jakee
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The problem with that is that you justify it by stating things like you were faced with two parties of extremes, without ever stating what those extremes were. It just seems fundamentally dishonest. We all know what Trump's extremes are, but people like you and Brent happy to spread the both-siderist idea that 'well ok but whatabout the Dems they must be doing I don't know but something that's just as bad' which makes people feel that voting for him is ok. Then you get things like this. Let's be honest, the Dems wouldn't have done anything like this. Trump blames Zelensky for starting war after massive Russian attack
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In fact there was so much fanfare around the tariffs that the media are barely covering anything else. His Ukraine negotiations have been an abject failure in persuading Putin to do anything at all (as they were always going to be) and you don’t hear a thing about it.
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Without even hinting at what those things are that's a very something and nothing statement though, isn't it? It's technically true to say that over here the Tory party could have done things differently at the last election to get my vote... but if the things I mean are 'adopt the policies of the 1990's Labour party' then what I really mean is that there was no possible scenario in which I was going to vote for them.
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Wait, I thought putting tiny screws into iPhone cases for minimum wage was going to be the New American Dream?
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This is why I struggle to have any sympathy at all for those who voted for him but are now saying "well I never thought he'd do this" because the only response I can think of is "why not?" I guess it's why, as repulsive as it is, there's a certain directness to Winsor's attitude that is at least understandable and consistent. As long as 'the commies' aren't in charge and there's enough old timey racism being perpetrated he literally doesn't give a fuck about anything else. But for everyone currently showing the tregret? I have no idea what they ever thought was going to happen.
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Man who built career lying about autism pledges to find 'cause' of autism
jakee replied to jakee's topic in Speakers Corner
What, common sense? Well ain’t that a kick in the teeth. -
... in 6 months. Because I guess no one in the medical profession ever bothered to think about it before and it's probably quite easy to fix. SMH. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0z9nmzvdlo
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Why do you think there’s a dichotomy? Who he really is and who his supporters think he is are two different things. A liberal arts grad who worked in the mainstream media before becoming a professional politician lectures us about the elite? What would he call someone with his CV if they were on the other side? I saw an old pre brexit vote debate the other day and it was staggering how unquestioningly media presenters accepted the statement that the remain campaign represented ‘the elite’. But who was selling Brexit? Alexander Boris De Pfeffel Johnson (yes really) of Eton, Oxford and establishment journalism. Jacob Rees-Mogg, whose nanny looked after him during his first political campaigns, of Eton, Oxford and the City of London. Jim Ratcliffe, richest man in Britain, James Dyson, most famous industrialist in Britain. Anyone who says ‘the elite’ when they mean ‘the other side’ and hopes we won’t notice has immediately disqualified themselves from serious conversation.
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Then I guess you have to admit that the American people as a whole fundamentally support more liberal positions than you do, right? When?
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And worth repeating again that Walz said the journalist effectively hacked in by changing his screen name so he looked like someone else. Leaving that there's no evidence that happened, this is Mike Walz's own claim about how secure the chat was. He searched for someone by name only and added them to the chat... And he even thought that excuse was legit enough to play well on national TV! Giving out info on that basis alone could get you fired from high street retail.
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I would remind you that you got very very angry when your suggestion of TSA style security at every school was called overly expensive security theatre. Glad to see you're making progress.
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I guess every administration puts its press secretaries in an odd position, but they are civil servants. Ultimately they're employed by the Federal government and by extension the taxpayer, not by the President, his campaign or his party. With only a small sized logical contortion you could argue that the press represent their employers and the President is the customer for their services. Obviously this makes it worse
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Still though, wouldn't it be amazing to have the unearned confidence of a trump Press Secretary for just one day? Reporters: The markets don't seem to like the tariffs, is Trump going to change his mind? Leavitt: Absolutely not. Reporters: The markets are super, super down now, surely Trump has to change his mind? Leavitt: What is it you're not getting? There is zero chance Trump will change his mind no matter what! Trump: Ok the markets are kinda scared so I'm changing my mind. Reporters: Karoline, What do you have to say about Trump changing his mind? Leavitt: Trump didn't change his mind, this was always the goal! How did you guys not notice we were planning to do this?
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It’s a plan that’s better than most. The only problem with a hard cutoff is it can’t take into account company towns that simply do not have any jobs or customer base for entrepreneurs when their company moves away or shuts down. It’s a story repeated across a hundred coal mining towns in Appalachia. It’s happening to a traditional steel making town an hour away from me right now. These places where private companies have extracted profits for decade after decade without investing a dime into the future take longer than 2 years to fix, and people have genuine ties to where they live which mean they may not want or be able to simply move somewhere else for the chance of work. Ironically that’s an area where the rise of remote working could start to help, but I’ll leave you to guess who is irrationally opposed to expanding working from home because they don’t bellyfeel that it’s industrious enough.
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Which has absolutey nothing to do with how Trump's tariffs have been worked out. But hey, Trump calls them reciprocal and that's good enough for you - no need to check anything below the surface. Being associated with a global economic catastrophe might end up being the thing that springs to mind.
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It’s how they justify all the anti-democratic power grabs of the Republican party. They’ve always been the majority but those sneaky minority Democrats kept getting elected instead - so whatever they do in retaliation is fair and proper.
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“One of Goebbel's favorite tactics was "accusation in a mirror" - accuse your opponents of doing exactly what you are doing.” See there you go - immediately proving Bill’s point. Time and time again we saw the most vocal Republicans on here harp on about how they really do hate Trump but are going to vote for him anyway because he’ll be better than the fascist Democrats. Literally any Red (ok orange) head will do. You know I was thinking yesterday what it must be like for people who now have to face up to being gullible and ignorant enough to have voted for Trump because of the economy. I never even considered I’d need to imagine what things are like for people who still think he’s the messiah. I mean… how is that even possible?
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How long until the shareholders decide that maybe the court was right and they shouldn’t pay Musk $50Bn for work done as CEO?
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'Overcoming' is a strong word. Attempting to reduce, maybe.
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It's often the case that minorities have to continue to work harder to gain and maintain respect once in post than those who can just look the part and skate on with the minimum of effort and an assumption of competence. Like Karin Jean-Pierre being characterised as the White House DEI hire despite being significantly more experienced than any of Trump's ever increasingly Aryan Barbie looking press secretaries yet Fox never complains about them being hired for reasons other than merit. Obviously, to people like Fox hosts and Winsor, many forms of racism are still acceptable.
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True, but they're also quite fond of the many billions of dollars they make each year and would prefer not to see that fall. So they may still be some knock on effect.
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I’ll listen to anything that politician has to say.
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Thu US markets just had their worst day since the Covid outbreak because Trump and his economics team are just so much dumber than anyone even realised yet. The supposed tariff percentage they are retaliating against is actually a figure of trade deficit divided by total imports, which they're describing as the US losing out. This means when there are generally poor countries mining and selling a bunch of rare minerals that US industry needs but who can't afford to import much of what the US makes with those minerals, they get smacked with a huge reciprocal tariff. Which means that it is now much more expensive for US industry to get the materials it needs. What an amazing win! https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/trumps-idiotic-and-flawed-tariff-calculations-stun-economists
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The only reason I wouldn't say the same about you is that I don't think your intentions in voting for Trump were good. You wanted him to bring the pain and the racism.
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Because you voted in explicitly racist people. Jesus man it ain’t rocket surgery, just cause and effect.
