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Emir of Schmoe
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Fergasun
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A few thoughts I need to get off my chest:

This timeline sucks.

MAGA is genius level marketing against the political status quo. Unfortunately the Democrats haven't realized this and the more they keep trying to act like "let's get back to the status quo", the more they are going to be digging a hole for themselves. There's a larger percentage of people who don't want the "status quo" politics pre-2016 -- MAGA has been their only option. And it's mainly driven by immigration, but economy too.

And they are really good at pushing conspiracy theories into mainstream thinking. And making small issues into big deals. Trans' in sports. I don't get the people attacking Newsome over this. Fight the battle at "we recognize trans people, period." and not on sports or locker rooms. Just give it up already and say, "we need a debate that will allow trans kids and athletic space".

Unfortunately, things have to get really bad for people to think "maybe that status quo wasn't too bad." That's kind've where we are at.

I would love to see the Congresspeople complaining about "right wing threats" just post all that online. Who is threatening them. I'm sick of hearing about "right wing threats" -- I feel like they are not being honest. Name and shame the people who are threatening. We have the Internet, I'm sure a few of these people could get doxxed in 48 hours.

And someone tell me what Democrats should do - AKA Colbert with his sign. At this point their power is freedom of voice / free speech. Colbert has as much power as Congressional Dems have. Poking them this way doesn't seem helpful when voters literally gave them no arms of political power. There's another "something" they could do, but that's more drastic in the other direction.
DCranon21
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We live in the dumbest timeline ever. So end the TSA Union? But I thought he doesn't know what Project 2025 is and this is exactly what was in the playbook.

PleaseBlitz
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ThE GrEatESt JoBs PresIDenT EveR

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... dly-higher

US Jobs Report Shows Evidence Labor Market Is Softening
Jumbo
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Emir of Schmoe wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 4:14 am


I want to believe that this is a gag and not real; that not even trump and co. are that stupid.
It ain't what you don't know that's a problem. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.~~~Mark Twain
PleaseBlitz
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Jumbo wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 11:58 am

I want to believe that this is a gag and not real; that not even trump and co. are that stupid.
Have you been living under a rock?
Jumbo
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PleaseBlitz wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 12:00 pm
Jumbo wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 11:58 am

I want to believe that this is a gag and not real; that not even trump and co. are that stupid.
Have you been living under a rock?
Van. By a river. Jealous?
It ain't what you don't know that's a problem. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.~~~Mark Twain
Renegade7
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Jumbo wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 11:58 am
Emir of Schmoe wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 4:14 am


I want to believe that this is a gag and not real; that not even trump and co. are that stupid.
I got bad news for you, bro...
RedWolf24
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Didn't believe it, until I saw it on PBS....

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/w ... -dei-purge

Taking a guess and saying, based on other things that were also flagged, most of this is what happens when you let AI do the sorting.
Jumbo
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Check out this little piece of petty villainy by the orange sh*t stain.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/commentary-m ... 21640.html
It ain't what you don't know that's a problem. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.~~~Mark Twain
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