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Old 11-06-2024, 11:03 AM   #121
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What is the difference between the #### show we have and the US?

We have our own piece of garbage to deal with here in Smith.
The amount of power is different though - there are few, if any checks and balances in place to limit the power that Trump has. He will likely have a super majority and ram through bad policy which will harm the US for a generation. They have stacked the courts on political lines so they won't act against party lines.
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Old 11-06-2024, 11:03 AM   #122
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It would do the Democrats a whole lot of good to this time, actually look into why they lost so many votes to Trump across the entire country and across the board down to the county level and not just default to more and more Americans are moving to the right as the reason, because that's not what's happening. Until the Democrats acknowledge that focusing on villainizing the other side isn't enough without providing your own solutions to things that are at the top of mind for the broader electorate, they'll continue to lose ground and won't be able to see what can be, unburdened by what has been...
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Old 11-06-2024, 11:05 AM   #123
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My problem with this is despite it being so obvious, a person like Bernie Sanders goes along with it.

"Everything about American is broken when it comes to protecting the working class people. Health care, wages, everything."

"That is why you need to support Harris, because she will uhhh, stutter, uhh, nothing, Dick Cheney, WAR!"

And then they think, and even Bernie thinks that Americans are so stupid to fall for that.

Harris offered nothing different than what has been going on for 20 years, but this time around people should believe her?

"You can fool all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you'll never fool all the people all the time."
There's two major problems with your point.

First, it's the idea that the things people hate in the world are somehow the governments fault.

Second, Trump is exactly what's been wrong with the system (nepotism, corruption, serving the interests of the ultra-rich), and he has very literally said he's going to make things even worse by messing up the government budget even more, giving even more money to the ultra-rich, destroying the working class even worse through laws that serve only corporate interests, and hiking up the price of everyday goods through tariffs.

Also, the Democrats HAVE been trying to do things, but the moment they go after the megacorporate monopolies which are hurting everyone, they get voted out of power.

I get where the resentment towards the system comes from, but I don't really understand why people see Trump as a solution instead just more of the same but worse? Because that's exactly who he is.

Also, why did they go for Biden instead of Trump then? He was as Democrat establishment guy as they come.

Your explanation just doesn't really track.

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Old 11-06-2024, 11:06 AM   #124
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NBC reporting that Trump also gets MI. This is landslide stuff. Wake up Dems...
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My brother lives in Northern Minnesota and voted for Harris. He doesn't deserve what's going to happen to Americans. He's not happy and has fears what Trump will do.

I did ask if he was going to move back to Canada and Alberta and the answer a big nope. His wife is American and there would be a divorce if ever tried to move back home
She's a woman.
She won't have any say soon and he can move her wherever the hell he damn well pleases!
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Old 11-06-2024, 11:07 AM   #126
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I wonder how many executive orders he uses in the first week. I bet he breaks the record.

Has he started talking about all the retribution he is going to get against his enemies since winning last night?
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Old 11-06-2024, 11:08 AM   #127
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What happened to him from 2016 to 2020?
He was at a different point in his life health wise. He now suffers from spinal stenosis and has a degenerative back disease. He's now on disability as he can no loner work. He's not suffering financially but he worries what kind of coverage he will have when Trump gets rid of Obamacare.
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Old 11-06-2024, 11:09 AM   #128
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I wonder how many executive orders he uses in the first week. I bet he breaks the record.

Has he started talking about all the retribution he is going to get against his enemies since winning last night?
How many will be Epstein and Diddy related?
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Old 11-06-2024, 11:09 AM   #129
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The Nevada Senate race is separated by only 800 votes with 88% of polls reporting.
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Old 11-06-2024, 11:11 AM   #130
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How many people are going to get massed deported today? 25,000? 50k?

Ship them out Deporttariff Man!
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Old 11-06-2024, 11:15 AM   #131
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What happened to him from 2016 to 2020?
I know the answer but you are aware policies impact things longer than just the term of the elected president/parties who put it into legislation?
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Old 11-06-2024, 11:16 AM   #132
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It would do the Democrats a whole lot of good to this time, actually look into why they lost so many votes to Trump across the entire country and across the board down to the county level and not just default to more and more Americans are moving to the right as the reason, because that's not what's happening. Until the Democrats acknowledge that focusing on villainizing the other side isn't enough without providing your own solutions to things that are at the top of mind for the broader electorate, they'll continue to lose ground and won't be able to see what can be, unburdened by what has been...
Republicans don't villify the left? really?

what solutions did Trump and the Republicans offer?
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He also promised electricity costs to go down 50% his first year.
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Old 11-06-2024, 11:21 AM   #134
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He also promised electricity costs to go down 50% his first year.
And about 20 other things that also won't happen. But he sold it
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I wonder how many executive orders he uses in the first week. I bet he breaks the record.

Has he started talking about all the retribution he is going to get against his enemies since winning last night?
I wonder how many of the Jan 6 criminals he pardons.
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And about 20 other things that also won't happen. But he sold it
He also has Linda McMahon as part of his transition team.

Apparently Hulk Hogan is getting in the white house as well?

It's going to be a circus.
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Ha so the election was stolen?
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She's a woman.
She won't have any say soon and he can move her wherever the hell he damn well pleases!
She has a lot family down there and that was the big reason my brother chose to move Stateside after they got married. Happy wife, happy life
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Ha so the election was stolen?
What did Michelle Obama say?

When they go low, we go lower.
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