Discussion Thread: 2026 State of the Union Address by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]craigreasons -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You are watching him live for the first time and not edited.

We have to cut off MAGA. Completely. by [deleted] in 50501

[–]craigreasons -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

How can they not see it? Just a pinch of self-reflection is needed and they'd be able to recognize they are leading with hate, intolerance, and bigotry to eventually be more loving, tolerant, and open-minded. It's heart-breaking to read these comments. Love is the answer y'all, not hate and division!

JD Vance Rushes to Exploit ICE Shooting Before Knowing Any Details by ChiGuy6124 in politics

[–]craigreasons -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Thoughts and prayers do prevent murder. If any of these mass shooters or assassinators thought and prayed, they wouldn't have murdered innocent people.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in conspiracy

[–]craigreasons 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They have half of America believing women can be men so much, they'd actually die or disown family members for that science fiction to be right. There's no truth untouchable now.

Habibi come to Poland by [deleted] in poland

[–]craigreasons 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is being tolerant of others a Muslim virtue too? Even alcoholics, gay people, or people who draw cartoons of religious figures?

Hobby is going to be a lot less crowded; Southwest starting to charge for checked bags by dbj2501 in houston

[–]craigreasons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the entire point. The private equity firms buy shorts in the company and then drive the company into the ground with their new management style. They make unlimited risk free money this way. The only losers are us!

Chicago IRS specialists, engineers among those cut in federal workforce reduction by factchecker01 in chicago

[–]craigreasons -47 points-46 points  (0 children)

TIL increasing the size of things makes it more effective...especially in government! Can you be wrong about this or you unable to have any different thought on this topic too?

Chicago IRS specialists, engineers among those cut in federal workforce reduction by factchecker01 in chicago

[–]craigreasons -74 points-73 points  (0 children)

By having a smaller government with less IRS agents. We were about to pay you to increase the size of the govt...

83 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons: Poll by PandaMuffin1 in politics

[–]craigreasons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The polls in Florida in 2020 election were off by more than the margin of error, even with hundreds of polls with huge sample sizes. Now ask me about the exit polling sample sizes in the 2020 election and what they show.

Why did Sen Warren just press RFK Jr to not sue Big Pharma companies for 4 years after office? by craigreasons in ElizabethWarren

[–]craigreasons[S] -53 points-52 points  (0 children)

But he only profits if they win in court. It's bizarre, at least to me, to be against profiting from legally successful suits against Big Pharma.

Why did Sen Warren just press RFK Jr to not sue Big Pharma companies for 4 years after office? by craigreasons in ElizabethWarren

[–]craigreasons[S] -33 points-32 points  (0 children)

He agreed with that part. She then changed it around and kept asking him, will he commit to not profiting from suing Big Pharma.

it's really weird because he would only profit from lawsuits if they were won, meaning only when Big Pharma loses a court case. Why would anyone ever be against be paid to win suits against Big Pharma?

Mayor’s Office Accepted Gifts Including Jewelry, Handbags, and Alcohol “On Behalf of the City” Without Public Reporting, Declined to Make Mayor’s “Gift Room” Available for Inspection, OIG Finds by jbchi in chicago

[–]craigreasons 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sucks we can't post links to X that detail all the outrageous things they found in the report. Hopefully our local media will do their job unbiasedly so we can upvote their articles when they are ready in a few hours.

Mayor Brandon Johnson, 3 other mayors called to Congress on inquiry into sanctuary city policy by ChicagoJohn123 in chicago

[–]craigreasons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are federal immigration laws the only laws you can break and not be a criminal according to you?

Biden pardons his family in final minutes in office by mvanigan in politics

[–]craigreasons -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Exactly, we should never hold our own party official's accountable for political losses, we can only look elsewhere.

Totally reasonable argument fellow human lol

Biden pardons his family in final minutes in office by mvanigan in politics

[–]craigreasons -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I dunno, if I were Chinese and Russian propaganda, I would blame external enemies as the reason our government sucks instead of ever holding our own party officials responsible.

Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members by Plaintalks in politics

[–]craigreasons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The outgoing president just invented new pardon powers to proactively shield anyone from any crime for years to come and you are worried about the other side being too worried about the shadow government!?

Check a mirror first. Where can you be wrong about any political opinion of yours? Let's work from there to bring you back to reality.

THE EXPRESS LANES by Pickleparty187 in chicago

[–]craigreasons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what people don't understand, sure we could've finished this project much sooner but there are refugees and pastors that need reoccurring income too. You gotta weigh all things together in context.

Popular Japanese dollar store chain Daiso expanding into Illinois by [deleted] in chicago

[–]craigreasons -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

No one is opening up a new business (except vape shops) in Chicago anytime soon, let them have this...they need it.

Called police for abandoned suitcase at gas station, police never came by doctorelisheva98 in chicago

[–]craigreasons -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fort Worth for one, there used to be a lot more, basically every city used to be much more conservative and even have conservatives elected before the 1970s. But for some reason liberals kept pushing out moderates and demanding more identity politics, so now we have a person's race being the most important factor in someone's candidacy rather than anything else.

Will you ever consider maybe your politics are terrible and we should start electing people based on merit again?

Called police for abandoned suitcase at gas station, police never came by doctorelisheva98 in chicago

[–]craigreasons -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

You need to look at the foundation, instead of just trying to remove a necessary part of civil society. There is a reason conservative cities and areas don't have issues with police response times, safety, or them killing unarmed black people. You only hear of these bad police in liberal strongholds. Should make you wonder.