Comments by "Cáit, Oz Astráil, MsSpock" (@msvulcanspock) on "I've Had It" channel.

  1. Things are serious, as you rightly point out. Republicans have passed legislation, continuing voter suppression, gerrymandering and also they have installed 70 election officials in swing states. "Democracy dockets" is worth following.
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  2. Merrick Garland did exactly what he was required to do. Pretending he was neutral he enabled rich white men to get away from legal consequences of their actions. As has always been the case in America.
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  3. ​ @lhitch2900 Good point!
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  4. The media has some responsibility. https://youtu.be/byzfDJGg3r4
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  5. It started with Reagan cutting the education budget by 65 per cent. Now 60% of Americans are reading and writing at a 5th Grade level. 1 in 3 of these are reading and writing at an 8 year old level. This means that they do not have the skills to read the news.
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  6. Those folks lack brain cells and imagination!
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  7. Yes it's been around for decades.
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  8. It's a combination of Intergenerational Trauma, poverty, illiteracy and being extremely time poor. 66.2% of Americans are living pay check to pay check. They work 2-3 jobs and can't pay rent and buy food for their children. Then they have to "volunteer" for food stamps. They are extremely time poor. Poverty stops folks from engaging. 60% of Americans are reading and writing at a 6th Grade level. 1 in 3 of these are reading and writing at an 8 year old level. This means that they haven't progressed from concrete to abstract thinking and they don't have critical thinking skills. Trump did amygdala hijacks of folks desperately wanting a way out. A living wage would have prevented the rise of Trumpism. The media also has some responsibility. https://youtu.be/byzfDJGg3r4
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  9. Republicans have been engaged in voter suppression and racial gerrymandering for decades. So many didn't get a chance to vote.
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  10. Reagan cut the education budget by 65 per cent. 60% of Americans are reading and writing at a 6th Grade level. 1 in 3 of these are at an 8 year old level. This means that they haven't progressed from concrete to abstract thinking. They don't have critical thinking skills. 66% of Americans are living pay check to pay check. They work 2-3 jobs and can't pay rent and buy food for their children. They often have no time to read the news. Accessing news is a privilege time and education. If you choose to be ignorant of voter suppression and racial gerrymandering that Republicans engaged in for the 2024 election then you chose this for America.
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  11. There's rolling protests across all 50 states of America. Corporate mainstream media refuses to cover all those protests.
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  12. Trump is insane & evil but he always manages to feed his base, which Dems don't do & thus millions sat out the 2024 elections. Instead of welcoming & including folks back they are being targeted & scapegoated. Even Trump isn't that stupid. The Dems aren't even pretending to fight back, so there probably won't be any more elections. The insane guy is creating a sense of belonging whilst the Dems have left everyone feeling leaderless.
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  13. Harris cheated out of 3,650,000 votes by these Jim Crow tricks. 4.7 million voters purged. 3.2 million registrations rejected. 2.1 million mail-in ballots tossed. By Greg Palast for the Thom Hartmann Report [Chicago, Jan 27]
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  14. Garland did exactly what he was meant to. He made sure that no rich white men faced legal consequences for their illegal behaviours.
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  15. Voter suppression and racial gerrymandering that Republicans engaged in for the 2024 election prevented many from voting.
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  16. Harris lost because she went to the middle and had time for Liz Cheney but not her own base. So much time and money was spent on providing a permission structure for Republicans to vote for a Democrat, but she didn't reach out to her base. Her own base did not find a permission structure to vote for Harris. Folks brought up genocide and were told to shut up. That it would not be an issue and everyone would fall into line. That Trump would be worse than Harris on Gaza. So Anti Zionist Jews, Irish diaspora, etc and all the Democratic base stayed home. Both Democrats and Republicans conspired together to use the neoliberalist "Poverty as a Policy Choice" for the last 40 years. 66.2% of Americans are living pay check to pay check. They work 2-3 jobs and can't pay rent and buy food for their children. They are extremely time poor. If they take a shift off their children don't eat. 60% of Americans are reading and writing at a 6th Grade level. 1 in 3 of these are at an 8 year old level. This means that they haven't progressed from concrete to abstract thinking. They didn't have the skills to decode the corporate media is sanewashing. Ridiculing folks who are low information voters, Independents or Undecideds was not sensible. It meant folks tuned out. If you are working 6-7 days a week means that you don't have time to read the news or do a deep dive. Both Democrats and Republicans conspired together to use "Poverty as a Policy Choice". Folks are skipping meals so their children can eat. Poor people don't vote because they are still having to work 6-7 days. America couldn't afford a living wage now America can't afford to have a democracy. Harris lost because she went to the middle and had time for Liz Cheney but not her own base. So much time and money was spent on providing a permission structure for Republicans to vote Democrats, but she didn't reach out to her own base. Republicans were on the stage of the DNC but many other Democratic groups were left out.
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  17. The mainstream media have enabled Trump and normalised his behaviours by not reporting and breaking apart his maladaptive lies and nonsensical comments. They have enabled his magliant narcissism. David Cay Johnson talked about NYT ran 196 negative articles on Biden's "mental decline" vs 6-10 negative articles on Trump's "mental decline" during the same time. Across the board media has engaged in biased reporting towards Trump.
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  18. SCOTUS failed to enforce the American Constitution.
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  19. ​ @dennisquinn4387 Trump and Musk are peak DEI!
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  20. Free Speech died under Biden and the genocide in Gaza.
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  21. The Dems aren't even pretending that they are fighting back. Hakeem Jeffries needs to step down. We need AOC had Jasmine Crockett.
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  22. Very good point!
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  23. SCOTUS failed to implement the American Constitution otherwise Trump wouldn't have been able to be on the ballot for his involvement in the insurrection.
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  24. ​ @MariaGonzalez-vv9xk Harris cheated out of 3,650,000 votes by these Jim Crow tricks. 4.7 million voters purged. 3.2 million registrations rejected. 2.1 million mail-in ballots tossed. The real 2024 election theft wasn’t hacking By Greg Palast for the Thom Hartmann Report [Chicago, Jan 27]
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  25. Reagan cut the education budget by 65%. Now 60% of Americans are reading and writing at a 5th grade level. 1 in 3 are at an 8 year old level.
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  26. ​ @SN-sz7kw Jewish Israelis journalists and scholars. Read Israelis news.
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  27. Why did you lack the courage to have Dr Bandy Lee as a guest? Why didn't you interview her? Why the sanewashing? You could have had a psychiatrist na your podcast.
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  28. Trump will lie and declare that he has won the before the votes are even counted. Be aware and don't get sucked in. Republicans are engaging in election interference, vote stealing, voter suppression and racial gerrymandering.
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  29. Musk spent $44 billion dollars to purchase Twitter to buy the election for Trump. Without destroying the organising capability of X Trump wouldn't have won. Twitter was used to get out the vote in multiple ways. It was used to assist with dealing with voter suppression and racial gerrymandering. Musk flooded the zone with huge amounts of disinformation and misinformation. He confused many Americans & hijacked them with fearmongering. Without Musk purchasing Twitter Trump would never have won the election.
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  30. @Glenna10  I did. Trump torpedoed the bipartisan border legislation so that he could run on immigration fear porn this election cycle. Trump wouldn't fix the problem when he was in office for four years last time.
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  31. ​ @Glenna10 Trump torpedoed the bipartisan border legislation so that he could run on immigration fear porn this election cycle. Trump wouldn't fix the problem when he was in office for four years last time.
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  32. Trump torpedoed the bipartisan border legislation so that he could run on immigration fear porn this election cycle. Trump wouldn't fix the problem when he was in office for four years last time. When Harris announced that she would address price gouging Walmart announced that they would drop prices on 7,200 items.
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  33. DNC! Wow! What a great opportunity! Congratulations! Fantastic podcast! I love your focus on anti racism and that you are pro all kids, it means a lot. This might interest you two. 60% of Americans can't get $500 together for an emergency and they work 2-3 jobs and can't pay rent and buy food for their children. Then they have to "volunteer" for food stamps. They are not really living in a democracy. 60% of Americans are reading and writing at a 6th Grade level. 1 in 3 of these are reading and writing at an 8 year old level. This means that they haven't progressed from concrete to abstract thinking. They do not have critical thinking skills. They do not know who Murdoch is or what he owns. These people do not understand amygdala hijacks that Fox news and anger politics exploits, that is Fox news and anger politics activates fight, flight freeze and fawn. It helps them sell products, hate and anger politics. This means that their pre frontal cortex has shut down. This means that they haven't biologically got the ability to think rationally. Neoliberalism is shifting a person from being a citizen in a country who has rights and responsibilities with a sense of belonging and purpose to being a consumer in a market place who has to purchase the right life, even if you don't have a trust fund. This is why there is no living minimum wage. This is why 12 Republicans voted against lunches for children. If you keep folks hungry and poor, you can emotionally manipulate them, and harness their anger, shame and humiliation against others. They can get away with corporate welfare and corruption. Both Republicans and Democrats conspired to use neoliberalism's "Poverty as a Policy Choice". Democrats and Republicans used neoliberalism to blame folks for their lack of choices. Those people are desperate to scapegoat others. They are desperate to punish anyone or anything, even themselves. Intergenerational Trauma, poverty, illiteracy, neoliberalism and shame have destroyed folks sense of belonging in community. It's why there's an opiod crisis. It is why folks hate, because angry and hate belonging is still belonging.
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  34. Democrats and Republicans conspired together to use Poverty as a Policy Choice for the last 40 years. 66.2 % of Americans can't get $500 together for an emergency. They work 2-3 jobs and can't pay rent and buy food for their children.
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  35. Dr Bandy Lee is so detailed and nuanced.
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  36. He's also is purging thousands of voters off the rolls!
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  37. ​ @LouieMcGood-ef6ud Biden organised a billion dollars of FEMA aid and had emergency services on the ground before it hit.
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  38. Why did Warnock obey in advance and vote for the Laken Riley Act? There's already laws in place for that. Does he want to make it easier to deport!
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  39. Merrick Garland did exactly what he was supposed to do. He did long, drawn out practices and honoured imaginary rules that mean rich white, propertied men are protected from any legal consequences. He kept the status quo intact.
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  40. Please ring your Democratic Representatives and tell them every week why you are no longer a Democrat or unhappy with the Democratic Party. Send them postcards every week telling them why you are no longer a Democrat or are an unhappy as a Democrat. We need AOC! You can take action! Send Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia a postcard every week that he needs to resign. That AOC is a much better communicator than him. (If you have time, ring each week!) We need Jasmine Crockett! You can take action! Send Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) a postcard every week that she needs to resign. Jasmine Crockett has her position. (If you have time, ring each week!) Send Nancy Pelosi a postcard every week that she needs to resign because you will stay resigned from being a Democrat until she leaves. It's time for AOC and Jasmine Crockett to take over. Tell Pelosi that she is too out of touch. (If you have time, ring each week!)
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  41. Please ring your Democratic Representatives and tell them every week why you are no longer a Democrat or unhappy with the Democratic Party. Send them postcards every week telling them why you are no longer a Democrat or are an unhappy as a Democrat. We need AOC! You can take action! Send Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia a postcard every week that he needs to resign. That AOC is a much better communicator than him. (If you have time, ring each week!) We need Jasmine Crockett! You can take action! Send Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) a postcard every week that she needs to resign. Jasmine Crockett has her position. (If you have time, ring each week!) Send Nancy Pelosi a postcard every week that she needs to resign because you will stay resigned from being a Democrat until she leaves. It's time for AOC and Jasmine Crockett to take over. Tell Pelosi that she is too out of touch. (If you have time, ring each week!)
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  42. Maternal deaths have risen 54 % in Texas since abortion bans were put in place.
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  43. Because rich white men can do anything that they want without legal consequences.
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  44. Please ring your Democratic Representatives and tell them every week why you are no longer a Democrat or unhappy with the Democratic Party. Send them postcards every week telling them why you are no longer a Democrat or are an unhappy as a Democrat. We need AOC! You can take action! Send Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia a postcard every week that he needs to resign. That AOC is a much better communicator than him. (If you have time, ring each week!) We need Jasmine Crockett! You can take action! Send Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) a postcard every week that she needs to resign. Jasmine Crockett has her position. (If you have time, ring each week!) Send Nancy Pelosi a postcard every week that she needs to resign because you will stay resigned from being a Democrat until she leaves. It's time for AOC and Jasmine Crockett to take over. Tell Pelosi that she is too out of touch. (If you have time, ring each week!)
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  45. Love your show! Kamala Harris took off with across multiple platforms with 50,000 to 90,000 Black women for Kamala Harris met on Zoom, Black men for Harris, White women: answer the call 2024, Out for Kamala Harris, (LGBTIQQ), Latinos for Kamala Harris, White women against MAGAs, Comedians for Harris, Progressives for Harris, Caribbeans for Harris, Single Cat Ladies for Kamala Harris, White dudes for Kamala Harris, Republicans for Kamala Harris, Veterans etc and there's a whole lot that I don't remember now. I went to a few live ones. They were magnificent! Millenials and Gen Z have gone off on multiple social media platforms, organisations, fund raising and organising. kamala is brat. Etc Young Democrats for Kamala Harris (Have Taylor Swift tickets as a prize for signing up the most new voters), They have all gone off into multiple other Zooms, organising opportunities and fund-raisers. Kamala Harris is inspiring across so many ways in so many communities. She's on fire!
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  46. Taylor Swift Just ENDORSED Kamala Harris In A SNEAKY Way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Una2yQVEE
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  47. Nah this didn't happen. Biden spoke at NATO a couple of weeks after he bombed at the debate with Trump. He blitzed it. There is no fooling the world's leaders.
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  48. Musk spent $44 billion dollars to purchase Twitter to buy the election for Trump. Without destroying the organising capability of X Trump wouldn't have won. Musk flooded the zone with huge amounts of disinformation and misinformation.
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  49. Harris cheated out of 3,650,000 votes by these Jim Crow tricks. 4.7 million voters purged. 3.2 million registrations rejected. 2.1 million mail-in ballots tossed. By Greg Palast for the Thom Hartmann Report [Chicago, Jan 27]  Trump lost. That is, if all legal voters were allowed to vote, if all legal ballots were counted, Trump would have lost the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia. Vice-President Kamala Harris would have won the Presidency with 286 electoral votes. And, if not for the mass purge of voters of color, if not for the mass disqualification of provisional and mail-in ballots, if not for the new mass “vigilante” challenges in swing states, Harris would have gained at least another 3,565,000 votes, topping Trump’s official popular vote tally by 1.2 million.
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  50. A living wage would have prevented the rise of Trumpism.
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