Yeah, but at least we wont have a trans woman win a swim meet while the economy tanks!
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fishonjazz
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Ya what is crazy to me is that people think that it's either trans women kicking *** in women's sports or trump.
No other option.
In reality there are plenty of Republican, and even Democratic, candidates that are against trans women in sports who aren't also the most corrupt, scandalous, dishonest, and immoral politician in history. It didn't have to be trump in order to achieve what those on the right wanted.
Dumbasses.
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Don't forget abortions, and the pinnacle the regular guy wants in abortion prevention, putting women who have abortions in prison. Nothing says "come unto me" like putting women in prison for taking care of their medical needs. That is WAY more important than anything else that Trump might do.
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As with all things, it is a mixed bag. I do applaud finally going through the government finances to make a sincere effort at eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse. I support forcing immigrants to go through the official channels set up by the Legislative Branch rather than turning a blind eye to our southern border. I'm glad to see someone who isn't obviously senile sitting as a figurehead while unelected mystery men run the most powerful nation on earth. While I am not cheering anyone losing their job, it is a reality that many government departments have needed modernization for a long time and there is far too much redundancy is many of the government's services.
As for the tariffs, no. I'm not happy with them and have become even more opposed as I've learned the numbers were derived from trade imbalances. That is retarded. I had hoped Trump was using them as a lever to get other nations to drop tariffs they have against US goods, but then other nations started dropping those and we hit them with tariffs anyway. That is where I step off the train.
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Garbage. Class warfare has a long history in populist movements and nearly always the majority are the ones cast in the role of 'the marginalized' under the boot of some ruling group who needs to be overthrown. Susceptibility to that argument is predicated on bigotry. It requires the believers to see people in terms of groups instead of individuals. Democrats have been beating the drum for decades blaming the straight-white-males, who represent roughly 29 percent of the US population, as keeping the 'historically marginalized' 71% down.
I cannot tell you how encouraging it is to see that tired tactic losing its ability to sway the American people. The smallest, least powerful demographic is the individual, and that is what republics are designed to protect. I will champion individual rights all day long and bigots can eff off with their group rights / group grievances. The answer to bigotry isn't more bigotry, it's apathy. We've passed peak victim. Fewer people than ever care about where your great-great-great grandparents called home, or what god you worship, or who you choose to love. If the Democrat party believes they didn't bigot hard enough in the last election then they've learned nothing and things will get worse for them.
What are you on about? Trans people are absolutely marginalized and that is what I’m talking about.
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I get you loud and clear. You think Jennifer Pritzker, the billionaire, is "marginalized" because of the box you put them in. It is the boxes you put people in that I object to. I reject that whole construct. I see Jennifer Pritzker as Jennifer Pritzker the billionaire because that is who that individual is, and I don't believe our government should treat Jennifer Pritzker any different from how it would treat any other billionaire.
If you want to set higher tax rates for the wealthy, I'm onboard. If you want to provide aid to the indigent, count me in. If you want to compile lists of anecdotes to justify treating someone different because of their skin color or gender identity then me and most of America are going to tune you out. That is what I am on about.
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Especially for those who’ve had relatively easy and prosperous lives. Just look at our coworkers, friends, and family members who’ve joined the cult. Most I know were never really engaged in politics. Most still aren’t. But Trump is a master demagogue and knows how to prey on the insecurities and grievances of people. And there are a lot of insecurities and grievances out there, especially from white upper middle class folks who identify as Christian (but usually aren’t very zealous practitioners for obvious reasons).
Those who are truly struggling mostly know Trump is full of crap. Or don’t have time to work themselves up over the cultural grievances that Trump shovels their way. Which is why Trump’s base is primary white, prosperous, uneducated, and bored as ****. They find meaning and community in screaming at librarians, telling doctors to jab themselves, and throwing America to the wolves. If they truly ever experienced injustice or poverty, they’d know that America is pretty damn awesome. They’d respect the social safety net, not want to dismantle it. They’d know that America has imperfections but has ultimately served them well.
There’s just a severe lack of patriotism and maturity among trumpers. They’re children who just haven’t ever grown up. They’ve never expanded their narrow view of life and what American dream might mean for others. They capped out as being the #3 wide receiver on the football team and one of the captains on cheer. And they’re angry that the rest of us don’t respect them the way we used to do “back in the good ol days” when we all showed up and watched their “performances” under those “Friday Night Lights.”
And if it means reminding those pesky Spanish speakers whose country this is? And if it means reminding those blacks where their places are? And if it means telling all those annoying libtards who told me to be ashamed of Trump and buy some Econ car to **** off? And if it means reminding those pesky educated women and queers who is at the top of the hierarchy? Then hell yes, Gimmie Trump!
Let’s Go Brandon!
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enchilada_style
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We needed something this stupid to happen
Sardines
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It might not be quite stupid enough.
I think Trump needs to stroke out live on TV. Then when the part of his brain that controls his language skills is destroyed he might start making more sense. Only then will his cultists realize just how stupid the **** he says is.
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You’re probably right. lol
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This might be the darkest take I’ve ever read. But it also might be the most accurate. You can’t fire scientists and doctors, harass college professors, alienate allies, and roll with ridiculous economic policy without there being consequences. Stupid and failed policies is what’s led to the brain drains we’ve seen in other countries and states. There’s a reason why no one actually wants to move to Arkansas or Mississippi or Belarus and El Salvador.
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The world will move on without us.
Economically this means that international trade will reorganize without the United States as the central hub. Relationships will be forged without concern as to our preferences. The dollar may well be displaced as the world’s reserve currency. American innovation will depart for other shores as the best and brightest choose to make their lives in countries where the rule of law is solid,secret police do not disappear people from the streets, and the government does not discourage research and make economic war on universities.
There’s a reason why countries like Belarus and El Salvador aren’t tech hubs.
All of this will mean slower growth at home and declining economic mobility. The pie will shrink and people will become more desperate to hold on to their slices.
If you want a small preview, look at what has happened to the British economy since Brexit.
The drag we experience will be much greater, because we had much further to fall.
The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
www.thebulwark.com
The world will move on without us.
Economically this means that international trade will reorganize without the United States as the central hub. Relationships will be forged without concern as to our preferences. The dollar may well be displaced as the world’s reserve currency. American innovation will depart for other shores as the best and brightest choose to make their lives in countries where the rule of law is solid,secret police do not disappear people from the streets, and the government does not discourage research and make economic war on universities.
There’s a reason why countries like Belarus and El Salvador aren’t tech hubs.
All of this will mean slower growth at home and declining economic mobility. The pie will shrink and people will become more desperate to hold on to their slices.
If you want a small preview, look at what has happened to the British economy since Brexit.
The drag we experience will be much greater, because we had much further to fall.
This might be the darkest take I’ve ever read. But it also might be the most accurate. You can’t fire scientists and doctors, harass college professors, alienate allies, and roll with ridiculous economic policy without there being consequences. Stupid and failed policies is what’s led to the brain drains we’ve seen in other countries and states. There’s a reason why no one actually wants to move to Arkansas or Mississippi or Belarus and El Salvador.
The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
The world will move on without us.
Economically this means that international trade will reorganize without the United States as the central hub. Relationships will be forged without concern as to our preferences. The dollar may well be displaced as the world’s reserve currency. American innovation will depart for other shores as the best and brightest choose to make their lives in countries where the rule of law is solid,secret police do not disappear people from the streets, and the government does not discourage research and make economic war on universities.
There’s a reason why countries like Belarus and El Salvador aren’t tech hubs.
All of this will mean slower growth at home and declining economic mobility. The pie will shrink and people will become more desperate to hold on to their slices.
If you want a small preview, look at what has happened to the British economy since Brexit.
The drag we experience will be much greater, because we had much further to fall.
We're going down fast. I'm thinking of getting a place in Europe, mostly because it's awesome for travel and there's some good value, but also because I can't stand the thought of living full-time surrounded by Trumptards. Been over here most of the winter and you can't get away from Trump. People watch him on TV like driving by a car wreck. And they want to talk about him the second they learn you're American. The world is in shock that the USA became a cult.
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Looking from outside, it's a mix of embarrassment and anger.
I'm originally from Peru but went to an Ivy school in USA. There is no way I'm going back. I'm now living in Spain...salaries are not as high but you can have a very comfortable life, not having to worry about a screwed up healthcare system, gun violence, student debt, bipartisanship, etc. USA is becoming a banana republic, a bad reality show.
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I love seeing posts about trump from living in other countries or who have spent lots of time in other countries.
100% of them see that trump sucks ***.
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100% of them see that trump sucks ***.
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Open letter, to the American people, signed by over 1900 scientists: “The undersigned are elected members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, representing some of the nation’s top scientists, engineers, and medical researchers. We are speaking out as individuals. We see real danger in this moment. We hold diverse political beliefs, but we are united as researchers in wanting to protect independent scientific inquiry. We are sending this SOS to sound a clear warning: the nation’s scientific enterprise is being decimated”.
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
We all rely on science. Science gave us the smartphones in our pockets, the navigation systems in our cars, and life-saving medical care. We count on engineers when we drive across bridges and fly in airplanes. Businesses and farmers rely on science and engineering for product innovation, technological advances, and weather forecasting. Science helps humanity protect the planet and keeps pollutants and toxins out of our air, water, and food.For over 80 years, wise investments by the US government have built up the nation’s research enterprise, making it the envy of the world. Astoundingly, the Trump administration is destabilizing this enterprise by gutting funding for research, firing thousands of scientists, removing public access to scientific data, and pressuring researchers to alter or abandon their work on ideological grounds.
The undersigned are elected members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, representing some of the nation’s top scientists, engineers, and medical researchers. We are speaking out as individuals. We see real danger in this moment. We hold diverse political beliefs, but we are united as researchers in wanting to protect independent scientific inquiry. We are sending this SOS to sound a clear warning: the nation’s scientific enterprise is being decimated.
The administration is slashing funding for scientific agencies, terminating grants to scientists, defunding their laboratories, and hampering international scientific collaboration. The funding cuts are forcing institutions to pause research (including studies of new disease treatments), dismiss faculty, and stop enrolling graduate students—the pipeline for the next generation’s scientists.
The administration’s current investigations of more than 50 universities send a chilling message. Columbia University was recently notified that its federal funding would be withheld unless it adopted disciplinary policies and disabled an academic department targeted by the administration. Destabilizing dozens of universities will endanger higher education—and the research those institutions conduct.
The quest for truth—the mission of science—requires that scientists freely explore new questions and report their findings honestly, independent of special interests. The administration is engaging in censorship, destroying this independence. It is using executive orders and financial threats to manipulate which studies are funded or published, how results are reported, and which data and research findings the public can access. The administration is blocking research on topics it finds objectionable, such as climate change, or that yields results it does not like, on topics ranging from vaccine safety to economic trends.
A climate of fear has descended on the research community. Researchers, afraid of losing their funding or job security, are removing their names from publications, abandoning studies, and rewriting grant proposals and papers to remove scientifically accurate terms (such as “climate change”) that agencies are flagging as objectionable. Although some in the scientific community have protested vocally, most researchers, universities, research institutions, and professional organizations have kept silent to avoid antagonizing the administration and jeopardizing their funding.
If our country’s research enterprise is dismantled, we will lose our scientific edge. Other countries will lead the development of novel disease treatments, clean energy sources, and the new technologies of the future. Their populations will be healthier, and their economies will surpass us in business, defense, intelligence gathering, and monitoring our planet’s health. The damage to our nation’s scientific enterprise could take decades to reverse.
We call on the administration to cease its wholesale assault on U.S. science, and we urge the public to join this call. Share this statement with others, contact your representatives in Congress, and help your community understand what is at risk. The voice of science must not be silenced. We all benefit from science, and we all stand to lose if the nation’s research enterprise is destroyed.
The views expressed here are our own and not those of the National Academies or our home institutions.
Richard N. Aslin, PhD
Senior Scientist
Yale School of Medicine
Paula Braveman, MD, MPH
Professor Emeritus of Family and Community Medicine
Founding Director, Center for Health Equity
University of California, San Francisco
Ana V. Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH
Distinguished University Professor of Epidemiology
Director of the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative
Dean Emerita Dornsife School of Public Health
Drexel University
Marthe Gold, MD, MPH
Senior Research Scholar
New York Academy of Medicine
Professor Emerita, CUNY School of Medicine
Kathleen Mullan Harris, PhD
James E. Haar Distinguished Professor of Sociology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Barbara Landau, PhD
Dick and Lydia Todd Professor
Department of Cognitive Science
Johns Hopkins University
Charles F. Manski, PhD
Board of Trustees Professor in Economics
Department of Economics and Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University
Douglas S. Massey, PhD
Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs Emeritus
Princeton University
Lynn Nadel, PhD
Regents Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Cognitive Science
University of Arizona
Benjamin David Santer, PhD
Climate scientist
Formerly at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Kevin Struhl, PhD
David Wesley Gaiser Professor
Dept. Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School
Ray Weymann, PhD
Carnegie Institution for Science
Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH
Professor of Family Medicine and Population Health
Director Emeritus, Center on Society and Health
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
1,900 Scientists Warn of “Real Danger” in Open Letter - Eos
In an open letter to the American people, more than 1,900 scientists sent an “SOS” that the Trump administration’s actions have “decimated” the nation’s scientific enterprise and censored scientific work. “We see real danger in this moment,” the scientists wrote.
eos.org
Over 1,900 researchers describe 'assault' on science by White House: 'We see real danger'
Nearly 2,000 scientists, engineers and researchers penned an open letter this week to the Trump administration calling for a stop to the “assault” on science.
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TheStormofWar
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Oh, this is just the tip of the dinkleberg, my good sir. Remember that homie "is looking for ways" to run for a third term and it would be unwise to not think him serious.
enchilada_style
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I agree. The third term talk is not something to just ignore and hope for the best.