political hobbyist thread

[Kat Kid]

School board elections are now basically just partisan and it mostly sucks ass.

[mocat]

this was everywhere yesterday. am i supposed to know who michael tracey is?

he's a fairly major political contrarian on twitter.

I know him now as the dumbest ass person "reporting" from ukraine.

He's just trying to tweet his way through this one, pretty lol

https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1505928987230490624?t=kHm6Mj4Wu3-hYpoWYI6L8Q&s=19

[mocat]

https://twitter.com/Wilson__Valdez/status/1506073049216528388?t=JUP6QMpOtPliASebimvzXw&s=19

[bucket]

I think he's buds with Greenwald.

[mocat]

I think he's buds with Greenwald.

Canco, lol

https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/1506262273131692032?t=erbQDJFufqwl4PHCbr5tkA&s=19

[sys]

should have named it the horseshoe.

[steve dave]

Holy crap, lmao

[FuzzyWuzzy]

School board elections are now basically just partisan and it mostly sucks ass.

That's intentional. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2021/09/03/wisconsin-school-boards-crossfire-parents-aided-gop-groups/5702386001/

I live in WI. the stuff the Bradley Foundation(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Foundation) pilots here gets piped straight into the GOP and exported around the country:
https://projects.jsonline.com/news/2017/5/5/hacked-records-show-bradley-foundation-taking-wisconsin-model-national.html

They are basically the actual version of the boogieman that most liberals think the Koch Brothers are and have been focusing on schools for a long time.

List of what they've focused on recently-ish:
political focus on school board elections, privatizing schooling aka school choice/vouchers(https://archive.jsonline.com/newswatch/203790281.html), spreading fear about election fraud to push voter disenfranchisement(https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/09/the-big-money-behind-the-big-lie), stripping the office of Governor of power on your way out after you lose an election(https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/us/wisconsin-power-republicans.html), anti-vax/anti-mask/anti-social distancing efforts(https://upnorthnewswi.com/2020/07/17/bradley-foundation-bankrolled-groups-tied-to-reopen-movement-to-tune-of-2-million/).

[steve dave]

amaze

https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1507091569236660228

[catastrophe]

For a second I thought Ronald was even saluting.

[Spracne]

What's the story on the Gitmo McD's flag? Lol.

[CHONGS]

They have to lower it though right?

[MakeItRain]

For flag code, yes. No flag is supposed to fly higher or the same height as the American flag. It's why they dip the handheld non American flags during anthem ceremonies.

This is frequently ignored in the state of Texas.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Yeah, if the Alamo had a McDonalds (and it really should have one), they would keep the golden arches at full mast.

[Sandstone Outcropping]

this is a good twitter account to follow

https://twitter.com/ampol_moment/status/1512100938059857929?s=20&t=jCy00_1KJ4gSg5-bUvlqjQ

[Institutional Control]

That was horrible and great at the same time.

[Spracne]

this is a good twitter account to follow

https://twitter.com/ampol_moment/status/1512100938059857929?s=20&t=jCy00_1KJ4gSg5-bUvlqjQ

I ... I can't ... just ... what???

[steve dave]

I think MFGA is going to elect France Trump.

[chum1]

According to surveys, France somehow has way more conspiracy theorist types than we do.

[star seed 7]

From what I read the french Bernie bros are mad that macron is too far right so they are going with french trump to get even.

[Kat Kid]

From what I read the french Bernie bros are mad that macron is too far right so they are going with french trump to get even.

Melenchonbros are sitting out. Also macron is a piece of crap but French politics is so far to the left of the us it isn’t even funny.

[Kat Kid]

I think MFGA is going to elect France Trump.

No she will lose and macron will make a big deal about how close France was to disaster so that’s why he needs to raise the retirement age.

[Kat Kid]

horseshoe theory takes a hit in France, maybe they ate the horse?

   Hours after he fell short of making it into the final phase of France’s presidential election, the veteran leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon had a message for his supporters: they should not give “a single vote” to far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the second round in two weeks. Now the identity of France’s next president might depend on whether they listen.

[steve dave]

I think MFGA is going to elect France Trump.

No she will lose and macron will make a big deal about how close France was to disaster so that’s why he needs to raise the retirement age.

thankfully looks that way. also shocking how similar MFGA and MAGA are.

https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1517552584457965568?s=20

[sonofdaxjones]

I will say this about Macron, at least he hasn't been working on overthrowing governments that he took money from for his campaigns.   Unlike his predecessor.