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mikeyank
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Part of charismatic dictators has always been to distract and hypnotize their followers to believe all of their bullshit. It is an old playbook and sadly we are watching our country being pulled apart and hopefully not destroyed by this lunatic in power now. Very sad to watch all that is happening now.
Pornstars who are Republican POS.
Hatler Gurius
Cliff Jensen
Those are the 2 main ones. I’ll add more as I discover. I actually think Hatler is an ignorant idiot.
ADDED: It’s just porn and you can watch anybody you want. However, I’d refuse to pay $.01 to any porn site or onlyfans that featured these two idiots.
Hatler Gurius
Cliff Jensen
Those are the 2 main ones. I’ll add more as I discover. I actually think Hatler is an ignorant idiot.
ADDED: It’s just porn and you can watch anybody you want. However, I’d refuse to pay $.01 to any porn site or onlyfans that featured these two idiots.
mikeyank
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mikeyank
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Very interesting. I always wondered if anything would come out about that situation. I will definitely look for documentary on MAX
George Clooney is executive producer
mikeyank
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mikeyank
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This post is for anyone interested in the New York City race for mayor. Today is Primary Day and I just got home from voting. It is a very interesting election to determine the Democratic candidate in November. Traditionally in New York City, whoever wins the Democratic primary wins the race, but this is not a traditional year. Incumbent mayor Eric Adams who was up on federal charges for taking bribes from the Turkish government had the charges dropped by the Trump administration when he agreed to work with ICE agents and so he lost all support by Democrats. He is not on the ballot today but will run as an independent.
Former governor Andrew Cuomo who resigned with sexual harassment charges by former female colleagues and employees pending is the leading candidate but Socialist-Democrat Assembly member Zohran Mamdani, who has the support of young people and has been enforced by Senator Bernie Sanders and AOC has closed the gap and some projections show him winning the race when the rank choice voting is revealed next week.
This is how the rank choice voting works:
“In New York City’s version, voters get to rank up to five candidates, from first to last, on the ballot.
If one candidate is the first choice of a majority of voters — more than 50% — that person wins the race outright, just like in a traditional election.
If nobody hits that threshold, ranked choice analysis kicks in.
Vote tabulation is done by computer in rounds. After the first round, the candidate in last place — the candidate ranked No. 1 by the fewest amount of people — is eliminated. The computer then looks at the ballots cast by people who ranked that candidate first, to see who they ranked second. Those people’s votes are then redistributed to their second choices.
That process then repeats. As more candidates are eliminated, voters’ third, fourth and even fifth choices could potentially come into play.
Here is a simulation of how the voting may go, The first candidate to get 50% of the votes in any round wins the nomination.
Rounds continue until there are only two candidates left. The one with the most votes wins.”
I voted for Cuomo. Stringer, Landers and Adrienne Adams because Mandami is polarizing and could lead moderate voters to vote for Adams or the Republican Curtis Sliwa who supports Trump. It will be an interesting election today, next week and in November.
Former governor Andrew Cuomo who resigned with sexual harassment charges by former female colleagues and employees pending is the leading candidate but Socialist-Democrat Assembly member Zohran Mamdani, who has the support of young people and has been enforced by Senator Bernie Sanders and AOC has closed the gap and some projections show him winning the race when the rank choice voting is revealed next week.
This is how the rank choice voting works:
“In New York City’s version, voters get to rank up to five candidates, from first to last, on the ballot.
If one candidate is the first choice of a majority of voters — more than 50% — that person wins the race outright, just like in a traditional election.
If nobody hits that threshold, ranked choice analysis kicks in.
Vote tabulation is done by computer in rounds. After the first round, the candidate in last place — the candidate ranked No. 1 by the fewest amount of people — is eliminated. The computer then looks at the ballots cast by people who ranked that candidate first, to see who they ranked second. Those people’s votes are then redistributed to their second choices.
That process then repeats. As more candidates are eliminated, voters’ third, fourth and even fifth choices could potentially come into play.
Here is a simulation of how the voting may go, The first candidate to get 50% of the votes in any round wins the nomination.
I voted for Cuomo. Stringer, Landers and Adrienne Adams because Mandami is polarizing and could lead moderate voters to vote for Adams or the Republican Curtis Sliwa who supports Trump. It will be an interesting election today, next week and in November.
mikeyank
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Mamdani Wins Stunning Upset in Democratic Primary as Cuomo Concedes Race
The democratic socialist state Assembly member from Queens is on track to be the Democratic nominee for mayor in a ranked-choice election.———————————————————————-
Zohran Mamdani did not receive the required 50% of the total votes required to be officially the Democratic nominee, he received approximately 44% with Cuomo getting 36% but third place choice Brad Lander with 11% and he aligned with Mamdani and so his votes will mostly go to the first Socialist-Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City. It will be a wild race in the fall with Mamdani, Adams, Republican Curtis Sliwa and possibly Cuomo all on the ticket. It’s too early to project a winner but it sure has shaken up New York City politics.
mikeyank
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mikeyank
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I wonder why Donald wants to put the Jeffrey Epstein case behind him. He said yesterday to a reporter that there are a lot more important things to ask his administration about, Hmmm, I wonder why???
mikeyank
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MAGA world is turning on each other. I’m enjoying the shit show.
juanjo
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So, Bongino did not show up for work today at the FBI after expressing some dissatisfaction online with Bondi over the Epstein matter.
Then we have Elon and Bannon. These two have hated each other for a very long time. It is not over policy, it is personal. They are both arrogant twats, and they rub each other the wrong way. Did Elon commit immigration fraud? Quite possibly if what has been reported is remotely accurate. Elon entered on a student visa, at some point quit his studies, and started engaging in lucrative activities. He might have been an employee, an independent contractor, or possibly some mixed scenario of investor/contractor. He did not fill out the correct paperwork in a timely manner, though he did do so later. It is also unclear if he accurately disclosed his prior visa violations when he finally filed his paperwork. That would be immigration fraud and the kind specifically mentioned in the US statute discussing how a person can lose their permanent resident status or their citizenship. Bannon is correct that Elon quite possibly can be stripped of citizenship and deported.
Likewise, Bannon has a long history of underhanded and fraudulent behaviors. That "build the wall" scam he participated in with a few others is an excellent example. They solicited funds to construct a section of border fencing in Texas. They raised money doing so and made assertions about their compensation and what percentage of the money raised would go toward the actual construction of the fencing. Then they used a significant portion of the money raised for their separate personal needs. There are also his various activities with a certain Chinese, anti-communist, billionaire, where some sort of financial activities were being engaged in, though it is not at all clear what all it entailed. But it does take serious cash to go to Italy, rent a large country estate, and run your own personal school for fascists. Elon is correct to say that Bannon needs to go to prison for a very long time.
The problem with this is rather simple. The Trump regime is not overly concerned with a personal feud between these two. The regime is busy trying to take over the country and crash the economy. So, nothing is likely to happen here to either of these guys. Though if either one of them becomes a serious liability or annoyance, that could result in that person suddenly being prosecuted for something. Elon does seem to be flirting with danger on that level with his 3rd party threats and his amplification of the Epstein nonsense.
Which brings us back to Bongino. He's a man who spent a huge amount of time pushing the Epstein conspiracy theories. He might even be deranged enough to believe them. Bondi knows they are bullshit, although she certainly was involved in the cover-up after the fact. Trump and Epstein were tied at the hip for 10 to 15 years, a true bromance. They partied together, they "dated" the same women, they loaned each other the use of their private jets, and such. But when it was politically expedient for Trump to push the Epstein nonsense, he did to rile his base. But, in an ironic twist, even as Epstein said in a taped interview before his illegal activities came to light, but after he and Trump parted their ways over a dispute concerning real estate in Plam Beach, Trump knows a lot about real estate, but he is very bad at understanding that one's actions can have unexpected consequences. Trump's name is all over the Epstein files because of his close relationship with Epstein. Does that mean he was banging 13-year-olds along with Epstein? No, not by themselves. If all Trump was doing was hanging out at the parties Epstein invited a lot of people to, or grabbing free rides on his jet between NYC and Palm Beach, no big deal. Epstein was a big-time investor. Throwing those parties and allowing free rides on his private jet is something he did for a lot of present and potential clients. Basic business.
The fact that Trump has been and still is extremely nervous about the records tells me his name is all over them. It also makes me extremely suspicious that he might have been banging 13-year-olds. He is not exactly the guy who has a sterling reputation.
