Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

@Background Pony #F6E5
Well if that’s the case…

Though it may not end well for those celebrating if he actually lived.

Since this is a political thread, here is a political post: Sprout as Boris Johnson

@lonewolf
Actually, I’m hearing news reports that the helicopter was in the fog, which could’ve caused it to crash. If that’s what actually happened, then it’s still a win for the world, and for Israel, too.

Edit: Yeah, not sure how many people in Iran are going to get thrown in prison, never mind killed by the regime.

@Meanlucario
It’s Virginia part of the south.

I mostly lived out west, California. And the school system was mainly glazing over the facts after the Civil War, after Lincoln’s death. Which is a shame. That is what should be taught more.

I hear that Iran’s President kicked the bucket.

CIA HQ right now be like:

@CaptainXtra
Now Iran can do another election?

@CaptainXtra
Yep it’s confirmed.
The world is just a little bit better.

@lonewolf
Well, probably depends on who takes the seat.

@Background Pony #D717
Yeah. For all we know, they could find someone worse than him.

@Background Pony #F6E5
Looking at his wikipedia page it’ll be easier to find someone worse.

@lonewolf
Don’t celebrate, cause they’ll end up with someone much worse ruling Iran.

@igotnopicks
Sounds like the south’s history system needs to revamp to be more honest about what happened.

@NitroFury
How much worse than the guy nicknamed the lampan for how many people he had executed and hung on public streetlamps can they get

There’s also the fact that the “supreme leader” is still kicking and is the actual authority in Iran.

Don’t get me wrong, I won’t weep for the shitstain, but his death won’t do all that much.

RFK Jr. gets 3% of the vote, meaning Biden gets 51% of the vote, same as in 2020, but Trump only gets 43% of the vote, down from 46% in 2020.

Reaction?

@Background Pony #9C9C
Depends where they get those votes, since the overall popular vote matters little when the choice is in the hands of the Electoral College.
As it is, according to 270towin.com, the vote hinges on six swing states, and not only Trump polls favorably in all but one of them (Wisconsin currently registers the slightest of leans towards Biden), he could win with Georgia and Pennsylvania alone (and the opposite for Biden isn’t true).

Polling is, weird right now.

I’ve been following political polling since I was 16, and this year has the highest variability I’ve ever seen in a presidential election.

Polls this far out normally differ from the final tallies by between 5-9 points. Already a fairly large variance. I’m betting that polls will definitely be towards the higher end of the variance this year.

That being said, there’s no guarantee which way that will break.

Biden could be right and that he’s more ahead than the polls show, or he could be extra wrong and be even further behind.

Right now, I’m not putting much stock in polling. I’m not even really going to check much until July, when the variance starts to even out.

@Background Pony #DC9A
LGBT+/Non-White people: Exist

Republicans:

@Background Pony #DC9A
Just to be clear the point of this tweet was to show how Japan is a country of diverse political opinions. Not just conservative but can even be left winged too. It’s more to attack those on the right and left that want to stereotype Japan as some trad conservative paradise with no nuance.

@Background Pony #DC9A
I’m pretty sure most people outside of far-right weebs know that.

Surpised no one posted this sooner but
Chief ICC prosecutor is officially seeking arrest warrants for both Israeli and Hamas leadership for war crimes

He haven’t gotten it yet but it’s unlikely the guy went to court with nothing for evidence, so I’ll say the arrest warrants are almost guaranteed

Biden immediately called the arrest warrants outrageous lul(remember when he was “outraged” when the IDF tripled tapped two American citizens? And now he’s back to personally glazing Israel) and Republicans want to personally assassinate the Prosecutor for DARING to question whether 30,000 dead civilians really is necessary for a war to be conducted

@Commune
When entering this thread today I expected at least a full page of comments dedicated to this.

The name of this article pretty much speaks for itself:
Trump Considers Biggest Fascist Possible for Attorney General Pick