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Morgan's avatar

While it is undoubtedly pointless to nitpick about a Kari Lake claim (instead of just laughing, as you did), sometimes I can't help myself. The states with major races were blue ones, but there were smaller races in states that went for Trump where Democrats won on Tuesday (such as Mississippi, that notoriously liberal state) https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-win-big-and-small-races-in-the-2025-election/ar-AA1PSKQx .

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Carolyn's avatar

Betting on elections feels like it shakes democratic norms to the core. We don’t even count votes until closing on Election Day. You wrote there were 71,000 evictions in Maricopa county so far in 2025, alone. Is there a correlation of online betting and evictions? Let’s bet! We used to talk about boys in the basement playing video games for our problems. Is it online betting now? Double the chance of trouble. You’re not only addicted to gaming you are losing money on top of it. Just a hunch, like picking or choosing winning candidates. There aren’t even past made jump shots to go by.

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Nick's avatar

John Oliver had a program on sports betting not long ago. It was eye opening to me mostly because I don't partake & don't know the finer points of keeping customers involved. Oliver pointed out that heroin dealers don't show up at your door with "special" deals like buy one baggie & get one for free. So in that sense, being a gambling addict is worse that being a drug addict.

I bet this doesn't end well.

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Algo Mas's avatar

Somebody needs a trip to Vegas. The Big, Beautiful, Beatdown has warped Skari Lakes chromosomes.

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Nick's avatar

I thought she only gave radiation burns. I didn't realize that she got them as well.

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Algo Mas's avatar

She contributes nothing. She receives what she gives. NADA. She needs to be horse-fracked.

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