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8 hours ago, Vesper said:

That simply is not true.

They passed a shedload of very vital programmes and initiatives until they lost the House in the 2022 midterms (due to Andrew Cuomo, the now disgraced ex conservadem NY governor, fucking up the 2022 NY US congressional maps due to hs 10 year war on the NY Assembly progressives, it is all too long and granualar  to get into here, but Andrew Cuomo is a true villian in all this).

New York (the State) lost a net swing of 12 to 16 US House seats due to a RW judge (that Cuomo had put on the bench far earlier) and his (the judge's) RW Special Master re-drawing (after the Democratic Party-controlled NY Assembly drew an initial map that was challenged under the scheme that Cuomo had rammed in over the years) a fucked up US Congressional district map for the State of NY's 26 US House seats. That RW re-drawn district map took the Dems, in the 2022 US Midterms (post 2020 census re-districting) from a probable 23-3 (and for sure, at a bare minimum, 21-5) D to R advantage in their US House state delegation all the way down to only a 15-11 advatage, D to R, after the 2022 election. That alone gave the US Republican Party control of the US House of Representatives, post 2022 midterms, and has caused massive chaos and instability, which has not at all been limited to just US domestic affairs, but has been global in impact. Just ask Ukraine, for but one example, as the Republicans tied up billions in military aid to them for over a year, thsu greatly aiding Putin.

That all said, Biden got more done in those first two years (January 2021 to January 2023) than any POTUS since Johnson (Great Society), and, of course, FDR (New Deal).

 

Full disclouse:: I have a post grad masters degree in Political Science with an emphasis on US politics, plus I have done US political consulting work (no not for the Biden adminstration nor campaign, LOLOL, they have a masive number of people doing that themselves, obviously). I also, for my main job, do geo-political risk analysis (focusing on the US, but also I am tasked with some work that expands out into a broader geographical scope as well, and I am not limted to just that risk analysis arena in terms of my overall duties) for the financial firm I am employed by here in Stockholm. It is one of the reasons I keep such strange hours.

For the record, I was referring to something different there:  to the ever increasing money in politics, two-party system, electoral college, and the lack of general appetite to promote the deeper changes the aging system may need.

[cosmicway 1,333]

The not insane but lone assassin Crooks theory or anti-Trump deep state theory or Ukrainian theory is based on a non-MAGA Desantis.


 

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

Soon after that bullet grazed the ear of the former US president  Farage decided he didn’t want to play MP in Clacton anymore. He jetted off immediately to the Republican convention in Milwaukee, a strongman’s lieutenant dutifully heeding a call-to-arms. Despite the authoritarian figure he cuts at home, Farage immediately bent his knee to his political mentor in the States. 

It wasn’t just Farage either. The UK’s shortest-serving PM, Liz Truss, also made a public showing at the convention, praising Trump’s “strength and fortitude” and claiming he offered “the leadership the West needs”. Boris Johnson was also paid 100k to speak in almost empty room.

The heart of Farage and Truss’ ideological movement lays not in Clacton or Norfolk, but in the American rustbelt and the boardrooms of astronomically wealthy US corporations and billionaires.

The Heritage Foundation think-tank (a Liz Truss and Trump favourite) set out an agenda in Project 2025 that, if implemented, could become a global playbook for right-wing populists like Farage. Consolidation of executive powers. Dismantling the civil service and replacing it with political ideologues. The utter destruction of public services and consumer protections.

 

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If you read Project 2025, it is like the playbook for The Handmaids Tale.

[cosmicway 1,333]

The two rivals for the American presidency have different approaches on a variety of issues.
Trump likes project 25 and also to declare war against Mexico.
Biden has a more socialist approach and he likes Mexican food.

This is more or less where their ideologies differ and one of the two ideologies is going to win in November.

But there were also the two big glitches from the dem camp.
One was Biden losing his marbles.
The other was Ukraine. He did not make it casus belli, but he did not gift Ukraine to the Russians either.
So he is paying for those two mistakes.

Trump's mistakes were J6 and Stormy. Maybe they have costed but he is ahead now.

[YorkshireBlue 3,279]

6 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Weird to think if the kiddies AR 15 shot had been two inches to the right there would be live pictures of Trumps head literally exploding. These would then be pixelated on mainstream media, but on social media there would be an endless spread of an explicit image.

Trump fans would have gone mental...revenge...civil war...?

Probably, but the most interesting thing is trump supporters are known as the "bad people" yet it's the other half trying to assassinate him.... If this was a trump supporter who tried this to bidan there would be up roar, hate him or like him if your this passionate over politics you are willing to kill a man in front of women and children, you need a new hobby, a mental ward and a reality check or do us all a favour and do stupid shit like this when no one around and stick the gun in your own mouth and do us all a favour.

Edited July 16, 2024 by YorkshireBlue

[cosmicway 1,333]

1 minute ago, YorkshireBlue said:

Probably, but the most interesting thing is trump supporters are known as the "bad people" yet it's the other half trying to assassinate him.... If this was a trump supporter who tried this to bidan there would be up roar, hate him or like him if your this passionate over politics you are willing to kill a man in front of women and children, you need a new hobby, a mental ward and a reality check.

The left wing extremists are not exactly known for not killing people, if that's what Crooks was.
In Greece 17N killed 20-25 people, the nazi Golden Dawnies two or three.
Yet we still don't know what Crooks really was.

[YorkshireBlue 3,279]

1 minute ago, cosmicway said:

The left wing extremists are not exactly known for not killing people, if that's what Crooks was.
In Greece 17N killed 20-25 people, the nazi Golden Dawnies two or three.
Yet we still don't know what Crooks really was.

I'm pretty sure you don't try and take out the guy who you agree with, the question doesn't even need to be asked 😂 it obvious

[cosmicway 1,333]

4 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

I'm pretty sure you don't try and take out the guy who you agree with, the question doesn't even need to be asked 😂 it obvious

As I said he did for Desantis, is the most popular theory.
Or it's the Manchurian thing: Kill Trump so he becomes hero, new Putin man Vans gets the ticket.

[cosmicway 1,333]

1 minute ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Well it was only one kiddie to be fair, whereas Trump mobilised an array of saddoes on Jan 6th to kill and overthrow democracy. Indicted felon. Rapist etc. who would want this failed reality TV star ? Like i said the 273 million US citizens have been sold short of options. A binary option of a pair of senile old fuckers who are very rich.

Anyway in the words of the Clash ''im so bored of the USA''

The wokes have been J6ing too.

Edited July 16, 2024 by cosmicway

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

30 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

Probably, but the most interesting thing is trump supporters are known as the "bad people" yet it's the other half trying to assassinate him.... If this was a trump supporter who tried this to bidan there would be up roar, hate him or like him if your this passionate over politics you are willing to kill a man in front of women and children, you need a new hobby, a mental ward and a reality check or do us all a favour and do stupid shit like this when no one around and stick the gun in your own mouth and do us all a favour.

Well it was only one kiddie to be fair, whereas Trump mobilised an array of saddoes on Jan 6th to kill and overthrow democracy. Indicted felon. Rapist etc. who would want this failed reality TV star ? Like i said the 273 million US citizens have been sold short of options. A binary option of a pair of senile old fuckers who are very rich. 

Melanias reaction straight after the shooting was telling '' I realised that me and my sons life may never be the same'' Nothing about the Donald 🤣

Anyway in the words of the Clash ''im so bored of the USA''

[YorkshireBlue 3,279]

17 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Well it was only one kiddie to be fair, whereas Trump mobilised an array of saddoes on Jan 6th to kill and overthrow democracy. Indicted felon. Rapist etc. who would want this failed reality TV star ? Like i said the 273 million US citizens have been sold short of options. A binary option of a pair of senile old fuckers who are very rich. 

Melanias reaction straight after the shooting was telling '' I realised that me and my sons life may never be the same'' Nothing about the Donald 🤣

Anyway in the words of the Clash ''im so bored of the USA''

But non of them have actively gone out to bidans rally's or press conferences and taken a shot at him correct? 

[cosmicway 1,333]

The commies are crazy blokes, just like Trump.
I just met a Greek-Aussie commie.
In conversation I mentioned I 've been to the island of Patmos, across the sea from the island I am now, and went up to see St John's cave.
There was no political, ideological or religious debate of any kind that preceded.
So out of the blue he jumps at me and he says "you are crazy to believe such lies, what St John's cave, you will just be eaten by the worms when you die".
This guy owns half of this island as well.

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

1 minute ago, YorkshireBlue said:

But non of them have actively gone out to bidans rally's or press conferences and taken a shot at him correct? 

They dont have to hes doing a sterling job of shooting himself in the foot.  Trumps fangirls killed on Jan 6th, and murdered people in Charlottesville

[YorkshireBlue 3,279]

2 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

They dont have to hes doing a sterling job of shooting himself in the foot.  Trumps fangirls killed on Jan 6th, and murdered people in Charlottesville

They have shot them selves in the foot, thanks to this so called assassin, he's basically concreted trumps win, he's single Handley given trump presidency 😂 and to make it worse, the amount of videos kicking about complaining about the guy missing makes the left look even worse 😂😂 as a non political man who is neither left or right I find this fucking hilarious I have to say

Edited July 16, 2024 by YorkshireBlue

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

3 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

They have shot them selves in the foot, thanks to this so called assassin, he's basically concreted trumps win, he's single Handley given trump presidency 😂 and to make it worse, the amount of videos kicking about complaining about the guy missing makes the left look even worse 😂😂 as a non political man who is neither left or right I find this fucking hilarious I have to say

It wasnt a Democratic plan as far as I can gather, one lone kiddie who had access to his dads arsenal. To be fair there must be millions thinking, ''shit he missed''

Like when I went onto the building site after the IRA blew up Thatchers hotel in Brighton - everyone on site was saying ''Fucking hell they missed her'' 🤣

[YorkshireBlue 3,279]

Just now, Fulham Broadway said:

It wasnt a Democratic plan as far as I can gather, one lone kiddie who had access to his dads arsenal. To be fair there must be millions thinking, ''shit he missed''

Like when I went onto the building site after the IRA blew up Thatchers hotel in Brighton - everyone on site was saying ''Fucking hell they missed her'' 🤣

Site banter is different and you know it, the shit said there is well... You know 😂 but with the lone kid, it doesn't take a genius to work out what this was and even if it wasn't, it will be forever known as that.

[cosmicway 1,333]

4 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

They have shot them selves in the foot, thanks to this so called assassin, he's basically concreted trumps win, he's single Handley given trump presidency 😂 and to make it worse, the amount of videos kicking about complaining about the guy missing makes the left look even worse 😂😂 as a non political man who is neither left or right I find this fucking hilarious I have to say

When Bill Clinton visited Athens in 1995 he settled at the Intercontinental hotel.
From there to go tp the presidential building, prime minister's residenece and such places he had to cross a big central avenue.
After the avenue it's mostly green, but in that avenue there are a few hundred buildings from Intercontinental to the other side.
All the rooftops were then occupied by FBI men, as well as further down the road.
The rece course also nearby was closed for the day.
Without those measures he could n't escape being shot !
If not in Athens then in some other city.

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

1 minute ago, YorkshireBlue said:

Site banter is different and you know it, the shit said there is well... You know 😂 but with the lone kid, it doesn't take a genius to work out what this was and even if it wasn't, it will be forever known as that.

Not sure -blokes I worked with absolutely fucking hated her. Anyway politics is too divisive, and you have to ask who benefits from division ?

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

Donald Trump will move quickly to pressure Ukraine to end the war with Russia if he wins November’s election.  A Trump-style peace deal is expected to call on Ukraine to concede much of its invaded territory to Moscow, something Kyiv and most Western capitals bitterly oppose.

Reuters