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Kamala Harris has selected Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota as her Vice President
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well, an exodus has already happened. But unfortunately nothing has taken its place and nothing is nearly as good, as twitter is now, even with how crappy he's made it.
But i choose to look at it as me blocking all ads, and still using twitter is costing him money. As we've all seen he's already taking a bath on how much he paid for it vs what its worth now. And he can try all he wants to interfere, but its not going to work. His pac is already under investigation in two states because of election interference.
This is a very dumb post. This is not how Twitter works anymore. It has nothing to do with your follows, your likes or your interactions. Elon actively manipulates the algorithm to recommend what he wants everyone to see regardless
This article from the BBC about Walz's time teaching in China as a young man ends with the most hilarious attack from a Trump advisor:
Tim Walz: Chinese internet discovers that Harris's VP pick taught in China - BBC News
The Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee spent a year teaching in Guangdong in 1989.www.bbc.com
Wow so he has experience in foreign affairs instead of going to Russia on 4th of July
Most people move by way of confirmation bias. Folks not understanding how Republicans can "delude" themselves into thinking the way they do are probably not aware of their own predispositions and biases.
Oh my god, they're actually doing it. They are completely cooked.
View: https://x.com/mehdirhasan/status/1821196060297191903
View: https://x.com/mehdirhasan/status/1821196060297191903
im sorry, i only use it every day for multiple hours every day, but im dumb. got it.
This is the way. Also if you can avoid using the mobile app do so at all costs. Look up the OldTweetdeck extension and install it on a chromium based browser. (There is a firefox version but it never worked right for me) That will get you Tweetdeck back without having to pay Elmo. Tweetdeck is the one place where I don't think any of the timeline fuckery is happening on the site. Also never ever ever go on the "For You" page.
I exclusively use the For You feed and it's all pop culture news, Sonic, and memes. I literally never see any shitty right wing posts outside of replies and people quote-tweeting weirdos to dunk on them. If you're seeing that stuff on your main timeline it's probably because you keep interacting with it, which unsurprisingly makes the algorithm think you want more of it.
I saw the same conspiracies on the left when Trump had those paid black supporters the other day. There's not nearly as many but they are out there.
I work in vfx, and I saw someone in the vfx industry posting they had 'proof' it was fake by pointing out odd pops in the crowd or 'edges'.
The idea of adding in people into/behind existing crowd, over an hour of footage, to be immediately released, is so far beyond what is possible I just felt deeply saddened by it. These people are not well.
I'm very liberal and I like Walz, but he did say he carried a weapon like that in war. Perhaps he misspoke, but I can't find anything online about him apologizing. It's a fair line of attack to call him out on stolen valor. Is JD Vance a a douche, yes, but he is not wrong in this instance.
I didn't say you were dumb, I said it was a dumb post , which it is. I run a network of 20 accounts on it for work. Elon's manipulation of the algorithm is not subtle and is wild that there is anybody in this forum denying it. It's arguably the main reason he bought the fucking thing for!
Walz made a single reference (that I can find) one time to this effect, and it can easily be interpreted as just being a run-on sentence where he was trying to talk about weapons of war, not making any specific claims:
"I've been voting for common sense legislation that protects the 2nd amendment, but we can do background checks, we can do CDC research, we can make sure we don't have reciprocal carry among states, and we can make sure those weapons of war, that I carried, in war, is the only place where those weapons are at."
Could easily mean that "In war is the only place where those weapons are at."
It's a bad line of attack, and he hasn't built a record of claiming he has been in war.
Is it just me that feels Vice president Noms are getting way more Coverage in this election than Other elections.
I know way more about JD Vance and Walz than I knew about Pence or Kaine. I feel even Harris wasn't covered that much in 2020 after she dropped from the dem primary
I might just be misremembering but I feel VP are usually barely talked about in the past.
I know way more about JD Vance and Walz than I knew about Pence or Kaine. I feel even Harris wasn't covered that much in 2020 after she dropped from the dem primary
I might just be misremembering but I feel VP are usually barely talked about in the past.
I agree, but of course the other side is going to seize on it if you don't correct yourself.
I haven't heard the quote (if he said it at the rally last night it glossed over me, and like everyone posting anything on my feed about him being a high ranking officer mentioned that he was an NCO). The picture of him from when he was enlisted where he's in combat gear is clearly something the unit as a whole did regardless of whether they were in combat or not. I think a quick clean up quote from him as an aside or in an interview somewhere is enough to put this to bed if the quote they are grabbing onto is egregious.
Also this won't work like it did on John Kerry because Gov Walz doesn't have the stink of being a rote politician like Kerry did. And it just comes off as the couch remark getting under JD's skin.
Honestly feel like most people won't give a shit, especially when weighing that up against all the blatant exaggerations and lies from the opposite side. It doesn't feel like a hugely massive gotcha moment.
Suddenly I'm getting Palin flashbacks with JD Vance...
Oh big time. I presume it's partly because there weren't competitive primaries and that energy and enthusiasm needs to go somewhere. And also, that there has suddenly been a lot more interest in the race since Trump got shot and Biden dropped out.
A reminder that speaking of Stolen Valor, JD Vance stole his entire "rough upbringing" he chronicled in Hillbilly Elegy, and only spent a month hanging out with cousins in a "rough neighborhood" that no one from that area seems to know about.
It's 2024 and social media plays a much bigger role in media now than it did in previous elections.
You're misremembering 2008, that's for sure. The Sarah Palin implosion was a sight to see.
really love they stretched that by using the "A" twice wow are people dumb
That account looks like a pure shitposter, it's meant to be dumb.
you run a network of 20 accounts on it for work?? you can't be serious.
I use it for actual personal stuff, you know stuff i actually want to see and interact with. not casually glancing at *20 different accounts.* I have had Elon blocked long before he ever bought it, which is one of the bigger things he "manipulated" so that his posts were boosted. And im telling you, that I use it for multiple hours every day and I do. not. see. right. wing. bullshit. promoted on my timeline. The only time I do see it, is someone I follow dunking on some dumbass republican politician or pundit.
muted words, blocked/muted users, and what you interact with still reign supreme on twitter.
but please do continue to tell me about my own personal lived experience.
View: https://x.com/staphwriter/status/1821189463730471110
i dont know that I've ever seen a politician that owns no stocks, no book deal, paid speaking gig. Are we sure this guy is real?
Walz appears to be the ideal character of a story. Husband, father, coach, teacher, friend, military, no stock.
Where is the closet full of bones. 😝
Where is the closet full of bones. 😝
This'll always remind me of that one a Phineas and Ferb episode where Karl the Intern takes Phineas' "I know what we're going to do today" and uses a computer to turn it into "lEt's HeLp DoOfEnShMiRtZ tAkE oVeR tHe TrIsTaTe ArEa!"
In a seemingly nonstop pattern of bad plays by the Trump/Vance camp the past few weeks, this one could (should) really backfire on them. How breathtakingly stupid of them to come at Walz from the angle of 'stolen valor'.
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I was a little Kid in 2008. I know Palin's Legacy but I was only accounting for 2012 and up elections I was old enough to properly follow In real time.
The guy served more than two decades, deployed to NATO nations to assist in training and security, and you're saying shit bird Vance is right when calling his service stolen valor? That's absolutely bullshit.
Is that seriously the quote that's got everyone in a huff?
Right Wingers are also saying Walz fucked a horse too to combat the Vance Couch memes.
Dude, they have nothing. And the small drawbacks Walz has is fucking small. He said he and the whole city failed during the BLM riots but only because the police collapsed.
Dude, they have nothing. And the small drawbacks Walz has is fucking small. He said he and the whole city failed during the BLM riots but only because the police collapsed.
How am I just now hearing about how good this dude's politics are?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/07/politics/minnesota-governor-walz-progressive-policies/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/07/politics/minnesota-governor-walz-progressive-policies/index.html