Are we witnessing the death of american democracy?
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Nice speech, pity you lot are too stupid to stop Trump.
Enjoy the freefall, I doubt there's an ambulance at the bottom of your cliff anymore.
Enjoy the freefall, I doubt there's an ambulance at the bottom of your cliff anymore.
Nice speech and all but if President von Hindenburg up there doesn't do something like issue some kind of executive order barring felons from running for president shit is liable to get really interesting around here.
I have now gone from Uneasy to officially Nervous. Panic is rising nicely and there may be another update shortly.
Seriously, I don't know how you are going to rectify this one. Dictatorial powers are there for the taking. Even if you keep Trump out of the WH, you still have to keep Repubs out until Trumpism is dead and they return to some semblance of sanity. And that does not preclude a Dem going outside the wire and fully off of the reservation.
It is getting far to close to: The ring, it must be kissed.
Seriously, I don't know how you are going to rectify this one. Dictatorial powers are there for the taking. Even if you keep Trump out of the WH, you still have to keep Repubs out until Trumpism is dead and they return to some semblance of sanity. And that does not preclude a Dem going outside the wire and fully off of the reservation.
It is getting far to close to: The ring, it must be kissed.
Yep that Florida creep will be the next cab off the rank if you don't get a Trump family dynasty.
Might want to clarify your quote. The first half is from some dumbass frat boy. The second half is actually a pretty well thought out response from a journalist, but only a portion of it. The way you have it written the whole quote seems to be from the one guy.
Regardless, actually, a pretty interesting article. My take away is that they are saying it’s a referendum on Biden versus a Trump versus Biden race. That seems a little myopic, or perhaps under informed… In other words, the typical American voter.
Pretty wild that lower unemployment + more jobs + higher wages is seen as a Biden negative relative to lower prices as a positive for Trump. Both could equate to similar lifestyle and purchasing power unless you are on a fixed income, which seems more of a retiree concern than a young voter issue.
Yeah, that seems off to me too. Not sure if it is the polling or the pollees that are the problem…
It is a pretty well known fact that you can strongly influence the the way questions are responded to by how you frame the question. The pollers could be responsible.
Jon Stewart’s recent Weekly Show podcast about the Two Party system and why we don’t ever see a strong third party candidate has a guest who brought up a point I haven’t heard discussed in detail before. The guest mentioned how the founding fathers built the system with a concern that the future power struggles would be between the three branches of government without expecting that political party affiliation would be significant factor.
I’m sure most of us schooled in the US have heard about the importance of checks and balances, so I’m not surprised they were concerned about power in the branches. But I’m so conditioned to expect the battle between parties that it’s hard to imagine a time in history where that wouldn’t have been considered as part of the system design.
It’s worth a listen if you enjoy such things.
I’m sure most of us schooled in the US have heard about the importance of checks and balances, so I’m not surprised they were concerned about power in the branches. But I’m so conditioned to expect the battle between parties that it’s hard to imagine a time in history where that wouldn’t have been considered as part of the system design.
It’s worth a listen if you enjoy such things.
"Look what you made me do!"
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Man Behind Project 2025 Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts gave what appeared to be a disturbing warning to the left.
“We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be,” Roberts said."Look what you made me do!"
Man Behind Project 2025 Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts gave what appeared to be a disturbing warning to the left.
Totally The Left's fault.
i have a couple very liberal friends that have been quietly stockpiling weapons, including ar15s."Look what you made me do!"
Man Behind Project 2025 Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts gave what appeared to be a disturbing warning to the left.
im still using the frozen orange juice recipe. Is this a better option?
Well, better than the nerf wiffle ball bats I suppose.
Gavin Newsom for president
Isn't weird that Trump Jr is with Newsoms ex wife. It's all a big circle jerk.
Is she the one that fell into a cheap plastic surgery factory and had one of everything?
HOWEVER: We still need to consider that it is likely better to have a well meaning dotard than a malevolent liar and cheat.
Yes, this is exactly where we are.
Yes, this is exactly where we are.
Certainly. And we’re backing the whole team supporting him. The question is - can he pull the swing votes as the face of the administration?
Police state? Why would you say that?
Couldn't make it more than 30s into that nonsense.
All I have to say to that dude is, "OK, Boomer."
Ahh what????
No idea. Pulled my phone out of my pocket and all kinds of crazy shit was happening.
Basically for those of you who could not chew through BoomerLawyer....
FedEx has AI-powered cameras installed in the fleet of delivery trucks. Said cameras record everything in sight. FedEx is selling that data to a company called Flock. Flock is best known for licence plate identification software and services. Flock will now be selling that FexEx acquired data to the cops.
FedEx has AI-powered cameras installed in the fleet of delivery trucks. Said cameras record everything in sight. FedEx is selling that data to a company called Flock. Flock is best known for licence plate identification software and services. Flock will now be selling that FexEx acquired data to the cops.
Reading a book called The Better Angels of Our Nature written in 2011.
Author describes how the human race has become unequivocally less violent over time and does a good job of explaining why. He also describes how society can be violent and what causes it. Written in a pre Trump time he describes the danger of how having a leader with a Narcissistic personality disorder can be extremely dangerous and pretty much described Trump perfectly but incorrectly dismisses that as a possibility in this country due to the nature of Democracy.
LOL so naive.
Author describes how the human race has become unequivocally less violent over time and does a good job of explaining why. He also describes how society can be violent and what causes it. Written in a pre Trump time he describes the danger of how having a leader with a Narcissistic personality disorder can be extremely dangerous and pretty much described Trump perfectly but incorrectly dismisses that as a possibility in this country due to the nature of Democracy.
LOL so naive.