Politics Thread

[PLATO]

Yeah...let's let millions (yes...literally millions) of people illegally enter our country due to Democratic policy and then let's blame the Republicans when one dies when they were being bussed to a different state that wasn't being stretched to limits because of aforesaid millions.

[Ming]

And millions have entered under Republican governments. I'm not blaming Republicans for the death, just Abbott because of his political grand standing.

[PLATO]

Okay. Fair.

[pchang]

The Donald has now been charged like a don.

[Berzerker]

https://youtu.be/2wgMR_B2bzU

So we toppled Libya and terrorists were running rampant for 10 years attacking neighboring countries. Niger had a coup and the guy in charge said Niger wont become another Libya. Meanwhile Nato's African allies are threatening to invade Niger and Russia is telling them to back off.

[Berzerker]

Actor Bradley Cooper has been accused of Jewface. He's not Jewish and he's playing Leonard Bernstein and wearing a prosthetic nose

[-Jrabbit]

The Bernstein family confirms that Leonard had a big shnozz, and state that they are also in full support of Bradley Cooper wearing the prosthetic.

[Berzerker]

I'm still laughing about this story

[Berzerker]

https://youtu.be/YnnwBvRTXRc

Ross Givens on Stephen Gardner explaining how Pelosi et al got rich on insider trading.

the law requires politicians to report trades within 45 days which is too slow for people watching them to make $$$, but CEO's and various corporate bigshots have to report within 2 days. Givens does seminars on how to navigate the reporting apparatus so people can make trades 2 days after the insiders are making trades. What a scam, greedy crooks ripping us off in so many different ways.

[Ming]

Yeah... kind of like the supposed billionaire Trump asking poorer people to pay his legal bills. And the sad part is, his followers are stupid enough to do it. And if Trump follows his normal pattern, he will just keep the money and stiff his lawyers. What a guy...

[Berzerker]

he's a scumbag.... and the lesser evil

[pchang]

DeSantis says he has moved in from his fight with Disney. In addition to losing, I think he finally figured out that voters do not care about that stuff

[Ming]

Or maybe, besides the fact that many of his advisors told him he looked like a spoiled child, he shouldn't piss off the largest employer in his state, or a company that provides his state with HUGE tax revenue.

[Berzerker]

DeSantis was asked about the sentiment he's establishment and he said Chip Roy and Thomas Massie have endorsed him. Those names carry weight with the right, he needs more endorsements from respected anti-establishment people. Ofc when he tries to compete with Trump for the base the establishment points their neocon fingers at him, 'shame, shame'...

what happened to the left?

When I was growing up it was the conservatives and right wingers in both parties censoring people and lying us into wars and the left was smeared as pinkos and commies. It was the left that was targeted by the right wing deep state, the FBI was trying (?) to kill MLK for opposing Vietnam. Nixon's drug war to go after hippies and blacks replaced Jim Crow. Now the left beats the drums of war with zeal and smears the peace movement as traitors while censoring the internet.

[Berzerker]

sorry, 'the left' aint behind this crap

[Berzerker]

DeSantis says he has moved in from his fight with Disney. In addition to losing, I think he finally figured out that voters do not care about that stuff

His biggest donor told him to drop the culture war stuff (abortion), but while the base is on his side wrt Disney the issue is too technocratic to inspire passions

[Ming]

Now the Right are just a bunch of fear mongering, bigots who rile up their base against anybody that isn't straight, male, white and christian. They are anti Democracy and want to put a strong man dictator into office. They don't want to support our allies and are more concerned for rich people than they are the middle class, And they hate poor people.
And they continue to ban books and censor anything that doesn't agree with their bigoted agenda.

[Berzerker]

you just described our ally

[Ming]

Nice Try... But not even close.
It's funny how you rail against the supposed Nazi's in Ukraine, but support them here at home.

[Berzerker]

I haven't voted for a Republican in over 4 decades