***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[rexanglorum]

I was just in Dallas over the weekend and they running hella ads about trans folks in schools and bathrooms…It stuck out to me cuz they made it seem like a horror movie , but interesting to see I wasn’t going crazy thinking all the ads seemed excessive…Multiple every commercial break

Reminded me of the last election when I was living in ATL, and used to get mail and see commercials about Islamic terrorists crossing the border and only the republicans running for senate could stop em…Such a nonsense issue for that state and low on the list of priorities but that’s the strategy they went with and took L’s

I’m back home in MD this election ( grateful for this, such a breath of fresh air to be out of the south/red states during election season) and one of the 1st things the republican candidate for senate says in his ads is about the border like anybody cares bout that here …It’s all buzzwords and recycled playbooks, they not serious at all

My semi optimistic for Texas this year is that Trump wins Texas, but the voters that put him over the top will tend to be men who are young, non college, and not heavy news consumers. That’s a cohort where ticket splitting is possible.

I could picture there being just enough 19 year old Edgars in Texas who will vote for Trump because they think he’s a cool manly man but will vote against Cruz because is very uncool and very much a “beta male.” Plus, those voters are also likely to vote for Trump and not vote R down ballot.

So I think Trump narrowly wins Texas but that Cruz narrowly loses reelection.

 

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[osh kosh bosh]

That reminds me of how sad the Colin Allred ads are I've seen around here. He's running on the border and he can't stop reminding people how much he's willing to work with Republicans. Allred is the guy going against Cruz for those who don't know.

May as well get ready for more Cruz, as much as I hate to say it.

sounds to me like a guy who is running to actually win.

way better than the Beto campaign.

 

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[yobyellav]

******* crazy. Even the prosecutors tried to stop this. This place may be beyond saving.

 

[yobyellav]

******* crazy. Even the prosecutors tried to stop this. This place may be beyond saving.

 

[moonman818]

Why is this something they had to go through with?

Pro life crowd can’t even postpone an execution. Crazy.

 

[rexanglorum]

Bizarro JD Vance

 

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[essential1]

any time abortions and executions come up. George Carlin’s perfect bit is necessary.

 

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[gry60]

Stories like this will always be the best rebuttal against the argument that minorities should not concern themselves with US politics.

The thing about democracy is that it gives anyone with enough qualifications/clout access to some level of state power, and there are people who want to use that power to hurt those they disapprove of without being punished for it. The only way to counter these folks will always be to meet them where they are; not ignore them.

 

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Stories like this will always be the best rebuttal against the argument that minorities should not concern themselves with US politics.

The thing about democracy is that it gives anyone with enough qualifications/clout access to some level of state power, and there are people who want to use that power to hurt those they disapprove of without being punished for it. The only way to counter these folks will always be to meet them where they are; not ignore them.

Britt Reid, son of Andy Reid, has prison sentence commuted by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson

Britt Reid is among 39 individuals who had their prison sentences commuted, the office of Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Friday.

www.usatoday.com

 

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[gry60]

Why is this something they had to go through with?

Pro life crowd can’t even postpone an execution. Crazy.

Well, the movement has never been about protecting life. It's always been about controlling what others can or cannot do.

 

[gry60]

I no longer hold that opinion. Harris is winning this election right now in large part because she has avoided legacy outlets, the Times foremost among them, altogether. Her team understands that it behooves these outlets to have a close race, which means that they’ll seize on any gaffe Harris makes if it gives them a chance to falsely equivocate her remarks to those of Trump screaming, “THEY’RE EATING THE DOGS!” to kick up a racial holy war. Team Harris has no interest in helping the Times sanewash Trump more than it already has, so they’ve decided that the only way to win the game is not to play.

True.

It was the right move, and it’s proven that the Times’ influence is exactly as large as you and I pretend it to be. It has a big-*** readership, but that readership is mostly there to play Wordle and, as ESPN’s Mina Kimes noted, the vast majority of them are already in the bag for Democrats anyway.

Damn!

 

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[dacomeup]

Studies on conspiracy theories are interesting — but I think they show some bias. They actually show that Rs aren’t more likely to believe conspiracy theories, but they call things like “Black people have to work twice as hard as white people to get ahead” a conspiracy theory . So there’s some severe bias there

 

[osh kosh bosh]

cherry pick a bunch of polls and decide that Harris has this locked up? people really want to re run 2016.

 

[Nike Jordan]

cherry pick a bunch of polls and decide that Harris has this locked up? people really want to re run 2016.

The point of the article is that the NYT is trash.

 

[lobotomybeats]

Drew Magary is a treasure. He's a huge reason I subscribe to Defector.