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08-07-2024 , 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Rick
Why in the world would she do that?

If Trump is still alive there is a decent chance he will attempt to be the candidate again in 2028. And the Republicans seem to be unable to step in and stop him. The funny thing is that if they do stop him, he might just run as a 3rd party candidate to basically say f*ck you to them for running against him.

So, no age limits in the USA. At least until Trump dies...
Nvm trump , look at Biden .
Shouldn’t US politics be fixed to stop clown shows over partisanship and winning at any cost concept ?

Btw playing with democracy just to earn a win on trump in 2028 isn’t worth it .

Just close all those stupid narratives about cognitive dissonance for all future presidents so that real politics policies talks comes back in fashion .
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08-07-2024 , 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen
S&P almost back to even from Monday’s KAMBLABA CRASH!!!!
They have taken a deep breath and realised Trump is still favourite to win the election
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08-07-2024 , 04:41 PM
trump is already looking and sounding like ****, he'll more or less be what brandon is now in 2028. probably worse. if he's still alive...
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08-07-2024 , 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Montrealcorp
Nvm trump , look at Biden .
Shouldn’t US politics be fixed to stop clown shows over partisanship and winning at any cost concept ?

Btw playing with democracy just to earn a win on trump in 2028 isn’t worth it .

Just close all those stupid narratives about cognitive dissonance for all future presidents so that real politics policies talks comes back in fashion .
Of course it's worth it.

If Harris attempts to limit the age of a President it will be a rallying point of all Republicans for the next election. They are Trumps' lap dogs.

Also, it would require 60 votes in the Senate. At best the Democrats will have 50 Senators in all likelihood.

So there is no way it would pass. Especially because there will be a lot of Democrats who will want it to fail (just like I do).
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08-07-2024 , 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Luciom
We didn't have a "RFK reveal" moment recently, his insane takes were well established a while ago, at least among people who knew who he is.

And no I didn't expect RFK drew more support from democratic-leaning voters, that wasn't obvious at all
No big reveal since the brain worms that I can recall, but I see no reason that a big reveal is necessary. Maybe people are just gradually learning more. But of course Biden stepping aside could have facilitated a shift, and that doesn't require more support from democratic-leaning supporters, there could be a significant number of his supporters that are republican-leaning/neutral voters who won't vote for Trump but also didn't want to vote Biden. That said, he has some beliefs that align more on the left and he is a Kennedy, so I always assumed he had some support from both sides of the political spectrum.

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Originally Posted by Willd
Didn't him dumping a dead bear in NYC a decade ago make national headlines this week? It certainly made it to the front page of BBC News.
I was assuming that was too recent to show up in polling already, but if not, that of course would've had an impact as well.
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08-07-2024 , 04:58 PM
In news that should surprise nobody, Stable Business Genius Free Speech Absolutist who said he doesn’t want advertisers who are mad about his antisemitism is now suing the advertisers (remember his ‘go **** yourself’ to absolute silence when he clearly expected thunderous applause? I remember. That was wonderful) that left cuz it turns out they lost that revenue cuz they aren’t advertising anymore and Elon thinks that’s not fair
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08-07-2024 , 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen
In news that should surprise nobody, Stable Business Genius Free Speech Absolutist who said he doesn’t want advertisers who are mad about his antisemitism is now suing the advertisers (remember his ‘go **** yourself’ to absolute silence when he clearly expected thunderous applause? I remember. That was wonderful) that left cuz it turns out they lost that revenue cuz they aren’t advertising anymore and Elon thinks that’s not fair
That lawsuit should go well. This guy is the defendants' star witness, they should subpoena him to testify:

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08-07-2024 , 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen
In news that should surprise nobody, Stable Business Genius Free Speech Absolutist who said he doesn’t want advertisers who are mad about his antisemitism is now suing the advertisers (remember his ‘go **** yourself’ to absolute silence when he clearly expected thunderous applause? I remember. That was wonderful) that left cuz it turns out they lost that revenue cuz they aren’t advertising anymore and Elon thinks that’s not fair

not sure what legal basis there is to sue someone for not wanting to advertise with you, but if it goes to trial i hope that the defense rolls out the tv+vcr like the opening scene in better call saul and plays the "go **** yourself" clip and then goes home

Last edited by 72off; 08-07-2024 at 05:04 PM. Reason: slow
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08-07-2024 , 05:08 PM
Dude massively shot himself in the dick over the whole twitter purchase debacle and seemed to like it so much that he's reloading.
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08-07-2024 , 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Montrealcorp
I’m curious , would you want those changes ?
No. If they codify it then the Dems no longer have a massive vote gaining position.
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08-07-2024 , 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobo Fett
I was assuming that was too recent to show up in polling already, but if not, that of course would've had an impact as well.
Yeah, I just saw the "no reveal moment recently" comment and didn't think about the context of polling. You're right that it's probably too recent to have any impact on polls yet.
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08-07-2024 , 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Rick
Of course it's worth it.

If Harris attempts to limit the age of a President it will be a rallying point of all Republicans for the next election. They are Trumps' lap dogs.

Also, it would require 60 votes in the Senate. At best the Democrats will have 50 Senators in all likelihood.

So there is no way it would pass. Especially because there will be a lot of Democrats who will want it to fail (just like I do).
If trump lose this election I’m pretty sure many republicans will be happy to vote for it , get rid of loser trump , and regain their party from maga …
I’m sure many of them are silently tired of trump show .
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08-07-2024 , 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Willd
Yeah, I just saw the "no reveal moment recently" comment and didn't think about the context of polling. You're right that it's probably too recent to have any impact on polls yet.
Well, it sure was a hell of a reveal for anyone that was somehow unaware of his...uniqueness.
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08-07-2024 , 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by housenuts
No. If they codify it then the Dems no longer have a massive vote gaining position.
Again if politics isn’t about solving problems when u can but let people suffer just to gain vote , maybe they deserve trump and lose democracy .
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08-07-2024 , 05:46 PM
Not followed what's going on for a few days, but can anyone tell me, has Trump gone mental yet?
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08-07-2024 , 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Montrealcorp
If trump lose this election I’m pretty sure many republicans will be happy to vote for it , get rid of loser trump , and regain their party from maga …
I’m sure many of them are silently tired of trump show .
They have been tired of the Trump show for years.

But what they understand is that if they come after Trump by voting for making it illegal for him to be President, they will face a MAGA Trump person in their next primary.

That is why the only Republicans who criticize Trump now are either already retired or they are announcing that they aren't running again.

The only Republican who is still in office and constantly criticizes Trump is Lisa Murkowski (Alaskan Senator) who is currently contemplating becoming an Independent.

There is no politician on either side of the aisle that would look to see if they could present a bill limiting the age of a President to either the House or the Senate.
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08-07-2024 , 06:37 PM
Pretty sure that in order to limit the eligibility for Congress or POTUS you need a constitutional amendment not a simple bill
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08-07-2024 , 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen
In news that should surprise nobody, Stable Business Genius Free Speech Absolutist who said he doesn’t want advertisers who are mad about his antisemitism is now suing the advertisers (remember his ‘go **** yourself’ to absolute silence when he clearly expected thunderous applause? I remember. That was wonderful) that left cuz it turns out they lost that revenue cuz they aren’t advertising anymore and Elon thinks that’s not fair
The purported violation is about antitrust law. It's a complicated matter. While a single company is clearly allowed to choose not to make business with another company, that's not obvious for groups of companies acting in concert.

You guys love antitrust laws so you probably know more about this stuff than I do.
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08-07-2024 , 06:46 PM
TELL IT TO EARTH!
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08-07-2024 , 07:13 PM
Has the election just gotten interesting again? Neck and neck according to Betfair odds

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08-07-2024 , 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Rick
They have been tired of the Trump show for years.

But what they understand is that if they come after Trump by voting for making it illegal for him to be President, they will face a MAGA Trump person in their next primary.

That is why the only Republicans who criticize Trump now are either already retired or they are announcing that they aren't running again.

The only Republican who is still in office and constantly criticizes Trump is Lisa Murkowski (Alaskan Senator) who is currently contemplating becoming an Independent.

There is no politician on either side of the aisle that would look to see if they could present a bill limiting the age of a President to either the House or the Senate.
Meh many republicans went against trump many times but couldn’t hold on because of the threat of trump always being able to comeback in power .
Politicians are attract by power not trump (beside the stupid freedom caucus ) .

Once trump is really out of power (would help with an age limit ) he wouldn’t have any leverage at all for most of them anymore .

Anyway was just an idea by knocking 2 birds with 1 stone .
It’s was personally I would do in Harris place shrug.
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08-07-2024 , 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by bundy5
They have taken a deep breath and realised Trump is still favourite to win the election
But, he's not.
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08-07-2024 , 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 72off
not sure what legal basis there is to sue someone for not wanting to advertise with you, but if it goes to trial i hope that the defense rolls out the tv+vcr like the opening scene in better call saul and plays the "go **** yourself" clip and then goes home
Yeah I’m not a lawyer but it seems pretty hard to understand. At least they can show damages….im sure they’re down hundreds of millions to a few billion in revenue. And I could see how a bunch of companies boycotting the Super Bowl crashing prices then buying them cheap would be illegal. But in this case they simply decided the service twitter was offering wasn’t good and refused to buy it. They didn’t benefit from it, and they would have very much liked to advertise on twitter but didn’t think it would be good for business anymore.

It’s Musk so definitely no reason to assume twitter has a reasonable case. He was laughed out of court for trying to sue media matters for covering twitter negatively.

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08-07-2024 , 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by bahbahmickey
Mods have asked posters to stop mentioning that trump hooked up with a pstar and that Kamala hooked up with someone twice her age to get a couple promotions to advance her political career.
Well since only one of those is proven let’s keep mentioning the Trump + porn star thing. And the felony convictions. And the constant bald faced lies. And the grifting. I’m sure I’m missing stuff but those are the facts of the situation
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