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Hopefully that is the case. Today I was graced by some blue checked guy saying that the Las Vegas shooting was really an assassination attempts on MBS by people in blacked out helicopters. He had a video showing 'proof' the gunfire was coming from the helicopters. If you agreed with him, you were hailed as amazing, but if you questioned any aspect of what he said, you were a nutjob, idiot, loser, or possibly part of the cover up. One guy responded saying something like "I'm not sure about the helicopters, but there is no way the supposed shooter did this with an AR-15" I honestly don't know if it was an AR-15, but instead of liking the fact this guy was at least skeptical, he went off on him for being so dumb not to believe the helicopters. Weird world we live in.

If any bands participated, I wouldn't be surprised if some of them took some money to cover costs. Kid Rock or Cardi B don't need any money to go do an event, but they'd build some discourse amongst their touring staff if techs and others are pulled away for a few days to work for free because some rich person wants to root for their favorite politician. Sounds like Cardi B paid that out of her pocket, but if she wanted to support Kamala and accepted some money to cover her costs, there is nothing wrong with that either. And honestly, even if they did pay, who cares? If they think it'll help them, do it. Kind of funny Kamala is getting trolled for paying people where Trump is the one that would stiff people.

Pre Elon, every several months I'd focus on which accounts I want to drop/add. I had turned it into a great source of current events, politics, and sports, but needed a little bit of maintenance to keep it up. It's been damn near impossible to keep it like it was. I tried early on, but there is no point. I still use it a bit for current events and a quick skim to see what MAGA world is freaking out about at any given time, but that's about it. I've been using Bluesky for quite awhile, with more users, it could be a replacement. Unfortunately I feel like it's going to be liberal Twitter and Twitter with be maga twitter.

Mainstream memes which it seems like everyone knows about seem to revolve around the right complaining about egg prices. Some of the pro-Trump stuff I listened to heading into the election was surprisingly up front that if Trump is elected, expect some trouble with the economy in the short term as they made things better for the future. The 35ish% that love Trump are going to be fine with economic issues, at least early on. It's the cost of 'burning it down'.

10 years ago I would have agreed wholeheartedly. We're seeing MAGA republicans in the Senate, not just the House and we've had nearly 10 years of Trump poisoning the remaining folks. That said, I still won't bet against McConnell. As a long time listener to the Bulwark though, I'll channel a complaint they have had for a long time. So many republicans have acquiesced time and time again against Trump and when the camera wasn't on them they'd confide it was because they did it to allow them to stay in the room so when something big happened, they could be there to fight against Trump. Utter bull**** that it takes a 2nd term after you had the political and even public support to prevent that after 1/6, but I guess i'll take later rather than never.

He's an ideas man with money. He's reminded me of Jobs on that front a bit. Doesn't necessarily care how it works, just has a vision and relies on someone to make it happen. Sometimes that can work, sometimes it doesn't.

Twitter is hoping for Dept of Education, not sure if it's truly people supporting it or folks making fun of his picks and thinking it would fall in line with the others.

I don't consider you as extreme left, rhetoric must have gotten the best of me.

Everything is relative, I voted for Kamala and stuck up for some of Biden's record, but considered by some on here of being far right because I had some complaints too.

I'm not going to say she was a horrible candidate, but she also had a very short time to run. Biden handed her the nominee, but he did her no favors in holding on too long and when she was the VP, keeping her out of the limelight.

Wondered what happened to One MF'er, glad to hear this... turns out he really was a conservative.

Pretty sure I shared this story before but it wasn't a political sign (per se), but my Aunt (black) came home to a fence contractor setting up a quote for my Uncle. The second they left, my Aunt tells my uncle to throw away the quote. I can't remember the exact name but it was something like Klein, Klein, and Knight, with 3 large prominent K's in the logo.

He's probably got some investors in X that are hopeful this is true.

No official deal was made, he simply favored Amazon over WaPo. He probably gleefully watched his writers savage the decision as it's probably more along the lines of what he truly feels, without the official endorsement which is all Trump would have noticed. Definitely goes to show how strong the US Government is though when Bezos can't stand up to even the possibility of Trump being POTUS again.

I doubt...or maybe hope, this isn't a case of taking adderall illegally. If the report is correct and he was taking it as a prescribed medication and not following the correct procedures, I guess that's the best case scenario, but that pisses me off that he's not aware and the Lions aren't making sure players are aware. Williams agents response is the one that scares me the most. He basically states no one knows why he tested positive and they'll simply move forward. Oh hell no. You better find out why and well before his next drug test.

I'm not a huge fan of endorsements. I do think pointing out some major republicans voting for Harris is big, but when it comes to celebrities, I generally don't care, regardless of what side they fall on. Generally I think they are out of touch anyway and it's just word salad that they deliver their endorsement with. That said, I'd love to see this one seen by more people, well done.

The stock market keeps breaking records - Stupid way to define the economy, yet ironically it was the only thing Trump touted when he was POTUS and his supporters ate it up, yet somehow they are 'educated' enough to know it's stupid to define with this alone now..... and continue to ignore other positive factors. Unemployment is a strong thing to run on, agree wholeheartedly. When you talk "record" new jobs or "record" dis-inflation though, I don't think that hits home with most independents the way the left thinks it does. Covid came out of no where and neither side was 100% right in how to deal with it and many of the things the left called for during it participated in record job loss and record inflation. IMO, just continue to focus on getting out of Covid without a major recession. Oil producing - I feel like it's the dems themselves that stifle this talking point. It may surprise and sway an independent voters, but it could actually hurt the base. Crime and Illegals - I know the numbers are down and truly crime is not the issue the right makes it out to be, but low crime numbers can be skewed, for instance from less police to take police reports or corporations that aren't even bothering reporting theft. The easiest and most efficient way to fix migration is to destroy the economy, but that aside, Biden never did much to control the border until border GOP politicians helped ensure the entire country dealt with the economic difficulties mass illegal immigration and Dem mayors in northern cities began to complain. I do feel Harris is pointing out that she is ready to continue what Biden was late to start, better late than never.

I saw a bumper sticker on a gorgeous 2024 Tahoe yesterday (never understand why you'd put bumper stickers on your car, guess that's my conservative background showing through) that said "I don't co-parent with schools (or maybe school board), I co-parent with Jesus". I actually agree and support that idea, but I suspect we look at the meaning of it differently. Not co-parenting with the schools, to me, means letting them do their thing while I do my own. I suspect this is one of the people that goes to the monthly board meetings, not to listen and learn, but to tell them they need to change stuff to have more 'God' in it.

I don't think Russia would do much. Russia appreciates Iran being disruptive, but my guess is they'd prefer to be friendly with Saudi Arabia over Iran anyway.

I fully expect Israel to go after regime change in Iran with their attack, so military, oil, and nuke site(s). I don't think they go in until after 11/5 though. Israel isn't good at being subtle. I just hope they don't cripple the country so much that it leads to complete chaos after, increasing the chance for other militants to take over.

Lions and Politics, you can't go wrong.

I was up in Auburn this weekend and my wife was surprised to see so many Harris signs. Definitely more Trump signs, but I don't think it's anything like before. We took a long way home to enjoy our drive through the lower thumb back into Macomb county and it's very noticeable how many less Trump signs there are. At minimum, I'm comfortable saying Trump isn't getting folks excited to vote for him. I suspect like some of you, those silent Trump voters from 8 years ago are silent Harris voters now.

Local political sign.

Is it a towel? Trump never fits in any of his suits, I wouldn't be surprised if it's excess suit coat that is flared out.

They still do an international 1/2 marathon? If I remember they stopped it during Covid. I'm so stupid out of shape, but the thought of running over the ambassador has always intrigued me.