Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

@kleptomage
More like Trump has to pay to get him out of it.

The Speaker will no doubt withhold certification of the 2024 election if Trump/the Republican nominee is not declared the winner, won’t he?

@Vivace
Yup.

Technically wouldn’t do them any good. Since Biden would be the incumbent he would remain in office in a caretaker role. So long as the contest is disputed.

The House lacks the authority or ability to call new elections, remove the sitting president (alone), or put a president in without the senate and electoral college.

Sheesh, why did I say that? It’s the Senate where the electoral votes get certified. My bad.

It’s a joint session.

@Vivace
Trump will claim otherwise, just watch.

So another Mass Shooting in America has happened…

This time in Lewiston, Maine.

Here’s an image of the suspect but it might be disturbing to some:

Exact number of deaths and injuries hasn’t been 100% confirmed yet.

Latest example of why I say ACAB:

A Mississippi mother reported her 37-year old son, Dexter Wade, missing back in March. After 172 days, she finally learned he was dead. A police officer fatally ran him over less than an hour after he left home. They knew his name and his family, but opted not to contact his mother, left his body in the morgue unclaimed, before quietly burying him at the Hinds County Jail’s penal farm marked only by a number.

Well apparently Biden said to Iran’s idiot if the attacks on US bases in Syria and Iraq continue, that the US will respond.

The Maine shooting suspect is still at large, but there is a bit of info on him.

He’s an army reservist and firearms instructor. His social media was one filled with right and far right rhetoric, with particularly volatile language towards trans people.

Though so far the shooting doesn’t seem to have been motivated politically. The suspect had been reporting hearing voices and suffering from intense emotional disregulation.

Until he’s capture or his motives are ascertained, it’s up in the air.

@Zincy
If he’s unpredictable, than that’s even more concerning.

afaict, it’s just liking whatever Musk posts.

(so yes, right wing rhetoric)

The latest Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, blames mass shootings on “no-fault divorces” and the education system teaching evolution.

This is going to be a rough 14+ months.

I also read that on Twitter, he is also hateful against trans people.

@Dustcan
…I fail to see how school shootings are related to no-fault divorce or evolution. Me thinks he lacks a source for that claim.

He says it’s due to cultural decline since the 60s, with those 2 things being the cited indications of cultural degeneracy.

Which somehow makes it dumber.

@Dustcan
And still no reliable source I’m guessing.

It’s been literal decades since the American right has had a valid source for anything they say. Aside from “listen and obey because God says so”.

Speaking of spiting religious folk.

Early voting in traditional dem strongholds in Ohio are smashing early voting totals. Even higher than totals during the August election, which set records.

Polling continues to show the yes votes on both amendments leading by large margins.

I am going to laugh my ass off if they manage to win by over 60%, which would have rendered the vote in August moot if the idiots had managed to raise the threshold.

@Dustcan
Oof Mike Johnson.

ya boy Bibi was saying “Ay we killed 1k terrorists already we bout to kill more. We’s prepping our boys to go in there and go Call of Duty Battlefied on them motherfuckes. This has been Bibi Netanyahu. Shalom out”

I’m paraphrasing ofc.

If the KDR of the Israelis are less than 30 I’m gonna call them casuals.

Why? Because as Dustcan once mentioned, the average age of Gazans is 19. Reason being: HALF of Gazans are under 18 so the IDF boys and girls (very fine IDF girls btw ngl they make me wanna switch sides) are playing in a server with a lot of 12yos so yeah good luck guys.

@tehwatever
They’d be going into a maze. A maze that’s been built up for the last two decades with the idea to present as many ambush spots possible (outside of all the “natural” ones a city presents), and under which there’s another maze of tunnels.

It’s the absolute worst place to want to “invade”. Unless their plan is to turn every block to rubble one by one and then advance over the rubble.

They’ve already got a good start on that.

@tehwatever
Why are you like this