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The working class wants something different from the status quo. 

Sadly, many still believe they will get that from just voting for the duopoly.

Culture wars and identity politics have always been made a big deal by the owner-class media; it is a great way to keep the working class divided. 

It was quintessential Judd: combative, hyperbolic, and unabashedly political. On May 18, the 50-year-old stepped down as president of the National Border Patrol Council after a decade in power, having spearheaded the Border Patrol’s transformation from a largely nonpolitical backwater agency into one of the most influential, and divisive, law enforcement groups in the country. The union’s full-throated support for Trump’s immigration policies has inextricably tied the agency’s roughly 19,000 agents to MAGA politics, while Judd became a right-wing media darling and de facto spokesman for the agency. His tenure as union chief is key to understanding the politics of the border in the 2024 election—and the type of person who could wield power in a second Trump administration.

The 2016 presidential election put Judd on the political map when, under his guidance, the union endorsed Trump—the first time in its history it had picked sides in a presidential campaign. It believed Trump would “embrace the ideas of rank-and-file Border Patrol agents rather than listening to the management yes-men who say whatever they are programmed to say,” according to a statement. The decision was presented as a collective choice, but it was ultimately made by Judd and the union’s 11-member executive board.

While the union maintained a modicum of political independence—in 2018, it endorsed three Senate Democrats whom it considered strong on border security—Judd supported virtually anything Trump wanted, says Andrew Meehan, a top official at the Department of Homeland Security during the Trump administration. “He became this sycophant for the president and Stephen Miller,” he says. “He sat on the sidelines and tried to create more opportunities for himself to be elevated and sit next to the president and deliver on nothing.”

Despite the looser grooming standards, agency morale has since plummeted, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General, former Border Patrol agents, and even Judd—who testified before Congress that, in 25 years, he had “never seen the morale lower.” A massive number of agents who were brought on during a hiring spree in the early 2000s are expected to retire soon. Amid a record level of migrants entering at the southern border—apprehensions have more than doubled since 2019—workloads have increased dramatically as staffing has stayed consistent, according to the inspector general. As the union predicted years ago, the border wall hasn’t deterred anyone, and immigration is once again one of the top issues on voters’ minds.

So when in February a border bill that would have tightened asylum rules and beefed up enforcement came up for a vote in Congress, the Border Patrol union endorsed the legislation and Judd made impassioned appearances on Fox News promoting the bill. In a widely shared statement, he said that the bill would reduce ­illegal border crossings and that “while not perfect, the Border Act of 2024 is a step in the right direction.”

There was one major problem: Trump, who wanted to showcase border chaos as part of his reelection campaign. The same day the Border Patrol union endorsed the legislation, Trump posted on Truth Social that “only a fool, or a Radical Left Democrat, would vote for this horrendous Border Bill.”

The union hasn’t yet endorsed Trump again, perhaps an indication of discontent over its embrace of right-wing politics. Or perhaps the union is just playing it safe, in case Democrats win the White House again. Still, it seems unlikely it will return to its nonpartisan roots. The executive vice president, Paul Perez, also an ardent Trump supporter, will fill the remainder of Judd’s term.

I agree. 

We must continue to share diverse ideas, not just owner-class media and their status-quo talking points. 

The only way for people to change their minds is by continuing to learn and being willing to speak with others in the working class.

I tend to forget:

In life, we will not agree with anyone 100%. But even if they do not agree with our way of seeing the world, we can always find something we agree about instead of going with the status quo and just talking about things that divide us.

"progressive"

They forgot the quotes...

Not really; we can't expect too much from owner-class media.

More like oil and profits!

Another regime change war!

Third times the charm.

No need to care for the working-class deaths happening in all of our proxy wars. 

I hope we are ready this time for the mass immigration that happens when wars and civil wars take place.

The Harris campaign said July also marked the “best grassroots fundraising month in presidential history” with 94% of its donations falling under $200.

The campaign also highlighted some key demographic trends it saw in July donations: more than 10 times the number of Gen Z donors contributed compared to June, and more than eight times the number of millennial donors than the previous month. Sixty percent of donors, the campaign noted, were women. And as several coalition groups have held organizing Zoom calls in recent days, the campaign noted that groups “like Black Women for Harris, Latinas for Harris, and yes, White Dudes for Harris raised more than $20 million for Team Harris.”

The money raised by Harris’ political operation in July falls short of the record high set in September 2020 when Biden’s campaign and the Democratic Party raised $383 million, but it underscores how much her surprise candidacy swiftly changed the fundraising trajectory for the party.

The duopoly is backed by the owner-class; there is no need to make it seem like one or the other is not being funded by major PACS and millions of supporters. 

They both bring people to their rallies, from what I have seen on other social media. 

If you would like to see more of the details of which companies and organizations are backing them, you can check out Open Secrets or other sites that do similar analysis: https://www.opensecrets.org/2024-presidential-race

Let us continue electing people that are for funding the police, that should help.

Edit2: added a reply to question; fomat to seperate quotes

"A man chooses. A slave obeys."

“We all make choices, but in the end... our choices make us.”

Quotes are by Andrew Ryan.

Andrew Ryan is a fictional character in the BioShock video game series developed by Irrational Games. He serves as the secondary antagonist in BioShock, and also appears in its follow-ups BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea.

I just installed the Connect xapk, AUG 01 2024 version.

I checked comments, signed in, and signed off.

The comments by Psychodelic are still showing up as regular comments. 

It seems to be an ongoing issue, if you see some of the posts below:

1. Mod-deleted posts still appearing, rendering | https://lemmy.world/post/13546339 | 4 months ago
2. [ISSUE] Access to my edited comments, access to comments when the parent was removed | https://lemmy.world/post/12288106 | 5 months ago
3. Bug report: Messages removed by moderators are still visible in Connect | https://lemmy.world/post/1578151 | 1 year ago

Thanks for the quick yet simple explanation!

Thank you for taking the time to explain it to us!

It seems like a great step up from just physical flashcards!

It helped you study for the Bar; great to hear that you made it!

If you don't mind, please explain the Anki-Fy method to us.

Maduro claimed 51 percent of the vote, with González earning 44 percent according to the national electoral commission. But González was quick to challenge those results, with his party claiming their exit polls showed the opposition winning as much as 70 percent of the vote. Several countries, including the US, have cast doubt on Maduro’s victory given alleged irregularities, and the fact that international election observers were, in many cases, unable to perform their duties.

Sunday’s results mean Maduro seems headed for a third term in office — something that wasn’t possible before his predecessor and mentor Hugo Chávez amended the constitution in 2009 to remove presidential term limits.

But Maduro seemed to backtrack on his authoritarian tendencies in October 2023, when his government agreed to hold free and competitive elections in exchange for further easing of US sanctions (Chevron has been permitted to operate in Venezuela since 2022).

“If Maduro had both the capacity and the desire to totally shut this thing down, he would have done it by now — so he’s either lacking the will or the capacity,” Will Freeman, a fellow for Latin American studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, told Vox. “My guess is he’s lacking the capacity, there’s some kind of internal politics within Chavismo, some kind of internal constraints keeping him from taking more radical action like banning González or arresting María Corina Machado.”

Maduro’s Chavismo, rather than being practiced as a consistent socialist ideology, is more about understanding the US as interlopers in Venezuelan politics — and the opposition as their proxy. That’s not totally without foundation, given a bizarre 2020 coup attempt that involved Americans and the US’s extremely antagonistic stance towards Maduro, with the Trump administration supporting a rival who declared he was the true president.

But what that response might look like is unclear. The US reimposed sanctions in April, after loosening them last October on the basis of Maduro’s concession to hold elections. And the Biden administration gave up Maduro ally Alex Saab in a prisoner swap deal earlier this year — depriving the US of key leverage.

After Chávez was elected in 1998, poverty decreased due to socialist government programs, but his mismanagement of the oil sector — plus a variety of US sanctions — meant that, over time, there wasn’t enough money to support those programs. Chávez also seriously damaged democratic institutions, yet he was still highly popular among Venezuelans, especially those in the working class. Maduro, once Chávez’s bodyguard, continued and even accelerated Chávez’s authoritarian tendencies, without really being able to uphold the socialist measures that made his predecessor popular. Venezuela’s economy has spiraled particularly since he took office, resulting in a surge of migration out of the country — to neighboring Colombia and to the US.

Communist nazi?

Make it make sense.

Well, if our government can stop Americans from going to other countries to discuss peace talks.

They can also force you and anyone else to hand over your electronics. With multiple men that are armed in the airport, there is nothing you can do until they allow you to get a lawyer, and then that will also not help to keep your rights after the fact. 

I agree. 

That is a feature from Reddit that I miss as well. There were also 3rd party backups of Reddit, so even if communities, posts, or comments were deleted, you would be able to see what was removed.

deep dive into middle eastern terrorist groups not going to click on those links

I am not sure why that would be a problem though, but it is good to be cautious of the government and their spying on US citizens that is well documented.

its hard for me to belive that Israel can’t just have a Mossad sniper take them right out or their iron dome.

Edit2: forgot to add sentence below and imporve overall word flow

In this video, Richard Medhurst goes into why Israel was not able to take down the drones. I don't think a sniper would be the correct way to take down a drone.

It is an excellent hobby to have!

The military drones mentioned in the video and the commercial drones for hobby are completely different, though. 

One is commercially available and used for hobbies, and some in a professional manner, while the drones in the video are military drones used for battle. 

But... question probably are flying drones a big deal now and have laws been enacted against them?

The laws are really strict if you would like to be an official certificated remote pilot in the US.^[[1] https://www.faa.gov/uas/commercial_operators/become_a_drone_pilot]

Flying Near Airports^[[2] https://www.faa.gov/uas/getting_started/where_can_i_fly/airspace_restrictions/flying_near_airports]

Drone operators should avoid flying near airports because it is difficult for manned aircraft to see and avoid a drone while flying. Remember that drone operators must avoid manned aircraft and are responsible for any safety hazard their drone creates in an airport environment.

Airports in Uncontrolled Airspace

For flights near airports in uncontrolled airspace that remain under 400’ above the ground, prior authorization is not required. When flying in these areas, remote pilots and recreational flyers must be aware of and avoid traffic patterns and takeoff and landing areas. A drone must not interfere with operations at the airport must yield right-of-way to all other aircraft. Uncontrolled airspace and other flying restrictions can be found on our B4UFLY app.

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