Peter Drake HAS MOVED @peterdrake@qoto.org

Dr. Ruth “defended abortion rights, suggested older people have sex after a good night’s sleep and was an outspoken advocate of condom use. She believed in monogamy.

In the 1980s, she stood up for gay men at the height of the AIDS epidemic and spoke out loudly for the LGBTQ community.”

https://apnews.com/article/ruth-westheimer-dies-6d4af57b5f034bf9a90977de41b88735

“But who?! Who would actually be swayed by anything at this point?!”

Oh my dear innocent Very Online friend, the answer is “a terrifying number of people:”
https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/112757554897957243

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https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2024/07/one-of-portlands-oldest-pizzerias-just-closed-unexpectedly.html

The chicken makes a compelling argument...

Look, people:

If you think Biden should drop out, I do not think that you personally are an “op.”

If you think Biden should stay in, I do not think that you’re foolish or dooming us all.

I think this candidate selection is •always• fraught, a huge gamble, and our desperate need for certainty, for the future to be OK, is sending our feelings straight to 11 out of 10.

However we hash this moment out, we need to come out the other side shoulder to shoulder.

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If Biden doesn't run in November, the Heritage Foundation and their allies will stage another Brooks Brothers Riot to keep the replacement Democrat candidate off the ballot in every state they can reach. They'll shop for Federalist Society judges and tie them up using procedural delays until after the election. The result will be a victory for Trump by default. If any cases *do* get to the supreme court, Clarence Thomas et al will rule in their own self-interest.

This is how you get a coup.