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The downfall of Twitter continues apace.

I don't know if people who are apathetic and disengaged would listen to AM Radio fire-breathers like Mark Levin or Dan Bongino, and if they do, I can't imagine how they wouldn't become radicalized.

If what I’m saying holds any water, then I think that also naturally accrues to Biden’s benefit, because people who are into Trump have been conditioned to be switched on about him all the time, and not at all apathetic about all of this. People who aren’t paying much attention yet probably aren’t radicalized in the way Trump would prefer. So I don’t see how Trump picks up the additional numbers to whip Biden in November.

Yeah, it’s really disappointed how nobody, including the purportedly left-wing mainstream media, is even bothering to challenge the whole “open borders” canard. There is more open border between Canada and the US than between Mexico and the US. Fewer than 20% of border crossings from the south are undocumented; during the Bush Administration it was over half.

I think I can answer this one: no, they do not care whether America represents any kind of values based on internationalism. I would actually bet they care more that America doesn’t represent those, because America First, Last, and Always.

Greaaaat … I have a routine medical procedure next month. Thanks, pal. 😏

I wonder whether the appearance of apathy among the voting age people we know reflects more the fact that the election is not right now, rather than the idea that they will never, ever, ever care. We’re still some ten months out from the election, which is forever away to most people, so Joe and Jane Average don’t have to think about any of it yet. But I would bet that once the election is next month or next week or something like that, that’s when the people who hadn’t been thinking about any of it will start to pay attention, and that’s when they will start to internalize the stark differences between Biden and Trump, the reminders of what Trump did in 2021 as well as during his presidency, the grave threat he poses to our freedoms, and how deeply unqualified he is to be President. They may not be paying attention to any of that now, because Trump doesn’t show up in their video games, or their Tik Tok dance feeds, or on the Golden Bachelor, or in their kitchens or gardens or true crime podcasts. (Well, maybe Trump should be showing up in that last one.) But a dollar to a dime says they’ll be paying attention to it by November 1. That’s why I don’t take January polls seriously. The sampling for those is among people who are paying attention all the time and who do care all the time. But they probably won’t make up even the majority of the people who cast votes for this election. That majority of voters just aren’t paying attention yet. But I don’t worry that they won’t be when the time comes.

I don't think so.

None of the young voters I know, including those voting for the first time, are voting for trump. Nobody I know who voted for Biden last time, or who didn't vote at all, are voting for Trump. I literally don't know anyone who is voting for Trump. Looks like we cancel each other out! 😄

I don't think that's going to happen come crunch time. If there's one emotion Trump does not generate, it's apathy.

Good thing they're not calling for the election to happen this Tuesday, then!

I do as well. I just can't see how Trump is going to convince all those people, especially independents, who are disgusted with him to vote for him. I just don't see how the numbers are going to work for him. Outside chance this could be the bloodbath wipeout for him I predicted in 2016.

I've uploaded 2014 through 2017 for you. I'll see whether I can locate any more.

I know, I was being silly.

How definitive can it be when they blur out the perp/victim?

Apologies ... she sounded very nice ...

Well, pretty sure it wasn't their kids, so they're gonna be fine.

"I was kidding."

Well, she sounds very nice ...

I don't think they really believe that, or more exactly, believe anything about it either way. I think they just like being contrarian so they can look like the person who knows something nobody else does.

We had a hundred million people watching the riot at the Capitol a mere three years ago, too, but that doesn't make any difference with red hats who deny that, either.

I think this has more to do with the increased acceptance of conspiracy media than people generally acknowledge. It was easy to dismiss double-spaced typewritten documents with spelling errors and cross-outs being held together with a staple in the corner. But as you say, everyone looks like ****ing CNN now.

Man, I've lost so many IQ points reading the last couple of pages.

Better yet, she may even claim First Amendment violation, which would be super rich coming from a sitting congressman whose very job description requires deep understanding of the Constitution.

The operative word is “anymore”.