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very pleased to be in the Allies of Green semi based on flag <3 (green image coming soon) if anyone is a fan of subtle beautiful songs pay attention to mine xx

Disappointed Texas are out, I know I had liked in the past what little I knew of them (including many songs that I knew but didn't know the name of), but they've been a highlight of this competition for me, well done with them Rich, some very considered choices throughout. Nice Zara song I thought too, from someone who isn't always the biggest fan of her.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh - Hypnotized Fontaines D.C. - In ár gCroíthe go deo (Orbital Remix) Kate Bush - The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix) Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough (Schizo Mix) MARINA - Radioactive Texas - Mr Haze (GBX & Paul Keenan Remix) Zara Larsson & Robyn - Puss Puss (Girls Trip) Disclosure feat. Sam Smith - Omen Darin - Give Me Tonight Bananarama - Now or Never Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix) New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix)

Utter rot, I think you need to play these things with a modicum of decency and respect for the rules, to not intentionally sway the game beyond your absence, and the time for Kieran to round on Wilf was before he was gone and about to be revealed as a Traitor. Kieran always came across as very slimy and I hated that, and that 'parting gift' felt more like him throwing a tantrum at leaving than care for how the game would go or an attempt to save his own identity. It singlehandedly costing a very good Traitor the win and gifting it to some very unremarkable Faithfuls is a black mark on the first series. Might have put him at the very bottom.

Fiona probably about in the right spot, terrible game player and showed very little regard for her team mates, one of the most bizarre reasons for a traitor to implode their game I can remember. Ash seemed nice but just not good at the game and easily swallowed by the louder personalities that season. As for James, I had been expecting to disagree with you on this and I think I do still, though at least he's above all of the objectively terrible traitors. People focus in on that one mission he didn't get involved in (for understandable reasons and a poorly designed incentive for the traitors to play anyway) and then obviously the way he went was a pretty undesirable way to go, but whatever happened there, he couldn't handle the pressure in the final stages and that knocks him down a lot. That said, I think his strategy was pretty solid and I imagine I'd have put him a fair bit higher. He survived most of the game as a traitor undetected, his strategy to act faithful is a great one for keeping yourself safe from making slipups, and I got the impression throughout the recent series that he was handling the decision-making, in who to murder and select for hide & seek, pretty well. Pretty clean handling of the MIPS too as the traitor to deliver the death blow. Even if he was reluctant (and I think this is overblown based on his storyline in the season), I think he played it well.

this is the theme to get me back, this is the decade I actually paid attention to underground dance music

strategy: defectors, we've converted ALTHub to the dark side, who will be next?

I have chosen something x

I may be a little buoyed by how soundly he ended up winning anyway but El-Sayed's victory could be one of the most important. He's a candidate who is honestly a generational talent at speaking and making his arguments on the campaign trail, very well adapted for a social media age and incredibly willing to fight for progressive causes. He also faced huge levels of ratfucking that might have sunk a lesser candidate - Mamdani's vote total was also not the most impressive, but his impact on politics in the last year - huge! Running a tad behind the other candidates feels more like an indictment of how much establishment forces are willing to deploy irrelevant questions and stumbling blocks into the campaigns of these kinds of candidates and as you say Harve, it's not by all that much in the grand scheme of things! Something that will be a consideration for running a progressive candidate for President, but if the Trump administration continues to be this unpopular, a good progressive candidate as President has the opportunity to both get in office comfortable, and once there completely overhaul American politics. Which a more standard moderate may not do.

Yes, I think so - El-Sayed and Talarico's campaigns were massively styled on his. He kind of turned the Democratic Party into one that had a bit of clarity and purpose behind it after that bruising loss in 2024. Also the emphasis on running charismatic candidates that people want to vote for, the Republican senator who's taken Misssissippi to a knife's edge is one of the most ludicrously uncharismatic politicians I've seen in my life. Kind of the American Liz Truss in a way. kind of a shame after all this that we have Schumer and Jefferies as presumptive Majority Leaders, but maybe Schumer will use this as a good opportunity to retire, he's surely gonna get primaried in 2028. Vance and Rubio are done for 2028, I think anyone close to the administration will be, either they're too hapless to disassociate from it (Vance) or too smart to run into a bad environment (Rubio). Meanwhile Dems stocks for Ossoff or AOC very high at this, still, I have to stress, ludicrously early stage.

Just woke up and everything confirmed, Iowa, Kansas, SC, Texas, omfg. Michigan pretty certain too, AES has declared victory on the ground and there's still a chance for MISSISSIPPI? what a night for Democrats, a complete repudiation of Trump

florida gone to the Reps again booo, but it's a lot closer signs across the rest of the US look incredible for Democrats, Ossoff got his race called in 10 minutes, Cooper not far behind him, as I write this SC is looking plausible for the Dems. Too early to tell in Michigan and Texas but hopeful

early results in Indiana and Kentucky showing possible ~15-20 point swings towards the Democrats yes I'm reading into early voting results in one particular part of the country but what we are seeing looks hopeful so far

MARINA - How to Be a Heartbreaker Kate Bush - Babooshka Fontaines D.C. - Starburster Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Get Over You Bananarama - Cruel Summer Texas - Halo Darin - Electric Depeche Mode - People Are People Gary Numan - Intruder Sam Smith - Like I Can Adele - Oh My God New Order - Ceremony Sam Fender - Getting Started Zara Larsson - All the Time Tom Grennan - Royal Highness

^Agreed on candidate quality in Ohio (and also Texas, Alaska and Kansas especially) and also while it's tempting, I'm trying not to look too much towards the presidential race yet as that's 2 years away with no serious candidates announced yet, and the results of this election, as well as the actions of the Republican and Democratic parties, will affect it. If it's a rejection of MAGAism, then the Republican party will try a different tack of some sort as the presidential race draws near, and that will have an effect on the sorts of voter coalition they get next time, not to mention completely new candidates on both sides - getting stuck in effectively the same voting makeup for a decade is quite unprecedented and these results are probably breaking with that, which will add context for next time. The fact that both American parties formed prior to the coalescing of ideology means that they're not as wedded to their current ideologies as most European parties are, for all European soc-dems have trended towards the centre over the past century they're likely never going to go swap with the conservative party and go further right, but that's just what the Republican party did between 1920-1960. Things could switch in unpredictable ways once Trump isn't on the ballot. dawn of the final day - 5 hours remain (am I crazy enough to stay up? probably not, but also...)