sammunhi.bsky.social
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The issue isn't competence, it's corruption.
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Is George Mason the best source to rely on for “historical context” considering its history of Koch funding and its libertarian ideological bent? This reads like straight public choice theory. There may be other reasons to keep these agencies separate, like avoiding manipulation and group think.
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“Per ChatGPT”
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That’s assuming no monopolies, no cartels, and no industry wide collusion. The “free market” requires robust antitrust enforcement to function the way you describe.
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Well said.
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different. His failure to meaningfully do that may be the for domino that spiraled our country into nihilism. But we can capture that spirit again. We can promise something different, we can try something new, if we could just be bold.
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Get behind people like Bernie and AOC or keep losing. We have been yelling about this for a decade now. Clearly the old “at least we aren’t the guy” tactic is no longer viable.
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Have you seen the “math” on inequality? How about global warming? Police shootings? Maternal mortality? Life expectancy? Socioeconomic mobility? Gun violence? You know, the real world?
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Dems had a majority in the house and senate during Biden’s first two years
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Baba Booey
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If you change your principles to spite other people you don’t have principles.
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Public opinion isn't static. Look at the numbers on immigration, do you honestly think steady, organized right wing propaganda had nothing to do with the sharp changes in polling over the last few years? If you're chasing public opinion instead of leading the way you're doing politics wrong.
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*should
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“Deranged freaks” also works
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I have lost count of how many times your newspaper has turned into a stenographer.
It's actually not possible for fancy auto-correct to approach human-level intelligence. But you wouldn't know that from your headline.
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There was no trial in four years. Of course it was about speed.
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He was still guilty of crimes even under that ruling’s standards. It was never prosecuted because the Biden DOJ waited over a year before even starting a slow walk investigation. Be serious.
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I know right, when will the center right that run the party meet the left in the middle?
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If you think the left ever has candidates to vote for that are only 5% off from their views you are living in a fantasy land. Most leftists I know routinely vote for Dems who are 70-80% off from where they'd like them to be because that's the best option they have.
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You are correct, but maybe this time Dems will actually step up and enact structural economic changes instead of bailing out the system and governing over a recovery that disproportionately benefits the rich… oh who am I kidding. The process works exactly the way it’s supposed to.
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I still think this all going to end with lower but permanent tariffs to establish a back door VAT and move the tax burden down the income ladder. No reshoring, just higher prices for consumers and tax cuts for the rich.
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www.newsweek.com/kamala-harri...
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One voted present, two didn't vote.
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Actually it would be a tie, which means it wouldn't pass.
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If those two Rs voted for and three more Ds voted against, it would have failed as a tie. They may have gotten the R who voted present eventually, but they might have had to alter the bill to do so. McCain's no vote stopped ACA repeal in 2017, we can't assume the result because we don't know.
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This is false. The final vote was 215-214. The Republicans have 220 total votes. Of the 5 that weren't for the bill 2 voted against, 1 voted present, and 2 didn't vote. If the 3 empty Dem seats voted against and the 2 nonvoting Reps voted for it would have been a tie and failed.
archive.ph/YrlUl
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“People didn’t really oppose the Vietnam War or the War on Terror, they were just trying to stoke anger” is a really dumb, reactionary take.
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Unfortunately you need the nickel to make change for quarters.
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Good. They should have stopped decades ago.
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So you honestly think old and sick politicians or judges should never step down and the only way to ensure that it doesn't come back to bite us is for the Dems to win every single election for eternity?
That's... quite the strategy! It doesn't seem to be working, though.
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Harris publicly said the only change she’d make from Biden (who was deeply unpopular) was to work more with Republicans. And then she campaigned with the architects of America’s last major push for fascism in the Cheneys. I voted for her, but her agenda was neither clear nor appealing.
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I can be angry at two corrupt parties at once. It’s really easy when you pay attention.
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Does this include the impact of the new national sales tax - I’m sorry, tariffs? If not I’d love to see a version with that.
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How are prices still rising if mortgage rates (thus total costs) are up and sales are down? Isn’t that the opposite of how markets are supposed to work?
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Last time I checked they still require a majority to pass legislation.
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Yeah, Republicans have never been stymied in their agenda by a single vote. Only a fool would think that’s possible, right?
www.npr.org/2017/07/27/5...
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You must have not been around when McCain single handedly stopped ACA repeal. Close votes are never a foregone conclusion.
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