒

  15. 15.

    rikyrah

    @WaterGirl:

    Meghan Markle stans..

    Sorry.

     

    There was a similarly written about Meghan Markle..in the tabloids in England

    Her always being prepared.

    Her waking up early and expecting her staff to be as prepared as she was. She looked at her Royal Duties as a job, and used her work ethic when tackling it.

     

    Don’t forget…the Post just hired those phucking editors from England, who thought that this story was somehow supposed to disparage Meghan.

    The Americans reading it just said

    .so?

    Meghan is being a professional.

     

    Same tone in this article about Harris

    She is #2 in the Government and she’s not supposed to expect prepared staff going above the basics?

    As if, ‘ who is this Black woman to have standards, and expect them of others’?

     

    Uh huh

    Uh huh

  17. 17.

    Geminid

    @Chet Murthy: I don’t live there, but one thing about Pennsylvania that stands out to me is the way Senator Bob Casey Jr. won reelection in 2018 by over 600,000 votes. A popular politician. Casey is on the ballot again this year and that should help the top of the ticket.

  19. 19.

    Chet Murthy

    @cain: one of the justifications for royalty in the Modern Age is that they set an example for the rest of us by their comportment.  I felt for quite a while that the Obamas are the closest we have to royalty in this country: their behavior Is an example to all of us.

  20. 20.

    Anyway

    @Geminid: 2018 was the midterms when Ds up and down the ballot performed really well, won the house etc. Good tailwinds in essence.  Been seeing ads for him in the Phils games all year — incumbency helps you raise funds!

  21. 21.

    Poe Larity

    If Vance is monarchly-adjacent like the Thielian and Catholic Integralists he hangs with, would it be so bad under a King Harry and Queen Meghan?

  23. 23.

    TS

    @rikyrah: Thanks for that – good explanation, although I still think women being held to such a different standard to men has something to do with how the political media behave.

    I so enjoyed this post at Daily Kos. Don’t know anything about the person who wrote it, whether or not it is true or viable – but I love it

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/6/2268366/-The-MSM-Is-Unprepared-For-What-s-Coming

    So, here are six predictions for this coming election based on key facts and what I’m observing.

    1) Kamala Harris will be the first woman president of the United States.

    2)The election will be a landslide for the Dems up and down the ballot.

    3)The MSM will feign total shock at the outcome, and use their willful ignorance of what is happening today to justify questioning the validity of the election.

    Explained at the link

  24. 24.

    karen marie

    @TS:

    3)The MSM will feign total shock at the outcome, and use their willful ignorance of what is happening today to justify questioning the validity of the election.

    Infuriating, innit?

  25. 25.

    Kent

    @TS: Wishful thinking.

    The election will be uncomfortably close.  Every poll suggests that.

    And Trump voters don’t give a flying fuck about anything the media might say about him, or however senile he looks.  They aren’t voting for him because of his person and it is a mistake to think that.  They are voting for him because that is how they assert power over the libs.  These are my people.  My whole extended family is packed with Trumpers.  A Trump vote is nothing more than a big fuck you to the libs.  That is all it is.   They have been trained not to expect anything positive out of government and so they don’t.

  26. 26.

    rikyrah

     

    Ọya (formerly P. Phil Duke of Edinburgh Fan) 🇺🇳 (@fanofprincephil) posted at 3:23 PM on Fri, Sep 06, 2024:
    This is so familiar. 🤭 Kamala is apparently too prepared & questions her staff. Reminds me of what the leakers from Kensington Palace said about Meghan Markle. Sending morning emails & expecting answers. Listen, don’t try foolishness with a biracial woman from California. 😁😁 https://t.co/dSaCX7D9fy
    (https://x.com/fanofprincephil/status/1832152661195424006?s=02)

  27. 27.

    TS

    @Kent:

    The election will be uncomfortably close. Every poll suggests that.

    If you read the article most of it is actually about the polls and what is happening with them at the minute – resulting in the six points the author is making.

  28. 28.

    Princess

    I feel like the Goldman Sachs favorable fiscal report on Harris cs Trump and the Cheney endorsements are coming from the same corners of the Republican world and are coordinated. They send the same message to the same people.

    On the other hand, these were the people who wanted Jeb! and they couldn’t make that happen. But it’s not a ^bad* thing for Harris.

  29. 29.

    Betty

    @Geminid: Two things about the race: Casey stays close to his constituents and advocates for seniors and people with disabilities. A good guy. His opponent is another parachuted in former hedge fund manager and terrible campaigner.

    For House races, Janelle Stelson, a former tv anchor, is being seen as having a good chance to beat Scott Perry. That would be a great take down.

  30. 30.

    pabadger

    @Chet Murthy: for PA state senate, the Dems need to flip three seats. We’ll flip SD-15. The other flip attempts are

    SD-37 Nicole Ruscitto- Allegheny County

    SD-49 Jim Wertz Erie County

    Erie County has gone Obama Obama Trump Biden it is one of the swing counties in PA.

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