EPTUS Politics Mega-thread - Page 4153
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Fleetfeet
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21177 Posts
On February 29 2024 04:50 Fleetfeet wrote: "See, see there is evidence that this is all a witch hunt that the Democrats are hiding".Honestly 'Russian national hackers release documents that remove trump from the ballot' seems like an awful outcome. Surely that'd galvanize some of the bullshit trump peddles and make him a martyr. Obv there is no such evidence and these hackers can't release it because it doesn't exist, but that will be the narrative that this feeds. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States43447 Posts
"McConnell said he plans to serve out his Senate term, which ends in January 2027" https://apnews.com/article/mitch-mcconnell-senate-republican-leader-stepping-down-ba478d570a4561aa7baf91a204d7e366 | ||
KwarK
United States41539 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States43447 Posts
On February 29 2024 05:25 KwarK wrote: His work in destroying America is finally done? In 3 years, yep! | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States43447 Posts
Thoughts and prayers on that happening. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States22338 Posts
President Joe Biden, who has had a productive working relationship with McConnell, said he was sorry to hear the news. “I’ve trusted him and we have a great relationship,” the Democratic president said. “We fight like hell. But he has never, never, never misrepresented anything.” Wonder if this is the kind of stuff he was saying to Obama while he was VP? | ||
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Zambrah
United States6953 Posts
On February 29 2024 05:25 KwarK wrote: His work in destroying America is finally done? As far as he can remember. | ||
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Fleetfeet
Canada2431 Posts
On February 29 2024 05:06 Gorsameth wrote: "See, see there is evidence that this is all a witch hunt that the Democrats are hiding". Obv there is no such evidence and these hackers can't release it because it doesn't exist, but that will be the narrative that this feeds. Exactly. This kind of narrative will be pushed regardless of any circumstance, but I do think it's harmful if Trump is 'taken down' by foreign influence, as such a situation muddies the waters and means a wider group of conspiratists would be willing to believe it. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States43447 Posts
On February 29 2024 08:01 Fleetfeet wrote: Exactly. This kind of narrative will be pushed regardless of any circumstance, but I do think it's harmful if Trump is 'taken down' by foreign influence, as such a situation muddies the waters and means a wider group of conspiratists would be willing to believe it. Agreed. I'd much rather have Trump lose the election due to more Americans suddenly realizing he shouldn't be president again, and therefore not voting for him in November. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Fleetfeet
Canada2431 Posts
On February 29 2024 08:59 JimmiC wrote: But if there is information that would disqualify Trump in the mind of voters, is that information that morally they should get to see? And then considering all that we know and it hasn't disqualified him in the minds of people, would it? Or is it really that bad. Depends how you interpret 'could impact the election' tbh. It's a threat from a bad actor that apparently just wants money, so they'll be interested in claiming the information they stole is valuable. "Could impact your election" is a hostage threat on the level of "It might be your son we have hostage" except your son is digital so you can't verify they actually don't have your son. We on the outside don't know what they have or what they're asking for. I don't believe it's just 'stuff that makes trump look bad' that they have (if anything), because trump gives that away for free. For all we know, it could be data either real or manufactured that makes it look like dems are fabricating evidence for one of Trump's cases. 'could impact the election' is EXTREMELY vague. Also, Trump got away with not revealing his financials as president and that wasn't damning. He's also recently been charged of (correction - Kwark is right, sentenced for*)some big ol' fraud. I don't know what anyone could have at this point that would change the mind of diehard trump fans tbh. | ||
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KwarK
United States41539 Posts
Also the fine was mostly just handing back his ill gotten gains, it was imputed interest derived from the terms he got vs what he would have gotten had he not lied. That wasn’t the judge pulling hundreds of millions out of the air, the state’s expert presented the math on it and Trump’s legal team didn’t contest it. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States43447 Posts
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21177 Posts
Trump will be on the ballot. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-trump-cannot-kicked-colorado-ballot-rcna132291 | ||
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Nirli
Bulgaria315 Posts
It's insane they ruled like this in the first place. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States43447 Posts
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brian
United States9582 Posts
of which, running the election is one of them. i think insane is a bit beyond the pale. | ||
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