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  • Zohran Mamdani Provoked a Bipartisan Meltdown

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  • They begrudgingly supported him once it became clear that he was going to win. They never wanted to support him, they are only doing it to save face. How long did it take Jeffries to endorse him?

  • Gavin Newsom leading JD Vance among young men: Republican pollster

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  • I've only seen the opposite in the comments. The people don't want a repeat of what got us Trump. But the DNC sure seems hellbent on trying it again.

  • Gavin Newsom leading JD Vance among young men: Republican pollster

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  • Remember when Harris was running, and everyone kept telling us that Leftists don't come out to vote? Remember them telling us that she should keep moving to the right, despite the fact that Leftists are way more popular?

    Get ready for more of that with Newsome.

  • Gavin Newsom leading JD Vance among young men: Republican pollster

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  • Harris running a shitty campaign, standing proudly next to republicans, riding the coat-tails of a terrible president, and telling her voting base to sit down and shut up is what haneded Trump his second term.

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  • I'm OK with it existing, but it should be an addon. Not something that Mozilla pushes onto people who don't want it.

    Silicon Valley has a consent problem, and Mozilla is no different.

  • You really think people who reject science are gonna save you from fascism?

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  • You really think people who reject science are gonna save you from fascism?

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  • "Trans people want basic human rights?!? What kind of crazy, idealistic world do you think we live in? We have to abandon you now, but don't worry, we'll totally come back for you after we get ours."

    • The party of spineless cowards that stands for nothing

  • You really think people who reject science are gonna save you from fascism?

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  • You think basic human rights are idealism?

    No wonder the Democrat's approval rating is so low. Your party is so spineless.

  • What is your most "Fuck you, this is actually awesome?" take?

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  • I've not read All-Star yet, but I keep getting it recommended to me. Thanks!

  • What is your most "Fuck you, this is actually awesome?" take?

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  • YouTube Is Hiding Videos From You

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  • Youtube has been hiding videos from me for years. I'd look at my "Subscriptions" page, and wouldn't see anything new. Then I'd go to the channel's page, and see a few new videos.

    That prompted me to start using my RSS reader instead of youtube subscriptions. A more reliable experience, for sure.

  • Idk bout you guys, but I'm not shedding a single fuckin tear for them LMAO

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  • Your defense of the first link is a lazy copout. Don't cite a source and then say "don't believe my source" lmao.

    I didn't say that. I gave you a source of them giving handouts to their rich friends.

    The bailout money has been paid back, plus interest. It is largely considered a plan that worked. Your complaints are a great example of letting perfect be the enemy of good.

    That doesn't detract from what I said at all. I said they got handouts, which they did.

    Your politico link points out what I said; Biden wanted to do x for the people; Republicans in Congress stopped him.

    Republicans AND Democrats. And he could have fast-tracked money to keep them going, just like he did for the war-machine . He chose to sit back, and let them lapse.

    Your Atlantic link is paywalled. But I think I've read enough to justify disregarding anything else you have to say since it doesn't seem like you're reading your own shit, thereby not respecting my time in any meaningful way.

    Says the person wasting my time. If you aren't going to read what I wrote, why ask questions?

    Democrats are absolutely worth criticizing, and it's not just our right, but our duty to do so. But let's not pretend that they are the party of fucking over the working class to help their rich friends. That is squarely on the Republican party. All they have done in my lifetime is block help for the working class, roll back help for the working class (which were passed by Democrats), and pass tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy. Oh yeah, and dissolve our rights and speedrun into fascism. How could I forget that one. So if you want to talk about a party fucking the people over, let's talk about them.

    I talk about the Republicans doing that all the time. But Democrats are indeed fucking over the working class to help their rich friends, as evidenced above. Of course, if you don't read things that you find inconvenient, it's probably difficult for you to understand that.

  • Idk bout you guys, but I'm not shedding a single fuckin tear for them LMAO

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  • Name a time when the right wing Democratic party have had a clear shot at improving things.

    Under Obama and Biden, they had the power to improve things. Instead they chose to give handouts to their rich friends, and screwed over the voters.

    Every single time that they seize power, they destroy the economy and our rights. Every single fucking time.

    Oh, you mean like what the Democrats keep doing?

  • Idk bout you guys, but I'm not shedding a single fuckin tear for them LMAO

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  • Link 1 explicitly lays out why it's not a handout to the rich.

    Oh, well, just because they said it isn't a bailout must mean that it isn't a bailout. There's no way politicians would lie.

    For links 2-4, I posted the wrong ones. I've added corrections, my apologies

  • Idk bout you guys, but I'm not shedding a single fuckin tear for them LMAO

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  • FWIW, I meant that as two separate things, although there is some crossover.

    Giving handouts to their rich friends:

    https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/first-read/biden-administrations-message-dont-call-bailout-rcna74628

    Edit: Wrong linkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008

    Correct link: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2009/12/13/obamas-big-sellout-president-has-packed-his-economic-team-wall-street-insiders

    Screwing over the working class:

    Edit: Wrong link https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/25/politics/covid-19-relief-programs-ending/

    Correct link: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/23/biden-social-safety-net-2024-00128488

    Edit: Wrong link https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/neil-barofsky-on-foaming-the-l

    Correct link: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/12/obamas-failure-to-mitigate-americas-foreclosure-crisis/510485/

    And that's just stuff off the top of my head. I'm not mentioning the wars, the cushy government contracts, etc.

  • You really think people who reject science are gonna save you from fascism?

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  • We've not been doingi it. Non voting is the biggest block for decades now.

    Yes we have. We did it under Obama, and Biden. Guess what happened? They rolled back %5 of the facist policy, beefed up the rest, gave handouts to their rich friends, took away more civil rights, and bombed the fuck outta people.

    If you don't work to build a leftist movement you'll never have one. Voting for harm minimization is still helpful as we build.

    And I'm saying: I am building one. By voting for actual leftists, instead of cosplayers.

  • You really think people who reject science are gonna save you from fascism?

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  • The Democrats learned from what happened to the Republican party, and set up systems to prevent that from happening. You can keep fighting to rehabilitate them, but I'm not gonna waste my time. Just like you can fight to rehabilitate the Republicans if you want, but I'm not gonna hold my breath for that either.

  • You really think people who reject science are gonna save you from fascism?

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  • You claim that you have other options. Which ones are those? The third parties that will never win because the system strongly favours a 2-party system?

    No, the third parties that can win. The same types of parties that have taken control before, in the US and other countries.

  • You really think people who reject science are gonna save you from fascism?

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  • To be fair. They have tried with what they believe Americans want.

    No they didn't. Americans have very clearly been saying that they want someone who is not a status-quo, neoliberal politician, who is only in it to help out their donors. The Democrats keep saying "Nah, we're just gonna pick the candidate for you."

    They didn't do this because they are bad at reading what people want, they did this because their core philosophy is directly oppositional to what Americans want.

    It's been on the decline lately, but the last ~10 years there has been a big trend of "Americans wants black women". If a movie had a group of at least 4 people, a black woman was one of them. If an ad had 4 people in quick succession, a black woman was one of them.

    What are you talking about? I've never heard anyone say that. It might shock you to hear this, but movies aren't where you find out what voters want.

    So they saw this opportunity and decided that the most important thing would be having the first black woman president.

    No, they saw the opportunity to have another corporate shill who won't rock the boat and took it. She just happened to be the VP at the time, so they could justify not having an actual primary.

    And of course, going for cultural-left made them lose against the most incompetent opponent.

    No, them picking terrible, center-right candidates, running on terrible, center-right policies, and openly telling their voter-base to sit down and shut up is what made them lose.

    Or they might just be physically unable to be an economically left party, so they go with cultural left in order to differentiate themselves with the fascism party.

    They aren't physically unable, they chose to be bound by what their donors tell them.