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Old Oct 1, 2019 | 08:55 AM
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Old Oct 1, 2019 | 09:36 AM
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<iframe title="MRC TV video player" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.mrctv.org/embed/543453" allowfullscreen></iframe>

boo hiss.


By November 10, 2016 — just two days after the election! — television talking heads were already conjuring up theoretical scenarios in which Donald Trump could be removed from office. Since then, TV journalists have amassed quite a repertoire of possible causes for a premature end to the Trump White House, including (but not limited to): his tax returns; his family’s business dealings, both home and abroad; his firing of various cabinet officials; and of course, his tweets.
Old Oct 1, 2019 | 10:46 AM
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Electoral map from Bush's 2004 win
Old Oct 1, 2019 | 10:52 AM
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which looks almost identical to the 2016 electoral map except for the areas where weed is now legal and mexicans live.


I've also seen that same image like 15 times this morning by various sources.
Old Oct 1, 2019 | 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
I've also seen that same image like 15 times this morning by various sources.
Makes sense. Boomers love spreading misinformation on social media.
Old Oct 1, 2019 | 10:59 AM
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they sure do.
Old Oct 1, 2019 | 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(1950s housewife)
Maybe I've just no respect for tradition, but this was a very real contributing factor to the dissolution of my prior engagement. It turned out that she had no motivation, no aspiration for upward mobility and adventure, and no desire for growth and the experience of new things. Literally, her life goal was to have a 3 bedroom house in the suburbs with a fence in the back, and stay at home all day, and literally never do anything else.

And I just couldn't deal with that. If I'm gonna be married to someone, she needs to want the DINK lifestyle.
Old Oct 1, 2019 | 12:19 PM
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Old Oct 1, 2019 | 12:53 PM
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Democrats stopped talking about gun control and cry about impeachment again so you don't notice this report:

FBI statistics released Monday shows that more than five times as many people were killed in knife attacks last year as by shootings with rifles.

According to the agency’s annual Uniform Crime Report, 1,515 homicides in 2018 were committed with knifes and/or other cutting instruments compared to compared to 297 with rifles. That was an even bigger gap than in 2017, when the FBI found four times as many killings by knife as by rifle.

At the same time, more than twice as many people, 672, were beaten to death last year than were killed with a rifle, the FBI reported based on nationwide law enforcement data.
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Old Oct 1, 2019 | 03:49 PM
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Old Oct 1, 2019 | 03:50 PM
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dat slant.

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https://www.facebook.com/proventrue/videos/445610742723370/
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Republicans be like "But hillarys emails on a private server"

https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow/videos/402709260654362/
Old Oct 1, 2019 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by triple88a
Republicans be like "But hillarys emails on a private server"
It's as though ultra-right fanbois are just as eager as ultra-left fanbois to gloss over the incompetent-bordering-on-criminal inadequacies of their designated Glorious Leader surrogates, while liberty and security both crumble.
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I'm so confused, is Trump colluding with Russian or its enemy Ukraine?
Old Oct 2, 2019 | 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
I'm so confused, is Trump colluding with Russian or its enemy Ukraine?
It would appear that he is in dialogue with both Russia and its enemy Ukraine. This should not be surprising.


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