US Politics Thread

[BlueHammer85]

If you watch the footage of the Dominion legal team speaking you'll see an older, balding gentleman who works for one of the law firms. That's John -- the biggest yank West Ham fan in the USA. So much so that the last issue of the club matchday mag the year they vacated Upton Park there was a whole article about him and his utter obsession with his Hammers through thick and thin.

He's an old college buddy of mine and my wife's. We exchanged email pleasantries after his club helped ours out this weekend. Wish he hadn't settled though :)

Ask him from me if he is ok to use the settlement winnings to buy Haaland for West Ham next season

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Fair play there cant be many people you arent loosely connected to, always enjoy reading it

I knew he worked for the firm involved but a few weeks back there was a pic in the NYT of the Dominion team and my wife says, "Hey, that's John!" We had no idea he himself was on this case. Great guy. He was closer to my wife than to me, but he came to our wedding and us to his, so this one is less loose than usual. Small country.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Ask him from me if he is ok to use the settlement winnings to buy Haaland for West Ham next season

I doubt this was an ambulance-chasing contingent case but surely he can chip in to help you all buy a new manager!

 

[SebastianBlue]

I doubt this was an ambulance-chasing contingent case but surely he can chip in to help you all buy a new manager!

Or at least get them to settle for a previous one!

 

[BlueHammer85]

I doubt this was an ambulance-chasing contingent case but surely he can chip in to help you all buy a new manager!

I’m happy to stick with the Moyesiah. Especially if he lands us a first trophy in my lifetime

 

[aguero93:20]

MSNBC: Fox admits lying
CNN: Fox admits lying
Fox News:

Just worried about his job.

 

[Username Required]

Who the fuck is that?

The grifter-in-chief himself.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

@FogBlueInSanFran When you have a chance, would love to hear your thoughts on the implications of extreme gerrymandering through 2031.

I think a lot of it is clearly influenced by gerrymandering. And the second point is the most important -- they have to out-MAGA each other to ensure they lock in the most rabid element of their base which is, increasingly, the only element of their base, more so in a gerrymandered district set. But where it's close or could be close, they've lost the middle, the young, the suburban, the independent, the swing voter. But I assume as long as a MAGA is king of the MAGA hill in his/her MAGA enclave that has no competition, they couldn't care less about the truth, policy, their constituents' needs nor anything else that one would expect a good-hearted soul to focus on.

 

[SebastianBlue]

I think a lot of it is clearly influenced by gerrymandering. And the second point is the most important -- they have to out-MAGA each other to ensure they lock in the most rabid element of their base which is, increasingly, the only element of their base, more so in a gerrymandered district set. But where it's close or could be close, they've lost the middle, the young, the suburban, the independent, the swing voter. But I assume as long as a MAGA is king of the MAGA hill in his/her MAGA enclave that has no competition, they couldn't care less about the truth, policy, their constituents' needs nor anything else that one would expect a good-hearted soul to focus on.

Thanks for your thoughts.

I tend to agree with a few analysts that say until the voting maps unlock—and hopefully independent drawing procedures can be installed and/or enforced—the GOP are going to continue to act in opposition of the majority of voters, largely to keep their captured voting blocks on side.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Thanks for your thoughts.

I tend to agree with a few analysts that say until the voting maps unlock—and hopefully independent drawing procedures can be installed and/or enforced—the GOP are going to continue to act in opposition of the majority of voters, largely to keep their captured voting blocks on side.

There's much sense in this outlook.

And yet it strikes me that the typical Republican primary voter is MAGA through-and-through. Redistricting will no doubt see dilution of the ultra-MAGA primary representation - but will that be enough? Is the Republican party doomed to decades of radical ideology, majority voter sentiment be damned?