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ellasmith posted:I think I've been pretty clear that what we need to do is go on the offensive more. which subset of we, and against who
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Liberals and leftists, against Dr. Oz.
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Yeowch!!! My Balls!!! posted:you want more people who align with your politics in power. this is why Joe Kennedy the Third was treated as an enemy by progressives, despite his being considerably younger than his opponent Weren't Kennedy and Markey's positions pretty much the same? Markey just had a l9t more experience and allies.
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https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1532814377904218119?cxt=HHwWjoC92caj08UqAAAA https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1533856347774664704 FLIPADELPHIA posted:Someone DO SOMETHING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMTDQZzQMKk
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Epicurius posted:Weren't Kennedy and Markey's positions pretty much the same? Markey just had a l9t more experience and allies. They were mostly the same, but Kennedy was against the weed because he was an alcoholic and became an extreme teetotaler when he got sober. Kennedy himself didn't even really pretend to have any reason for running other than he wanted a higher office: quote:For the last 12 months, voters and reporters have pressed Kennedy to explain why he was running in the first place, since his policy positions largely mirror Markey’s and Democrats are under great pressure to focus energy — and cash — on reclaiming the White House and Senate. His answer largely boiled to the idea that he felt he could “leverage” a Senate seat better than the incumbent, that there’s more to being in the upper chamber than bills you sponsor and the votes you cast.
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Epicurius posted:Weren't Kennedy and Markey's positions pretty much the same? Markey just had a l9t more experience and allies. Kennedy was such an rslur he called markey out for not visiting 4 towns that were flooded to make way for an artificial reservoir 150 years prior. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Yeowch!!! My Balls!!! posted:which subset of we, and against who and how
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Epicurius posted:Weren't Kennedy and Markey's positions pretty much the same? Markey just had a l9t more experience and allies. they were relatively similar, but where they differed Kennedy decided to flank Markey from the right for what no doubt were well focus-tested reasons. https://twitter.com/joekennedy/status/1258900004623835136?lang=en is a fairly good example. six hours later, after having gone viral for the astonishing tone-deafness of "we can't stop insurance companies from stripping you to the bone, but i dream that one day government mandates that you have a lawyer during the process," Kennedy's people deployed a round of rear end-covering. there is something in the water in Massachusetts that makes people pretend that no, really, if we fiddle with the levers on the peasant-flensing machine that'll fix the problems, and to his credit, Markey was not dumb enough to run on that.
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Yeowch!!! My Balls!!! posted:they were relatively similar, but where they differed Kennedy decided to flank Markey from the right for what no doubt were well focus-tested reasons.
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cat botherer posted:Joe Kennedy is legitimately a very stupid person, and that's not something I say about many politicians. The inbreeding is really taking its toll at this point. It mystifies me why Dem establishment tried to replace Markey with this tool - Markey is an incumbent, which is normally a third rail for them, and its debatable whether calling him a "progressive" even makes sense. Literal dynasties. See also the treatment of the Clintons.
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As a Massachusetts resident I can only say that the JKIII campaign was extremely funny and watching him get dunked on over and over again was very satisfying.
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cat botherer posted:Joe Kennedy is legitimately a very stupid person, and that's not something I say about many politicians. The inbreeding is really taking its toll at this point. It mystifies me why Dem establishment tried to replace Markey with this tool - Markey is an incumbent, which is normally a third rail for them, and its debatable whether calling him a "progressive" even makes sense. The Dem establishment was mostly either neutral or sided with Markey. Pelosi was the only member of leadership that endorsed Kennedy. And her reasoning for doing so was that "Markey had been attacking the Kennedy family" by running ads saying that JK3 had been born with a silver spoon and never had to work for anything. And that JK3 was a House member who she was close with. The second part I can kind of see, but given how adamant she is about no primaries in the House, it was a ridiculous reason. Even Schumer was pissed that she apparently didn't tell him she was endorsing and Schumer had been trying to prevent a primary. quote:Pelosi’s move shocked many on Capitol Hill and puts her at direct odds with her close ally, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), whose Senate campaign arm is designed to protect vulnerable incumbents like Markey. The speaker rarely weighs in on Democratic primary contests, particularly in favor of the challenger. Edit: I went back to check if JK3 actually got ANY endorsements from other Senators and every sitting Senator endorsed Markey or stayed neutral except for Krysten Sinema. She was the only sitting Senator to endorse JK3, lol. I have no idea why she even weighed in. Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Jun 7, 2022 |
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cat botherer posted:Joe Kennedy is legitimately a very stupid person, and that's not something I say about many politicians. The inbreeding is really taking its toll at this point. It mystifies me why Dem establishment tried to replace Markey with this tool - Markey is an incumbent, which is normally a third rail for them, and its debatable whether calling him a "progressive" even makes sense. the establishment has its junior wing too, and they have gotten precisely fuckall for their good service for the last thirty years you think -we're- frustrated by the do-nothing corpses in charge of the party, imagine the smoldering anger of someone who agreed to sign off all their personal ambitions in exchange for a promise some day, power would be handed off to them jk3 was supposed to be an indication that no, really, the establishment is looking out for its fellow travellers and not just the liches at the top. womp womp
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selec posted:She’s also a former stripper, and strippers are reporting on social media that we’re in a recession. Isn't that something that got decimated by OnlyFans or whatever? Seems more like a work from home thing.
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AsInHowe posted:Isn't that something that got decimated by OnlyFans or whatever? Seems more like a work from home thing. Onlyfans has existed for years do you think strippers aren't aware of it? Many of them are on it.
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In other news, the party of calling people "groomers" literally wants to sexually assault children as part of it's trans panic: https://twitter.com/MorganTrau/status/1532417493658177536 It is always always projection.
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Imagine being a doctor and you're asked to sign a paper that says this child has a: penis [ ] vagina [ ] other (explain??): because they dared to want to play sports in school.
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If you ever create a law that involves adults examining children’s genitals for anything other than a legitimate medical purpose in the least invasive way necessary, you’ve seriously, seriously hosed up.
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And then they run into someone with androgen insensitivity disorder where they have XY chromosomes, only they appear female (shape, musculature, hair patterns), have a vagina, but have no uterus and have undescended testes instead of ovaries. I assume these people (who typically present and identify as girls and may not even know they have the condition) would be denied the right to participate as well. And I can't imagine a pelvic exam is going to be anything but very painful and humiliating to the young girls forced to endure one in order to satisfy the bigotry of ignorant politicians. Just some barbaric, traumatizing poo poo.
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PT6A posted:If you ever create a law that involves adults examining children’s genitals for anything other than a legitimate medical purpose in the least invasive way necessary, you’ve seriously, seriously hosed up. It’s always projection. ALWAYS.
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Jaxyon posted:In other news, the party of calling people "groomers" literally wants to sexually assault children as part of it's trans panic: This thread is a good breakdown of what an inspection actually entails https://twitter.com/polevaultpower/status/1533263117911613440 This is going to mess up all kids, not just LGBTQ+ kids. The Michigan Olympics doctor wasn't even that long ago what the poo poo There's also like no consequences for say, an angry parent targeting a kid on the opposing team for no reason either Bellmaker fucked around with this message at 12:36 on Jun 7, 2022 |
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It’s absolutely going to be abused by angry helicopter parents refusing to believe their precious daughter could be beaten. We all know what kind of schools will receive the most “complaints” as well.
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There's a big push now among actual medical people to seriously limit pelvic exams among children. It turns out they can be about as traumatic as sexual abuse. Any doctor that has anything to do with this is a piece of poo poo, to put it mildly.
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Kristi Noem, who may be running for President (or possibly auditioning for Vice President), is rushing to get a constitutional amendment passed in South Dakota to ban ballot measures after supporters of Medicaid expansion got enough votes to get on the ballot in 2022. The amendment is being voted on in the primary elections behind held today. Noem actually started the process to get rid of the ballot measure system because South Dakota voters passed a ballot measure to legalize weed in 2020, but Noem challenged the ballot measure law (and 100% of the state Supreme Court was made up of GOP appointees) and they struck it down. There's only 3 Democrats in the South Dakota Senate, so if voters approve it today, then there is no chance of stopping the amendment. https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1532835820188712961 quote:“A Systematic Assault”: GOP Rushes to Change Election Rules to Block Medicaid in South Dakota
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It's wild to me how many politicians are willing to walk through fire and tear out their own rear end in a top hat to keep weed illegal. At least healthcare has a gazillion dollars on the line.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:It's wild to me how many politicians are willing to walk through fire and tear out their own rear end in a top hat to keep weed illegal. At least healthcare has a gazillion dollars on the line. Police and prison guard unions donate reliably
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tgacon posted:Police and prison guard unions donate reliably It's why my aunt (D-RI) always votes it down. She owes it to the CO union after they buried her pedophile rapist kid's disciplinary record for her after he raped an inmate at the girls' juvie facility.
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edit: nevermind vvv Yes I hosed up, that's why I deleted it almost immediately. Good thing you noticed in the 30 seconds it was up though! Here's a different story and poll telling the same basic thing: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robert...sh=6ecf68076801 cat botherer fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Jun 7, 2022 |
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I think a tweet from Russian state media figure talking about an "exclusive internal poll" run by a think tank that was founded by the tobacco industry and Russian businesses opposing sanctions saying that everyone hates what Biden is doing to Russia, want him to immediately stop aiding Ukraine, and think that Putin should stay in power might not be an accurate scientific poll.
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It's just one poll, but I wouldn't be surprised if others start showing this too: America's wackiest Mayor was the most popular politician in the U.S. 5 months ago. His approval rating has fallen 43 points since then. Biggest complaints are the same things everyone everywhere has + public safety. - Violent Crime and Guns are the top issues for most NYC residents. - 76% (!!!) of New Yorkers are either worried that they will be a victim of a violent crime this year or already have been. - Gas prices, Inflation, and Housing are too high. - 70% said that they feel unsafe in their neighborhood and that Adams has failed to bring down violent crime. - The biggest issues they think he has failed on are addressing homelessness and addressing violent crime. Most people think the local government, state government, and federal government are all heading in the wrong direction due to inflation and crime. https://twitter.com/emilyngo/status/1534114393734234112 quote:The view of life in New York City is bleak, according to a Siena College poll of city residents conducted exclusively for Spectrum News NY1. quote:This came as Mayor Eric Adams noted this week that shootings are trending downward — even while overall crime is still on the rise.
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cat botherer posted:There's a big push now among actual medical people to seriously limit pelvic exams among children. It turns out they can be about as traumatic as sexual abuse. Any doctor that has anything to do with this is a piece of poo poo, to put it mildly. To put it less mildly, anyone voting for a party driving this sort of stuff is a piece of poo poo too. This is literally as invasive as checking out someone's hymen for whether or not they are a virgin, and just as medically sound in finding out the intended information.
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I see that NYC just now realized that Adams is loving crazy and has no idea what he’s doing?
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Lmao everyone is pissed off and has a bleak outlook for the future and this seems to be a nationwide outlook among everyone and the political class is completely unable to do anything about it. The PNW is the same way. Everything we won in the 2020 protests was just given away at the ballot box. Nothing mattered
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FlamingLiberal posted:I see that NYC just now realized that Adams is loving crazy and has no idea what he’s doing? We knew this since before he won the election The 76% number is probably from a couple of high-profile violent crimes in recent memory like the subway shooting
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HonorableTB posted:Lmao everyone is pissed off and has a bleak outlook for the future and this seems to be a nationwide outlook among everyone and the political class is completely unable to do anything about it. The PNW is the same way. Everything we won in the 2020 protests was just given away at the ballot box. Nothing mattered I think this is what's affecting Americans the most. There's a lot wrong with our country and society and our political class is unable, unwilling, or straight up profiting from the problems to want to fix it. The public knows, the government knows, there is no secrets anymore about what's going on, and people are rightly pissed about it, then they get sad (and angrier) because nothing is going to be done about it. Look at what happened in Uvalde - cops demand massive budgets, get them, then stand around while children are shot. The chief gets a promotion and the whole thing is buried. No fixes are even being discussed. The upcoming Supreme Court rulings that will basically be "in an amazing coincidence, the constitution agrees with the Republican platform in every way, even if the text says something else entirely" Will only make it worse. 70% of Americans support abortion, but it's going to be illegal anyway. Rents going up, costs going up, wages go up a tiny bit and the government's response is to trigger a recession in an effort to stop the wage growth. Something has gotta give. It's only a matter of time until something explodes it, and it's coming real soon.
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Congress just reached a deal on a bipartisan plan to regulate cryptocurrency. It actually isn't that harsh - crypto is still going to be treated with less regulation than stocks or other equities - but, every single crypto is currently crashing on the news. The big thing that is crashing the price is that they are going to make it much harder to create wildly volatile cryptocurrencies that can lose all value or shoot up 1,000% overnight. Despite many crypto people telling you it is all about the technology/blockchain, the big appeal of crypto for most people is that it is highly volatile gambling/scamming that can get you a lot of other peoples' money. Today we can see that taking away the gambling and scamming aspect drastically reduces the value to people holding crypto. The biggest parts of the legislation: - Most cryptos would be considered commodities. - Crypto would be regulated by the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission). - Creates an industry sandbox in which regulators let crypto firms test new products, but doesn't allow public investors to buy into them until they have been approved. - All "stable coins" must have 100% of the value of the assets they sell held in reserve to pay out and must disclose detailed information about their liquidity, asset type, and reserves to the public. - Requires all companies raising money through crypto, NFTs, or other digital assets to disclose those revenues publicly. - Sets up a legal process for customers to get their money back if a crypto exchange or entire cryptocurrency goes under. - Crypto exchanges and brokers would have to register in order to sell products or services to the public. This will cut down dramatically on scammers, foreign crypto brokers who are out of U.S. jurisdiction, and the ability for crypto exchanges to anonymously take everyone's money and run. - The CFTC would regulate options, spot trading, loans using crypto as collateral, or any other financial product that uses crypto or digital assets as collateral. Basically, crypto is going to be treated 95% the same as stocks or other commodities. But, the crypto exchanges/brokers/developers get a little extra leeway and slightly less regulation than stock brokers or commodity traders. https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1534180881505689603 Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Jun 7, 2022 |
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Congress just reached a deal on a bipartisan plan to regulate cryptocurrency. Stable coins having assets in reserve would be pretty big considering Tether has a market value of 15 billion right now. Most of this is pretty light but that specific provision would really blow up the house of cards right now.
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Gumball Gumption posted:Stable coins having assets in reserve would be pretty big considering Tether has a market value of 15 billion right now. Most of this is pretty light but that specific provision would really blow up the house of cards right now. Hope it all craters and it can take those dumb loving apes along for the ride. Using more electricity than some countries for idiots circle jerk scamming each other and organized crime laundering money is something the world is better off without.
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there should absolutely be high taxes on energy used to mine for crypto. destroy their profit motive and let's never speak of it again.
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These regulations won't kill crypto. It will make it more expensive and time-consuming to bring a new crypto product to public investors and make it a lot harder to pump and dump or scam people completely anonymously. Having assets that rocket around wildly in value, allow you to scam lots of people without getting caught, and have essentially no cost or barrier to entry to set up is why a lot of people liked crypto, though. So, it is losing a chunk of value from those people. There will still be a lot of people involved in it afterwards. There are also blockchain and crypto products/technology that don't involve mining (but, basically 98% of the people into crypto are in it for products that involve mining and value fluctuations) that will continue to exist and be part of formal software or ledger technology.
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