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Fun compromise story. Guy who wrote Madonna's Papa Don't Preach was incensed she wanted to change the 2nd line of the song, told a friend, I'm not compromising! The friend said if ever there was time to compromise, this is it! The original second line was "because I was always your little pet" đ
Good point too, I thought of that a while ago, now I'm locked up in wtf is nobody doing anything about this? The response from Europe, apart from Ireland, has been piss-weak. And they're all acting like this is going to work itself out. Everyone will be starved to death in a matter of days/weeks
How so? I donât know a whole lot about but I think they were right to hold out on the strikes. The biggest fight over the last rounds were a deadlock on the use of AI both in writing and in digital likeness on screen
The parasite class, people need to wake up
Reporters need to leave and start their own publication, much like Kyiv Independent did. They were all fired from Kyiv Post because they wouldn't toe the narrative line. They started their own publication, it's one of the main respected news sources in Ukraine. Great journos, integrity intact.
MSM shares as much blame as the GOP at this stage. Pritzker did well to call them out on it, we need lots more of that so the shame is too much to carry on as-is. Much like Newsom and Pritzker are making a large majority of the Dem party look weak.
Why would anyone invest or visit this area? If this madness goes ahead, that area will no doubt become a major target for retaliation.
Close-up is blurry because the resolution is not high enough to produce a clear image with that level of zoom. Like when you blow up a photo too big on your computer. But, does anyone remember when Trump vanished for several days in June last year, think it was 10 days?
If she has an moral compass at all, she'll stay in and get trounced
with bonus weak chin/what beard content
Manchin and Sinema repeat. I remember the minimum wage increase not getting passed and Schumer vowing they would find a way to get it done⊠but didnât
well considering they had the entire playbook before Trump took power but had no serious actions ready for each red line crossed, Iâm gonna say thatâs a no. in 2016 when Trump won the election they shouldâve had a knockout candidate ready for 2020 and yetâŠ
For me, Newsomâs serious and yes, trolling actions, have gone a long way towards counteracting that.
My Cousin Buddy
Oh. Another round of âriggedâ then if they donât win big
*make that* - it was looking hopeful last year with Barrett, now that person has vanished
make âhadâ for Barrett, based on the rulings since January
No, two thirds majority needed in Congress soâŠ.
Yep, I have a friend who's all-in on RFK. Got all her info from wellness/spiritual influencers, the two often go hand in hand. Which when you think about it, was a very clever back door to all of this. Friend is a very decent person, truly believes she's on the right side of this and I'm uninformed
Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can âsee in kids faces that they have inflammationâ Thatâs NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.
That'll do wonders for Trump's approval rating with veterans. He's directly responsible for what happened to her, trying to change the narrative.
I watched AOC do a late night insta vid right after Biden bowed out and it wasn't yet clear who'd take over. She said "voters have a right to know what's going on behind closed doors." Re who'd replace Biden: "All I hear is my big donor want this and, my donor wants that, nothing about the voters."
When his rhetoric is what led to her death, you can see how he'd want to shift the narrative. Will Democratic leaders have the cohones to call this out for what it is?
Certainly Schumer/Jeffries are in lockstep. What exactly about what they've done or said so far do you think is going in the right direction to shut down MAGA? Here's the issue: a large # of voters want Schumer to step down as he's not the man for the moment. Schumer's ego doing the most damage atm
You're dead wrong about the original poster btw. Couldn't be further from a Stein voter and from what you've just said, you're both more or less on the same page. I've had enough of, stop staying bad things about Dems, a ton of them are beholden to corporate $'s and completely disregard voters
So no criticism at all of do-nothing Democrats? The one and only time I've seen Schumer show any fire was when Trump was about to bomb Iran. "We MUST support Israel..." My solution is no money to the DNC as a group, only directly to individual candidates who won't sell us down the river, again.
Yes, with the added bonus of Carrie Fisher. And Bad Sisters, same writer/actor. Phenomenal soundtrack on Bad Sisters, quirky.
This clown car of an administration, completely high on their own supply, have underestimated Denmark and how this will be received. This is what happens when you don't study history. No doubt the special envoy will say they 'don't know anything about it', thinking that'll be the end of it. FAFO.
Inspired by Connor Roy in Succession. Eric never finished the series.
Same. I'm waiting for the Tower as the next installment
Don't discount the possibility of a completely nebulous ruling or a kick the can down the road
Six months ago. I meant it. Do it now if you havenât.
They used to be a permanent annoying fixture in Hollywood, for YEARS and over maybe the past 5 years, they rarely appear. So somebody here figured out how to get these to ramp way down, seemingly it can be done but no idea how it was achieved.
So much winning
This is a 5 alarm fire and he's useless. Imagine a leader with fire, the ability to inspire, a great orator, a negotiator, a strategist, where maybe some GOP congressional members could be persuaded to do the right thing. A Churchill type is who needs to be in this job at this moment in time.
I'd be amazed if some countries don't boycott it.
And the old story, half of the country won't believe it because if things were really as terrible as people said, there would accountability. See January 6th as a primo example.
Roberts has a track record of going with the Dem appointees when the win is already in the bag. From what I can tell, he appears to do it at regular intervals when the optics of too many decisions going a particular way start to look bad.
Australia just announced it too
Big time, but he's just got too much baggage, would be an easy target as an opponent.
Not Gavin, poor track record on many things and many promises broken to working class voters. He's my Governor and I'm so effing relieved somebody is stepping up big-time, I have huge respect for him for stepping up to the plate, but for President, no. Pritzker, yes.
I hear what youâre saying, and yet the US military is on the streets right now. Theyâre also the frogs in the pot, a slow creep of small concessions that culminate in a how did we get here? And how could they amass enough troops to go against the US military? all blue states may not want to secede
iâve believed for quite a while that his main goal is to become the richest man in the world, to surpass Musk and to have that title. You know he wants it. What will we do to get there?
At the very least. Imagine California, the fourth largest economy in the world, just there for the takingâŠ
A Blue State secedes, the US military immediately invades it, then what happens?
itâs been almost 10 months since Democrats lost the election. They had two+ months to plan for January 20th and clearly no plans were made for any potential red lines crossed, even though they had the entire playbook. The plan seems to be polling for ideas to get voters and wait until the midterms
Journalism is so appalling in the US, this is what's considered "standing up". They knew the question they were going to ask, you'd have to be an idiot to not know the given answer. She should have had a list of civilian targets ready and hit Lavrov with them one by one until they were out of time
As per usual, no journalistic push-back with receipts to what is an obvious, and surely expected, lie. Your example is well documented and indefensible. There are dozens more that they could have had ready to go, one by one to Lavrov, if they were truly serious about this interview.
She did the bare minimum. She surely knew what his answer would be to this question. A serious journalist would have had other receipts ready, like for example the hospital the Russians bombed last year where there was plenty of video footage of patients being rushed out of there in real time
The swearing is likely the result of a poll that showed it may restore confidence
Garland didnât have the balls to go after anybody for J6. conflicting testimonies under oath about the delay of the Natâl Guard, never looked into. Instead he went a complicated meandering route with a charges spanning nationwide, facilitating dozens of legal delay doors to step through.
whatâs the third exercise, the guillotine dodge?
I doubt it, heâs somebody just as bad but with intelligence, the thing they didnât know they needed. He wonât be Trump but the ability to gaslight expertly will go a long way
nobody gives af about the Clintons, if the Clintons are part of it then they should go down like everyone else. But if enough people just canât face the idea that they were lied to for 10 years straight, they will take the âwe believe Maxwellâ exit ramp and nothing will ever come out.
Hereâs what was NOT released today: - the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ - the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed - communications showing who waived Maxwellâs sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison - the Epstein files
I wouldn't be surprised if some countries don't participate. If Ireland qualify (highly unlikely btw, but it's happened before), they'll definitely be a no due to their strong stance on what's going on in Palestine
and eventually when the National Guard comes across an actual crime some of them are going to get shot
Nobody from Europeâs coming, completely deluded
Newsom: We canât do things the way weâve done. Letâs disabuse ourselves of that. The Democratic Party needs to assert itself. We need to be strong again. Strength matters. People want conviction. They want character. They want a sense of intention and purposeâŠ
It was a bit more 'complicated' than that with a little nudge in that direction from Thomas. That happened in July, several months before the election www.cnn.com/2024/07/15/p...
I guess 'wait till the mid-terms' isn't such a great strategy after all. But no doubt they'll keep going with that. Every donation text I get, I respond with, "no more money to the DNC until Schumer resigns." If I see somebody worth supporting, they'll get my money directly to their campaign
Imagine somebody who was a true leader in this spot, someone who could possibly convince some congressional Republicans to do the right thing, bring real fire to the fight, a strategist, an inspiring orator. Schumer's giant ego and love of a cushy lifestyle denies everyone that. Never forget.
No, he ate Trump for lunch and you're here thinking that posting 2 sentences is all that's required.
When people show you who they are, believe them the first time. Don't get your hopes up.
I just signed the Election Rigging Response Act to put Proposition 50 up for a vote on November 4th. The people of California will have the power to push back against Texas and any other state that obeys Donald Trump's demand to rig the next election.
Roberts pulling out an old favorite by throwing in with the 3 Dem appointees when the win is already in the bag.
Well he walked himself into that one.... I expect a response in kind about the respondent's poll numbers.
Wait till the mid-terms is it what their messaging appears to be. That's one hell of a dice to roll.
There was plenty about the maps in previous posts and no doubt will be more again. Newsom already said he won't continue doing this indefinitely, he's getting this issue front and center. What has Schumer got front and center? I can't think of one single thing.
Because it's important California voters are aware of this special election. It needs a 60% threshold to pass. If it doesn't, Texas will go ahead, California won't and goodbye Democracy. People are entertained and engaged by this, engagement = voters getting out.
Think about how many eyeballs these posts are getting. If people didn't know what's going on in Texas before, they do now. CA is having a special election for people to vote on whether redrawing the CA maps should go ahead or not. The more eyeballs on all of this, the better.
I believe that's called a bald-faced lie
The industry is already half in the toilet, they're outsourcing jobs to Canada and Europe, this is not the way. Too many people depend on the film and tv industry for their livliehoods.
CEO is the fall guy, he didn't make that decision in a vacuum. Still won't be shopping there either.
sounds like it was a âstable geniusâ idea. they wonât release anything of note and thatâs gonna make people even more angry and add more fuel to the fire
In Ireland we'd say he's "lost the run of himself". That goes hand in hand with, "very fond of the sound of his own voice".
Amazing! But nobody said how fantastic President Trump was? With tears in their eyes?
Why are they "whispering"? Probably that part is true đ
No way anyone from Ireland is signing this, Ireland is one of the few countries telling it how it is, and, they're not called "members of congress" over there
good to know thanks, audio is my thing, video Iâm clueless đ€Ș
I watched the original a few weeks ago, I donât think this is scripted. The original clip is much longer
iâll bet there were repercussions of refusal hinted at, along with the ask, but Norway was too polite to let that out of the bag
This is literally the last solitary guardrail left in terms of holding on to Democracy. He's asking for temp redraw of maps, ONLY if TX enacts their plan and will put it to voters first in Nov. CA maps are independently drawn for 15 yrs now. The bus for taking the high road left several months ago
pathetic attempt at intimidation
And let's not forget the "Have you even said Thank You?!" Zelensky attack at the WH. Nobody over there will have forgotten that, he won't be welcome in Europe any time soon, seeing as Ukraine is part of Europe and all, perhaps he's forgotten?
different rules over there, if youâre deemed to be a jerk, youâre done. that may be difficult for a US native to understand I know
He clearly doesnât understand. If youâre not a decent person over there, you will be shunned, en masse. Itâs really that simple
As Harris predicted "Eat you for lunch"
Doubtful she's the actual person behind this lawsuit. This looks like another revenge court case, no doubt he was raging Joe pardoned Hunter
running a third world country for a third term
Looks like a game of chicken to me and based on DT's track record of backing down, the odds are in Newsom's favor. Let's see what happens... I just read that Newsom plans to put this idea of redrawing CA maps to the voters in a special election if they don't back down
Something about Ukraine? "Perfect"
And do people really need 8 hours of sleep a night? That seems irresponsible too /s
JFC, why are the press still giving these people leeway that tariffs may be something that they're definitely not
Next up, honorary doctorate from Columbia University
spoiler alert, he wonât âstand strongâ
Iâd imagine that taco trump is behind this. No doubt he was big mad that Biden pardoned his son.
from what I know about England and Ireland, the country I grew up in, anytime there is any kind of a vicious attack and the ethnicity is not revealed, the far right disinformation machine gleefully starts up and blames it on an immigrant. Then people hit the streets in outrage and retaliate
Get one of those tennis racket shaped zappers, a friend bought me one because I was constantly getting savaged by mosquitoes whoâd made it indoors. they canât feel the swing of it and dodge it, my record is 4 mosquitoes dispatched in under one minute with this thing. theyâre about $20 on Amazon