American Politics 3.0 - Back to Brunch

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Can people stop replying to curves? The walls of text, full half-baked thoughts he thinks are profound, are getting more and more irritating to scroll past.

Yeah it just hit me this evening reading what he says. I honest to God think he's a bit special. Definitely not playing with a full deck and I kind of feel bad for engaging with him the past week.

[dino7c]

Trump is gonna be pretty butt hurt about losing DC

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by curves2000

Some posters I think may need to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test. I never said Trump or Biden are better for the above you referenced nor do I want another Trump Presidency.

I was told I was a Russian asset which is laughable considering how often I push needing a significantly stronger Russian policy.

It is an odd personality quirk that you take comments like that so literally. It’s the response a chatbot would come up with to being jokingly called a Russian asset.

[photon]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Trump is gonna be pretty butt hurt about losing DC

Lol MTG says Haley winning DC is a reason why Trump's trial should be moved out of DC.. he can't have a jury of peers in DC because only 676 people voted for Trump in the DC primary and that's too small a jury pool.

Uh, the jury pool isn't determined at all by who someone voted for.

Next time a cop pulls me over I'm going to ask who he voted for and say he can't fairly give me a ticket unless he voted the same as me and see how that turns out.

These peoples' brains are broken.

[Fuzz]

Reality is no longer a constraint on speech or action.

[photon]

AI images of Trump with black people being circulated.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...s-black-voters

A taxi driver in Atlanta named Douglas told the outlet that he initially believed one of the photos was real, and that it bolstered his view that Trump was supportive of the Black community.

[Old Yeller]

Man AI hands/fingers freak me the #### out.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by photon

AI images of Trump with black people being circulated.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...s-black-voters

Has to be fake. His hands are too high.

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by edslunch

Has to be fake. His hands are too high.

And too big.

[SutterBrother]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

And too big.

And there are black people around him.

[puffnstuff]

Face isnt orange enough

[jammies]

Not handsy enough for that to be ol' Rapey Don.

[calculoso]

Trump cannot be removed from ballot - unanimous SCOTUS

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...olorado-ruling

The court’s unanimous decision overturns a 4-3 ruling from the Colorado supreme court that said the former president could not run because he had engaged in insurrection during the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. The Colorado decision was a novel interpretation of section 3 of the 14th amendment, which bars insurrectionists from holding office.

“We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office. But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency,” the court wrote in an unsigned opinion. Congress, the court said, had to enact the procedures for disqualification under Section 3.

[activeStick]

Biggest voting day too in the 2024 election tomorrow. Exciting!

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Old Yeller

Man AI hands/fingers freak me the #### out.

So hard to draw that computers can’t even figure it out!

[photon]

Originally Posted by calculoso

Trump cannot be removed from ballot - unanimous SCOTUS

I'm sure there'll be lots of opinions about this, looking forward to my usual legal podcasts. On one hand "states rights" but honestly having 50 different criteria for removal seems like a nightmare (though would be a VERY US thing) and saying they need to legislate for clarity around it is probably the right thing.. in theory anyway.

The fact that the partisanship basically means there's no way this would ever get clarified in legislation though...

And really this won't impact the election one bit.. it's not like a swing state is going to disqualify him.

But the zero consequences continues.

[direwolf]

Man, what a broken country. The fact that an indicted, traitorous criminal who instigated a violent coup attempt and tried to overturn a free election is still allowed to run for the highest office in the land is absolutely baffling to me. The U.S. is beyond f***ed.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by calculoso

Trump cannot be removed from ballot - unanimous SCOTUS

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...olorado-ruling

One thing Trump didn't get was a ruling on if he caused the Jan 6th resurrection.

[Geraldsh]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Man, what a broken country. The fact that an indicted, traitorous criminal who instigated a violent coup attempt and tried to overturn a free election is still allowed to run for the highest office in the land is absolutely baffling to me. The U.S. is beyond f***ed.

On the contrary, in a free country anyone should be allowed to run. The fact that a traitorous criminal has not been yet been convicted is what is really troubling.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Geraldsh

On the contrary, in a free country anyone should be allowed to run. The fact that a traitorous criminal has not been yet been convicted is what is really troubling.

He's just one man. What should be more concerning is the insane level of support he has. The population itself has lost it's ability to look rationally at situations, and don't get to cocky, Canada is right behind with Alberta leading the charge.