And, instead of using the power we gave them to strengthen election laws in 2021 and 2022, Democrats did little other than getting us further involved in wars we shouldn't be involved in in the first place.
With respect to New Yorkers, looking in from the outside, it feels like they just vote for the person who promises to be the biggest asshole to homeless people and don't seem to care about much else.
Love the idea. I don't have much myself when it comes to donation money, so I just randomly picked an artist I'm friends with on social media and I send them $20-$40 a month as I'm able to. Can't help everyone, but I can 100% help that one person I know needs it.
And I "lent" (meaning basically gave) my parents my car.
This reminds me of when Obama ordered a drone to assassinate a couple of American citizens in Iraq. One was a mouthpiece for Al Qaeda and another was his teenaged son, so at the time the outcry wasn't what it should have been, unfortunately.
"Must" doesn't figure into it. The outcome here is, sadly, predetermined and none of us have any power to change it.
Sadly, Israel's getting their bombs from the US no matter what happens in November. It would take 51% of this country voting Green to put a stop to this.
It’s exactly the kind of problem that citizens United caused that we need to revert
I agree, but I think we both know Citizens United is never being repealed. It would take a violent, nationwide revolution to change the moneyed machinations of our political machine, especially now that SCOTUS put the stamp of approval on candidates loaning their campaigns money at interest.
It feels important to note that Harris and Trump don't need your money.
If a candidate can sell $27,000,000 worth of favors off a single event in New York City, then remember that your friends, neighbors, and community are struggling and their mutual aid requests can use your $5-$10 donation much, much more than the POTUS candidates, both of whom have billionaires in their corner.
Both Trump and Bill Clinton are connected to Jeffrey Epstein and the vast majority of the country love them both. There's just something about that level of wealth that unleashes the worst aspects of a human being.
This is the stuff people need to remember whenever Congress and other federal politicians make exorbitant promises this fall. What they're actually going to do is make your lives harder.
It's been a pleasant surprise knowing my city is one of the few places with the courage to actually try and imprison a killer cop, but I'm about 99.9% sure that Mike Parson (our outgoing governor, who is termed out this year) will pardon him before hitting the bricks. He hasn't done it yet because it will be a very unpopular move here in KC and potentially affect the election prospects of Republicans.
It just makes me feel hopeless watching people who care more about subdividing themselves or perceived cultural outrages than they do about the ability to feed their families.
Identity politics is perhaps the worst element of our politics, regardless of which side of the spectrum you subscribe to. It's made it much, much easier to divide people and get them to oppose each other rather than focusing their ire on the real problem: the wealthy and their insatiable greed.
Here's a story for those of you who, like me, are generally all doom-and-gloom.