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can’t forget just completely dropping the ball on the most popular campaign promises (enshrining reproductive rights, student debt relief)

if Dems win: wow our strategy of catering to the “moderates” and conservatives estranged by Trump worked!

if Dems lose: wow we didn’t cater to the “moderates” or conservatives estranged by Trump hard enough. Gotta go harder next time.

Surprise! Google search traffic is spiking in the U.S. for the question “Did Joe Biden drop out?”

funny or sad i cant decide

hello (⊙ω⊙)7 new in town.

Well, re:Iraq/Afghanistan, news of soldiers coming back in caskets very much contributed to Bush’s unpopularity. At the end of the day, chanting “we’re fighting for freedom! and democracy!” isn’t enough to keep 'muricans in hawkish zeal. It popped the popular perception that pointy end of the military industrial complex was only for brown people non-americans. Which is why proxy wars are the go-to now, much more secure in support from the metropole.

edit: and less news of Americans dropping missiles on weddings