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67. A successful payoff from a 30-year campaign to defund and delegitimize education

Wed Jun 25, 2025, 04:06 PM

Jun 25

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The idiots who tell me "that was never taught in my school!" are the same idiots who ditched class the day that was taught.

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how did this idiot get elected President twice? [View all] Demovictory9 Jun 24 OP

How? NJCher Jun 24 #1

By not allowing democratic populists to be nominated SSJVegeta Jun 24 #2

Voters choose nominees. Democratic voters are not "allowing" populists to be nominated? betsuni Jun 24 #3

Post removed Post removed Jun 24 #4

Ah, the rigging superdelegates conspiracies, beholden-money-status-quo-corruption conspiracy theory. betsuni Jun 24 #6

Superdelegates dont exist? SSJVegeta Jun 24 #7

Well, now you know. Rigging superdelegates don't exist, superdelegates rigging elections doesn't exist. betsuni Jun 24 #10

Superdelegates existing is by definition rigging an election SSJVegeta Jun 24 #11

How do they rig elections? betsuni Jun 24 #12

By their one vote being worth a thousand votes SSJVegeta Jun 24 #13

When have they changed the outcome of a race? betsuni Jun 24 #19

When their 1 vote cancels out 8,000 votes SSJVegeta Jun 24 #20

So superdelegates rigging elections doesn't exist. betsuni Jun 24 #21

Thank goodness! SSJVegeta Jun 24 #22

Don't you know it!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 24 #31

The 2024 candidate was not chosen by primary, so you must be referring to 2016 Shrek Jun 24 #17

Small D SSJVegeta Jun 24 #18

FTI: rethugs cheat, supress and purge Dem vites. And this time Musk money also pad for/bribed/bought the election. brush Jun 24 #55

Huh? mcar Jun 24 #60

Societal sickness EYESORE 9001 Jun 24 #5

Millions of idiots voted for him claudette Jun 24 #8

I don't think I'll EVER get over it... how is that possible?! InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 24 #32

Me neither claudette Jun 24 #39

Mass amnesia mcar Jun 24 #61

I knew I was living in a world populated by blithering idiots from the very first time I sat down in First Grade reading Aristus Jun 24 #53

I mean ITAL Jun 24 #57

M$M normalized him, played neutral when they should not have uponit7771 Jun 24 #9

By other idiots that were complacent one lied too! imanamerican63 Jun 24 #14

This guy is the Rodney Dangerfield of Diplomacy. thought crime Jun 24 #15

Bigotry Behind the Aegis Jun 24 #16

Yes 3auld6phart Jun 24 #56

Everybody Now! 4 verses of Kum-Bah-Yah! Captain Zero Jun 24 #23

To the EXTREME!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 24 #34

They had tears in their eyes, right? Don't forget the tears in their Scrivener7 Jun 24 #24

Cheating. Chemical Bill Jun 24 #25

Angry voters ... nt Raine Jun 24 #26

Because there were enough hateful people in our country woodsprite Jun 24 #27

Cheating end of story Botany Jun 24 #28

Ok, but why did the election broadly agree The Revolution Jun 24 #54

Did you read the articles? Botany Jun 25 #62

Yes The Revolution Jun 25 #63

You obviously didn't read the articles. Although Trump and company got into the guts of the voting ... Botany Jun 25 #65

You obviously didn't read my question The Revolution Jun 25 #66

So you know this for certain... Polybius Jun 25 #64

Because dumbfuckery runs rampant in this country bif Jun 24 #29

It was the machinery behind him Jilly_in_VA Jun 24 #30

He cheated. Emile Jun 24 #33

This is the United States of Amnesia. GoCubsGo Jun 24 #35

Decades of RW media setting the narrative, years of MSM normalizing him JHB Jun 24 #36

And a nice dose of racism amd misogyny. yorkster Jun 24 #37

He got elected twice from first Putin playing him and his appeal to the misogynist of the US. Jit423 Jun 24 #38

In 2016 Putin's Alfa bank reached out to the Trump's campaign server 2,500 times in the little town of Lititiz, Botany Jun 24 #42

I'm wondering if someone slipped him some happy pills last night. tanyev Jun 24 #40

'You violated the ceasefire I made up in my head' EnergizedLib Jun 24 #41

Lead in the water or some kind of "stupid poison" from the Russians Mysterian Jun 24 #43

Tens of millions of brain-dead, hateful trump whores. Paladin Jun 24 #44

I ask myself that question everyday Bluestocking Jun 24 #45

NOW: 'They don't know what the fuck they're doing' spanone Jun 24 #46

That question will be studied until the end of time. kacekwl Jun 24 #47

Stubborn Republicans believing propaganda. travelingthrulife Jun 24 #48

Just Admit It Dlpger61 Jun 24 #49

Except The Revolution Jun 24 #51

Where did he get all those big words and how did he spell them correctly? doc03 Jun 24 #50

Racism, Xenophobia, misogyny, homophobia, decades of brainwashing. All the finer things in life. usonian Jun 24 #52

The fact that this question has to asked. Littlered Jun 24 #58

80 million people voted with their hate for Dems & Libs. The orange one is a reflection of his voters. nt Hotler Jun 24 #59

A successful payoff from a 30-year campaign to defund and delegitimize education Torchlight Jun 25 #67