Dr. Strangelove

Those events? I'm not sure. But the state of Texas - after enduring Hurricane Harvey in 2017 (causing $125 billion in damages, tied for most expensive on record), enduring record low temperatures in February 2021 and a subsequent power crisis, followed by the hottest summer on record in 2022, and so on - is facing a string of extreme weather events. Flooding events like what that tweet referenced in Dallas is just the latest extreme weather events that are more common. Having any one of them occur in isolation isn't surprising - it happens, as you referenced. What is unusual is to break 100 year rainfall records, heat records, cold records, and other weather events all in the same 18 month period. Texas is not alone: China is enduring the most severe heatwave ever recorded, the American southwest is facing a water crisis, etc. You do realize climate change caused by humans isn't exactly debatable, right? The question is how much have we caused and how bad will it get.

This is what we conservatives call FAKE NEWS! Climate change is a hoax by China. Who are you gonna believe: me or your own eyes?

Holy Mother of God, this is real. Imagine going back in time and showing this to a voter in 2015. Then explaining to them that this candidate has a decent chance of winning.

Wow, you're just going to believe the radical leftists from China? By simply looking at a thermometer? Thermometers have a well known liberal bias dating back to the mid 1970s. If I used my Freedom Thermometer, which I purchased from Koch Industries™️, it'll tell you its a pleasant 71 degrees and the air is perfectly clean. In the extremely unlikely event mainstream science concludes the planet is rapidly warming leading to dire consequences, you better believe its not because of the actions of humanity. No sir. Any of the 96% of scientists who disagree are liberal hacks.

The people of Georgia have a difficult choice regarding who to vote for. Very difficult indeed.

It's completely reasonable to claim - without evidence - that elections were rigged, causing a horde to storm the capital while certifying said election. That's just normal politics. It was completely normal for a political party, like the Nebraska GOP, to tweet graphic pictures in a now deleted tweet claiming - again without evidence - that school children are being exposed to dangerous materials in schools. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/nebraska-republican-party-tweets-cartoon-depiction-of-oral-sex%3f_amp=true Completely normal behavior. Nothing wacko going on here. Nothing encapsulates the GOP more than this video below.

We're you watching film of last year's OLine play perhaps? Side effects include nausea.

A big advantage Democrats have is ActBlue. Their voters, on average, are comfortable using websites like that and thus Dem candidates raise gobs of money. Their problem, honestly, is raising so much money that much of it is donated to unwinnable races. Republicans have a similar website, but their average voter is simply unaware of it or expresses a bit more reluctance to donate via online platforms.

I don't disagree that audits can be more than inconvenient, at times they can put people through unnecessary hell. But the vast, vast majority will not be that way. Furthermore, many of the '87k' positions will be in customer service: answering phone calls where hold times are a day or longer, much of the money will go towards updating computer equipment and electronic filing systems, developing a way for consumers to file directly with the IRS instead of going through Turbo Tax, etc. I just hope that Republicans don't kneecap these efforts when they take power.

Archy will only agree that a measure is not alarmist as long as Koch Industries says so! Plus everybody knows science is a bunch of gobbledygook liberal nonsense.

You know how last time those "dat-gum libs" told you for years your preferred Presidential candidate was a complete and total moron and then he recommended injecting bleach when confronted with a pandemic, has destabilized Democracy, and committed a few felonies while going out the door? And now we get gems like this on Russia state TV? Now I know you might be thinking "that's just CPAC Dr. Strangelove", well I know it seems quite similar but this actually is Russian State TV. https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1558289365004128264?t=3PaFiytVqI9CC61AyfJMWQ&s=19 Or how the Republican President before that decided to accidentally invade countries for no reason leaving America in a decade long meaningless war costing trillions and we warned you about that one too? DeSantis is kind of like that. We've been telling you it's a bad idea because anybody with with eyes, ears, and a half dozen firing synapses in their brain should be able to see it.

All that is great, but the point isn't whether or not that's a good idea. The point is if you can get elected with that on your platform. If you want to lose the Electoral College by record margins, then run on an "Abolish ICE" message.

Nothing encapsulates the choice Americans have quite like the current situation. Democrats just passed legislation to combat climate change, lower drug costs for seniors, and reduce the deficit while literally at the exact same time as that vote Republicans were scrambling to explain why Trump unlawfully possessed documents pertaining to nuclear weapons.

I'm of the unpopular opinion, at least for a liberal person, that he should be allowed to run and possibly win.

Her main campaign pitch is "Abolish ICE", which alone makes her massively unelectable.

Believe it or not, I did have "Violates Espionage Act" on my Trump Bingo card. That's because the guy is a moron and anybody could see this coming from miles away. Can't wait until he's the nominee and Republicans - so far gone that can't be saved - vote for him anyway.

As you should, she'd lose by an unimaginable margin. I fully agree, I don't think there's an alternative that could win. If they go through a primary process, I have no idea which moderate candidates could get out. I simply don't see which moderate candidate could emerge and be competitive with DeSantis/Trump.

The problem is you can't win a primary without pandering to extremes. For Democrats, they'd have to nominate Kamala Harris who isn't a great candidate, she's terrible in debates, and struggles in interviews. Those things don't matter on the Republican side, but for a Democrat it's unlikely they win since they're at a massive systemic disadvantage as it is. Buttigeg is their best, most charismatic candidate but he wouldn't win a primary since he's extremely unpopular within the Black community. Remember, it doesn't matter what most Americans want: the electoral college skews what Democrats need to win and rewards Republicans for nominating insane candidates.

Ha! People in the MAGA-verse have convinced themselves that Trump is still secretly President, therefore all those legislative victories belong to him.

The incumbency bonus is less than it was previously, however, Joe Biden would stand the best chance of beating Trump or DeSantis. A non Biden candidate would be a heavy underdog against either one. I was a Buttigieg fan in the primaries, but frankly, Democrats don't have many good candidates since most of them tripped over themselves to win the Sanders wing of the party, which is unelectable.

You mean the guy who signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, PACT Act for Vets after Senate Republicans did everything they could to look like morons, signed Bipartisan Gun Legislation, signed Legislation to actually reduce the deficit, and lowered drug costs for seniors? Yeah, I totally miss the former President who recommended injecting bleach. He was a real winner!

Woah, cult members?! They simply love the greatest American, saving us from decline (from brown people), who's ever walked the earth. Do you think Trump, in all his patriotic glory, is just some self-serving grifter who's spent his entire life lying, cheating (especially on his wives), and bullying others with the sole goal of enriching himself?! No sir! He's a great American who genuinely believes in his America First policies. He's not some self-serving asshat who's greatest business success is abusing bankruptcy law and being born wealthy! How dare you!

Other Red states can join them, provided they pay back decades of subsidies they've received from the federal government since they've been leeching. Once they do, they can name Trump President for life, clean up after their own climate disasters, defund services like Medicare, Social Security, Education, etc. and name women as property. It'll be a place conservative dreams are made of.

Bingo. Dining options at Cracker Barrel enrage the Trump base. Concerning ourselves about what enrages a political group motivated entirely by rage isn't something we need to concern ourselves with.

I somewhat disagree. Democrats protect Republican voters from themselves often enough as it is. Let Republicans themselves figure it out. America needs them to get it together because Democrats can't just keep pulling them forward kicking and screaming anymore.