The Biden Administration and All Things Politics

Mongoose said:

Could you imagine how an American Serviceman lighting himself on fire in protest would be covered if Trump were president? Imagine being so out of touch that you think it wouldn't be covered any differently.


"The difference between Republicans and Democrats is that when a Republican is president it’s time to yell and scream about any bad things he does, whereas when a Democrat is president it’s time for brunch." - Caitlin Johnstone

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Man, was that ever not the case during the Vietnam War era. On both counts. Johnson, Nixon, made no difference at all then. Of course, in those days it was Buddhist monks setting themselves on fire.

I recall thinking much the way you do, some 55 years ago, during that era. About the oligarchy you mention. Not sure I ever really abandoned that perspective. But then I long ago went past that. I prefer it if the voyage of Columbus never happened, lol.

Left field here: https://www.alunathemovie.com/ Our troubles run far deeper than entrenched oligarchies. Our problems are as deep as how we understand ourselves and our place in the natural world. And Elder Brothers like the Kogi have much they can teach us, the Younger Brothers. Like I said, left field, seemingly, to the topic. But I believe our civilization itself has deeper problems caused by a lack of understanding that a people like the Kogi, and other so-called uncontacted people do not lack. Nonetheless, I voted in recent elections, lol…

Adopting a very similar take as you have certainly contributed to decades of being apolitical in my case. But, I guess I don’t want to see things get even worse, and I do believe certain individuals can make things far worse. Obviously, Trump tops my list of such individuals. I do believe, beyond any entrenched oligarchy, evil individuals can make matters worse. And I do believe Trump never feels regret at hurting people. I can still feel sympathy for him, though. Why? Because he truly does not know himself. He’s a deeply, deeply hurt individual. I can still recognize his humanity. Thankfully. Is it a case of there but for the grace of….? It’s a case of all being in the same boat, fundamentally, but that doesn’t mean I must accept Trump or not oppose his demagoguery.

Yeah, quite a few built-in problems, esp. if you believe as you do, but I cant make believe Trump is not a wrecking ball to those institutions that deserve to be protected, including the document known as the constitution.

Red said:

Man, was that ever not the case during the Vietnam War era. On both counts. Johnson, Nixon, made no difference at all then. Of course, in those days it was Buddhist monks setting themselves on fire.

I recall thinking much the way you do, some 55 years ago, during that era. About the oligarchy you mention. Not sure I ever really abandoned that perspective. But then I long ago went past that. I prefer it if the voyage of Columbus never happened, lol.

Left field here: https://www.alunathemovie.com/ Our troubles run far deeper than entrenched oligarchies. Our problems are as deep as how we understand ourselves and our place in the natural world. And Elder Brothers like the Kogi have much they can teach us, the Younger Brothers. Like I said, left field, seemingly, to the topic. But I believe our civilization itself has deeper problems caused by a lack of understanding that a people like the Kogi, and other so-called uncontacted people do not lack. Nonetheless, I voted in recent elections, lol…

Adopting a very similar take as you have certainly contributed to decades of being apolitical in my case. But, I guess I don’t want to see things get even worse, and I do believe certain individuals can make things far worse. Obviously, Trump tops my list of such individuals. I do believe, beyond any entrenched oligarchy, evil individuals can make matters worse. And I do believe Trump never feels regret at hurting people. I can still feel sympathy for him, though. Why? Because he truly does not know himself. He’s a deeply, deeply hurt individual. I can still recognize his humanity. Thankfully. Is it a case of there but for the grace of….? It’s a case of all being in the same boat, fundamentally, but that doesn’t mean I must accept Trump or not oppose his demagoguery.

Yeah, quite a few built-in problems, esp. if you believe as you do, but I cant make believe Trump is not a wrecking ball to those institutions that deserve to be protected, including the document known as the constitution.

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Buddhist monks lighting themselves on fire in the early 60s is being used by bad faith actors trying to make this case against war. The monks were doing this as a protest over catholic President Diem’s treatment of Buddhists in SVN. It wasn’t over war as the “Vietnam War” didn’t really have a start date and couldn’t have a start date if we stop to think about what it was about.

The Thriller said:

Buddhist monks lighting themselves on fire in the early 60s is being used by bad faith actors trying to make this case against war.

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...and to sell a debut album in 1992 which, although I hate their politics, was a pretty great album.

JimLes said:

Ah, so histrionics and hyperbole, but not actual desire for rational debate. I see.
That's such a thing for Palestinian fans. Just emotional and hysterical at all times. Rallies, protests. Anything with yelling. Definitely complaining about the Israel fans being calm and doing their work behind the scenes like grownups. I don't get it. Can't you all have a normal discussion without screaming "genocide" and "apartheid" and other subjective terms without actual meaning? Never mind that Israel hasn't been convicted of genocide in any court, let alone one that has jurisdiction or means to enforce it. Minor details.

I'm a Jew. I support Israel unconditionally because, holy crap, they're my team. It's a life and death fight between two groups and I'm cheering on and fighting for the one I belong to? How ****ing irrational of me. Or other Jews, apparently. We should be cheering the other side, evidently.

If only there was some way to stop Jews living in other countries(don't worry sweetie, that'll only last another 50 years, maybe, until we all have to live in Israel for our own safety thanks to the likes of you) from advocating on behalf of their own people and their continuous existence. If only there was a way to deny people who disagree with your subjective opinions from voicing them or advocating with elected officials for their own opinions. Or even more specifically, just Jews. Others are fine, clearly.

But it's okay. I'm sure you and others will now paternalistically explain to me that we have nothing to fear from you, as you clearly don't hate Jews but Zionist. And you're apparently not only capable but eminently qualified to make that distinction, even though a Jew who isn't a Zionist isn't really a Jew because the whole ****ing point of this religions of ours since the second Temple was destroyed (a paltry 2000 years, give or take) has been to return to Israel, reestablish it as a Jewish home again, and rebuild the temple.

I mean, it's like saying not all Christians believe that salvation is the main purpose of man's existence. Then they're obviously not Christian. That's the main point of Christianity.

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This kinda sums up why religion is a plague on humanity. Both directions.

Some highlights from last night. Yet, I’m sure all the Sunday talk shows will focus on Biden’s age again (without any examples on how his age is negatively impacting his ability to enforce policy) while ignoring this ****. Trump doesn’t even know who he’s running against.

View: https://x.com/acyn/status/1764089216470839300?s=46&t=QT7YFlZ_IlHq81PpZAhKgw



View: https://x.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1764295156981723453?s=46&t=QT7YFlZ_IlHq81PpZAhKgw

The Thriller said:

Some highlights from last night. Yet, I’m sure all the Sunday talk shows will focus on Biden’s age again (without any examples on how his age is negatively impacting his ability to enforce policy) while ignoring this ****. Trump doesn’t even know who he’s running against.

View: https://x.com/acyn/status/1764089216470839300?s=46&t=QT7YFlZ_IlHq81PpZAhKgw



View: https://x.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1764295156981723453?s=46&t=QT7YFlZ_IlHq81PpZAhKgw

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Sounds like real signs of dementia.

The Thriller said:

Some highlights from last night. Yet, I’m sure all the Sunday talk shows will focus on Biden’s age again (without any examples on how his age is negatively impacting his ability to enforce policy) while ignoring this ****. Trump doesn’t even know who he’s running against.

View: https://x.com/acyn/status/1764089216470839300?s=46&t=QT7YFlZ_IlHq81PpZAhKgw



View: https://x.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1764295156981723453?s=46&t=QT7YFlZ_IlHq81PpZAhKgw

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My god, he's ****ing torture.

str8line said:

My god, he's ****ing torture.

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And yet, polls currently indicate that he's competitive in the general. The issue for me is that 30-40 percent of this country is just gone. They’re zombies. They’re so ****ing bored that they want to play with authoritarian fire to add some spice to their otherwise boring and prosperous lives.

LogGrad98 said:

Sounds like real signs of dementia.

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“bUt BiDeN!”

You can see clear signs of Trump’s decline. While I have concerns over Biden’s age, he doesn’t seem to show a lack of ability to govern fairly and effectively.

“The refusal of House Republicans to fund aid for Ukraine, their insistence on pursuing a bogus impeachment scheme hatched by an indicted Russian FBI source in contact with Russian intelligence services and their unfailing loyalty to an anti-democratic demagogue infatuated with Russian President Vladimir Putin will further aggravate the existential threat facing democracy around the globe. MAGA Republicans’ recent conduct will only hasten the dangerous trend toward authoritarianism spelled out in Freedom House’s recent report “Freedom in the World 2024: The Mounting Damage of Flawed Elections and Armed Conflict.”

The threat from right-wing groups and ideologies rejecting democratic values such as diversity, the rule of law, free speech, equality and tolerance — the very same values the MAGA movement targets — are at the root of the worldwide phenomenon. “Almost everywhere, the downturn in rights was driven by attacks on pluralism — the peaceful coexistence of people with different political ideas, religions, or ethnic identities — that harmed elections and sowed violence,” Freedom House observed. “These intensifying assaults on a core feature of democracy reinforce the urgent need to support the groups and individuals, including human rights defenders and journalists, who are on the front lines of the struggle for freedom worldwide.”

There is no hiding it anymore, Democrats plot to literally rig the election is illegal and downright a threat to Democracy. Democrats are extremely scary people. Good thing we have laws in this land that Democrats hate. Even the most left leaning radical Democrat Judges found Democrats attempt to steal the election appalling and outright disgusting. It's just insane to me that Democrats call others a threat to Democracy while literally using Stallin tactics to rig elections and spew hate and vitriol when they are the direct threat to everything they touch. Including their own children. They are Trump. Everything about them is Trump. They are more Trump than Trump will ever be.

BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court on Monday restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to hold the Republican former president accountable for the Capitol riot.

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I’d love for some of our “conservative” posters on here explain this to me.

How do mass deportations, increases in tariffs, and tax cuts for top earners bring prices down? Math, how does it work??? Or can we just admit that many voters responding to these polls are just completely clueless about policy?


View: https://x.com/cbsnewspoll/status/1764300423479939225?s=46&t=QT7YFlZ_IlHq81PpZAhKgw

I mean... 9-0 in the Supreme Court. This rarely happens. It's quite astonishing how Democrats are guilty of every single crime they accuse others of. The little tyrants are literally rigging the election right in front our face and then playing blatantly stupid about it. There is no denying it now. I hear about Russia, that's one of 3 things Democrats ever talk about outside of Trump and more Trump... meanwhile Democrats unconstitionally and ILLEGALLY magically somehow convict a Presidential canditate of insurrection without a shred of due process, a conviction, or even a single... not one... not even one... charge of insurrection. Democrats fabricated ANOTHER crime out of thin air and this time terrifyingly tried to take the vote away from Americans. A dangerous party ever since their creation by white supremacy in the 1800's. The party of the KKK and Jim Crow. The "insane" thing is, they just shrug it off. It's ok for their party to rig elections by unconstitutionally and ILLEGALLY meddling in elections. Meddle-interfere without right or propriety. They sit and bitch and moan and cry about Democracy when they don't even know what the word means. It's just one of their trigger words like "fascist" that they use without even having a clue what fascism is.

9-0 against the tyrannical Democrats. 9 and 0... Sad thing is, Republicans do not know how to play dirty. They should pin this blatant election rigging up in every tweet and interview but they won't. If this were the Republicans rigging the election like Democrats, Democrats would push it for years like they still do Jan 6th even though they rioted for 3 months straight and killed innocent children in cold blood. True hypocrites but masters at blaming Republicans for their history of violence and election interference.

The Thriller said:

I’d love for some of our “conservative” posters on here explain this to me.

How do mass deportations, increases in tariffs, and tax cuts for top earners bring prices down? Math, how does it work??? Or can we just admit that many voters responding to these polls are just completely clueless about policy?


View: https://x.com/cbsnewspoll/status/1764300423479939225?s=46&t=QT7YFlZ_IlHq81PpZAhKgw

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Maybe it's you that doesn't understand anything. Aren't you the guy who said that "anyone that calls black people boy is racist" meanwhile sticking up for Biden calling black people boy? How can anyone take you seriously with that much blatant hypocrisy? I honestly don't get it. Something is racist until your guy does it then suddenly you support racism. Your words and it shows you have absolutely no backbone as far as what you say because you go against your very own morals. You are right... Calling a black person boy is undeniably racist but hey, Biden has been racist his entire life and you all love him. There is poll after poll after poll of even Democrats saying they were better off under Trump. You are so blinded by your own hatred that you don't care. It's you Thriller.... Democrats would rather people suffer in pain because they have some insanely psychotic addiction to Trump than let people prosper. People were better off under Trump. Again there have been many polls where even Democrats admit this. I mean... Just look at the minority communities getting flooded by Democrats open border policies. How does allowing 15 million illegals in help minorities? It doesn't, it hurts them the worse. I can provide links where people in minority communities in Chicago, New York, DC, and Denver are getting crushed by the strain of the Democrat led illegal invasion. It's actually a little embarrassing that I have to explain this to you and you don't understand it. It shows how little your really understand. Democrats have absolutely no idea how an economy works. All they care about is getting Trump. Nothing else. That is literally all they talk about.

We weren't paying $3+ for a gallon of gas. A box of cereal didn't cost $5. Our energy prices didn't skyrocket. We weren't in any wars causing massive inflation because we are sending nearly a trillion dollars and getting nothing out of it. We didn't have to spend countless resources housing illegal immigrants literally kicking children out of school. We weren't being forced out of gas burning stoves, heaters, and electric ceiling fans by dictators neither. We weren't unconstitutionally spending billions buying people votes by having a dictator pay off peoples debts they signed up for. Literally creating money out of thin air.

Here's extremely left NYT....

No Matter Race, Age or Gender, More Voters Say Trump’s Policies Helped Than Biden’s​

Times/Siena polls highlight how comparatively well-regarded Donald J. Trump’s policies are, even by groups that were affected by policies that Democrats hope will be motivating issues in 2024.

Only 14% of US voters say Joe Biden has made them better off​

Record numbers of people are worse off, a recipe for political discontent: POLL​

The big hit on Biden is the economy: With inflation moderating but still high, 41 percent say they're not as well off financially as they were when Biden took office, the most in nearly three dozen ABC/Post polls to ask the question since 1986, when Ronald Reagan, who popularized the "better off" phrase, held office. Just 16 percent in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, say they're better off.

The Thriller said:

I’d love for some of our “conservative” posters on here explain this to me.

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I'll take it really slow for you.

When the government creates new cash to give away, that makes the already existing cash less valuable. Relative to the now less valuable cash, everything costs more. That is what we call 'inflation'. The population of the United States learned that lesson by seeing the effect first hand through the early years of the Biden presidency.

Now that many politicians on both sides of the aisle have seen the effects on prices and polling, they have pulled back only to find that Biden can't be stopped. Congress passed a bipartisan bill through the House and Senate trying to stop Biden and Biden proved the Congress can't stop him.


Then the Supreme Court tried to stop him. Biden ignored the ruling of the Supreme Court.


Supreme Leader Biden is giving gifts to white college-educated women and forcing the working class to pay for the gifts through inflation.

Whoa. Check out the look on the face….

Red said:

Whoa. Check out the look on the face….

MeidasTouch on Instagram: "It’s getting ugly, folks. Trump’s mental decline is no joke."

25K likes, 3,392 comments - meidastouch on March 2, 2024: "It’s getting ugly, folks. Trump’s mental decline is no joke.".

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LOLOLOL this is so cowardly. Trump is out doing rally's, golfing, talking to people, doing interviews. Biden literally is too demented to even stay on trial because he can't even remember his own son... according to his own DoJ. This is one the dumbest angles Democrats have tried yet. It's just funny that Trump is out there calling for a debate with Biden while Biden hides in his basement. Red, you've put up some doozies but this is embarrassing. Funny thing is... This clip was edited, you can see it and you hilariosly fell for it. My goodness Red, you are a sucker for literal propaganda. You should be embarrassed but your not. Your entire view is from tabloids and 2 second fabricated clips lolololoololololololololololol. My goodness. A new low. Sadly you got away with this type of embarrassing propaganda while I was gone and people believe you.

Lolol another failure in Tyrant Democrats lust to rig the elections. I mean how amazingly stupid can a party get by hiring this lady? Stupid question... this is the party talking to Elmo and Cookie monster while America's struggle. This Democrat tyrant stealing tax payer money that was supposed to be used in Tyrant Democrats hoax to go on lavish vacations and prostitution... @Red since you embarrassingly used propaganda last post on something really stupid... What your opinion on factual information not a manufactured 2 second clip you embarrassingly posted... I understand 2 second propaganda clips and posting tabloids is your go to but this is serious stuff here.

A Georgia prosecutor has offered to testify that another witnesses' testimony was wrong about Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade.

Willis is leading the case against former President Donald Trump, who has been charged with 2020 election interference in Georgia.

In a Monday court filing, Cindi Lee Yeager, a co-chief deputy district attorney for Cobb County, Georgia, said Terrence Bradley, Wade's former divorce lawyer, told her Willis and Wade's relationship began earlier than they stated, Newsweek reported.

Red said:

Whoa. Check out the look on the face….

MeidasTouch on Instagram: "It’s getting ugly, folks. Trump’s mental decline is no joke."

25K likes, 3,392 comments - meidastouch on March 2, 2024: "It’s getting ugly, folks. Trump’s mental decline is no joke.".

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the desperate attempt to equate Trump's mental status with Bidens staggering decline is pretty funny. Trump has always waffled on incomprehensibly. I dunno why people are so desperately trying to pick a couple of moments of his ******** to try to make out it's some decline, and yet deny the spectacularly obvious blank stare the Joe now has in his limited public interactions.