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  1. CW: re: USPOL

    @jack_daniel they are sort of a dying breed - dominated by elderly white statesmen - who else are they going to nominate? they got kitty cornered into this and figured what the hell, worth a shot, it worked once - my 2c take - 365 hrs until we find out #presumptive

  2. TIL that there is a ' presumptive Republican presidential nominee ' ⚖️

    #presumptive /prĭ-zŭmp′tĭv/
    adjective
    Based on a presumption; presumed.
    "the party's presumptive nominee."
    Providing a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance.
    "presumptive evidence."
    Presumptuous.
    "presumptive behavior."
    Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable.
    "presumptive proof"
    Similar: probable
    Presumptuous; arrogant.
    Similar: #presumptuous arrogant
    That which is derived from circumstances which necessarily or usually attend a fact, as distinct from direct evidence or positive proof; indirect or circumstantial evidence. “Presumptive evidence of felony should be cautiously admitted.” Blackstone. The distinction, however, between direct and presumptive (or circumstantial) evidence is now generally abandoned; all evidence being now more or less direct and more or less presumptive.
    See Heir presumptive, under Heir.
    Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief.
    Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps shouldn't.

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