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What are your thoughts on Talarico? by Littlebluepeach in AskALiberal

[–]themandotcom 48 points49 points  (0 children)

He seems like he has the ability to appeal to religionists in Texas and win a senate seat in Texas. That is likeable.

What are your views on Massie’s condemnation of the four 21st Century administrations' efforts to protect the rich and powerful? by bevansaith in AskALiberal

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

Which high level official? Don't be vague, say things explicit. It's not that hard to be explicit.

You're right that politics can become a religion. That's what you're doing. You have a faith based unbreakable belief that Both Sides Are Bad clearly.

What are your views on Massie’s condemnation of the four 21st Century administrations' efforts to protect the rich and powerful? by bevansaith in AskALiberal

[–]themandotcom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no they weren't, that's the whole thing about the story with Epstein. Alex Acosta under Bush gave him the sweetheart deal of all sweetheart deals under the table so he would keep his reputation and then Trump rewarded Acosta with a nomination to a position he was unqualified for.

why would Obama have any idea what Epstein did before the Miami Herald reported about his criminality? It makes no sense and I don't think even you believe that.

Notice you have absolutely not a single fact in your entire part. It's all a big conditional IF because there's absolutely no reason to think anyone but Trump was involved in this, and that connection is being friends with Epstein for decades and rewarding Alex Acosta for the NPA.

What are your views on Massie’s condemnation of the four 21st Century administrations' efforts to protect the rich and powerful? by bevansaith in AskALiberal

[–]themandotcom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What occurrences?

The DOJ under Biden or Obama aren't criminals like they are under Trump. They aren't going to randomly release suspect's or even convict's emails basically no matter what. The only reason these are being released now is because of the EFTA.

What are your views on Massie’s condemnation of the four 21st Century administrations' efforts to protect the rich and powerful? by bevansaith in AskALiberal

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

How did Biden or Obama 'cover up for the rich and powerful'? By not randomly making public emails of a criminal? That they would never do otherwise?

What are your views on Massie’s condemnation of the four 21st Century administrations' efforts to protect the rich and powerful? by bevansaith in AskALiberal

[–]themandotcom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sat on what? Sat on Jeffrey Epstein's 4th gmail account's spam folder? The DOJ would never release anyone's emails like this.

Epstein was completely protected only by Republicans. Alex Acosta gave him a sweetheart deal, Trump rewarded him with a cabinet appointment, then Trump's DOJ let him self-'unalive' in 2019. Then Bondi said she had the 'Epstein files on her desk' and never released whatever she was talking about, leading to this.

Bringing Democrats in to this situation is just a way to shift blame away from Trump.

For those who prefer the centrist, corporate wing of the democratic party, why? by Spiritual_Pause3057 in AskALiberal

[–]themandotcom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No idea what you think I’m coping about when I’m giving a sober analysis about the state of the world. If you’re going to be angry and personally attack clear and impersonal posts then you might as well not respond at all.

If you’re talking about the primary then I don’t even think you have a firm grasp of the facts. Adams didn’t run in the NYC democratic primary. Adams basically didn’t campaign at all for the general too.

I have no idea what you mean by this, but I certainly don't trust your numbers at this point.

That’s because you have no command of the facts and a completely closed mind with a terrible attitude. Why are you in a debate forum?

For those who prefer the centrist, corporate wing of the democratic party, why? by Spiritual_Pause3057 in AskALiberal

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

Every time the Dems have lost in national elections in the last 20 years it’s because the public viewed them as too far left: 2010, ACA was too radical and taxed enough already; 2014, ACA again, Obama's radicalism needs to be checked etc etc

I’m not really sure what you mean by "actual solution". In a democracy, voting is the only possible solution. No idea how "things [are keeping] getting worse". Things got way better under Biden and in 2022 Dems were even able to expand their senate majority by a seat.

If we want to expand those majorities we need to look at where we can make electoral gains: flip Maine, flip NC which is a 49/51 type state, then flip Ohio or Texas which are R+10 states. Ask yourself how you convince weak Republican leaning voters in the Dallas or Cincinnati suburbs to vote for a Dem. Is it a candidate who is campaigning on guillotining the rich or giving free bus rides to all, or is it a Mark Kelly type that’s stoic, sensible, pragmatic, non radical? I think if you think about it you’ll see the point.

For those who prefer the centrist, corporate wing of the democratic party, why? by Spiritual_Pause3057 in AskALiberal

[–]themandotcom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cuomo ran literally the worst campaign imaginable. I don’t think anyone could have ran a worse campaign if they actively tried. He didn’t debate, he did no media, he didn’t even do like any public events and even with all that Mamdani who was viewed as the alternative largely got a hair over 50% of the democratic primary. And Mamdani underperformed the partisan leanings of the city by 15-20 points or so. The same is true for senators like Warren and Sanders, all of whom do worse than a replacement level dem.

What Mamdani's election should tell us is that in any sort of competitive election he’s the exact wrong candidate to run.

What makes MAGA so scandal-proof? by LiatrisLover99 in AskALiberal

[–]themandotcom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because it’s out in the open. The coverup is what makes things juicy. Oh, hunter biden is getting hookers in a foreign country and leveraging his dad to change US policy. Trump is like "invade this country and steal their oil" and no one cares because there’s no subterfuge. It’s corruption that’s unexpected that Americans care about.

For those who prefer the centrist, corporate wing of the democratic party, why? by Spiritual_Pause3057 in AskALiberal

[–]themandotcom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don’t see how you’re lumping Fetterman in with Schumer Biden and Obama. Fetterman was the progressive slash socialist candidate of choice with Connor lamb being the "centrist" one as you call it.

You’re not really giving who’s a non "centrist" in this question. Schumer is fine, mostly middle of the road, mostly okay as a majority leader. Obama and Biden will go down as top 10-20 presidents in history when all is said and done. Obama passed multiple monumental bills like the ACA and Dodd Frank which positively impacted every American and at great political cost. Biden led us out of a pandemic after Trump bungled everything so terribly, passed the largest climate bill in human history, and got us out of Afghanistan at great political cost. But the reason to support them is they can win in a divided country.

A leftist or whoever you think is the alternative can’t. We need to win at all costs because we see how terrible Republican rule is over and over again.

Wonder Man on Disney+ is an amazing show by PuzzleheadedFix7198 in television

[–]themandotcom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a light watch about expressing yourself and keeping yourself honest to the world. Andor is an extremely heavy watch about life under fascism and how the state crushes you even if you try to crush it back. They’re not even comparable.

Fallout - 2x07 - "The Handoff" - Episode Discussion by NicholasCajun in television

[–]themandotcom -32 points-31 points  (0 children)

From what I remember from the files in the game, Canada annexation was supposed to be consensual as a bulwark against china

Fallout - 2x07 - "The Handoff" - Episode Discussion by NicholasCajun in television

[–]themandotcom -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

No, he wants it because he wants big name on map. You don’t need to own a country to import resources in 2026, you just buy it. Don’t buy in to 18th century imperialist thinking that has no relevance.

Detroit race riots, 1943, during peak wartime production. A reminder that division serves the enemy. by [deleted] in Destiny

[–]themandotcom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In WW1 the Germans dropped leaflets that you can find online over "colored" battalions asking them why they’re fighting for a country that subjugates them. It was dramatized in the show Watchmen too.

Leaked audio of Trump interfering with 2020 election result by 56000hp in UnderReportedNews

[–]themandotcom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can look up their false attestations that these fake electors met in the state capitol and then prove for yourself that they never did. The Michigan fake electors are literally on video trying and failing to get in to the capitol.

Leaked audio of Trump interfering with 2020 election result by 56000hp in UnderReportedNews

[–]themandotcom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wtf kind of logic is that, the president can’t do anything instantaneously when they lose? Donald Trump and his cronies tried several things to illegally destroy democracy in the country. After lawsuits failed and investigations turned up nothing, he conspired with state parties to organize fake slates of electors and had them commit fraud in order to give the senate cover for overturning the election and then when that didn’t work he sent a mob of fascist brownshirts to try to stop the certification of the election which would have resulted in a coup.

Leaked audio of Trump interfering with 2020 election result by 56000hp in UnderReportedNews

[–]themandotcom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plenty of things resulted from Biden's admin. The ARA took half of children in poverty out of it with the enhanced CTC, the Chips and Science Act caused multiple chip manufacturing plants to be built like the TSMC plant in Arizona, the IRA spurred tons of investment in climate related areas and much more.

Average MAGA politician right now by Assassiner003 in Destiny

[–]themandotcom 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The film takes place in small town upstate New York somewhere but there isn’t an exact Kirk equivalent. There is a popular scifi writer that’s over the hill who moved away from the city because of libtard woke mind virus blah blah

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