I talked to a left-wing friend yesterday and she was really scared of a second Trump presidency. She sent me this podcast to listen to:


I'll provide a short rundown of the predictions/reporting:

1. Eliminating independence of, institutional pushback by, the executive bureaucracy--they call this dictatorial and authoritarian. They predict Trump will go after Comcast and use the FCC to hound news media that oppose him.

2. Immigration enforcement on a large scale including large deportations, possible creation of camps at the border to house either deportees or asylum seekers.

3. Independence of the Fed--Trump wants more/total control.

4. DOJ--wants to go after his political enemies, open investigations against them, and drop all fed charges against him.

I pointed out how (1) and (3) are actually more democratic, not less, since at least in those instances someone who is elected and is politically accountable would be in charge of those areas. Also re (1), the elimination of Chevron deference should mitigate that concern.

The Fed one, I think, is the most dangerous. Still, the Fed chair is subject to senate approval.

Stay off the internet if you're going to go see it because I can't imagine how people are going to avoid all the spoilers. There are so many cameos and Easter eggs throughout that I'm sure I missed a bunch even though I saw a ton of them. It's the best Marvel movie since Endgame, knocking Spider Man: No Way Home back to 2nd best. There is no way that Hugh Jackman is going to stop being Wolverine anytime soon either. Or that RR/Deadpool won't be a major player in the MCU going forward. They are both simply the perfect castings for their roles and Disney can print $$ with them

Cignetti kicking things off at 12:30 p.m. ET with opening remarks and a Q&A press conference. Later in the afternoon, Cignetti will meet with reporters for an extended individual Q&A from 1:15 p.m. to 2 p.m. Fisher, Katic and Ellison each will have their own individual Q&A sessions from 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Indiana will also join the Big Ten Network crew live at Lucas Oil Stadium, though the exact time is to be determined

https://247sports.com/college/india...gnetti-and-the-hoosiers-will-speak-234123873/

Hopefully this isn't the first in a series of incidents at the Olympics.

This is nuts. Estimates are that up to half of the town is lost.


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Attending a Black only sorority is a protest for votes from the radical left. The list on non-attendees tells the tale.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-...cial-homophobic-assault-chicago-a8752836.html

Actor Jussie Smollett was admitted to hospital following an attack that is being described as a possible hate crime. The musician and Empire star was approached by two men who yelled racial and homophobic slurs at him at approximately 2am on Tuesday

“The offenders began to batter the victim with their hands about the face and poured an unknown chemical substance on the victim,” the statement reads. “At some point during the incident, one of the offenders wrapped a rope around the victim’s neck.”

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This is 2019 and yet...

Does this kind of thing matter to people? Why or why not? It’s anonymous, yes?

Gays for Gaza. Do these idiots really not know Hamas would kill them?

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Kind of goes against the whole idea that BLM is just some group controlled by dems.

While giving the voters a chance to make a choice is desirable, I don't think BLM understands the logistics of re-running the primaries and how long that would take. We aren't setup to just have a secure online poll that could be accomplished in a timely fashion.

Is this to try and help Kamala save face for the problems in California? Or to position himself for 2028? Or both?


The timing just seems odd

I forget where people were commenting that X (Twitter) was great for breaking news. So why not a thread just for all the wacky crap that people believe on X?

Last night, it was the claim, from a reliable "verified source," that Joe Biden was in hospice care and was unlikely to survive the night. People ate it up, including that scion of decency and wisdom, Laura Loomer.

The account that originally posted the breaking news, even doubling down by saying they would delete their X account if it turned out to not be true.



As of this morning:



And you fools use X for news. LOL That explains a lot.

Just in case anyone wants to talk about it. Zero insults at each other. You can make fun of Biden if he deserves it, or Republicans if they do, but only if it's clever.

Is a straight goof. Seriously, how many times were you called a pansy as a kid?

Coach Cig is awesome

I’ll start

@Univee2 you alive?

I saw this tidbit in the article about TBT on this website.

Will it be special to play Purdue again?
"Maybe for them," Morgan said. "For us, it's just another game. We're trying to go 1-0 six times, and they're just the next ones in the way."

The quote just rubbed me the wrong way and kinda reinforced my belief that our indifference to this rivalry in basketball and football is partially responsible for us disproportionately getting our a$$es kicked. People/soldiers fighting to protect their homes fight harder than mercenaries.

Probably not a coincidence that this showed up in my feed today. For any Dem voters inclined to swallow the cynical nonsense the MAGA types are trying to put out about whether or not a POTUS can withdraw from a re-election campaign and not resign from office, this should be instructional. I was only 12 yrs old (and a Nixon sympathizer) at the time, so I didn't pay much attention to this. moment in history. In retrospect I think LBJ's decision to withdraw was correct, but his lack to endorse any of the 3 competing candidates was a huge mistake.

Most of the people (esp cynical MAGA types) bemoaning the fact that Biden endorsed Harris as a "betrayal of Democracy" are either trolling or have no understanding of history. The reality is that since 1900 no current WH party (Dem or GOP) has ever successfully retained the Presidency when there was an open seat (so no incumbency) and the nominee emrged from a bitter primary process. Dems in particular have focused on nominating a candidate with "electability" and the results have been disastrous like Clinton in 2016, for example.

To be fair to BO, he couldn't throw his support behind Biden, because Biden declined to run. But if anyone doubts that Biden made the correct decision by withdrawing and also endorsing KH history (and Prof Lichtman) disgarees. When you have created a set of keys based on studying US elections since 1860 and devloping a model for what each winning candidate has in common losing the incumbency key is huge. You can't compound that by losing the contest key thru a divisive primary process because the opposition party only needs 6 keys total to be predicted to win.

At present the Dems have lost 3 keys (incumbency,incumbency charisma and mandate) by virtue of Biden not running and Dems hving (barely) lost the House in 2022. Lichtman only has 4 shaky keys unresolved. so the difference between Trump needing to secure 3 vs 2 is huge.

If you watch this video note how Roger Mudd broaches the possibility of the NVA being convinced to "hold off" till after the election in the hopes of getting a better deal. And that is exactly the deal Nixon and Kissinger worked out successfully. I read a source that said LBJ was aware of Nixon's actions, considered them treasonous, but was reluctant to expose them. I just found it interesting in watching this video for the first time the way Mudd semi-predicted that's exactly what could happen.

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not easy

Questioned garber the commish and the only city discussed for expansion was Indy. Mayor is at the game etc.

I can tell you the stadium here, excitement prior thereto, and first season til now brought energy to the city like nothing else I’ve seen. It’s been a hell of a financial boon to the local economy. I hope you guys get approved.

ss director resigned. ass backwards country, subordinates screw up one time you're out of a job. and we wonder why we have incompetence in government, Trump will probably have his McDonalds delivery boy take over the ss

Maybe just a ruse on his part, but he was wearing a "Demolitia" t-shirt. He is registered as a Republican.AR-15, naturally.

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MTIOTF?

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Demolitia

Does anyone know why Hulls and Kopp aren't playing tonight?

Commentators said they would be able to play on Sunday if Assembly Ball wins the game tonight.