So, a literacy test, which was found to be a basic discriminatory tactic during the Civil Rights era, and you want to bring it back? But it's okay because it's the people that YOU hate, instead of the people THEY hate.
We don't save Democracy by committing the same crimes that they do. Nobody hates MAGA more than I do, but that's not the way to purge them.
It's been long established that a small percentage can lead to a "Tipping Point" and cause a trend that can grow and take over. People like Malcolm Gladwell and Mark Penn have written excellent books about the concept. This article is interesting because it is directly ties the idea to non-violent protests.
People have been watching the No Kings protests, for exactly this reason. With a population of 335 million, 3.5% is about 12 million people, and the No Kings protests have been drawing around 8 million, and will probably draw more in the future. Add to that all the sympathetic protesters at home, and we have to be at that 3.5% goal, and probably beyond it.
I'm one of those homebound protesters. I'm NEVER going to go to a protest, but that doesn't mean I'm not as militant as they are. At my age, I'd be a liability at a protest, but I can work my keyboard, and spread sourced news and anti-MAGA propaganda in equal measure. Thats my DAILY contribution to the fight, and it's just as important as showing up to monthly or quarterly protests.
Add people like me to the No Kings protesters, and we are certainly beyond the 3.5% required to cause a tipping point, and it really feels like it is happening. They are losing nearly every court case, including tariffs, MAHA, and more. What little support there was for this war has fully collapsed. He has broken every campaign promise to people who LOVE to repeat "Promises Made, Promises Kept." Today, EVERY SINGLE MAGA knows that's not true at all.
And that right there is part of the problem. They want to do nothing, so if we tell them that we expect them to do nothing, they will.
But if we hand them the House AND the Senate in the Midterms, there will be a whole crop of new Dems on Congress who didn't work hard to get there to do nothing. They will wamt to shake things up, and we have to let Congress know that we do NOT expect business as usual. These are unprecedented times, and they require unprecedented solutions. That starts with replacing the MAGA comedy act of Schmuck & Jeffries, right out of the gate. The Dems will NEVER beat MAGA decisively with those two losers at the helm.
If we hand them the votes, and the investigative committees, then they better use them, or they will be replaced in the next election, and face the same righteous wrath of the citizens that MAGA will face.
The guy who launched a violent Insurrection, and stole hundreds of classified documents to sell, might want to keep his mouth shut about Treason. Glass houses and throwing rocks and whatnot.
Be tall, handsome, good hair, a deep voice, and exude confidence, and you're halfway there. Looking like a CEO is half the battle.
Sounds like our government. It sounds like our whole fucking modern society.
They're MAGAs, they are always pro-war, no matter they claim.
I don't care about the gambling, my issue is with the advertising. They are enticing people, mostly young men, with visions of excitement and LOTS of money. They don't show any ads of a guy losing the rent money, and having to break the news to his wife.
I don't mind vices being legal, but I strongly object to them being marketed. Cigarettes are banned in most media, and liquor is heavily controlled. I wouldn't mind if all marketing for all vices were prohibited.
The court at The Hague was created precisely for guys like them.
My kid is a dream. I was an older Dad, and I worried about dealing with a teenager during my 50s, but he has always been level headed. We never had to deal with drug, alcohol, smoking, no pregnancy scares, nothing. He got great grades, really talented, a school leader without even trying. He could be a little lazy, I used to have to remind him that he couldn't be a slacker because his peers were watching him.
He's such a dolt, that he sees getting help as admitting weakness, even when he needs it, and even when they are obviously better at it than we are.
In this case, Zelensky was offering their excellent drone technology, and which has been kicking Russia's ass for weeks.
But Trump turned it down saying the “last person we need help from is Zelensky." He's just spicy because Z refuses to surrender his country to a dictator just to make Trump look good.
Exactly. By the same reasoning, there is no reason to bar felons from voting, or even incarcerated citizens. Prisoners have as much right to government representation as anyone else.
Voting is a basic right in this nation, and it should not be removed for ANY reason. We should be automatically registered to vote at birth, with the registration automatically validating on your 18th birthday. You shouldn't have to register, declare a party, or prove your identity. If you are an American citizen, you can vote, period.