Politics And Current Events

Post by **AuthorTony** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 7:39 pm

Troy Loney wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 7:00 pm Saying hitler didn’t murder millions of people is weird

Indeed.

I guess next they'll be sticking up for Charles Manson.

Post by **count2infinity** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 7:44 pm

Technically….

Post by **MR25** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 7:53 pm

I mean, it's coming from the "guns don't kill people, people kill people" crowd so "Hitler didn't actually kill people, his government did" is the next logical step /s

Post by **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 7:53 pm

I’m a little confused because the linked accounts aren’t of Elon

Post by **count2infinity** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 8:04 pm

MalkinIsMyHomeboy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 7:53 pm I’m a little confused because the linked accounts aren’t of Elon

Musk retweeted it.

Post by **MR25** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 8:04 pm

The evasiveness and lack of an answer is telling

Post by **DigitalGypsy66** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 8:15 pm

That interview was something else. Scary stuff.

Post by **shafnutz05** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 11:13 pm

Talking about the US annexing Greenland with the NATO secretary general right there. Trump is a **** lunatic

Post by **Gaucho** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 7:29 am

"No more wars."

Post by **count2infinity** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 7:33 am

Much like the war in Ukraine, if they just let us have it, there will be no war.

Post by **Gaucho** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 10:51 am

Post by **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 11:35 am

If it wasn’t so depressing, the current dilemma for Senate Dems of whether or not to vote for the proposed CR vs shut down the government is very interesting

essentially you vote for the CR to avoid a shut down, you appease Trump and Musk. You probably get cred from independents but hardcore Dems hate you even more

You don’t vote and a shut down happens. Trump gets to exert more control and deem who is/isn’t essential and we could be headed toward a really bad spot

I think Dems should let it pass because I don’t think they’re ready for a war. There’s still not really a strong leader on the Dem side who can unite both far left progressives and center left moderates and it will be very easy for Trump to blame the Dems for a shut down rather than an obviously horribly partisan and Trump-serving CR.

AOC I guess is the closest to that right now (other than Bernie but he’s old) but she still makes poor decisions in regards to leaning too far into social progressive issues, like helping illegal immigrants avoid deportation raids which I think is broadly unpopular with moderates right now

Economic progressiveness is likely the way it of this for liberals but social progressiveness is obviously very controversial and will make it tough to get broad support

Post by **Gaucho** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 11:39 am

It's not really a dilemma.

Fri Mar 14, 2025 11:42 am

She also employed an illegal on her staff and paid him with tax payer money.

Post by **MR25** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 11:51 am

He lived in the US since he was 7 and overstayed his visa.

Sounds like someone who is currently trying to gut the government...

Post by **Pavel Bure** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 11:53 am

Got my canned response from Fetterman on the DOE DEI portal. Doesn’t even mention the portal, just the usual bullshit fluff about believing in education.

I eagerly await McCormick’s equally canned response.

Post by **shafnutz05** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:00 pm

Musk portraying himself as a defender of democracy is **** nauseating. Drug addict with a god complex.

Without judicial reform, which means at least the absolute worst judges get impeached, we don’t have real democracy in America,” Musk said on X.

He reacted after federal agencies were ordered on Thursday to immediately reinstate tens of thousands of federal workers with probationary status who had been laid off by DOGE as part of its sweeping government cost-cutting efforts, dealing a blow to Musk, as he seeks to eventually reduce the deficit by $1 trillion.

Post by **Rylan** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:06 pm

shut it down. shut the gov't down!

Post by **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:15 pm

AOC and Bernie aren’t leaders. They are just sound bites

Post by **Troy Loney** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:16 pm

https://fortune.com/2025/03/14/tesla-wa ... taliation/

Omg lol

Post by **nocera** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:30 pm

Rylan wrote: ↑Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:06 pm shut it down. shut the gov't down!

Didn’t Schumer say he wont block the funding bill? These Democrats are **** useless.

Post by **Rylan** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:35 pm

nocera wrote: ↑Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:30 pm
Rylan wrote: ↑Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:06 pm shut it down. shut the gov't down!
Didn’t Schumer say he wont block the funding bill? These Democrats are **** useless.

Yea. They are being complicit by not doing the things they are required to do to ensure that there is at least some fight. Otherwise, its the path to hell.

Post by **Troy Loney** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:37 pm

Mainstream dems are in the “you broke it you bought it” mindset.

They are worthless as an opposition party. Just let the gop wreck things and win the electoral backlash.

Post by **MWB** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 1:16 pm

MrKennethTKangaroo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:15 pm AOC and Bernie aren’t leaders. They are just sound bites

Bernie is one of the few on the left who is a good leader.

Post by **nocera** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 1:56 pm

Yeah bad take. And AOC is definitely a sound bite, but at least she has some **** fight in her unlike most of the party.