Comments by "Rune of Svalbard" (@vladimirofsvalbard9477) on "Forbes Breaking News" channel.

  1. As a mental math whiz, I've been trying to describe this problem to my parents for years. At 18 year old, I figured out this problem pretty quickly just by looking at my first tax stub. Btw, I'm 29 now; married, home, children etc. People wonder why I'm a minimalist in my personal habits; this is one of the primary reasons. Every DIME you can save now is a DOLLAR that won't be robbed from you in the future. Every cheap/healthy habit you can form NOW is going to be a lifestyle that affords you a good living in the economy that we are creating right now! For every dollar YOU put into Social Security that is matched by employer, you will receive 50 cents before you die. For the average American, that is a mathematical fact! Not only that, but we have a demographic crisis that is going to further bankrupt to ability to even pay for the current mandatory spending. Boomers and Gen X did NOT have enough children to pay for their retirement habits. You want to know why we're having labor shortages? It's not due to laziness, nor even unemployment insurance. The savings, the stimulus money, and the insurance money has been exhausted. There's a labor shortage because we don't have enough people to take over for retirees. Covid jump started this inevitability. Those 7 Millions men you keep hearing about in the news that are unemployed; they're not kids. They're 50-65 year old men that have retired early. Once you understand the financial and demographic disaster we are facing, the faster everything else starts to make sense. This is all about the numbers folks.
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  2. "You've expressed some illogical and dangerous positions; just about everything under the sun. But, I will only bring up a few points today." As someone who grew up with an NPD mother, I can tell you for sure that this woman is a narcissist. This is a classic example of gaslighting.
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  3. Actually, I think it's really smart. It attracts the eye and many people are a bit drowsy from the white/red hats. A new look draws new attention in many ways.
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  4. Unfortunately, they are your neighbors and their teenage kids. Never underestimate how contemptuous and envious normal people can become when they are given the illusion that everybody outside of their sphere is evil. This is exactly what happened during the beginning of the Soviet Union. A major rise in morally broken and disenfranchised citizens can easily put 'evil' people into power.
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  5. She sounds like a narcissist, she gaslighted him from the start.
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  6. These corporations and politicians are jerking us all around; then laughing while we fight each other.
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  7. My wife and I made the same income in 2020 that we did in 2023. Our expenses on the same items are up 40-75% between insurance, food, etc. The economy sucks because everybody got taxed an additional 30% under the guise of 'inflation'.
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  8. It was 14 months old and put down for killing a chicken... No such thing as a 'violent' 14 month old dog that was shown love and raised correctly. Sounds like they beat and neglected the dog into craziness and then used him for target practice.
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  9. He was asked to leave as a condition of the FOX v. Dominion settlement. Tucker Carlson's testimony also prove that he was fully aware of Fox's intentionally misleading and false reporting.
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  10. She started with gaslighting; he should of ignored her in all honesty.
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  11. She's a narcissist, notice how to poses her question at the start by (basically) insulting his intelligence.
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  12. This is truly the stuff that makes me want to leave this country and reinvest my assets and cash overseas. Doesn't matter where you go; Montana, Florida, California, Iowa, etc. 1. The fields and their air are contaminated with glyphosate. 2. The water-sheds are all poisoned with hormones, PFA's, drug and chemical traces. 3. The land is largely contaminated with industry chemicals and polys. Even 3rd world countries don't have these problems.
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  13.  @YourForkSave  Well, that's just the crux of it. People can't do what they want AND demand free healthcare at the same time. Not that you are saying that, but many Americans are. There needs to be a standard.
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  14. She's not clueless; she's a narcissistic. She doesn't actually care about the question. She came out of the gates by gaslighting him. I grew up with an NPD mom; she is just trying to make herself look good in front of people. That's all she cares about.
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  15.  @mattkrell726  Does your family support you?
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  16. There's a lot of people in the US that love to think that the debt doesn't matter. Here's the problem, that debt have to grow linear with GDP. (This hasn't happened consistently since the 1980s). As long as debt outperforms GDP; prices will rise and your wages will stagnate. Eventually, the debt crisis will force most people into poverty.
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  17. The illegal immigrants are not the ones I blame. They are being given opportunities to escape their situations world-wide. I blame the corporations and politicians who have paid these international organizations to bring them here via plane, boat, and bus.
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  18.  @alex_lll  Based on?
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  19. (I am an RN - I know what I'm talking about). If I had a nickel for every Nurse with a God complex lol
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  20.  @TomBarbashev  Not very adult-like attitude if you ask me. Perhaps you should make more logical statements with more decency.
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  21.  @RobertJara-m3k  Is was a perfect answer to a dumb question.
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  22. Seems to be the case. A large number of people duped by social media companies and a number of Congressional officials that pulled strings to make it as theatrical and dramatic as possible.
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  23. As much as I like Vivek, there are two major problems that he is not addressing in his campaign. 1. The elephant in the room 'inflation'. Expanding the energy sector back up is not going to get America back to where it was in the 1980s. 2. The subject everyone loves to ignore; labor shortages and rapidly changing demographics. Social Security is now projected to be cut by 23% in 2034 in order to continue functioning. Retirees are piling up and there aren't enough young people to pay forward their social safety nets. We do not have enough cops to properly police cities, we don't have enough correctional officers to maintain the prisons. Let alone military personal and border security that can do the same job in volume that they did 20 years ago. None of these things are being addressed! You can talk policy and law all day long, but until you address the employment shortages in these key areas, nothing is going to change.
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  24. Not a fan of the man whatsoever! I'll give him a bit of credit on foreign policy, but he was a freaking disaster regarding domestic economics. This man appointed Jerome Powell and tried to get the federal funds rate under 0.25% in 2020. Which gave us ridiculous inflation in the markets. Everybody and their brother jumped onto cheap mortgages to push rent and got new cars. It drove demand sky high and prices increased with it. We created nothing along the way, which is why wages stayed stagnant. Now the American dream is practically dead for the next generation. Explain to the average 18 year old how he is going to afford a $427,000 home (average price). On top of high energy costs, student loans, or even basic amenities. Republicans have NO plan for any of this and it will cost them in the election.
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  25. It's not going to raise GDP enough to bring wages back to where they were. Money printing under his administration was so damaging that it will take something of 10-15 years of progress to bring back what we had.
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  26. Nothing we can do about it; everything is tied to USD. I say let it burn...
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  27. She probably did; she's a very noticeable narcissistic. All she cared about was getting 'clapped' for in a crowd. She doesn't care about the question or the answer. She gaslighted him from the start.
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  28. Posting online after 4pm isn't the same as spending an entire day (let alone week) at a political convention. Given the current economic crisis, how on earth can people afford to go and protest when prices are high and work is scarce?
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  29.  @cynthj796  Well, the ones that are actually homeschooling. There's a large majority of homeschooling parents that yanked their kids over political jargon they saw on the news. Those same parents are completely neglecting their kids and are falling behind now.
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  30. Same!
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  31.  @joelspring6201  I don't see how this fits the context at all. You people make excuses for Trump going nuts when you shouldn't. I know you wouldn't give Biden a pass if he made these statements.
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  32.  @TomBarbashev  Elaborate using your extensive reasoning skills.
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  33. "Trump says mean things, he's Hitler!" "Biden does mean things, he's Jesus!" At this point, I'm starting to think American complacency gives it a much deserved death.
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  34. You're forgetting that poll worker shortages are still causing many issues in recent elections.
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  35.  @jeffryblackmon4846  Where are you deducting racism from? Maybe he is just cold about low-lives and stupid people?
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  36.  @jnananinja7436  So based on a slow motion video and the logic that (ALL front ends of vehicles) stopped or not are an immediate danger; you make judgement on this premise? I'm not trying to be rude, but I'm an extremely rational person. Your comment doesn't make any sense. Should of, would of, could of etc doesn't count as "I had knowledge of the dangers before-hand and dictation that this was indeed murder." It's arrogant....
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  37. We have a serious problem with stupidity in this country. There's either something in the water or the screens are making kids (now adults) beyond dumb. Perhaps ID's and permits for social media use? Some 90% of the users don't even know reality from fantasy. They see a cop shoot someone online and then they go to Kroger thinking that cops are 'hunting' black people.
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  38.  @kodykendall  Buddy, don't virtue signal on here; that's poor taste. If you don't like the comment; object from a position of logic, not credentials and power smh
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  39. This is the problem, there are a total of 5 people that select WHEN and HOW hearings and votes are going to be conducted. They manipulate the process by screwing anybody that doesn't play ball and adjourn everyone when someone starts talking common sense.
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  40. Same!
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  41. That truly is a dumb quote lol
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  42.  @TomBarbashev  I live in reality; perhaps you should return to it. What's your obsession with (Mr. Potato-head Biden) in reference to insulting me?
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  43. What are you talking about? What does getting Trump out of office have to do with surviving?
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  44. From what I heard, the barbed wire that was setup impeded officers from accessing a large number of migrants in an area down by the Rio. They cut the wire in order to get to the migrants and send them to the nearby encampment.
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  45. Because they are trying to fool people into thinking it was 10,000 people, when in reality it was more like 6000.
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  46. "I'm a woman; therefore I exude competence and held back potential." Some context for young people! People that use victimhood to gain power ALWAYS abuse it.
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  47.  @Flash3-22  Term limits (meaning) you can't run 12 times for Congressional Rep.
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  48.  @vagabondwastrel2361  I recall that the Proud Boys were being brought up on Federal charges for storing a cache of firearms near the Congressional building to use (had Trump said that they needed to invoke a militia to overthrow the government).
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  49. Oh she does alright! Has what it takes to get us into WW3.
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  50. Yeah, it was roughly 6000 people. Nearly a quarter of the entire stadium was vacant.
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  51.  @slent5346  Please. If Biden had done this; you probably would have thought it was funny. Everybody wants to have a set of rules for the politician they like and another for the opposing team.
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  52. As much as I like DeSantis as Governor, the platform he's building to take into a Presidential bid is going to be a catastrophe. Regardless of how I feel about Disney and wokism. If you build a campaign on (fighting wokism, fighting transgenderism, banning library books, and using powers of the state to subdue business. The result is going to be that you lose the election. Nobody that is serious about a candidates is going to vote for you while they ignore inflation, the threat of war from Russia and China, as well as a collapse of our social safety nets. This is all a ruse for the GOP to try and take back both houses and the Presidency, while not addressing anything that people are actually suffering from. I've voted Republican my entire life, but let me clear (the MAGA base has been decimated); People that voted for Trump need to understand this. Many Republican voters in my family and friend groups are also starting to question the current GOP leadership and the direction they are taking us. If you split the GOP between DeSantis and Trump, there's a very good chance that the remaining MAGA voters will make Trump the primary winner and then we lose the general election in 2024.
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  53. MTG is the kind of woman that tries to get all the other soap makers thrown out of a venue after claiming that they stole her idea.
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  54. Why do people keep insisting on having Vikek as the VP? He refused the offer nearly 6 months ago. Please keep up!
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  55. @Billy Shears The 2020 Stimulus bills were largely bipartisan. The American Rescue plan was not a GOP bill for clarification. Nor is the $3.5Trillion Build Back Better plan the House Committee just passed and is sending to Congress.
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  56. Americans don't care; a whopping majority of them! Ask anybody 60+ about reforming Social Security; they'll curse you out of the house. Older people don't want to hear it, talk about it, or even acknowledge the mathematics. It doesn't matter how bad the issue gets or how loud some representatives scream. Americans will ignore this issue until the entire circus collapses. Mark my words, this isn't going to happen ten years from now; it will happen sooner. This recent round of inflation has sent the train full steam ahead! You will see rolling black-outs, shortages, and a government shutdown that will last YEARS.
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  57. I admire Chip and other representatives attempting to fight this issue, but believe me; there is nothing of God's green earth that is going to solve the debt crisis. Even if you taxed Americans at 100% (all income and all capital gains). It would take some 100 years to settle the debt and interest of all unfunded liabilities under the US Government. It's NEVER going to happen, period! It's not linear; it's exponential. Boomers didn't want to talk about Social Security 30 years ago and NOW we are going to pay for it! Not only with our livelihoods, but the livelihoods of our children, and our grandchildren. I truly think that some 99% of Americans are completely ignorant of the situation we are in. Demographics changed; you didn't have enough kids. Nobody apparently did (in all first world countries). Why is another question, but the repercussions are inevitable. We have a shrinking labor force and a growing number of retirees. So what is supposed to happen as demographics shift, Social Security liability goes UP, interest continues to grow, and wages continue to sink below the rate of inflation? That's a brilliant question! You know what happens? We all become dirt poor and can't afford anything. The refusal to talk about Social Security and other entitlements is going to inevitably get them taken away completely. You'll see a Government shutdown that will last YEARS and not even be able to fulfill Social Security auto-pilot payments. Even if they did, the annual inflation would eat it alive. There's a reason why corporations are moving all their assets and business overseas. Who on earth wants to have assets remaining in a continent experiencing a long term depression? America's future is a bunch of elderly people dying in the streets and only a handful of young people trying to scrape by to survive.
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  58. He was born in the United States.....
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  59. It won't change anything. Everybody is paying attention to the wrong problems. His mass deportation plan (should it go thru) would have significant implications for the markets. Prices will go up and labor prices will rise. People don't realize how deeply imbedded illegal immigrant labor is in the US.
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  60.  @Mikel3564  Jesus bud, it's going to take a lot more than some hacks to fix this garbage dump. I'm not exactly a fan of the inflation you know; so I won't be voting for Trump.
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  61. Trump will stop nothing. All that will end up happening is a mud-slide of legal issues between states and Federal agencies. We're more likely to get ourselves into a Civil War than fixing the current issues. In my mind, now doubt inflation will resurge under Trump. He caused the issue in the first place! Let's not forget about the governors that shut down their states as well. The end goal is for corporations to suck up the rest of the wealth and leave the US high and dry.
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  62. I'm pretty sure ALL but 2 of the state secessions included slavery in their reasoning.
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  63. US has the largest medical cost of any country in the world. Not ONLY because Medicare doesn't negotiate or patents run unchecked, but also because we are the unhealthiest. If Americans care about healthcare, then they need to first eat healthier and second put representatives in place that will force government to negotiate prices.
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  64. I have no idea where you got that information. Automotive manufacturing and assembly have largely gone overseas since the 1990s. We import BMW's to the Port of Savannah in the hundreds of thousands. Corporate business doesn't all move overseas in less than 2 years lol
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  65. Never try to talk facts or logic with someone who is morally superior in their own ignorance....
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  66. They probably DID read it, but only the parts that benefit them. I mean, these lawyers aren't typing up the bills on their own lol
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  67. 95% of Congress wants to show up for 2 hours to discuss legislation that's controlled by like 5 people. Adjourn for the day and then pay an intern and 5 lawyers to write the rest of their legislative amendments according to whatever lobbyist is paying. That's how our Government works. Corporations lobby and make phone calls, an army of lawyers write the political amendments for each representative, and then politicians show up for a few hours a week to make theatrics in front of the press. Chip Roy, David Schweikert, and a handful of other Republicans and Democrats actually stick around to do their job. Everybody else just ignores them and goes for a Steak Dinner at your expense. People go into politics for two reasons. Either knowing it's a full blown circus of frauds with cows to milk OR completely ignorant and wanting to help, eventually getting way in over their heads.
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  68. What's the source?
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  69. She's a narcissist looking for a public clap; notice that she started with gaslighting. She doesn't care about the question OR the answer; she just wanted attention.
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  70. (FOX News) - "We lied to our viewers." (FOX Viewers) - "No you didn't!"
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  71.  @CodyHagemeier  No, it would tank corporate profits lol
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  72. Yeah, a title for funding can say anything; checking who the funds are WIRED to is the key. It's all money laundering!
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  73. Until the inflation subject is gong to be thoroughly managed by his campaign; he has no business running for President again. I have nothing against the Tweets, the cage fighting, and the MAGA rhetoric. My issue with Trump is that he literally tried Reaganomics all over again, putting Jerome Powell in place to produce a massive wave of quantitative easing, corporate tax cuts, and artificially low interest rates to over-stimulate the economy. THIS, along with several incentives the Biden Administration produced ultimately created the inflation insanity we are seeing. If you are going to vote for Reaganomics all over again, just expect another big inflation/recession in the economy. Republicans always tout themselves as the (small government party). But all they ever do is create an environment of low interest and corporate tax incentives that run the economy from crash to crash. Your bills go higher and your wages will stagnate.
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  74. Regardless of which way you lean on this issue. This was the last nail in the coffin for Trump's ability to get elected. From a strategic point of view, Republicans simply don't have enough voters to oust Biden in the next election. Being indicted on 91 felonies has already aliened a large percentage of female conservative voters; this is what many polls indicate. Bringing up election interference after 2400 court cases being struck down will only further alienate moderate Republicans from supporting him. Nobody wants a January 6th 2.0. Congress has already done unparalleled damage to it's voter base, which is why many Republicans are splintering. The moment he got 49% of the vote in the Iowa Caucus; I knew it was over.
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  75.  @GeoffsSousChef  Pretty much
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  76. Inequalities are only going to get worse; nothing you can do about it at this stage in the economic/political environment. This country will be a lot poorer when the middle class is wiped out.
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  77. A vote for Biden or Trump is a vote for WW3 or Civil War. I refuse to take part in that freak-show.
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  78. You got that right! Unfortunately, I think (at this point) it's better to stay in the US; remotely of course. Put assets into silver, gold, water, bullets, land, and livestock. We're coming to the abrupt end of the American Empire. Like all empires that fall; tremendous interior and exterior conflicts usually follow. The amount of small scale wars that began after the fall of the Soviet Union was enormous and largely ignored in the history books. It will truly be an interesting thing to watch.
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  79. Be careful what you wish for. I don't think people truly understand what a country without Federal funding looks like. Everything would fall apart: Social Security, Medicare, Pensions. Followed by the states thereafter.
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  80. You're going to lose your entire country to an oligarchy if you don't vote for Trump - 2024!
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  81. Well, putting Trump back in office (the man that pushed Jerome Powell to lower the federal funds rate to near 0%) isn't a solution. He bears the responsibility for a large majority of the inflation insanity; appointment of Jerome Powell, PPP loans, child tax credits, student loan forbearance. All of which contributes towards CPI inflation. Biden didn't help by promising student loan cancellation. Students were out in droves using their loan refund checks for commodities and vacation money.
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  82. How is this false? It's a demographic issue! Baby Boomers and Gen X did NOT have enough children to fund their retirement future; that's a blatant fact. Every first world country is having a domestic birth crisis. Social Security liabilities go up and tax revenue doesn't compete. They will have to double SS taxes every few years once 2034 hits, just to keep to same level of retirement benefits for existing and future claims. Are you ready to pay 10%SS? 15? 25% taxes in Social Security? Imagine that...
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  83. Anti-Semitism always rises when the domestic or international economy begins to falter. So much of this is not a surprise. People tend to hate 'successful people' and the Jewish community tends to be the best at doing that.
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  84. Well, this is rather complicated. People should not get caught up in the (but Russia invaded) part. A war was already ongoing in eastern Ukraine since 2014. None of which would have happened if the Obama Administration hadn't formed a coup in Kiev and installed Zelensky. Before 2014, Ukraine was ultimately controlled by the Russian Federation politically. The US for the last decade has seized control and Russia doesn't like it; naturally they want it back. Trying to force Ukraine into NATO was the last straw for Putin; as it would have quelled the war against Russia's border in favor of NATO ambitions. Plus, they would have lost incredible access to the Black Sea. Also, Eastern Ukraine and Crimea had been trying to annex themselves to the Russian Federation since 2004 officially. This is a power play between the United States and Russia. Russia has ambitions to maintain it's authentic culture and political control in eastern Europe and the US wants to turn Ukraine into a strip mall and ultimately subjugate Russia.
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  85.  @jonson856  Elaborate? We have audio recording from the State Dept. under Obama admitting this. Like everything else, they're online (completely accessible). Hilarious how nobody goes to jail; just like Joe Biden when he openly black-mailed Zelensky. Explain to me how Yanukovich's cabinet was all murdered and suicided? Are you going to deny next that a war began in the Donbass region between Zelensky and pro-Russian Ukrainians. And that Zelensky didn't murder thousands of his own people in air-raids?
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  86.  @Walter-tp9uv  I heard about a quarter was vacant. Trump's rallies are nowhere near what they were in 2016 and many of his ultra-fans travel the country on his rally tour. So many of them are the same people over and over again.
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  87. Tribal leaders steal all the tax-payer wealth that they are afforded and leave their community with crumbs. On top of that, there is virtually policing and no justice with many criminals.
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  88. Democrats want Trump imprisoned for breaking the law. Did you ACTUALLY think they were going to apply the 'law' across the board? Absolutely not!
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  89. A vote for Trump is a vote for more inflation. I guarantee you that upon entering the Whitehouse. He will fire Jerome Powell and install a Federal Reserve Chairman that will slash interest rates to (negative territory) like he WANTED back in 2020. If Trump or Biden win, you can be sure that we will be in either WW3 or a Civil War by the end of four years.
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  90. This was inevitable since the Obama Administration when they helped overthrow Yanukovich in Ukraine and later install Zelensky. The US and NATO are hellbent on using Russia and China to absorb their global debt crisis. Kind of like we billed Germany after WW1. It's all about power and control; a sick game to them.
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  91. There will be a massive bailout in 2025; wait and watch.
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  92. It's just a matter of when the world loses faith in the USD Dollar. For the boomers that claim they've heard this before and nothing will happen. You are missing the larger parts of how much public interest we are paying and how far the standard of living has fallen. It's easy to think such things from behind your pension and loaded 401k. I don't say this to be mean. I say it because this logic is rampant and redundant among Boomers and Gen X Americans. By 2034, Social Security and Medicare reaches a $200 Trillion dollar debt maintenance. CBO has already projected that I will either have to pay double taxes, including a 12.4% Social Security tax, seniors will have to take a 25% cut in benefits, OR we will enter hyperinflation. It's morbidly hilarious to know that there are some 70 million people in this country that either don't care OR won't allow reform for Social Security in Medicare simply because they won't be alive to see the results of their failure.
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  93. I'm no fan of Biden, but I would never vote for Trump again. The man that appointed Jerome Powell and drove interest rates to 0 in 2020. Allowing for mass inflation to run amuck while giving out artificially low rates to consumers. All inflation is a result of the federal funds rate.
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  94. Uh, the answer is 'slavery!" For those that claim (state rights); the Confederacy didn't believe in the necessity of the US constitution and any position to take advantage of the 10th amendment for made void. It's revisionist history at best.
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  95. @Lee Roland Irrelevant, nothing (not even cutting all discretionary and military) is going to save this country from the impending cliff. We either default on our debts OR drive this economy into hyperinflation in the next 15 years. Interest payment on our budget can only go so high.
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  96.  @JustinWilliams-ed2ug  Go get a CDL; drive for a few years and save everything. Then make an exit plan :)
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  97. As much as I agree with Trump, he needs to avoid the 2024 election. I voted for him twice, but I can say with certainty that his base has been utterly destroyed in the last 2 years. People are looking to candidates like DeSantis for what this country needs. If Trump runs, he has a better chance of alienating millions of Republicans and giving the election to the Democrats. If he wins the primary, it will be by slim margins.
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  98. 85 Million? There's no way! Republicans are not doing the math on this election? Democrats took Ohio by storm in the 2023 General Election and Republicans were nowhere to be seen. If that is one instance in a swing-state; how do they expect to win the Presidential election. Keep in mind there has been mass dysfunction with the House under McCarthy.
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  99. America doesn't need Trump again; his appointment of Jerome Powell got us into the inflation mess we are in. He even threatened to fire him if he didn't resort to negative interest rates. It surely would have resulted in worse inflation than we had.
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  100. I would heavily suggest people create an 'unthinkable plan' in the case of nuclear conflict. Make a list of supplies and locations you can go to avoid fall-out.
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  101. Because his economic policy resulted in disaster. Sure, he wasn't the one that shut down state economies, but he DID appoint Jerome Powell and aim at getting the federal funds rate under 0.25%. Probably to boost the markets before he got re-elected. It resulted in massive inflation from surging demand in 2020. We created nothing new, but we printed trillions that inflated the markets. Now it's a day-dream to own a home for many people. Explain to an 18 y/o how he is going to buy a home (average price $427,000).
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  102. If Trump had gotten his way with Jerome Powell and allowed the federal funds rate to go 'negative' in 2020. Inflation would have been considerably worse. Most of the inflation falls on his presidency. It takes anywhere from 6 months to 2 years for debt to be realized in the market. Biden didn't help with his student loan cancellation antics. Demand and cheap debt were out of control! This is how you get inflation like we are seeing today.
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  103. A vote for Trump is a vote for another wave of crushing inflation. Do people forget that he appointed Jerome Powell? The guy that printed $8 Trillion and set interest rates to 0% in 2020? Trump cannot save this country; nobody can. It's a cycle of regression that has to happen and there is no way out of it.
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  104. People are the problem; not just politicians or corporate jerks. You have a country that is rampant with cancer, diabetes, 5 second attention spans, and all other things related to ignorance in general. If you want to find out what's wrong with this country; look at how people behave and think. People have absolutely lost their minds in this country. It's one reason I'm leaving the mid-west; everyone's brain is gone. Bathing in the insanity of social media, a wage that is being scorched by inflation, and student loans that can 'mathematically' NEVER be paid back.
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  105. People aren't paying attention; his rally sizes have considerably shrunk! They claim it was 10,000 people when nearly a quarter of the stadium was vacant. Right wing media is highly exaggerating his current turnout. He's only 2pts+ in favorability since 2021 and he has to contend with a third party candidate. He isn't going to win.
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  106. lol some ;)
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  107. No, because in a Keynesian economy; debt obligations must grow linear with GDP in order for the dollar value to be maintained. GDP has outperformed debt for decades now. As long as debt outperforms GDP; your wages stagnate and prices grow. At this point there is absolutely nothing that can be done to stop this. Largely because of the IOUs from the SS Trust Fund, Medicare, etc. Everything is in an inflationary state and importing millions of illegal immigrants couldn't even lower wages and produce enough GDP to stop this. You would have to double GDP every year for like 50 years straight at this point to pay off the debt; absolutely impossible. It's all about compounding interest and inflationary debts. You CANNOT print your way out of a debt crisis; these politicians never learn.
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  108. They needed their mercenary buddies in the Middle East to stay armed for the next contract they're given by the US Government lol It's hilarious how many times Al Qaeda and the Taliban switch from being our enemies to being our allies in the last 30 odd years. The American people have been duped!
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  109. Trump will NEVER be President again. What's going to end up happening is a (Ross Perot 1992) scenario all over again. Democrats will maintain lock-step and Republicans will split into RFK's independent run. Unfortunately, Biden will be President for another four years, smh.
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  110. Sergey Brin's ex-wife. I'm a huge RFK supporter, but even this has my eyebrows raised. I smell corruption, smh...
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  111.  @DBo-pp1gn  If we can figure it out in 5 seconds. What the heck is RFK thinking? Running a VP that's a gold-digging patent attorney seems hypocritical to everything that his platform stands for. I fear this announcement will kill the momentum of his campaign sadly.
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  112. Sorry to inform you Russel, but that's a baseless conspiracy that ignores T-Bill policies. Taxes that flow into those funds are re-swapped so that they can collect interest. The money was never stolen... The reason they are going bankrupt is because we have rapidly changing demographics; a growing elderly population and not enough young people to afford their pensions and retirements. Social Security always has to be paid forward.
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  113. His block has been decimated! My entire family (extended as well) voted for him in 2016. I'd say the current block he has is a solid 8% (maybe). It used to be 20%-30%. of registered Republicans. Nobody is going to vote for him again, except for two people I know. Believe me, the conspiracy garbage coming from FOX and NewsMax is borderline criminal. $780 Billion was peanuts to Fox! I know people that literally believe that the Biden Administration is paying military contractors to derail trains, poison the air/water, and burn down forests to suffocate America. It's not funny, it's pathetic and sad.
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  114.  @meandmyindianhusband6482  It all depends on whether more Democrats vote for RFK or Republicans vote for him. He can possibly win, but if he attracts many Republicans and little Democrats; then Democrats will win the election again. As a conservative, I can assure you they are already set to take back the House in 2024. Republicans are losing 5 electoral votes in the Midwest and Democrats are gaining 4 million new eligible voters 3 to 1. Plus, voter turnout is in decline with Republicans in both 2022 and 2023 special elections. The Presidential election in 2024 will come down to Texas ultimately; seeing as they've gained 4 electoral votes. If Democrats gain Texas; the GOP will lose everything. Based on the 2020 results of the vote; I'd say it's very possible that they do.
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  115. Change the business and corporate incentives lol It's the insurance and corporate attorneys that have made this possible. Once you create a government agency; the vultures come to buy up influence and then force the tax-payer to be their science experiment. Virtually all of your CDC and FDA rulings are dictated by the donations and influence from Kellogg's, General Mills, etc.
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  116. Trump isn't going to win; Republicans aren't doing the math. People are intent on voting for the same man that caused the inflation crisis to begin with.
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  117. I'm worried that JD Vance will be extremely loyal to Trump (should any election issues arise). I think he would definitely attempt to reject electoral votes in the case that Trump lost the election (even though it's now clear that he has no authority to do so in a formal/legal manner).
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  118. The irony of your comment is a perfect example of what I just addressed. I'm not saying woke (bs) is acceptable, but people like you pulled your kid after watching a single segment of Fox News. Go take a look at the educational metrics/stats for homeschooled children in the US the last several years. A whopping majority of those kids are falling behind on basic mathematics, reading, and writing, period! That doesn't mean children in public schools are doing better. It means that the parents aren't actually doing what they're supposed to. Parents care more about getting politically irritated than actually caring about how it might potentially affect their children. In the last several years, we saw mobs of parents (that never attended a 'parent teacher conference', answered emails, or showed up at schooled to address failing grades in their entire adult lives. But low and behold, have Fox News throw up a few stories about indoctrination and these same parents show up at their local school with 'death threats' and political signs. You people are being played. Last time I checked; FOX News IS mainstream media. I can't tell you how many crazy conservative parents we having sending death threats and angry political ranting voicemails to educators in our district. All over something they saw on Fox News. They cherry pick looney teachers from all over the country and convince viewers that it's happening in their local school. Do any of you actually realize how ridiculous it sounds for teachers to be systemically indoctrinating your child? (making $40k a year - over-worked, underpaid, and dealing with assault and harassment on a daily basis?) People don't even realize that this is one of 'many' issues that will break the Republican Party.
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  119.  @DILLIGAF.spiritual  You know what's even more realistic? Parents that are too politically motivated to actually understand why their child is falling behind. So they yank them out of school in a rage. A month later, they're completely neglecting their child's educational needs. I see it all too often. You have no idea how many crazy emails, phone calls, death threats, and protests we get from conservative parents that watch FOX News and then march to their local Middle school to organize a protest. They are the dumbest people on the planet. These same parents allow their children to be on their smartphones 6 hours a day and pay ZERO attention to their schoolwork, grades, or struggles. They literally don't care. People are watching way too much news and social media.
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  120. Globalizing economies make it inevitable. If you want healthy margins of inequality (say 70/30); then you need a smaller society. Large civilizations eventually end up with all the wealth being concentrated. It all comes down to Price's/Lotka's Law and basic pareto distributions on productivity and IQ.
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  121.  @mattrobel229  Blackrock has virtually ALL construction contracts to rebuild Ukraine. When this war is over; they will own the nation.
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  122. I like Vivek, but until he has a solution to stop rampant inflation (caused by the Federal Reserve) and fixing Social Security. The can will continue to be kicked down the road.
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  123. Not exactly, we're probably looking at the biggest bailout in US history coming in 2025; no joke. Whomever gets into office next year will have to contend with a 'probable' recession. This is because FED's are looking to cut rates in September. Once they do this, debt refinancing begins and basically the new/vs old cash flow in the economy causes a massive spike in delinquencies. This has happened 'without exception' for the last 50 years; see Overnight REPO rates.
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  124. Well, they don't care and likely never have. Politics is always about hand-shakes and bribes.
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  125. What is happening everywhere is the real question! This country is being overturned by crazies on both sides. I blame the social media companies for such mass hysteria; de facto governments being run by nerds, go figure.
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  126. Atheist isn't a faith, it's simply a position that believes nothing except a physical reality. At the same time, you could say a dog can't believe in electricity or voting because he can't conceptualize those concepts. The dog has faith in what he can sense only. I'm not a Christian, but atheism baffles me sometimes.
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  127. The media screamed about Fascism (that didn't exist) for four straight years! Now, fascism is HERE and they are silent. People need to wake-up; the media is a cartel of corporations that are trying to suppress any independent news organization.
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  128. There's no way to fix this; although I admire Chip's courage. 71% of the budget is autopilot for SS, Medicare, Medicaid, Public Transport, Tribal Lands, and Pensions. Cutting discretionary will do NOTHING! Unfortunately, no American wants to talk about entitlement cuts and any politicians that tries to push legislation dies in the polls and next elections.
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  129. Welfare having a negative connotation to it isn't the fault of Miriam Webster. Social Security and Medicare are forward paying benefits. You pay for your parents, etc. Those taxes are never financing your current benefits. Those FICA taxes are turned into t-bonds to collect interest. So naturally, your current Social Security is being paid for by your children.
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  130.  @dgsasser  That's not how projection reversal works bud.
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  131.  @1BeGe  Do you feel better about yourself for saying that? Intentionally misquoting and taking me out of context?
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  132.  @gq4u85  You seem to know everything. Why bother arguing with someone who knows everything? You should go apply to Tesla. I'm sure they'd love to have your infinite knowledge :)
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  133. Stop voting for Trump (who appointed Jerome Powell and set interest rates at 0) effectively causing the mass inflation that we are still experiencing. Remember 1% mortgages and 0% auto loans? Artificially low federal funds rates lead to excess demand and prices. If you elect Trump again, I guarantee you that he'll fire Powell and appoint someone who will give him (negative interest rates) that he initially wanted. You'll have a wave of inflation insanity significantly worse than before.
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  134. Nope, he doesn't pay them; they literally follow him all over the US because they are addicted to his freaking cult.
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  135. Fauci - commits perjury - Gets a book deal, gets a documentary, gets a raise, becomes a demi-God Me - commits perjury - Gets sent to prison for 25 years and raped by Bubba
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  136. Nobody in this entire country has the time to be protesting; given the economy. Me thinks the protestors are getting paid to be there. People typically can't be protesting if they can't afford to eat and afford shelter.
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  137.  @crownuk4867  You can't trust Ds and Rs. Republicans want deals for their corporate buddies. Democrats want deals for their corporate buddies. It's a no win issue.
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  138. Schools aren't failing because of a couple bad apples teaching weird ideologies. They are failing because children are out of freaking control and parents are doing nothing. Teachers are leaving in droves due to rising levels of harassment, violence, and police intervention in schools. Texas lost 13% of their teachers in the last 18 months because of these issues.
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  139.  @willikins5095  Because they watch FOX News and think that transgenderism (being taught by teachers) is the number one threat to this nation. The number one threat to education is out of control students and parents. Teachers are leaving in droves due to constant assault, harassment, and out of control classrooms. Go ask a teacher!
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  140. Inflation IS down; that doesn't mean prices are down.
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  141. lol I'm the opposite; I will never vote for him again. He is almost solely responsible for the inflationary nightmare we are in. HE appointed Jerome Powell and wanted the federal funds rate to go negative. Imagine what further damage would have happened if he had gotten his way. Everybody and their brother jumped on cheap mortgages to become rentals and bought brand new cars 0% APY. It drove prices out of control!
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  142. Blackrock has virtually all the construction contracts already in place to rebuild Ukraine once the war is over. They will essentially own the nation. When will people wake up and realize that all these conflicts are government/corporate ploys for power?
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  143.  @FosterTravis1071  It is NOT against Federal Law; it's against company policy.
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  144.  @iLikeMyOwnPosts  What do you mean by foreigner? He's an American citizen born to American citizens. You can't run for President if you a naturalized or foreign.
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  145. Trump doesn't have the numbers; Republicans aren't doing the math on this one. You have 5 million additional voters that will vote 90% Democrat and Republican turnout in 2022/2023 is down tremendously. Democrats took the state of Ohio by storm in the General Election. Trump fatigue is very real and I feel that most moderate Republicans are going to be lazy about election day. The Republicans are simply not representing any of the current issues. They talk about social issues while they should be talking about housing and the economy. This will end up being a repeat of 1992 with Ross Perot and the election 'unfortunately' will be handed to Biden.
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  146. Techno-fascism from the international billionaire lobbyists and corporations. Blackrock wants to fulfill it's contract to rebuild and OWN Ukraine.
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  147. Nah, I know too many of the people that support him. It has nothing to do with racism, sexism, or corruption; it's very simple. They watch FOX, Newsmax, QAnon, and Alex Jones. They literally believe that the Biden Administration is sending out goons to blow up railroads, set forest fires, poison the wells, and destroy the economy with high interest rates (because they're evil) lol. I can't make this stuff up, I truly fear for this country. Theocracy is never too far away from taking over again, and believe me. Theocrats have rigorously infiltrated the MAGA movement.
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  148. I think Covid has given a wakeup call to most Americans. If the FDA and CDC lied about this; what else are they lying about? Once you realize health guidelines and pharmaceutical drugs have made most people fat and stupid. Then you can begin to infer the motivation.
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  149. I love Florida and DeSantis, just wish it snowed a bit there. Too hot and humid all the time lol
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  150.  @patsmith6405  So what's your answer to VAERs? Some 16,000 deaths reported from (primarily) Pfizer.
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  151. A college course on Gender Theory. I hear it can make you $ix Figures! But only in cupcakes :)
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  152.  @rdszx  Tucker (along with all other Fox anchors) admitted that they misled the public about their coverage of the 2020 election. Not only that, but that they knew about it while they were gaslighting viewers. His resignation (upon request from Rupert Murdoch) was part of the settlement between Fox and Dominion.
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  153. You're the first person I've seen NOT supporting Israel (TBH). What do you expect them to do when Hamas murders 400 Israelis and takes hostages?
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  154. So we don't sent minors back to their families in Mexico, like we did under Trump. We put them on flights and fly them out to cities all over the US. That's human trafficking of minors.
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  155. We were in Afghanistan for opium; nothing more. Contractors were flying it out and going to Asia for nearly two decades. As soon as fentanyl came in; opioids became the past.
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  156. Your comment made me fall off my chair lol
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  157. One narcissist gets to gaslight another narcissist with gaslighting 'yes or no' questions. How wonderful is the state of America! This country is going down the toilet.
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  158. Because the Obama Admin overthrew Yanukovich in 2014 and replaced him with Zelensky in order to barter control of Ukraine over Russia. It's NATO's goal to subjugate Russia and form a Faustian alliance with China in order for those countries and alliances to absorb the US debt crisis. The US knows that either a default or long term government shutdown is imminent; which will render the US Government helpless. They plan to use this conflict and brewing war to absorb their greed. Kind of like when we billed Germany during WW1 and stuck a bunch of IOUs in the Treaty of Versailles.
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  159. I'd like to believe that Tucker was an honest man to the core of his being. However, his testimony during the Dominion lawsuit speaks volumes. He, as well as his colleagues admitted that they were fully aware that their coverage of the 2020 election was fraudulent and lacking all evidence. Yet they decided to do it anyway. Hannity himself admitted in a series of emails (hours before putting Giuliani on the air) that he thought the guy was a moron and a wacko to think that there was election interference. Then he completely poker faced it through the live segment and ran with the statements and the accusations that he threw out about Dominion voting machines. All of these transcripts are public and can be viewed by anybody. To think this is a part of a conspiracy is beyond idiotic at this point. Rupert Murdoch let Tucker Carlson go because it was part of the settlement decision between Fox and Dominion. Why else would Fox let him go the day after the lawsuit was settled?
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  160. Not voting for a man that appointed Jerome Powell and drove massive inflation from his economic policy. Never again should the federal funds rate be as low as it's been. Wage stagnation had been eating Americans alive for the last 40 years. Reaganomics had it's run and it failed; quit electing people that perpetuate it.
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  161. I would forgive the student loans on one condition; end the Federal loan program...
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  162. I won't vote for a man that wrecked this country with inflation. 0% federal funds rate under his appointee Jerome Powell, PPP loans, etc. If Trump is elected again, he will push the Reaganomics card all over again.
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  163. The comment section is only reminding me that "with the knowledge of the world at people's fingertips" they choose to be ignorant. The number of unintelligent, illiterate, and downright irrational posts shows you how disconnected everyone is. Giving media access to the lower tier of society, driven to hysteria via constant dumpster fires by corporate America is what has led to this catastrophe.
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  164. It won't change anything. Demographics surrounding Social Security and bond debts are the real killer, especially with high interest rates. Covid spending expedited the SS problem by roughly 4 years. All of those payouts had to go up with inflation or multiple steps short of it at least.
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  165. Come on Bernie, just join the club already. People have been fantasizing about a Trump/Bernie duo forever.
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  166. Believe it or not, it is. People are destroying the entire system; not politicians. People either go INTO office knowing that their are cows to be milked OR they go in way over their heads like David Schweikert and a handful of others. People simply don't care! Try to talk about Social Security reform to anybody over 40 and they will chop your head off. Americans don't care, they want things to work with 0 effort. Kind of like how we all order DoorDash now and never leave the house.
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  167. We've had on average (200,000 detentions) per month for the last 18 months. This level of illegal immigration is unprecidented! Most people don't know how bad the border actually is right now.
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  168.  @BaxterBlue We're being duped. ; I guarantee it. Both sides of the media want WW3 at this point.
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  169. You can't balance the budget without reforming Social Security and Medicare; it's impossible. But nobody wants to actually look at the budget; they'd rather just kick the can or ignore reality.
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  170.  @clemclemson9259  Yet, FOX News was sued for $750 Million for having all their outlets and partners dive into a conspiracy to expose 'election fraud' that couldn't be proven. Your ability to 'research anything you want' is an illusion for most people. True, there are ways to fool-proof certain information, but it's all owned by a few large companies. It's a single bullet of information ricocheting all over the internet from one source; giving the idea that there are multiple sources. If you haven't noticed, even most small media outlets aren't doing 'field work'. They are stealing the same sources from large corporate media networks and using them to report on their own channel. 'Nothing is what it seems; it is only what it can be made to look like.' If you think you're fool proof, then I'm afraid you've already been suckered in. Never become complacent!
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  171. Until the demographic problems are addressed, nothing will change. Too many retirees and not enough young people to replace the or pay forward their social security.
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  172.  @misterwallace3479  We are always doing well during a Reaganomics boom; the Republicans always do it. Followed by an inevitable crash. The GOP tout themselves as the party of small government. Yet every time they get into office, they produce artificially low interest rates and quantitative easing (out the wazoo) for international corporations. Yeah, it's always party time when Reaganomics starts, then everybody has to pay the bill 3-5 years later. They did the same thing in 1987 and 2008. Republican in Congress are the biggest hypocrites, constantly using Federal funds to cover revenue losses after they cut income taxes or city/work taxes in their states. You had a 40% run on inflation between January 2020 and spring of 2023. You can look at the USD Money supply charts yourself. Yet, we have millions of Gen X and Boomers that can't understand why people younger than them can't afford the same things at their age. It's because a whopping majority of them are financially illiterate.
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  173. A voice problem doesn't mean he's mentally impaired...
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  174. With what border security might I ask? The labor shortages are destroying this country. Policing, military, and correctional officers are facing something of a 30%+ shortage nationwide. We do not have the manpower to run this circus anymore. This is a demographic problem, period! Criminals are being released because we don't have enough correctional staff to maintain the prisons.
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  175. Bud, I voted for him in 2016; his voter based has shrunk by like 75%. My entire family (extended as well) voted for the man. Not a single person in my family (except 2) are still interest in voting for him. He tried Reaganomics all over again, artificially low interest rates, and massive QE for corporations and the market. Republicans all do this and get to ride a giant (booming economy) right into a mega crash every single time. The biggest problem as from that, is the garbage that FOX and Newsmax produce in order to stoke his base with utter nonsense. You literally have the masses believing that Biden is making high interest rates because he hates America and sending out goons to blow up railroads, and start forest fires. The people that I know (still addicted to his movement) have grown unstable imo. Vote for whomever you want, but I won't be voting for him again.
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  176. Keep in mind that the Soviets and Nazis also alleged voter fraud in order to advance their political positions. Never underestimate the ability for a country to fall into theocracy in a short period of time. There's a long line of ambitious religious zealots that want to wreck to country at the first chance they get. Many have infiltrated the MAGA movement over the years. Although, the biggest problem for me is that Trump tried Reaganomics all over again. Big time quantitative easing for corporations, along with artificially low interest rates. Big boom in the economy, followed by a short-sighted crash and loss of dollar value.
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  177. Once you're famous, everything you do is going to be called a political stunt. Try ordering a pepsi and they'll call it a political stunt.
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  178.  @Bluesit32  Everybody is always filming. Remember, it's not about what something is; rather what it can be made to look like.
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  179.  @Bluesit32  With the screen quality; is there really a difference anymore? lol
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  180. They're all criminals bud, they will never serve time in jail, ever. This is how the system works, unfortunately.
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  181. I'm not a huge fan of the FED, but people need to understand the truth. People have lost their minds; crime of all types are on steroids. States simply do not have the resources to perform their duties at usual capacity, especially considering we have a massive labor shortage still. The Federal Government is doing this largely at the request of state government due to the massive influx of murders, assault, and death threats (especially against pubic servants). Harassment and assault at parent teacher conferences and board meetings is disturbing. News media telling you that the government is going after parents without context is extremely misleading. The FBI has taken an interest in this issue because parents have lost their minds at these school meeting. Go and watch the Youtube videos for yourself. Endless waves of parents (made hysterical by the mainstream media) go to school board meetings and harass teachers and board members about topics that are not even an issue at the schools. Only seldom are the parents in the right. I find it hilarious that parents would be outraged by a sexual book found in a library. All the while their children have been porn addicts since the age of 8-10. Porn addiction is so rampant that it's laughable to get angry about a book, while your kid is walking around with a device that can access the world.
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  182. Why do Republicans get a pass? This entire thing happened under the Trump Administration by people that HE appointed after Obama. Pretending that one side is evil and the other has nothing to do with it is ridiculous if you ask me.
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  183. A 14 month old dog that killed a chicken? Plus, she said she 'hated' the dog. Sounds like human problems created this situation.
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  184. Scary choice if you ask me. Sergey Brin's ex-wife? Smells like corporate corruption, smh.
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  185.  @BazookaTooth707  Religion is a plague to reason.
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  186. We didn't add 30% of the USD recently printed into circulation in those 4 years. That has happened in the last 18 months.
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  187. The US is already an oligarchy. We're simply in the process of switching to a new one lol
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  188.  @justaguy6100  Not exactly, mathematically speaking; every President since Clinton outspent the last. This is largely due to Social Security, Medicare, and above all else Pensions. All of which have had to be inflated to maintain most of their value in an economy that has a widening export deficit. It's a fiat Keynesian economy; essentially permanent growth and permanent inflation. If productivity/exports don't grow linear with debt obligation; then wages stagnate and prices grow. The situation is easier to comprehend if you avoid politics and go with the underlying economics. That way you don't get manipulated by partisanship.
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  189.  @justaguy6100  Actually, that's false. True that SS is supposedly it's own fund, but the proceeds are put into the general fund so they can be converted into t-bonds for interest collection. This is why people have endlessly complained that SS has been used for other means; though Congress and the CBO office have denied it. The SS liabilities are more or less their own designated appropriation and must be paid out. As far as widening the gap vs cutting it. I don't see any evidence (other than circumstantial) when it comes down to the parties. From a historical perspective, stocks and economies have done better under Democratic Presidents for the last 50 odd years; though that omits quite a lot of factors at the same time. People can say what they want about tax cuts, but no deficit resulted from them; if that's what you mean. In the case of Covid spending (roughly $6T) over 24 months. You had mass inflation in every area of the economy, including your auto-pilot programs. If Social Security, Medicare, and Pensions are going to be inflated at a rate higher than businesses can push up wages and generate tax revenue with it (then naturally this creates a higher deficit). This is particularly why those programs can't maintain a surplus of funds; they're dwindling. As far as the economy being robust. I don't see it. Our top exports are oil and tech/aerospace patents. Sure, there's a lot of ways to make money, but not in a domestic sense. Consumers rely so heavily on imports. Wait till Trump puts up his tariffs and people will realize how vulnerable the US economy is.
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  190. It's not rocket science folks; don't let FOX or CNN dictate your reasoning skills. All of these issues are symptoms of greater occurrences. 1. Rapidly changing age demographics (which put a noose on social programs). 2. Declining dollar value; USD has lost nearly 60% of it's worth since 1980. 3. Loss of what it means to be an American; the purpose of the United States. (Resulting in the rise of tribalism).
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  191. This is what's wrong with Congress! Anytime somebody has something rather complicated and important to say; most of Congress adjourns themselves for a luncheon or mini-vacation with their lobbyists. The only time all of Congress actually comes together is when they get to virtue signal to the public and talk about new and exciting toys that will do NOTHING for the American public. Unfortunately, the public eats up all the theatrics and gets sucked into the scam time and time again.
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  192. @ Stop letting the media gaslight you. Otherwise you'll have the opposite opinions for politicians that you like.
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  193. 2024 is going to be a 'make' or 'break' year for the Republican Party. 2022 and 2023 have already shown how unpopular their platforms are nationwide. Plus, many Republicans are giving up and non showing up to the polls due to burn-out and I am one of them. Unless they reframe their campaign on inflation and home affordability, they are going to lose everything. Nobody 'working' aged person can take them seriously when they talk about transgenderism, library books, and wokism while we are being pushed out of the middle class.
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  194. Which part gave it away? The fact that the DNC uses 1700 paid-off delegates to choose the front runner? Yeah, no corruption to see here lol smh
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  195.  @Puzzlesocks  Quite the opposite actually, but thanks.
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  196. Absolutely not! I voted for Trump twice, but he is not the man for the job right now. If he runs he'll be handing the election to the Democrats. A policy of bringing the jobs back and stopping equity is not going to save this country from an inflationary death. We need a candidate that is going to fix the Social Security/Medicare dilemma.
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  197. On average, members of Congress spend about 2-4 hours in session several days a week. Plus they get a two-week vacation every quarter.
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  198. Trump is the reason inflation is still out of control. He's the one that appointed Jerome Powell. The Federal Reserve wrecked the money supply and sent demand/prices out of control. Trump wanted him to go negative on the federal funds rate; inflation would have been considerably worse had that happened. I liked Trumps foreign policy, but domestically he was terrible.
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  199. US as a volume of the global carbon footprint is near the bottom for it's population size. Where are you getting your info?
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  200. Frances Haugen is a plant folks; CIA maybe? CNN, CNBC, and 60 Minutes give her full coverage? And her solution is MORE Government regulations? It wouldn't surprise me if Facebook and Twitter hacked themselves and sold off the personal information of 1.5 Billion accounts. All so that a former employee would spitball Facebook (which users will forget next month) and the Government gets a reason to enhance regulations that help Facebook and Twitter, while harming other competing companies.
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  201. Taking away funding from the CIA, FBI, NIH, FDA etc is asking for trouble. It will be a corporate/government circle jerk of bribes, intimidation, and corruption. Which is the reason it needs to be a priority.
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  202. Same here...
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  203. She's a literal psychopath. Everything she does is a chess move in order to elicit the response that she wants.
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  204. I'm not agreeing with the expenditures of his administration, but we're looking at 30% inflation from the M0 USD supply in the last 18 months. It's no accident that grocery items and the housing market increased 25% to 40% in the same time frame. Not exactly the type of spending we are used to.
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  205. He's right, but he doesn't have my vote. We need a candidate that is going to tackle (inflation, Social Security, and Medicare). All other issues are irrelevant at this point. These three items will destroy this country if we do nothing.
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  206. The jobs are NOT coming back folks! We don't have enough Gen Z to replace their parent's generations and nobody is willing to work those jobs either. CDL classrooms across this country are filled with African green cards because Americans refuse to drive trucks for $60k-$90k.
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  207.  @teddymoon3744  Yes, because Jerome Powell (appointed by Trump) set the federal funds rate to 0 in 2020. Leading to massive inflation in 2021 until now. If you elect Trump again, I can guarantee you that inflation will run out of control again.
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  208. We weren't looking at 30% inflation during the Trump Administration though. Things have changed quite a bit.
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  209. Republicans must be desperate. The moment Trump got 51% at the Iowa Caucus; 'as a former President' mind you. I knew he'd never be President again.
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  210. Well, unfortunately the parents will need to change. We can blame the 15 of activist teachers and morons in those position. But at the end of the day, parents are not showing up to the meetings and they are using screens to teach their kids. We are raising an entire generation of apathetic and anti-social children; the result will be mass suicides and shootings.
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  211.  @jhutch1470  ????
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  212. $45 Million dollars in donations from Pharma workers? Bernie is full of bs lol
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  213. Actually, she might not be a DEI hire. Shortages in corrections and police are insane nationwide. I'm from Columbus, OH; highway patrol has had a 30%+ shortage since 2021.
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  214. He's literally doing Reaganomics all over again. You'd be amazed at what people can buy into when they are scraping by to pay bills. Under Republican Administrations, corporations get a TON of quantitative easing and interest rates are set artificially LOW. This is why they always tout a booming economy, just before a messy crash; every.. single.. time..
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  215. Yep, began in like 2015.
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  216.  @alex_lll  Repeating the Kremlin's talking points? I'm really curious where you got this. I've never heard or found anything of the sort. largely since this accusation is years old, based on an old smear campaign that CNN did during the primaries. If what you say is accurate, which 'talking points' are you referring to?
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  217. Look at how the average American spends money; are you really that surprised? The financially illiterate Americans elected the financially illiterate politicians lol
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  218. As much as I agree with the message of love. It is Hamas that is using it's own people as human shields in this war. They literally set up a rocket site behind the hospital in Gaza. So that when they attack and retreated; Israeli military would level the hospital site. That's not what happened, but it's what Hamas was intent on doing from the start. The people living in Gaza are being led by an oppressive regime that lies to them every day about their situation. Hamas literally sets up military operations in order to produce mass Palestinian casualties; it makes for good news against Israel.
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  219. Vivek is a fraud bud; I liked him too at first. He's also trying to make media headlines by lying to his supporters about a car accident recently. Claiming it was protestors, but it was a woman that had nothing to do with the rally.
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  220. All of them? lol The incentive to lie is 100 fold! For every lie they tell, (the clickbait ad revenue) nets them 100 times more than they would ever pay in a defamation, libel, or slander lawsuit. It's the same reason that pharmaceutical companies get away with crappy drugs that end up killing several tens of thousands of people each year. Pfizer makes $37B on a new miracle drug and then they pay $1.1B for the damages and death of 40,000 people. That's how the system works right now; you can't fight the incentives.
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  221. Trump, you mean the guy that appointed Jerome Powell and set interest rates to 0 in 2020. Causing out of control inflation in the markets? If you elect Trump, get ready for inflation round two. He will certainly implemented Reaganomics on steroids all over again.
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  222. Unfortunately, spending under Trump and Biden, as well as the Trump Administration's position on keeping Federal Reserve rates low for as long as they did has contributed to the situation unfolding with inflation. Biden can't solely be blamed. Trump initiated the same exactly failed policies between the Carter and Reagan Administrations the lead from early stagflation to a recession. I personally do not think Trump nor Desantis have the platform nor the numbers to win another election. The GOP is trying build a platform based on fighting transgender laws, suggestive school books, and wokism. Not that I heavily disagree with some of their positions, but it's embarrassing when we should be focusing on Russia/China, inflation, and Social Security solvency. If Republicans don't step up to fight the real issues plaguing this country, they will lose in a landslide come 2024.
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  223. Lobbying already has finance laws; nobody follows them and nobody gets charged.
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  224. Crazy? According to what; headline news?
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  225. Well of course! When the Federal Government performs QE post recession; you're going to feel like it's a good economy regardless of the President.
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  226. Not a chance! Many Republican still will not vote for Trump. The first indication was winning 49% in the Iowa Caucus. He is completely unelectable; even by the standards of a 'fallback' vote where they vote for him anyway. A large swathe of Republican woman will NOT vote for Trump. This is why Nikki Haley is still popular! They won't vote for a man with 91 felony charges and neither will most Americans.
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