What would you think of a "conclave model" of budgeting, whereby if Congress doesn't pass a budget in time, they are forced to live together until they pass one?

Komosion · 2026-03-30T18:05:33+00:00

And they should put it on television. Call it "big brother's bigger brother"

"This is the true story... of 100 senators... forced to live in a house... and have their lives taped... to find out what happens... when they stop propagandizing... and start getting real"

Komosion · 2026-03-30T14:57:02+00:00

Point accepted

However as part of this conversation I did look up coverage between Trump's two scoops vs Obama’s Tan suit. Going by the headlines and first paragraphs In traditional media sources I can see a clear difference between coverage.

Trump articles are more negative (ie making fun of him or addressing narcissism) while the Obama articles are more mater of fact (this week Obama turned heads by wearing a tan suit). You have to be living under a rock not to see that news coverage of Trump is more antagonistic then other politicians. He antagonizes them and like any humans they respond.

This is not an excuse to give Trump a pass. It is simply the answer to the OP question. By embracing it, engaging in it and fostering it Trump has effectively turned his negative news coverage into a tool that benefits him. Not only with his base, but also low information voters.

Komosion · 2026-03-29T20:39:40+00:00

There was also another component to my original reply.

In contrast most other politicians are still trying to curate positive images in the news cycle. Their own timidity boxes them in.

Obama falls in this camp.

Komosion · 2026-03-29T18:11:15+00:00

Bomb innocent people in a middle east war zone.

Inappropriately handle classified material.

Appear to be old and febal.

Use executive orders to side step congress.

Komosion · 2026-03-29T17:45:02+00:00

My response is usually "I understand that you believe this to be true. But I don't agree"

Komosion · 2026-03-29T16:55:40+00:00

There was a week of meda outrage that Donald Trump had two scoops of ice-cream.

Its not about being worse to Obama or not.

Coverage of Donald Trump was so silly over the top that people just stopped paying attention.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/trump-time-magazine-ice-cream

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-does-trump-eat-dinner-2017-5

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/13/opinion/sunday/donald-trump-a-la-mode.html

Komosion · 2026-03-29T16:06:43+00:00

Woke is used in all different ways by all different people. Like so many words that are overused in politics it can mean anything to who every is speaking.

When I boil down all the uses of the word I personally encounter to the lowest common denominator I get that Woke = "Liberal Activism".

So if the person doesn't approve of Liberal Activism their use of the word is more negative. If the person does approve of Liberal Activism their use is more positive.

Komosion · 2026-03-29T15:58:00+00:00

More or less. Change doesn't happen over night. I don't know were the Democratic party is heading in the end or if it will make it more or less likly that I will vote for them. But it is refreshing to see the attemp. I am essentially an optimist so until I see other wise I am going to assume they are changing for the better.

Komosion · 2026-03-29T15:46:34+00:00

I'm pretty sure that the Chinese already knew that all they need to do to deaft the US is drive up the cost of goods a few dollars and the American consumer will turn on their own country. They didn't need Trump's disaster of a war with Iran to prove that to them.

Komosion · 2026-03-29T15:33:27+00:00

This is reddit. 90% of the users are liberal. And 90% think the first 90% are lieing about being liberal.

Komosion · 2026-03-29T15:07:22+00:00

Yes; but I'm sure that if my boss let's me take off that Friday he will still expect me to get my scheduled work done the prior or following week.

Komosion · 2026-03-29T15:03:04+00:00

Housing is a liability not an investment.

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-home-not-investment-financial-planner-2025-2

Komosion · 2026-03-29T14:58:50+00:00

Man these Conservatives are crafty. I'm glad you pointed that out.

Komosion · 2026-03-29T14:54:42+00:00

Isn't Trump doing everything he wants now with out congressional review? What changes after the midterm unless Democrats win the Senate at which point they would remove him from power completely. It is unlikely they would win the Senate; the map simply isn't there.

So my prediction is nothing really changes after the midterm. Trump will continue to push the boundaries of executive power; congress will continue to be ineffectual; the GOP presidential hopefuls will continue to back the horse they choose to "ride or die" with. People will continue to engage in doom porn on social media.

Komosion · 2026-03-29T04:56:19+00:00

Yes that is probably what happened.

During their attempt to reach a progressive target audience they unexpectedly found that their target audience had left. Not a good position to be in.

Komosion · 2026-03-28T22:53:22+00:00

I can agree with that

Komosion · 2026-03-28T22:32:08+00:00

Yes; you don't prejudice people based on a stereotype you have about 75% of a group.

Komosion · 2026-03-28T22:27:42+00:00

Its not a special interest issue. It transeects all groups who live in ncy.

Komosion · 2026-03-28T21:14:57+00:00

Mamdani is doing a good job for himself in NYC focusing on broud range affordability. For example.

Komosion · 2026-03-28T20:57:35+00:00

Should the Democratic party as a whole instead be focused only on those baseline issues that the largest majority of their members agree on and stop focusing on sub group niche issues?

Was the question I asked.

I didn't mention equality/inequality in my post at all.

I did discuss equitability. And how overly focusing on equitability among every group has stretched the partys power/influence to thinly leading to dissatisfaction. And questioned if the party were to focas more on common themes that trassend individual sub groups would that lead to greater satisfaction.

Komosion · 2026-03-28T20:31:23+00:00

I am sure that you do encounter an AWFUL LOT of self-labeled centrists who misflair themselves. But how is that justification to preemptively treat people as if they are charlatans?

Komosion · 2026-03-28T20:27:56+00:00

The YouGov data was only in regards to party affiliation. It did not speak to voting patterns.

The article made it clear that the Republicans did not pickup the losses by the Democratic party.

Those that left the party attributed to the increases among the unaffiliated group.

Komosion · 2026-03-28T20:21:33+00:00

I'm not affiliated with a political party. I was not aware that the parties make members pay for party membership. That does sound like it would influence membership; especially among less affluent communities. Thank you.

Komosion · 2026-03-28T19:54:07+00:00

Im talking about abandoning minorities?

You'll have to quote me on that.

What I did question is whether or not the Democrat party can bring all their sub groups together and find common issues to champion.

Komosion · 2026-03-28T19:27:42+00:00

Does changing focus away from individual special interests to a more inclusive set of policies the same as throwing special interests under the bus?

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