All purpose news and politics thread part v: The quickening

[shooshoomanjoe]

*gasp* Tizarai is trump's alter ego!

[TheDarman]

Tarzia get this straight -- BIDEN IS NOT MY GUY.

Nor mine. I had—count them—four other options this time that I liked more, two of whom I donated to before any votes were even cast. My first choice was Harris, followed by O’Rourke, then Booker, then Warren. Biden was just in my top five of the candidates running. But...c’est la vie.

He is the person who won the most votes so I am going to support him in the general election.

If Sanders could win the most votes I would support him in the general election so just back off the partisan nonsense.

This. All of this.

[SquirrelMan]

This is amusing: Sanders' surrogate praising Bernie in such a random and opaque way that the Bernie Bros online aren't sure if it's praise or condemnation:

[SquirrelMan]

*gasp* Tizarai is trump's alter ego!

[Tazirai]

You're being irrational -- if the money is being used to fight racism, then it's not "racist money".

If that money can enable more black voters to vote then there's no reason it shouldn't be accepted.

You don't have to like Bloomberg but don't deliberately sabotage the election just because people don't support your candidate.

And stop exaggerating -- this isn't about love or hate but who has the most votes.

You're dodging but there's no way around the fact that people just didn't vote for Sanders.

I'm a black guy who has seen first hand what Bloomberg has done to the Tri State area.
I'm good. If you want to support the bigoted racist authoritarian. That's on you.

This ain't got **** to do with Bernie, but lived experience.

[PaulBullion]

The graph at the bottom briefly switching from green to blue shows the exact time that Republicans stopped caring about Burisma.

[Tazirai]

Guys, my name is TAZIRAI. It's not hard to spell.

It's pronounced TAH-ZEER-REE. The a is silent.

[SquirrelMan]

[kidfresh512]

Kansas City’s Mayor Was Turned Away When He Tried to Vote

This should never happen. People take special time out of their days to go vote. Long lines and **** like this is silly in this country. Not everyone can come back later. They argue he could have waited or escalated it on the spot with a "voter assistance specialist". I mean I have seen people have to be walked through the ballot while voting. I don't know what a voter assistance specialist is. If there are discrepancies the poll workers should be escalating it shouldn't be up to the individual to "call the Kansas City Election Board"

[PaulBullion]

Sadly, not surprising. Voter suppression is real.

[PaulBullion]

Speaking about mayors... I used to think that Bernie's idea about "winning over" Trump voters was unrealistic and that it was all about turnout, turnout, turnout.

However, it appears it is possible after all:

The Republican mayor of Sterling Heights, Michigan, a key battleground state, is voting for Biden in Michigan's Democratic primary Tuesday after supporting Trump in 2016, telling CNN that his decision is about wanting "basic human decency" in a president.

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1237433050767687684?s=20

[JCAll]

Guys, my name is TAZIRAI. It's not hard to spell.

It's pronounced TAH-ZEER-REE. The a is silent.

[Tazirai]

Ok, so from what I understand, you guys are okay with corruption as long as it's the Democrats doing the corruption?
Bill Maher just made this exact same thing. His idea is that democrats should take money from anyone who helps their cause. It doesn't matter where the money comes from or who gives the money. Because being pure is detrimental to the country in his mind. where is to most people being pure means that you have a set of values that don't involve being a corrupt *******.

This is yet another reason why I am done with the Democratic party after this election.

[PaulBullion]

I am done with the Democratic party after this election.

But what if Nina Turner decides to primary President Biden instead of opting for a third party run?

[Billy Batson]

Joe Biden, accused of wanting to end 2nd Amendment, responds: "You're full of sh**"

Then claims Sanders has somehow joined Trump when asked about that incident.

Supporting Iraq war and now saying it doing that despite knowing there not being any WMD, and vetoing a possible M4A as the president.
Why is Biden so toxic.