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The Federalist Society handpicked the the conservative majority, not the Heritage Foundation.
Moved from @pingveno
The Federalist Society handpicked the the conservative majority, not the Heritage Foundation.
Why did it take a Constitutional amendment to allow non-white Americans to vote?
For that matter, why did it take a Constitutional amendment to consider Black Americans as citizens?
America has always had racism, but America has never been a racist country
Iām really quite stunned by this claim. She seems to be parsing words to dodge reality. The US wrote slavery into its Constitution, engaged in a series of racist genocides of the indigenous people, and excluded immigrants of various ethnicities throughout its history. Weāve certainly improved, but to say weāve never been governed by racism is either ignorant, revisionist, or pandering to some of the worst people.
Itās paid off sometimes in the Senate, like with the bipartisan infrastructure bill. That was passed in the Democrat-controlled House and then negotiated in the Senate. The problem is the current Republican-controlled House, where extreme right wingers hold much greater sway.
Thereās certainly no need to tussle over it in California. Trump wouldnāt win in California anyway and it would just feed into the persecution narrative among his fan base.
This is the case I try to make to people on the left who complain about corporate white washing, or whatever they want to call it. Mainstream corporations feel like itās advantageous to have their symbols out there in pride parades, environmentalist goals, anti-racism, and anti-sexism. Corporations are obligated at a certain level to follow the money, and they have read the signs and chosen to align themselves with these progressive causes. If nothing else, this is a good sign of where the country is headed.
Are you sure Judge Gen, Almighty Judge on High of All Beings Living and Dead for All Eternity, is not the more appropriate judge of this sort of thing?
Whatās the relationship to the Burrito Supreme? Does it come with sour cream?
Haley and Christie are bad but survivable. I usually try to keep my claims measured, but Desantis and Ramaswamy are every bit as fascist as Trump. I would genuinely fear for the country under the last three.
In September, Christie looked directly into the camera and declared that if Trump keeps skipping debates, he would deserve a new nickname: āDonald Duck.ā
I remember the Clinton campaign had something about āDonald Duckā because of his refusal to publish his tax returns. Maybe it was sending someone in a Donald Duck costume to his rallies? I donāt know, the joke always kinda fell flat. It made sense when you explained it, but then itās not funny, is it?
Back when I was doing a weekly shopping trip on my bike with panniers, I tried self-checkout once when the cashiers were busy. Never again. The tall bags just screwed with the sensors too much. Now Iām maybe a bit more inclined to use it because I moved to a house just a quick walk to the store. It can make sense to just dump all of the items on the weighing platform and put them in my backpack and reusable bags later.
Especially anyone who believes that individuals are less free now than they were historically in the United States. Only the ignorant or biased make that claim.
I donāt see any problem with a system to detect drunk driving and bring the car to a stop. There is no right to drive a car while drunk or otherwise impaired. Inventing one by calling upon privacy also ignores that the cops can pull you over and give you a sobriety test if they have reason to anyway. In 2021, over 13,000 people in the US died from drunk drivers. They deserve protection.
The problem with doing that is that people then get more hesitant about putting money into a country. Would you invest in a country if thereās a good chance its leadership is just going to do an about face and tax your wealth into nothing? Take your possessions? Itās part of the reason why many countries struggle to get foreign investment. Their past has caused businesses to have little faith that investments wonāt just get nationalized by the government.
Yeah, 200k and DINK. I want to have my taxes raised, just as long as others like me also have have their taxes raised.
Thatās going to have to be part of it, but it canāt be all of it. There isnāt enough money in the upper class to take care of all of the debt, and at a certain level of taxation they will just move. I will speak in favor of increasing taxes on around pretty much every individual making over 100k or couple making over 200k. For a single person working 40 hours a week in the US, that is the 77th percentile. My husband and I are in this position and I think starting the additional tax burden with us would be fair.
I donāt see raising taxes much below us as being very productive, and those āflat taxā people can fuck right off. That group is already paying money into entitlements so the oft repeated statement that half of households pay no income tax is misleading. Theyāre really struggling right now, so I just donāt see an increase in taxes as productive.
I wonder if this will still be true for Democrats when the shoe is on the other foot. They were held together by Pelosiās skilled hand for twelve years. I think the fundamentals are strong for the Democrats. They care a lot about good governance principles. Ultimately, I think that will keep everyone on the same page. I donāt see any part of the party willing to rock the boat.
Where I am starting to get worried is with the national debt. The US, China, and many other governments are going to run into both debt issues and an aging population. That will force a reckoning at some point on entitlement spending, which is very popular.
To paraphrase someone else, it has enough should clauses to drive several favorable RV loans through.
Good for the community, too. It takes a village to get rid of that astroturf group.
Nah, thatās a bit reductive. Thereās internal dissent within the conservative movement. Not everyoneās willing to go full fasc with Trump. A good chunk of the judges that were ruling against him in the 2020 election were Federalist Society members.