In 1992 I thought the GOP was being hyperbolic about Bill Clinton’s history of sexual predation. Im not proud of that.

Yeah one of my family members fits both

The Empire is fascist and comes for all including its loyal servants

Some don’t like Star Wars or any Sci-fi. Others like fascism and hate things that say fascism is bad.

They could believe ypu carry sha,e into an afterlife should they believe in one.

An unpaid vacation with little food.

The reality is that votes still matter more to politicians than money. The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) is hands down the most powerful lobby in the USA. Their power comes from their ability to get their message out to their followers who are the most likely group to vote in any election.

The NRA’s power comes from a similar place.

My apologies for linking The Nation, but this was big news. It just happened 6 years ago.

https://apnews.com/article/d8f27546a0da4cafa64bf33ae18de629

https://www.vox.com/2019/4/30/18510946/nra-finances-lapierre-north-accusations-corruption

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nra-corruption-lawsuit/

Oh dear sweet jesus no. We absolutely never want the military to hold the government.

This is literally an article about an NJ democrat who was arrested at a protest where other NJ democratic party politicians were arrested. My 2nd choice for governor, Ras Baraka, was arrested there as well. McIver was trying to prevent this illegal arrest.

The issue isnt that no one is doing anything it is that not enough of us are.

It is the single best explanation for what is going on. As someone raised around these types ypu grow up with so much smoke being blown up your ass about jow much “better” your schools are which isn’t always the case.

Ed Zitron of the Better Offline podcast had a piece a few weeks ago that explains so much.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-the-business-idiot/

The video for “Freedom” was the first time many in Gen X learned about AIM and Leonard Peltier.

Would you support forcing Musk out of his roles in these companies due to his drug useage?

If not Musk should be forced from his roles in these companies. You cannot be a defense contractor and do ketamine.

They can be depending on your vision issues. Mine are essentially bifocals where the reading portion isn’t visible. If I focus there’s a tiny fuzzy line where the readers meet the normal lens.

To be honest I wasn’t aware of the sides issue and it seems you might have different problem that requires a third lens.

Ineffective tax policies have different direct harms than other ineffective policies. Wealth taxes frequently do not bring in enough revenue which is a significant problem.

They don’t because many know the history of wealth taxes and how frequently they get abandoned because they are ineffective IRL.

No because rigging an election normally would take thousands of people working in secret. Trump won because America has a lot of dumb people in it

My kids?