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He’s the match; we’re the ammo. Only we can stop ourselves - Trump thread 86

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TheClaws · 30/10/2018 03:24

This is one of the most apt political cartoon I’ve seen.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3393501-Couldnt-think-of-a-pithy-quote-so-have-this-instead-Trump-85

He’s the match; we’re the ammo. Only we can stop ourselves - Trump thread 86
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lionheart · 06/11/2018 14:27

It really is a propaganda war.

www.buzzfeednews.com/article/verabergengruen/migrant-caravan-trump-tough-talk-reality

'Five of the units are made up of public affairs specialists, combat photographers, and media support staff — troops assigned to provide photos and news releases about what the other units are doing. As of Saturday afternoon, the Defense Department’s media site had posted more than 350 photos and videos showing the troops’ deployment and arrival in Texas and Arizona.'

GrinitchSpinach · 06/11/2018 14:39

My four year old just helped me vote! Grin

No competitive races in my bright blue area, but I had to come out in solidarity with Democrats across the nation. (Also wanted to set a good example for the little ones).

Tonight just has to be, has to be, HAS to be better.

GrinitchSpinach · 06/11/2018 14:46

Bolleaux, yes, the electoral college plays a role in presidential elections only. So in a way, yes, Congressional elections (and governor's and state leg) races are more small-d democratic than presidential elections.

Still, Congressional races are affected by decades of gerrymandering plus the whole concept of the Senate (each state gets 2 Senators regardless of population, so Wyoming's 574,000 people get the same representation in the Senate as California's 39 million people).

Interestingly, there is no constitutional requirement that the House of Representatives is capped at 435 members. In fact it has been expanded several times in our nation's history. There are proposals to do so again, to make Representatives more, well, representative, but it is very unlikely to come to fruition as the current Reps would have to vote to dilute their own power....

Mrsr8 · 06/11/2018 15:18

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PerkingFaintly · 06/11/2018 15:45

Caught between following this thread and preparing pieces for Sunday – the centenary of the end of the "war to end all wars".Sad

Thinking of you all in the US.Thanks

PerkingFaintly · 06/11/2018 15:54

Sorry, that was a rather dispiriting post.

Cheering you on, Grinatch, Across et al.Grin Have Cake!

cozietoesie · 06/11/2018 16:07

Have you read some of the pieces by 'ordinary' soldiers in Lynn Macdonald's books, Perking?

woman11017 · 06/11/2018 16:07

Psst pass it on. Smile and big FBPE(follow back pro EU) cheer to the FBR sisters. Smile
@krassenstein
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plaidlife · 06/11/2018 16:09

Another immigrant Brit. Switched on to see what CNN were going to fill their programming with in the absence of US politics today only to discover US politics to surprise alongside political adverts. So that's a another Europe/US difference.

GrinitchSpinach · 06/11/2018 16:40

For a bit of light relief, check out the Twitter memes about "me voting in 2016 v me voting in 2018":

tinyurl.com/y7m82ye5

Not sure how to post an image of a tweet, hmm...

cozietoesie · 06/11/2018 16:52

45 said 'Too bad'. (A Beast piece.)

Trump goes all in

Gumpendorf · 06/11/2018 16:59

WATCH: Pamela, 77, with her oxygen tank and her “BETO FOR SENATE” T-shirt, fights back tears while talking about seeing Rep. O’Rourke while they both voted in Texas this morning:

“We’re honored that he was here … We want him to win.” https://on.msnbc.com/2DpMBNJ #PamFromElPaso

I want him to win too. And I want Ted Cruz to lose just as badly Wink

cozietoesie · 06/11/2018 17:08

I don't know if you saw Mr Colbert talking recently about their election night coerage, Gump? He made mention of a 10 second delay which the producers are using for excision of........obscenities eg Cruz winning! 😀

TheNorthWestPawsage · 06/11/2018 17:37

Meanwhile, in other news.

This is huge. The University of Texas endowment (the largest public endowment in US) will divest from any company that does business with entities sanctioned by the US. If other endowments follow, this will crater the value of many Russian companies. Puts teeth in US sanctions
twitter.com/billbrowder/status/1059858731297595393?s=21

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 06/11/2018 17:39

Joyce Alene
@JoyceWhiteVance
& Just when you think you’ve heard of everything that can go wrong on election day, ballots in Madison County cannot be counted by machine because they are all moist & will have to be hand-counted at the end of the day. Alabama needs to have more than one day of voting.

cozietoesie · 06/11/2018 17:42

If sanctions 'hold', NorthWest.

TheNorthWestPawsage · 06/11/2018 18:00

Hello Pain - moist ballots don't sound very 'savoury' Grin

lionheart · 06/11/2018 18:02

Yes, me too Gumpendorf.

Never too young Grinitch. Smile

lionheart · 06/11/2018 18:06

When the photo-op doesn't go your way.

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/mitch-mcconnell-kentucky-vote-photobombed-unhappy-constituent

lionheart · 06/11/2018 18:09

Thanks for that NorthWest.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 06/11/2018 18:18

They really don’t northwest Envy

GrinitchSpinach · 06/11/2018 18:18

lionheart I am dying at that Mitch McC photobomb!! Let us hope that is the general message Americans send to Republicans in power today.

Amy McGrath's race in the KY 6th may be one of the first results in tonight, since KY polls close at 6 pm. She is a just-retired fighter pilot, a mother of three, and she is running on making the economy work for everyone (not just the rich), improving access to health care, and reforming our elections and government to reduce the power of corporations and increase accountability to voters. I am rooting for her...(donated & wrote GOTV letters too).