“I want to hear how they fucked this up”
Because the two wings of the Democratic Party are so eager to play “gotcha” that they’ll pounce on bs small stories creating noise and toxically attack each other.
Meaning real stories like this get suppressed as air is sucked out of the room.
Hell even as this story breaks, half the talking heads are too busy saying “haha told you so” or “this is an establishment attack” rather than caring about the victim, or even the political race.
In 2020 Russia invested attack ads in telling Republicans that Democrats were enemies of America and funding podcasters that stoked right wing agendas.
They also ran ads telling Democrats that other Democrats were their enemy, and funding podcasts that stoked internal division.
Both campaigns were remarkably effective.
Only one of those campaigns does the average Dem realize.
The rational response to this moment is simple:
-No prior “red flag” is relevant to this claim, and it did not have the veracity of this claim, so it’s irrelevant to this discussion.
-He had a lead and won the primary, it’s reasonable to support that unless there is actual evidence of wrong doing.
-Now there is a very credible claim of something heinous, you drop him, replace him with someone better (lock him up) and identify gaps in your vetting process.
But if the response is “haha I told you so!” while America is dealing with a Christian-nationalist takeover and a corrupt rapist president, then you’ve lost the fucking plot.
We have seen enough, the new allegations against @grahamformaine make it clear that he is not what we believed him to be. No rapist can call themselves a progressive and expect to get away with it in the end.
We unequivocally revoke our endorsement and demand he drop out.
Just like I said how it’s dumb for any progressive to try and defend Planter here, it’s also dumb for moderates to grave dance here.
There is a difference in type, veracity, nature and corroboration in this accusation about Planter than in all others.
It is both true that Planter had a great shot at beating Collin’s and that other accusations against him (such as that tattoo) were dumb
AND
It’s also true that this accusation is heinous, disqualifying, reputable, corroborated and means he should be kicked to the curb and locked up.
The problem is, when you make a big fuss about all the petty shit, and spend time infighting, the toxic environment it creates makes credible and real issues like this harder to surface.
Madame Celeste Amarilla,
Vous êtes une femme méprisable et indigne de sa fonction.
Vous ne représentez pas le Paraguay, ce pays qui a transpiré la passion et l’honneur tout au long de la compétition. Par votre inconscience et votre racisme décomplexé, le monde entier a déjà oublié le parcours et l’effort historique que vos joueurs ont réalisés durant cette coupe du monde pour laisser place à une dame incompétente donnant la pire image possible de son pays.
Je ne laisserai jamais aux gens comme elle, la liberté de laisser propager leur haine et leur racisme à travers le monde.
Cape Verde is one of the best counterarguments in sports history to the misguided concept that only championships matter.
The presumption that there are no meaningful accomplishments in sport short of winning everything is an overly simplistic, toxic mentality that has to die.
This is not just the request of the Oglala Lakota Nation, but the entire unified Očhéthi Šakówiŋ. Each passed a resolution banning the use of fireworks at cultural sites, including Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe.
On July 10, 1999, Brandi Chastain scored the decisive, game-winning penalty kick for the United States against China in the FIFA Women's World Cup Final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
There are at least two reason they might not want to update us on McConnell’s condition:
-In Kentucky, a special election to replace a Senator will NOT be called if it’s closer than 3 months till the next election.
-That date is August 3rd.
1) If McConnell’s condition is clearly unfit for office, they’d hide that to avoid being forced to submit a resignation letter until after that date.
2) If McConnell has not regained consciousness or has the chance of oxygen induced brain death and is on artificial life support, they would try and
-In Kentucky “brain death” is legally considered death under Kentucky Revised Statute § 446.400
-Any two independent physicians may declare the patient dead for the purposes of the seat being vacated IF the patient is only “alive” due to a ventilator and artificial life support systems.
But, his next of kin (Chao) would need to be involved in the process of treatment and testing and final decisions to end support for that path to be viable…
She left to China 3 days after his hospitalization.
So is McConnell alive and well? Is he awake and functional? Is he a vegetable?
Either way I think they are trying to make sure we don’t have the answer to that until August 3rd.
It all comes down to the absolute refusal to study the female body, test products and medications on females, and give women medical care instead of diagnosing everything as "anxiety" and throwing chemical castration at it.
VISIBILITY.
This is what I preach everyday.
In everything you do in life, a graphic designer, a content creator, a footballer, you need VISIBILITY.
You can be very good at what you do, and nobody will know you. The World Cup provides that visibility.