2026-04-20 17:12:24
vote counts not done but seems like Kat Abughazaleh doesn't have it. that sad!
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#uspol Early voting (midterms primary runoff) started at 7a this morning here. I showed up ~4 minutes later. Had my vote case (five different races) and was out the door four minutes later. I imagine actual election day won't be too bad but figured I'd get things done before heading to Tek so I wouldn't have to worry about coordinating things later.
Another long day at the polls yesterday. Arrived 5:50 am, left at 9:10 pm (polls open 7 to 7). 704 ballots cast at my precinct. Steady all day. I don’t think anyone waited more than 5 minutes to check in.
Unfortunately, GA is one of the very few states that requires runoffs in races where nobody got 50.0001% or more of votes in a given race, so we’ll do this all again in 4 weeks.
Still an important job and I’m happy to do my part.
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I'm not saying that the 1976 movie "Network" was prescient . . . but . . .
I heard a radio report on the Iran war and when the reporter said “People are critical of the regime” I just assumed they were talking about the US government.
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I hereby declare the IRS, DOJ and all federal agencies can never investigate me, my family members and companies for any reason, in perpetuity.
I am hereby above the law forever.
You see how ridiculous that sounds when I say it? It remains just as ridiculous when the acting Attorney General says it.
The AG does not have the authority to declare that any more than you and I do.
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There it is. The Homelander-jerking-off-in-public moment.
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Nice job #newJersey
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Well - I guess that's one thing we can hope for to fix this shitty timeline.
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A real “my shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt” sort of moment
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/09/melania-trump-epstein-speech-puzzle
Honest question: Has "assassinate the leader of a country and the populace will rise up and overthrow the government and setup a new more US-friendly government" EVER worked? I know we've tried it a bunch of times, but I'm pretty sure it has failed miserably every single time.
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I love dunking on Fascists as much as the next guy. But this whole “Wow look they can make the draft automatic but not voter registration huh?” pretty crucially misses that then draft registration process is entirely handled by the federal government, while elections are not (And that’s a good thing!).
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Trump, in trying to impress Japan, likened his attack on Iran to Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. He is directly admitting that he's the bad guy.
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Can #uspol *stay* in the US please? Get a visa if you want to come out.
Did Trump choose tonight’s deadline to distract from election results?
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Hvor længe skal der gå ? #deMagaFication #maga #trump #USPol
Seems to me that a working democracy would just remove someone from office for threatening to kill "a whole civilization".
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School's Out. Campus Political Wars Are Just Beginning by How Is This Better? and More Perfect University
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LAPD declared an anti-ICE protest to be unlawful assembly on Saturday after sex toys were thrown at a detention facility. LAPD Central Division said criminal behavior by some lead to arrests, and officers feeling both threatened and aroused lead to one divorce and many instances of chaffing.
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Today, tech people discovering what black voters already knew about Bernie Sanders
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"It is unconscionable, it's illogical, it is difficult to comprehend," said the Irish Prime Minister about protestors blockading Ireland’s only oil refinery because they want the price of gas to go down. In other news, Trump is blockading Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for the same reason and I plan to hit myself in the head to stop my headache.
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This will be very hard work.
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If a politician does something unethical they have to go. Doesn't matter about the political party.
eric swalwell can get fucked.
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Why not eliminate single-representative districts and switch to some form of proportional representation? (Or just go with nationwide independent redistricting commissions.) Too much time and resources are spent on gerrymandering and redistricting legal warfare.
But of course, those that benefit under the current system (*cough* GOP *cough*) won’t change it.
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Good news from Fox!?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/inside-antifa-linked-groups-plan-structurally-change-us-may-day-unrest-approaches
Should the Next Democrat Punish Red States? JVL Says... Maybe | The Next Level
great podcast if you want to feel super doomer.
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I have one wish for the youth of today... and it's that they hate Trump as much as I hated Reagan when I was a young person.
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Ah. Yes of course. We're closing the straight now. Perfect sense.
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The Trump administration announced it will suspend visa bond requirements for foreign visitors from World Cup-qualified countries who have purchased tickets for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Visitors will still face the real chance of being tortured and killed by ice or cbp because that’s what they do now.
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I'm still waiting for a gerrymandered district that is just one republican donor's house.
or maybe a representative can just represent themselves.
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The Names They Call Themselves
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> "'Down with the USA’ or ‘Death to the USA’ is not directed at American citizens, but at the policies of the U.S. government," the Iranian embassy in South Africa stated on X.
In that case I agree with those slogans!
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Well I guess eric swalwell can get fucked.
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lol at people pointing out that gas station signs can't go past $10.
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RE: #uspol
Back over $100
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Well articulated: grief that American autohegemonicide provokes.
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I'm so tired of winning.
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How well do your Congressional representatives align with the ACLU? They have a neat little summary:
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kegbreath is too drunk to realize he, himself, from fully public and open statements, is being quoted.
Remove him from office and ban him from future federal office, now.
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What Appalachia Can Tell Us About the Future of the Democratic Party (ft. John Russell) by How Is This Better? and More Perfect Union
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😢
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AOC LIVE by UChicago Institute of Politics
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Two pilots rescued after the Iranian menace shot them down.
And the orange ghoul who brags about drapery and a ballroom every five seconds hasn’t paraded these heroes he rescued in front of so much as a single camera.
Strains credibility, doesn’t it. 🤔
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It seems the President of the United States is hitting on or trying to date (?) perhaps the President of China, and potus also believes that one must block the Strait of Hormuz in order to open it (big destroy-the-villiage-to-save-the-villiage energy here), and finally potus would rather hug things out but also might get violent and wants you to know that he is a violent man.
Rabies-like logic.
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Erika Kirk's Rise to Power by How Is This Better?
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😲😝
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I tracked the AI Money in politics by Phil Edwards
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Wow things are going great.
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Oil market is just climbing and climbing.
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I think he plans to try to sleep with the peace treaty.
He plans to use a double sided ceasefire. Ew.
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How am I doing? Well I just looked up how to pronounce eschatological, because for some reason I want to be able to describe American foreign policy accurately 😳😝
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The Book That Changed How I Think About Liberalism | The Ezra Klein Show
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What 4 generations of veterans think of Trump’s Iran War by How Is This Better?
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Cory Booker SOUNDS OFF on Trump, Outlines New Tax Plan for Dems by Pod Save America
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The F-15 Rescue: What Actually Happened and the Fallout Afterward by William Spaniel
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I need some people I don't like to vote with me the next few elections.
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Blanche DuBois - always depended on the kindness of strangers.
Todd Blanche - always depends on the kindness of redactors.
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The Liberal Order: Why the West Stopped Fighting Over Territory by Lines on Maps Extra
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US days from running low on interceptors, has no ability to evacuate citizens from Middle East because potus & kegsbreath failed to plan.
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @schakowsky.house.gov you rep me: impeach, remove, ban from office & prosecute. Not a penny more for this war.
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Opening up the straight is easy. We can't do it. But it's so easy!!
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Why Does Hasan Piker Scare The Democrats? | Good Noticings
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Kristi Noem is reportedly considering sleeping over in American’s homes (whether or not they want her to) just so she can violate the 3rd Amendment too, and have a matched set of violated Amendments.
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If I’m a screenwriter writing this US full invasion of Cuba scenario: Cuba acquires 20–50 Shahed drones (from Iran, Russia, or Venezuela) and launches them in a saturated wave, succeeds in hitting Florida 90 miles away with at least one.
Hitting U.S. soil is huge escalation and shifts everything.
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I’m so glad that the United States Navy and the IRGC are playing chicken in the Strait of Hormuz and not trying to sort things out like a bunch of sugared up 5 year olds. /s
https://houseofsaud.com/us-navy-hormuz-transit/