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Goodguy  15hr ago (text post)   Edited 11hr ago   4744 thread views

Midterms Megathread

Cause otherwise midterms discussion will be scattered around a bunch of separate Culture War thread posts. And it's nice to have more off-the-cuff rapid reactions in a dedicated megathread.

The first thing I've noticed so far: if the exit polls are correct, Americans are very pessimistic about AI.

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I guess all the "voters are stupid for caring about gas prices or a wrecked economy, destroying Iran is for our eternal glory!" talk does not actually win elections for Republicans.

Hopefully Republicans overcome their Israel fetish.

I said this down thread: Trump's approval has been in steady decline over the past two years, with a consistent drumbeat of bad news. It's gas and Iran, but it's also ICE goons and corruption and tariffs and being a vulgarian and...

(And it's also pushing bad candidates because they kissed the ring harder)

Don’t forget Epstein. If feels unserious to put Epstein in a list of impactful political phenomena, but we have to admit that the Epstein messaging was effective.

Anyone who thinks Epstein is worth the effort is unserious. He’s dead, there’s no point. It’s just a way for people to pretend they’re into politics without having to look into issues. Corruption is the same thing. You can bleat about anything that sounds corrupt without having to know anything.

No one is bringing up Epstien is asking for a repeat of the Cadaver Synod featuring his corpse. They want Les Wexner, Leon Black, Jes Staley, and others to be indicted and tried for what's in the released emails . And a release of the 3 million documents that remain unreleased.

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