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Tyler's Bit: Sherrod Brown could be the Democrats' best chance in 2020 | The Post

 

Sherrod Brown is our best chance in 2020, but it's got fucking nothing to do with follicles.

 

Please tell me I read that USA Today article wrong and they didn't deport that DACA recipient in THREE HOURS

 

Fuck. I thought he was gonna hang on!

 

The challenge for Ossoff now is going to be getting people to continue to give a shit and throw money at him for the next two months

 

I wish I understood anything about special elections or runoffs but none of it makes sense, I'm always convinced that's on purpose

 

I'm not optimistic about the runoff.

 

We want richer lives for all, not a country run for the rich says Jeremy Corbyn

 

A labour party that revolves around increasing capital isn't a fucking labour party.

Edit: that being said, of course fuck mini-Thatcher and her Tory wretches.

 

Gunmen Attack Popular Religious Tourism Site In Sinai

 

Sorry, just now catching up with the thread. They're Blue Lives Matter/Police Lives Matter flags. Obviously a hit against Black Lives Matter. In my area, a lot of lawns with these flags also had/still have Trump signs.

 

This is admittingly the first year I even heard about special elections, let alone paid attention to local elections. I've definitely learned more about our country's voting schematics in the past year than I ever did in school. The more I learn the more messed up I realize it all is, from voter suppression, to gerrymandering, to term limits, to the electoral college, to how winners are decided.

In this case I find it interesting that a candidate must receive 50% of the vote, rather than a majority, or +% above the next highest candidate. According to the NY Times results above, he received 29% more votes than the next closest candidate. That's pretty big. I mean, neither Trump nor Clinton got 50% of the votes in the Nov 8 election. Weird how rules change on each level of elections.

 

Miami state senator curses at black lawmaker — and refers to fellow Republicans as ‘*****s’ | Miami Herald

 

And nobody is surprised

 

LMAO

 

Aaron Hernandez found dead in prison cell

 

Trump’s missing ‘armada’ finally heading to Korea — and may stay a while

 

The verbatims sound like how the majority of the men I know speak. Not surprising at all.