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Post by Ulythium on Feb 8, 2024 22:23:54 GMT
Conservative justices signaled they may side with Trump in historic case
Quelle surprise.
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Post by skalpadda on Feb 8, 2024 22:35:25 GMT
It's pretty funny to me that, with the economy the best it's been in years, low unemployment, controlled inflation and all the rest of it, people - including Democrats! - point to Biden misremembering a couple of names as evidence that he's doing a terrible job. It's so, so fucked, like the guy can't do anything right, and even when he does nobody notices. If you limit the field to just Biden and Trump then yes, Biden is obviously an absolute dream both in terms of policy and not being insane. And Trump is even more doddering and also frequently confuses people on top of being a deeply ignorant magalomaniac, it's just that his base doesn't care and will bend reality to whatever suits them.
But it is kind of horrifying that the field is limited to Biden and Trump in the first place.
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Post by Nanocrystal on Feb 8, 2024 22:55:23 GMT
Does "the economy is doing great" really mean much to most americans? The stock market may be back up to where it was two years ago and unemployment may be low, but from what I can see (and I don't live there) there is still a widening poverty gap, stagnating wages, the fentanyl crisis, etc. Maybe my view of the country is warped by my outside perspective but things don't seem to be going all that well over there. Add in all the political division, MAGA bullshit and mass shootings and it's not a country I would even want to visit any more.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Feb 8, 2024 23:08:33 GMT
Unemployment is low, jobs growth is back to higher than it was before the pandemic, and inflation is much better than it was a year ago. It's not just the stock market.
Of course you can't tell someone who's struggling "stop complaining, the economy is doing great!" But, like, it is doing pretty well, and usually incumbent presidents get some credit for that.
Not Biden, though! Idiot can't even remember German names.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Feb 8, 2024 23:16:17 GMT
I will say though, that one advantage Trump has is that most of his base don't spent all their time moaning about him. They actually want him to win.
I've nfi what Democrats want. "Not Biden?" Tough shit. He's your guy, and you need to start actually arguing for him and the genuinely good things he has done.
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Post by skalpadda on Feb 8, 2024 23:32:03 GMT
Not Biden, though! Idiot can't even remember German names. He claimed to have met and gotten a question from Helmut Kohl in 2021. He was Bundeskanzler between 1982-1998 and died in 2017. Angela Merkel was Bundeskanzler before, during and after Biden's entire stint as VP. That's not just mixing up names, and he did it twice.
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Post by peekconfusion on Feb 8, 2024 23:42:57 GMT
I agree that Biden doesn't get the credit he deserves but damn, that report is brutal and plays directly into Republican hands.
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Post by simple on Feb 9, 2024 0:04:48 GMT
I feel like I watched Biden lose the election on the news at 10 tonight.
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Post by askew on Feb 9, 2024 0:05:34 GMT
The buttery males of 2024
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2024 0:32:02 GMT
On the upside, we should see the first female US president, when Trump finally chokes on a KFC and vice-pres Marjorie Taylor-Greene takes over.
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Post by Dougs on Feb 9, 2024 6:24:31 GMT
I agree that Biden doesn't get the credit he deserves but damn, that report is brutal and plays directly into Republican hands. Gremmi and other US based peeps will be able to tell us but I doubt it'll get the kind of cut through to do real damage. Fox and the like will bang on about it but so what?
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Post by Vandelay on Feb 9, 2024 8:29:25 GMT
To be honest, it might not be a terrible thing if this did hit him hard within the party. Perhaps someone will be able to make him realise it would be best for everyone if he stepped aside for this election. Not that his mental faculties are any worse than the other guy, but it is clear that he really is too old in the public's eye (even if he has objectively been doing good things for the US).
Really though, this ruling sounds like a total hit job, finding that they won't proceed with charges, but still sticking the knife in.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Feb 9, 2024 8:36:32 GMT
Republicans being told about Trump's age and declining mental state: "What are you talking about, he's as good as ever, he's our guy, WOOOO GO TRUMP" *pumps fist*
Democrats being told about Biden's age and declining mental state: "Actually yeah we completely agree, gosh wouldn't it be better if Biden weren't old, FUCK BIDEN" *wrings hands until they're bloody*
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Feb 9, 2024 8:41:38 GMT
Actually you know what, I've got even less reason to fret about this than Gremmi does. And there's literally nothing I can do to influence who America votes for, so maybe it's time to start paying less attention. Or least worry about it less.
These doom feelings sure are addictive, though!
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Post by askew on Feb 9, 2024 8:43:10 GMT
Alright, snarky.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Feb 9, 2024 8:45:39 GMT
It really is just like this, even 30 years later
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Post by geefe on Feb 9, 2024 8:54:35 GMT
Seems the split, globally, is
Are you someone who wants to win? Right wing Are you someone who wants to be correct? Left wing
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Post by Dougs on Feb 9, 2024 9:46:11 GMT
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Feb 9, 2024 10:32:26 GMT
It really does seem like the US is going to tear itself apart in our lifetimes.
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Post by geefe on Feb 9, 2024 17:31:59 GMT
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Post by Onny on Feb 9, 2024 17:38:18 GMT
What an enormous surprise. Edit: what is a surprise is the tone of the bbc article - full of criticism. Fuck yeah!
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Post by Blue_Mike on Feb 10, 2024 5:07:46 GMT
I've just noticed how much Joe Biden resembles that doddery old gent on that Yellow Pages advert from the 80s and now I can't unsee it.
Every time I see him walk him to a podium now, somewhere in the back of my mind I'll be half expecting him to start off the press conference or speech with "Excuse me, do you happen to have a copy of Fly Fishing by J.R. Hartley?"
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Post by Saul1138 on Feb 10, 2024 6:29:36 GMT
I thought you meant the guy that got on TV for ripping apart copies of the YP.
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Post by Bill the kidding on Feb 11, 2024 8:11:41 GMT
Good grief. He is such an idiot. I shouldn't be surprised, but he keeps managing to do it. Trump encourages Russia to attack Nato allies who are behind in payments, and says he wouldn't defend them. www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68266447
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Post by Lizard on Feb 11, 2024 8:18:25 GMT
Good grief. He is such an idiot. I shouldn't be surprised, but he keeps managing to do it. Trump encourages Russia to attack Nato allies who are behind in payments, and says he wouldn't defend them. www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68266447Fuck me
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Feb 11, 2024 8:27:25 GMT
But Biden can't remember things!
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Post by Saul1138 on Feb 11, 2024 8:28:23 GMT
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Post by cubby on Feb 11, 2024 9:33:13 GMT
Mr "behind on every payment he's ever had to make" says Russia should attack those behind on payments.
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Feb 11, 2024 10:58:10 GMT
Well, conscription is definitely going to be a thing then.
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Post by Ulythium on Feb 11, 2024 11:00:06 GMT
Christ on a skateboard - that's deranged even by Trump's usual standards.
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