Bending the Knee and Politics in 2025

[MFS62]

Jennifer Rubin , along with George Conway, Joyce Vance, and others, have launched a media outlet called The Contrarian, with the tagline "Not Owned by Anybody."
Might be interesting.
https://contrarian.substack.com

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[kcmets]

Did you, like, read the last 6-7 posts?

[Edgy MD]

Did you, like, read the last 6-7 posts?

<<snort>>

One of those posts was his own.

[Edgy MD]

Well Rubin herself is a a republican.

Firstly, that's moving the goalposts.

Secondly, no, she isn't.

[MFS62]

Did you, like, read the last 6-7 posts?

I didn't notice Edgy's imbedded link.
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[MFS62]

Here's a plan for fighting back. He even mentions bending the knee.
Opinion in The Hill via Yahoo.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-demo ... 00452.html

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[metirish]

I don't doubt the sincerity of the article, a democratic truth squad? For who ? There is no truth telling to many MAGA people, they simply do not care about that

[DanielTigerSS]

I don't doubt the sincerity of the article, a democratic truth squad? For who ? There is no truth telling to many MAGA people, they simply do not care about that

Bigger question is really _where_. You can already listen to AOC for example, but the media and Democrats generally aren't.

This article was written by a Democratic strategist. Is there anyone confident in that group?

[rchurch314]

This article was written by a Democratic strategist. Is there anyone confident in that group?

brought to you by political strategists:

https://bsky.app/profile/murshedz.bsky. ... sdp4bw7k2y

Twenty-nine percent of non-voters who supported Biden in 2020 said U.S. support for the genocide was the top reason they sat the 2024 election, according to a survey by YouGov.

[ashie62]

I feel every bit as lied to by Democrats as Republicans

[batmagadanleadoff]

What a country. He tried to steal an election by any means possible, including the use of deadly force and has half the country believing that it was Biden that stole the election.

And pretty soon, we're gonna have an Attorney General that is an election denier herself and a participant in the vile scheme. The scumbag-elect has a Mafia-don like grip over the GOP and has the Senate absolutely terrified of him and shitting in their pants. Because he can now literally get away with murder.

[MFS62]

Because he can now literally get away with murder.

Of course. He can shoot someone mowing the lawn of the White House, and the Supreme Court will say it was part of his duties as president.

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[MFS62]

Seems funny that the people who want to invade Greenland think it will be too cold to hold the inauguration outdoors.

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[kcmets]

That's kinda funny, I may have to borrow that...

[batmagadanleadoff]

Seems funny that the people who want to invade Greenland think it will be too cold to hold the inauguration outdoors.

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Fuck him with the cold excuse. He's worried that the expected powerful winds will mess up his lunatic combover and reveal to everyone, his pink bald head. It's the same reason why he didn't attend the 75th anniversary D-Day ceremonies in 2019.

[MFS62]

This guy nails the confirmation hearings.

I've distilled the hearings down to a generic transcript that tells you all you need to know about the 'advice and consent' Republicans are providing, which amounts to: 'Yeah, sure, whatever.'

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/ ... 748875007/

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[kcmets]

I read they avoid the frigid temps because Don and Mel's synthetic
faces don't hold up well below freezing and they fear they'll crack.

[MFS62]

I read they avoid the frigid temps because Don and Mel's synthetic
faces don't hold up well below freezing and they fear they'll crack.

Yes, he's vain. But I think his biggest fear is a small crowd. That sparse crowd he would have drawn will look larger when moved into an indoor arena.

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