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  • Trump leading Harris among Arab Americans, poll suggests

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  • The Jewish voting block, although largely Blue by tradition, does have have a real alternative in the GOP candidate (since he'd stick with the Israel Prime Minister no matter how low they go in Gaza, no matter what, as long as he's not personally insulted).

    This is part of the reason why Dems have had to walk such a fine line around Gaza - it's next to impossible navigate without offending either group. That said, it's difficult to understand folks of this persuasion who'd actively support the GOP guy here - both alternatives are bad so you'd actually pick the worse one?

  • Trump Takes Lead in 538 Simulations

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  • Pleased to have been able to contribute. And, no rush here, but happily awaiting your reply - either way I'm bound to learn something new.

  • 50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says

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  • Good grief, that means this lie has been successfully peddled for nearly half a century.

  • Strike on Iran will make world understand Israel’s might, says defence minister

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  • Eh, I mean they are a nuclear armed State. This is bad, but a crumbling nuclear power would probably detonate in a lot more ways than one, if you catch my meaning.

  • As Trump and Harris Vie for Fossil Fuel Supporters, the Climate Is Losing

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  • I optimistically have hope that things will get fixed, once Dems are able to drop the filibuster so new legislation at the federal level is possible again.

    Though that depends on Dems retaining the Senate in this election, or taking it back in 2026.

  • As Trump and Harris Vie for Fossil Fuel Supporters, the Climate Is Losing

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  • Yes, that one who has allowed her views to evolve and showing a willingness to compromise to show she'll support the wishes of everyone in the US.

    Of the two, who has better odds on (for example) being convinced to return to a ban on fracking? The one who previously sought to ban it, or the one who racistly said that climate change was a hoax from a particular country half way around the world?

  • As Trump and Harris Vie for Fossil Fuel Supporters, the Climate Is Losing

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  • trump wants to stop them cuz Biden did it …

    Generally speaking, this is exactly on point. If the GOP guy wins, he'll stop the program that Biden launched.

    Then he'll work with the big rich companies to create a new program that has his name on it, that's even bigger and worse.

    The fossil fuel companies want trump to keep it because it’s making them so much money while they’ve set recording breaking production the last two years…

    Wait, so the fossil fuel companies want to keep Biden's push to replace fossil fuels? Because it's been making them money?

    Actually, that's good. If even the fossil fuel companies want them replaced...

    Republicans and moderates have lowered the bar so much since Jimmy Carter, that you can’t even remember what a Dem candidate is supposed to look like

    My answer: AOC

  • The US Isn’t Moving Right — the Democrats Are

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  • I'm banking all my hope on Harris winning, and then Dems either take the House and hold onto the Senate, or more likely Dems retake the Senate in 2026 and also keep the House then.

    Once that happens, they can drop the filibuster, and then pass the 127 DC States plan, which would allow them to pass constitutional amendments to fix this once and for all, https://www.vox.com/2020/1/14/21063591/modest-proposal-to-save-american-democracy-pack-the-union-harvard-law-review

    Edit: Worth nothing that the reason for the Dems shift to the right is due to the how the Electoral College works, and which would require a constitutional amendment to abolish.

  • 50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says

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  • Misinformation on Climate and Meat Pushed by Russian-Backed Influencers in U.S.

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  • Alas, Wikipedia has a good explanation on this point, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreignagent#UnitedStates

    in 1980, the court ruled that receiving "bona fide subsidy" from a foreign source does not render the recipient as a foreign agent unless the foreign direction or control is established. the grants which it received were linked to specific programs it should have carried out, thus, it fell under "request". appellate court found that even the identical leadership and the financial connection were not sufficient to grant summary judgement and a full trial was required since mere provision of funds was insufficient

    If that's right, then it seems the question here then whether Russia was just giving money to keep afloat influencers who would have gone with this nonsense anyways, or if Russia had more direct control via request making.

    I suspect it's the second one, but it seems a full trial would be needed to prove it, and I can imagine the handlers being really good at making sure there was never any paperwork to use as evidence that "requests" were made.

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  • I don't get it. He was okay with endorsing Biden back in 2020 after taking ownership in 2018. So why skip the endorsement now?

  • Harris unveils support for $15 minimum wage after slamming Trump’s McDonald’s visit

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  • I can't speak for the other commenter but my interpretation is agreement - "Yup, we tried it in Seattle and hey, guess what? It works!"

  • Attention Prosecutors: Elon Musk Is Breaking Federal Voting Law

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  • The problem is that it's the FEC who's responsible, and they're constantly deadlocked at 3-3 which renders them toothless in terms of enforcement.

    (The way I'd fix this is to have a new law passed allowing a "President's representative" who the President appoints to the FEC - without need for confirmation - as the 7th member, and who automatically resigns when the President leaves office. This 7th member can break the deadlock.)

    Anyways, it seems like Musk has no way to verify that the winners are actually going to vote Red. Here's hoping that the vast majority that he gets signed up end up turning out for Harris instead.

  • Hungary: Orban compares EU to USSR, urges people to 'resist'

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  • He doesn't really want to do that though. Much more useful to Putin to stay in and keep trying to throw wrenches into the works and such.

    Same reason why Russia tried to join NATO back in the 1950s

  • Moldova votes yes to joining EU by tiny margin

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  • Agreed in full. I'm happy with the majority of the majority btw - that wasn't an angle I had considered originally.

  • Deported fugitive returned to Taiwan after Singapore rejection - Focus Taiwan

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  • Actually, not exactly the same, as in 2022 Ukraine was generally recognized as a fully independent country when it was invaded. Whereas, generally countries do not get involved when another country deals with a matter within its own internal territory... thus Taiwan's current situation is more precarious in some ways.

    Being the remains of another government that originated from another area has, in a lot of ways, hurt the people of Taiwan.

  • Biden spurs controversy by saying ‘We’ve got to lock him up’ about Trump

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  • I am starting to lean into the view that Garland would have been a better Supreme Court justice than US Attn General.

  • Election 2024: Kamala Harris on NBC vows to double federal minimum wage to $15

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  • On the one hand, he's richer. On the other hand, when he decided he didn't want to buy Twitter after all, even his lawyers couldn't get him out of that one.

  • Detroit Muslim leader ejected from Kamala Harris rally, deepening rift between Democrats and Arab Americans

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  • I hope they dig into why this happened. The campaign apologized, but they need to be able to give assurances that it won't happen again.

    “Our campaign regrets this action and its impact on Dr. Ghanim and the community, and he is welcome at future events."