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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The BLM thing is an important blind spot of Bernie's, though i hope they don't go too far in their protests. It's a fine line to balance, because black Americans have been voting Democrat too long with relatively little to show for it, black president aside, so their frustration is understandable, but if they are actively contemptuous of party leaders, they'll end up falling out of favor.
I'm sure it could get worse. Do we really need both major political parties pushing for even more harsh strictures on crime, education, and similar measures that overwhelmingly punish minorites? That said, I agree, Bernie needs to do something to address the issue. I understand that he thinks his economic reforms will help minorities (and they will) but he hasn't said anything I'm aware of about other sources of disparity in the US.
x3 Do you think that would change if Hillary was elected?
Do more of what Obama's been doing on the executive front (like having DOJ go out and take names of especially crappy police departments). You could also advocate legislation which would encourage wide-scale policing reforms, sentencing reforms, decriminalize possession of the tamer drugs (or all drugs) at the federal level.
There's much that could be done, and now is the moment when the black community has more visibility and more sympathy than it's had in decades, and a chance to make real progress, which could be squandered if the movement gets carried away on its own (deserved) sense of outrage.
Just because Hilary is a woman doesn't mean she gives a damn about women or any of her administration will.
There are Jewish Holocaust deniers out there.
She stands with Planned Parenthood. Good. That's a start.
But she is from the same state as me. She has been in a position of influence before. She was the governor's wife and the first lady. She hasn't changed much.
"Psssh. Even if you could catch a miracle on a picture any person would probably delete it to make space for more porn." - AszurDonald Trump claims he fired his top campaign advisor
; of course the other guy claims he quit.
The episode caps a tumultuous few weeks for Trump's presidential campaign, which recently cut ties with two men accused of writing inflammatory Facebook posts. Trump, who is currently leading national polls, delivered an explosive performance at the first GOP debate in Cleveland on Thursday, and went on to make inflammatory comments about Fox News host Megyn Kelly in an interview on CNN on Friday night.
"Mr. Trump fired Roger Stone last night. We have a tremendously successful campaign and Roger wanted to use the campaign for his own personal publicity. He has had a number of articles about him recently and Mr. Trump wants to keep the focus of the campaign on how to Make America Great Again," a campaign spokesperson said in a statement. Stone, however, told CNN that he "categorically denies" being fired, and provided what he said was his resignation letter. "Unfortunately, the current controversies involving personalities and provocative media fights have reached such a high volume that it has distracted attention from your platform and overwhelmed your core message. With this current direction of the candidacy, I no longer can remain involved in your campaign," the letter to Trump says.
I can understand why Bernie thinks it's better to focus on fixing stuff via economics, rather than via race. There are minorities who can not only do well, but dominate something. For example, Asian Americans have been complaining that universities limit their numbers.
If Bernie intends to make the tax system more transparent (less loopholes), like how the Nordics do it. Plus streamline benefit transfers and well ya know... pay down government debt, then yeah - he may be able to do just as much to address inequality.
Still though, he will need (economic) connections; otherwise, it's going to be like Rome's current mayor (who though is squeaky clean) keeps being stone-walled. Was reminded of the historical tidbit about how Julius (or was it Augustus) Caesar promised bankers they wouldn't be proscribed; otherwise, they'd just leave with the money.
Proscription basically means stripped of property. Used to pay off (war) debts and clear the govt. of political enemies.
Plants are aliens, and fungi are nanomachines.Short of a scandal, i think Trump will stick it out to at least New Hamsphire now that he's weathered the first debate. Beyond that belongs to the question of whether he has actual primary viability, which i'm still not convinced of (since we'll quickly lose all but three of the non-trump candidates, one of whom is likely to gather more support).
So this was linked in the Race thread.
I definitely like Sanders stance on racial justice issues but there's another aspect I want to bring up that's a bit more general. Specifically some of the parts under political violence:
- We need to make Election Day a federal holiday to increase voters’ ability to participate.
- Every American over 18 must be registered to vote automatically, so that students and working people can make their voices heard at the ballot box.
Finally, a candidate that actually supports those things. I'm really annoyed by the fact that nobody seems to like the idea of making voting a federal holiday.
Clinton also favors the automatic registration thing. But yes, Election Day should absolutely be a federal holiday where basically the only people working are in emergency services or whatnot.
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Now all Boehner needs to do is get the House to back Mitch's pledge.