Board 8 > Politics Containment Topic 360: The Red Ringleaders of Death

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LordoftheMorons
01/19/21 4:33:44 PM
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masterplum
01/19/21 4:59:43 PM
#403:


Wanglicious posted...
oh.
well, if this is true, lol
just the thing health care needed.
https://twitter.com/davidsirota/status/1351627232582672387

Good thing the president STILL doesn't make laws!

Would love to see biden veto a public option

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HeroDelTiempo17
01/19/21 5:29:42 PM
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masterplum posted...
Good thing the president STILL doesn't make laws!

Would love to see biden veto a public option

I doubt it'll even get there with conservatives and centrists in Congress being able to act like insulators for Biden's policies.

Would love to be proven wrong

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xp1337
01/19/21 5:46:36 PM
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UshiromiyaEva posted...
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/19/upshot/trump-complete-insult-list.html

"Loading insults..."
Seeing the one where he calls BLM "Treason, Sedition, Insurrection!" is a bit on the nose when viewed in light of the events of January 6.

scriptwriters getting lazy here

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HeroDelTiempo17
01/19/21 5:50:45 PM
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Alright let's fucking go, HR1 is now or never

https://twitter.com/ZephyrTeachout/status/1351575608489353220?s=19

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ExThaNemesis
01/19/21 6:03:37 PM
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Last time we locked down, my employer made us burn up all our vacation time and cash it out. For tipped workers like my gf and I, we lost out on at least 6-7$ an hour per vacation hour.

With Biden about to be sworn in, I'm sort of predicting another nationwide lockdown, especially looking at our covid numbers. My vacation time JUST re-upped and I am fuckin panicking trying to get it used up so I don't get it burnt up again.

What do you guys think the odds are for another lockdown?

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Peace___Frog
01/19/21 6:09:17 PM
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xp1337
01/19/21 6:11:13 PM
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ExThaNemesis posted...


What do you guys think the odds are for another lockdown?
With no evidence to support it... kinda low. I don't think the appetite exists for another one in the country... and even the first one was pretty half-assed by a lot of people. If Biden tried (and to be clear I don't think he can unilaterally issue one, it'd be up to states - who may or may not try again depending on how bad situations get) it would also be immediately politicized and polarized so half the country would probably defy it on principle.

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UshiromiyaEva
01/19/21 6:12:00 PM
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Now starting to get paranoid that Trump is gonna pull a super Reagan and pardon all of these people in secrecy, with it only being revealed weeks from now.

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kevwaffles
01/19/21 6:12:54 PM
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That seems...possibly illegal by your employer?

Also, not at all impossible given that most of the rest of the world has locked down, and that in case you missed it we found out last week that the Trump admin was straight up lying about vaccine numbers.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-17/from-the-bubonic-plague-to-2021-why-lockdowns-look-set-to-stay

Edit: But yeah there is a state and politics component.
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LordoftheMorons
01/19/21 6:17:24 PM
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We really need to hope that vaccinations speed up a ton. We need around a third of the country vaccinated to cancel out the increased transmissibility of the new strain once that becomes the dominant one in the US (possibly in two months or so, from what Ive read).

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RaidenGarai
01/19/21 6:38:13 PM
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My parents just got scheduled for their vaccines next week, and they said they get scheduled for the second jab before they leave the first one.

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xp1337
01/19/21 6:46:52 PM
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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/ta-nehisi-coates-revisits-trump-first-white-president/617731/

Ta-Nehisi Coates piece revisiting his October 2017 piece on Trump now that it's (almost) over.

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UshiromiyaEva
01/19/21 7:03:48 PM
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xp1337
01/19/21 7:05:03 PM
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I saw that and wanted to post it here in the hopes one of you could prove it was a hoax/fake news.

i give it a non-zero chance of happening

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masterplum
01/19/21 7:06:36 PM
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UshiromiyaEva posted...
https://twitter.com/thegregwalters/status/1351677388808200196?s=19

What the fuck...

Oh man. Trump doing this would surprise me again! Didnt think it was possible

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xp1337
01/19/21 7:09:14 PM
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Also, if you want proof that we're back to Obama-tier "scandals"

NYT already coming in hot with Peloton-gate: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/biden-peloton.html

Where the headline is - I shit you not - "Biden has a Peloton Bike. That raises issues at the White House."

wear a tan suit to the inauguration biden. do it.

Edit: Fixed the link, sorry about that.

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DoomTheGyarados
01/19/21 7:10:24 PM
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page not found?

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Peace___Frog
01/19/21 7:10:33 PM
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I hate that this bullshit is even counted as a scandal. Fucking hell.

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Sorozone
01/19/21 7:10:42 PM
#421:


I've imagined a lot of things these past 4 years, but not even in my entire lifetime and what future I have left did I ever imagine I would see/read anything like that.

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Inviso
01/19/21 7:11:35 PM
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masterplum posted...
Oh man. Trump doing this would surprise me again! Didnt think it was possible

I know! The McRib is off the menu where I live!

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UshiromiyaEva
01/19/21 7:14:28 PM
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....there was already a news story about the Pelton bike from a week ago about how he wouldn't be taking it to the white house.

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Leafeon13N
01/19/21 7:19:29 PM
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masterplum posted...
Good thing the president STILL doesn't make laws!

Would love to see biden veto a public option
For reference the story is a clickbaity farce.

Wang linked it so I immediately knew something was going to be wrong with it.

None of it is about Bidens health care plan.

It is literally all a part of his COVID relief plan. Yes, it is health care related, no it is not a health care plan.

Typical Wang dumb semantics.
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Xeybozn
01/19/21 7:20:06 PM
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How is this bike story a scandal? I don't see any mention of people actually being upset about it. Until Fox News spins it to make Biden look evil, it's nothing.
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UshiromiyaEva
01/19/21 7:20:10 PM
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I just assumed it was bullshit because Wang linked it so I didn't even click it.

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LordoftheMorons
01/19/21 7:20:33 PM
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Thread about the MyPillow guy's "evidence" of election fraud, for the curious!

https://twitter.com/normative/status/1351617230375682054

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xp1337
01/19/21 7:28:57 PM
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Xeybozn posted...
How is this bike story a scandal? I don't see any mention of people actually being upset about it. Until Fox News spins it to make Biden look evil, it's nothing.
How is it even worthy of a piece in the NYT is more the thing. Like the first two paragraphs are so close to becoming self-aware:

The New York Times...
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. moves into the White House on Wednesday facing many weighty issues: a global pandemic. A crushing recession. Racial injustice. Right-wing extremism.

But Mr. Biden's personal weight-control and exercise regimen will face a different kind of burning question: Can he bring his Peloton bike with him?
like oh my god how do you write that first paragraph and not go "so why am i writing about a peloton bike"

There's also the fact the sub-headline literally leads with "It doesn't exactly comport with his 'regular Joe from Scranton' persona" Like this really rises to the level of the paper of record? Now?

You're right we haven't hit DEFCON Dijon without Fox deciding that this proves he's an out of touch coastal elite but this is where "serious" news is seriously devoting pieces to.


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UshiromiyaEva
01/19/21 7:37:45 PM
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Dancedreamer
01/19/21 7:49:58 PM
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"Joe Biden has a $2,500 bike! That's very not average Joe of him! Totally elitist to own a bike that surely no average joe could possibly afford because they don't even make $2500/month (we assume. We've never actually talked to an actual average Joe.) Meanwhile, Donald Trump is preparing his Private Jet which everyone owns and can afford quite easily (It's only $100,000,000! That's 8 zeroes! Pocket change for most of our audience."

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StealThisSheen
01/19/21 7:51:23 PM
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This is a massive scandal

Peloton sucks

NordicTrack all the way

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ChaosTonyV4
01/19/21 9:24:25 PM
#432:


https://twitter.com/morninggloria/status/1351672753925939200?s=21

Yes pls

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LordoftheMorons
01/19/21 9:28:09 PM
#433:


When the deal with the devil was totally worth it:

https://twitter.com/andrewrestuccia/status/1351704558578368515?s=21

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xp1337
01/19/21 9:30:54 PM
#434:


https://twitter.com/AndrewRestuccia/status/1351704558578368515

Trump talking to people about starting a new political party after he's out of the WH called the "Patriot Party."

I'm 99.999% sure this is just bluster and will never materialize but I also feel like just the idea of it maybe happening might slightly move the dial in favor of McConnell finding enough Republican votes to convict and disqualify in the Senate lol.

edit: beaten =(

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kevwaffles
01/19/21 9:32:01 PM
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LordoftheMorons posted...
When the deal with the devil was totally worth it:

https://twitter.com/andrewrestuccia/status/1351704558578368515?s=21

It's like he's trying to go for a near unanimous Senate conviction.

(Near because literally nothing would get Hawley to vote to convict.)
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UshiromiyaEva
01/19/21 9:33:08 PM
#436:


If Trump were to actually follow through, Republicans would lose to Democrats in legit elections in Alabama from the split.

If only we could guarantee he'd do it, I would almost say I'd rather they not convict!

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Jakyl25
01/19/21 9:33:23 PM
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kevwaffles
01/19/21 9:37:39 PM
#438:


UshiromiyaEva posted...
If Trump were to actually follow through, Republicans would lose to Democrats in legit elections in Alabama from the split.

If only we could guarantee he'd do it, I would almost say I'd rather they not convict!

Nothing is worth not barring him from office.
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StealThisSheen
01/19/21 9:39:20 PM
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So what excuse will Cruz and Hawley use to not join it

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UshiromiyaEva
01/19/21 9:49:19 PM
#440:


Can someone arrest Kellyanne Conway already, Jesus.

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ChaosTonyV4
01/19/21 9:52:14 PM
#441:


For what

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UshiromiyaEva
01/19/21 9:53:04 PM
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Grimlyn
01/19/21 9:55:14 PM
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had a post about that (claudia trending on twitter rn) but refreshed and lost it whoop yeah

worth posting the tiktok itself so you can see claudia's comments: https://www.tiktok.com/@claudiamconway/video/6919603415437823238

ps highlight goes out to "you're lucky your mom is pro-life"

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UshiromiyaEva
01/19/21 9:57:09 PM
#444:


And I say "already" because this isn't the first time this has come out.

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ChaosTonyV4
01/19/21 10:01:32 PM
#445:


This has been ruined by the internet but Im gonna say it anyway.

Yikes.

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UshiromiyaEva
01/19/21 10:02:29 PM
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"you better be glad I'm pro-life"

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Grimlyn
01/19/21 10:05:17 PM
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saw a tweet that tomorrow is kellyanne's birthday.... I had to confirm myself with a wiki check because well

wew

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Jakyl25
01/19/21 10:07:22 PM
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Grimlyn
01/19/21 10:09:44 PM
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Jakyl25 posted...
https://twitter.com/maxwelltani/status/1351709340458106881?s=21
when people found out 3 doors down is still around

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Corrik7
01/19/21 10:23:24 PM
#450:


George Bush, best president.

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UshiromiyaEva
01/19/21 10:26:39 PM
#451:


Christ Stirewalt and a couple dozen other Fox News people related to their decision desk have been let go.

Current theory is that Fox is preparing to move even further back to the rigtht and is cleaning house of anybody that could come under fire from from die-hards, so people related to the early Arizona call are being let go.

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