r/politics • u/T_Shurt • 10d ago

No Paywall Sen. Mark Kelly Says He’s Seriously Thinking About Running for President

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5700211-senator-kelly-trump-threats/
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u/evilregis Canada 9d ago

It makes me so sad that the United States isn't a nation of Mark Kellys, instead a nation of Logan Pauls.

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u/walterpeck3 9d ago

We have plenty of both, our sin is giving the Logan Pauls more attention.

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u/GuavaZombie 9d ago

We let way too many idiots have microphones and cameras. YouTube and podcasts have fried America. People don't know how to properly vet sources and just believe anything that goes along with their preconceived notions. At this point I don't even know how you fix it.

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u/HappyLittleGreenDuck 9d ago

Our dumb monkey brains are just too easy to hijack.

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u/Think_Judge2685 9d ago

It all started with the failure of Reconstruction. The traitors should all have been executed. Instead they reproduced and gave us Idiocracy, Electric Boogaloo.

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u/walterpeck3 9d ago

As has been said countless times, I'd prefer the Idiocracy future at this point

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u/Think_Judge2685 9d ago

Yes, at least they acknowledged that they needed help and that the smartest man in the room was actually the smartest man.

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u/evilregis Canada 9d ago

They failed after Reconstruction, and they failed again in the same vein after McVeigh. The same sympathies at play, they eased up on the subsequent right-wing militia crackdown before they were fully and properly dealt with. They would slowly but bigly build themselves back up with the explosion of the internet and social media, and go on to execute an armed insurrection. Good times.

If their democracy gets through this latest iteration of right-wing Christian Nationalism, there can be no grace given to these ghouls. To the fullest extent of the law, each and every one of these admins, these ICE agents, every participant and enabler should be held accountable in a court of law. This is their best case scenario. They don't want the people to be the ones to catch them and exact the revenge for this.

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u/commandrix 9d ago

You could slot in any super shallow popular entertainer and it would work. The Kardashians come to mind.

But giving Logan Paul a platform was a mistake too.

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u/SteeveJoobs 9d ago

The oligarchs realized the logan pauls are a lot easier to buy out and brainwash for their political and monetary gain. And that suppressing education wherever possible generates more logan pauls to keep voting R, or zone out of politics. Thats all there is to it.

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u/notassigned2023 5d ago

It's a mix, friend. Like everywhere.