Comments by "Scott Charney" (@scottcharney1091) on "MSNBC" channel.

  1. Presidents have little control over inflation!
    98
  2. This isn't just unconstitutional, it's also an example of very Big Government!
    47
  3. If you're at all worried about the MAGAts, theocrats, Project 2025, etc., and you're not armed yet (in whatever form is feasible/comfortable for you), rectify that ASAP. Spread the word. Organize with people whom you trust. The other side is not fooling around.
    28
  4.  @ggggloveking9419  This isn't a case of policy differences. Trumpism thrives on hate and bigotry.
    21
  5.  @ashenwalker4622  See, among many other things, Project 2025.
    21
  6.  @PeterFrikadelle  If this is alarming to you (and it should be), and you're not armed yet (in whatever way is feasible/comfortable for you), rectify that ASAP. Organize with people whom you trust. Spread the word. The MAGATs are.
    19
  7.  @janetlodia1756  Worst economy ever? You have no sense of history, apparently.
    18
  8. Elevated Access is an organization of volunteer private plane pilots who, for no charge and with no questions asked, fly women from states with abortion bans to states where they can get abortions, and back again. It's a great idea! Spread the word, and donate if you can.
    18
  9.  @SubvertTheState  More than that: One attacker was shot as she breached the penultimate line of defense before the people trapped in the gallery. Two attackers died of coronary problems, and another overdosed on amphetamines as she charged into battle (and also got trampled while carrying a "Don't Tread on Me" flag). Officer Sicknick's strokes were triggered by the damage he sustained that day (according to the coroner/M.E.). Four other cops killed themselves later, as have a couple of the arrestees.
    16
  10.  @wyomingwatchman3360  To the extent that they do, one reason is stupid partisanship. Another is that heavy-handed measures like tariffs do increase prices for the majority of consumers. Also, "dims?" Grow up.
    15
  11.  @MarkPedigo-by5xf  That's beside the point. Trump doesn't value women's consent in any way, and his creepy threat of "protection" reflects that.
    15
  12. This is pretty significant, but "fatal" is hyperbolic. I think that it's irresponsible to use.
    15
  13. Pence preyed on their desire for theocracy.
    14
  14. Lots of women are ordering misoprostol from abroad. Also, miscarriages can be induced safely (but inadvisedly!) via supplements available at any drugstore. An early abortion (the vast majority) are indistinguishable from miscarriages, and nobody has to give medical staff any particular details, and nobody should ever talk to the police without an attorney. None of this is ideal, of course.
    14
  15. That's not the definition of insanity, although I realize that this is beside the point. I just wish people would stop repeating that.
    14
  16.  @juanitacoleman-l6v  Accountable for the crimes he's already been found guilty of, and then for the others with voluminous evidence, delayed thanks to his lawyers and his Justices.
    13
  17.  @SatansBirdLawExpert  Yeah, early abortions (the vast majority) are indistinguishable from miscarriages. A woman who induces said miscarriage (this can be done safely, although it's inadvisable, with things available at the local drug store) need not say anything at the hospital. There's no way that the authorities could investigate every miscarriage in the country.
    13
  18.  @americangal9292  Please be specific.
    13
  19. True, and irrelevant.
    13
  20. *you're
    12
  21. There's no harm in not being born.
    12
  22.  @cactustree505  Leaving aside crude measures like tariffs (that increase prices for consumers), inflation these days is a global problem with little connection to any particular President.
    10
  23.  @Dizz-vd8df  must *have
    10
  24. It is, in fact, reproductive care. Note also that embryos and fetuses haven't sprung off.
    10
  25. This may be a stupid question, but is there anything that the masses can do to put pressure on someone to make these trials happen already? Is he ever going to be in a courtroom facing criminal charges?
    10
  26. *whose
    9
  27.  @Fearless.-  No one minds not being born.
    9
  28.  @SafetySpooon  Not per capita.
    9
  29.  @lIIlIIIlIIIIIIIllllIlIllllIIII  Asylum-seekers are not undesirables. If the work permit process could be expedited, this whole situation would calm down.
    9
  30. That's the amount of money authorized under the Stafford Act. It's designed for immediate needs. More help arrives later. It was lower under Trump; Biden increased it. Republicans voted against more FEMA funding just a few days ago.
    9
  31.  @basketballman1854  True, the system is indeed broken. The problem at the moment, however, is Trump's off-the-charts corruption and his party's intellectual debauchery.
    9
  32. Thankfully, it's not half of the country. It's quite a bit less than that.
    8
  33.  @brentharrington9235  Human, yes. Person, no. That comes later.
    8
  34.  @PaloDuro1021  Women's rights shouldn't be up to elections of legislators/governors in heavily gerrymandered states, or anywhere. Women should have the same rights, even in places where certain rights might be unpopular.
    8
  35.  @PoliticallyHomeless1  That's a false equivalence. For one thing, there is no "far left" in anything approaching a position of power in the US. For another, rights are not matters of compromise.
    8
  36.  @SpaceBethC131  Embryos aren't babies, and asking for asylum is perfectly legal. Also, it was Trump who cajoled Republicans into not supporting the recent border bill.
    8
  37.  @SpaceBethC131  Is that an abortion reference? Embryos aren't babies.
    8
  38.  @stoopidpursun8140  People criticize Islam all the time. Also, the comment did not mention religion at all.
    8
  39.  @tamaramartin4015  There's that, but also, the state legislatures are horribly gerrymandered.
    8
  40.  @brentharrington9235  Why do we say that killing is wrong? This debate doesn't get far because most people don't really look into that question. It's a question of personhood. You and I have this, newborns have this, but embryos and fetuses don't. I'm referring to the criteria that make killing wrong- sentience, the will to live, biological autonomy, and everything else that's taken away when a person is killed. There's no harm in not being born.
    8
  41. Once again, several of the attackers were caught with guns, rifles were stashed nearby, don't forget the explosives, and the attackers had thousands of melee weapons including blades, chemical sprays, and a huge number of blunt instruments. You know that.
    8
  42.  @SubwayStreetvendorblocki-hn1wy  What does "don't calm this your own conscience by weekend stuff" mean?
    7
  43. Odious debt falling on students is one way to cause severe economic problems. Inflation is a global problem with very little connection to any particular President. Tariffs, however, always cause prices to increase.
    7
  44.  @aaronwilson8403  Embryos aren't children. Neither are fetuses. I do know the history of abortion (it goes back as far as recorded history does), and I do know quite a bit about Margaret Sanger. What are you trying to say?
    7
  45. Your experience might come in very handy very soon. I trust that you're equipped, if you catch my drift.
    7
  46.  @sandylunas2815  Embryos and fetuses aren't babies.
    7
  47.  @kahanakahuna1470  John Adams also made it clear in the Treaty of Tripoli (ratified by the Senate, and thus having the full force of a domestic law) that the US is in no way based on Christianity.
    7
  48. It's exasperating to see how many Republicans (and the like) are convinced that Trump was telling the truth, that the moderators were on Harris's side, etc.
    7
  49.  @Jerry-tv4bg  They didn't vote for Trump. They ruled that the law in question is a federal matter, not one for the states.
    7
  50.  @lynsiebahlhorn2472  Abortion, immigration, Pelosi, migrants "taking" jobs, tariffs...
    7
  51.  @evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702  My mother is pro-choice. That's how I know that I was wanted. Had she had an abortion rather than give birth to me, I just wouldn't exist. I wouldn't and couldn't ever know, nor mind, nor care.
    7
  52.  CrazyAuntJoey  I screamed myself hoarse protesting that war, but you were not the enemy.
    6
  53.  @jasonlarsen3515  Wow, how insecure are you? Very, it seems. "Man's greatest calling..." Speak for yourself.
    6
  54. *you're
    6
  55.  @Nclake5485  Abortion rights, for a start.
    6
  56. *couldn't care less
    6
  57.  @Mike_Honcho_8653  I hope that you're being disingenuous. Having an abortion hurts no one. Remaining unvaccinated endangers the already vulnerable, prolongs pandemics, and wastes crucial medical resources. If you want to win the Herman Cain Award, that's your problem, but unfortunately that's not the only result.
    6
  58.  @mattt5006  Trump sabotaged the border bill. The Christian Right are very bellicose. Trump vetoed a bill to cut off the Saudi destruction of Yemen. Inflation is a global problem with little connection to any particular President. Tariffs, however, always cause price increases.
    6
  59. They are if they're trying to take away your rights, or rights from people you care about.
    6
  60. What? Trump said something creepy.
    6
  61. Because, apparently, doing otherwise would be anti-Semitic.
    6
  62. How so? Trump said creepy things about "protecting" women.
    6
  63. Asking for asylum is legal.
    6
  64. That describes Trump.
    5
  65. Sadly, Trump really is that creepy.
    5
  66.  @aaronwilson8403  I do know said history. Abortion was only criminalized in the late-19th century, due to the efforts of people like Anthony Comstock, it also had a lot to do with the male medical establishment curtailing the powers of midwives. Yes indeed, Sanger was a eugenicist. Family-planning advocates of that era often were. Thankfully, her embrace of eugenics didn't involve things like mandated euthanasia, and (this is important) she was no bigot, contrary to a pernicious lie. Edwin Black, author of War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race, makes this clear. As you might expect, he's a very harsh critic of hers, but he stresses that she was not bigoted, and the various things used to support the claim that she was are either out of context or complete fabrications. Educate myself? On the contrary, educate yourself.
    5
  67.  @horsewings3561  Affordable? Tariffs always cause price increases.
    5
  68. Some theocrat.
    5
  69. There's no logic in voting for, among other things, a climate change denier.
    5
  70.  @danijoy7665  Less human? No, obviously, human embryos, fetuses, babies, etc. are all human, to the same degree. There are no degrees of species. It's a matter of personhood, not species (nor life, for that matter). As for when the baby stage begins, that's at delivery. As for the ethical question of how late is too late for abortion, I can't put an exact time on it, but I know that it's long after virtually all (or entirely all) abortions happen. As for the DNA, I don't know why people bring that up all the time. Embryos and fetuses are in a quasi-parasitic relationship with the host organism, the pregnant woman. See what I wrote earlier about biological autonomy. Someone can presumably be found to take care of a newborn, but pregnancy is different. The decision goes to the woman and the relevant medical personnel. Nobody minds not being born. It's impossible to know or care or mind. As for your final paragraph, having an abortion is one option for what you call "consequences." Nobody says that that's the only choice, and I'm not sure what gives you that idea.
    5
  71. Quite a few Republican voters are saying in surveys that they won't vote for Trump if he's convicted. (Not enough people know that appeals don't challenge the facts of the case, just the legal matters of appropriate procedure. Requesting a new trial based on new evidence, or discovery of tainted evidence, is something else.)
    5
  72. Groan. Clever.
    5
  73.  @quantellfields8681 You saw/heard what he said at CPAC, right?
    5
  74.  @melissamurray8307  Having an abortion is one way to take responsibility. That's what choice means.
    5
  75. "Are you mental?" I wonder how many people will get the reference.
    5
  76. What makes you think that?
    5
  77. There's nothing funny about this.
    5
  78.  @veevee8955  I do see what's happening.
    4
  79. Embryos aren't children. That comes later.
    4
  80.  @Aaron-fo1sy  You think that you don't have skin in the game?
    4
  81.  @Nclake5485  That's not feasible for a huge number of women.
    4
  82.  @Nclake5485  You don't know what you're talking about.
    4
  83.  @Nclake5485  How so? You're under the impression that traveling for abortion access is a simple matter.
    4
  84. What's the reason for the quotation marks?
    4
  85.  @Fearless.-  It would disappear. "No one giving birth" is hyperbolic.
    4
  86. And yet, here you are. Also, regarding the source of your username, Orwell was a socialist and an Antifa icon, who survived a bullet through the throat battling against Franco's fascists in Spain.
    4
  87. There is no open border. Asking for asylum is legal.
    4
  88.  @Michael-z5t3h  A lot of things changed when a coalition of northern liberal Republicans and northern liberal Democrats supported civil rights in the 1960s and later. It's no myth; Lee Atwater and Ken Mehlman admitted to it.
    4
  89. *you're
    4
  90. The lack of reaction in some states is simply due to the reality of the states in question. Texas, for example, is really, really religious.
    4
  91. Do you remember when SNL interviewed the Storm of the Century, played by Chris Farley?
    4
  92.  @wsbs520  Embryos and fetuses aren't babies.
    4
  93.  @ThisdivinelifewithBrenda  Embryos and fetuses aren't babies.
    4
  94.  @nunyabusiness3666  Embryos aren't babies. That comes later.
    4
  95. Your username checks out.
    4
  96.  @amajelo  E. Jean.
    4
  97. Elevated Access is a group of private pilots who do it for free, no questions asked.
    4
  98. What unnecessary vaccines?
    4
  99.  @kahanakahuna1470  What's the reason for the scare quotes?
    4
  100.  @kahanakahuna1470  That's not a rebuttal to @alexwyatt2911.
    4
  101.  @carltaylor4942  *its best
    4
  102. Isn't SKY almost as bad? Or is that just in Australia?
    4
  103. Don't blame the victims.
    4
  104.  @aaronwilson8403  Are you familiar with Project 2025?
    4
  105.  @aaronwilson8403  It would spell the end of democracy as we know it, among other things!
    4
  106. Asking for asylum is legal. There is no requirement to do so at a port of entry, and there is no "First Safe Country" law.
    4
  107.  @JudyStroyer-bk6fb  No, it's false. Asking for asylum is legal.
    4
  108.  @silentmajority8365  Embryos and fetuses aren't babies. That comes later.
    4
  109. Gas prices have recently declined; tearing up our agricultural workforce will make food much more expensive, and tariffs always cause price increases.
    4
  110.  @sudsnsoda4397  Abortion, immigration, Pelosi, migrants "taking" jobs, tariffs...
    4
  111. Apples and oranges. Not getting vaccinated puts others at risk (such as the immuno-compromised), and prolongs pandemics.
    3
  112. He can believe what he wants, but that doesn't mean that his vile beliefs are off-limits.
    3
  113. Migrants, no matter their status, commit less crime than US-born citizens.
    3
  114. It came close to being a massacre, and causing a constitutional crisis.
    3
  115. Ok, Mikhail.
    3
  116. Police work is not very dangerous.
    3
  117.  @asdfasdfasdf4746  Yes. Lots of stuff is hard to undo. The elements that Trump unleashed didn't vanish.
    3
  118.  @MaryBarlow-f2g  It shouldn't be up to anyone other than the patient and the doctor.
    3
  119.  @Nclake5485  What do asylum seekers have to do with a banana republic?
    3
  120.  @kathrynmcmorrow7170  For one thing, reflexive movements like that don't indicate personhood. For another thing, that's after the vast majority of abortions take place anyway.
    3
  121. There's a veritable avalanche of evidence for most of the charges.
    3
  122.  @farvasstache6532  Said account will suffer if the tariffs mentioned here go into effect. Those are mind-boggling, and economists across the spectrum are clear on it. (Economists are nearly all in favor of as much migration as possible, and they are right.)
    3
  123. Seditious Conspiracy is pretty close.
    3
  124. Yes.
    3
  125. The title of this segment is ridiculous. It's not helpful at all! The attack nearly caused a constitutional crisis, and came very close to a massacre, but pick the death tolls of countless violent clashes between striking workers and the thugs the bosses hired. Pick any race riot, or just a racial massacre. Pick battles of any of the wars that happened on American soil! This is a bad look.
    3
  126. The sitting president, no matter who it is, has little to do with gas prices.
    3
  127.  @SummerSmithC131  How would you like to punish women who have abortions, particularly those who induce their own?
    3
  128.  @oldsoulsheart  It's not out of context. Trump's offer of "protection" is creepy, especially coming from him.
    3
  129. His offer to protect women whether they like it or not is actually creepy. You understand that, right? It's related to abortion because it shows just how little he cares for women's autonomy.
    3
  130.  @alexwalker5645  Asking for asylum is legal.
    3
  131.  @dienomo  Asking for asylum is legal.
    3
  132.  @PresidentNotSoSure  There is no "Democrat Party," and the description is just strange.
    3
  133. I'm no fan of coppers, but most of them did fight bravely, and this is disgraceful behavior.
    3
  134. Embryos aren't babies.
    3
  135.  @feffygracie  True, and irrelevant. There's no harm in a human not being born. The issues around a pregnant woman as an unwilling host are not paralleled by the issues around the ecosystem.
    3
  136. Ally? The US and Israel have never fought on the same side of a conflict, and then there's the matter of the USS Liberty. Israel is something of a proxy for US imperialism, but that's not an ally.
    3
  137. Also, there's the "principles/principals" error in the description.
    3
  138. True, and beside the point.
    3
  139.  @roryhennessey1983  Certainly at delivery; if it's any sooner it's still after nearly all abortions happen.
    3
  140. He's been losing so far.
    3
  141. Did you see Trump and co. touting their own authoritarianism? It's in the video!
    3
  142.  @AbsurdCats  There is no devil.
    3
  143. That's not what socialism means (although this is off the subject).
    3
  144. *Were
    3
  145. Several states already have, and there is a distinct possibility that a Trump/Vance administration would attempt to implement a nationwide ban. Besides, see SCOTUS.
    3
  146. I (and a lot of people I know) are armed (often with ARs or similar rifles) due to concern about MAGAts and theocrats.
    3
  147. Asking for asylum is legal. Also, leaving that situation aside, there are almost no visas for lower-skilled workers.
    3
  148.  @jimfrost5287  Afford? You were paying attention to the part about tariffs, right?
    3
  149. Lots and lots of people, particularly those in marginalized communities, are in danger (no matter what happens in the election). If you're not armed (in whatever form is feasible/comfortable for you) yet, rectify that ASAP. Organize with people whom you trust. Spread the word. The MAGAts, theocrats, etc. are not joking around.
    3
  150. They ruled that way because they see that topic as an issue for the federal government, not the states. They explicitly referred to Trump in the ruling as an insurrectionist.
    3
  151.  @aaronwilson8403  Why do you want to punish people for said "irresponsible actions?" Yes, it can seem surprising after all this time- Margaret Sanger saw the unsafe abortions happening in her neighborhood as women desperately tried to limit the size of their huge families, and she sought to curtail that (and curtail abortion in general) with family planning. She and her colleagues made an enormous amount of progress. There's still work to do.
    3
  152. Holocaust denial is OK?
    3
  153. Allegedly, Hinchliffe was referring to Puerto Rico's serious problem of waste disposal, but that's beside the point.
    3
  154. Yes, he is indeed bad.
    3
  155. Ok, but embryos aren't babies.
    3
  156. That was Pinochet. His lawyers stalled until he died.
    3
  157. The sitting President, no matter who it is, has very little to do with gas prices.
    3
  158. Which side are the major powers supporting? Which side is stronger? Which side does the US treat as the 51st state?
    3
  159.  @jacquelinel.383  No, as they plan to have a baby, and the gifts are for said near-future baby (or the parents).
    3
  160. Seditious Conspiracy is close enough.
    3
  161. True, and Trump would be even worse.
    3
  162. This doesn't change the big picture, but only a small number of these cases have involved jury trials. Most defendants have pled/pleaded guilty (as is the case in over 90% of criminal cases, although I don't know the percentage here), and some (dozens?) have been settled through bench trials (in front of only a judge who then rules, with no jury).
    3
  163.  @TonyGarrett-p1c  Embryos and fetuses aren't children.
    3
  164.  @tre655  Yes, things are marginally better.
    3
  165.  @James-i5t2j  Not at all. The crucial factor is personhood, the criteria that make killing wrong: sentience, the will to live, biological autonomy, and everything else that's taken away when a person is killed. In a rudimentary way, babies have that. Embryos and fetuses don't, and can't. There's no harm in not being born.
    3
  166. "You! You're the ringleader. [stream of gibberish]" -From Fenslerfilms
    3
  167. Elevated Access is a group of volunteer pilots and dispatchers who, completely for free, will transport women from places without abortion access to places that do, so that said women can get to appointments far from home, and return quickly. They do great work!
    3
  168.  @mrmark8603  Yes, they can take decades. That's because death is different, and appeals are unlimited. The inmates and/or their attorneys just have to keep finding legal matters to challenge. In all other cases, only one appeal is allowed.
    3
  169. That would be anti-Semitic! /s
    3
  170. Don't blame the victims.
    3
  171. Indeed. Tariffs always raise prices.
    3
  172. The context was a creepy offer to "protect" women. Are you so naive as to think that it's a sincere, positive offer?
    2
  173.  @trevorboivin4639  It's not misleading. The "protection" offer was disingenuous and creepy.
    2
  174.  @YouREsoBEAUTIFUL00  Do you understand why the offer of "protection" is creepy and disingenuous, considering how he treats women? Also, Biden's comment was nothing compared to what Trump says every day about his opponents.
    2
  175. How can anyone defend the J6 attack?
    2
  176. You base this on what? I agree that it's overwhelmingly anti-Trump, but most of that is because they don't make false equivalencies.
    2
  177. Inflation is a global problem with very little connection to any particular president. Tariffs, however, always cause price increases.
    2
  178.  @glockdude5472  Inflation has little to do with any particular President. It would have happened under Trump as well. Tariffs are among the worst possible trade policies.
    2
  179. How so?
    2
  180. Elevated Access is a network of private pilots who will, no questions asked and at no charge, fly women to places where they can get abortions. Look them up!
    2
  181.  @31terikennedy  *Who's. It seems selfish at best to bring someone into the world (who has no choice in the matter of being born) just to be your servant.
    2
  182.  @gazzdav  You are correct. However: *their.
    2
  183. The choice only belongs to the patient and the doctor, not the voters.
    2
  184. Your second and third sentences are wildly exaggerated.
    2
  185. Elevated Access is a group of volunteer private plane pilots who will, all for free, fly women to places where they can get an abortion, and then take them home. They can always use volunteers, and, of course, donations.
    2
  186.  @ApostateApostrophe42276  No, it's pretty backwards. Did you pay attention to, for instance, this very video?
    2
  187.  @casey1756  I have indeed read parts of it.
    2
  188. When was it great?
    2
  189. Stop referring to Democrats as "the left." The party is a neoliberal capitalist imperialist entity, and there's nothing leftist about that.
    2
  190.  @Sarcasticron  Sure. The idiom is "couldn't care less."
    2
  191.  @evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702  True, and irrelevant.
    2
  192. Yeah, it's not helpful.
    2
  193. If any of this bothers you, and you're not armed (in whatever way is feasible/comfortable for you) yet, rectify that ASAP. Organize with people whom you trust. Be prepared. The MAGAts are. Also, it's Lago*, not *Largo. There's no "r."
    2
  194. Inflation is a global problem with little connection to any particular President. Tariffs, however, always cause prices to go up.
    2
  195. While Officer Sicknick wasn't exactly bludgeoned to death, the violence inflicted upon him did trigger his strokes (according to the M.E./coroner).
    2
  196.  @kayakeraltamaha5720  Wasn't she pronounced dead pretty quickly on the same day?
    2
  197. Elevated Access is a group of volunteer private plane pilots, who, for free and with no questions asked, will fly women to states where they can get abortions.
    2
  198. (I'm not referring to Trump here...) That's not true. Everyone should exercise their Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. Don't talk to the police without an attorney. Similarly, in court, attorneys know when someone should exercise the same right.
    2
  199.  @Michael-z5t3h  Also, it's "Democratic," not "Democrat."
    2
  200. Intimated? It's supposed to be "intimidated," right?
    2
  201. Nobody got arrested, nor punished by the law after the fact. That's what free speech means.
    2
  202. Ms. Marcotte, your anti-gun stance is not going to protect us from these people.
    2
  203.  @NPC13377  That's not true. It wasn't even functional at the time. Price fluctuations are usually global, and they are driven by things like the Russia-Ukraine war. The nonsense about Keystone's cancellation causing price increases went around social media (unfortunately), but it's simply untrue.
    2
  204.  @wesleygordon1645  That's not true. It wasn't even functional at the time. Price fluctuations are usually global, and they are driven by things like the Russia-Ukraine war. The nonsense about Keystone's cancellation causing price increases went around social media (unfortunately), but it's simply untrue.
    2
  205.  @SummerSmithC131  It's good that you're being consistent. However, understand that this would require investigating every miscarriage in the country, and enlarging the prison capacity to gargantuan levels. You know how many women have abortions, right?
    2
  206. Titled, not entitled.
    2
  207. True; the headline unhelpful.
    2
  208. Trump inherited an economy that wasn't much different than it has been since the neoliberal capitalist era began in 1981. Also, what is it about the border all the time? Asking for asylum is legal.
    2
  209.  @Noahloveless1  If someone is asking for asylum, then they are asylum seekers. If they are fleeing from deadly violence (especially situations created by First World exploitation of the Third World), common decency should lead to asylum. Besides, economists on most points of the political spectrum agree that migrants are a boon, not a burden, as long as they are able to work (which is what said migrants want to do).
    2
  210. The situation stems from the justices he appointed.
    2
  211.  @PaloDuro1021  It shouldn't be left to the states. It's a right, even in states where it's unpopular.
    2
  212. Re: IVF, the anti-choicers are at least being consistent. If they think that an embryo is the same as a baby, then they should oppose IVF, since it entails destroying a great many embryos. They're terrible people, but they are being consistent.
    2
  213.  @JGuitar129  He's claiming that he will "protect women" whether they like it or not. Do you understand why that's so unsettling?
    2
  214.  @Kenyon712 Both!
    2
  215. True, but please stop shouting.
    2
  216. If you're not (among other things) exercising your Second Amendment rights, rectify that. Spread the word. Organize.
    2
  217.  @MJMcKenzie322  He's not protecting anyone.
    2
  218.  @horsewings3561  It shouldn't be left to states. These are women's rights we're talking about.
    2
  219.  @cclark2021  Inflation is a global problem with little connection to any particular President. Tariffs, however, always cause prices to increase. Also, you ought to be concerned about Trump/Musk maniacal budget cutting targeting things like the VA.
    2
  220. What was done to him?
    2
  221. Rightly.
    2
  222. Why? You don't want women to have the freedom to have an abortion? You don't mind Trump being found liable for sexually assaulting E Jean Carroll? Those are just the issues that have a lot to do with women in particular. There are other things, like, you know, climate change.
    2
  223. Migrants, no matter their status, commit less crime than US-born citizens do.
    2
  224.  @danijoy7665  Embryos and fetuses don't have personhood, the criteria that make killing wrong: Sentience, the will to live, biological autonomy, and everything else that's taken away when a person is killed. In a rudimentary way, newborns have that. Embryos and fetuses don't/can't. There's no harm in not being born. No one minds.
    2
  225. Trial, not trail. Do you not have an editor/proofreader?
    2
  226.  @loriminnesota  There is no murder involved.
    2
  227.  @jtl-en4yx  Apples and oranges.
    2
  228.  @stephenbustos  It's not fake. His paternalistic offer of "protection" is creepy and sleazy.
    2
  229.  @PresidentNotSoSure  ??
    2
  230. Biden, you mean.
    2
  231.  @EdgeOfNowhere2024  Asking for asylum is legal.
    2
  232.  @LiberalAsshat  You doubt what they're saying in surveys and in person?
    2
  233. Under the circumstances, it's warranted.
    2
  234. This is ominous. If you concur, and you're not armed (in whatever forms are feasible/comfortable for you), rectify that immediately! Organize, and spread the word. The MAGAts are.
    2
  235.  @WriterRachel  God is imaginary.
    2
  236. *you're
    2
  237. It's called dystonia.
    2
  238.  @ThePotatoFurher.  There's no such thing.
    2
  239.  @feffygracie  And?
    2
  240.  @PoliticallyHomeless1  That's a bit much.
    2
  241.  @PoliticallyHomeless1  First, that's a canard. Second, do you have no examples, just your assumptions?
    2
  242.  @PoliticallyHomeless1  Where did Disney say this? Their 1st-quarter performance was very good. Also, one might be able to reasonably assume things about MSNBC, but it's not reasonable to then conclude that proofreading errors have anything to do with it, specifically the oft-invoked conservative nightmare scenario of inept people being hired purely to satisfy diversity requirements.
    2
  243. If there were more visas available for lower-skilled workers, this would be a small issue.
    2
  244. There's nothing extreme about Democrats, a neoliberal capitalist imperialist party.
    2
  245. That's not how economics works.
    2
  246.  @logician3641  Asking for asylum is legal, and it's not required to do so at a port of entry. Under Biden, migrants die in the desert. Under Abbott, they die in the river. If more visas were available for lower-skilled workers, and if the US didn't support authoritarian rightists around the world, this would be a small issue. Also, note that the US, Canada, and Spain are opening centers in some places, where asylum-seekers can apply without making a journey. However, when people need to flee for their lives ASAP, that won't help!
    2
  247. Spanish people? From Spain? Anyway: Asking for asylum is legal, and it's not required to do so at a port of entry. Under Biden, migrants die in the desert. Under Abbott, they die in the river. If more visas were available for lower-skilled workers, and if the US didn't support authoritarian rightists around the world, this would be a small issue. Also, note that the US, Canada, and Spain are opening centers in some places, where asylum-seekers can apply without making a journey. However, when people need to flee for their lives ASAP, that won't help!
    2
  248.  @lawschoolpro  I just explained that there's nothing illegal here.
    2
  249. They are trying to have it both ways. Abortion usually involves embryos, not even fetuses. If one thinks that embryo=baby, then, yes as Irin Carmon says, it's the logical conclusion!
    2
  250. *you're
    2
  251. He's been found liable for civil damages, several times already.
    2
  252. Speak truth to people, rather. Power already knows the truth.
    2
  253.  @reconjake  You're mostly correct, but could you please use paragraphs? I'm a gun owner (from the hard left; you must know about the history of Appalachian miners & others defending themselves against goons hired by the capitalist mine owners), so don't get me wrong, but I'm curious if you have a problem of accidents/suicides/domestic violence involving firearms.
    2
  254. I'm evangelizing about the importance of being armed in some form or fashion.
    2
  255.  @commonsense3632  What "left wing extremist policies?" There is no left in any position close to power in the US.
    2
  256. At the end of the video, you will see a "whose/who's" error in the box on the right. Someone should change that.
    2
  257. And?
    2
  258. For?
    2
  259. His whole life is full of misogyny. This statement of his is creepy.
    2
  260. If this alarms you, and you're not armed (in whatever ways are feasible/comfortable for you) yet, please rectify that immediately! There are politically friendly groups who can help you with this process. Organize with people whom you trust. Spread the word! Be prepared; the MAGAts are.
    2
  261.  @DanYHKim2  I hope that you're fully prepared, and by that I mean equipped and organized.
    2
  262. Elevated Access is an organization of private pilots who are offering, at no charge and with no questions asked, transportation to and from states with abortion access.
    2
  263. There's no harm in not being born.
    2
  264.  @rowynnecrowley1689  A few were caught with guns, other firearms were stashed nearby, and don't forget the explosives.
    2
  265. It's condescending, disingenuous, and creepy. You know how he treats women, right?
    2
  266.  @akaliotp6766  You take him seriously?
    2
  267. He will be wondering it from prison, not we.
    2
  268.  @FlushaArt  What's that supposed to mean, anyway.
    2
  269.  @ziejm  Some of the victims were killed by Hamas, but the vast majority of the victims are the people in this very video. It doesn't matter whom they voted in (and frankly, considering the corruption of Fatah, it's understandable. Appalling, but understandable. They're still civilians.).
    2
  270. Get armed and organized, folks.
    2
  271. There's nothing as inflationary as tariffs!
    2
  272. That's the point! He's not known to take care of women at all. Who would want that from him?
    2
  273.  @mattygg8634  Cops are under no legal obligation to protect anyone, according to the SCOTUS. Firefighters are obligated to do their job because fires spread otherwise. Any competent adult can decline medical treatment.
    2
  274. They're not the aggressor, and in many ways (especially militarily), Egypt is dependent on the US.
    2
  275. How so? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    2
  276. Leave it in the ground!
    2
  277.  @montana_patriot  Gas prices have little to do with whoever the President happens to be.
    2
  278. It's warranted.
    2
  279.  @mattyjay8896  I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean.
    2
  280.  @Jerry-tv4bg  Ok, but so what? The justices were explicit that he engaged in insurrection, but it's a federal matter only.
    2
  281. How so? Besides, Trump's appalling actions vis-a-vis women violate common sense, and provoke strong emotions.
    2
  282.  @evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702  No. Newborns have rudimentary (but completely genuine) personhood. They're no longer in a quasi-parasitic relationship with a host organism. They have consciousness. Someone can presumably be found to take care of them.
    2
  283.  @evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702  Newborns have a consciousness, and again, someone can be found to take care of them. No, conception does not create an obligation. Note the "quasi" in "quasi-parasitic."
    2
  284.  @evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702  Let's try again. I didn't say "conscience." I referred to "consciousness," which newborns have. No one else can take on the role of caring for a fetus; embryos and fetuses are dependent on a host, who might become an unwilling host. There's no moral judgment involved. You don't seem to know what the prefix "quasi" means. Parasites have to be of two different species, hence the "quasi."
    2
  285. How come? There's nothing worse than someone who denies climate change.
    2
  286. The context is no better. Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    2
  287.  @davemulka18  These things don't happen overnight. There are several news sites keeping track of his court cases.
    2
  288.  @ashenwalker4622  Put "Trump lies" or something similar in Google; the lists are huge.
    2
  289. *you're
    2
  290. How come?
    2
  291.  @nunyabusiness3666  What effects? (And yes, it's "effects." That's a noun; "affects" is a verb.)
    2
  292. There is no "wide open southern border." I wish that there was!
    2
  293.  @Supersauce88  No, but the authorities wouldn't be putting so many people in custody if it was open. Also, it's legal to ask for asylum. There is no "first safe country" law, nor a requirement to request asylum at a port of entry.
    2
  294.  @middle_of_the_road  True, but there's no reason to just shrug at something like this.
    2
  295.  @middle_of_the_road  I don't mean any offense, but that's naive. (Also: *whose.)
    2
  296.  @AwkwardTruths  Neoliberalism (beginning in the 1980s) has included rich countries doing to themselves what they've done to the rest of the world for centuries. Thus, we have shrinking of middle classes, and the disruption (and even crises) that we see now.
    2
  297.  @furiouswolf777voodoo4  *you're
    1
  298.  @carljeffery7914  No evidence? Seriously?
    1
  299.  @jamessachs77  Ballet? If you mean "ballot," this case wouldn't do that.
    1
  300.  @91GT347  I'm not talking about the exhibits and whatnot. I'm referring to the obvious stuff that will almost surely be cited as evidence, things that we have already seen on video, in pictures, in recordings, etc., for many different charges.
    1
  301.  @pas3607  Cite that, please.
    1
  302.  @johngalt5887  You haven't been paying any attention for several years, apparently.
    1
  303.  @firstnamerequiredlastnameo3473  Again, refusing to get vaccinated (competing to win the Herman Cain Award) put others at risk, directly and indirectly. There's no comparison.
    1
  304.  ArronBushnell-rn4xz  I'm not interested in what's in your gun safe, or to be precise, it's not the government's business. Why do you jump to that conclusion?
    1
  305.  @jamesbecker3420  You say that like it's a bad thing.
    1
  306.  @Reaper-cm4jr  No, it did not.
    1
  307.  @MsMichele50  It was pretty easy to keep your job. There's no reason not to get vaccinated.
    1
  308.  @MsMichele50  No, it is indeed a fact (which one are you referring to; as I have mentioned a few here), and I am almost afraid to ask where you're getting the idea that it isn't.
    1
  309.  @Reaper-cm4jr  There's no reason for anyone to not get vaccinated. Everyone should know this by now.
    1
  310.  @Reaper-cm4jr  I don't know if it should be the state's actions rather than those of private entities, but the point is that refusing to get vaccinated can affect the health of others persons, unlike abortion.
    1
  311.  @nunyabusiness3666  "Closing down the entire economy" is hyperbolic, but in any case, most of the world had to lock down for some time, and a lot was different even when it was safer to go back to work. That's no one's fault. It had to happen, all around the world, to prevent a calamitous toll of death and internal maiming (which does far more economic damage compared with efforts to prevent such casualties). If by "printing trillions" you're referring to the stimulus payments to sustain household incomes, that's another action that many governments around the world took to ease the burden on their citizens. (You'll notice that most of the above occurred during the Trump years.) The entire global supply chain was disrupted by Covid, and this caused shortages that pushed prices higher. The Russian war against Ukraine has made things worse. Corporate greed, manifesting itself in price gouging, did not cause the inflation crisis, but it is definitely prolonging it and worsening it substantially. Consumers are often not aware of what reasonable prices might be, and are liable to believe exaggerated stories about reasons for price increases, and thus several industries (notably including grocery-store chains) are able to continue to profit while raising prices. In October of 2022, Biden threatened Big Oil with a windfall profit tax unless they increased domestic production to thus decrease costs of fuel. That's hardly a push for clean energy, unfortunately. Moving on; there's no strong empirical evidence that military spending is a cause of inflation. I almost with that it was; maybe then it could finally be curtailed! Economists across the spectrum agree that migration is a net boon, not a burden; in fact, migration has an unmatched potential for dealing a huge blow to poverty. This is why work permits have to be expedited; there is no good reason for the waiting periods. Don't commit the "Lump of Labor Fallacy," which populists on the left and right love to exploit. There is not a fixed amount of work for people to do. Job totals are elastic, not inelastic. No one is "taking our jobs." Note also that the US is bound by treaty to accept asylees/refugees while their claims are being processed. There is no "first safe country" policy, and there is no legal requirement to request asylum at a point of entry. (Most people also don't realize that there are almost no visas for lower-skilled workers. There is no "line" for them to get in.) So no, migrants are not a cause of inflation. The stresses you mentioned don't all have anything to do with inflation anyway. Scapegoating them is mean-spirited and ignorant. Blaming powerless minorities for a country's problems has a long history, and it won't go away. What if you have to seek asylum/refuge someday? Talk about "over-regulation" is usually just a snarl phrase from robber barons who want to destroy the environment and abuse (or worse) their workers, and face no repercussions. We're not talking about things like, say, zoning laws in California. The difficulties for young people to do things like buying homes are the result of over forty years of bipartisan neoliberal capitalism, beginning with the Reagan/Thatcher years, and continuing uninterrupted to the present. The current inflation problem is a global matter, with little in particular to do with Biden or Trump. (Recent surveys, as in surveys with results from the past couple of months, show that consumers usually think that inflation refers simply to price increases, rather than the rate thereof. Inflation rates have dropped by nearly half from the spring of 2023, but they still answered that inflation had worsened.)
    1
  312. You don't know what that word means.
    1
  313.  @13bustah  No, it's pretty clear that you haven't a clue.
    1
  314.  @13bustah  Neither. It was a SCOTUS decision regarding the separation of powers, in which they decided that this is a federal matter.
    1
  315. So, why is it still close!?!?
    1
  316.  @Ricky-g6i  Abortion is inaccessible for a great many women.
    1
  317.  @jasonlarsen3515  Yes, insecure.
    1
  318.  @cristinabutasimon9159  Outright contraceptive failure is very rare, but human error is not. The abortion rate has declined steadily since the '80s as people have tended to get better at preventing unwanted pregnancies. Still, people make mistakes, and oftentimes life circumstances change after impregnation.
    1
  319.  @cindyt8278  Unfortunately, this country lags behind in that kind of education.
    1
  320. In what way? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  321.  @lr9512  Migrants of any status commit less crime than US-born citizens.
    1
  322.  @user-tc6uy5et1l  No, I don't want either of those taken away. (Unlike Trump, who does.) What was so peaceful?
    1
  323. Get armed!
    1
  324. At the very least, mass deportations will involve targeting anyone who looks or seems like they might be undocumented, and thus asking questions later. It's authoritarian.
    1
  325.  @AmaliaM-o9n  If they don't like it, honor their consent.
    1
  326. Why does the graphic on screen say "Almost 5 Million"?
    1
  327. Dystonia.
    1
  328. The footage from Saginaw was an hour before the rally started. Now, footage from the rally itself still shows a lot of empty space, but not like that.
    1
  329. Life is a highway.
    1
  330. All I can think of is the song "Loser" by Beck.
    1
  331. There are no leftists in any positions close to any level of power in this country, let alone any radical leftists.
    1
  332. And yet, it's close. (Also, this is off the subject, but we really ought not to forget about all the millions of other victims of the Holocaust, besides just the Jews!)
    1
  333.  @basketballman1854  What left-wing media? Crimethinc? Unicorn Riot?
    1
  334. @SherlockGnomes007 Yes, about crime rates and migration.
    1
  335. @SherlockGnomes007 I thought that you were referring to falsehoods from Trump. Comment threads can get confusing like that.
    1
  336. Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  337. To be clear, I am a leftist (hard left, not liberal) gun owner. Socialist Rifle Association, to be precise. The vast majority of gun deaths in this country, well over 90% are carried out via stolen handguns, not long guns of any form. Also, being disarmed in the face of a genuine fascist movement is fatally foolish. There's a book called "This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How guns made the civil rights movement possible;" I mention that in case you were about to come out me with "But what about MLK/Gandhi/etc." Get armed in some way, folks. Time is running out, and it might get ugly.
    1
  338. Most racist ever? Well no, not even close, although this is beside the point!
    1
  339. Titled, not entitled.
    1
  340.  @akrenwinkle  It's exhausting.
    1
  341.  @31terikennedy  You're being disingenuous.
    1
  342.  @jasonfuller1001  It's more complicated than you, @near-zero, or anyone else is making it out to be. There are some very gun-friendly countries that have little gun crime.
    1
  343.  @jasonfuller1001  I doubt that anywhere else has more guns than citizens, but as for gun-friendly countries, see some of the Nordic countries, Switzerland, the Czech Republic/Czechia, etc. Google the phrase "gun-friendly countries."
    1
  344. Besides, even if they had been asylum seekers, that's legal!
    1
  345. And then, of course, there was the spectacular prank call: "I see OJ, man..."
    1
  346. True, but what relevance does that have?
    1
  347. Unborn killer?
    1
  348.  @Klako-ls6yt  Exactly. I don't drive at all.
    1
  349.  @Cherrylipgloss2025  Look at the numbers. It's not one of the most dangerous jobs in the US, and the #1 killer of cops is car crashes.
    1
  350. *wrought
    1
  351.  @yosemitegirlCA  You're responding to the wrong comment.
    1
  352.  @letsgobrandon7297  What's that supposed to mean?
    1
  353.  @heemlo649  ?
    1
  354.  @heemlo649  What are you referring to?
    1
  355. They have not done that. Crime rates are down. There was an upswing in homicide during/after the pandemic, but that rate has since leveled off and then declined. The Great Crime Decline that began in the '90s is mostly still with us. Don't let lurid reporting make you live in fear.
    1
  356. Anti Americans?
    1
  357.  @JD-ej8zm  You're saying that someone (a parent) liable for child support shouldn't have to pay?
    1
  358.  @JD-ej8zm  No, that isn't fair. She's the host organism, who will bear the physical consequences (among other things) of childbirth. Her deciding to go through with the pregnancy and keep the resulting child means that she will need & deserve support from the father.
    1
  359.  @WeAreBackDJT25  There are almost no visas for lower-skilled workers. If there were, most of this situation wouldn't exist. Also, asking for asylum is legal.
    1
  360.  @JudyStroyer-bk6fb  Asking for asylum is legal. Also, there are almost no visas for lower-skilled workers.
    1
  361.  @JudyStroyer-bk6fb  That's not true. It's legal to apply for asylum from within the US. The country's availability as an asylum destination is due to treaties to which the US is a signatory, and rightly so. What if you have to seek asylum someday?
    1
  362.  @JudyStroyer-bk6fb  That's a common misconception. See what economists (across the board) say about it.
    1
  363. Nobody seems to mention that even if the trial is not done before the election, there is a long gap between Election Day and Inauguration Day.
    1
  364. I'm not sure to whom you're referring. Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  365. True, and off the subject.
    1
  366.  @myndgodandpsyche  We?
    1
  367. Lincoln didn't want to abandon the Southern Unionists.
    1
  368.  invictus6131  The Texas War for Independence stemmed from slaveholding settlers from the US chafing at Mexico's anti-slavery laws. Now, it's true that Mexico was a dictatorship, don't get me wrong.
    1
  369. No, because there's no such thing as "fentonol." It's fentanyl, and most of it arrives via shipping; if brought in by land, it's mostly done by US citizens.
    1
  370.  @linuxpatriot200  This is off the subject, but I don't want to see Ukraine defeated by a revanchist Russian regime.
    1
  371.  @linuxpatriot200  It's not either/or. Also, keep in mind that asking for asylum is legal. There's no "first safe country" requirement, nor a requirement to ask for asylum at a port of entry.
    1
  372.  @linuxpatriot200  Asking for asylum is a perfectly right way. The process is extremely difficult, by design. The most recent (as I type this) episode of the It Could Happen Here podcast, called "Why is ICE relocating migrants away from their lawyers?" is illuminating.
    1
  373. If this alarms you, and it ought to, and you aren't armed (in some form) yet, rectify that ASAP. Organize, and spread the word. This is very serious.
    1
  374. Trump has said it himself.
    1
  375. Lincoln didn't want to abandon the Southern Unionists. Not everyone can vote with their feet.
    1
  376.  @under_90  *A lot*, not "alot."
    1
  377. Don't be a bootlicker.
    1
  378. How does one find all that wild footage of protests/blockades? There's some here on YouTube, but it's never that wild.
    1
  379. Your experience will be very handy should the MAGAts try to make good on their threats. I assume that you're equipped already, if you catch my drift.
    1
  380.  @tammysunderlage2018  "Biased," not "bias." Also, what news sources aren't biased?
    1
  381. In what way? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  382. There's no gaslighting. Trump assaults women, and now creepily vows to "protect" them.
    1
  383. I did not expect the Rush reference.
    1
  384. Elevated Access is an organization that, at no cost, flies women to and from states where they can get abortions. It often means that everything can be accomplished in a matter of hours. They do great work.
    1
  385. They aren't fooling around. If you're at all concerned by these developments, and you're not armed (in whatever form is feasible for you) yet, rectify that ASAP.
    1
  386.  @ДмитрийФилиппов-в3н  It's been discussed for months, and especially in the past couple of weeks.
    1
  387.  @thecustompainter1564  You know that this is completely real, right?
    1
  388.  @fastfreddy4285  This entire document is available online, along with many articles showing the relevant portions of the text.
    1
  389. Migration is a boon, not a burden, no matter the status. Making adequate visas available is ideal, of course. Economists across the spectrum are unambiguous about this.
    1
  390. Alice in Wonderland is the wrong metaphor.
    1
  391. ?
    1
  392.  @High.Desert  This wouldn't prevent them from doing that.
    1
  393. Lefties? Liberals aren't leftists.
    1
  394. He could understand them, by the way.
    1
  395. So?
    1
  396. Are those shoes really selling well? Seriously?
    1
  397.  @ralphjames7223  There is no open border. I wish that there was!
    1
  398. How so? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  399.  @dixonmopar2129  Migrants, no matter their status, commit less crime than US-born citizens.
    1
  400.  @SpaceBethC131  Again: Migrants, no matter their status, commit less crime than US-born citizens.
    1
  401. Okay, but why is it close?
    1
  402.  @jojohns1949 Inflation is a global problem that has little to do with whomever is in the White House.
    1
  403.  @LaurieMeadows-x6k  Yes, the months of efforts to overturn the election, culminating in J6. The attackers got within a few yards and a few moments of lynching lawmakers and staff, preventing certification of the election, and causing a constitutional crisis.
    1
  404.  @lorraine8271  Yes, the months of efforts to overturn the election, culminating in J6. The attackers got within a few yards and a few moments of lynching lawmakers and staff, preventing certification of the election, and causing a constitutional crisis.
    1
  405. There's no propaganda. A paternalistic vow of "protection" is creepy when coming from Trump.
    1
  406. Fuel prices have decreased. There was indeed inflation under Trump, as there always is. Recent inflation is a global problem with little connection to any particular President. Trump sabotaged a border deal.
    1
  407. Do you really want the MAGAts to have all the firepower?
    1
  408. True, it's not required. That's why he can decline.
    1
  409. In what way? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  410. *its
    1
  411. Among other things, he appointed justices who overturned Roe. That's a pretty big deal.
    1
  412.  @winstonsmith8565  No, we aren't. What are you talking about?
    1
  413.  @winstonsmith8565  Why do you think that YT would do that? Why not mention some reputable sites with empirical, peer-reviewed evidence?
    1
  414.  @evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702  Location is beside the point. The question is a matter of personhood, the criteria that make killing wrong: sentience, the will to live, biological autonomy, and everything else that's taken away when a person is killed. No one minds not being born. There's no harm in it.
    1
  415.  @evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702  I'm not 100% sure about when personhood begins, but I can tell you that it's after nearly all abortions are performed, if not all completely. Dr. Jen Gunter, who has up close and personal knowledge of this, has written pretty thoroughly on it. No, a will to live does not precede being born. Biological autonomy refers to embryos and fetuses being inextricably tied to a host organism, in a quasi-parasitic nature. Someone can presumably be found to take care of a newborn.
    1
  416.  @evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702  You could try to set that standard, but I don't think that it passes logical tests, for lack of a better phrase. Someone can presumably be found to take care of the people you're referring to. (Note also, regarding comas, that life support is disconnected on a case-by-case basis.)
    1
  417. Embryos aren't babies.
    1
  418. Then hurry it up already! Of course, even if he wins on Election Day, there's a lot of time between then and Inauguration Day. However, would that mean President Vance!?
    1
  419. You have looked at Trump's multiple criminal indictments, right? Also, there is no "left" in any position of power in the US. Let me know when workers' control of the means of production is in discussion on the national stage.
    1
  420. The Women's Marchers in 2017 walked right past the courthouse/jail, sometimes hugging the cops as they went by! They also seemed to ignore a group of people outside, welcoming their friends/comrades leaving the building one-by-one. The people leaving the building were the dozens of arrestees from the protests the day before, who were often physically (even sexually) abused by the cops and guards inside. The Women's March attendees didn't seem to know/care. That, and some of the organizers have turned out to be very unsavory characters.
    1
  421. Lincoln didn't want to abandon the Southern Unionists.
    1
  422.  @logician3641  That's a good start. Let the market work it out.
    1
  423.  @kathrynmcmorrow7170  I know about him. He was entitled to his opinion.
    1
  424. How so? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  425. None of that stuff about Epps is true. Besides, if it was, wouldn't that speak very poorly about the Trumpists? If they were willing to launch the attack because someone walked around and whispered such ideas to them, that's really pathetic.
    1
  426.  @lightwillprevail  Har!
    1
  427.  @ryanmonty9542  That's nothing new. Over forty years of neoliberal capitalism brought us to this. Note, however, that tariffs always make prices increase.
    1
  428. It's not fake. Trump made a very creepy offer of alleged "protection."
    1
  429.  @EricC-d6l  You are correct, however, the word is "you're."
    1
  430. In what way? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  431. How so? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  432. Mayorkas is correct. Migrants, no matter their status, commit less crime than US-born citizens.
    1
  433. If you're alarmed by this (and you should be), and you're not armed (in whatever way is feasible/comfortable for you), rectify that ASAP. Organize with people whom you trust. Be prepared, and spread the word. The MAGAts are.
    1
  434.  @gonefishn5138  I'm calling for community defense, particularly for marginalized peoples.
    1
  435. Asking for asylum is legal, and it's not required to do so at a port of entry. Under Biden, migrants die in the desert. Under Abbott, they die in the river. If more visas were available for lower-skilled workers, and if the US didn't support authoritarian rightists around the world, this would be a small issue. Also, note that the US, Canada, and Spain are opening centers in some places, where asylum-seekers can apply without making a journey. However, when people need to flee for their lives ASAP, that won't help!
    1
  436.  @kayakeraltamaha5720  Babbit was breaching the last line of defense before reaching a large number of trapped lawmakers and staff. There was a very large mob behind her. The police knew that the attackers had lots of blunt instruments and chemical sprays (and the officers didn't know that some of the people in the mob had concealed handguns and blades). Even if Byrd and the others had been armored, they could not have stood against the mob. He had to do it.
    1
  437. So, how would you like to punish women who have abortions, particularly those who induce their own?
    1
  438.  @farvasstache6532  The stuff about treaties and similar agreements, in this case regarding refuge & asylum. It's legal to ask for asylum from within the US, no matter how one entered. Also, consider Posse Comitatus.
    1
  439.  @kennethpereyda5707  Ludicrous, backwards tariffs, and a huge military operation (possibly running afoul of Posse Comitatus) involving mass roundups (how do you think that would work?) and internment camps. All of this (and the draconian abortion measures) involve large-scale state involvement, and lots of expense.
    1
  440.  @kelperdude  Again with the false equivalences. For most of my life I have had to defend Democrats, not because I want to, but because the attacks on them are so ludicrous.
    1
  441.  @amercanmade2685  Posse Comitatus. Also: *where *you're
    1
  442. Asking for asylum is legal.
    1
  443.  @Idancewithwolves  That's really paranoid, but in any case, that's what the screening process is for.
    1
  444.  @BrianBurns-x4r  True, and most of those arriving these days are doing that. Also, Republicans don't usually advocate increasing the tiny number of visas available for lower-skilled workers.
    1
  445.  @dawlesstech8904  Sure, everyone knows that.
    1
  446. Presidents have little control over inflation rates.
    1
  447. *you're
    1
  448. *you're
    1
  449. Titled, not entitled.
    1
  450. That's how Stalin treated the Spanish Republic. He asked for their gold reserves before he would send help. In contrast, Francisco Franco got a ton of assistance from Hitler & Mussolini (and Ford and Texaco), all on credit.
    1
  451. Indeed. Dane Powell got six months (and other punishments) for throwing something at the cops (on the 20th of January, 2017) as said cops were blasting people with pepper spray, projectiles, etc.
    1
  452. What about the long gap between the election and the inauguration, or even the certification? There's more time in there for a verdict.
    1
  453. You didn't listen.
    1
  454.  @SomePerson-d3z  Tyranny of the majority is a problem.
    1
  455. Not only that, but they don't want migrants, period. They don't often say it out loud, but they sometimes do. They don't seem interested in making more visas available for lower-skilled workers, for example.
    1
  456. An anti-gun stance won't protect you from these fascists.
    1
  457. Silly.
    1
  458. That's mostly done by local news channels. Those are local crime stories.
    1
  459. Don't let the MAGAts have all the firepower! Also, very few gun deaths involve long guns of any type (shotguns or rifles).
    1
  460. Seditious Conspiracy is close. The attackers came within a few yards and a few minutes of killing lawmakers and staff, preventing certification of the election, and causing a constitutional crisis.
    1
  461. Tack, not tact.
    1
  462. Dystonia
    1
  463. The history was discussed in this video.
    1
  464. Judge Dredd has been around for a long time. It occurs to me that his earlier appearances were all in comic books that Musk probably grew up reading, which were less common in the US. Even so, Mitch McConnell's age might not be a reason not to know of Judge Dredd.
    1
  465. In what way? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  466. ?
    1
  467. How so? Trump said creepy things about "protecting" women, and people are responding.
    1
  468.  @IllusiveSpartan  Where's the lie? His "protection" offer is like a mob racket. He's a creep.
    1
  469.  @IllusiveSpartan  Trump said that it was "B," but so what? Migrants of any status commit less crime than US-born citizens. He's creepy and disingenuous, playing on fears.
    1
  470. If your icon refers to an anti-gun stance, that won't protect you from the MAGAts.
    1
  471.  @jarvisskooge8602  Trump, but ideally them as well.
    1
  472.  @Misaki896  Have you been paying attention to the 91 charges that Trump is facing?
    1
  473. Elevated Access is a nonprofit group. Totally for free, they will fly anyone to-and-from abortion appointments in places where they can access it. They're doing great work.
    1
  474. I'm a gun owner in large part because of the elements Trump has unleashed.
    1
  475. It's for show, stemming from inflated crime panics.
    1
  476. It makes no difference.
    1
  477.  @seanmccartney5177  What do you mean by accountability? She wanted to end a pregnancy, and thankfully she was able to exercise that choice.
    1
  478.  @NPC13377  Yes. I can't include links here, but it's really easy to find the corrections (correctives?)/fact checks from reliable sources to dispel this common misconception.
    1
  479. It's not a reach. Trump assaults women, and now creepily demands to "protect" them.
    1
  480. Indeed, there's no evidence that it was.
    1
  481. Thankfully, no. Crime is on the downswing, after a spike in homicides during/after the pandemic.
    1
  482. Run up by Trump.
    1
  483. Yes, that was a constitutional question. SCOTUS ruled that it's a federal matter, not one for the states.
    1
  484. *whom
    1
  485. To prison.
    1
  486.  @waynethompson1115  There were no such orders.
    1
  487. Asking for asylum is legal, Cruz.
    1
  488. In what way? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  489. The Israelis per se have never been beaten down. They were the stronger force from the day they declared independence.
    1
  490.  @jstewart3476  No, they have moved very quickly before.
    1
  491.  @AwkwardTruths These are unusual circumstances.
    1
  492. @ondollarman It is taking months, and they have moved much more quickly than that in the recent past. One of these Chris Hayes videos is all about that.
    1
  493. Note that job totals are elastic, not inelastic. Someone retiring doesn't necessarily open up a job for someone else, nor do immigrants take away jobs.
    1
  494. Better late than never. I (41) have been protesting various things for over twenty years now! The thing is, it might be too late by January of 2025. Get active and organized now. Also, considering a worst case scenario... I am one of many people who got armed as we saw the true composition of the MAGAts.
    1
  495.  @richardkurdek  What's that supposed to mean?
    1
  496. Asking for asylum is legal, and it's not required to do so at a port of entry. Under Biden, migrants die in the desert. Under Abbott, they die in the river. If more visas were available for lower-skilled workers, and if the US didn't support authoritarian rightists around the world, this would be a small issue. Also, note that the US, Canada, and Spain are opening centers in some places, where asylum-seekers can apply without making a journey. However, when people need to flee for their lives ASAP, that won't help!
    1
  497. ?
    1
  498. If you're worried about this, and you're not armed (in one way or another)/organized/otherwise prepared yet, rectify that ASAP. The theocrats/fascists aren't kidding.
    1
  499.  @bartholomewrichards1663  Authoritarians always want to stamp out dissent, one way or another.
    1
  500. I love a good publicity stunt.
    1
  501. Asking for asylum is legal, and it's not required to do so at a port of entry. Under Biden, migrants die in the desert. Under Abbott, they die in the river. If more visas were available for lower-skilled workers, and if the US didn't support authoritarian rightists around the world, this would be a small issue. Also, note that the US, Canada, and Spain are opening centers in some places, where asylum-seekers can apply without making a journey. However, when people need to flee for their lives ASAP, that won't help!
    1
  502. Mobile has a GOP mayor. The most dangerous parts of CA (Oakland is an outlier) are Fresno and Bakersfield, which are either run by Republicans or are in areas which elect lots of Republicans at higher levels.
    1
  503.  @buddymckimmey3545  Yes, and partially because Antifa have lots of guns these days.
    1
  504.  @markb72-r2r Appeals are only about the legal process, not the facts of a case.
    1
  505. Trump's being disingenuous. He's no protector of women.
    1
  506. Most of the casualties in 2020 were the work of cops, vigilantes (shooting and ramming), accelerationists, and lumpen criminal types.
    1
  507. And yet, it's still close.
    1
  508. It was also a role for Chris Farley.
    1
  509.  @SpaceBethC131  Not so. The differences are great, and make all the difference in the world.
    1
  510. In what way? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  511. How so? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  512. Yes.
    1
  513.  @dgyoutube2405 ?
    1
  514.  @PaloDuro1021  That's not how it's currently working out, however.
    1
  515. True, and some of us protested him too.
    1
  516.  @gdog8929  Your comment is nearly incoherent, but yes, I protested against his actions in this regard.
    1
  517. I'll never understand how anyone can wear all of those clothes in such heat.
    1
  518.  @middle_of_the_road  I was referring to the women. I have my sleeves rolled up right now, as it has gotten rather warm outside.
    1
  519. In what way? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  520. Asking for asylum is legal, and it's not required to do so at a port of entry. Under Biden, migrants die in the desert. Under Abbott, they die in the river. If more visas were available for lower-skilled workers, and if the US didn't support authoritarian rightists around the world, this would be a small issue. Also, note that the US, Canada, and Spain are opening centers in some places, where asylum-seekers can apply without making a journey. However, when people need to flee for their lives ASAP, that won't help!
    1
  521. No.
    1
  522. Winston Smith? George Orwell was a socialist and an Antifa icon, who survived a bullet through the throat while battling against Franco's fascists in Spain.
    1
  523. That's disingenuous. In fact, it's a non sequitur.
    1
  524.  @James-fh6ft  I don't have a house, and you're still making a very silly parallel.
    1
  525.  @robbiejones5634  I'm not a Democrat (is that a spelling error on your part, or are you being very childish?), but there's no hypocrisy here. This parallel regarding houses is very silly.
    1
  526. Not "literally." Figuratively.
    1
  527. Are Quislings.
    1
  528. Presidents (any) have little to do with inflation. This is a global phenomenon.
    1
  529. A D&C is a method of abortion, but that's beside the point!
    1
  530.  @Jeronimo-tn6kd  So Iran has it right; is that what you're saying? Obviously, one can't do that sort of thing in Iran. That's why it's so important to be vigilant regarding the rise of any kind of theocracy.
    1
  531.  @DragQueenJesus  Indeed; this teaches us that neoliberal capitalist parties, which are all that we have in power, are unable/unwilling to deal with such issues.
    1
  532.  @mattygg8634  What's that supposed to mean?
    1
  533.  @212latina  One can decline treatment. Also, cops are not under any "must." The SCOTUS has ruled, more than once, that cops have no legal duty to assist anyone.
    1
  534.  @jamielehman4934  Do you understand why his offers of "help" are seen as dubious at best?
    1
  535.  @cclark2021  Ok, but he's not part of anyone else's family.
    1
  536. No, that's not what that word means.
    1
  537.  @PermanentHigh  For one thing, that's a false equivalence. For another, even if apt, would that make it fine for Trump to do the same, if not worse?
    1
  538. True, but the word is "its."
    1
  539. He sabotaged the border bill. Inflation is a global problem w/little connection to any President. Tariffs always cause price increases, and shattering the agricultural workforce will increase food prices for sure!
    1
  540. Okay, but what's amiss here? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  541. Liz Landers has a nice voice.
    1
  542. You can leave a phone at home. As it happens, not everyone needs to drive. I don't.
    1
  543.  @Doctor00X  That's a false equivalence. I don't like to defend HRC, but the deplorables she referred to were/are the people scapegoating powerless minorities. They themselves aren't the scapegoats.
    1
  544.  @newman4664  Migrants, no matter their status, commit less crime than US-born citizens.
    1
  545.  @alexwalker5645  No, as of 2021 the qualification percentage was (if I recall correctly) 37%. That's in spite of how many hurdles are placed in the path of people who are trying to save their lives. Being open to asylum is part of international law, treaties to which the US is a party. Yes, I know what I'm arguing, and I was born here.
    1
  546.  @alexwalker5645  Your numbers are much too low, and again, there's nothing illegal about asking for asylum. The other countries that they often pass through are often afflicted by the same problems (murderous gangs attempting to conscript children, rightist death-squad regimes that the US supports, etc.). Note, however, that some asylum seekers do stop well short of the US border. (Also, why were the rules different for Cubans for so long?) You might have to seek asylum yourself someday. By the way, no, the economics do help the average American, and the benefits would be much larger if the process were more streamlined. In other words, expedite the work permits. Economists across the spectrum are almost entirely in agreement that migration is a boon, not a burden. In fact, it's one of the strongest poverty-fighting mechanisms possible, and it should be as free as possible.
    1
  547.  @arianduran1725  Trump isn't known to protect anyone, particularly women, quite the opposite. He's not part of anyone else's family.
    1
  548.  @DanielPenny24  I've seen it. It's no better.
    1
  549.  @cyclewisconsin105  True, but: *you're.
    1
  550.  @DrinkKool-Aid  Your username checks out.
    1
  551. That's not how "Velasquez" is pronounced.
    1
  552. In what way? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  553.  @SpaceBethC131  You're an atheist? Why would you support a theocrat like this?
    1
  554.  @wiseman7779  Inflation is a global problem that has little to do with any particular President. The border is not open.
    1
  555.  @chloekey8043  *you're
    1
  556.  @curtissandblaster5704  Thankfully, neither of them exist.
    1
  557. Books are titled, not entitled.
    1
  558. ?
    1
  559. Are you just a bootlicker?
    1
  560. Yeah, that's unnecessary. It was very nearly a constitutional crisis, but no, not the most violent in history.
    1
  561.  @Cmunic8  Sure, but that isn't accurate either. It's one of the most significant, definitely, but nowhere near as violent as countless battles, massacres, etc.
    1
  562. By definition!
    1
  563. Lago, not Largo.
    1
  564. The context is no better!
    1
  565. No, but you can leave those at home.
    1
  566.  @PresidentNotSoSure  You're being cryptic. Just say it.
    1
  567.  @19holly19  Stop the dog whistles. People should just say what they mean.
    1
  568. MAGAts online are claiming that these Haley votes are coming from NH Democrats.
    1
  569. She has dystonia.
    1
  570. To be clear, I am a leftist (hard left, not liberal) gun owner. Socialist Rifle Association, to be precise. The vast majority of gun deaths in this country, well over 90% are carried out via stolen handguns, not long guns of any form. Also, being disarmed in the face of a genuine fascist movement is fatally foolish. There's a book called "This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How guns made the civil rights movement possible;" I mention that in case you were about to come out me with "But what about MLK/Gandhi/etc." Get armed in some way, folks. Time is running out, and it might get ugly.
    1
  571. This is like Pinochet's lawyers stalling until he died. (Isn't that what they did? Was it the same with Rios Montt?)
    1
  572.  @bosshogg95SLT  The attackers came within a few moments and a few yards of lynching lawmakers and staff, preventing the certification of the election, and causing a constitutional crisis. The coroner/M.E. made it clear that the attacks on Sicknick helped to trigger his strokes. Babbitt got shot as she was breaching the last line of defense before reaching the people trapped in the House Gallery. Another woman overdosed on amphetamines and/or got trampled by her fellow attackers. Two men exerted themselves into coronary-related deaths. Two of the arrested attackers have since offed themselves, as have four of the cops. That's not even counting all of the grievous injuries. It was a bad time, and it nearly got much worse!
    1
  573. Only liars have a problem with being fact-checked.
    1
  574.  @titusmaximus7278  He can stall until he dies.
    1
  575. Quite the opposite. Also, so-called "Bidenflation" is a global problem with little connection to any particular President.
    1
  576. There's the old phenomenon of established migrant communities blaming those who come next.
    1
  577. People are also leaving MS and LA. CA (and to a lesser extent NY) are victims of their own success. They rank very well on the Human Development Index (measures of well-being), although not as well as New England. They've become very expensive as a result. CA's damned NIMBYs have done so much to prevent housing construction; it's infuriating. The lesson here is that neoliberal capitalist parties are unable to address these human needs.
    1
  578. I think the most decent vs. most indecent part was hyperbolic. There were numerous pro-slavery Presidents, for example.
    1
  579. Why does this sort of thing not seem to hurt him? Didn't Republicans claim to support free markets, very recently?
    1
  580. Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  581. Small government?
    1
  582. You'd be surprised.
    1
  583. What about this isn't true?
    1
  584. Trump would be even worse. Note that he vetoed legislation that would have cut off the Saudi onslaught on Yemen.
    1
  585. No, what's on trial (or being considered as an appeal) is the idea that Trump is above the law.
    1
  586. For one thing, most of the people who complain the most about the undocumented also are not interested in making more visas available for lower-skilled workers. For another, asking for asylum is legal.
    1
  587.  @Mr.White10-65  "Illegal" is not a noun.
    1
  588.  @Mr.White10-65  A lot of the same people complaining about current birthright citizenship aren't keen on restricting it to children of those with legal status. It's a Trojan Horse.
    1
  589.  @allenkranawetter9482  Do you want the cops stopping people on the street (based on what criteria, appearance?) and asking for their papers? That's like East Germany.
    1
  590.  @stevestoll3124  Would you like it if cops stopped people on the street (based on what, the person's appearance?) and asked for their papers?
    1
  591.  @squ34ky  They don't, actually. It's not a problem. Economists across the board are clear (with outliers) that freedom of migration would be extraordinary in reducing poverty worldwide.
    1
  592.  @stevestoll3124  Schools don't have time for that. Noise complaints? Wellness checks? That's a recipe for vigilantism.
    1
  593.  @squ34ky  Criminals? Migrants, no matter their status, commit less crime than US-born citizens. Isn't it obvious? Why would someone want to jeopardize their chance at a better life?
    1
  594.  @Cmmdirects82  Commander *in Chief.
    1
  595. Wars? The Christian Right wants Israel to turn its aggression up to 11. Inflation is a global problem with little connection to any particular President. With that said, there's nothing worse for inflation than tariffs! As for immigration, it's legal to ask for asylum. Also, there are almost no visas for lower-skilled workers. If there were, this would be a very small issue. Meanwhile, Trump's plans for immigration are horrifying, malevolent, deadly, and bigoted.
    1
  596. Climate? The condition of the planet on which we live should not be controversial in any way. There is no Planet B.
    1
  597. While Saint Nicholas was Greek (ethnically speaking), these Santas aren't making a historical film or something like that. That would be different!
    1
  598. Embryos and fetuses aren't pro-anything. There's no harm in not being born.
    1
  599.  @evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702  Babies have a rudimentary personhood, but it's completely genuine and legitimate. One can say that their instincts show a will to live, and sentience, but more importantly they are no longer in a quasi-parasitic state with a possibly unwilling host. Someone can be found to take care of them.
    1
  600. False equivalence. There's no harm in having an abortion. Nobody minds not being vaccinated. Refusing vaccination, however, puts others at risk, prolongs pandemics, increases healthcare costs, etc.
    1
  601.  @Simo-nk1oq  Good luck in your quest to win the Herman Cain Award.
    1
  602. Asking for asylum is legal, and it's not required to do so at a port of entry. Under Biden, migrants die in the desert. Under Abbott, they die in the river. If more visas were available for lower-skilled workers, and if the US didn't support authoritarian rightists around the world, this would be a small issue. Also, note that the US, Canada, and Spain are opening centers in some places, where asylum-seekers can apply without making a journey. However, when people need to flee for their lives ASAP, that won't help!
    1
  603.  @zukipower9960  Indeed; that isn't the argument that you think it is. Yes, they are human and alive. They aren't persons yet (partly [this is just one factor] due to the quasi-parasitic relationship that you mentioned), however, and that makes all the difference.
    1
  604. Figuratively, not literally.
    1
  605. *its
    1
  606.  @PoliticallyHomeless1  First, what do you mean by that (specifically). Second, do you have any evidence that that's happening?
    1
  607.  @PoliticallyHomeless1  YouTube doesn't like links anymore. If it's something from the SEC, I can probably find it.
    1
  608.  @bbiancini  If they left, with no increase in visas for lower-skilled workers, food would rot in the fields. That's happened recently. Economists across the spectrum make it clear that migration is one of the biggest boons available for all countries involved, and thus should be maximized as much as possible. Democrats didn't create this situation any more than Republicans did; for years there have been very few visas available. Under Biden, people die in the desert; under people like Abbott, people die in the river.
    1
  609. To be clear, I am a leftist (hard left, not liberal) gun owner. Socialist Rifle Association, to be precise. The vast majority of gun deaths in this country, well over 90% are carried out via stolen handguns, not long guns of any form. Also, being disarmed in the face of a genuine fascist movement is fatally foolish. There's a book called "This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How guns made the civil rights movement possible;" I mention that in case you were about to come out me with "But what about MLK/Gandhi/etc." Get armed in some way, folks. Time is running out, and it might get ugly.
    1
  610.  @christie4004  What left? The Democrats are a neoliberal capitalist imperialist party. There's nothing leftist there.
    1
  611.  @The_Last_Mariachi  Asking for asylum is legal.
    1
  612.  @The_Last_Mariachi  That's not true. There is no legal requirement to arrive at a port of entry in order to ask for asylum. One can do that from within the US. Sometimes going to the drastic measures you mentioned is the only viable option.
    1
  613.  @The_Last_Mariachi  There is no "first safe country" rule. That's another common misconception. People wouldn't request asylum if they didn't want it. By the way, looking for work is a good thing. Migration is a stimulus, a boon not a burden, according to economists across the political spectrum. Don't fall into the "lump of labor" fallacy. There's not a fixed amount of work for people to do. Job totals are elastic, not inelastic. This is why work permits for the asylum-seekers should be expedited. Note also that (leaving the question of asylum/refuge aside) there are almost no visas available for lower-skilled workers. There is no "line" to get in.
    1
  614. @user-lz5xf4hc5k Embryos aren't babies. There's no harm in not being born.
    1
  615.  @Xg8  I don't mind if you want to win the Herman Cain Award, but refusing to get vaccinated puts immuno-compromised people in danger, and prolongs pandemics.
    1
  616. What left-wing media? Unicorn Riot? Crimethinc? Anyway: Asking for asylum is legal, and it's not required to do so at a port of entry. Under Biden, migrants die in the desert. Under Abbott, they die in the river. If more visas were available for lower-skilled workers, and if the US didn't support authoritarian rightists around the world, this would be a small issue. Also, note that the US, Canada, and Spain are opening centers in some places, where asylum-seekers can apply without making a journey. However, when people need to flee for their lives ASAP, that won't help!
    1
  617. How so, specifically?
    1
  618.  @alk3078  That's not an answer.
    1
  619. SCOTUS ruled that states cannot. They were specific.
    1
  620.  @kdenso3196  The Republicans in Congress keep sabotaging border deals. The solution is to make more visas available for lower-skilled workers, but the GOP base is often afraid of foreigners.
    1
  621. It's not open. Asking for asylum is legal.
    1
  622. Are the authorities in Ohio suggesting that perhaps she induced the miscarriage herself? How would they know?
    1
  623.  @pc4mlc451  That's not true.
    1
  624.  @trumpanzeehunter2559  *you're
    1
  625.  @danielpowers2413  One attacker was shot as she breached the penultimate line of defense before the people trapped in the gallery. Two attackers died of coronary problems, and another overdosed on amphetamines as she charged into battle (and also got trampled while carrying a "Don't Tread on Me" flag). Officer Sicknick's strokes were triggered by the damage he sustained that day (according to the coroner/M.E.). Four other cops killed themselves later, as have a couple of the arrestees.
    1
  626. True, also: *its.
    1
  627. If you're not exercising your Second Amendment rights, do it now.
    1
  628. Who?
    1
  629. That would imply a war.
    1
  630. What's the reason for the question mark? Are you incredulous?
    1
  631.  @Gandalf98  That's not just ignorant, it insults the intelligence of anyone outside of the cult.
    1
  632.  @Fuego-s8i False equivalence.
    1
  633.  @alphamoose4385  Which comment are you referring to?
    1
  634. Lots and lots of women don't want children anyway.
    1
  635.  @Talkbouit-bh5oh  This is off the subject, but stop typing like that. Prince was entitled to it, but he's dead.
    1
  636. There are no "illegal persons." (If you're referring to asylum seekers, their status is legal.)
    1
  637. Inflation is a global problem with little connection to any particular President. Tariffs, however, always increase prices.
    1
  638. If true, that's beside the point. Also, regarding your icon, you know about the USS Liberty attack, and Israeli theft of US nuclear secrets, right?
    1
  639.  @jaygibson5057  That sort of thing (and not just those examples) ought to demonstrate that Israel is a liability. Washington decided that Israel was an asset after they smashed Arab self-determination in 1967, but that was short-sighted.
    1
  640.  @David..832  Yeah, you're complaining about people by assuming & sneering that they would complain.
    1
  641. You're being disingenuous.
    1
  642. It is.
    1
  643. And now it's Republicans who don't want to aid Ukraine.
    1
  644. Asking for asylum is legal, and it's not required to do so at a port of entry. Under Biden, migrants die in the desert. Under Abbott, they die in the river. If more visas were available for lower-skilled workers, and if the US didn't support authoritarian rightists around the world, this would be a small issue. Also, note that the US, Canada, and Spain are opening centers in some places, where asylum-seekers can apply without making a journey. However, when people need to flee for their lives ASAP, that won't help!
    1
  645.  @terrymp1091  Good; others are making threats!
    1
  646.  @EducatingDims247  I didn't claim that they were. Also, no, there's nothing rigged here. What evidence supports that idea?
    1
  647. It's "principle," not "principal," right?
    1
  648. Wouldn't *have.
    1
  649. *you're
    1
  650. In what way? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  651. What happens if he violates an injunction?
    1
  652. What's the reason for all the superlatives these days? "Worst [noun] ever!" You see it, and many "worst/best/most/etc. ever/in history/etc." examples all the time now.
    1
  653. What are we to make of Mayra Guillen's statement in defense of Trump?
    1
  654. Okay, but I don't want to let the MAGAts have all the firepower!
    1
  655.  @joeybobbie1  No one can go to jail? Ridiculous. California (not the most liberal state) has a huge prison-industrial complex, partially due to Kamala Harris's career. With that said, crime rates are lowest in the quite liberal Northeast.
    1
  656.  @joshgrove1042  Not this again. Yes, they're the real crime rates. Among other things, one of the crime data sources is the Crime Victimization Survey.
    1
  657.  @Michael-z5t3h  Embryos aren't children.
    1
  658. I'm a gun owner, mostly because of the political forces that Trumpism unleashed.
    1
  659.  @bartjargengarblbargeler1980  There's no harm resulting from abortion. Refusing vaccination, however, puts others at risk, prolongs pandemics, increases healthcare costs, etc.
    1
  660. Asking for asylum is legal, and it's not required to do so at a port of entry. Under Biden, migrants die in the desert. Under Abbott, they die in the river. If more visas were available for lower-skilled workers, and if the US didn't support authoritarian rightists around the world, this would be a small issue. Also, note that the US, Canada, and Spain are opening centers in some places, where asylum-seekers can apply without making a journey. However, when people need to flee for their lives ASAP, that won't help!
    1
  661. ?
    1
  662. ?
    1
  663. If you're worried about this, and you're not armed (in one way or another)/organized/otherwise prepared yet, rectify that ASAP. The theocrats/fascists aren't kidding.
    1
  664. To be clear, I am a leftist (hard left, not liberal) gun owner. Socialist Rifle Association, to be precise. The vast majority of gun deaths in this country, well over 90% are carried out via stolen handguns, not long guns of any form. Also, being disarmed in the face of a genuine fascist movement is fatally foolish. There's a book called "This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How guns made the civil rights movement possible;" I mention that in case you were about to come out me with "But what about MLK/Gandhi/etc." Get armed in some way, folks. Time is running out, and it might get ugly.
    1
  665. The part about pregnancies and Project 2025 is exaggerated, but the reality is bad enough.
    1
  666.  @chrisnowakvlogs  What makes you think that?
    1
  667.  @pc4mlc451  "Limp wrists..." Grow up. With that said, there is a clever slogan: "Limp wrist, raised fist, anti-corporate queers resist!"
    1
  668.  @DanYHKim2  Absolutely!
    1
  669.  @JaneJetsin  Kansas? Women come to Kansas for abortions, due to the vote mentioned in this video.
    1
  670. What do you mean by that?
    1
  671.  @jackthestripper-r4w  Learn the difference between an aging brain and a dementing brain.
    1
  672. How so? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  673.  @bleepbloop7039  There are almost no visas for lower-skilled workers. There is essentially no line for them to get in.
    1
  674.  @1236612  Most of those won't be much of an improvement over wherever someone happens to live right now, and many are likely to be much worse. Lots of people around the world already have family and/or friends here. There are immigrant communities here that can help newcomers with transitioning. Besides, the US is not the only country that is a destination for immigrants. We accept the highest raw number by far, but not per capita (not even close).
    1
  675. Asking for asylum is perfectly legal. Also, the same people who complain about undocumented migration don't usually have any interest in making more visas available for lower-skilled migrants. Right now, there are very few such visas available.
    1
  676.  @kahanakahuna1470  How so?
    1
  677.  @docadams7099  Disapprove all that you want to, but abortion is clearly seen differently by lots of people (the majority, as it happens), me for one. This debate doesn't get very far in large part because few people really stop to think about what makes killing wrong. Human embryos and human fetuses are of course human. The difference lies in the characteristics by which we usually judge killing to be wrong: sentience, the will to live, biological autonomy, and everything else that is taken away when someone is killed. In other words, personhood. Newborns have that. It's rudimentary, but it's genuine. Embryos and fetuses do not and cannot. There's no harm in not being born, and nobody minds it. As for the religious stuff, not everyone gives any credence to your commandments (isn't your "holy" book full of killing and outright genocide?), and I shouldn't have to explain why religion is not in any way tied to ethics in the real world. This is a point refuted a thousand times.
    1
  678. What's happening? Lots of people are asking for asylum.
    1
  679. There's no harm in not being born.
    1
  680.  @evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702  No, as long as it's decided correctly.
    1
  681.  @evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702  On what grounds do we decide that killing is wrong? It's a matter of personhood- sentience, the will to live, biological autonomy, and everything else that's taken away when a person is killed. In a rudimentary but very real way, babies have that. Embryos and fetuses don't and can't.
    1
  682.  @evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702  That potential is completely hypothetical. Also, whether viable or not, embryos & fetuses are inextricably in a quasi-parasitic relationship with a host.
    1
  683.  @angiedoe597  What is?
    1
  684. Why? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  685. How so? Trump claimed to offer "protection," which is creepy coming from him.
    1
  686. The trial will get underway soon after.
    1
  687. You are correct, but please stop shouting.
    1
  688.  @mattygg8634  Migrants of any status commit less crime than US-born citizens.
    1
  689.  @Amanita._.Verosa._.  You are correct, but your typing makes it look like you had a stroke.
    1
  690.  @mattygg8634  As a matter of fact, cops commit a disproportionately large share of domestic abuse. Also: *their.
    1
  691. "Ask" is not a noun!
    1
  692. If embryo = baby, then this makes sense. Have these people not made the obvious connection?
    1
  693. There are almost no visas for lower-skilled workers. (There is no such thing as unskilled labor, by the way.)
    1
  694.  @burntorangehorn  Besides the "jobs Americans don't want" situation, job numbers are elastic. There's not a fixed amount of work to be done. Migration is a boon, in that migrants create more jobs than they "take." Economists are virtually united on this. With that said, asylum is not a loophole.
    1
  695.  @johnbrown4949  I have, but what of it? It's clearly insufficient.
    1
  696. Antisemiteantisemiteantisemiteantisemiteantisemite /s
    1
  697. GOP-run states have the highest crime rates.
    1
  698.  @CHRIS-pc6nw  What do you mean by "DEI guy?"
    1
  699. True, but your statement makes more sense with a comma after "country."
    1
  700.  @walterhoenig6569  We're faced with someone who is explicitly seeking dictatorial powers (have you seen Project 2025?), and no matter what happens in November (and in the two months after that), his fascist street goons will be even more dangerous than they already are.
    1
  701.  @Rory314  Excellent.
    1
  702. ?
    1
  703. That doesn't rebut Trump's creepy paternalism. He's not going to "protect" anyone.
    1
  704. There's no lie. Trump assaults women, and now makes a creepy vow to "protect" them.
    1
  705.  @sweettooth4527  Indeed, they give Trump endless free news coverage.
    1
  706. Then take it up with the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and so on.
    1
  707. The Trumpists want to get him into office just long enough for his VP to take over.
    1
  708. Note that the MAGAts aren't paying attention to any of this.
    1
  709.  @ashleymcclain315  Not much, since they, like the GOP, are a neoliberal capitalist imperialist party.
    1
  710.  @HelloThere-dc1sh  ?
    1
  711. The sitting president, whoever it is, has little to do with those things.
    1
  712. If you're worried about this, and you're not armed (in one way or another)/organized/otherwise prepared yet, rectify that ASAP. The theocrats/fascists aren't kidding.
    1
  713.  @Chris-Believes  *its
    1
  714. If this alarms you, and you're not armed (in whatever ways are feasible/comfortable for you) yet, please rectify that immediately! There are politically friendly groups who can help you with this process. Organize with people whom you trust. Spread the word! Be prepared; the MAGAts are.
    1
  715. In what way? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  716. The US, Canada, and Spain (perhaps others as well) have set up centers in several countries so that people can apply from their home countries, and thus not have to make a dangerous journey. Besides that, the US supports rightist authoritarian regimes, and pushes bogus neoliberal trade "agreements." They (migrants) come here because the US goes there.
    1
  717.  @jkang3882  You don't know what you're talking about.
    1
  718. I don't know why my comment disappeared. Anyway: Spain, the US, and Canada have set up some centers in countries that are sources of migrants, where people can apply for asylum without having to make dangerous journeys. Also, to make a long comment much shorter, First World exploitation (and violent interference) in the Third World creates the conditions from which people flee. You never hear about migrants from Costa Rica, do you?
    1
  719.  @Goldenboy48  What left?
    1
  720. Who are change people? Agents of change? Cashiers? Bank tellers?
    1
  721. Imagine if Trump really did deflate!
    1
  722.  @420ca6  Leftists and liberals are two different things. Anyway, what's so damaged about perceiving Trump's creepiness?
    1
  723.  @RandyCampbell-fk3pf  You're being naive. Cops are under no legal obligation to protect anyone, and the police are often the most violent gang in town. As for abroad, the US faces no conventional threats. Don't be a bootlicker.
    1
  724.  @mattygg8634  Women's rights shouldn't be contingent on what state they happen to be in.
    1
  725. Take it up with The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, etc. Inflation is a global problem with little connection to any particular President. Tariffs, however, always increase prices.
    1
  726. Regarding what?
    1
  727.  @brandonburns5365  Scapegoat powerless minorities.
    1
  728.  @JimHaney-uc9ps *you're
    1
  729.  @kelperdude  Migrants, no matter their status, commit less crime than US-born citizens.
    1
  730.  @ronreagan-x5w  Asking for asylum is legal. Also, migrants, no matter their status, commit less crime than US-born citizens.
    1
  731. "Radical left-wing media..." Calling the megacorporations they're thinking of "radical left-wing media" is silly, but these people are serious.
    1
  732. Titled, not entitled.
    1
  733. Proud Boys and quite a few other Trumpists got violent in the streets of DC in November and December of 2020.
    1
  734.  @Panther-s1e  That's a non sequitur.
    1
  735. This is nonsense. Zionists started showing up long before the Holocaust, and Jewish terrorists (Irgun and the Stern Gang [aka Lehi]) were killing British peacekeepers just a few years after the British did so much to defeat Hitler.
    1
  736. It's due to a condition called dystonia.
    1
  737.  @jotac87278  Yeah, the xenophobia is rampant. The main issue ought to be climate change. What can be more important? How is the environment political?
    1
  738.  Cp_k37  These charges didn't suddenly appear recently. You know that, right?
    1
  739. I know Marxists. They don't have good things to say about big capitalist news corporations, nor the neoliberal capitalist Democratic party.
    1
  740.  @patrickoryan6361  It is legal to apply for asylum from within the US, no matter how one entered.
    1
  741. Because if he should get elected, and there isn't a verdict before he's inaugurated, he can simply have DOJ abandon the case, pardon himself, etc.
    1
  742. You can swear on the internet.
    1
  743. Elevated Access is an organization that, at no cost, flies women to and from states where they can get abortions. It often means that everything can be accomplished in a matter of hours. They do great work.
    1
  744. Embryos aren't babies.
    1
  745.  @carolynpederson6904  There's nothing nuts about calling out Trump's disingenuous claim of "protection."
    1
  746. There is no "left" in any position of power in the US. The Democrats are a neoliberal capitalist imperialist party.
    1
  747. How? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  748. Ok, but what's wrong here? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  749. The Ukraine-NATO-Russia question has been brewing long before the current administration.
    1
  750.  @hangten1904  Yes, and they're seeking asylum legally.
    1
  751.  @jaytaylor2312  That's not true. It's legal to ask for asylum from within the US.
    1
  752.  @jaytaylor2312  That's irrelevant. No matter how one enters the US, it's legal to then apply for asylum from within the country.
    1
  753.  @j6cob505  As of 2021, the acceptance rate was 37%, and that's low considering that the system is designed to prevent positive results.
    1
  754.  @jackdundon2261  Who is not what?
    1
  755.  @bookworm598  Because they're asking for asylum, which is perfectly legal. People have long done the same thing in Sweden.
    1
  756.  @Itsdasummer32  Migrants are not getting houses for free. Temporary, improvised housing to prevent a humanitarian disaster is the bare minimum.
    1
  757.  @Itsdasummer32  Yes. One can legally apply for asylum from within the US, no matter how one enters.
    1
  758. Asking for asylum is legal. There are very few visas for lower-skilled workers. Mass deportations will involve round-ups of people who "look" or "seem" like they might be undocumented. What does that entail?
    1
  759.  @myndgodandpsyche  That's not true. There is no "first safe country" rule under international law, treaties to which the US is a signatory.
    1
  760.  @myndgodandpsyche  That's not true. There is no such stipulation.
    1
  761.  @myndgodandpsyche  That's not a rebuttal.
    1
  762.  @myndgodandpsyche  I just told you that you don't have a rebuttal; you're the one with no argument.
    1
  763.  @myndgodandpsyche  It's not illegal to ask for asylum, and it's legal to do so from within the US.
    1
  764.  @myndgodandpsyche  We need passports because most travel doesn't involve fleeing for asylum/refuge.
    1
  765. *whose
    1
  766.  @markthomas7279  Sure it does. What pressure can anyone put on Hamas?
    1
  767.  @freddyt55555  That's more victim-blaming.
    1
  768. Infuriating. Get on with it!
    1
  769.  @fredgarvinMP  Trump is (bizarrely) supported by the Christian Right, who for frankly perverse reasons are very pro-Zionist.
    1
  770. Asking for asylum is legal, and it's not required to do so at a port of entry. Under Biden, migrants die in the desert. Under Abbott, they die in the river. If more visas were available for lower-skilled workers, and if the US didn't support authoritarian rightists around the world, this would be a small issue. Also, note that the US, Canada, and Spain are opening centers in some places, where asylum-seekers can apply without making a journey. However, when people need to flee for their lives ASAP, that won't help!
    1
  771. Jesus may have never really existed, at least not as commonly described, but that's off the subject.
    1
  772. Again, inflation has little to do with any particular President.
    1
  773. How so? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  774. Stop shouting.
    1
  775. @user-lz5xf4hc5k You can put asterisks on both sides of a word.
    1
  776.  @momof4kids735  No American President cares much for peace. There's no security for marginalized people under an administration staffed with people who hate them. There's no prosperity in plutocracy (which of course describes Biden as well). Trump's justices helped to take away a hugely important freedom from women.
    1
  777. The crucial factor is personhood, the criteria that make killing wrong: sentience, the will to live, biological autonomy, and everything else that's taken away when a person is killed. In a rudimentary way, babies have that. Embryos and fetuses don't, and can't. There's no harm in not being born.
    1
  778. For?
    1
  779.  @dixonmopar2129  ?
    1
  780. ??
    1
  781.  @joebloe923  CA has much less crime than the Deep South.
    1
  782.  @joebloe923  NY doesn't rank too badly on crime, either.
    1
  783.  @mikebrigs1218  NYC is not very dangerous.
    1
  784.  @ryblack5032  Crime is worse in GOP-run states, in general. Most relevant policies (I'm not talking about guns per se) are made at the state level.
    1
  785.  @mile_high_topher  True. The lesson here is that neoliberal capitalist parties are unable/unwilling to address these problems.
    1
  786.  @fletcherreed3259  ?
    1
  787.  @DocHollidayvibes  Indeed, which is why it's so important to prevent the Unitary Executive plainly evident in Project 2025.
    1
  788.  @alisonlambert1429  What if they haven't seen Wayne's World? Maybe I'm missing something.
    1
  789.  @chrisward4576  There is, and there has been for centuries if not longer.
    1
  790. @DoYouKnowWhatThisMeans That's not true. British Palestine was one territory, and thus there were the Arabs of Palestine. After their expulsion in Al-Naqba, they can be referred to as Palestinians. Ottoman Palestine was not an individual province, but so what?
    1
  791. @DoYouKnowWhatThisMeans So what? The facts on the ground changed around them.
    1
  792. This is about damages. He was already found liable.
    1
  793.  @toddsmith4109  What makes you think that it's a miscarriage of justice? What are the grounds for appeal?
    1
  794. ?
    1
  795.  @KanisoVanguard  *you're
    1
  796.  @P71ScrewHead  I'm not being sarcastic.
    1
  797.  @RubenGarza-y6i  *you're
    1
  798.  @RubenGarza-y6i  *you're
    1
  799. What makes you say that?
    1
  800.  @under_90  *A part*, not "apart." Those are opposites!
    1
  801.  @freeluigi4444  I'm 42.
    1
  802.  @GarvynRunyan  The Democrats are a neoliberal capitalist imperialist party. There is nothing communist about that.
    1
  803.  @herballycorrect  That is a wildly false equivalency, and hopefully you know that.
    1
  804. Keep guns away from dangerous people? Not bad. However, the state's definition of "dangerous people" can include those people the majority just doesn't like, who are trying to defend themselves. See Tucker Carlson's complaints about trans people arming themselves.
    1
  805. Open borders? I wish.
    1
  806. What do you mean? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  807. This is infuriating. However, nobody seems to be talking about the long gap between Election Day and Inauguration Day. A lot can get accomplished in that time.
    1
  808.  @SmokeStackLightning.  What do you mean by that?
    1
  809.  @SmokeStackLightning.  Why?
    1
  810. He lost the Carroll case and the civil fraud case. It's just a shame that they aren't criminal matters.
    1
  811. Accountability for what?
    1
  812.  @OlderG0ds  What crime are you referring to?
    1
  813. Titled, not entitled. It's one of my many pet peeves.
    1
  814. Yes, why do you ask?
    1
  815.  @mikerayle6103  Please learn about how polling works.
    1
  816.  @ValleyoftheRogue  Most people resent pedantry, but I sometimes appreciate it. Thanks!
    1
  817. If you for any reason might be on the bad side of the MAGAts, or if you care about people who are, and you aren't armed (in whatever form is feasible/comfortable for you) yet, rectify that ASAP.
    1
  818.  @miketexas4549  He has admitted on more than one occasion that he lost.
    1
  819.  @Dia_tribe  ?
    1
  820. Ok, but I don't want the MAGAts have all the firepower! Arm yourselves, folks.
    1
  821.  @markfcoble  Virtually none. The facts, however much we wish otherwise, are clear.
    1
  822. Dystonia
    1
  823.  @Supersauce88  One can't be apprehended until crossing anyway, by definition.
    1
  824.  @Supersauce88  To the extent that that's true, it's irrelevant.
    1
  825. There's no freedom in taking away choice from women. There's no prosperity in plutocracy. There's no security for marginalized people in an administration staffed with people who hate them. No American President cares much for peace.
    1
  826. *you're
    1
  827. If you mean "left," you should realize that the US has no left in any position close to power. Liberals aren't leftists.
    1
  828. How so? Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  829. It's not that simple, and you know it.
    1
  830. *whom
    1
  831. Is climate change in 5-8 somewhere?
    1
  832.  @JerseyTarotTrend  It's the Republicans demonstrating authoritarian tendencies.
    1
  833.  @NarleyAdventures  That quote is out of context. I don't endorse the neoliberal capitalist who coined the phrase, but for other reasons.
    1
  834. Almost every time I hear "Yoo" in this segment, I think "you," and I am confused for a moment.
    1
  835. Yes.
    1
  836.  @louislafontaine5984  *whose
    1
  837. That depends on where the crime was committed, of course. Did he defame her in CA?
    1
  838.  @deborahboggs6040  *you're
    1
  839.  @Noconstitutionfordemocrats  The borders are not open. (I wish that borders didn't exist, but that's a different discussion.)
    1
  840.  @Noconstitutionfordemocrats  Migrants, no matter their status, commit less crime than US-born citizens.
    1
  841.  @busterstutts9849  *Democratic
    1
  842.  @Jijuane  ?
    1
  843.  @davidthompson7817  *you're
    1
  844. True, but so what?
    1
  845. To be clear, I am a leftist (hard left, not liberal) gun owner. Socialist Rifle Association, to be precise. The vast majority of gun deaths in this country, well over 90% are carried out via stolen handguns, not long guns of any form. Also, being disarmed in the face of a genuine fascist movement is fatally foolish. There's a book called "This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How guns made the civil rights movement possible;" I mention that in case you were about to come out me with "But what about MLK/Gandhi/etc." Get armed in some way, folks. Time is running out, and it might get ugly.
    1
  846.  @Pipizzakitchen  Objective truth? No. You are not entitled to your own facts. Tariffs are backward, and will only hurt American consumers. Economists across the board make this clear. The empirical evidence doesn't lie.
    1
  847. For prison.
    1
  848. Ok, but what's the lie here?
    1
  849. Also, don't forget, there are two months between Election Day and ballot certification, and then another few weeks before Inauguration Day. Trump won't have the power to cancel the trials until he's in office.
    1
  850. Indeed. Trump assaults women, then says that he will force "protection" on them.
    1
  851. "In a New York Minute/ooeeoooo/anything can change..."
    1
  852. If this alarms you (and it should) and you're not armed (in whatever form is feasible/comfortable for you), rectify that ASAP. Organize with people whom you trust. Be prepared, and spread the word. The MAGAts are.
    1
  853. Abortion is an economic issue.
    1
  854.  @rwusa1117  Child?
    1