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[Motown Bombers]

Since it won't be decided by Hasan Piker, there's no need to campaign with Piker then. 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

15 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Since it won't be decided by Hasan Piker, there's no need to campaign with Piker then. 

This might be true. But I think the intent of using Hasan is two-fold. One, he's popular with younger, college-aged voters. Young men in particular. So I think Abdul is trying to attract those people into his coalition for the primary election in particular and keep them around for the general election. 

Two, Abdul, like Mallory, is going to be more reliant on small dollar donations to his campaign. So he's using Piker to broaden his reach and help promote his campaign to get more small dollar, individual donations. The more Piker talks about Abdul on his show, the more engagement and donations he gets from around the country. 

[Motown Bombers]

I don’t understand why so many on the left support this Republican blackwater Nazi. We haven’t gotten the full oppo dump on this guy. 

 

[pfife]

29 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 the left

Shots

[Motown Bombers]

You’re going to get plastered when you find out how many on the left support this Republican Nazi. Off the top of my head, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Chris Murphy, Martin Heinrich, and Reuben Gallego. 

[Motown Bombers]

After the way she harassed and mocked him.

 

[pfife]

11 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

the left

 

[CMRivdogs]

All together now....

 

[LaceyLou]

A few of my coworkers are from Maine-and are not planning to support the Nazi. 

I recently heard of a woman named Andrea LaFlamme who is mounting a campaign, but she'd be a write-in candidate. Maybe she has a chance.

[Motown Bombers]

Janet Mills is right there who stood up to Trump’s face and he backed down. The choice seems to obvious. 

[Motown Bombers]

 

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

Apparently, Gill did not get the memo that the current term of art is "mentally retarded."

[Tiger337]

 

This sounds awesome if it really happens.  

https://www.businessinsider.com/onion-ceo-plans-taking-over-infowars-alex-jones-sandy-hook-2026-4

 

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The satirical website, The Onion, has a new deal to take over Infowars, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's far-right media company. If approved by a Texas judge, the deal would take away his Infowars microphone, and allow The Onion to resume its plans to turn the website into a parody of itself.

Families of those killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, who sued Jones for defamation, want the sale to happen. They're still waiting to collect on the nearly $1.3 billion judgement they won against Jones for spreading lies that they faked the deaths of their children in order to boost support for gun control. That prompted Jones's followers to harass and threaten the families for years.

The families are also eager to take away Jones's platform for spewing such conspiracy theories. The deal not only would divorce Jones from his Infowars brand, but it would turn the platform against him by allowing The Onion to mock his kind of conspiracy mongering and advocate for gun control.

 

 

[chasfh]

Ballmich must be lighting votive candles due to this news.

[CMRivdogs]

Once again I ask. What is it about "Christian" Conservatives and the 10 Commandments which were handed down to Moses. Jesus gave us the Beatitudes in his Sermon on the Mount. Why is there never a push for these in schools or courthouses???

 

[oblong]

Their purpose isn’t teaching or expression. It’s just to bully.  

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, oblong said:

Their purpose isn’t teaching or expression. It’s just to bully.  

yup. What i find so funny is that as a society, the Christian Right is so selectively oblivious.  Do they think that OT god of plague and genocide, who strikes down anyone who puts a fire pot in the wrong place is just going to give them a pass on 3, 4, 7, and 10? It reminds me of what Paul said about “with the law comes sin”. They condemn themselves by their own stds. Go figure. 

Which is because, as you note,  it’s not really about religion per se at all, it’s about anti-democracy. it’s about establishing that  “my rules transcend your vote”

Edited 18 hours ago by gehringer_2

[oblong]

and also a political stunt.  "oppose this?  Ok.  You hate christians and religion. Let's write the ad copy out of that"

 

[chasfh]

11 hours ago, oblong said:

Their purpose isn’t teaching or expression. It’s just to bully.  

Exactly this. Christianity was never a live-and-let-live religion—most religions aren't—but the evangelical flavor is double that. Their idea is to control your life and, by extension, control your body in terms of labor, reproduction, and just plain fun.

[LaceyLou]

I sometimes wonder how many of those commandments the average supporter of these displays has broken. Of course we can't expect the rules to apply to them!