There is recent speculation that there is some “shadiness” regarding how McConnell keeps get elected.
There's no shadiness, that's GOP M.O.
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There's no shadiness, that's GOP M.O.
Lying, Gaslighting, Deflection, defending obviously guilty people, Taking Large Sums of money from anonymous donors/taking public funds or donations and using them for illicit purposes don’t qualify as shady?
They both can be true
This was also what I was indirectly referring to
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/12/why-the-numbers-behind-mitch-mcconnells-re-election-dont-add-up/
I've often wondered about that myself; seems like being supported by people who only want you there so the world can end in fire (with you going to Hell in the process) would be somewhat off-putting
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Lying, Gaslighting, Deflection, defending obviously guilty people, Taking Large Sums of money from anonymous donors/taking public funds or donations and using them for illicit purposes don’t qualify as shady?
I call that current president.
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Mitch is probably an undead Lich who enriches himself off the suffering of others to sustain himself.
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The now former mayor of Colorado City is catching some heat after a social media post berating citizens affected by the cold.
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I like when they lie about thing being taken out of the context, when their declaration are dry-cut no context needed.
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Oooh ohhh I want to play the shitting on Texas Republicans for the utter idiocy on the Texas Power Crisis.
https://www.rawstory.com/texas-storm-2650552834/
https://www.rawstory.com/texas-power-outage-blackout-abbott/
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Rush Limbaugh passed away.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rush-limbaugh-wing-radio-host-172203802.html
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Jesus Christ, if feels like every right-wing figure is trying to bash the Green Deal using what happening in Texas as an example despite about 90% of energy there being coal-powered of fossil fueled.
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Well Rush, is the money worth it? How does that money from doing propaganda all your life serve you now? That's what gets me about people who fuck up the world for profit. Someday you're gonna die and all that money and those possessions are worthless to you then, so what's the point? The dead Koch brother is a good example. Sometimes I just want to ask old people like this why they're doing it, but I know there'd be no real answer anyway.
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There is recent speculation that there is some “shadiness” regarding how McConnell keeps get elected.
I live in Kentucky. It's not shadiness, there are just a lot of stupid people here. Certainly not everyone, but I would feel comfortable saying the majority (and i live right outside of Lexington).
edit: I read the article from raw story and while that is shady, I have no doubt that McConnell would have won regardless.
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Rush will certainly not be missed.
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Rush Limbaugh passed away.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rush-limbaugh-wing-radio-host-172203802.html
Nature is healing.
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I admit, I'm holding back a lot of things I could say about this.
But, today I had a moment where I forgot about everything bad and got this notion that things might get better.
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Rush will certainly not be missed.
His offensive comments apparently are being missed by a lot of people whining about liberals not showing forgiveness and compassion towards him.
Well Rush, is the money worth it? How does that money from doing propaganda all your life serve you now? That's what gets me about people who fuck up the world for profit. Someday you're gonna die and all that money and those possessions are worthless to you then, so what's the point? The dead Koch brother is a good example. Sometimes I just want to ask old people like this why they're doing it, but I know there'd be no real answer anyway.
That money depending on who it’s left too can be funneled towards shitty causes.
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Another reason not to like Ted Cruz.
https://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-accused-flying-cancun-texas-power-outages-photo-goes-viral-1570118
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Yes, fly to Cancun and leave your fellow Texans behind freezing to death, you piece of shit.
I don't care if this trip was "planned in advance", as a politician and representative you show support for your voters by not abandoning them.
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And, of course, Ted tries to blame his children for the trip.
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Yes, fly to Cancun and leave your fellow Texans behind freezing to death, you piece of shit.
I don't care if this trip was "planned in advance", as a politician and representative you show support for your voters by not abandoning them.
Well that and not voting against or for legislation that would hurt them like repealing the ACA.
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For more funny idiocy, the QAnon-ers are aghast and betrayed because Biden flew on Air Force One, when totally Trump should have still been using it in secret:
https://www.comicsands.com/joe-biden-qanon-air-force-one-2650611278.html?fbclid=IwAR1eRZP1gT2k2ZR-1iWOazfwYyV1NRG5XsbgQre-WIAGzLTpIAArn077aU8And they apparently think Trump will come back on March 4th.
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We really shouldn't compare Ted Cruz to the Zodiac Killer.
The Zodiac Killer was responsible for fewer deaths at this point.
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For more funny idiocy, the QAnon-ers are aghast and betrayed because Biden flew on Air Force One, when totally Trump should have still been using it in secret:
https://www.comicsands.com/joe-biden-qanon-air-force-one-2650611278.html?fbclid=IwAR1eRZP1gT2k2ZR-1iWOazfwYyV1NRG5XsbgQre-WIAGzLTpIAArn077aU8And they apparently think Trump will come back on March 4th.
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We really shouldn't compare Ted Cruz to the Zodiac Killer.
The Zodiac Killer was responsible for fewer deaths at this point.
Zodiac was probably a better person than Cruz to boost.
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Ahem.
Fuck Ted Cruz.
That is all.
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It's not his fault. He boarded a plane to Austin but it got diverted to Cancun due to the strength of the windmills.
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Also gotta love Beto and AOC completely destroying the only defensive argument of Ted, which is "well what do you want him to do, go plow the snow himself?
"Beto and AOC have been donating money, helping organize wellness checks, get food to those who need it, etc.
As if "my family needed a vacation" is even a defense, this state emergency aside, when the Senate is recessed in the middle of a global pandemic. The defense of their recess is to "visit constituents". And how many of those live in Mexico, Ted?
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We really shouldn't compare Ted Cruz to the Zodiac Killer.
The Zodiac Killer was responsible for fewer deaths at this point.
Do you really think so?
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https://www.businessinsider.com/ted-cruz-went-jamaica-july-4-flouting-health-guidelines-wapo-2021-2
Apparently he did this at least partially because he managed to get away with it last year.; presumably because there were a lot fewer people flying back then.
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https://www.rawstory.com/trump-diet-coke/
I find this less grating than the story about the “well-done” tomahawk steaks.
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"The beverage had to be opened in front of the germophobe commander in chief, 'never beforehand,'" Washingtonian writes, summarizing the instructions. "The server was to hold a longneck-bottle opener by the lower third of the handle in one hand and the Diet Coke, also by the lower third, in the other. Once poured, the drink had to be placed at the President's right-hand side."
Baby in chief. Pathetic.
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Here's another reason to not like Ted Cruz.
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When even Arkansas is better prepared than you, you're doing something wrong, Texas:
https://www.comicsands.com/arkansas-texas-winter-preparedness-video-2650622159.html?fbclid=IwAR3uvwOrhqApAGrBsqzjDu0ugLcJnAFjbqkuyowGKO9KQoIARVJK0-EAFioApparently there are only 30 snow plows for THE ENTIRE STATE. Dude, there are like 30 plows for Boston alone up here.
Edit: I take that back. Apparently there are SEVENTY state-owned plows in Boston + 500 additional contract machines.
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https://www.rawstory.com/erik-prince/
Well we know he won't face time.
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I did not know he was the brother of Betsy DeVos. What a fucked up family that is.
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Here's The Simpsons predicting Ted Cruz.
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I did not know he was the brother of Betsy DeVos. What a fucked up family that is.
If it’s any consolation they're less overexposed than the Trump clan was even before his presidency made them even more exposed, though of course Trump gave DeVos clout appointing her to Sect of Education.
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Exhibit #4830 that "Cancel Culture" isn't a real thing:
The Right is now frothing at the mouth because
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The new definition of "Cancel Culture" apparently includes "Put every episode of their show up on one of the biggest streaming platforms completely uncut and uncensored but just with an 8 second disclaimer in front of less than 20 episodes that have some mildly oof jokes in them".
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Exhibit #4830 that "Cancel Culture" isn't a real thing:
The Right is now frothing at the mouth because
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The new definition of "Cancel Culture" apparently includes "Put every episode of their show up on one of the biggest streaming platforms completely uncut and uncensored but just with an 8 second disclaimer in front of less than 20 episodes that have some mildly oof jokes in them".
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First they attack something as pure-hearted (if occasionally insensitive) Muppets, now the fuckers go for something even worse: the dogs.
https://secondnexus.com/greg-kelly-biden-dog-champ?fbclid=IwAR2Y3ALcglrY56O5CEpdRnAWkO8P7a4z7csSFnBxue2VdNXzhLRVQeVzNY0Seriously, Champ is 12 years old, which for a German Shepherd means he's very well taken care of. He's only grizzly looking because he's old. I hated George W. Bush but I never once said anything bad about his Scotties, other than they were cute (which they were).
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I don't know what you folks actually think about this. But from here, "cancel culture" is seen as a serious thing. Wether it's by the left, the right or the centrists.
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The only exemples I've seen in the (US-BR media axis) is about conservatives bitching about not being able to be openly bigot and racist.
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I don't know what you folks actually think about this. But from here, "cancel culture" is seen as a serious thing. Wether it's by the left, the right or the centrists.
It's really freaking hard to take outcries of cancel culture seriously when 90% of it has been assholes crying "CANCEL CULTURE IS RUINING EVERYTHING" when they're facing consequences for something genuinely shitty that they did.
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Plus their definition of being "Cancelled" seems to just be "Anything that mildly inconveniences or upsets conservatives" hence the Muppet example.
In the Muppet example: Nobody got de-platformed, nothing got edited or censored, nothing was taken down or omitted.
They just have to watch an 8 second warning saying "Some of this stuff may not be cool anymore with some people" before ~16% of the total episodes.
This apparently counts as "Cancel Culture" and is an absolute travesty of political correctness run amok.
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Well, there is obviously that. FoxNews and other media of the same kind are polarizing the debate I guess
The only articles I've read about this are not in English. So I guess we can barely have a discussion about this.
Anyway, I'm gonna post these here anyway. (LeMonde, a big "left wing" French newspaper)
https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2020/08/15/aux-etats-unis-la-cancel-culture-entre-au-musee_6049025_4500055.html
https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2021/02/12/decolonialisme-cancel-culture-la-france-l-amerique-et-les-idees_6069671_3232.htmlOne of the articles above is responding to this article by the New York times
https://www.nytimes.com/fr/2021/02/09/world/europe/France-universites-decolonialisme-woke.htmlAnd one of these articles is quoting this one from the nytimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/arts/design/sfmoma-gary-garrels-resignation.html
I don't know what it's worth though, I didn't have time to read itAnyway, my point is (if I have any), that we seem to have different understandings of this "problem".
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Well, there is obviously that. FoxNews and other media of the same kind are polarizing the debate I guess
One of the articles above is responding to this article by the New York times
https://www.nytimes.com/fr/2021/02/09/world/europe/France-universites-decolonialisme-woke.htmlAnyway, my point is (if I have any), that we seem to have different understandings of this "problem".
Read that through translate, sounds more like France trying to avoid to talk about difficult topics in the name of "national unity" than a real imported problem.
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I think of "cancel culture" as "mass cyberbullying", which is something we can all agree happens from time to time, but also usually wouldn't be used to describe a group of people angry at a celebrity or a corporation.
If someone claims that something is cancel culture and it sounds ridiculous to call it cyberbullying then it probably isn't, and the person calling it that is likely a partisan hack.
So no, The Muppets are not and cannot be victims of cyberbullying.
Ted Cruz is unlikely to ever be a victim of cyberbullying.
American football cannot be a victim of cyberbullying.
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The rich and corporations can face cyber bulling, they will only face no consequence for whatever horrific deed said or done.
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American football cannot be a victim of cyberbullying.
Is this a reference to all the Soccer fans habitually dismissing it over the oxymoroic name?
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https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2021/02/22/day-34/
[h=1]Day 34: "The work continues."[/h]
! 1/ The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 500,000 with more than 28,000,000 confirmed cases. More Americans have died from Covid-19 than in World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War combined – and public health officials have said the actual death toll is likely significantly higher. Dr. Anthony Fauci called the death toll a “stunning,” “terrible,” “really horrible,” and “historic” figure, adding that the U.S. had “done worse than most any other country” despite being a “highly developed, rich country.” On February 23, 2020, Trump suggested that the coronavirus is “going to go away,” because “we’ve had no deaths” and “we have it very much under control in this country.” The coronavirus has killed more than 2,462,000 people worldwide. (NBC News / New York Times / ABC News / Politico / Washington Post / CNN / The Guardian / Wall Street Journal)
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Dept. of “We Have It Totally Under Control.”[/h]- Global: Total confirmed cases: ~111,643,000; deaths: ~2,472,000
- U.S.: Total confirmed cases: ~28,175,000; deaths: ~500,000; vaccinated: ~13.3% of total population
- Source: Johns Hopkins University / Washington Post
- First doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines have reduced Covid-19 hospital admissions among the elderly in the U.K. by up to 85% and 94%, respectively. (Washington Post / Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg)
! 2/ Biden altered the Paycheck Protection Program to direct more funding toward very small businesses and those owned by minorities or located in underserved communities. Starting March 9, businesses with more than 20 employees will be shut out of the PPP for two weeks. Biden criticized the PPP’s early rollout for privileging larger businesses with existing banking connections while smaller businesses struggled to obtain relief. The administration, however, has not said whether it will seek to extend the program after the current funding expires March 31. (NBC News / Washington Post / New York Times / Wall Street Journal)
3/ The Supreme Court rejected Trump’s last-ditch effort to keep his private financial records from the Manhattan district attorney. After a four-month delay, the court denied Trump’s motion in a one-sentence order with no recorded dissents, clearing the way for prosecutors in New York City to receive eight years of his tax returns and other financial records as part of an ongoing investigation into possible tax, insurance, and bank fraud. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance can now enforce a subpoena to Trump’s accountants, Mazars USA, to turn over records Trump has repeatedly refused to surrender. Mazars previously said it would comply with the final ruling of the courts. “The work continues,” Vance said in response to the Supreme Court order. (Politico / Washington Post / New York Times / Bloomberg / NBC News / CNN / ABC News / The Guardian)
4/ The confirmation of Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget is in doubt after two Republicans and a Democrat said they will vote against her nomination. Sens. Susan Collins, Mitt Romney, and Joe Manchin said Tanden’s “past actions” on social media behavior, including criticizing Bernie Sanders and Mitch McConnell, demonstrated the animosity that Biden “pledged to transcend” and that the OMB nominee did not have the “experience nor the temperament” to lead the office. The White House, meanwhile, signaled that it will continue to support Tanden, despite her path to confirmation growing increasingly narrow. (Politico / NBC News / Bloomberg / New York Times / Washington Post / Politico / CNN)
! * Republicans in the House and Senate are demanding that Biden withdraw the nomination of Xavier Becerra to head the Department of Health and Human Services, because of his support for abortion rights and “Medicare for All.” Despite the GOP’s opposition to Becerra, Democrats are confident they have the votes to get Becerra confirmed. (Politico / National Reviews)
! 5/ The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up Republican challenges to the presidential election results in Pennsylvania. Trump and the Pennsylvania Republican Party had urged the justices to review a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling, which had extended the deadline for receiving mail-in ballots until three days after the election. About 10,000 ballots arrived during the three-day window – short of the number needed to overturn Biden’s 80,555-vote victory in the state. The justices offered no public explanation for their decision, but Justice Clarence Thomas dissented. (Washington Post / Politico / CNN)
6/ Dominion Voting Systems sued MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for more than $1.3 billion, alleging that the Trump ally spread a baseless conspiracy theory that its voting machines were rigged “because the lie sells pillows.” Trump’s lawyers, Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, have also each been sued by Dominion for $1.3 billion in damages. (Axios / ABC News / CNBC / NPR)
7/ The Justice Department and the FBI are investigating communications between the rioters who attacked the Capitol and Roger Stone. For weeks Justice Department officials have debated whether to open a full investigation into Stone, but if they find messages showing that Stone knew about or took part in plans to disrupt the certification of Biden’s electoral victory, officials would have a basis to open a full criminal investigation into Stone. Trump commuted Stone’s sentence in July and pardoned him in late December. The pardon, however, does not protect Stone from future prosecutions. (New York Times / Washington Post)
8/ Trump will speak at next week’s Conservative Political Action Conference – his first public appearance since leaving office. Trump reportedly intends to attack Biden’s immigration plan and tell attendees that he is Republicans’ “presumptive 2024 nominee” for president. (Axios / The Guardian / New York Times / Washington Post / Wall Street Journal)
poll/ 17% of Trump voters believe Biden was legitimately elected president, while 73% say Biden wasn’t legitimately elected. (USA Today / Suffolk University)
