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#288826: Aug 28th 2019 at 9:57:31 AM

BA-DA DUM DUM DUM

Another one bites the dust.

Isakson wasn't up for re-election yet, either. He was first elected in 2004. With 6-year intervals in the Senate, Isakson's seat was safe until 2022. So that just added +1 to the seats Republicans will be defending in 2020.

That said, he won the 2016 election 54.8% to 41%, so even without the incumbent advantage, we'd probably have an uphill battle trying to flip it. Still, anything that stretches the Republican defense a little bit thinner is a welcome addition to the impending battle.

EDIT: Wait, no, I'm just stupid. The way Georgia's process works is that the governor picks someone to replace him and then that person sits in for the remainder of the unexpired term. Never mind. This has no impact on 2020 whatsoever.

And that governor is Republican Brian Kemp, who suppressed minority votes in order to claim the governorship in 2018, then signed a Democrat-backed law to restrict the voter suppression methods he himself had utilized? So. That's weird.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Aug 28th 2019 at 11:09:38 AM

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#288827: Aug 28th 2019 at 10:17:00 AM

Speaking of 2020 though. Looks like everyone who qualified for the next debate is in. Ten people, which means just one night this time.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#288829: Aug 28th 2019 at 10:47:08 AM

1. Former Vice President Joe Biden

2. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker

3. Mayor Pete Buttigieg

4. Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro

5. California Sen. Kamala Harris

6. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar

7. Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke

8. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders

9. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren

10.Businessman Andrew Yang

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/02/politics/september-debate-qualifiers/index.html

Nice to see that most of the resume padders didn't make it, and Gabbard is out to. Of those who remain, the only ones who truly have no business being on stage are O'Rourke and Yang.

Edited by Rationalinsanity on Aug 28th 2019 at 2:48:32 PM

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#288830: Aug 28th 2019 at 10:58:01 AM

Oopd, I was wrong. Dorian just got upgraded to Hurricane strength as it passes just to the northeast of Puerto Rico.

And Florida should be expecting a major hurricane over the weekend.

Edited by tclittle on Aug 28th 2019 at 1:00:23 PM

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#288831: Aug 28th 2019 at 11:20:11 AM

"Fox isn't working for us anymore": Trump turns against his favorite cable news channel – The president has repeatedly gone after Fox News for giving airtime to Democratic contributors, and specifically ones of color.

https://www.axios.com/trump-fox-news-criticism-1cf1e90f-35be-456e-9b1c-7289fa79c854.html

Trade insiders say Trump’s botching chances of a China deal – "He’s undermining the credibility of his negotiators."

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/27/trade-insiders-trump-china-deal-1686671

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#288832: Aug 28th 2019 at 11:23:00 AM

> Fox isn't working for us anymore

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
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#288833: Aug 28th 2019 at 11:26:35 AM

For anyone else, that would be a huge gaff since it's basically admitting that Fox was working for them before, but with this administration it's just meh.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#288834: Aug 28th 2019 at 11:28:41 AM

The thing about the people who still watch it is they wouldn't care even if they knew.

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#288835: Aug 28th 2019 at 11:31:57 AM

"Fox isn't working for us anymore": Trump turns against his favorite cable news channel – The president has repeatedly gone after Fox News for giving airtime to Democratic contributors, and specifically ones of color.

(popcorn)

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#288836: Aug 28th 2019 at 12:05:42 PM

...(Giggles in schadenfreude)

Oh, the dog’s biting the hand, huh?

Edited by fredhot16 on Aug 28th 2019 at 12:06:30 PM

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#288837: Aug 28th 2019 at 12:12:40 PM

[up][up][up][up] Let them fight.

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#288838: Aug 28th 2019 at 12:20:45 PM

Who will form Trump's policy if he stops watching Fox News?

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#288839: Aug 28th 2019 at 12:23:37 PM

Maybe he'll get a set of those dice with words printed on. For that matter, one of then could just be for assigning blame: "Obama", "Hillary", "immigrants", "the Democrats"...

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#288840: Aug 28th 2019 at 12:23:48 PM

he'll use his imagination and Alex Jones

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#288841: Aug 28th 2019 at 12:46:30 PM

I just wanna see what happens if Trump tweets that his supporters should stop watching Fox, will they do it? Will the just get everything from Facebook?

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#288842: Aug 28th 2019 at 12:54:56 PM

[up]Facebook, Twitter, various neo-Nazi sites frequented by future mass shooters...

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#288843: Aug 28th 2019 at 1:00:52 PM

Are we sure this isn't just a off-colour rant that will be forgotten in a weeks' time? If memory serves this isn't the first time such a thing has happened.

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#288844: Aug 28th 2019 at 1:11:12 PM

Who will form Trump's policy if he stops watching Fox News?

That might explain why he's moved from stock Fox News talking points to trying to buy Greenland, unilaterally end birthright citizenship, and nuke hurricanes. Trump used to be unreasonably cruel and stupid, but now he's unreasonably cruel, stupid, and unintelligible.

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#288845: Aug 28th 2019 at 1:13:59 PM

At least he's not trying to nuke Greenland or buying hurricanes..

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#288846: Aug 28th 2019 at 1:15:45 PM

[up]Careful, you might give him ideas.

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#288848: Aug 28th 2019 at 1:31:16 PM

"Fox isn't working for us anymore": Trump turns against his favorite cable news channel – The president has repeatedly gone after Fox News for giving airtime to Democratic contributors, and specifically ones of color.

This is honestly one of the funniest things he's ever said because it so transparently communicates that FOX is basically just a propaganda network for them.

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#288849: Aug 28th 2019 at 1:44:00 PM

Nuke WHAT? Wait, that wasn’t a joke?

Edited by fredhot16 on Aug 28th 2019 at 1:49:33 AM

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#288850: Aug 28th 2019 at 1:58:45 PM

Its laughing at Trump's desire to nuke the eyes of hurricanes to divert them.

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