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Forget about it for now.
You need to carbo load and relax.
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I don't know how feasible it is, but understanding Trump's approval among GOP voters would be highly informative.
That is the key metric to understand Trump's ability to pursue his policy agenda.
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They are not necessarily concerned with one individual removal. They are concerned with the expediency of removing thousands of undocumented residents. Individual hearings would make that proposition burdensome if not logistically impossible.
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Geeeez. How are you supposed to deport millions of people if you need to give everyone a fair trial???
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Or, us entties could simply invest less abroad, while still maintaining the trade deficit.
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The amount that foreign entities invest or lend to the US is substantially more than the trade deficit. Unless the economy crashes on a tremendous scale and causes across the board capital flight, the trade deficits aren't primarily affected by gov spending.
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This simply isn't true. Trade deficits exist because we can buy goods overseas for less than it costs to make them domestically.
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Even after 10 years, I'm genuinely shocked that 76% of Republicans and 40% OVERALL of the population support continuing deportations despite a court order.
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Nope. Think bigger.
Abrego is a "proof-of-concept" case for the Trump administration.
They PLAN to do expel 1000s, 10,000s and 100,000s of people. They are learning HOW to go about it now and get away with it.
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Abrego is a "proof-of-concept" case for the Trump administration.
It's not, "can happen to anyone".
They PLAN to do it to 1000s, 10,000s and 100,000s of people. They are learning how to go about it now.
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It's a "proof of pudding" case, if Trump can get a away it for one, he can do it for 100x, 1000x, 100,000x more.
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Mom?
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Well, President Biden sent white males to Guantanano for using the wrong pronoun.
Oh, wait. No, he didn't.
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The Financial Crisis and Covid happened at the end of GOP Presidencoes. A Democratic President then had to clean up the damage. We aren't so lucky this time.
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I went to the first Mets home game after 9/11. That was some scary sh#te.
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Add to that the level of force and cruelty to people who have been accused CIVIL infractions.
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A better comparison to where we as a country are headed is Tennessee - rather than Turkey or Hungry.
The one aspect particular to the US your analysis is missing is the component of racial disparity of the "output legitimacy" in GOP-dominated States.
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Wait until SCOTUS waters down birthright citizenship.
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You can blame Biden for setting a precedent for that.
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Frankly, NYers are used to not having a choice during elections. So many candidates in our elections are handpicked by the Democratic Party. Perhaps operating under a one party system seems benign to them.
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I'm old enough to remember HRC receiving shade for having difficulty swiping her metrocard in the NYC subway.
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Is it fair to say that 538 was profitable and its removal was for political purposes?
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Wait! Hold on!
If Canada invaded the Northeast, I would totally support an unconditional surrender!
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Yes, but let's be very clear about the distinction between "rioting" and "civil disobedience". They are very much opposites. "Rioting" tends to nullify the effectiveness of non-violent protest and provides justification for backlash.
And, let's be clear too that the media is very different today.
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To say that the 1968 Civil Rights Act was passed specifically "because" of the rioting after MLK's assassination is a stretch and leaves out quite a lot. It was introduced a year earlier and had passed both the House and Senate the month prior. Frankly, such a claim undermines MLK's achievements.
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I'm acknowledging my level of authority on the topic. I'm happy to be corrected, if wrong. In the end, the truth matters more than an appeal to authority.
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And, btw, be aware that the military is being purged to allow it be deployed domestically and to kill protesters.
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I am no scholar of blackness, but I'm fairly certain that is not what MLK believed or said in that passage. He's saying he understands the intense frustration caused by racism leads people to react in rage, but didn't condone such violence - not unlike what happens to the "dream deferred".
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I don't think that's true. McGovern lost in 1972 to a large extent because the New Left split the Democratic Party. The riots in Chicago didn't help...not sure what riots you speak of that spurred the Civil Rights Act. MLK essentially forced LBJ's hand by promising continued non-violent protest.
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Brexit ^ 3
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Only 2 of these GOP members are needed to impeach.
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Yes, I hear you. But, he seems fairly popular relative to the degree of imbalance that now exists and the extent to which checks has already ignored.
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I hate to ask this question, but is he really that unpopular at this point? Your 538 polling gives him a 48% approval rating. I believe that's well higher than it was during most of his first term.
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As a NYCer, I'd rather not go through an interim mayor, a special election, the Democratic Primary (the real election) and another election in November. Better to fire him in a month when the deadline for holding a special election has past.
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Isn't the guy brandishing the chainsaw clearly under the influence of something mind-altering in another clip from the same event?
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I'm old enough to remember the anger towards the description that Israel is a "colonizer".
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Completely inverts the notion of the Panopticon.
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Fantastic. Thank you!
One small thing: (I think it's 190th)
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Old enough to remember fearing a nuclear attack by the USSR and then the fall of communism a few years later.
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I applaud your condemnation of antisemitism, but equating the power and danger of Musk to a relatively small increase in antisemitism (which may actually be criticism if Israel) isn't helping. "Both sides" it's not. We need to be reasonable and united against an existential threat to our country.
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That being said, Israel-Palestine was the perfect wedge issue for the GOP and probably cost the Dems the election - much of the lack of turnout was a reaction to Biden's unwavering support for Israel.
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FWIW:
www.timesofisrael.com/79-of-us-jew...
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If you want to see a real rise in open and virulent antisemitism to be scared of, go back to Musk's Twitter. Then ask yourself why Trump hasn't condemned or disassociated himself from Musk.
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Not really. The Times Of Israel reports an increase from 158 antisemitic incidents to 174 in '24. Don't get me wrong, ALL hate crimes are abhorrent. In a city of a million Jews (2m in nyc metro), that doesn't cause a meaningful impact on daily life and is similar to that experienced by most groups.
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As a Jew, I am more fearful of the organized and government supported repression of political protest exhibited against supporters of Palestine. If that repression can be accepted against one minority, it can be accepted against us. This is why Musk's prominence is so dangerous.
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I am also saying - to be consistent - we should recognize that the Facism that Musk promotes is similar to that practiced by the Netanyahu government.
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I'm saying please don't conflate criticism of Israel as antisemitism - it devalues the history of hostility against the Jewish people.
I am Jewish and live in NYC. I have not seen a significant uptick. I speculate that the number you cite is misreports anti-war sentiment and support for Palestine.
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Notwithstanding the vandalism, it's hard to equate outward criticism of Israel as antisemitic given the number of American Jews who disapprove of Israeli conduct in the War. Musk's outward rejection of multiculturalism is in fact more similar to the current Israeli gov's own political goals.
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Yes, they're fantastic. Something to look forward to and enjoy in the morning.
Request: the original Cloisters where scupltor George Grey Barnard displayed his collection of medieval art at what is now Ft. Washington Ave and 190th.