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Thu, 29 Aug 2024 11:55:00 -0700
DSE from private
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I checked out caring about national politics when the Supremes handed down Trump
v. United States
Welcome to the imperial presidency! It's the Project 25 author's wet dream! And
yes, i read the whole thing, and the Trump v United States was on their wish
list.
It goes to show that it "they" don't care WHO the presdient is, or what party it
belongs to. It is legally for sale to the highest bidder. Little wonder 'They'
seem to prefer demented old men (trump, biden), or unstable, word salad hyenas
(Harris), easier to influence and now that the President is criminally immune
from ANY crime he commits in office (the evidentiary standard made sure of
that)
"they" can influence policy through that criminal immunity.
At first i was like.....ok, i'm just gonna leave the presidential ballot box
blank becase trump v.biden (and then kamala) is not a choice.
Then the decision, and it was over for me. The last real president we had was
Barack Obama. I'm not wasting any more time on national politcs, it's cooked. My
focus is on state and local. At least there is still a measure of accountability
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Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:14:48 -0700
serbexo from
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Lol you are such a fraud. Living in a red part of a blue state you get all the
self-righteousness of being a Dem but none of the negative effects. I’m sure
your neighborhood is immune from ”diversity” while you and yours get rich
from the rural carve-outs the Rs got you.
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Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:14:49 -0700
serbexo from
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Lol you are such a fraud. Living in a red part of a blue state you get all the
self-righteousness of being a Dem but none of the negative effects. I’m sure
your neighborhood is immune from ”diversity” while you and yours get rich
from the rural carve-outs the Rs got you.
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Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:03:57 -0700
PeanutsandCashews from private IP
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I still care about national, state and local politics, but the Trump decision
was a wretched, ill-conceived, ridiculous decision. I could go on with some more
negative adjectives, but it was really bad. Bad, bad, bad.
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Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:32:16 -0700
DSE from private
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Any immunity from "diversity" is long gone.
Ever since the bee lll mmm riots, the two "diverse" cities i live between are
now crime ridden hellholes
Because of the dem city councils and they cant hire cops even with a 20k sign on
bonus. Tl
Even better are the hordes of "migrants" up in chicago that work their way
downstate.
Fuck this state, its trying to be Cali except with shitty weather.
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Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:56:35 -0700
zerosugar
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Chicago is only crime ridden when you consider what downtown has become and
certain areas of the south side and west side. The rest of the city are fine. I
still go for walks late at night and nothing happens. I am sorry to bother, but
I do not think Obama's presidency was a success unless you consider the
historical aspect of it. ISIS was running crazy during this time. The country
became more divided both when you consider race and the consequences of SCOTUS
handing down the gay marriage ruling. Let's also not forget Benghazi and the
consequences of the Arab Spring as a whole. Obama's foreign policies and
Secretary Clinton's were clearly failures!!! He had some odd fetish with
supporting terrrorist groups aka rebels and Muslim Brotherhood fanatics.
Even before elected, Obama messed up when he talked about people clinging to
guns and religion. He had a chance to be a unifier being that he had an African
father, but was raised by old white grandparents. He could have connected with
people from all backgrounds. Unfortunately, that did not happen. Obama is the
reason why Trump (a NY business man who was a Democrat and still a social
liberal) was able to connect with people in places like Alabama. I laugh because
this viral black conservative pastor in Harlem even predicted Trump. Obama and
Trump had chaos in their time compared to Biden. Aside from Ukraine, Biden's
presidency was somewhat peaceful. I disagree with him taking sides between
Russia and Ukraine. He should have supported a UN supervised election to let the
people in disputed provinces decide whether they want to be part of Russia or
Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vETPO9237B0
P.S. As a woman, I will never forget when Obama and Hillary wanted to support
Morsi over Mubarak. Mubarak and his wife who was a British citizen fought
against FGM which is a very common practice in Egypt. It's unheard of in other
Muslim majority countries including Saudi Arabia, but for some reason its
popular in Egypt. Likely, from sub saharan or east african influence. Morsi
brought back FGM.
https://www.ansa.it/amp/ansamed/it/notizie/rubriche/cronaca/2014/07/24/mutilazioni-genitali-dallegitto-segnali-contraddittori_315d1f00-101f-4509-88f9-b51c9a8870a6.html
When it was banned https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/30/gender.humanrights
FGM makes a comeback after the Arab Spring which Obama supported. How a guy who
claimed to be so global supported the wrong side in so many countries needs to
be noted. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/mutilating-bodies-muslim-brotherhoods-gift-to-egyptian-women/
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Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:58:00 -0700
zerosugar
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I also cannot speak too much about Saint Louis as I have only been there once
briefly. I see it as a city that used to be rich in culture when you consider it
was French. Now, it's just like any other lower end midwestern city, similar to
Cleveland and Detroit.
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Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:02:49 -0700
zerosugar
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Gaddafi also did a lot for women's rights in Libya and that was also destroyed
by the rebels who Hillary and Obama supported. Democracy and supporting
democracy leads to more chaos in the Middle East. Monarchies serve the people
(both the majority and ethnic and religious minorities) best there when you
consider places like the Emirates and even Saudi. Saudi still has many human
rights violations especially when you consider how domestic workers from places
like the Philippines are treated there. Still, Bin Salman has improved things
and they have come a long way.
tl; dr Middle East was crazy under Obama. Even crazier than now. Even if we
ignore as his domestic policies that divided the country, support for gay
marriage and suing groups of nuns and saying rural Americans cling to guns and
religion. Regardless of whether you support gay marriage or not, it divided the
nation.
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Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:38:04 -0700
zerosugar
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I also think the main problem with Obama's presidency was that we started to see
presidents where they are only the president of their supporters. Trump did the
same. Extreme partisanship. Biden sort of brought us back to a time where the
president is the president of all people. He could have just stood up more to
the radicals in his party. Unfortunately, Kamala will just be partisan too. Both
her and Trump and their VPs have messages of division. I'm not comfortable with
parties being like religions or at least huge identities.
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