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Post by JuniorFE on Nov 6, 2024 20:15:15 GMT
I wonder if Biden will initiate a fuck-ton of laws to really hobble Trump. It's a common tactic at the end of an administration. Probably won't work as the Supreme Court will bow to whatever Trump wants to do anyway. Biden should just shout "I'm the President of the United States and as part of my responsibilities I do this to protect the Republic" then shoot Trump in the face.
Thanks SCOTUS.
And if SCOTUS rules that's not an official act? "The Court has made its decision, now let them enforce it" *imprisons a couple of the most partisan "Justices"*. The only problem is that the cunts in the Senate wouldn't even let a Democrat appoint a Justice on a good day, let alone with an administration change imminent... |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 6, 2024 20:19:35 GMT
Stats are coming in saying Trump lost 4m voted compared to 2020 and Harris almost 15m compared to Biden. That's insane. She LOST lost. I don't think this is true. If you look at the swing states where they've fully counted 100% turnout looks identical. They've only counted half the votes in California so far, so there's 10s of millions votes to still come in and add to those totals. Perhaps but I'd still wager it'll still be a large amount. There's also this snippet from the Gruniad. "So far, around 137 million ballots have been counted for the 2024 presidential race. Predictions of final turnout are hovering somewhere in the neighborhood [of] 152 million votes. That would be a decrease from the 158 million who voted in 2020 and would be equivalent to about 61 percent of eligible voters. That would be a decline from 66 percent in 2020. It is also likely that the drop in turnout disproportionately affected Democrats. While we can’t be sure until we can review records of who actually voted (states will release those over the next few months), the drop-off in turnout is currently greater in the most Democratic counties across the battleground states. That is something that would uniquely hurt Harris; if you’re a Democrat, then lower turnout in the suburbs is bad, of course, but not so bad as missing the mark in Philadelphia or Milwaukee, where you’re relying on a lot of votes to carry you to victory." |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 6, 2024 20:21:56 GMT
I wonder how many Trump talking points Badenoch will adopt over the next couple of years and how quickly they start being accepted as “legitimate concerns” by journalists who’ll trot them out in every interview with a government minister before the government ends up implementing a version of them in order to be seen to be doing something (immigrations, trans rights etc) I would hope Labour don't continue to fall for the trap of pandering by moving more to the right but who knows at this point. |
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Post by 😎 on Nov 6, 2024 20:29:24 GMT
I'll tell you one thing that may have backfired for some, the endless text and email messaging campaigns, some people were getting several Kamala texts a day, and it's all from different numbers. Literally got a text just now asking if I'll chip in to help save democracy and help Kamala win. Little late for firing off that one.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 6, 2024 20:34:34 GMT
I'll tell you one thing that may have backfired for some, the endless text and email messaging campaigns, some people were getting several Kamala texts a day, and it's all from different numbers. Literally got a text just now asking if I'll chip in to help save democracy and help Kamala win. Little late for firing off that one. I did see that in a Jordan Klepper piece for The Daily Show where he visited the swing states and one guy in Pennsylvania brought it up about being called constantly. |
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Post by zagibu on Nov 6, 2024 20:39:30 GMT
Is Biden gonna step down as a fuck you? That would be an amazing level of Dark Brandon trollery, and actually make him a legend forever. I would do it if I was him. |
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Post by Resident Knievel on Nov 6, 2024 20:55:10 GMT
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Post by rftp on Nov 6, 2024 21:02:23 GMT
I'll tell you one thing that may have backfired for some, the endless text and email messaging campaigns, some people were getting several Kamala texts a day, and it's all from different numbers. Literally got a text just now asking if I'll chip in to help save democracy and help Kamala win. Little late for firing off that one. I did see that in a Jordan Klepper piece for The Daily Show where he visited the swing states and one guy in Pennsylvania brought it up about being called constantly. And yet... www.latintimes.com/did-joe-biden-drop-out-google-trends-presidential-election-trump-harris-564875 |
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Post by Dougs on Nov 6, 2024 21:16:36 GMT
Very Brexity that.
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Post by cubby on Nov 6, 2024 21:23:34 GMT
Google what is fascism?
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Post by anthonyuk on Nov 6, 2024 21:43:43 GMT
My friend from middle America discovered anyone over 50 within his Family all voted Trump. Other than the economy, it was "sex change operations for prisoners" that was the common issue that finally earned Trump their vote.
Basket case of a country.
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Post by simple on Nov 7, 2024 1:12:16 GMT
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Post by Bill in the rain on Nov 7, 2024 1:32:44 GMT
Was watching an interview with an african american restaurant owner who was happy Trump won because her wholesale food prices had nearly doubled in the past 4 years.
I think that's probably the main cause. The MAGA lot were always gonna vote Trump, but because Biden didn't push the magic button to fix the US economy (which was far better than most developed countries) Dems stayed at home or shifted to Trump.
Of course, his policies will probably boost inflation in the US and abroad, so all the other countries will probably follow suit in electing a populist who promises to push their magic buttons.
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Post by lukasz on Nov 7, 2024 2:42:20 GMT
My friend from middle America discovered anyone over 50 within his Family all voted Trump. Other than the economy, it was "sex change operations for prisoners" that was the common issue that finally earned Trump their vote. Basket case of a country. Hope Obamacare gets abolished for them. |
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Post by cubby on Nov 7, 2024 6:37:51 GMT
Was watching an interview with an african american restaurant owner who was happy Trump won because her wholesale food prices had nearly doubled in the past 4 years. I think that's probably the main cause. The MAGA lot were always gonna vote Trump, but because Biden didn't push the magic button to fix the US economy (which was far better than most developed countries) Dems stayed at home or shifted to Trump. Of course, his policies will probably boost inflation in the US and abroad, so all the other countries will probably follow suit in electing a populist who promises to push their magic buttons. Ironically I guess that's the main reason Labour won over here. All over whoever was in power when food prices went up has been booted out, regardless of fault. |
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Post by Dougs on Nov 7, 2024 6:58:46 GMT
Nah, there's a long list of reasons here.
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Post by peekconfusion on Nov 7, 2024 7:10:46 GMT
My friend from middle America discovered anyone over 50 within his Family all voted Trump. Other than the economy, it was "sex change operations for prisoners" that was the common issue that finally earned Trump their vote. Basket case of a country. Hope Obamacare gets abolished for them. They can take Obamacare, but under no circumstances are they allowed to touch the Affordable Care Act /s |
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Post by simple on Nov 7, 2024 7:29:31 GMT
Not welcome in Scotland then?
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Post by Dougs on Nov 7, 2024 7:43:14 GMT
Headline on the radio news just now: "Attention now turns to Trump's policies, where Project 2025 is expected to further restrict abortion rights and roll back LGBTQ+ rights". Fuck me, some people are in for a shock if that's the first they're hearing about it.
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Post by JuniorFE on Nov 7, 2024 7:50:09 GMT
r/LeopardsAteMyFace will be getting a looot of new members soon... I just hope they actually blame the leopard they elected for once
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Post by simple on Nov 7, 2024 7:51:54 GMT
The people behind it have made so many gains through state legislatures and the courts that they almost don’t need Trump. But since they’ve got him its straight on to Gilead.
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Post by Tuffty on Nov 7, 2024 7:52:37 GMT
At some point you just gotta let them be resigned to their fate. Like Brexit, there's that much info online at your finger tips that you could read up about it and make an informed decision. Seeing LGBTQ+ people, Black, Latino all voting for Trump is like guys, what are you doing? Read an account of a college educated Latino who's mother is an undocumented immigrant, voting for Trump. Reason being for immigration. But he felt that his mother would be fine because she's one of the good ones that wants to work. How much sympathy can you have really?
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Post by peekconfusion on Nov 7, 2024 7:58:48 GMT
And yet, it will somehow still be the Democrat's fault for not being absolutely perfect.
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Post by rftp on Nov 7, 2024 8:14:00 GMT
All those abstaining for whatever or voting against their own interests will be rushing to blame everyone else in a hurry. It's going to be kinda fun to watch everyone get exactly what they asked for.
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Post by damagedinc on Nov 7, 2024 8:14:08 GMT
Just a perfect representation of how being rich and powerful essentially let's you get away with anything |
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Post by Tuffty on Nov 7, 2024 8:17:08 GMT
Bunch of voters like "Well that stuff is bad but it's necessary and besides it won't happen to ME. The leopard won't eat MY face"
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Nov 7, 2024 8:17:50 GMT
And yet, it will somehow still be the Democrat's fault for not being absolutely perfect. I mean, they lost people who would normally vote Democrat, and lost the popular vote. So they probably need to take *some* share of the blame, or at least figure out a platform that will get a plurality of people to vote for them again. |
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Post by Tuffty on Nov 7, 2024 8:25:26 GMT
Similar to Brexit, the opposite side was making a lot of claims of change for the better when Dems were like "We're not like them and things will prob just stay the same". Maybe they should have made more of a push to promote how people will be better off, but that's just one reason of many as to why they lost.
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Post by peekconfusion on Nov 7, 2024 8:25:57 GMT
And yet, it will somehow still be the Democrat's fault for not being absolutely perfect. I mean, they lost people who would normally vote Democrat, and lost the popular vote. So they probably need to take *some* share of the blame, or at least figure out a platform that will get a plurality of people to vote for them again. Undoubtedly, but it's almost guaranteed that they will spend so long fighting each other that they never get around to figuring out a long-term plan for combatting the external (to the party) factors that also played a big part in their defeat. |
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Post by apollo on Nov 7, 2024 8:31:04 GMT
r/LeopardsAteMyFace will be getting a looot of new members soon... I just hope they actually blame the leopard they elected for once these people will never blame themselves, you saw this with brexit with old gammons that want to move to europe to retire, it was "the fault of the mean EU" not letting live in the EU. Someone else mentioned the african american restaurant owner said she voted for trump as food prices were high (thats not the fault of biden, Putin is one factor in this with his fucked up war, but this restaurant owner does not sound very bright. If trump starts a trade war, then her food costs will also go up. Also its likely, her or one of her friends or family might get pulled over by some racist police officers and shot and trump will pardon them.
Not sure what people think of this article
UK must reverse Brexit if Donald Trump wins election, Keir Starmer told
Exclusive: With the prospect of a brutal global trade war looming, critics of the UK’s current Brexit deal have said the country needs to rejoin the customs union, single market or the bloc itself to shield itself from the devastating fallout
We might need to if Trump starts a trade war if the UK does not bend over
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