The Political Thread

[Smart Marx]

I assume he means this is his last term so he doesn’t care about them voting for the next GOP and that he’s going to supposedly do everything he wants to do and won’t get blocked this time. Which is just a presumptuous ask of people to believe.


Not exactly a great idea to say this knowing that people believe this about him.

Hurry up and win, Kamala so we can be done with this circus.

 

[Brandon Blaze]

Either way he means it is a bad look anyway Cause like. Even that way it’s him basically saying “fuck anyone after I’m done.” Like, you have all these fellow Republicans saying “vote for this man.” and it sounds to me he won’t do the same for anyone who comes after him.

 

[Smart Marx]

Either way he means it is a bad look anyway Cause like. Even that way it’s him basically saying “fuck anyone after I’m done.” Like, you have all these fellow Republicans saying “vote for this man.” and it sounds to me he won’t do the same for anyone who comes after him.

For sure. He definitely just said fuck the rest of these Republicans. I’m getting mine and then y’all on your own.

 

[Sabretooth]

Yeah if Trump wins a second term he’ll be even more ruthless because he knows he can’t run again. Who the fuck knows what he’ll do.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Apparently...

Hungary opens its borders to Russian and Belarusian guest workers without work visa or cultural knowledge testing requirements, giving them "National Cards" granting them unrestricted travel within the European Union's Schengen Area.

Are you fucking kidding me?

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Apparently...


Are you fucking kidding me?

You mean the far-right government that hates a lot of the things most NATO nations have aligned itself with the Russo-sphere? Shocking.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

I will point out this is "alleged" and yet to be proven. Possible Russian disinformation.

 

[Leon TrotSky]

@Bobby Barrows yeah that guy is straight up a Russian agent, the rest of his TL is Trumpist propaganda

 

[Chris]

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/29/nx-s1-5055582/maduro-declared-winner-venezuela-presidential-election

BOGOTA, Colombia — Electoral authorities claimed that Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s deeply unpopular president, had won a third term in Sunday’s election, sparking accusations that his authoritarian regime had committed massive fraud to steal victory from opposition candidate Edmundo González.

After hours of delays and uncertainty, Elvis Amoroso, president of the National Electoral Council and a close Maduro ally, appeared before journalists shortly after midnight on Monday. He declared that Maduro had won with 51% compared to 44% for González, with 80% of the votes counted.

However, opposition leader María Corina Machado insisted that González, a 74-year-old retired diplomat who took Machado’s place on the presidential ballot when the regime banned her from running, had won 70% of the vote compared to 30% for Maduro.

 

[Chris]

South Africa's ex-President Jacob Zuma reportedly expelled from ANC

Mr Zuma is leading a rival party, which now sits in opposition to the ANC in parliament.

www.bbc.com

South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has been expelled from the African National Congress (ANC), the party he once led, after campaigning for a rival party in the 29 May general election, local media is reporting.

The ANC's disciplinary committee found him guilty of "prejudicing the integrity" of the party by joining uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), and has given him three weeks to appeal against its ruling, local media is quoting a leaked ANC document as saying.

 

[Chris]

2 Children Killed and More Injured in Knife Attack in English Town

A 17-year-old was arrested after an assault that left two children dead and nine children and two adults injured. The police said it did not appear terrorism-related.

www.nytimes.com

At least eight people, including children, were injured in a knife attack on Monday in Southport, a seaside town near the northern English city of Liverpool, according to statements from the local police and ambulance service.

A 17-year-old male from Banks, a nearby village, was arrested in connection with the stabbings and was being questioned, according to the Merseyside Police, who oversee law enforcement in the region. They said that the attack was not being treated as related to terrorism.

 

[Chris]

2 Children Killed and More Injured in Knife Attack in English Town

A 17-year-old was arrested after an assault that left two children dead and nine children and two adults injured. The police said it did not appear terrorism-related.

www.nytimes.com

At least eight people, including children, were injured in a knife attack on Monday in Southport, a seaside town near the northern English city of Liverpool, according to statements from the local police and ambulance service.

A 17-year-old male from Banks, a nearby village, was arrested in connection with the stabbings and was being questioned, according to the Merseyside Police, who oversee law enforcement in the region. They said that the attack was not being treated as related to terrorism.

Southport stabbing latest: Two children dead and nine injured in knife attack at dance class

A 17-year-old male is arrested over "ferocious attack" at Taylor Swift-themed event, with six of the injured children in critical condition.

www.bbc.com

• Two children have been killed in what police say was a "ferocious" stabbing attack at a dance class in Southport
• Nine more children are injured, with six in a critical condition, with two adults also injured
• The attack happened at a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga workshop for primary school-aged children
• A 17-year-old male, originally from Cardiff and living near Southport, has been arrested
• Police say the incident is not being treated as terror-related, and they are not looking for anyone else

 

[Comrade Khan]

So he's white then

 

[Chris]

Judge declines to appoint monitor for NRA but bars former CEO Wayne LaPierre from working for group

A New York judge declined to appoint an outside monitor to oversee the finances and internal policies of the National Rifle Association

abcnews.go.com

A New York judge on Monday banned Wayne LaPierre, the former head of the National Rifle Association, from holding a paid position with the organization for a decade, but he declined to appoint an independent monitor to oversee the gun rights group's finances.

The split decision from Judge Joel Cohen came on the final day of arguments in the second stage of the civil trial of the NRA brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.