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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

That man will never know peace again.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Note that these are odds, not polls. If the polls were that bad for Orbàn he'd be almost guaranteed to lose.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Going back to Facebook after a while to catch up with friends, and it's amazing the number of random moon landing deniers commenting on Artemis II stories in my feed. I thought Nolan was exaggerating in Interstellar but now I'm not so sure.

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AuDHDad @audhdad.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Science lady was nerding so powerfully that offline nerds felt the disturbance.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

See, I don't think *those* are real pictures. Do you have a link to the source?

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Because people unfairly blamed the Dems for inflation. Not because of Gaza.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

You made the fucking claim you support it, or admit you were exaggerating. Do it now or I'm blocking you, and you'll have typed all of those irrational BS for nothing.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

In the battleground states the most important issue was the inflation, not Gaza. Again, your arguments are not rational. Trump is much worse on Gaza, proving that this was the wrong choice by those who abstain.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Also why did you take a screenshot? Planning on calling reinforcements, this proving OP right even more?

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

It's not what I think, it's what logic and rationality dictate. It's irrational to not vote against the candidate in the general election who will hurt you more just because you failed to gather enough support in the primary.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Yes you do. It's called the primaries. Seems like you don't understand how the US electoral system works.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

A portion did, and they ended up voting against their best interests, and most of them likely regret it not.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

So you're saying that trying to teach the Dem a lesson by abstaining doesn't actually work? Thanks for proving my point for me.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

It's not rational because you should still vote against the worst candidate, and not abstain. And he didn't fuck up this bad. He was just too old. You're just seeing everything through an irrational ideological lens. We're done here.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Yup, as I said, a report from a Leftist group that doesn't look specifically at battleground states. Talk about biased. You said "every report". You exaggerated to push an ideological point. Tell me why I shouldn't just block you right here and now.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Again, that's not looking at battleground states only. Your failure to address this point is telling.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

We're not talking about you. We're talking about those who abstained. If all you're able to do is repeat your original premise instead of providing counter-arguments, then there is little point in continuing this exchange. Thanks for proving OP's point.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

They don't have a choice, because one of the two candidates *will* get in. Admit this or we're done here. Your irrational arguments are proving OP right.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Nope. They hate Trump a lot more, and the Dem party is much wider than its congressional leaders. Again, it's simple: vote for the best (i.e. most progressive) candidate in the primary, vote against the worst candidate in the election. Anything else is nearsighted and counterproductive.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Not a rational argument. You're oversimplifying in order to push an ideological point.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Again, given how strong Democrats are doing in by-elections since then, without having changed their positions much, it's pretty clear most of those who abstained in 2024 wouldn't do it if they'd realized how bad Trump was. You have yet to propose a credible challenge to this assessment.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Says "all the studies", posts a single screenshot from a Leftist report.🙄 Gaza was indeed the most important issue if you looked at *all* non-Red states. However, if you remove NY + California and look at BG states, then inflation was the biggest issue, and the reason Harris lost. Actual polls in

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Except you don't have a choice. Whether you like it or not, one of the two will show up at your door the next day. That's the reality. This is why your position isn't rational. I do have it straight, because I understand how the US electoral system works. You apparently don't.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

...and here comes the insults. You know what's delusional? Thinking that sitting it out would mean that Democrats would "learn their lesson" and that this was worth four years of Trump. It's simple: vote for the best candidate in the primary, and vote against the worst candidate in the election.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Gaza was not the reason he lost when you look at the biggest issue in the battleground states he lost, inflation was. Still, none of that was a good reason to sit out the vote, since Trump is worse on Gaza than Biden was.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Sure, but still irrelevant. As bad as Biden was, Trump was much *much* worse. If you don't believe me, ask any of your Latino or African-American friends. Also, Biden wasn't nearly as bad as you claim. He lost because of inflation, which was the biggest issue in battleground states.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Yes, people have the right to do dumb stuff and act against their best interests. If the only other exterminator I can choose from will set fire to my house, and I'm forced to hire one of the two, then yes, I'm going to go with the first ones, because as bad as they are, the others are worse.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Yet none of these are good reasons to vote against one's best interests, as well as those of less fortunate members of society. Abstaining to vote for this is an emotional reaction, not a rational one. It's an understandable one, but still unfortunate, and bad for everyone.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

You can bet almost all of these Biden voters who stayed home would have made a different if they knew how bad Trump's second term was going to be. Dem results in by-elections since then suggest these disenchanted voters won't make the same mistake twice.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

America isn't the same when you take out all its colors.

A photo from the Stewart/Colbert rally in Washington DC on October 30, 2010, showing a ragged, desaturated American flag held above the crowd, with part of the National Mall visible in the background.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I'd compare it more to a drug. Most people can partake in moderation and that's fine, but some people just fall into it and never come out.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Cette année je n'ai pas vu un seul film en nomination pour Meilleur Film aux Oscars... Je suis un peu déçu de moi-même. Haven't seen a single movie among those nominated for Best Picture this year... A bit disappointed in myself.

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joesferatu @24fps.myatproto.social · 13/03/2026

we have a nuclear power station in the sky and can make batteries out of salt but if 21 nm of water get closed we have a global energy crisis idk bruh, i am not a scientist, but this seems dumb as ballz

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I hope this backfires on them. I hope the people responsible are named and shamed, and anyone associated with them loses so badly that they never go back to politics. If the US had good election financing laws these people would face prosecution.

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

So, some right-wing people threw something at other right-wing people, and we should care because...?

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

We’re not fighting for ourselves. We’re fighting for each other. Happy International Women’s Day.

Photo of Kat at Daley Plaza in Chicago, speaking at the International Women's Day March, wearing her iconic orange jacket.

Photo by Erica Elan Ciganek.

Photo of International Women's Day March, with two marchers holding hands in solidarity.

Photo by Erica Elan Ciganek.

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raycearcher.bsky.social @raycearcher.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

it looks really good too

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

But only because there's less of a political price to pay when foreign lives are lost.

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Matt Johnson @matthewjohnson.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Sean Astin is a damn good dude

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I hear people on TV say "mano a mano" when they mean "man to man." It doesn't mean that. It means "hand to hand."

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I did not know that, thanks for sharing!

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Élie Charest @eliecharest.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I'm sure you could tack on a few more demands. It's pretty simple: vote for your favorite candidate in the primary, vote against the worse candidate in the election.

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Jasmine Crockett is a star and I can guarantee she's not done fighting! Congratulations to James Talarico! Lets turn Texas blue!!! Cornyn and Paxton both stink.

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