Everything is on fire - the US politics thread

No different to most of the right wing commentator. I mean Tucker Carlson was pretty damning when talking about Trump wasn’t he? I think someone here also mentioned another right wing commentator was just doing it as a schtick and was actually a really nice guy. They’re just greedy fuckers out to make money out of anything they can

I think it was Carlson that’s meant to be bunging it on.

Fox has admitted it’s now news but entertainment.

All news is agenda.

The stuff coming out about this latest school shooting are mental… Apparently the school had doors that are all self locking and the teachers all had ID cards that monitor their location at all times and have an emergency button that informs police on active situations occurring. The kid in question had been interviewed a year earlier after reportedly making threats to shoot up a school in discord, yet the cops couldn’t charge him as they couldn’t prove it was his account. The dad apparently then went out and bought the kid an AR15 after the Police had investigated the kid… The morning of, that school, plus another 4 had been contacted and threatened with a school shooting, yet nothing was done

Yeah there’s a lot to unpack there with this one.

Which in theory are all very good ideas. However I read that the kid start shooting at something like 10.40am, but the emergency alarm wasn’t raised till something like 20 past 11, with the Cops arriving 3 minutes later.

Now, if the teachers were armed with guns…

Father of the year right there.

“Son, I’m disappointed in your behaviour. Threatening to go shoot up a school anonymously. Therefore I’m going to punish you”
“Sorry sir”
“Son, get your shoes on we’re going to Walmart”
“But Mom went grocery shopping 2 days ago”
“No were going to get you more school supplies. Do you want a bump stock with your AR-15, and how about an extended 50-round magazine. A buddy at mine reckons there’s a really good ACOG scope we can pick up for you on sale as well…and we’ll get you some new pens and stuff too”.

Sadly, the amount of school shooting hoaxes that get called in daily by students is off the charts. The Police simply can’t respond to all of them, otherwise practically every school in America would get locked down every day.

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What a profoundly sick society where you don’t know if your kids are going to come home alive from school.

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What makes me laugh is that Kinder Surprises are actually outlawed in America.

The FDA (Food & Drug Administration) bans all food items that contain a non-nutritional value to them. If you’re caught entering the USA with a Kinder Surprise, the fine can be upwards of $2,500 per egg.

Freedumb isn’t free.

You’re damn right. It costs a buck oh five

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You know, when the recently made The Walking Dead Daryl Dixon and set it is France, the most noticeable difference to the tone of that compared to all other TWD stuff - the lack of guns in France.

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Now Trump has come out and indicated that Musk would head a Government Efficiency taskforce to review government spending… The man who tanked twitter even more than what it was before will ensure competent spending…

Part of me wants Trump to win, purely to see just how bad it’ll get.

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I think a lot of people are in that boat. But the results would be utterly terrifying.

What would be hilarious would be the queues of people trying to flee into Mexico.

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This all came about from the interview that they did together a few weeks back… because Musk knows how to sack people

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Weird lack of posts here - am I the only one who watched the debate while working?

had the rolling updates on in the background. Sounds like Harris won this one?

I had it on too. It didn’t really show much other than what we already knew.
Trump is a mad insane fucker who just hurls shit and lies in all directions.
I thought Harris could have done more to highlight his incoherence and clear mental deterioration rather than just the lies.

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Yeah I broadly agree.

Harris ticked the most important box of looking ‘strong’ and capable.

She could have done more to tell her story. And to make him look odd and annoying, because he really is annoying.

But I think a draw at worst and maybe a bit better for Harris.

They are eating all the cats and dogs

The city has said that isn’t true

Well I saw it on tv

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Yeah, his haranguing is very tiring and I switched the whole thing off a few times. Even for less interested or “lazy” voters I don’t know how people wouldn’t just want to vote against him to avoid being nagged by this tiresome man.

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So Taylor Swift has now endorsed Harris-Walz.
I have no idea about these things but people seem to think it’s important.

Given how close it is every vote counts, and her support is both huge and fanatical

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