It’s actually a good thing in my view. Republicans are desperately trying to stop this effort because lower registration of youth yields better outcomes for Republicans.

They ask because it’s a matter of convenience. State Department of Motor Vehicles routinely handle Voter Registration requests. So when you’re there they ask on the forms, “Would you like to register to vote?” And if so, they ask if you want to choose a party or remain independent. Many states including Pennsylvania have closed primaries, which means if you are officially registered as as a Republican you cannot vote in any other party’s primary.

I’ve heard reports stating he had no scope. This dude had no military training or anything of the like and I suspect in a moment like that your adrenaline is going through the roof. Odds are quite high he was shaking like crazy. Odds are high he knew he was going to die in seconds.

Where he stands politically I don’t know, but this could be case of “suicide by cop” combined with a, “well I might as well…”

To just provide a counter-narrative, his father is a Libertarian; his mother is a Democrat according to a local canvasser. It’s possible when going to the DMV he was pressured by one of his parents to pick a registration at 16 and that of course stuck with his record. Not exactly a long political history between 16 and 20. Nevertheless we shall see. His interest with Demolition Ranch and the discord channel may reveal some insights. Maybe the Epstein files sent him over the edge or something.

There’s a reason conspiracy theories run rampant on the right. These people are so gullible, and a big part of it has to do with the fact that they are far less educated on average. As a result they tend to just follow news they want to believe in as opposed to challenging their own biases.

You raise a good point. I am far, far less heartbroken by this than Sandy Hook and Uvalde. Republicans made this all possible.

People are obviously on high alert, considering how far Trump is willing to go given Jan 6th. From the Reichstag fire to the Russian apartment bombings, such events manufactured or actual have profound impact on public perception and action. Naomi Klein’s (not to be confused with the nut job Naomi Wolf) The Shock Doctrine details this well.

No sign this was a false flag, but holy fuck does it have terrible implications.

I’m not sure why you’re getting down-voted. Between the Immunity verdict and Project 2025, that’s a very real possibility. Did people not see the first attempt on January 6th?

I recalled hearing a couple things over the course of the Jan 6th impeachment hearings, which is the President has some say in who his personal detail is, and that there was some info pertaining to them being supportive of him personally. I’d have to review to be certain though.

Well, this likely cements Trump’s win. It also sidelines the media pressure on Biden to step down. Trump gets a huge bump; Biden hits an iceberg. We are fucked.

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Isn’t it painfully ironic that right wingers who cried about being told what to do by the state suddenly imposed a non-scientific law imposing what people can’t do to their own body?

So much for individual freedumb amirite.

Don’t worry. They’re obviously gaslighting you. You undermined their entire argument and yet, they persist. How odd.

Exactly. I cannot fucking believe he can say with a straight face that it’s not an entertainment contest. It’s the biggest American Idol contest there is and sure as shit isn’t a job interview.

Yep. But let’s explore this further under the hood.

• Nobody of the progressive caucus can break ranks lest that be used against the party as a wedge-drive issue by operatives later, whether Biden stays in or not.

• Bernie was essentially promised a high level committee position if he traded falling in line with Biden. This his returning of the favor.

• Calls for Biden to step down will be completely ineffective from the progressive coalition anyway. Biden is a centrist and doesn’t hold much respect for them. The people who matter are the likes of Clyburn and Pelosi.

Man you start going into a research spiral on these shoe companies and ho-lee sheit… Idk if they’re as bad as nestle but…

Thanks. Yeah I genuinely never heard of that site in my life. Seems like it’s been around since forever, too.

Good news is we don’t need a single maga idiot to to leave the cult to win. We just need Democrats to show up and some independent apathetic swing-voters to stay engaged.

Bad news is there aren’t good signs of that right now…

Discussion aside, wtaf is boingboing.net? I’m even hesitant to click that link.

• Reliable pollsters are accurate albeit snapshots in time.

• Aggregate reliable polls even more so.

• Nate Silver’s algorithm is over 90% accurate in its prediction model across thousands of races over the years.

• Cook Political Report is the gold standard.

• Even internal polls reported by democratic Congressional campaigns as well as the President’s team themselves admit they’re behind.

• They were 10 points up at this time in 2020.

• If you aren’t going off this, what ARE you going off of, vibes? In one breath you say don’t put stock in polls, then point to an outlier? I mean, what!?

So you can’t comfort me saying that when Biden should’ve come out 1 step ahead from that debate, he is not maybe only 1 step back as he has been for ages, but possibly 2 steps back.

Well, I suppose you’re right there.

I think you’re looking at this all wrong. All data points to an inevitable Biden loss. Once you accept that, then the question of the alternative almost doesn’t matter.

The problem is that you cannot in good conscience say that an 81-year-old with THAT debate performance is truly the best Democrats have to muster. If true, then that’s fucking sad.

Now, I’ve written many write-ups, and now data supports it, showing that any alternative including Harris would fair better. Win? Not necessarily. But have a better chance? Absofuckinglutely.

• A Harris path is better.
• An open convention is to me even better with solid reasons for why, if you’re interested.

Kind of zero sum. If he’s spending any more time attacking Harris, then that ostensibly detracts from time he otherwise would’ve been attacking Biden.