2024 Election POST MORTEM

https://x.com/philipaklein/status/1854055661220327733

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This is the reason. Gamergate was a bellwether.

https://x.com/micah_erfan/status/1854048409113493542


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One has a Ben Roethlisberger tattoo and the other is a “Joe Paterno didn’t know anything!” Penn State fan.

Voting in Shanghai was incredibly simple. Register online, get ballot by email and drop it off at the consulate.

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That’s an improvement.
I thought you’d be blaming the left not shitty strategy from the dems.

And to that end, it cannot be underestimated the extent to which Elon steered the narrative on twitter, and the impact that had.

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Skydiver did you/are you gonna buy a shotgun

I’m thinking about it. Recs on training?

I’ve been on the receiving end of this. It’s a nothing burger. The feces is shrink wrapped. It’s funny tho, most companies offer a diverse menu of different dung. Horseshit is a best seller. Rhino shit was top shelf. There’s actually multiple companies that do this. AMurIca

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I mean you can’t just post that without describing who the person was to you, or thought they were to you, or something

Story time demanded

I have a handgun already, but yes, thinking about expanding my arsenal.

Look around for a local shooting range. “Good” ones will offer classes/workshops. Be wary though, they are basically all MAGA hellholes. I look at trips to the range as a chance to spy on the other side.

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https://x.com/RalstonReports/status/1854082153719677306

No more taxes on tips!

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They needed a follow-up question to clarify whether the respondent thought it was good or bad that democracy was threatened.

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All the uncommitteds in Dearborn wouldn’t have made up for this. I actually don’t think her campaign was that bad…had we needed a campaign operating under the traditional paradigm.

It’s obvious to me that 1) this is what the country wants and 2) Dems as a whole (not just Harris’s campaign, but the entire ecosystem) needs to take that post to heart.

Oddly, I still think traditional campaigning works on the local level. But that’s because it’s possible to literally knock on every door/call every phone in a 30k-voter district over the course of a 6 month campaign.

Also, machismo culture is absolutely a thing. I’ve discussed it with my roommate at length and he (latino, 35, gay) will be the first to tell you that it’s real and pervasive.

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Portland at least at one time had an active chapter of Trigger Warning queer and trans gun club. I just was scared of it being like a honeypot. Or the inverse, like they’d all be suspicious of me because I’m such a plain jane cis dude. Or that maybe it would be like the blind leading the blind in terms of teaching.

Dems were screwed when Biden tried for a second term that he was never going to win. Too many egos get in the way yet again and leave the planet screwed and I don’t think there’s enough time to ever recover from it. (not that I was very optimistic there is any time left to save us with the world voting in right wing idiots everywhere, I fear we are all fucked for sure.)

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When my sister lived in San Diego she wanted to learn how to shoot a handgun, so we both signed up for an intro class for women. Obviously I wasn’t a beginner, but it was a cheap chance to shoot and they actually provided the rounds.

There were about 20 women in the group, several of whom were queer, and two who were non-passing trans women. I thought the staff were all going to have heart attacks right there…

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Blending with/spying on the magats is probably the plan. I already do that with my fellow truckers

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I went on a bachelorette party wvout my gf. Too much to type right now. I lost ~12k. I was fortunate it wasn’t more. I was unfortunate to get absolutely drunker than I’ve been in 30 years. The rules were simple. Everyone had to drink 2beers an hour starting at 7pm eastern. 3 Yankees , including me and 3 of our more tolerable MAGAsurases ( that’s what they are calling themselves tonight.

We listed 10 swings and whenever one got called, each member of the losing party had 2 do a shot of Jameson. Luckily the person hosting the party, there were like 15 more people in and out not playing, has a really nice home w expensive furniture and landscaping. He let us say uncle before we puked everywhere or had to get our stomachs pumped.

It’s ok. After I pass out w the ringer off my phone and sleep this off for 12 + hours, I’ll wake up and have 30 seconds of hope thinking the events of this evening had to be a nitemare. I feel like Bob Hopes brother No Hope rn. Good night

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4:15 AM ET Current house leads:

D 215
R 220

Of the 44 swing districts not yet called by NYT

Ds lead in 24 (need 27 for majority)
Rs lead in 20 (need 18)

California in person e day votes flipped several seats, but there is lots of mail votes to be counted. Though given the night’s trends, R trifecta looks likely.

Wil Stancil has always been right

https://x.com/whstancil/status/1854014804563730567

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I posted above something similar but Tim Walz not trying to destroy Vance in the vp debate was just a missed opportunity of massive proportions.

“Your boss sought to overthrow an election in our country and you’re whining about your racist alcoholic uncle getting banned from Twitter? The hell is wrong with you?”

The machismo factor is huge, uncomfortable and unavoidable. The dems needed to do something, anything to counteract the narrative that voting for Harris means you might actually be gay and they doubled-down on avoiding doing anything that could be perceived by dipshit young men as masculine strength.

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