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December 26, 2021

Brandon kicked Trump's ass.

December 26, 2021

Acid attackers should receive the death penalty.

It is a cowardly and despicable act of misogyny.

The guy is good looking, just proves that male fragility is widespread and not isolated to incels.

The antichoice movement that is growing in the west is fueled obviously by male fragility and a fear of female choice and autonomy.

There are also alot of women that are right wing and who will trade their rights as a woman for racial/ethnic/relgious supremacy, like the female Trumpers in our country.

December 26, 2021

Green Energy and fair trade is the key to the future

it would create jobs in America and free the democratic countries across the world from the totalitarian ones - whose power tends to come from fossil fuels. We're intertwined with the Middle East because of oil; Putin has a grip on Europe because of the pipeline.

NAFTA was supposed to a 'fair trade' deal that created open hemispheric trade that could help reduce dependence on China, and would reduce illegal immigration from Mexico. If properly implemented it would've worked IMO.

I just wish Dems would sell these concepts better. Most voters don't care about climate change because they don't care about anything long term or existential. But voters do care about American dominance, national security and jobs - and that is how 'green' and 'fair trade' should be sold. Hillary tried doing this in 2016 ie 'making America the green superpower.' Obama wanted TPP to help neutralize China.

December 26, 2021

Bill Clinton believed NAFTA could serve as counterbalance to China

and Japan... that having open trade within a hemisphere is far more beneficial for the US than having to rely on China... because American consumers had already decided that we like cheap goods so trade was inevitable. It was believed that Mexico would benefit and thus reduce illegal immigration if they had jobs there. Canada also benefits. I still believe NAFTA could have accomplished its goals if implemented properly.

December 22, 2021

Adams understand the streets better than the typical white Dem.

Adams was a black kid who was profiled by cops, but he also understands the crime and violence that plague many black/brown communities, and became a cop who saw firsthand how bad violence can get.

Adams understands how the prisons operate, which are awful. Rape, slashings, beatings etc are common practice - and the only way to stop that is to separate out the truly violent agitators. IMO you need to put cameras in the jails and prosecute any crimes that take place within. Jails should not be a place where laws don't apply, and prisoners should have the right to be free from violence like any other person 'on the outside.'

Remember - crime, gangs, prison violence etc - impacts black and brown people more than anyone and white liberals really don't get it on this topic. Adams wants to balance the need for security and the need for reform. Adams claim to fame was 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement which is a group that sought to bridge the gap between police and the community. The police unions etc don't like Adams as a result, as he's always called them out.

Adams is simply different than your typical Dem or even typical politician - he's mavericky.

December 20, 2021

Agree. If they reject dr's advice to take the vaccine

they cannot come looking for a dr to save them once they get covid.

We can supply them with a priest, who can read them inspirational verses from the Bible.

Hosea 8-7: "For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind."

December 19, 2021

Agree, AOC is a streetfighter,

the future belongs to Dems like her who fight for the real base of the Dem party. It's not about leftist vs centrist, but about who will fight when it counts. Remember there are many centrist Dems not standing in the way like Manchin/Sinema do. You rarely hear about Tester or Hickenlooper or many others. It's just these two FoxNews Dems who want attention ... please me please me please me .. and think they are more powerful than the president we the people elected with 81 million votes Joe Biden.

December 19, 2021

Charlamagne was right, Manchin thinks he's the President.

As many of us said, the Dem party long ago should've played hardball with Manchin and Sinema. Their voters do in fact as polls show support BBB and the policies therein - it is a total lie that they are 'serving their red states' - no they are serving donors and helping to kill the Biden/Dem agenda and make the RW happy.

The idea that we need to be scared of Manchin and Sinema and walk on eggshells is bullshit. Play old school hard ball politics. Send operatives to WV and AZ and keep digging until you find something. Everyone has skeletons in the closet. Show them who's boss, play a game of chicken and let them know we are willing to lose their seats/allegiance as long as it means destroying them also in the process.

December 19, 2021

Gen-X ie 'Baby busters' are the smallest generation,

that's why we don't register as much as the Boomers and Millennials.

Gen-X births are from '65-'80, which was a time when birth rates dropped. Our parents are Boomers and our younger siblings and cousins are Millennials.

"The worst crime is faking it." - Kurt Cobain
"We was young and we was dumb, but we had heart." - Tupac Shakur

December 19, 2021

Manchinema would trim anything that would benefit PoC,

the poor, women etc. BIF was the white man's jobs bill that is why they supported it.

Charlamagne was right, Manchinema think they're president. It was PoC who made Joe Biden the president, it was PoC who gave Schumer the Senate - it's time for the Dem party to go to the mat and play hardball with Manchinema to get things done for PoC. BBB, Voting Rights, Police Reform are all things PoC voted for when we voted for Biden. Women are losing their reproductive rights. The insurrectionists are getting slaps on the wrist. Garland is wimpy. Fuck this bullshit.

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