“This weird obsession with crowd sizes” FATALITY
Emhoff’s speech is so gently goofy and normal that it will drive the Right absolutely berserk with rage. They have absolutely NOBODY normal. They hate normal like a cartoon supervillain does.
“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, my client has NOT threatened to strangle more cocktail waitresses. Yes, he has previously strangled a cocktail waitress. Yes, when asked whether he would strangle another cocktail waitress, he refused to answer. But let’s be precise.” https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:s6j27rxb3ic2rxw73ixgqv2p&cid=bafkreihis7khelqd4pemwdqk7rjbag7uv4i3xwzopjvxiiaz5dmvq3dyda
This, in the LA Times, is the way it looks when journalists don’t feel obligated to sanitize, rehabilitate, and decontextualize Trump’s bizarre rants. https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:s6j27rxb3ic2rxw73ixgqv2p&cid=bafkreifwrojdah2m6debsih57hdfuldwoy45uwi2o64rn6dgdnt6xd733i
I guess what I like about Walz is that he gives the vibe of someone who could easily have gone down a different path and not been a politician. You know Vance is a throne-sniffer in every timeline.
In 5 or less words, start a fight not about religion or politics: E.T. sucks. RE:
Politics has always been elbow-throwing rough-and-tumble. But the last few elections, particularly this one, are very internet-poisoned. A lot of what the Right does now is basically shitposting and trolling. Never treat a troll as a good-faith interlocutor. Treat them like a troll — with scorn.
I mean “Trump visits the National Association of Black Journalists” already sounds like an SNL skit, I don’t know what people are expected.