@Time-Control-Magician
I assume if a num in habit goes to a protest she would be taken as veiled/masked and judge accordingly.
American Politics: A Brand New Day
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I figured it meant some bullshit that favors religious types under the pretense that the separation of church & state clause doesn’t exist.
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Day 1210: "Just do it."
1/ Michael Cohen testified that Trump directed him to personally make the $130,000 hush payment to Stormy Daniels because her story would be “catastrophic” for his campaign. During testimony in Trump’s election interference trial involving falsified business records, Cohen described his role at the Trump Organization as essentially “whatever” Trump “wanted.” Cohen testified that Trump instructed him to “just do it” – referring to the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels – when he learned that Daniels was looking to sell her story about their alleged affair in 2006. “I thought you took care of this,” Trump told Cohen. “I thought this was under control. This is a disaster, a total disaster. Women will hate me […] this is going to be a disaster for the campaign.” Trump later instructed Cohen to “just take care of it,” but to drag out negotiations as long as possible to “just get past the election. I win, it has no relevance because I’m president, and if I lose, I don’t really care.” (New York Times / NBC News / CNN / Washington Post / Politico / Bloomberg / Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/live/trump-trial-updates-michael-cohen-day-16
An aide to Trump’s 2016 campaign alleges that the campaign intentionally obscured settlement payments to women who made discrimination or harassment claims in violation of federal law. “A.J. Delgado’s filing presented evidence of top Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz openly admitting that the campaign wanted to use a law firm to cover up a potential settlement payout in 2017. The arrangement, as Delgado described it, appears specifically designed to evade the consequences of federal disclosure laws that require campaigns to publicly report the identities of payment recipients.” (Daily Beast / Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington)
Trump may face a $100 million IRS bill after an audit suggests he double-dipped on tax losses tied to a Chicago skyscraper. The first write-off came on Trump’s tax return for 2008, when he claimed that the investment met the tax code definition of “worthless,” because his debt on the project meant he would never see a profit. Trump claimed as much as $651 million in losses on the project. In 2010, Trump then he shifted the company that owned the tower into a new partnership and used the shift as justification to declare $168 million in additional losses over the next decade. (New York Times / ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-audit-chicago-hotel-taxes
2/ A State Department report said it was “reasonable to assess” that Israel had used American-provided weapons in Gaza that are “inconsistent” with international law. The report, however, stopped short of officially saying Israel violated the law, saying there was insufficient information to draw firm conclusions in any specific instances. The report concluded that Israel’s assurances that it’s not violating U.S. or international law were “credible and reliable.” The finding allows the continued supply of U.S. weapons to Israel. (Washington Post / NPR / Associated Press / CNN / NBC News / Politico)
https://apnews.com/article/us-israel-gaza-war-nsm-international-law-c83b6f39ce2799e5d2c473a337e2f857
3/ A federal appeals court upheld Steve Bannon’s criminal contempt of Congress conviction for his refusal to testify and provide documents to the House Jan. 6 committee. A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Bannon’s arguments had no merit, clearing the way for Bannon to serve his four-month prison sentence. Bannon had argued that because he acted on the advice of lawyers to not comply with the committee’s subpoena, he did not “willfully” ignore the subpoena. The judges, however, ruled: “This exact ‘advice of counsel’ defense is no defense at all.” (CNBC / Politico / CNN / New York Times)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/10/politics/steve-bannon-appeal-denied/
4/ Biden called Trump “clearly unhinged” after Trump praised the fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter as a “wonderful man.” Trump, who faces 91 felony counts across four criminal indictments, went off script and riffed about the final scene in “The Silence of the Lambs” (in which Lecter is about to murder someone) to baselessly compare migrants to the fictional psychopath. “Congratulations, the late great Hannibal Lecter,” Trump added. Biden, meanwhile, said “it’s clear that […] “something snapped” in Trump after he lost the 2020 election. “Just listen to what he’s telling people.” (CNN / The Guardian / Axios / New York Times)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/11/politics/biden-trump-unhinged-seattle/
️ Notables.Trump asked oil executives for $1 billion in donations to dismantle and rollback Biden’s environmental policies if he’s reelected. “Despite the oil industry’s complaints about Biden’s policies, the United States is now producing more oil than any country ever has, pumping nearly 13 million barrels per day on average last year. ExxonMobil and Chevron, the largest U.S. energy companies, reported their biggest annual profits in a decade last year.” (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/09/trump-oil-industry-campaign-money/
Louisiana moved to criminalize possessing the drugs used to induce an abortion without a prescription. If approved, Louisiana would become the first state to categorize mifepristone and misoprostol as “controlled dangerous substances,” a class of drugs that includes medications that can be abused such as narcotics, steroids, and depressants. (Axios / Washington Post)
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/13/abortion-pills-controlled-substance-louisiana-amendment
A Virginia school board reinstated the original Confederate names of two public schools, four years after the names were removed amid nationwide racial justice protests following the murder of George Floyd. The board called the 2020 decision was a “knee-jerk reaction” that showed a lack of “loyalty” to the community, which is more than 90% White and voted overwhelmingly for Trump. (CNN / CBS News / NBC News / NPR / Axios)
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/10/1250446827/virginia-confederate-school-names-restored
Waldorf: You know Statler, after watching the last one thousand episodes of One Piece, I think I've come to a conclusion.
Statler: No you haven't.
Both: DOHOHOHOHOHO!
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@sgamer82 Coming from Joe Biden of all people calling Trump unhinged this is literally the pot calling the kettle black. After the disasters of Ukraine and now Gaza. He should focus on who got cocaine into the white house. This is like Stalin telling Hitler he is unhinged while both did horrible crap in history. No president either red or blue is a trustworthy person. Plus, Biden is older than Trump and has been avoiding speeches and questions because of the Israel wars and Palestinians getting eradicated. And him banning TikTok won’t help him win reelection this is such BS that America will go into bankruptcy even if both of these parties lose. We all lose in the end. Fuck me!
"Wahoo!" —Klonoa
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How is Russia invading Ukraine Biden’s fault?
And while you can criticize the Administration’s coddling of Israel that coddling not only precedes him but would happen anyway.
Lastly equating Trump & Biden to Stalin & Hitler is bizarre. I’ve yet to see Biden push to do the kind of atrocious things either man did.
Whereas Trump has shown a desire to do or has done the kind of things both were known for. Such as prosecuting dissidents or perceived threats that aren’t, denigrating Jews/associating with people who do, appointing loyalists to key positions that don’t even try to hide their loyalty, pushing misinformation & propaganda designed to make him look good and his opponents/enemies as mistrustful and dangerous, willing to turn on allies for personal benefit.
Just to name a few parallels off the top of my head.
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@Nitwit said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
@sgamer82 Coming from Joe Biden of all people calling Trump unhinged this is literally the pot calling the kettle black. After the disasters of Ukraine and now Gaza. He should focus on who got cocaine into the white house. This is like Stalin telling Hitler he is unhinged while both did horrible crap in history. No president either red or blue is a trustworthy person. Plus, Biden is older than Trump and has been avoiding speeches and questions because of the Israel wars and Palestinians getting eradicated. And him banning TikTok won’t help him win reelection this is such BS that America will go into bankruptcy even if both of these parties lose. We all lose in the end. Fuck me!
Biden actively helped multiple pieces of largely beneficial legislation navigate their way through a congress that half of which is actively trying to impeach him for anything they can justify.
He may not be more or less trustworthy than any averagev politician, but you can't deny he's more competent at the job than the alternative and can be trusted to be more likely to act in favor of issues you care about than (insert random Republican here)
You can complain about Biden all you want, but there is nothing so terrible about him that makes Trump look like a better option. There may be better candidates out there, but none of them are running for the office so they don't matter.
Waldorf: You know Statler, after watching the last one thousand episodes of One Piece, I think I've come to a conclusion.
Statler: No you haven't.
Both: DOHOHOHOHOHO!
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@Nitwit said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
This is like Stalin telling Hitler he is unhinged while both did horrible crap in history.
I gonna address this bit, comparing Hitler to Stalin as two equals falls under the double genocide theory, which in itself serves as a piece of holocaust denial.
Only Hitler - a german's bourgeoisie nationalistic aryan project - stood on the shoulders of literal eradication and enslavement of whole ethnic groups and applying colonial politics again to a continental scale.
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@sgamer82 said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
can be trusted to be more likely to act in favor of issues you care about than
Since I do not want a lengthy discussion: did ICE stopped putting migrant children in cages? Did the number of people being deported in this administration is smaller than those during the previous?
I can "understand" why those that will vote for Joe will do it, but trying to frame as his administration has been particularly more competent than the previous by leaps and bounds or proselyte on it seem a tad too much.
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@pariston_hill said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
@sgamer82 said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
can be trusted to be more likely to act in favor of issues you care about than
Since I do not want a lengthy discussion: did ICE stopped putting migrant children in cages? Did the number of people being deported in this administration is smaller than those during the previous?
I can "understand" why those that will vote for Joe will do it, but trying to frame as his administration has been particularly more competent than the previous by leaps and bounds or proselyte on it seem a tad too much.
Hence "more likely", not "guaranteed". The administration has still been generally more progressive than most/all before it and has multiple accomplishments you'd never imagine a Trump admin doing
I will say Biden's admin has been more competent; objectively so. Because I can't imagine a single error Biden made that Trump wouldn't have made a hundred times worse, at minimum.
Waldorf: You know Statler, after watching the last one thousand episodes of One Piece, I think I've come to a conclusion.
Statler: No you haven't.
Both: DOHOHOHOHOHO!
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Forcing Chinese companies to open their books
this is only good for USian bourgeoisie.Building armies of drones to counter China
China doesn't spent the past century as a global destabilization force. This is money laundering to the Military Industrial Complex.Biden scraps Trump’s paint scheme for Air Force One
meaningless measure. Boeing probably got 10 times that on defense spending contracts at least.Biden recommends loosening federal restrictions on marijuana
PR move with very little to stand. The are 0 people in jail for federal dope charges.Preventing a cobalt crisis in Congo
Pure bullshit. As far as news of the ground that reach me, M23 still active using enslaved labour in illegal mines.The U.S. is producing more oil than anytime in history
Actually I don't quite understand how they are doing it, but it's not very eco-friendly. (Speaking as someone that started working in this industry).Strengthening military ties to Asian allies
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@pariston_hill said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
Forcing Chinese companies to open their books
this is only good for USian bourgeoisie.Building armies of drones to counter China
China doesn't spent the past century as a global destabilization force. This is money laundering to the Military Industrial Complex.Biden scraps Trump’s paint scheme for Air Force One
meaningless measure. Boeing probably got 10 times that on defense spending contracts at least.Biden recommends loosening federal restrictions on marijuana
PR move with very little to stand. The are 0 people in jail for federal dope charges.Preventing a cobalt crisis in Congo
Pure bullshit. As far as news of the ground that reach me, M23 still active using enslaved labour in illegal mines.The U.S. is producing more oil than anytime in history
Actually I don't quite understand how they are doing it, but it's not very eco-friendly. (Speaking as someone that started working in this industry).Strengthening military ties to Asian allies
More Military Industrial Complex money laundering for the next proxy or actual intervention.To those cherry picks I counter with
Renewable power is the No. 2 source of electricity in the U.S. — and climbing
Granted this works against the oil production bit, but this is not nothing.
Biden moves to bring microchip production home
This was one of the previously mentioned beneficial pieces of legislation, the CHIPS and Science act
Fixing bridges, building tunnels and expanding broadband
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, for reference.
Strengthening military ties to Asian allies
The upshot: The jury is still out on whether the administration has transformed the country’s posture in Asia, but DOD undeniably made some key moves that are sure to please partners in the region who worry about China’s mounting aggression.
The question of one admin's comptece compared to another all comes down to a very simple, hard to deny point: Donald Trump is a boob*. Joe Biden is not.
- Apologies to any breasts or members of the Sula genus of birds offended by the comparison.
Waldorf: You know Statler, after watching the last one thousand episodes of One Piece, I think I've come to a conclusion.
Statler: No you haven't.
Both: DOHOHOHOHOHO!
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Day 1211: "It's cheating."
1/ Biden announced new tariffs on $18 billion in Chinese imports, including electric vehicles, semiconductors, steel and aluminum products, and medical products. Notably, levies on imported Chinese electric vehicles will quadruple, from 25% to 100%, while tariffs on solar cells and semiconductors will double from 25% to 50%, and certain medical equipment (including PPE, surgical gloves and respirators) will be subject to a 25% tariff. “American workers can outwork and outcompete anyone as long as the competition is fair,” Biden said. “But for too long, it hasn’t been fair. For years, the Chinese government has poured state money into Chinese companies […] it’s not competition, it’s cheating.” Biden will also keep in place Trump’s $300 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods. (Associated Press / NPR / Washington Post / New York Times / ABC News / NBC News / CNN / Bloomberg)
2/ Democrats on the House Oversight Committee launched an investigation into the meeting where Trump promised oil executives he’d repeal regulations intended to lower climate emissions if they contributed $1 billion to his 2024 campaign. At a Mar-a-Lago fundraising dinner, Trump reportedly told nine oil executives that giving him $1 billion would be a “deal” because of the taxes and regulations they’d avoid. (Washington Post / The Guardian)
3/ Michael Cohen resumed testifying against Trump in the election interference trial involving falsified business records. During cross-examination, Trump lawyer Todd Blanche attempted to discredit Cohen’s earlier testimony by pressing him on attempts to monetize his connection to Trump, his own criminal history, and whether he cooperated with prosecutors for a sentence reduction. Then, in an effort to establish Cohen’s bias against Trump and a motive to lie, Blanche confronted Cohen about his past statements about Trump, asking if he ever called Trump a “boorish cartoon misogynist.” Cohen responded: “Sounds like something I would say.” Blanche then asked if he called Trump a “Cheeto dusted cartoon villain.” Cohen responded: “That also sounds like something I would say.” And finally, Blanche asked if he made the statement: “I truly fucking hope this man ends up in prison” Cohen responded that it sounded like something he said on his podcast. (NPR / Axios / Washington Post / CNN / New York Times / Politico / NBC News / ABC News / Associated Press / Bloomberg)
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/1251285313/trump-trial-michael-cohen
4/ The Justice Department asked a federal judge to order Steve Bannon to begin serving his four-month jail sentence for contempt of Congress. Prosecutors said there is “no legal basis” for the judge to continue the stay on Bannon’s sentence after a federal appeals court unanimously rejected Bannon’s appeal on all grounds and upheld his conviction. Bannon was found guilty in July 2022 by a federal jury of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee. (CNN / ABC News / NBC News)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/14/politics/steve-bannon-justice-department-prison-sentence/index.html
5/ Arizona prosecutors have been unable to serve Rudy Giuliani his indictment, which notifies him that he’s been criminally charged here and must appear before a judge on May 21. The attorney general’s office has made multiple attempts to try to contact Giuliani, including going to his New York City apartment and calling his various phone numbers, “and none of them were successful.” An Arizona grand jury indicted Giuliani and 17 others last month on felony charges related to their efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in the state. (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/05/14/rudy-giuliani-arizona-charges/
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I specifically picked up those points because those were the ones I could counter, I'm not an USian not live there to argue against those that range more towards social democracy internal polices.And again:
China’s mounting aggression
If it's talking about the 9 dash line, all of the nations in the dispute regularly commit crimes over it. If it's over not abdicating to the military option to the unification with Taiwan, kinda preposterous.
It's very unlikely that the military option will ensue when Macau and Hong Kong were already reunited pacifically. If anything US shift of preference towards the pro-independence over KMT is one of the major points heating up the issue.@sgamer82 said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
The question of one admin's comptece compared to another all comes down to a very simple, hard to deny point: Donald Trump is a boob*. Joe Biden is not.
Both are senile racists. I don't think I, or any US leftist (no not you liberals I'm talking commies and anarchists) or uncommitted voters are arguing that Donnie would do better.
We are mainly pointing that Joe's unflinching support for palestinean genocide is a red line for a lot of people - A LOT OF PEOPLE that are the voter base of his party - and despite warnings that it could compromisse his election he is more committed to it than to actually winning. -
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So, I haven't paid any attention to Louis DeJoy since he seemed like he was trying to sabotage the 2020 election by forcing trucks to go out "on time" even if they had no mail in them, and had many super expensive sorting machines dismantled for no reason, obvious corrupt Trump crony that he was. And I was an annoyed as everyone else that Biden hadn't gotten rid of him.
BUT
....he's maybe actually doing a legitimately good job now?
Helivering on Democrat wishlists, like repealing that "USPS pension prefunding requirement." anchor that Republicans had tied around the service to try and kill it with twenty years ago? And promising to switch to a fleet of electric vehicles? And delivering 500 million covid kits? Just in general getting bi-partisan shit done and getting both sides to work with him? Delivering a 10 year plan that seems like it will legitimately help grow and streamline the agency? He's got the USPS union on his side?
https://time.com/6263424/louis-dejoy-trump-election-postal-reform/
It seems like Trump, who didn’t know any of these appointees, accidentally picked someone who was competent, liked his agency, and cared about his reputation.
Is it possible that that, like this article suggests, this rich self-made Brooklynite known for logistics took in all the criticism and accusations of sabotage and incompetence and said “you know what, I AM gonna save the Post Office because FUCK YOU THAT’S WHY”?
I can get behind that as a motivation.
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Hey, if a bad guy does good things for bad reasons, then in the end we're still left with good results. In politics that's sometimes the best outcome.
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I don’t truss it.
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Don't know what kind of punishment if any it will lead to, but in the Trump trial he was found guilty on all 34 counts!
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So, he can't legally run for President, right?
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JUST HOOK IT DIRECTLY INTO MY VEINS.
Complicating things since 2009.
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@Johnny-B-Decent said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
So, he can't legally run for President, right?
Unfortunately, being a felon does not stop him from running. However, he can no longer vote.
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We've had candidates actually run while in prison before so no. He may not be eligible to vote for himself in Florida though.
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@Ubiq said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
We've had candidates actually run while in prison before so no. He may not be eligible to vote for himself in Florida though.
Somewhere Ron DeSantis is laughing his ass off until he remembers he endorsed Trump.
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I'm sure many people have their ideal songs in mind they want to play to him and his ridiculous followers worshiping him now.
Mine is: Lily Allen - Fuck You
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@Ubiq said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
JUST HOOK IT DIRECTLY INTO MY VEINS.
I love this. What a great sight.
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The fact that the jury came to the conclusion THIS fast despite all the historical weight on them meant there was almost no real debate or hold outs, it was purely a matter of the sheer number of charges they had to go over. Some folks were speculating that this could have taken weeks.
They were VERY convinced by the evidence.
And this was the weakest trial of the many he has lined up.
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Bask in that wonderful scent for the moment. Punishments don't get decided until next week.
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Well it would be NICE if that were so, but no. You can campaign from behind bars.
That, and this is also a state felony trial. All his federal charges trials have been postponed.
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@onemoment said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
@Ubiq said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
JUST HOOK IT DIRECTLY INTO MY VEINS.
I love this. What a great sight.
Don’t Google Donald Trump Rule34……
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"Wahoo!" —Klonoa
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@Nitwit said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
@Satsuki he’s only getting 4 years in prison…..
He's almost certainly NOT getting that. As a "first time offender" it's going to be a fine and a probation officer.
Even if justice should be blind, judge isn't going to jail a presidential candidate in an election year.
However, the "convicted felon" thing means his other three cases will be MUCH harsher.
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If the Supreme Court stops wasting time and Cannon gets the boot that is.
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@Nitwit said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
@Satsuki he’s only getting 4 years in prison…..
Also, even assuming he did that time it still might be a life sentence for him. There's no way this guy can live much longer...I assume.
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Another legal domino falls.....
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@onemoment Biden is old as well. Both of them shouldn’t run for president but we are stuck with a turd sandwich and the annoying orange. And Israel is basically going to ruin Biden’s reelection plans because of their right-wing government committing genocide in Gaza. When you got CNN reporting on concentration camps in Israel. When is enough is enough? History repeats itself and I don’t wanna vote for any scumbag politicians that let this shit slide. I really give up on future election cycles. Like there is literally nothing we can do to change things. I ain’t no Blackpill person but I'm just being realistic here.
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Hugs Nitwit Things are so bleak right now... but I still think we will get better.
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@Captain-Krupp I'm sure it will. Then we can finally have portals and other advanced technology.
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Jesus, it's like a game to see who can be the most heartless.
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@pariston_hill messed up
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Congrats to the US for doing the upmost to destroy the post-45 international consensus in the past 8 years
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Nice to know while Republicans won’t work with democrats to pass immigration reform even when it’s something their voters want.
They”ll work with democrats to pass another dumb law to punishing people for being too mean to Israel something their voters couldn’t care less about.
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I was under the pretense that Supreme Court when they gutted the voting rights act came to the same asinine conclusion.
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@pariston_hill Guess Trump will win this round. Bloody hell. It's like Biden is losing on purpose for a Trump reelection the whole system is rigged
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Kansas was never voting for Biden to begin with considering they voted for Trump in 2020. I also think we’re vastly overstating Biden’s shortcomings (legit and non). In relation to a good chunk of the electorate being dumb enough to vote for a guy who they love so much he lost the popular vote twice.
Not helped by the medias usual capriciousness/both sides isms.
