Election Thread 2024

[Cassia]

Democrats have to stop focusing on what the red hats are doing and think about the good ideals that most Americans want. If you have ever been "schooled" by a far lefty because you didn't use the correct language or got lectured because you said liked a musical group that had a "bad guy"....well that bullshit is a losing strategy. You could go from worrying about hurting anyone's feelings to having them being marched into a gas chamber with that kinda crap.

So....where's the "Project: save our democracy 2028".
Here is No 1. GET the BIG FUCKING MONEY out of the government.

[ferdmonger]

Was meinst du damit?

Yeah, I missed a space but the link is there.  Trump admin trying to link child death with covid vaccines. 

[Hydra009]

Here is No 1. GET the BIG FUCKING MONEY out of the government.

Yep.  I voted for the guy who made exactly that a top priority.  How'd he fare against Trump?  We'll never know because he never made it through the primary because the bigwigs in the DNC rallied around some other guy.  Would things be better if it had gone a different way?  Maybe, maybe not.  I don't know.  But I do know that if we don't even attempt to go on offense, we'll always be playing defense and we'll always lose.  And by we I mean all Americans who aren't billionaires - left, right, and center.

[ferdmonger]

Corporations are people my friend.  Yeah, rings a bell. 

[Hydra009]

[Cassia]

No one is 100% immune to assassins. Why just this morning I wasn't out the door more than 3 seconds when a wasp wanted to shoot for my collarbone. It nailed me good, and I didn't even do anything wrong.

[Blackleaf]

It was never about free speech. They just wanted to be the ones controlling what it is you can or can't say. Charlie Kirk's death was the best news Trump ever got. An excuse for a push for authoritarianism.

[SGOS]

Jimmy is back. Disney recants. Apparently, they decided that if Kirk and Trump can say mean things Kimmel can too. Well they would prefer Kimmel would shut up. I don't know what they think about Kirk. But I think networks are afraid of Trump. That someone got shot doesn't seem to be central to the issue. Free speech is great unless you don't like it. I get that.

[Nobody]

I'll believe Kimmel's back when I see him. Until then, I'm not getting my hopes up.

[SGOS]

I'll believe Kimmel's back when I see him. Until then, I'm not getting my hopes up.

I hope he's back. I hope my source was more than click bait. With all the stew about his inappropriate comments, I have yet to see them in video or in print. It's like I'm being told, "He's a very bad man, but we aren't telling you why." I'm not allowed to make my own decision? It's like thought censorship.

[SGOS]

OK, I found this. This is apparently what it's all about.


https://twitter.com/i/status/1968455055251562716

[Nobody]

Yeah, I saw that the night he said it, and even I couldn't figure out what the problem was. He said nothing at all about Kirk, only about Trump and those trying to use the shooting for political points.

[Hydra009]

I'll believe Kimmel's back when I see him. Until then, I'm not getting my hopes up.

Well, tune in tonight then.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/disney-says-jimmy-kimmel-will-return-air-tuesday-2025-09-22/

[Nobody]

I don't "tune in", I get my Kimmel from YouTube. But I'll certainly be keeping an eye out for it.

[Blackleaf]