ChiGoose

They don't know what communists actually are. They honestly believe that Dems are communists.

Looks like the whackos may be souring on Trump (though I believe Pool pulled a Rittenhouse and walked it back) Also, gotta love Rogan going for RFK Jr *after* the bear carcass story came out.

Slotkin's home in Michigan swatted as Senate race gears up "The office of U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin said she was targeted in a "swatting" hoax Thursday evening in which police were sent to her Holly Township home in response to a false crime report. Michigan State Police responded to Slotkin's home after a "false threat" that was emailed to a local elected official, though Slotkin was not home at the time, said Lynsey Mukomel, a spokeswoman for the Democratic congresswoman. State police troopers checked out the Slotkin property and confirmed no one was in danger, Mukomel said. "This is the latest in a disturbing trend of swatting incidents targeting members of Congress," Mukomel said. "Congresswoman Slotkin is deeply grateful for the swift and professional response by law enforcement to this unfortunate incident, and that U.S. Capitol Police will be following up to investigate and hopefully hold accountable those responsible.""

So let me see if I have this correct: Backing out of an already agreed upon debate and then changing your mind again when polling looks bad: Not scared Not immediately accepting every debate proposal without conditions from someone who has already gone back on a previously agreed up debate agreement: Scared Is that it?

Seems like he was scared to debate so he backed out. And then the polls kept getting worse so then he became scared not doing it would hurt him so he bucked up some courage and agreed to the thing he had already agreed to before backing out. Then he did his grandpa ranty routine from his own home with hand picked reporters to make him seem tough to the gullible crowd.

I'm old enough to remember when Trump pulled out of the debate.

Trump pulled out of the debate the second he realized she posed a problem for him and only ended up going back to the original agreement when it became clear that not doing the debate would probably be worse for him than actually doing it. If he wasn't scared, he would have never backed out. He would have just said "I'm going to be there and whoever is the Dem nominee at that point can debate me." He didn't because he's scared. Trying to spin someone backing out of a debate as the other person being the one who is scared is quite the take. I'm guessing he's also probably fairly tired since he's barely doing any campaign events. Maybe he needs a good nap.

She wasn't even running for president 20 days ago. Since then, she's had to take over a political campaign organization, secure support within the party, do a bunch of rallies, and pick a VP. Gotta think that a sit down interview with the press hasn't been at the top of her list. I would prefer she do a substantive interview before the convention but her polling numbers have basically only gone up. So what she's doing seems to be working anyway.

Guess that’s why he capitulated

The art of the deal

Old candidate makes brain boo-boo

Yeah but if they’re going to take my ideas, the least they can do is give me tickets to the convention…

Hey! They stole my idea!

Biden’s not dead, he’s just busy checking out all the WMDs we found in Iraq

Interesting development…

It’s a bit fishy

Caught: 'Creep' J.D. Vance Under Fire for Previously Searching 'Woman Dolphin' on Social Media “In an awkward attempt to connect with his online audience, Vance shared a clip of a woman "being violated" by a dolphin and "enjoying it." In his post, he wrote, "Maybe the internet was a mistake." Many online sleuths were quick to point out that the words "woman" and "dolphin" were highlighted in the screenshot used in the post Vance shared, suggesting that the Republican senator searched for those exact terms. Several vocal critics of Trump's VP pick flooded to social media to mock him for seemingly sharing his search history with the world.”

I know it's very wet blanket of me, but the couch thing is getting tired. It's obviously funny but it's completely made up. It's hard to call out MAGA for lying when you're doing it yourself. A pivot to the dolphin thing (which is also weird and funny but has the benefit of being true) would be preferable IMO. We should strive for a higher porpoise than them.

MAGA the past couple of days:

There’s a reason that “weird” has stuck so well

ITT: people struggling with the concept of linear time. "Walz retired from the Army National Guard in May 2005, according to the Minnesota National Guard. Typically, service members need to submit papers several months before they can retire. A National Guard article on his unit’s deployment states that it received alert orders to deploy to Iraq in July 2005, two months after Walz retired. The unit first mobilized in the fall of 2005 to Camp Shelby Mississippi to prepare for deployment, according to the unit’s history, and then deployed in March 2006 for 22 months, which the Guard said was the longest continuous deployment of any military unit during US operations in Iraq. Walz filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission as a candidate for Congress on February 10, 2005." (source)

When the opening credits started to roll with the shots of downtown, my wife put her phone down and locked eyes on the tv with a big smile on her face. I moved to Chicago about 15 years ago and have had no regrets. Absolutely love this city. For the first 10+ years, I was also taking the train into the Loop basically every day, which is a great way to commute. Lots of great restaurants and places to see, plus the garbage is kept in alleys behind buildings instead of piled up in bags on the sidewalk like NYC. First time my parents came to visit, we walked all around town and my dad said "New York smells like garbage, Chicago smells like food." The few times I get to actually travel, I like to check out Atlas Obscura for different things to see. It has quite a few cool things to see in Chicago.

Racial quotas have been illegal for almost half a century.