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Post by joelies on Jun 1, 2018 7:20:12 GMT -6
I'm beginning to think that America is never going to be able to recover its reputation after he's out of office. No matter if we elect Biden or Booker or Harris or someone else who is respectable and knows to surround him/herself with smart people who know what they're doing. We are always going to be the country with President 45 in its history. On the one hand, I totally agree. On the other, if over time Germany can go from actual Nazis to Angela Merkel, there's hope. (Is that weird to say? I feel like it's weird.) The best we can do is move forward, and vow as a country to never go back this. Unfortunately, I don't think the country is ready to do that. But Germany has a history of atoning for Nazism, and they continue to acknowledge their past and work to do better. A large swath of our population still insists the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery. We don't exactly have a good track record of admitting to our mistakes.
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Post by cakewench on Jun 1, 2018 7:21:57 GMT -6
On the one hand, I totally agree. On the other, if over time Germany can go from actual Nazis to Angela Merkel, there's hope. (Is that weird to say? I feel like it's weird.) The best we can do is move forward, and vow as a country to never go back this. Unfortunately, I don't think the country is ready to do that. But Germany has a history of atoning for Nazism, and they continue to acknowledge their past and work to do better. A large swath of our population still insists the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery. We don't exactly have a good track record of admitting to our mistakes. Thank you. I knew it wasn't a perfect analogy but I couldn't put my finger on why.
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Post by athn64 on Jun 1, 2018 7:21:59 GMT -6
Have we talked about Nathan Larson? VA congressional candidate, running as an independent. Believes marital rape, incestuous marriage, and raping your own daughters should be legal. Ran incel and pedophile forums. Apparently in 2017, ~1000 people voted for him. Anyhow. What the ever loving fuck?!?
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Post by cakewench on Jun 1, 2018 7:23:27 GMT -6
Have we talked about Nathan Larson? VA congressional candidate, running as an independent. Believes marital rape, incestuous marriage, and raping your own daughters should be legal. Ran incel and pedophile forums. Apparently in 2017, ~1000 people voted for him. Anyhow. What the ever loving fuck?!? Goddammit, Virginia. *headdesk!Miss Piggy*
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Post by JukEboX on Jun 1, 2018 7:27:33 GMT -6
Have we talked about Nathan Larson? VA congressional candidate, running as an independent. Believes marital rape, incestuous marriage, and raping your own daughters should be legal. Ran incel and pedophile forums. Apparently in 2017, ~1000 people voted for him. Anyhow. Oh you mean this Nathan Larson? The wife beating self outting pedophile? Also equates adoption to shopping at a store And it continues about how rape culture should be normalized Yes all the usernames are him and yes he did write all these. He has confessed to being a pedophile in the open which only fears for his kids lives as well as his wife. My unreal soul cries for Virginia. Source: Congressional Candidate In Virginia Admits He’s A Pedophile
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Post by cakewench on Jun 1, 2018 7:28:46 GMT -6
Goddammit, Virginia. *headdesk!Miss Piggy* To be fair, I don't think the level of his fuckery was known in 2017. True, but I'm afraid that might actually make his stock rise with some people...
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joelies
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Post by joelies on Jun 1, 2018 7:29:59 GMT -6
I think I'm going to throw up.
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Post by athn64 on Jun 1, 2018 7:33:19 GMT -6
I feel the need to bleach my eyes and lock my daughters away from everybody. My youngest turns 2 today.
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Post by kitchen on Jun 1, 2018 7:34:47 GMT -6
That's horrifying. Andplusalso don't post pictures of my kids on the internet, kthanksbai other preschool parents.
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Post by JukEboX on Jun 1, 2018 7:38:59 GMT -6
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Post by JukEboX on Jun 1, 2018 7:41:10 GMT -6
Just to pause for a second......
Is it just me or is there a LOT of racism and down right unbelievable terribleness being presented today?
So much progressive movement in the past 2 decades and in less than 2 years this ass hat man baby has destroyed almost all of it. Its hard to find hope any more and the want to leave this country grows more each day.
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Post by Uncaripswife on Jun 1, 2018 7:52:46 GMT -6
@heartbot I read about Nathan Larson this morning and it literally made me afraid. The things he has said are monstrous. The idea that at least 1000 people in Virginia agree with him is terrifying. I literally cannot understand it.
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Post by Bluebird on Jun 1, 2018 7:57:55 GMT -6
My face is permanently frozen in shock from that Nathan Larson garbage. I don’t even have words. It is truly revolting and terrifying.
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Jun 1, 2018 8:00:34 GMT -6
Pod save America has mentioned before, and then broke it down in today’s episode, how scary the CA primaries could be. Instead of choking the top candidate from each party, it’s the top two candidates, which means in some races, it could be two of the same party. This is particularly scary for races littered with D choices where the votes may be split. This could mean that if too many Ds vote for too many options, two Rs could end up on the Nov ballot. When I opened my ballot, I was overwhelmed with how many choices there were. Governor was 1 whole page and several of the Congress races have a lot of choices. I legit worried. And I’m pissed they expanded on it in today’s episode the same day I turned my ballot in. 😕 I think the scarier part is that 8 of those candidates support or are tired to Nazi or White Supremacist views. Before it was edited and complained about the Google search results found when you search for California Republican Party the views ideologies include "Nazism". More Here: 'Surge in Candidates Running on an Explicitly White Nationalist Message' Dominates 2018 Midterms: MSNBC' MAGA am I right? :/ 😳😡😭
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Jun 1, 2018 8:03:55 GMT -6
We are waiting to vote so we can make a last minute change in this clusterfluck of a primary. Unless some major polling changes happen, seems like we all need to support Villaraigosa though, right? (PSA is on deck as soon as morning conference calls are done, so I might be wrong). I admittedly didn’t get through the full episode last night before getting home. I’m interested to see what they say. I was surprised that Villaraigosa didn’t have a blurb in the mailer with candidate statements. That race is just so littered with names it’s scary.
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 1, 2018 8:18:19 GMT -6
Just to pause for a second...... Is it just me or is there a LOT of racism and down right unbelievable terribleness being presented today? So much progressive movement in the past 2 decades and in less than 2 years this ass hat man baby has destroyed almost all of it. Its hard to find hope any more and the want to leave this country grows more each day. I don't blame all of this on Trump. I mean, pretty much all of us have multiple "crazy uncles" (or in-laws, or parents, or childhood friends) who have been espousing this sort of nonsense for years, repeating Fox News/conservative media conspiracy garbage like it's the gospel, sending racist bass-ackward fact-free email forwards, and ruining family holidays with their general off the wall political views/racism/misogyny/homophobia/"liberals are destroying everything"/conspiracy theories. Trump may have given them all a collective figure to rally around, but he didn't create them. I agree this pre-dates 45. Think of Sarah Palin and the genesis of the tea party movement. That gave them a platform to 'normalize' and espouse their views and its continued to grow. I also think W had a lot to do with it. He isn't a stupid man but his folksy aw shucks nukler bs and not being able to publicly form a cohesive sentence helped. I heard so much of "i like him because he sounds like me" crap. I WANT my president to be smarter than me and I WANT him to surround himself with people smarter than him. At some point we have decided that being 'average' is better than being smart.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2018 8:37:32 GMT -6
I had never heard of Nathan Larson until today, and now I'm horrified. AND he's running in my district. I'm watching you, fellow VA-10 voters...
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Post by ladybrienne on Jun 1, 2018 8:43:21 GMT -6
Just to pause for a second...... Is it just me or is there a LOT of racism and down right unbelievable terribleness being presented today? So much progressive movement in the past 2 decades and in less than 2 years this ass hat man baby has destroyed almost all of it. Its hard to find hope any more and the want to leave this country grows more each day. They've always been there......they are just more comfortable now expressing their hate, since their spokesperson is POTUS.
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Post by enchanted on Jun 1, 2018 9:10:00 GMT -6
Have we talked about Nathan Larson? VA congressional candidate, running as an independent. Believes marital rape, incestuous marriage, and raping your own daughters should be legal. Ran incel and pedophile forums. Apparently in 2017, ~1000 people voted for him. Anyhow. We have friends in that district and they act like he's just a big joke. And true, he *most likely* won't get elected, but how awful is it that he feels secure enough to hold those views and run an election campaign? It's not funny. ETA: Not that his views are a joke, but that his campaign is a joke, in case that wasn't clear. They are appalled by the things he espouses.
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Post by cnf on Jun 1, 2018 9:23:54 GMT -6
I literally cannot read those Larson things. It makes me simultaneous sick and black out raging furious. I have two daughters and if he ever came near them, or any other young girls, I would Lorrania Bobbet the fuck out of him. How dare he refer to children as fuck toys. I want to dick punch him so hard he chokes on his own balls.
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Post by enchanted on Jun 1, 2018 9:26:39 GMT -6
The Koch brothers are backing Heidi Heitkamp.
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Post by enchanted on Jun 1, 2018 9:31:06 GMT -6
Edit: May be a satire site.
ETA: Not the Koch brothers news. The tweet was about Martha Stewart.
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Post by 4PrivetDrive on Jun 1, 2018 9:42:02 GMT -6
The Koch brothers are backing Heidi Heitkamp. OMG yessssssssss. The Koch brothers are still the worst, right?? But Kevin Cramer, who is running against Heidi, is insane. He is so far up Trump's ass.
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Post by 4PrivetDrive on Jun 1, 2018 9:42:22 GMT -6
Edit: May be a satire site. Damn it.
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Post by enchanted on Jun 1, 2018 9:43:19 GMT -6
Edit: May be a satire site. Damn it. Not the Koch brothers news. Something about Martha Stewart refusing a pardon from 45.
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Post by enchanted on Jun 1, 2018 9:44:45 GMT -6
The Koch brothers are backing Heidi Heitkamp. OMG yessssssssss. The Koch brothers are still the worst, right?? But Kevin Cramer, who is running against Heidi, is insane. He is so far up Trump's ass. They're still bad (they would bring back W and Cheney if they could), but they are very anti-45 so I will take their help in this instance.
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Post by 4PrivetDrive on Jun 1, 2018 9:44:51 GMT -6
Not the Koch brothers news. Something about Martha Stewart refusing a pardon from 45. Oh good. Because if Cramer wins I will lose it.
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Post by byjove on Jun 1, 2018 10:14:55 GMT -6
I literally cannot read those Larson things. It makes me simultaneous sick and black out raging furious. I have two daughters and if he ever came near them, or any other young girls, I would Lorrania Bobbet the fuck out of him. How dare he refer to children as fuck toys. I want to dick punch him so hard he chokes on his own balls. It makes me want to and never come out.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 1, 2018 10:40:07 GMT -6
We just left the protest at DOJ. It was a really good crowd and more people joined in as they found us. Lots of positive remarks from passersby and no counterprotests or rude comments.
DC does NOT like Sessions.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 1, 2018 10:48:44 GMT -6
Ari Fleischer is out there saying "A congressional staffer was fired for making comments about the Obama girls. Why is it okay to attack Ivanka?" BECAUSE IVANKA IS 36 AND WORKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. SHE'S NOT AN ACTUAL. FUCKING. CHILD. ?!?!?!??!?!?!!!!! My head is exploding. As if a 13-year-old black girl whose dad is the president through no fault of her own is in any way comparable to a grown ass white woman who chooses to continue working in the White House with her racist shitbag of a father so she can make more money. First of all, he was a congressional staffer, not a late night tv host. Yes he should be fired! Ivanka chooses to be in that building, she’s an employee... not a minor, has the ear of 45 and does nothing with it! She “likes” liberal celebrity stuff on twitter but does nothing to get those things done. Yes, you leave the minor children out of it. If someone said something about Barron, I'd pick up my pitchfork. Ivanka is an adult and has some control over the situation.
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