I see this as more of a theworstpersonyoukniw.jpg situation because those people that are booing probably want someone worse in there.
Pence joins Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, Tim Scott and other qualifiers — but frontrunner Donald Trump has signaled he'll skip the debate.
Congrats to Mike Pence on making the debate, but this is going to be a bit awkward. Is he allowed to share a stage with Nikki Haley without his wife being up there?
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Chris Christie might make this worth watching, if anyone can engage in Trump-style yammering, it’s him.
Watch it turn into ruby ridge
(Mr. Robertson obtained the firearms legally)
Jman220
August 9, 2023, 11:32pm
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God damnit, ponied on Slow Pony Express.
Shit, your pony was asleep in his stall when mine crossed the finish line. Impressive to be ponied by the immediate preceding post by a couple of hours.
LOL WSJ. As if they didn’t cheerlead for Roe to be overturned for decades.
pvn
August 12, 2023, 1:48am
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Fuck the Lincoln Project, but this super cut of Fox News dipshits getting their Jimmie’s rustled is pretty good
https://twitter.com/projectlincoln/status/1689986195424509952
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pvn
August 12, 2023, 3:08am
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goofy
August 12, 2023, 6:36am
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goofy
August 13, 2023, 2:17am
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jbouie on Hanania:
non-paywall link
The intro outlines America’s long & storied history of rich benefactors funding shithead racists cosplaying as scholars before dropping this beautiful shade at his employer:
I mention all of this as context for Richard Hanania, a rising star among conservative writers and intellectuals. For years before appearing in the pages of newspapers and publications like this one , Hanania wrote articles for white supremacist publications under a pseudonym.
He continues:
A whole coterie of Silicon Valley billionaires and millionaires have lent their time and attention to Hanania, as well as elevated his work. Marc Andreessen, a powerful venture capitalist, appeared on his podcast. David Sacks, a close associate of Elon Musk, wrote a glowing endorsement of Hanania’s forthcoming book. So did Peter Thiel, the billionaire supporter of right-wing causes and organizations. “D.E.I. will never d-i-e from words alone,” wrote Thiel. “Hanania shows we need the sticks and stones of government violence to exorcise the diversity demon.” Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican presidential candidate, also praised the book as a “devastating kill shot to the intellectual foundations of identity politics in America.”
The question to ask here — the question that matters — is why an otherwise obscure racist has the ear and support of some of the most powerful people in Silicon Valley? What purpose, to a billionaire venture capitalist, do Hanania’s ideas serve?
Look back to our history and the answer is straightforward. Just as in the 1920s (and before), the idea of race hierarchy works to naturalize the broad spectrum of inequalities, and capitalist inequality in particular.
If some groups are simply meant to be at the bottom, then there are no questions to ask about their deprivation, isolation and poverty. There are no questions to ask about the society which produces that deprivation, isolation and poverty. And there is nothing to be done, because nothing can be done: Those people are just the way they are.
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