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Balloon Juice - The Ariana Grande Theory of Politics is Pretty Good

Paul Campos has coined the term the “Ariana Grande Theory of Politics” by pointing out that most people who don’t follow politics know about as much politics as the average older person knows about pop music. I mean, I know Ariana Grande exists and is a singer, but that’s about it. That’s her...
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Paul Campos has coined the term the “Ariana Grande Theory of Politics” by pointing out that most people who don’t follow politics know about as much politics as the average older person knows about pop music. I mean, I know Ariana Grande exists and is a singer, but that’s about it. That’s her in the photo above. I couldn’t pick her out of a lineup, and I certainly couldn’t name any of her songs. (And I do like a bunch of music created in the current century, but I don’t listen to what I assume is her genre, modern pop.)

Anyway, if you don’t think Campos is right, here are the dismal results of a Guardian poll:

  • 55% believe the economy is shrinking, and 56% think the US is experiencing a recession, though the broadest measure of the economy, gross domestic product (GDP), has been growing.
  • 49% believe the S&P 500 stock market index is down for the year, though the index went up about 24% in 2023 and is up more than 12% this year.
  • 49% believe that unemployment is at a 50-year high, though the unemployment rate has been under 4%, a near 50-year low.
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It'll be interesting to me to see whether or not a guilty verdict helps or hurts Trump.

For some people, the justice system is fair and impartial. But others see it as biased and a tool of lawfare.

I personally suspect that a guilty verdict would help his campaign, particularly with the poor and with minorities. People who have been oppressed by the (in)-justice system will then relate more to Trump.
 
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Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr's running mate and one his his largest donors, reportedly received $1 billion in her divorce from Google's Sergey Brin after rumored Elon Musk affair

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate Nicole Shanahan has donated $10 million to his super PAC.
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New York Times publishes fresh details on the alleged affair that Elon Musk and Nicole Shanahan both deny

Multiple sources told NYT that Elon Musk and Nicole Shanahan took ketamine together and had sex in 2021.
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During Shanahan's marriage to Brin, she partied with Silicon Valley's upper echelon and used recreational drugs, including taking ketamine and cocaine, the Times reported, citing eight sources as well as documents the publication viewed. Ketamine is a "dissociative anesthetic" that can have some hallucinogenic effects, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Ketamine can be legally prescribed under federal law and recent research indicates it could be used to treat depression, but it's also a popular party drug.
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The outlet said documents showed that "at a party in early 2021 in Miami, Ms. Shanahan was so intoxicated by drugs and alcohol that she required an IV infusion."
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RFK Jr.’s VP Pick Allegedly Used Drugs, Threatened Self-Harm

The New York Times report comes after a Daily Beast investigation into Nicole Shanahan’s checkered personal and professional life.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, frequented the Silicon Valley party circuit while married to Google founder Sergey Brin and was known to use cocaine, ketamine, and psychedelics, according to a new report in The New York Times.

The story, which follows an investigative profile on Shanahan published by The Daily Beast earlier this month, also alleged that Shanahan threatened to harm herself while negotiating her two divorces—one from Brin and the other from a tech investor who divorced her after 27 days in 2014 after discovering that she and Brin were having an affair.
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Young Voters Don’t Remember the Trump Controversies

Several recent national polls have shown Joe Biden having a problem attracting the young voters that are a key part of the Democratic coalition.A new poll suggests one reason: Many younger voters are simply unaware of some of Donald Trump’s most offensive comments.For instance, just 42% of
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Senate Republicans Won’t Attend the GOP Convention

Four Senate Republicans — Sens. Mitt Romney (R-UT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Todd Young (R-IN) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) — told The Hill they do not plan on attending the Republican convention in July to celebrate what will be a coronation of Donald Trump.Five others — Sens. Mike Rounds (R-SD),
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Two Days of Backpedaling and Baseless Attacks

“In under 48 hours this week, Donald Trump’s social media account promoted a video featuring a term frequently associated with Nazi Germany and later removed it. He suggested he was open to states restricting access to contraceptives and then walked that back. He falsely accused President Biden
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Biden’s Grassroots Fundraising Has Yet to Take Off

“Having spent months assuaging Democratic fears about the election by pointing to their fundraising lead over Donald Trump, the Biden team reported this week that it had brought in less money in April than Trump’s campaign claimed to have raised alongside the RNC,” Politico reports.“Priv
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The Increasing Trumpification of TikTok

New York Times: “The increase comes as President Biden signed legislation that would force a sale of TikTok by its Chinese owner or would have it banned in the U.S. That law has triggered a backlash from young voters who backed Mr. Biden overwhelmingly in 2020, some of whom are also opposing his a
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Does it matter when most of the Republican money was spent on Trump's legal fees?
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Depends on whether or not the trials are actually the best campaign spending the Trump campaign could ever buy.
 


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Undecided voters fear Trump will never leave office if he wins

During his National Rifle Association speech last weekend, Donald Trump mused about serving a potential third term as president if he wins in November. “You know, FDR 16 years—almost 16 years—...
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Trump tweeted an edited Time magazine video showing him as president '4eva'

Trump tweeted out a video adapted from a 2018 Time magazine tweet showing a series of Trump campaign yard signs through the centuries.
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Undecided voters fear Trump will never leave office if he wins

During his National Rifle Association speech last weekend, Donald Trump mused about serving a potential third term as president if he wins in November. “You know, FDR 16 years—almost 16 years—...
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2019:

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Trump tweeted an edited Time magazine video showing him as president '4eva'

Trump tweeted out a video adapted from a 2018 Time magazine tweet showing a series of Trump campaign yard signs through the centuries.
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If this despicable human being regains office, we are so screwed. :(
 
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