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I just want to save this series of tweets for posterity. Hopefully, weā€™ll have a chance to go back over whatā€™s going on here when tempers have cooled.

Dan Shafer: Going through my notes from the Biden rally in Madison, Democrats so badly want to be talking about Trump and the policy contrast between the two parties. Every speaker hit on it, over and over. And there's so much there! But it's clearly not the story right now, and it can't be.
9:49 PM ā€¢ 7/5/24 From Earth ā€¢ 1.6K Views
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@MargaretMFrank@margaretmfrankā€¢26m
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Why can't it be?
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Because much of the Trump criticism is nothing new and what's happening with Biden is a bigger story, because there needs to be someone capable of defeating Trump and right now that's an open question.
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Hstoneface.bsky.social

Criticism of trump, the most colorful and prolific wrongdoer in modern politics, is ā€œnothing newā€. Conversely, Biden being old ā€œvalidates a longstanding narrativeā€.

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Ggajenx.bsky.social

OMG I so want to just rinse and repeat all the problems with the convicted 34 count felon Trump and his inability to keep a coherent thought, his homophobic, transphobic, misogynistic, antisemitic, overly old, likely at least stage 1 dementia, drug harmed, rapist, Islamaphobic, fascist shit self.

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CHcoolhandvuk.bsky.social

[hotdog suit guy voice] we're all trying to find the guy who won't let policy differences be the story

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Cobsidianmichi.bsky.social

They have nothing on Biden except that he's old so that has to be the story. It has to be the story because they need a scandal. Biden is the most clean shaven, boring president while Trump is a consistent gold mine of new scandals, but those scandals are old news. Make it make sense.

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Not to lure anyone to the bad place, but he reposted this there himself just now, and literally asked for help understanding it. In case anyone feels like cathartically shouting into the wind. I must admit, though I usu do little there nowadays I gave it a go.

DanRShafer
What do you mean?

Me
Your ability to do meaningful useful journalism is being suffocated by self-imposed rules that are both BS &ā€”even if they weren'tā€”are applied in BS ways.
EG, there's *new* news about Trump's toxicity, violent threats by high-profile supporters, etc being buried on p20 every day

[not pictured: another reply is simply "You're a clown" lol]
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Nthewesterhazys.bsky.social

Wow. Canā€™t report on fascism because it is OLd NeWs. Is this person suffering from some kind of cognitive decline?

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DSdeanshaffer.bsky.social

This poster's name reveals him for the fraud that he is.

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MEmikeexinger.bsky.social

"Because I said so." "Because I WANT it to be so." Same energy.

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DBdrgdave.bsky.social

Biden being old --- and possibly even senile! --- is *NOT* a bigger story than: - Russia holding an American hostage on Trump's behalf - Trump promising to prosecute his opponents in tribunals - SCOTUS ending democracy - The Epstein transcripts Not even close.

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Writer, lawyer, Dodger fan, internet dog. nycsouthpaw18 at gmail.
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