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Not sure what's going to be worse, Putin trying to butter up Trump to abandon our allies in Ukraine, or RFK Jr. having any say on health.  I imagine liberal states need to do something to insulate themselves from his horseshit if Trump doesn't throw him out on his ass, and then let Trump's constituents die in the ensuing flood of health misinformation.

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2 minutes ago, Jman said:

Not sure what's going to be worse, Putin trying to butter up Trump to abandon our allies in Ukraine, or RFK Jr. having any say on health.  I imagine liberal states need to do something to insulate themselves from his horseshit if Trump doesn't throw him out on his ass, and then let Trump's constituents die in the ensuing flood of health misinformation.

I don't think RFK is gonna last that long. 

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10 hours ago, Raptorpat said:

She was a co-chair of his campaign. Miller is too fixated on purifying the country.

As co-chair she conflicted with a lot of his original campaign people. She was unlike a lot of them because she was trying to keep Trump focused on less crazy stuff and ultimately failed. This is why I thought it was a curious choice.

You can speculate a lot but she doesn’t seem the sort that would allow the RFK sorts into his orbit. I just kind of wonder if he needed someone to take the heat when he doesn’t appoint a lot of the fringe characters that he made promises to during the campaign. Trump is stupid but does have an instinct for finding ways to keep himself for receiving direct blame for things.

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Notice how the line for millennials shoots upward around 2020-21. Government response to Covid and Biden's policies lead to a massive increase in the standard of living for that one generation. They are the right age that benefits from a major revamp of the labor market.

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13 minutes ago, Jman said:

Maybe this is why Zelensky was allegedly relieved when they spoke earlier.  It’s like Trump ran on giving the crazies voices and suddenly wants to govern like a regular neocon.  Make it make sense!

War with Iran may be on the horizon.

With Trump giving Netanyahu free rein to level the place, it seems the chances of an incident on American soil will shoot up and he will need someone serious in positions that deal with that. I doubt most Republicans have become stupid enough they don’t think they need a serious person in there.

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10 minutes ago, Jman said:

Maybe this is why Zelensky was allegedly relieved when they spoke earlier.  It’s like Trump ran on giving the crazies voices and suddenly wants to govern like a regular neocon.  Make it make sense!

We'll see what happens. I'm still incredibly skeptical he'd ever dare do anything to go against what Putin wants in the end, but it doesn't surprise me there'd be talk like this after him speaking with Zelensky simply because Zelensky cares about his people and knows full well that if you kiss up and flatter the jerk enough you can get him to change his mind on just about anything. Problem is, it's whoever has his ear last and offers him whatever he sees of most personal value to him that's gonna be the one pulling the strings in the end, and Trump's got more to gain from having Putin on his side than he does Zelensky.

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5 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said:

Makes me really wonder why he’s doing this again 

My baseless conspiracy theory given the sheer amount of neocons in his cabinet is that the GOP promised him the rehab tour and get out of jail free card in exchange for essentially ceding any real power to the establishment.

And that’s the least bad option.  A return to Dubya style neo-conservatism.

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1 hour ago, 1pooh4u said:

I’m sorry you’re going to have to excuse me. I’m vomiting over Pompeo and Nikki Haley being on his cabinet 

Haley is back on the boards because she was the only one that could get his pants to not show the diaper before he'd go in front of the media and shit himself. 

I'm waiting to see Burgum get the brush off he deserves. He's supposedly in the running for 'a half dozen' different cabinet positions which honestly translates for me as 'you have no real obvious skills at anything so we'll list a bunch of crap to see if you'll give piggy shitzenpants more money before we forget you actually exist'.

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Remember the Inflation Reduction Act and its attempts to respond to climate change? Most of the economic investments went to Republican districts and states on purpose due to the theory that Republicans would be unwilling to end them if they regained power. That was actually pretty smart, and I hope Republicans are successfully tricked into keeping the investments. 

 

 

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21 minutes ago, matrixman124 said:

The worst thing we can do now is just assume this means everything will immediately go to hell. There's still hope even now

Things will def get worse before they get better (assuming people are concerned about such things). There are no adults left in his orbit willing to tell him no, so they are only limited by their own incompetence and (hopefully) a willingness to litigate everything.

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5 minutes ago, Raptorpat said:

Things will def get worse before they get better (assuming people are concerned about such things). There are no adults left in his orbit willing to tell him no, so they are only limited by their own incompetence and (hopefully) a willingness to litigate everything.

Things will get worse, but, at the state level, it will force Democrats to get innovative 

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21 minutes ago, Belize said:

 

Care to share what you've learned about this? I'm genuinely curious.

Honestly a lot of what he wants to be done involves getting all of Congress on board for stuff like the tariffs which will also get a lot of corporate backlash 

And the mass deportations will only work if all of the states comply and obviously the blue states won't and the GOP has done a lot to give states more power. That doesn't just apply to the red states

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first order of business, after he pardons himself, is gonna be tariffs on china and other countries. the tariff thing will not work out the way they think it will, and it will accelerate inflation. the hope is to bring back companies to the US but that seems almost impossible this day and age. 

 

immigration situation will be given attention to almost immediately. ramp up on deportations kicking people out of their homes. this we will all need to fight and support our immigrants. by we, of course im talking about all forces on the left. 

 

i think russia/ukraine peace deal could be in the mix early but this remains uncertain. he wants to get out of that war, and the writing has been on the wall for quite a while so would make sense to end it now instead of keeping it going. but depending on which war hawk joins his party, they might insist on keeping this going. of course, trump will try to use this to get russia to turn against china, but that wont work since both countries have a very close relationship these days. 

 

middle east situation is gonna be a green light for israel to do anything they want. most likely seeing an escalation with more provocations towards iran and other resistance forces. 

 

latin america will also be under immense pressure. cuba, venenzuela and haiti will be facing more coupe attempts and other forms of destabilization.

 

 

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On 11/9/2024 at 6:22 PM, 1pooh4u said:

I had forgotten she was in there too. Should’ve known he wasn’t doing that because he wants to make sure everyone he picks will do things his way all the way 

bolton and pompeo were the worst of the bunch. but don't worry, his other nominations are gonna be just as repulsive. 

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are  we discussing what we're going to do yet?

i mean...for me. coursera has a free course in grant writing. that's my 1st step. and actually try to find grants to help the community. SPECIFICALLY my black community. so many DID NOT vote, because they got their info fed to them by the same smiling white folks buying up all the blue bracelets and making videos of shaving their heads...in solidarity. 

the problem with ALL of that. they can remove that bracelet, and grow out their hair. my darker sisters are already shook. 

my MEXICAN LOOKING ASS ---- NOT MEXICAN, is sitting here wating on the neighbors to try to come up on the jan 21st. 

everyone around here thinks i'm hispanic. because of my racist old boss and her racist brother. but i fucking digress. 

am i over reacting? i certainly hope fucking not. 

 

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