Matt Baldwin

"Do you realize this agency is structured to cause abuses?"

Yeah man, I actually do, that's why me and a bunch of others were out in the streets 23 years ago protesting the passage of the law that created it, welcome to the party.

A) *wildly* illegal

B) 10-15 minutes would be an annoyance but not an impediment

C) non-white voters and their communities have long dealt with vote suppression efforts, have strategies for dealing with them, and people feeling the way you do could stand to learn a few things from them.

Same re: leaning into the Latino half of my ancestry.

A non-zero number of conservatives still think the right to vote is sacrosanct and don’t like seeing that sort of thing either.

My guy, two people in Minneapolis were shot in broad daylight and the result has been *more* people out in the streets there to confront them, not fewer. Why do you think agents posting up to a polling place to interfere with the vote would not just spend the day getting mobbed?

Yeah, I'm not the person to really speak knowledgeably on this, but I suspect, but I'm starting to theorize that it's downstream from generally socially-privileged people experiencing an actual challenge to their freedoms for the first time in their lives, and not being able to handle it.

I've also noticed a certain demographic trend on this behavior, and I'm starting to suspect much of it is downstream from largely-socially privileged people who are experiencing a challenge to their fundamental freedoms for the first real time in their lives. bsky.app/profile/this...

This is anecdotal and only based off a couple of days' observation, but I'm starting to notice a clear racial divide on this subject. The people spinning out & dooming about it are mostly white or white-presenting, the people being rational mostly are not.

The kayfabe of this website is that Big Accounts get fed Axios Bullshit (sometimes it’s from the New York Times) and cite it to say the thing they wanted to say all along, that they’d say no matter what.

I remember being *astonished* to learn that he was middle-aged. Gun to my head, I would have guessed he was a recent-ish college grad in a shitty job market, 23-24 tops.

Which is just another onion layer to the deception.

I would vote by mail and then spend my day as a poll watcher specifically to counter this operation.

And I very much doubt I’d be alone.

that karl guy gives weed store managers with fradulent resumes a bad name tbqh

Trump and his inner circle may not be able to see the writing on the wall regarding these last couple of special elections, but a lot of congressional GOP can.

"All they need to do is post a couple of agents by some key polling places" and those agents are going to spend Election Day surrounded by wine moms, retiree library volunteers, PTA parents, and everybody else around ready to give them the time of day.

Huh turns out people who make laws for a living might actually know a couple of things about crafting government legislation, who'da thunk.

And this is the thing every single quisling doom-mongering about armed election interference refuses to reckon with: brute squad violence by ICE is inspiring average, every day people to be more courageous, not more timid.

Well, that answers my question about the state of your self-esteem, at least: -50.

Holy shit, do you have *any* self-esteem? I'm literally asking you, "what's the plan, how does this work?" and you're having an existential crisis about it.

Real solid coalition-building skills ya got there, bang-up job making the case for your ideas. I'm totally convinced, let's go.

I'm not being an ass, it was a sincere question, and if you are assuming I am deliberately being an ass, then you are by definition *not* engaging in good faith.

There's a real surplus of Farquaads these days.

How would I know? It's your plan; you're the one saying "the people will solve it." it just seems to me that if you're confident none of the actual branches of government will ever do anything, what would "the people" be waiting for, then? Just gonna let the misery continue unchecked, I guess?

If not us, then who? And if not now, when? | The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation provides education, scholarships, exhibits, events, and media related to the lives of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

I gotta ask: are you *deliberately* quoting one of Ronald Reagan's more famous speeches here? www.reaganfoundation.org/ronald-reaga...

OK.

Yeah, the whole crux with that declaration is: if you genuinely feel that way, why wait?

Matt Damon just Leroy Jenkins-ing into a battle had me dying.

Hey cool, so are we getting that Jessica Chastain show about punishing white supremacists that they yanked right after the Charlie Kirk shooting, or are they shelving that indefinitely to curry political favor?

*checks*

Looks like "shelved indefinitely" is the plan!

And the thing is, THE LAST DUEL is up there with his best.

"the Swarm of Righteous Teens makes seven Pummel attacks and can cast Kill Yourself Bitch"

actual LMAO

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Well I guess we’re all learning what you’re horny for.

Surprising amount of baby-killing on the skyline tonight, wow.