If only someone could break through to Trump and explain to him how good the ratings would be were such a rally televised, it just might work.

Gah, I knew it! Curse you deep state!!

Literally 0% chance to change for good if all that happens is bearing witness to corruption and wrongdoing.

This is doing something. It’s hitting on the root of so many problems which have arisen in the US since the corporate takeover of government began in 1978 in partnership with the Supreme Court. I applaud AOC for this!

bit of an overgeneralization there mate

Reminds me of this classic gem:

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Hey now, the Dems tried to ban bump stocks, but those mean old republicans just wouldn’t let them. Nothing else they could possibly do sweetie.

He did remove their supreme court’s ability to try him for his crimes, his party is the majority in Israeli parliament, he’s disbanded the war cabinet, and they’re actively trying to push back the next election date. So yeah, pretty much a dictator.

Netanyahu would lose a massive amount of power if President Biden would stop sending him so much money and weapons. Even the threat of doing so would have a huge impact. So arguably, a puppet dictator is more accurate. Although the way they interact would lead one to believe Bibi is the actual puppet master.

You’re right. It’s almost like we could benefit from some sort of…consumer financial protection bureau.

Joking aside, this is a hard problem to solve with multinational corporations running the show. I certainly don’t think we sufficiently regulate corps in the states, quite the opposite really - they buy politicians in a legalized bribery scheme we call “campaign finance donations,” and are never held accountable for this type of predatory behavior.

This problem is 10x worse on an international scale, no idea how to solve for it. Maybe something like the TPP could have helped but not sure.

Why is nobody finding the “Autist Autocracy” interesting as well?!

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I strongly suspect his dementia-riddled brain will be too far gone for another run in 4 years. Hope so anyway.

Yeah, he was literally bragging about it on the quarterly earnings calls as it was happening. They’ve only paused the price gouging now that it’s a hot topic, don’t think for a minute prices will go back down or that this won’t resume in a year or so when there’s some other distraction available.

We need regulations to stop this predatory behavior, and we desperately need to break up monopolies like Kroger, if this problem is to be mitigated.

And so, the brown shirts are making them think twice. What a sad day for America as domestic terrorism wins.

Paul Pelosi or Gretchen Whitmer likely have something to say on the matter as well.

Should have done it during Obama’s first term, when we had the votes. But it was deemed “not a priority” after we voted them into a supermajority.

So yeah, I think your skepticism of Schumer’s intent here is warranted.

JFC, win_blows_.

Sorry, don’t know where to find PDFs on this matter, but I have a couple of good YouTube videos for you instead. If your colleague is deaf they can use CC on these.

Pro Setup: https://youtu.be/SROtDjwGFO0?si=8t8j7MN0BJmSEELw

Beginner method: https://youtu.be/nxTzuasQLFo?si=ARfBDFMC1ufyOndD

Something in between: https://youtu.be/EgJwwUKSTNw?si=IQMLQRNxLJvM61cm

Good luck!

Perhaps someone with so little self control of their utterances should not in fact get to be elected to the highest office in the land. Just a thought.

I really liked her framing in this part of the speech. Another speaker said it similarly earlier in the week.

The Republicans fight for freedom of corporations to be deregulated and pollute our environment with reckless abandon.

The Democrats are fighting for freedom of people to live and be safe in their home environment. Safe to drink water, safe to breathe the air.

Highlighting the differences in how each party conceives of the notion of freedom could be a huge deciding factor in this election, and for that matter I think it’s critical for Dems to reclaim usage of the word from the republicans who have disfigured its meaning almost beyond recognition.