I could not find a link, but at least we can talk about the town hall.
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I could not find a link, but at least we can talk about the town hall.
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Just a reminder that Joe Biden’s dog is the Joe Biden of dogs. pic.twitter.com/8BQBO8HDA3
— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) September 16, 2020
the most joe biden fact is that his dogs are named champ and major
— Rob Flaherty (@Rob_Flaherty) September 16, 2020
(Champ doesn't sit)
Joe: c'mon, man
— JC Foster ?? (@badbirdkc) September 17, 2020
(Bonus points: Champ’s a rescue… well, actually a ‘foster fail’.)
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‘We can't allow politics to interfere with a vaccine in any way,’ says Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden https://t.co/3bPTpctpwy pic.twitter.com/hTfey7cIIi
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 17, 2020
‘We have to do better as a country’: Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris visited her home state of California to assess an area devastated by historic wildfires raging across the state https://t.co/adxr2Kps84 pic.twitter.com/V6QG2Zby6s
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 16, 2020
McEnany, on the other hand, is the Caligula’s Horse of this administration. Of course she can’t perform the functions of the job title; she’s been installed to remind the press, just by her presence, exactly how badly the Oval Office Occupant(s) regard them.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany offered few details about President Trump's healthcare plan, telling a reporter, ‘if you want to know, come work here at the White House’ pic.twitter.com/CyPC44HZMN
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 16, 2020
Speaking of which… Business/economics writer for the NYTimes:
Four years on, I'm still not sure what the alternative is to broadcasting the president's long, lying soliloquies — but I'm confident that we're basically poisoning ourselves.
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) September 16, 2020
(This does nothing to change my conviction that too many modern ‘economists’ are basically hierophants of an abtruse cult, paid to explain calamities and predict the future by examining the entrails of failed businesses and murdered consumers.)
Step four: be appalled that this has taken you four years! Actually discuss how to do it better. Actually have a teeny bit of introspection about where you (as a group) have failed. And yes you’re not only poisoning yourselves, you are helping to poison the general public. https://t.co/6ON5ENpngr
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) September 17, 2020
Thursday Morning Open Thread: The Democrats Are Grown-UpsPost + Comments (161)
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Spot-on Ann Telnaes @washingtonpost cartoon today.#ClimateChange#CreekFire #OregonIsBurning pic.twitter.com/WH3YpMRi1Q
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 15, 2020
Scientific American has never endorsed a presidential candidate in our 175-year history—until now.
The 2020 election is literally a matter of life and death. We urge you to vote for health, science and Joe Biden for President.https://t.co/8TlH7shjFn
— Scientific American (@sciam) September 15, 2020
Ginned-up ‘controversy’ of the GOP day:
For those of you who think this is Biden “being racist” you should get the full context of this video. Biden plays this song after Luis Fonsi, the singer of Despacito, introduces him for the campaign event. It’s not racism, just having fun with Mr. Fonsi. https://t.co/lBvpJGpkW4
— Brenden Lowe (@brenden_lowe) September 16, 2020
serious politics knower voice: biden's team has to be really concerned about facing trump in the upcoming debates. https://t.co/BncSeIkSqF
— golikehellmachine (@golikehellmachi) September 16, 2020
setting everything else aside, trump is fundamentally incapable of responding to criticism in a serious or measured way, and a debate is basically nothing but non-stop criticism.
— golikehellmachine (@golikehellmachi) September 16, 2020
it's amazing how talking to a normal person embarrasses trump so badly but bullshitting to a reporter is something he can do effortlessly. almost like there's something slightly wrong with how the questions are being asked
— frequent antifa flyer (@MenshevikM) September 16, 2020
Imagine watching Trump for the last ~4-5 years and thinking wow, Trump flopped today because he hadn't prepared, this is so out of character.
I suppose its good that people can stay anon on here cause I can't even imagine embarrassing myself this hard in real life. https://t.co/eiIzlJnSj2
— AdotSad (@AdotSad) September 16, 2020
Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will remain in session until lawmakers deliver more COVID-19 relief. Talks between Pelosi and the Trump administration broke down last month and there had been little optimism they would restart before the election. https://t.co/3orhYrwWOi
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) September 15, 2020
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: The Work Goes OnPost + Comments (204)
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Much better for your soul than the disaster on ABC tonight.
Open thread
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First up: Veterans
And next:
Hispanic Heritage month
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⚡️ “What will happen if Donald Trump doesn't accept the election result?”https://t.co/NRmEK2gQVG
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 14, 2020
Since “Joe Biden is poised to win, barring some unforeseen disaster and/or further GOP-Russian fvckery” is not newsy, the Financial Times puts a flashlight under its chin and sets out to make its readers’ flesh creep. The above thread was trending on the Twitter Politics sidebar all evening, so FiveThirtyEight felt impelled to chip in…
This is so fucking exhausting. The only correct answer is "he will be escorted out by security." pic.twitter.com/AWPO1H55H2
— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) September 14, 2020
In the event of a close result, we could have a constitutional crisis and violent unrest. Much rests on both candidates’ calculations, though neither would be able to dispute the election without the backing of state and federal party machinery https://t.co/4jU5XreVtd pic.twitter.com/jFLrL44LXH
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 14, 2020
Then Trump will be wrong. The president doesn't get to say when everyone has to stop counting. pic.twitter.com/1Dx5m8TTO2
— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) September 14, 2020
But Republicans and Democrats might both claim that their candidate is the clear winner, meaning that Nancy Pelosi could not step in. Determining the outcome in such an unprecedented scenario would rely on political and popular pressure https://t.co/4jU5XreVtd pic.twitter.com/qMr3MTbMrS
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 14, 2020
And they'll do what? Bomb polling sites? Get a fucking grip. Biden's "coercive power" is that he'll be the person who just won a presidential election. pic.twitter.com/nnFxsKUrlt
— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) September 14, 2020
The Pentagon has insisted the US military has no role to play in any election dispute and has openly discouraged Donald Trump from deploying troops to quell civil unrest https://t.co/4jU5XreVtd pic.twitter.com/7SW2HCRK1X
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 14, 2020
Peak Twitter Brain is thinking that Trump calling in air strikes is more likely that Biden overperforming his polling by two points and winning over 400 electoral votes.
— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) September 14, 2020
The boring, mundane reality is that we sane people are going to keep working our arses off to ensure Biden wins by a majority sufficient to crush Repub dreams of a coup, with the Very Serious Pundits gnawing on our ankles at every step. After which, the Squatter-in-Chief will tweet an increasingly demented stream of accusations, while his minions work on their resumes… or their flight plans to countries with no extradition treaties. And the rest of the GOP will already have memory-holed the Trump presidency by the time the electoral college votes, and will be prepping op-eds & legislation to quell the financial excesses of the Obama-Biden Era, for a return to the glory days of the Cheney/Bush II regency.
Late Night Open Thread: Scary Tales for Political AdolescentsPost + Comments (130)