Pragmatist2025

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Glad the important issues are being handled.

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No, it is not a ‘major’ issue. With that said I would definitely be in favor of such.

No Bigfoot, no care.

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No she just resigned

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Was the reason for her resignation the disagreement on Iran, or was it something else? I think she said it was something else.

Others left over their disagreement but this doesn’t have to be a thing unless she directly expresses it.

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Yes, Democrats are certainly the party of ethics.

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Ethics have become a unicorn no matter your party stripe. Democrats are just much dumber at hiding it.

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I can actually feel my heart rate increasing reading this shite. It’s absolutely appalling.

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Now, imagine the corruption that goes on that we never hear about. Take a breath, touch some grass, eat some fruit. The sun will come out tomorrow…except a few good ol boys will be a lot richer.

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One thread. I just would like ONE frickING THREAD where you retards don't bring up AIPAC, Israel, or Jews

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That’s not unreasonable, and there should be a tacit understanding that those three are often wrongly conflated. I don’t think it’s retarded to bring it up where it is merited. I believe wholeheartedly that AIPAC should be on FARA.

While Israel has significant influence via AIPAC and a few Jewish billionaires, the influence of about 5 other (industrial) lobbies is IMO much greater and definitely has both overt and covert nefarious intentions, and it doesn’t get nearly the attention it should.

With not even a deep dive, you can easily track the 10’s if not hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions and lobbyist monies and how it influences legislation. There are subsidies, curious deregulations & outright ridiculous exemptions that heavily favor the pharma, energy, & defense contractor sectors in just about every major bill. The average taxpayer should be livid that those companies get free steak and we pay for it. Podcasters should spend much more time than they do on these.

That’s actually pretty funny.

I don’t know the answer to your question but while May primaries may normally get more than a 12% turnout, it’s probably less than 25% on average, big money spent or not. I read where a couple of local precincts of 400-500 had ~10%. It is kind of crazy in a sad, apathetic way.

Wait, are you saying the NAACP doesn’t actually want to advance colored people? Shocking, yes?

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Comparing apples to oranges

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I certainly hope that is the case. There are a few non-M/E countries that have occasionally spit the bit, but point taken.