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Daily Discussion Thread and Adopt-A-Candidate: September 6, 2025
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| Candidate | District/Office | Adopted By |
|---|---|---|
| Abigail Spanberger | VA-GOV | u/nopesaurus_rex |
| Ghazala Hashmi | VA-LTGOV | |
| Jerrauld Jones | VA-AG | |
| Josh Thomas | VA HD-21 | |
| Elizabeth Guzman | VA HD-22 | |
| Atoosa Reaser | VA HD-27 | u/SobrietyRefund |
| Marty Martinez | VA HD-29 | |
| John Chilton McAuliff | VA HD-30 | |
| Andrew Payton | VA HD-34 | |
| Makayla Venable | VA HD-36 | |
| Donna Littlepage | VA HD-40 | u/ornery-fizz |
| Lily Franklin | VA HD-41 | u/pinuncle |
| Gary Miller | VA HD-49 | u/DeNomoloss |
| Rise Hayes | VA HD-52 | |
| May Nivar | VA HD-57 | |
| Rodney Willett | VA HD-58 | |
| Scott Konopasek | VA HD-59 | |
| Stacey Carroll | VA HD-64 | |
| Joshua Cole | VA HD-65 | u/toskwar |
| Nicole Cole | VA HD-66 | |
| Mark Downey | VA HD-69 | u/Lotsagloom |
| Shelly Simonds | VA HD-70 | |
| Jessica Anderson | VA HD-71 | u/SomeJob1241 |
| Leslie Mehta | VA HD-73 | |
| Lindsey Dougherty | VA HD-75 | u/estrella172 |
| Kimberly Adams | VA HD-82 | |
| Mary Person | VA HD-83 | |
| Nadarius Clark | VA HD-84 | |
| Virgil Thornton Sr. | VA HD-86 | |
| Karen Robins Carnegie | VA HD-89 | |
| Phil Hernandez | VA HD-94 | |
| Kelly Convirs-Fowler | VA HD-96 | |
| Michael Feggans | VA HD-97 | |
| Cathy Porterfield | VA HD-99 | |
| Mikie Sherrill | NJ-GOV | |
| Maureen Rowan & Joanne Famularo | NJ LD-02 | |
| Dave Bailey Jr. & Heather Simmons | NJ LD-03 | u/poliscijunki |
| Dan Hutchison & Cody Miller | NJ LD-04 | |
| Carol Murphy & Balvir Singh | NJ LD-07 | u/screen317 |
| Andrea Katz & Anthony Angelozzi | NJ LD-08 | |
| Margie M. Donlon & Luanne M. Peterpaul | NJ LD-11 | |
| Jason Corley & Vaibhave Gorige | NJ LD-13 | |
| Wayne P. DeAngelo & Tennille R. McCoy | NJ LD-14 | u/Lotsagloom |
| Mitchelle Drulis & Roy Freiman | NJ LD-16 | |
| Vincent Kearney & Andrew Macurdy | NJ LD-21 | |
| Guy Citron & Tyler Powell | NJ LD-23 | |
| Steven Pylypchuk & Marisa Sweeney | NJ LD-25 | |
| Michael Mancuso & Walter Mielarczyk | NJ LD-26 | |
| Avi Schnall & Claire Deicke | NJ LD-30 | |
| Lisa Swain & Chris Tully | NJ LD-38 | |
| Andrew Labruno & Donna Abene | NJ LD-39 | |
| Ron Arnau & Jeffrey Gates | NJ LD-40 | u/timetopat, u/One-Recipe9973 |
| Brandon Neuman | PA SUP CT | |
| Stella Tsai | PA COM CT |
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u/the-court-house 3d ago
If Trump was an FBI informant, why doesn't he release all the intel he gathered?
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u/Designer-Contract852 2d ago
Also informants are usually involved in the crimes they are telling about.
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u/IamGumpOtaku World Blerd Champine 2d ago
MAGA has declared jihad on Big Tech
If I was a tech CEO, being on the right side of history and going all in for Democrats knowing you're gonna pay more taxes is a billion time preferable than being shot on the street by those led by smarter Trump-like figures down the road.
Money's no good when you're dead.
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u/drtywater 2d ago
MAGA's alliance with tech was always doomed to fail. I think Dem leadership needs to outcast them as well. Their turn over to MAGA just because they got a small bit of reasonable regulation and scrutiny is awful.
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u/Meanteenbirder New York 2d ago
This whole year has had us be in the same corner as nearly every group one way or another at some point.
Heck, yesterday the NRA pushed back with us.
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u/IamGumpOtaku World Blerd Champine 2d ago
I think even some right wingers are just sick and tired of Donnie and just want him gone.
They are silently hoping he'll be neutered next year. After all, the performative BS is wasting everyone's time and you can't win fighting the culture war forever.
he's making the NRA look sane? me goodness gracious!
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u/LinkSeekeroftheNora Ohio 2d ago
The NRA put out a statement opposing taking guns from trans people.
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u/xXThKillerXx New Jersey 2d ago
Isn’t Trump actually in big tech’s corner lmao
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u/Tipsyfishes Washington: Trans Rights are Human Rights! 2d ago
Was. Yes.
There is a weird sect of the right, the so called "Techo-right" which includes a lot of the Crypto folk, AI folk, Musk etc. And they are one of the big reasons, if not thee reason that Vance was picked as VP. Vance is a techno-right pick.
However, that alliance is extremely fragile. Especially with the Musk-Trump blowout.
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u/DeNomoloss North Carolina 2d ago
Big tech has no constituency. The Venn diagram of people who admire Peter Theil and people who actually make significant money off crypto is a circle, and a small one at that. They just get outsized attention due to their wealth.
Even in tech, the people below the c-suite are mostly just trying to make stuff work better. They’re not trying to live forever as space vampires.
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u/Alphard428 2d ago
When a clear majority of Americans believe that AI will cause too many job losses, I'm not sure "big tech supports Democrats" would be anything close to positive for our side.
I would rather have them just waste time fighting each other.
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u/IamGumpOtaku World Blerd Champine 2d ago
Not that I disagree, but people are beginning to see the kinks in the armor. AI ain't replacing anything if it continues to do shitty work. The money spent on AI could be better spent on other things, like hiring people and keeping them happy.
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u/Alphard428 2d ago
Yeah, I have to use AI tools at work and it's more of a source of frustration than anything. So I also don't think we'll see the large transformation they're hyping up.
But vibes matter. And for the foreseeable future big tech will still be spending tons on AI instead of people, so whoever they align themselves with could be perceived as supporting that.
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u/DeepEnoughToFlip International Demon Rat 2d ago
"Nearly half of the conference’s panels were explicitly focused on tech. Tech atrophying the brains of their children in school [...]
I think Dems should take ownership of this issue. People are starting to view phone use as a massive mental health and educational problem. A crusade against "brainrot culture" would be overwhelmingly popular.
Smartphone addiction is a threat to public health, because the oligarchs have designed it so.
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u/elykl12 CT-02 3d ago
Popped over to arrr con this morning to get a temperature read on the jobs report from yesterday
Nah it’s just them circlejerking about immigration, saying it’s been known Trump was an FBI informant, how the MSM is out to get Trump for reporting the Navy Seal raid that killed civilians, etc
Just nothing on tariffs, the economy, etc
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u/DavidvsSuperGoliath CA-48 -> WA-7 -> CA-48 3d ago
There is no way Trump was an FBI informant. If he was, he’d tell anyone near him all the time
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u/flairsupply 3d ago
Same reason we know Area 51 doesnt have real alien specimens.
Hed have told us
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u/Zetman20 Wisconsin 2d ago
You are assuming that the people there would tell someone like him the truth about what is there.
Speaking for myself I don't if there are any, I don't know if there aren't, I have no pressing need to come to a conclusion and so I choose not to, and just keep my mind open and undecided.35
u/redpoemage Ohio 3d ago
I think the mods of that sub cleared out another big batch of dissenters when this whole wave of Epstein stuff really took off. They seemed to let there be some actual discussion about it at the start, but then clamped down on it (and the people having it).
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u/Alexcat66 WI-7 (AD-30, SD-10) 3d ago
Not focusing on the issues people care about most. Par the course for the MAGAfied, Trumpy GQP. These are not serious people in a world filled with serious threats and issues
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u/AFlockOfTySegalls North Carolina 3d ago
They almost literally never talk about anything serious that's going on.
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u/singerinspired Georgia 3d ago
The FBI informant thing made me genuinely laugh out loud. Like who the hell believes that? Of all the bullshit Johnson has said on live tv, that moment was truly one of the most insane.
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u/Arickettsf16 2d ago
That was the most “grasping at straws” moment I’ve ever seen in the political sphere. Just absolute nonsense and it came out of literally nowhere.
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u/LynxRufus Nevada 3d ago
Wonder if they're going to start mailing each other brain worms to celebrate RFK.
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u/nlpnt 3d ago
ICYMI: Trump tweeted a pic of Adam Schiff with a 'shopped super-long neck. Schiff's clapback.
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u/redpoemage Ohio 3d ago
Gotta love clapbacks that lean in. In addition to the regular comeback, it shows you aren't bothered.
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u/flairsupply 3d ago
Whats even the point of Trumps tweet is it just making fun of his actual neck-
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u/OneBigPieceOfPizza Georgia 3d ago
Are any of y’all being bombarded with these Ridgewallet ads? Before I thought they were cool, although too expensive. Now they’re falling hard into the “ultra American, super masculine” marketing, and I’m completely turned off by it now. It’s like Dodge’s new marketing.
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u/Altruistic_Swim1360 California 3d ago
I can't imagine needing my identity reinforced CONSTANTLY like this. "This is a big boy lunchbox for MEN. This is my tough guy MEN'S WATER BOTTLE. Tactical pants for tough GUYS like me! I couldn't wash my hair with shampoo for THE GALS!
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u/OneBigPieceOfPizza Georgia 3d ago
My entire family is from South Africa and most of my relatives live there and some in Europe. They all think American houses with the American flag outside is tacky. My auntie once said she doesn’t understand why “we” need to constantly be reminded what country we live in lol
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u/DavidvsSuperGoliath CA-48 -> WA-7 -> CA-48 2d ago
What’s the deal with all this hypermasculine crap? Like, does the wallet got to scream manly? My wallet is a My Little Pony inspired wallet my friend handmade from leather. I’ve had it for over a decade now
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u/DeNomoloss North Carolina 2d ago
Like most of corporate America earlier this year, they made a bet in their marketing that Trump winning was a harbinger of the culture, forgetting how we go “wait, I actually hate him” a few months after every election. They’re overcorrecting from their prior pandering to social movements.
This should probably show you how good they actually are as anything but money machines.
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u/OneBigPieceOfPizza Georgia 2d ago
I’ve been using my dad’s old wallet my entire adult life. It must be 40 years old now
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u/DaughterOfDemeter23 MD-04 (Dirtbag Progressive/DemSoc) 2d ago
The cultural pendulum has swung to the far right with the recent victory of different right-wing parties; the hypermasculinity crap unfortunately comes with it.
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u/Electronic_Bad_5883 Maryland 2d ago
Well... it really hasn't, TBH. The right just wants that to be true, but the fact is that their victory was a fluke and the overall culture has not suddenly become far-right. There's so much out there proving that progressive ideals still sell and that regressive ideas don't. There's already so much pushback against Trump and his goons.
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u/joecb91 Arizona 3d ago
Who thought Dana White yelling "AMERICA!!!" over and over again made a good ad anyway?
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u/br_k_nt_eth 3d ago
This bro advertising trend reminds me of the early/mid 00s when there was this swing towards SEXY GIRLS USA type stuff. It felt desperate then and it feels desperate now.
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u/ThinkingAboutSnacks 3d ago
You mean like All American Hardee's? Or Carl's Jr? Where only bikini - clad women ate their burgers? And if you like America and Babes you too can get a burger with sliced hotdogs and potato chips on it?
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u/SmoreOfBabylon Blorth Blarolina, c'mon and raise up 2d ago
Yep, same era as the rise of Spike TV and other “this is MANLY MASCULINE GUY STUFF, for DUDES” type mass media. Looking back, it’s kind of funny to think about the early 2010s twee/hipster pop culture wave largely overtaking this trend just a few years later.
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u/OneBigPieceOfPizza Georgia 3d ago
I suppose it might be successful if it attracts a ton of insecure MAGA dudes purchasing this stuff. At this point, perhaps I should create an unusual niche item, market it as this rugged alpha male merchandise, inflate its price by ten times the production cost, and make bank.
Maybe ultra patriotic jockstraps or something
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u/GardenStateOfMind95 Proud Keeper of the Great Falls 3d ago
Ridgewallet
"All of those other wallet brands are WOKE" /s
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u/DavidvsSuperGoliath CA-48 -> WA-7 -> CA-48 3d ago
“This wallet comes with a pocket for a condom for your MAGNUM DONG.”
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u/joebobjoebobjoebob12 You stupid son of a bitch 3d ago
That style of commercial always makes me think of 30 Rock's couch commercials:
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u/Fuck_auto_tabs Colorado 2d ago
So I have one. Got it for a hefty discount. It’s fine. I like it better than a traditional trifold but you can find cheaper ones so I’d recommend the cheaper one. I haven’t seen their new ads but their ads have always been trash and I turned off their stuff long ago.
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u/Mongo_Straight California 2d ago
ICE is now running recruiting ads on tv touting $50k signing bonuses and student loan forgiveness, in case anybody is wondering how it’s going for them.
Source: just saw one during the Fresno State/Oregon State game.
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u/DavidvsSuperGoliath CA-48 -> WA-7 -> CA-48 2d ago
Didn’t they welch on those bonuses for the last group of people who signed up?
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u/snick427 Oregon - Who ran the iron horse? 2d ago
Is a bear catholic?
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u/Southern-Mechanic199 2d ago
As a form of resistance, I would love to see a bunch of people sign up, waste ICE's time with training them, and then quit.
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u/Exocoryak Sometimes you win, sometimes the other side loses. 2d ago
I wonder how long you would have to work that job to qualify? 6 months?
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u/redvioletbrown Angeleno (CA-30) 2d ago
I doubt they actually get either of those things. We know Trump is known for paying.
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u/aarovski Pennsylvania 11 2d ago
If the economy hits recession, many might take them up on that offer.
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u/kerryfinchelhillary OH-11 3d ago
I wish this country had a better train system. I live in NE Ohio and have a wedding in central Ohio tomorrow. There are only a few bus options, so I have to take a bus down today, spend all day down there tomorrow, and then take an early bus home on Monday.
DOT, get on it.
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u/tdf317 3d ago
Kasich screwed us out of that when Obama was president, Dewine was actually trying to do it with Biden money so we'll see what happens...
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u/kerryfinchelhillary OH-11 3d ago
I can't drive. I have severe anxiety and ADD. This is one of my best friends' weddings. I should be excited, but I'm dreading the bus ride so much, you'd think I was having a major surgery.
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u/dishonourableaccount Maryland - MD-8 3d ago
A service from Cincinnati to Dayton to Columbus to Cleveland would make so much sense. Much of the track is already exists, and if it's not up to passenger travel speeds then the ROW could be upgraded.
Imagine it as a business thing. There's a Cincy-Cleveland NFL rivalry right? Imagine easy access to both stadiums from across the state. Imagine Ohio State games with that draw.
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u/kerryfinchelhillary OH-11 3d ago
I know, right? Browns/Bengals and Guardians/Reds games would sell out if there was a train. And like you said, imagine how many people from all over Ohio would go to Columbus for Buckeyes games if there was a train instead of a few crappy buses.
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u/dishonourableaccount Maryland - MD-8 3d ago
The key thing is it needs to be done right, with an actual commitment to running frequent service. Like 6-10 trains per day and 2 committed game day trains that arrive 1 hour before kickoff and leave ~2 hours after the average length of a game.
Here in Maryland the 2 Baltimore stadiums and most of the downtown attractions are a less than 20 minute walk from Camden station. But CSX throttles any chance at a reasonable timetable, so we're limited to rush hour only trains and nothing on weekends for that line. It's ridiculous that they can't even commit to a dedicated Orioles and Ravens game day service.
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u/GardenStateOfMind95 Proud Keeper of the Great Falls 3d ago
That, all by itself, would probably help your statewide economy, greatly, in the longer term, just by expanding options to certain more "isolated" parts of each of the main metro areas there 🚞 🚃
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u/Historyguy1 Missouri 2d ago
Discussion about hypermasculine marketing makes me want to see an ad saying "Vote DUDEmocratic to save BROmocracy!"
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u/table_fireplace 2d ago
I'll get off this soapbox someday, but in politics, the GOP's 'masculinity' is just misogyny.
Tell me which GOP leader is stereotypically masculine. Right, it's none of them. Except in their burning hatred for women. And thankfully, we're never going to emulate that. But sadly, it's much harder to run against than it should be.
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u/SmoreOfBabylon Blorth Blarolina, c'mon and raise up 2d ago
The types who drone on about masculinity the most tend to be those who are so insecure about theirs that they’d rather tear down women to build themselves up rather than actually work on being decent men.
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u/DapperApples Virginia (They/She) 2d ago
Tell me which GOP leader is stereotypically masculine.
Tbf they'll just photoshop Trump into the buff chad guy either way.
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u/flairsupply 2d ago
Tell me which GOP leader is stereotypically masculine
Last one who could count is Paul Ryan (who was also misogynistic anyways), he regularly just put up pictures just of his working out at stuff.
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u/PerdHapleyAMA Wisconsin 2d ago
As far as Republicans go I would name Schwarzenegger, and that’s it.
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u/DavidvsSuperGoliath CA-48 -> WA-7 -> CA-48 2d ago
Where’s Bill and Ted? They can make this ad most righteous
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u/GenericOnlineName 2d ago
So far the only thing Trump is really able to do is stuff that he directly has control over. But it's all petty shit that doesn't make any actual change. Like everything from sending troops into cities to changing the name of Department of Defense is just pathetic and shows how powerless he really is.
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u/Birkin2Boogaloo 2d ago
I just want to point out that Trump absolutely did not write that Chicago post that has people freaking out. That man has never said "X bout to Y" in his entire life
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u/diamond New Mexico 2d ago
You're probably right, but it really doesn't matter who wrote it.
What matters is that if Trump could send in the troops to occupy Chicago he would have done it by now. Instead he talks, he threatens, he memes, and then he mumbles about maybe sending them to New Orleans instead (because Louisiana has a Republican governor who will comply and Illinois doesn't).
It's just so tiresome and predictable at this point.
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u/No-Advantage5195 2d ago
Probably Stephen Miller but the fact that the presidents account is posting that and AI slop still isn’t good.
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u/grayikeachair 2d ago
Not sure what post you're referring to, care to provide a source?
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u/Syidas 2d ago
Saw Sarah Sherman in the crowd at the Mamdani/Bernie Rally lol. Wonder if any other SNL cast members were there.
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u/MrCleanDrawers 2d ago
Oh yeah, I don't know if she still is, but she was a DSA Member and at one point pre SNL did a body horror piece for The Means TV Socialist Streaming Network.
She's been a leftist for years.
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u/SGSTHB 3d ago
With regard to booking appointments online for a COVID-19 vaccination: You will be asked to review paperwork that gives details about the vaccine.
In my experience, the documents provided online by Walgreens make reference to the "2024-2025" vaccine, not the one you need, which is the "2025-2026" vaccine.
I have made appointments twice for my family. The one I scheduled for today was cancelled because that Walgreens location had not yet received the shipment of COVID-19 vaccine it had expected. (Grrrr.)
I fully cancelled that appointment (we typically get the annual flu and COVID-19 vaccinations in the same sitting) and set up a new one at a different Walgreens location.
Both times, I called the pharmacies at those Walgreens locations to confirm that they would in fact have the 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine, despite what the paperwork said, and both said "yes".
Point being: When you read the background paperwork on the COVID-19 vaccine--and you will have to at least scan it, because you will be forced to open it and check a box that affirms that you read it--pay attention to the date span given for that vax.
If it says "2024-2025", it's best to call that specific pharmacy, get through to an actual, live person, and confirm that they have the 2025-2026 formulation in stock. When you do this, remember to take down the name of the pharmacist, just in case.
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u/diamond New Mexico 3d ago
Also, you might have better luck with CVS. Walgreens has been circling the bowl for a while now; I'm honestly amazed they're still in business at all.
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u/OneBigPieceOfPizza Georgia 3d ago
CVS gave me no trouble scheduling appointments last year. I hope it’s not different now. I don’t plan on getting COVID again
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u/ProudPatriot07 South Carolina- Rural Young Democrat 3d ago
I just got my last booster in February before attending a conference. I got mine at Costco, but I decided to check my local Costco's site today and it won't let me schedule a vaccine appointment online.
I have read that some states now require a provider to prescribe it, so I guess if that's the case I will have to get my company's NP to do it.
Sad that the anti vax rhetoric is making it harder for those of us who want to stay healthy. If you don't want to get a COVID shot, don't, but why do they make it hard for others?
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u/westseagastrodon Illinois 2d ago edited 2d ago
Huh. I booked mine online at Walgreens earlier today and didn't have to look at any special drug information. Maybe they'll give it to me when I show up for the appointment, though?
Or maybe Illinois locations have different policies than your state, IDK.
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u/SGSTHB 2d ago
Both could be true. This is paperwork you have to see and sign off on as having read, presumably for legal reasons.
FWIW, I booked the first appointment over the border in an adjacent state, and booked the new appointment at the place my family normally goes for vaxxes in my home state. Both Walgreens required me to provide the same information and sign off on the same paperwork, but some papers within the two were styled differently.
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u/hessnake New York 3d ago
Took a break to enjoy the last few weeks of summer but with September in full swing I'm canvassing again. Knocked 42 doors out of my 84 door turf. I plan on finishing the rest evenings after work this week.
My total after today: 356 doors knocked for the 2025 election season
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u/DeNomoloss North Carolina 3d ago edited 3d ago
Trump wants to be a wartime president badly. I think he expected the DC deployment to do the trick, but thankfully. it doesn’t look like what he was hoping for (actual urban combat). So I guess he’s going to fuck around with Venezuela some.
I feel like a lot of the “no forever wars” Trump supporters were also “end the drug war” supporters too.
Someone should just introduce him to Tropico 7 once it’s released.
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u/redpoemage Ohio 3d ago
He seems to want to be a wartime president without the whole actual war part. He could have transitioned the Iran bombings into a bigger conflict, but it seems like he and/or his advisors realize his political capital has limits.
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u/DeNomoloss North Carolina 3d ago
I think he’d also settle for being photographed on a dock in Miami standing with a pile of bricks of coke they claim they seized from Venezuelan ships, which would still end up looking goofy.
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u/DavidvsSuperGoliath CA-48 -> WA-7 -> CA-48 3d ago
Then he’d pull a MacArthur and fall into the water while the camera is rolling.
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u/RegularGuy815 Virginia (formerly Michigan) 3d ago
Wartime president, but also simultaneously the Nobel Peace Prize.
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u/senoricceman 2d ago
It’s weird he wants to be known as a peaceful president, but then he wants the glory that comes with great military victory. Obviously, he changes his mind as much as a child so who knows what he wants.
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u/Meanteenbirder New York 2d ago
Legit wondering how many congresspeople know about the Silksong release
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u/Syidas 2d ago
I know AOC for sure. I know Josh Harder also plays LOL so he's probably aware of it to.
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u/Meanteenbirder New York 2d ago
I’m guessing Ossoff too since he outed himself as a weeb before he ran for congress.
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u/7deadlycinderella 2d ago
Aside from all the other reasons I visit a local thrift store on a twice-monthly basis, where else am I going to find a Jim Beam decanter shaped like a donkey wearing a clown suit from the 1968 presidential election for $9?
(it's a set, I've seen the other version for sale on Ebay. I just find it extra funny to own this particular one from this particular election)
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u/drtywater 2d ago
For VA-11th how much of an over performance we expecting if any? It was 66% in 2024. I'm not sure if its possible to perform better but will be curious to see.
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u/Alexcat66 WI-7 (AD-30, SD-10) 2d ago
Given what we’ve been doing in special elections this year, I expect an outperformance, but probably not insanely large like some of the ones we’ve had. This seat is relatively inelastic (Harris 65-31 last year, Biden 69-28 in 2020) although it does have a sizable Hispanic and Asian population (15% for the former, 22% for the latter) and turnout in EV was Pretty poor as of the most recent update. The timing of the election being ~2 months before the big VA elections for governor, AG, Lt Gov and HODs may end up playing against us here to as those bigger elections may be drowning out this one.
I’m hoping for a large outperformance to show what type of statewide defeat awaits Republicans in 2 months (preferably combined with ok turnout in the 25-30% range like many of the specials this year), but getting turnout that high is probably a bit of a stretch unless ED turnout is pretty high atp.
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u/nlpnt 2d ago
One thing I predict the right wing culture warriors won't be talking about is the Oklahoma State - Oregon game in its 4th quarter now. 69-3 Oregon.
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u/Meanteenbirder New York 2d ago
It’s cause it’s the west. The right wing football sphere is probably wondering if Troy upsets Clemson
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u/DavidvsSuperGoliath CA-48 -> WA-7 -> CA-48 2d ago
Fight Song, Day 303: “Graceland” by Paul Simon
Not sure for the rest of ya, but been a weird week for me. So I figured today’s song should be one that is upbeat and perfect for a road trip. Besides, this album is pretty darn perfect.
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u/mazdadriver14 🇦🇺 Australian/Honorary Hawaiian 2d ago
It's Australian football, but is there anything more painful than watching your team lose an elimination final (play off) by ONE POINT. Losing with 9 seconds to go. At our home stadium. With 60,000 fans. And against a team who'd never, ever played in a play off before this year.
If I don't laugh, I'll cry. (Again).
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u/Meanteenbirder New York 2d ago
A bit different, but I follow college soccer and can’t imagine how it must’ve felt for the home crowds to beat three top 10 teams in back-to-back-to-back games at their home stadiums as an unranked team in the NCAA tournament. We won the whole thing, so at least there was solace for them in that.
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u/rangatang International 2d ago edited 2d ago
It's been a bad weekend all around. Everyone that I wanted to win lost. I'll always support an interstate team first.
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u/Meanteenbirder New York 2d ago
Moving in on the football train today to say USF has been KILLING it lately
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u/Meanteenbirder New York 2d ago
On the same thread, CFB is the only sport where a week after you lose to an FCS team, you beat a preseason-ranked Big 12 team.
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u/CallMeChristopher 2d ago
Did another FCS team win?
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u/Meanteenbirder New York 2d ago
Army lost to Tarleton State last weekend then beat Kansas State today.
Also for FCS upsets, Bryant and LIU upset UMass and Eastern Michigan respectively.
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u/ArritzJPC96 AZ-10 2d ago
https://xcancel.com/RandPaul/status/1964494191783714933
The fact that Rand Paul is tearing into JD like this I think serves as evidence that if trump doesn't finish his term for any reason, that Vance will not have any respect from the GOP and won't be able to get anything done. In response to people everywhere who says Vance will be just as bad.
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u/Exocoryak Sometimes you win, sometimes the other side loses. 2d ago edited 2d ago
Well, it's not like Trump is getting a lot done legislatively. The bar is pretty low here.
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u/Syidas 2d ago
Bernie and Mamdani stream is live if anyone wants to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2WCNB7S-2E
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u/EvilDarkCow KS-04, the Air Capital of the World 2d ago
After a good... maybe 3 years? of service, my cheap Roku TV is kinda gnawing on the dust, hasn't quite taken a bite yet. Damn thing will not stay connected to WiFi for more than a few minutes. But that's how it goes, I guess. I buy a cheap TV, and it shits the bed after a couple years.
Despite my TV being a POS, I do vastly prefer the Roku OS, but alas, it seems nobody makes Roku TV's anymore. Most brands like Sony and TCL have gone to Google TV (which I don't like) or proprietary software like Samsung and LG.
As someone nipple-deep in the Apple ecosystem, I wish they would just hurry up and make their own TV or partner with an established brand instead of swearing by boxes.
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u/captainhaddock International 2d ago
I mean, it's hard to beat an AppleTV box. Then you don't have to hook up your TV to the Internet and be served constant ads through the interface.
I wish they would just hurry up and make their own TV
There's no money in TV hardware these days. TV manufacturers are advertising companies now.
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u/Exocoryak Sometimes you win, sometimes the other side loses. 2d ago
I'm pretty content with the TV I'm having. It's at least 15 years old - I got it when we cleaned out my grandmothers apartment when she went into a nursing home a few years ago. I connected it with a FireTV Stick or via HDMI with my Laptop. I fail to see a reason to do anything more complicated than that.
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u/caligaris_cabinet IL-08 2d ago
You could just buy a Roku device. They’re stupid cheap like $20-30 and work on any TV.
Never been a fan of buying those TV combos. That goes all the way back to the TV/VCR days. One will crap out eventually and then you’re out two things.
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u/EvilDarkCow KS-04, the Air Capital of the World 2d ago
Yep, When I was a kid I had a TV/VCR combo in my bedroom. If I remember correctly, that VCR worked a grand total of once before it started chewing up every tape I put in it.
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u/Southern-Mechanic199 2d ago
I've been out of touch with the news for a few days. Did you all hear about this or is it flying under the radar with all the other chaos that's going on? https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-special-forces-killed-north-korean-civilians-in-botched-2019-mission-nyt-says-2025-09-05/
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u/EagleSaintRam International 2d ago
Nothing surprises us anymore, including the media's unwillingness to hold sustained accountability...
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u/aarovski Pennsylvania 11 2d ago
ICE raided a Hyundai plant and arrested 475 people, mostly Korean nationals. Not sure how I feel about this.
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