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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 2h

I am curious about what would happen if twitter just disappeared. would probably be really bad for the other social media sites which would get flooded with the sewage, but given the way everyone who uses it gets The Madness, it would probably be for the best long-term

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 3h

(a huge number of democrats do this as well)

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 3h

because a huge number of people pay absolutely zero attention to politics and just go "uhh well I'm a republican so I guess them" and the only reason they're republicans is because the people around them are republicans

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 3h

I don't think it's hard at all

violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 4h

unless there are polls which show her up 10 in the governor's race

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 5h

welcome back Bliowa

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 8h

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 9h

his son was the democratic candidate for the gubernatorial race that year and he lost by 12%!

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 9h

in hindsight, winning by 5% in nevada in 2010 after being the second face of a bloody and deeply unpopular legislative battle is kind of heroic

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 9h

and bases change! we know for a fact that there are former hardcore trumpers who now hate the man

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 9h

the writing in this game in general seems wild by pokemon standards

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 23h

his 2020 campaign in particular employed some real fucking awful people

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 23h

I wonder if HRC would have done better than Obama. Would a white woman do better than a black man in 2008? Hard to say.

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 23h

That's what happened in the primary. Mamdani was supposed to need a run-off!

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 23h

I think Katrina was the first real major crack and then everything was a freefall from there

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 23h

I feel like I've read evidence that shows that a lot of immigrants have a ladder-pulling problem

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 23h

I don't think VA 2021 contradicts what he's saying unless I can't read?

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 23h

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 23h

not sure, but he was +12 with whites in jan 2005: www.pewresearch.org/politics/200...

Bush and Public Opinion

Overview: Bush and Public Opinion As George W. Bush prepares to leave the White House, the United States is in many ways dramatically different from when

www.pewresearch.org

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 23h

not sure, but he was +12 with whites in jan 2005: www.pewresearch.org/politics/200...

Bush and Public Opinion

Overview: Bush and Public Opinion As George W. Bush prepares to leave the White House, the United States is in many ways dramatically different from when

www.pewresearch.org

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

the nuclear waste warning

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

bush was -38 with white voters in dec 2008 (unless that doesn't quite count as "modern")

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

if I had seen this without any context, I would assume a missile had hit it and this is them trying to repair it

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

yeah I have a feeling the right's momentum will start reversing once people start seeing the actual consequences of their actions. the thermostat is undefeated

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

even though these days it tries to position itself itself as a work reform/worker's advocacy community, it got its start as being literally against the concept of "working" and that DNA still exists in there lol

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

I don't say this to be rude or anything but I've only ever seen you say "Planter" and never "Platner" and I'm wondering if you realize it's actually the latter or you're just getting continuously owned by your phone or something lol

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