Not long ago, I asked how happy you all were on a scale of one to ten when JJ was arrested, then convicted, then eventually murdered. An additional question I have on this topic is that were there any of you that even considered Sully and Froggy heroes once it was revealed that they were the ones that arranged for JJ to get murdered?
People are saying that El-Sayed is struggling in Michigan because he's too far to the left. If that's the case, then how was Trump able to win Michigan in 2024 despite being far-right?
I'm curious to know, when it came to the scenes where JJ got arrested, then convicted and disowned by his entire family, then eventually murdered, how happy were you all on a scale of one to ten?
I notice folks are worried that William Lawrence's primary win will hurt the Democrats chances of flipping the House this year. I can't understand how those folks think that one House seat makes a difference. I mean, even before Lawrence won, I felt the MI-7 was one of the more tougher toss-up seats due to the fact that in 2024, Tom Barrett actually outperformed Trump as a freshman candidate. And besides, 2010 and 2014 were still red waves despite the fact that the Republicans started moving further to the right. In addition, the GOP even flipped the House in 2022 despite their shocking underperformance that year. I don't see how this year would differ from those elections when it comes to precedent, especially given the fact that Trump is extremely unpopular right now.
Edit: Tom Barrett has also broken from his party on occasion, particularly when it came to the Iran War funding, further proving that it's a tougher district to flip no matter who the Dem candidate is.
What I can't understand is how one NYTimes article is causing people to suddenly think that this year's midterm will not follow precedent where the party out of power flips at least one chamber. Here's the article below.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/us/politics/ken-martin-dnc-democrats.html
I mean, in 2010 and 2014, the RNC had similar problems, yet those midterms were red waves regardless. Why do those folks even believe that this year will even be different compared to 2010 and 2014?
Also, if those folks think this will cause the GOP to keep both chambers, then why does the Emerson poll have the Dems ahead by 11 and the Fox poll having them ahead by 7?
This question is being asked in light of the new article that came out regarding Ken Martin and the DNC. I notice it's causing folks to think that the Dems will badly f**k up to the point where the Repubs keep control of the House even. The thing is, Republicans faced similar problems during the Obama years, yet they still dominated the 2010 and 2014 midterms regardless. What makes you think this year will be different compared to 2010 and 2014 regarding with how the party out of power ends up performing?
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What I mean by this is that given how Trump fired the election commissioners last week and his remarks on Thursday about election integrity, it sadly seems to be inevitable that Trump could rig, or even cancel, the midterms. So, for those of you who blame the Democrats for why Trump won the 2024 election, do you now even believe that the Democrats are responsible for why it's now looking more likely that Trump could sabotage the midterms?
When the villa voted to dump Finley, how happy were you all on a scale of one to ten? I'll answer first by saying that for me, it was a 10/10, proving to you once and for all that I've never defended Finley's actions.
I tried discussing this matter on the Greenville subreddit a while back, but it didn't get anywhere, so I will try discussing this on here. Back in the spring of 2024, Bob Jones University orchestra and the choirs performed Haydn's Creation. Despite the performance being phenomenal, the audience, for some reason, gave only a lackluster response at the end. I mean, if you just look at how the audience was clapping at the end, it's pretty obvious that the response was tepid and lackluster, even if you have your volume muted.
When I discussed this on Greenville's subreddit, several people claimed that the audience mostly consisted of college students who were required to attend for course credit. However, I saw plenty of audience members that were clearly older than college aged people, and they were also clapping tepidly at the end. Like, what's their excuse? With that, here's the video so you all could see for yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEs-QDHCdWg
The reason to why I'm having this discussion because while it's bothersome enough that the audience responded this tepidly, this situation will become worse if the audience gets off scot free for this. For that reason, I hope there is some way to hold the audience accountable for their lackluster response.
In regards to the video that came out today, I'm curious to know how happy you all were on a scale of one to ten when Ethan got punished severely at the end?
A lot of folks had freaked out over the YouGov/Economist poll that only had the Dems up by 2%. However, that's just one poll. While it's true that the Democrats don't have as big a lead as they did a month ago, several polls still show Dems with enough of a lead to win back the House even with all the redistricting the Republicans did. As a matter of fact, Echelon, which is a GOP pollster, also released a poll yesterday, and they had the Dems ahead by 6%, but several of you seem to be turning a blind eye to that poll. I don't get it.
PS- If the Dems do, somehow, come up short of flipping the House, we should blame Virginia's Supreme Court as opposed to the Dems. I mean, it was SCOVA that overturned Virginia's new map that people voted on and would have offset some of the Republican's gerrymandering.
Last week, following the episode where Sam flirted with both Victoria and Namibia and made a comment that rubbed a lot of you the wrong way, I asked if you now consider him to be the worst out of everyone. And for those of you that did, I had a follow up question asking why you considered him even worse than Ope, Lorenzo, and Aiden.
However, it seems this thread aged like milk. This is because I see that a lot of you like Lorenzo now. In addition, Ope isn't in the villa anymore. Aiden remains unlikable though. Regarding Sam, it seems that several of you haven't called out his behavior as much after last Tuesdays episode, but are finding him to be too bland, which I have to agree on.
To recap, several of you are not only holding the Democrats responsible for all the awful things Trump has done already, but you're even holding them responsible for why Trump could succeed with his gerrymandering scheme, all because you're blaming them for why Trump won the 2024 election.
Because of this, I started by asking you all why you're turning a blind eye to SCOTUS's role in all of this as they prevented the J6 trial from happening which would've been damaging to Trump's campaign along with their more recent Callais decision. However, you all tried to uno reverse me or come up with excuses regarding SCOTUS.
For that reason, I would then ask you all why you're also turning a blind eye to Mitch McConnell's role in all of this as he refused to impeach Trump for J6 which would've prevented him from running again. I would also ask why you're turning a blind eye to what SCOVA did since their decision overturning Virginia's new map opened the door to Trump's gerrymandering scheme possibly succeeding. Finally, I would ask how you all are even failing to see that even if the 2024 election was the Democrats fault, Trump still had the choice to not do all the terrible things like the gerrymandering, but has chosen to do them.
However, you all either haven't responded or dodged answering all three questions from above. If this is because you are unable to uno reverse me or come up with excuses regarding Mitch McConnell, SCOVA, and Trump's decision making like you were able to with SCOTUS, I find this cowardly, and I seriously don't understand this.
What I mean there is, for those of you holding the Democrats responsible for the awful things Trump has done like the gerrymandering that I discussed yesterday, you know how the counter argument I then make is how SCOTUS is more responsible due to the fact that they blocked the J6 trial which otherwise would damaged Trump's campaign? Given how several of you come up with excuses or even try to uno reverse me when I asked why you're turning a blind eye to what SCOTUS did, the thing is, it's not just SCOTUS that's more responsible than the Democrats for why we're in this mess.
Mitch McConnell is miles more responsible as well. When Trump got impeached by the House for J6, all Mitch McConnell had to do was vote to convict Trump. Had he done so, enough Republicans in the Senate likely would've followed suit, and Trump would've gotten convicted in the Senate which would've banned him from running again. However, despite McConnell clearly stating that he was disgusted by what happened on J6, he refused to convict Trump, and as a result, there weren't enough votes in the Senate, and Trump was able to run again, and here we are. This makes McConnell way more responsible than the Democrats. So, I'd like to know why you all are also turning a blind eye to McConnell's role in all of this as well?
Also, when it comes specifically to Trump's gerrymandering scheme possibly succeeding, Virginia's own Supreme Court is also way more responsible than the Dems for why this could happen. They were the ones that blocked Virginia's new map, even though people actually voted on it unlike with red states that are gerrymandering maps in favor for Republicans. That decision by them is what consequently opened the door to Trump's gerrymandering scheme possibly succeeding. And for the record, nobody on SCOVA was appointed by Trump unlike with SCOTUS. With that said, how are you all seriously even turning a blind eye to SCOVA's role in why the gerrymandering scheme could succeed?
Finally, even if the Democrats are the most deserving of blame for why Trump won the 2024 election, it does not change the fact that Trump had the choice to not do all the horrible things he has done but has chosen to do them. This includes the aforementioned gerrymandering scheme as well as him trying to rig the midterms some other ways along with ICE, the Iran war, the slush fund, the concentration camps, and I could go on. Therefore, Trump himself is more responsible than the Dems since again, he could have chosen not to do all the horrible things I listed, but chose to do them. I seriously cannot understand how you all are failing to see that even.
PS- Democrats also aren't the most responsible for why SCOTUS is currently the way it is. Remember, Scalia died when Obama was still president, but the Senate Republicans blocked Obama's replacement pick claiming that it's too close to an election. Then, when RBG died even closer to an election, the Senate Republicans broke their own rule. How is any of that the Democrat's fault?
Thanks to both the SCOTUS Callais decision and Virginia's Supreme Court overturning Virginia's new, voter approved, congressional map, it's possible Trump might actually pull it off with his gerrymandering scheme. Remembering how so many of you blame the Democrats for why Trump won the 2024 election in the first place, I have to ask. Do you seriously even believe the Democrats are responsible for why Trump might succeed with his gerrymandering scheme?
Unfortunately, I don't have Samsung, so I'm unable to watch Dhar Mann's new series. However, I would assume that at the end of Checkmate, the one where Jackie Tran returns, that Jeremiah, who was the bully, receives some sort of consequences for his actions. If I assumed correctly, my question is, how happy were you all on a scale of one to ten when Jeremiah received these consequences?
In light of the CA primaries being around the corner, I thought I'd ask that question.
I thought I'd share this on this subreddit given that I love Dvorak. Posted below was when Charles University's orchestra and choir performed some excerpts from Dvorak's oratorio Svada Ludmila. They did some other pieces as well before this. Here's the link to the performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdz07TxF7g4&t=3223s
Given how Charles University is in Prague, it makes sense that they would do a Dvorak piece. However, I never knew Dvorak composed an oratorio until now. I know of his Stabat Mater, which I actually sang when I was in college. In addition, I know of his Requiem, Mass, and Te Deum, but I never knew he composed an oratorio until now.
The other reason to why I'm sharing this is because unfortunately, this is one of those cases where I'm having trouble determining, on my own, how the audience responded at the conclusion of the performance. So, I thought I'd ask for your help on this. What are your thoughts on how the audience responded at the end? I mean, you all didn't think it was tepid, did you?
I ask this because last week, it seemed like the Iran War was going to resume, but Pakistan decided to get involved, and it seems like they were able to get Trump and Iran to reach a deal that involved reopening the Strait of Hurmoz, which could end up bringing gas prices down in time for the midterms. This makes me wonder why Pakistan decided to help Trump and the GOP for the midterms?