MAADFACTS

The whole point is to destroy the global economy. No more trade, no more international law, no more multiculturalism. Once we untether ourselves from the world we can behave like we truly want to behave without the fear of reprisal, and it’s going to be glorious

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Napoleon. They have sucked ever since he died. All the savages from Europe moved to America long ago. It is why they are so soft and cowardly and we are not. I really believe this is true.

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I dunno, man. the timeline makes no sense. The last world war was 80 years ago, and I don’t know about you, but my ancestors were here for centuries before that. I think a better argument along those lines is that they lost all their wild men in the two world wars they fought last century, with France obviously losing most of her’s in the first one.

1) I think the argument would be that a graduated income tax taxes the wealthy at a higher rate, whereas a value added tax hits all consumers equally and lower middle class to working poor have the hardest time not buying necessities and so basically it shifts the tax burden to the “wrong people”.

2) yes, but there difficulties. Tariffs only work as a consistent source of revenue when people are paying them. If people switch to buying products made at home, the revenue goes down.

3) they only want these jobs if they are staffed by union workers. If and when they come back they are likely to be highly automated and run by a comparatively few workers, and so there isn’t really a working class base being created. Also, it takes years for infrastructure to come back, it took decades to leave, and so there is an interim where people are paying higher prices and not getting any jobs from it; and if we are trying to get continued revenue, we really don’t want those jobs back anyway.


4. Sure.

I think the best reason for tariffs has nothing to do with jobs or tax revenue. I think tariffs are an economic harm for most Americans no matter how they are spun. The reason to do it anyway is that’s the price of national security. Ie all of us might have to pay more for the tariffs on electronics because of the chip tariff on Taiwan, but it allows us to not have to defend Taiwan in the advent of a Chinese invasion. I don’t think you can really put a price on that

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Unfortunately, Trump isn’t going to do much. He will try to deport and round up the criminals. That’s about it. Trump’s first term was very soft. If you guys expect some sheriff to come in and completely reform government, you’re going to be disappointed. Having said that, if Kamala wins the country is cooked.

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It’s tough because he’s going to come in with a lot more loyalty around him and a lot more know how than he did in 2016, but he’s also going to be immediately a lame duck president since he can’t run again in 2028. That’s going to make it harder for him to get anything controversial through Congress (and the specifics of a mass deportation and the 20% tariff make enough wealthy people anxious that he will have a hard time getting the Republican Party to line up behind him, so he’s going to need way more than a majority in both houses)

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amazing we live in a world with people that can't see through this bull shite

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It’s amazing that they don’t see that nobody cared about Bill Clinton’s proclivities, and no one cares about Trump’s. If you are up front about being a poon hound, it just becomes part of your image and brand. It’s only when someone who pretends to be a loyal guy gets outed that there are any consequences.

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Maybe I'm wrong but there's no way to tell if these are additional voters or the same voters that We would have depended to vote on election Day already.

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They probably are but them voting early gives the campaign time to target low propensity voters. So the benefit is both that it is psychologically beneficial to you, and devastating to Dems, to go into Election Day with a lead; and also you then you get to turn out the dumbest people on your side which can be the difference

This is so dumb. If someone said they had pics of Trump groping Loomer, I’d believe it. I don’t think he is faithful to his wife, but he’s also never presented himself as faithful to his wife. If you told me there were photos from the apprentice days with a 17 year old, I’d probably believe that too. But the idea that he is at a donor dinner and fooling around with a teenager who is also present while campaigning for president is literally one of the stupidest things I have ever read

I had a moment back when he was getting flack for the”eating cats and dogs” comment and JD Vance went on CNN and said he knew it wasn’t true but it did draw attention to an important issue, and the media flipped out about that; and meanwhile Trump posted “I hate Taylor Swift!” and I realized that’s his political genius. All these other guys, be they Vance or DeSantis, or Cruz , or whomever are constantly trying to explain themselves because they still want the media and the their friends in DC to think of them as smart serious guys, and once there is blood in the water - it’s over. The media is not your friend and they will rip you to shreds. But Trump doesn’t care what the media thinks, or what anyone in DC thinks, or his former friends in NYC. He says what he feels in the moment and when the heat gets hot from that he changes the subject and is off to the next thing. He’s invulnerable

I am hearing reports on Twitter that they have obtained a video of Trump groping a teenager and are planning to drop it James Comey style next week so that it gets traction right before the election. Charlie Kirk says it is a deepfake, but all they will need is for people to see it before it’s debunked

I mean it makes sense, since Trump is wants to surrender Ukraine to Russia, why wouldn’t they push for him? Iran is pushing for Kamala. Ask yourself who you’d rather be aligned with, Putin or the Ayatollah

Republicans usually vote early. 2020 is the big exception historically because Dems were afraid of Covid