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CharlesDarwin

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  • With AI memes, Trump promotes mythical version of himself as challenges stack up ahead of midterms

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  • I used to hear some people call it the Faux Cinematic Universe. Which will continue long after donnie is gone.

    Unless people finally find the spine to arrest them and break up that company...

  • ‘You Did Undermine Your Dad’s Presidency!’ Mehdi Hasan Holds Hunter Biden’s Feet to Fire Over Business Dealings

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  • Well, maybe not like their lives depend on it, but the window of time for them to do their smash-and-grab is not going to be infinite.

    Either other cons will shut them out of it because they are jealous or this shitty admin will have to at least leave office, and his family may have to flee the country.

  • ‘You Did Undermine Your Dad’s Presidency!’ Mehdi Hasan Holds Hunter Biden’s Feet to Fire Over Business Dealings

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  • Lonnie Bunch, Smithsonian’s First Black Secretary, Steps Down Amid Trump’s History Crackdown

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  • Well, the "crackdown" on factual history should be the crime, yes.

    I'm just saying the usual connotation when the word "crackdown" is used is that they are cracking down on something that is criminal.

  • Flock cameras and TSA searches are making our 4th Amendment a dead letter

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  • Yeah. It's kind of annoying to know that there are real conspiracies out there. Proven ones.

    And because they exist and many people know about the real cases, right wing crazies can declare things like "the difference between conspiracy theory and conspiracy fact is about six months" and have others consider that true and profound. It's absolutely maddening.

    There is a world of difference between the people jerking off to Q and Pizzagate nonsense and what the Church Committee found, for example. A lot of lazy morons think that because Epstein exists - a man known for his crimes prior, by the way - that it somehow vindicates things like Q and Pizzagate.

  • Mistrust of US government information is rising across major issues, new poll shows

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  • Again, it very much WAS great. Virtually every metric pointing in the right direction. Especially after recovering from all the disruption due to a worldwide pandemic.

    If people thought the Democrats were gaslighting them by highlighting the upside and instead went by the anecdotal while thinking the Democrats did not care that not everyone was doing well, and thought that sitting out or voting Republican was going to help them, then that's their problem.

    We are suffering the consequences because many chose to go by vibes instead of data.

  • Colorado will still mail out all ballots, despite Supreme Court ruling in favor of President Trump’s order

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  • If they update the language level requirements, that may help.

  • Colorado will still mail out all ballots, despite Supreme Court ruling in favor of President Trump’s order

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  • I thought they may not mail them out, either. If they mail them out, and the state has drop boxes, well, we still have (relatively) easy voting.

    If they don't even mail them to the voter, that's even worse.

  • Mistrust of US government information is rising across major issues, new poll shows

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  • Also, when it comes to people's vibes, I'm pretty sure the Biden administration did have people acknowledging their feelings and/or anecdotal situations, while also acknowledging the data about the economy.

    If anything, I don't think the Democrats brag enough about their accomplishments, but I know a common trope now is to act like the Biden administration was somehow gaslighting the American people in 2024, just for pointing at the data at the time.

  • Mistrust of US government information is rising across major issues, new poll shows

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  • An uptick, that is, to the tune of nearly 14%. Back in 2021, only about 5% of children lived in poverty — mostly because of a brief expansion in the child tax credit. Congress let it expire after one year.

    Restoring that credit would have a profound impact, Hardy said.

    Interesting. Did Biden control Congress?

  • With Republican Convention, Trump Hopes to Pull His Party Out of a Tailspin

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  • ^ I refuse to believe this is a plausible quote unless he mentions the "b" in dumb (because he just discovered the spelling, apparently).

  • Colorado will still mail out all ballots, despite Supreme Court ruling in favor of President Trump’s order

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  • Fair point. They view their conservative privileges as a right and when they get de-privileged, they tend to misinterpret that as being disenfranchised.

  • Flock cameras and TSA searches are making our 4th Amendment a dead letter

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  • If only it was just that long, though it did supercharge it.

  • Flock cameras and TSA searches are making our 4th Amendment a dead letter

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  • Colorado will still mail out all ballots, despite Supreme Court ruling in favor of President Trump’s order

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  • Agreed. I've mailed it a few times, most of the time dropped it off. It's a beautiful system. I hate it so much that the bloated toad in the WH has any fucking possibility of threatening it.

    Anyway, yeah, all cons need to be flushed and a bare minimum should be established, as the cons would rather have situations where they can orchestrate long wait times under miserable conditions in the "wrong" districts.

    1. Every state should have voters given a no-excuse option to get a ballot mailed to them or they could print one out (Colorado needs this part), that they then can drop off or mail back. It needs to be enshrined into law that the USPS can not be directed to interfere with these in any way, shape or form.
    2. Every state needs to have a bare minimum of drop boxes and polling places, adjusted by population density in a given region. Possibly measure average wait times every election and if they hit some threshold (say, over twenty minutes), they have to add another polling place next election.
    3. Every state must offer early voting, with the minimum number of days in that window set at 30 days.

    The idea that some states still require in-person voting the day of the election is absolutely ludicrous.

  • Colorado voters will decide if ballot measures should be written at an 8th grade reading level

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  • All the more reason why mail-in voting is a beautiful thing, IMHO. You can sit there and read as slowly as you want, with no rush at all.

  • Colorado will still mail out all ballots, despite Supreme Court ruling in favor of President Trump’s order

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  • We've had vote by mail for a very long time here in Colorado.

    The stupid right wing chuds, even in this state, decided to politicize vote by mail, especially around Covid. They were super-salty - and still are - about other states even temporarily having vote by mail during a freaking pandemic. They think something was taken from them by this.

    What every person should have learned from the pandemic was that every state should have vote by mail, because it works.

    Nope, instead, all the Karens cheered the fact that states that had it temporarily yanked it away ASAP, and are still trying to retcon the 2020 election AND steal away the right from states already have it.

    Conservatives are a poison. They ruin everything.

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    Colorado will still mail out all ballots, despite Supreme Court ruling in favor of President Trump’s order

    www.denverpost.com /2026/08/26/colorado-impact-supreme-court-mail-ballot-ruling/

  • USPS, states' mail-in voting fight comes to a head

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  • If the cons were acting in even the least amount of good faith here, they'd be teeing this up for years down the road so everyone would actually have time to litigate, consider all the trade-offs, and to put measures into place, etc.

    But since none of this is in good faith - there is no voter fraud to even talk about here (except their own) and all they want to do is introduce enough chaos to our democratic processes to keep Congress, and to keep the tiny d donnie wrecking ball going.

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    USPS, states' mail-in voting fight comes to a head

    www.axios.com /local/boston/2026/09/09/mail-in-voting-massachusetts

  • Lonnie Bunch, Smithsonian’s First Black Secretary, Steps Down Amid Trump’s History Crackdown

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  • Using a term like "crackdown" gives the impression that some crime was involved.

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    Trump bans some Canadian imports as North America trade war intensifies

    www.axios.com /2026/09/08/trump-tariffs-canada-import-ban-alcohol-dairy-motorcycles
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    Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Voter-Screening Tool

    www.nytimes.com /2026/09/08/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-dhs-citizenship.html
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    US slaps import ban on Canadian alcohol and other goods

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/c99dm1000p7o
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    Donald Trump Took a Wrecking Ball to the White House. The Next President Must Do the Same

    www.rollingstone.com /politics/political-commentary/donald-trump-white-house-wrecking-ball-1235622296/
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    Trump shares map that renames New Mexico as ‘New America’ | CNN Politics

    www.cnn.com /2026/09/06/politics/trump-map-renames-new-mexico-as-new-america
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    Maria Bartiromo out at Fox News after 12 years

    www.usatoday.com /story/entertainment/tv/2026/09/03/maria-bartiromo-exits-fox-news/91595809007/
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    ‘We've told them he cannot come’: Republicans grapple with how to handle Trump on the trail

    www.politico.com /news/2026/09/04/trump-republicans-struggle-midterms-01064541
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    Trump administration aims to strip schools’ tax exemption if they consider race

    www.washingtonpost.com /education/2026/09/03/trump-administration-aims-strip-schools-tax-exemption-if-they-consider-race/
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    Majority of Americans oppose Trump's new Canada tariffs, renaming Lake Ontario, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

    www.reuters.com /world/us/majority-americans-oppose-trumps-new-canada-tariffs-renaming-lake-ontario-2026-09-01/
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    Election officials say they can’t comply with Trump’s proposed mail ballot rules | CNN Politics

    edition.cnn.com /2026/09/02/politics/election-officials-trump-post-office-mail-ballot-voting
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    Trump’s first midterm ads are heavy on ‘me’ | CNN Politics

    www.cnn.com /2026/09/02/politics/trump-midterm-ad-spending
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    USPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public | CNN Politics

    www.cnn.com /2026/09/01/politics/usps-whistleblower-mail-ballot-rules-trump
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    Homan after Milo Yiannopoulos deportation: ‘Get them out quick’

    thehill.com /homenews/administration/6059702-homan-milo-yiannopoulos-deported/
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    Trump won the heart of Michigan’s Arab American community. They're moving away from Mike Rogers.

    www.politico.com /news/2026/08/30/michigan-arab-muslim-vote-senate-el-sayed-rogers-01055928
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    Water cuts are coming for Arizona. Is your salad on the chopping block?

    www.nbcnews.com /science/environment/colorado-river-water-cuts-arizona-farming-salad-greens-rcna592937
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    Google Maps Changes Lake Ontario to Lake America

    www.nytimes.com /2026/08/30/world/canada/lake-ontario-america-google-maps.html
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    Trump slammed over latest ‘disgusting’ attack on another female reporter

    www.independent.co.uk /news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-attack-female-reporter-maggie-haberman-b3041485.html
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    Judge declares Rubio’s speech-based student deportations violate the Constitution

    www.politico.com /news/2026/08/29/rubio-immigration-first-fifth-amendments-01056086