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DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#327601: Sep 18th 2020 at 2:18:22 PM

Trump is incredibly bad at realizing that he's in something over his head.

Did he forgot about that time he got booed by a baseball audience?

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#327602: Sep 18th 2020 at 2:29:46 PM

Yes.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#327603: Sep 18th 2020 at 2:33:23 PM

Trump is a bad joke that just keeps going and going.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#327604: Sep 18th 2020 at 2:42:15 PM

Man, Assange sure has fallen far. I remember when he was still the hero of the internet.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#327605: Sep 18th 2020 at 2:46:08 PM

Selling out to the Far Right and Russia will do that.

Of course there's still arguments over whether leaking qualifies as journalism.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#327606: Sep 18th 2020 at 2:51:35 PM

Impending WeChat ban won’t actually ban users from WeChat, DOJ says: The ban is taking effect in three days, and nobody knows what it will do yet.

"The 'representations and assurances'" in the letter "provide no clarity about what the Secretary will or won't do on September 20," the group wrote in its response filing. "The Secretary has not taken off the table his ability to ban the use of We Chat by anyone... Having first failed to articulate any actual national security concern, the administration's latest 'assurances' that users can keep using We Chat, and exchange their personal and business information, only further illustrates the hollowness and pre-textual nature of [the administration's] 'national security' rationales."

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#327607: Sep 18th 2020 at 2:54:11 PM

Governors Larry Hogan (MD) and Charlie Baker (MA) endorse Susan Collins, will be appearing in ads supporting her (with Lieberman).

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#327608: Sep 18th 2020 at 3:07:37 PM

Reeeeally hoping we can get rid of Hogan when the time comes.

i'm tired, my friend
nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#327609: Sep 18th 2020 at 3:10:23 PM

I think Hogan is term-limited, but Baker isn't.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#327610: Sep 18th 2020 at 3:24:31 PM

A Pence aide who worked on the Covid task force and the former chief of staff to Betsy Devos have both endorsed Biden.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#327611: Sep 18th 2020 at 3:33:38 PM

Man, can Lieberman just rip off the bandaid and declare himself a Republican at this point?

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#327612: Sep 18th 2020 at 4:36:33 PM

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#327614: Sep 18th 2020 at 4:37:13 PM

May she rest in peace

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#327615: Sep 18th 2020 at 4:38:37 PM

'Just days before her death, as her strength waned, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: "My most fervent wish is that i I will not be replaced until a new president is installed."'

Yeah, that's not going to happen.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#327616: Sep 18th 2020 at 4:38:48 PM

May Ginsburg rest in peace.

Grafite Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: Less than three
#327617: Sep 18th 2020 at 4:39:18 PM

Amazing woman, may she rest in peace. Things just got real in the Supreme Court.

Life is unfair...
ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#327618: Sep 18th 2020 at 4:39:50 PM

I thought I managed to grow numb to all that was going wrong. But, now I'm legitimately very afraid for the future.

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Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#327619: Sep 18th 2020 at 4:40:05 PM

Jesus. RIP...

The worst timeline right now. This is going to be a nightmare

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#327621: Sep 18th 2020 at 4:41:20 PM

Oh man, we are sooooo screwed.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#327622: Sep 18th 2020 at 4:42:09 PM

I wonder if Trump knew that Ginsburg was dying? He is the president after all, and it was weird he mentioned "Oh yeah, Cotton and Cruz are in my short list for the Supreme Court!" when Supreme Court talk was at the bottom of the list of things this year.

So, let's all get ready for a Justice Cotton... I do hope that Biden decides packing the courts is gonna be a necessity...

Edited by DingoWalley1 on Sep 18th 2020 at 7:42:28 AM

CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#327623: Sep 18th 2020 at 4:42:28 PM
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"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#327624: Sep 18th 2020 at 4:45:49 PM

She should have resigned way earlier...

Wonder what kind of fascist scum Trump and Mitch will replace her with?

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#327625: Sep 18th 2020 at 4:46:29 PM

Hold it,now hold on a moment.

I shall put on moratorium on declaring democracy dead,the election has not taken place yet,hold off on the gloomsaying please

At least until a new justice is sworn in

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Edited by Ultimatum on Sep 18th 2020 at 11:47:16 AM

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