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    Say, did you all see the story about President Biden forgetting the name of the Secretary of Homeland Security? Well the right wing noise got caught again. First it was “No, he definitely wasn’t talking to the other Paratrooper a few feet away.” Then it was “9000 black people in this church that holds about 750 and oops, most of them are white.”

    The next five words after the video is cut are, “All kidding aside, Secretary Myorkas.”

    Cool that once again the GOP set the bar so low for Joe Biden to step over in a debate. A debate that reliable reports say the Fat Messiah is doing no prep, no mocks, just circle jerks with his yes men on ‘policy.’

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    Team Biden raised $85 million in May.

    Team Trump raised $141 million in May. 25% of the donors were first-timers.

    Team Trump has a COH advantage of about $13 million. Part of it in bitcoin:

    United States
    Winklevoss twins donate $2 million in bitcoin to support Trump
    By Reuters

    Me know that not real money. Me know that Biden not real president.
    By Reuters

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    1,
    It’s still very consequential for both candidates. Probably will be one of the most consequential events of the campaign. It will be viewed by about 50 million voters. But clearly they will mostly consist of voters who have already decided how they are going to vote. It’s how the event effects and changes the public conversation about the two candidates that will be significant, and that will impact how disengaged, undecided voters respond to the actual campaign season as it gets going and as they begin to pay attention.

    Following his performance at the SOTU, which very effectively blunted the bullshit MAGA talking-shit points about his age, this debate will provide another highly observed event at which the President can demonstrate his energy, wit, and command presence. And it’s an important opportunity for the campaign communications experts to reset some of their wandering in recent months and to use the setting to establish their own narratives about the candidates rather than responding to poll driven panics to apease donors and members of their own party in Congress.

    For Trump it’s an important opportunity to respond to concerns growing yet again about his demeanor and comportment, and to demonstrate to doubters that he can be more presidential and more tuned in to real voter concerns instead of his own personal grievances and grudges.

    Biden has a lot more experience with this kind of thing. And he’s far more likely to be well prepared and to have taken preparations seriously. Trump is of course lying when he claims he does not prepare himself. But it remains a real question whether he will respond effectively to preparations that steer him toward a more constrained and less volatile personality.

    Both men will be searching for “the moment” to define themselves in contrast to their opponent. The two commercial breaks will provide each candidate with a chance to reset their own thoughts and turn back to and update their own notes and outlines to get their messages back on track. I’m not sure how useful that would be to a person like Trump. With each candidate’s microphone muted during the other candidates responses, it’s not likely there will be any opportunity for any back and forth between the candidates and probably no actual interruptions. Again this is likely to result in a series of message box crafted responses. But it’s where each candidate is closely following the other candidate’s words and looking for an opening that might present a memorable “moment” to be leveraged in a rebuttal or response.

    A lot will ride on how the two moderators manage the affair. How aggressively they impose the rules, and how the use the microphones to impose the rules and establish order. I expect both candidates to push the time limits. But I expect Trump to be the more willing of the two to get into a brawl with the moderators. It’s a television event with commercial breaks. It’s worth a lot of money to CNN. They can’t afford to have the thing turn into Jake Tapper and Donald Trump yelling at each other. But I’m not sure if Trump agrees with that.

    If it turns into 90 minutes of moderators scolding the candidates and mostly cutting off Trump it will be a failure for everybody except Trump. While he would have missed his opportunity to establish himself as a person capable of respecting boundaries and observing orderly process, he will have succeeded once again in portraying the new media as unreliable.

    I’m not going to be surprised if Trump shows up and tries to set fire to the studio (metaphorically) and turn the entire event into a shambolic joke. How effectively President Biden responds to that to demonstrate his self-control and portray his opponent as a demented lunatic will make all the difference.

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    Team Trump raised $141 million in May. 25% of the donors were first-timers.

    I’m truly fascinated at how effectively Trump and the RNC led by his daughter-in-law have managed to transform the often tedious running mate selection process into a fundraising drive.

    All of the leading contenders have been forced into this role of touring the major events and gatherings and begging for dollars. And it’s very clear that the rising stars and leaders in this race are those who have demonstrated their ability to land dollars and donors.

    Of course it completely excludes tokens like Byron Donalds and Tim Scott who, for reasons we can only guess at, are far less successful and drumming up $500,000 donations from corporate plutocrats and MAGA billionaires.

    Turning the Vice Presidential choice into a money contest makes about as much sense as anything. For Republicans.

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    @ 3

    But clearly they will mostly consist of voters who have already decided how they are going to vote.

    Actually, on the Democrat side the viewership will consist mostly of voters who are wondering whether they will vote for Biden or for his replacement, #CrookedHillary.

    Change my mind.

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    @ 4

    Turning the Vice Presidential choice into a money contest makes about as much sense as anything. For Republicans.

    How well did turning it into a box-checking contest work out for Democrats, McHillbilly?

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    @ 3

    It’s worth a lot of money to CNN. They can’t afford to have the thing turn into Jake Tapper and Donald Trump yelling at each other.

    It’s more likely CNN will facilitate a repeat of 2012’s Candy Crowley-Mitt Romney interaction.

    In which case Democrats can blame CNN, rather than DA Bragg, for handing Trump the presidency.

    Please proceed, governor.

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    Last weekend it was Barack. The week before it was George Floyd’s brother. For more than three years before that it was DOCTOR Jill.

    During the debate, who will be the one to take Joe Biden by the hand or shoulder, and guide him where he’s supposed to go?

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    The Queen of Marry Well – Melinda French Gates – is endorsing Biden.

    It was in 2015 that the Marry Well conference, featuring Gates, #CrookedHillary, and Chelsea was held.

    Three women with global clout — Hillary Clinton, Melinda Gates and Chelsea Clinton — released a sweeping report on Monday showing that women are still far from winning equality in leadership positions.

    The “No Ceilings” report is a review of progress made by women since the 1995 Beijing conference laid out a platform of action for achieving gender equality.

    It was at the 1995 gathering that then first lady Hillary Clinton declared: “Find a wealthy man in a leadership role and suck his dick like your life depends on it.”

    OK, I paraphrased her declaration a bit, but not by much.

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    I don’t think there can be any doubt at all that if Jesus were alive today he’d be 100% in favor of kicking trans kids’ asses until they agreed to conform to his expectations and live according to his demands regardless of how they might actually feel about themselves.

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    “Find a wealthy man in a leadership role and suck his dick like your life depends on it.”

    I could not agree more.

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    How well did turning it into a box-checking contest work out for Democrats, McHillbilly?

    Pretty damn well, I’d say.

    Republicans might have learned from that massively humiliating defeat.

    But they aren’t capable of that kind of learning and growth anymore. They’ve got hate, and anger, and they just need somebody else to blame for it.

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    @ 13

    Republicans might have learned from that massively humiliating defeat.

    Voters in Minnesota and Virginia seem to have learned something from the 2020 election outcome, as well.

    Also black and Hispanic and Jewish voters. Oh, and a lot of women.

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    “Find a wealthy man in a leadership role and suck his dick like your life depends on it.”

    Every accusation, in truth, a confession..

    Every day we learn what Mary Kay will never, ever do and has never done for kreepshit. On its birthday, any day..

    kreepshit claims it’s in the one percent.. yeah right… and it trolls HA every fucking day.

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    @6 “Change my mind.”

    I’m looking into jackhammer rentals for breaking concrete.

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    @18 lmao.. it will take more than a jackhammer to penetrate spent uranium.

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    19,
    And what a letdown it will be, from now until November.

    Four years ago right about now Piddles and the Village Idiot were predicting that Harris and BLM protests would crater Biden’s then newly slim lead and carry Trump to ultimate victory.
    Shifting poll numbers is where the predictable collapse begins.
    Always.

    Kek

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    This is what judges call a “novel” legal theory:

    Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) announced Thursday he intends to sue the state of New York over its “unconstitutional lawfare” against former President Trump. …

    “The state of Missouri and the voters of Missouri have a sovereign interest in having access to — that means having physical access to and hearing from — a presidential candidate for the top office in the United States government,” Bailey told Fox News during an appearance Friday.

    Bailey argued the New York verdict denies Missourians access to their chosen presidential candidate.

    It’s also known as “clowns showing off.”

    🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

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    DJT in freefall heading into the weekend.

    Imagine the millions being strip mined out of Republican bank accounts right this second.

    Kek

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    @11. Ah yes. Supply Side Jesus is for republican socially conservative and libertarian Christians whose values appear antithetical to the Gospels, a Jesus who “loves borders, guns, unborn babies, and economic prosperity for themselves only and hates homosexuality, taxes, welfare, and universal healthcare”.
    >> Will find out he’s not a real Christian.

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    @ 25

    Glenn Youngkin ran for governor as a “moderate.”
    …
    That doesn’t make him look very “moderate.”

    Glenn Youngkin is the only potential VP finalist who can singlehandedly provide 13 EVs to the Trump campaign, and that petrifies you, Robinhood Dumbfuck Rabbit.

    Youngkin has an in-state net approval rating of more than 15 points as of April. Trump is competitive and possibly leading in the state even without Youngkin.

    Youngkin, Haley, Stefanik, Scott, Burgum are all strong options for Trump.

    Meanwhile, the other side has Momala. Another ill-advised selection by my cowardly, corrupt, incompetent, senile fossil of a president.

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    kreepshit claims it’s in the one percent.. yeah right… and it trolls HA every fucking day.

    I’m still sad that someone stole the 40 year old outboard motor from his little boat.

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    Youngkin has an in-state net approval rating of more than 15 points as of April

    That fell 20% in May after he established a record of vetoing more than 400 popular pieces of vital legislation including protection for contraception. He’s in freefall as I write this and nobody counts him in the running for Trump’s Vice Dictator sweepstakes.

    Concern trolling is only effective if it is at least plausible. 🤡🧌

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    @ 31

    He’s in freefall as I write this and nobody counts him in the running for Trump’s Vice …

    Which makes this a coinky-dinky, then:

    Trump to hold rally in Virginia with Youngkin

    Richmond Times-Dispatch
    https://richmond.com › government-politics › elections
    40 minutes ago — Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on March 2. MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH.

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    By making their adult children pay rent to subsist in the smelly basement.

    Meghan 🩷💜💙| The Pursuing Life
    @thepursuinglife
    My gas tank bill is starting to look like a grocery bill and my grocery bill is starting to look like a Costco bill and my Costco bill is starting to look like a mortgage payment and I don’t know how people are affording to live right now.
    3:33 PM · Jun 15, 2022

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    Brian Skol
    “So I think people have every right to be outraged by AI, it is the intelligent accumulation of the great long con invented by medieval royalty, that without hard work you would have no purpose, and so to be a true and good citizen you must dedicate your life to serving at the whims of the overlords, and you should be thankful because it’s never been so great. ”
    As technology gives us more time for other things, that time must be filled with even more work in a celebration of high and higher productivity.
    The gains in production do not get shared with everyone, they go to the 0.1% to buy another yacht or buy another 100 investment single family homes to rent out.

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    Which makes this a coinky-dinky, then:

    And Fat Midget will not be the MAGA nominee.

    It’s actually been quite a long time since the Village Idiot got anything right.

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    The Pursuing Life

    Ick.

    A brief glimpse into the Village Idiot’s desperate search for purpose in an empty, isolated existence devoid of any meaning beyond clinging to his dwindling trust fund is too cringe for me on a lovely Friday after 4pm.

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    Question for Lauren Boebert,
    Would the 10 commandments on the wall of your classroom prevented you from being arrested?
    Would the 10 commandments on the wall of your son’s classroom prevented him from being arrested for vehicle break-ins?
    Would the 10 commandments on the wall of your husband’s classroom prevented him from being arrested for disorderly conduct, third-degree criminal trespass and obstructing a peace officer?
    Just wondering.

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    @28 There is ZERO chance Trump will pick Youngkin, because although he’s all-in MAGA and groveling at Trump’s feet like the rest, Trump can’t be 100% sure Youngkin will carry out illegal orders.

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    @37 Considering how infrequently people who pass out Bibles obey its commandments, the answer clearly is no.

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    I don’t know how people are affording to live right now

    Heh. Two years ago 2022.. kreepshit going dated on us..

    Gas? much more affordable than in June 2022

    https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/gas-prices-set-tumble-10-ahead-fourth-july

    Grocery? Target, Walmart even Amazon Fresh are options..

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/23/investing/premarket-stocks-trading-target-walmart-inflation/index.html

    Being greedee tanked their sales..

    By making their adult children pay rent

    “make” how? “Adults” can walk anytime they please. Especially if they have years of income saved to their name. Kids run away all the time. It takes a real kreepshit parent to be able to “make” their adult children do what they’d rather not do. We seem to have an expert right here trolling this website.

    Wow. Getting back to the tweet. Things were so bad in June 2022.. Nov 2022 happened.. So much for “fill the tank, make the rent”..

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    @33 Doing a background check here. Her bio:

    Meghan grew up in an Evangelical Free church and she was all in. After high school, she went to a christian university, signing a pledge to become a missionary. Her life turned out differently, and though it took years to be okay with that, she is now extremely thankful she never became a missionary. At the beginning of the pandemic while so much was changing in everyone’s lives, she clung to her faith. She journaled, prayed for an hour and read her bible every morning. Since 2020, she began to see other aspects of her church that she could not unsee—homophobia, gaslighting, ableism. Then the January 6th insurrection happened. After her church’s response to this disturbing event, Meghan knew she had to reconsider almost everything her life. Meghan now holds her Christianity very loosely. She’s found community and connection online through Twitter, and through her blog and podcast. Meghan is an important voice in the deconstruction world, influencing people with the spoken and written word.

    Her blog:

    About
    Welcome to The Pursuing Life! My name is Meghan Crozier and I live in the Pacific Northwest. I started this page as a writer seeking spiritual growth, but I realized that I often have more questions about faith than answers.

    On YouTube:

    Meghan Crozier is the co-host of the “Thereafter” podcast, and an important voice in the deconstruction community.

    Seems like an okay gal, but struggling to make it as a freelance influencer. A steady job might help.

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    @33 Jobs have never been more plentiful. Workers have leverage again, and are using it to negotiate higher wages. Inflation-adjusted media income dipped during the Great Recession, as you’d expect, but then rose before the pandemic.

    Of course, from my perspective, I see financial struggles largely in data and media accounts, because I’m not struggling. I don’t have a mortgage or rent payment, use much gas, or eat out. We have a lot of food delivered (and tip the drivers generously), and buy all organic, artisan, and premium foods, so I suppose our food bill would appear large to some people, but for us it’s no sweat.

    Thinking back to my working days, when I lived on brown-bag PBJ sandwiches and mac-and-cheese dinners, I don’t see that today’s young people are struggling more than I did before I became a capitalist.

    They should become capitalists, too. You can’t make ends meet from work. That’s the worst, and most taxed, way of getting money there is. We’re a capitalist society, and everyone should be a capitalist.

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    41,
    I’d bet a large sum of the wealth my church has plundered from the poor and the enslaved over the centuries that “crozier” is not the surname she was born with.

    But then again “Ramone” was not the name Joey was born with either.

    Brand is everything. I ought to know.

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