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David_DJS
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And goes on to state that the states shall conduct their own elections.
The federal government has some control. For example, it's federal law today that forbids proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. Seems logical it could reverse that with a new/superseding law.
I think congress has the power to regulate certain aspects of federal elections, including standards for identification. I think it already has for first-time voters who registered by mail, by the way.
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But I don’t agree with defunding it all.
Then nothing will be fixed because those in control take advantage of everyone having a sacred cow - it's too important/virtuous to be cut.
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They’ll ignore those things and instead focus on cutting the govt programs that are providing assistance to less fortunate citizens.
I think fedgov/permanent Washington have proven itself to be untrustworthy to the point it can't be given dollars to spend on even worthwhile efforts. It's in the DNA of DC to waste/gift $1 for every $2 it spends legitimately.
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So in the end it becomes a partisan issue when determining what is bloat and fraud.
Not really. Where partisanship comes into play is when "bloat and fraud" are okay because I'm good with the spending or program. That seems to come down on partisan lines. Willingness to cut it all is decidedly nonpartisan, and in fact not supported by either side.
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Just like wrong/bad is a matter of opinion.
Well, sure, but some opinions are worth more than others.
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Edit - defense spending fraud isn’t considered wrong/bad by some people. Did they eliminate that fraud already?
The pentagon's budget is bloated beyond reason.
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And how much $$ went to Vulcan Elements. That can be called wrong/bad and fraud as well…
Vulcan Elements is a start-up funded by a Donald Trump Jr.-backed venture capital firm, that has been awarded a $620 million contract from the Pentagon, reports the Financial Times.
Call it that.
It's not a partisan issue for me. I think "we the people" have lost all control of fedgov, and spending is the root government's power. Defund it all.
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Spending that we don't like isn't fraud though of course
Fraud is just the easiest word to rally around here. But spending doesn't have to be fraudulent to be wrong/bad.
20% is low if you consider fraudulent, abusive, wasteful, and "grift-like" spending.
re: Gen. Flynn very nicely explains how I feel about things right now.
Posted by David_DJS on 12/29/25 at 1:22 pm to TheHarahanian
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I refuse to believe that every investigation is a multi-year effort.
Well, Nick Shirley started his fraud investigation into Somali enterprises when he was in 8th grade.
re: This lady says” Founders are screaming in disgust at the spineless cowards we’ve become“
Posted by David_DJS on 12/28/25 at 1:52 pm to SlowFlowPro
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We can test her theory by floating the policy of eliminating Social Security and observing the reacts.
I'd be 100% behind this if we didn't stop with SS. Defund it all. Pull the plug. Everything.
Why go about it half-assed?
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Starting to believe Walz is calculated, not stupid.
Why not both?
I'm sure he's calculating as a politician, but the graduate of Chadron State College is legit retarded.
re: Is Scott Galloway Controlled Opposition for the Manosphere?
Posted by David_DJS on 12/27/25 at 4:20 pm to SaveNewOrleans
Galloway is one of the figs that has convinced millennials their economic prospects were stolen from them by boomers. He's a liberal dipshit.
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Inflation adjusted?
I would hope so but can't tell from the info in the report linked.
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The trend since 2010 is fairly flat, but at a much lower level than in past decades. There are probably a lot of factors.
From the data you posted earlier in this thread, over the last ten years the number of violent victimizations of white people from households earning $75K or better has gone from 758K in 2015 to 1.76 million in 2024.
I'm guessing the majority of posters in these threads fit that profile (white, households $75K+), so that's probably why it "feels" like the frequency of this type of crime is off the charts. It is.
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That's a good question. I imagine ideally it would look unrecognizable to what we see today. There would have to be an enormous resurgence of personal responsibility. A personal responsibility to one's self as well as one's community. There would be well-defined laws and those who cannot functioned within those rules would have to find a place where they could.
Would it be perfect? Of course not, nothing is.
I think our only chance is to move a shite ton of power out of DC and retrench it locally. It's crazy we've allowed the federal government crowd states (and reason) out where laws/policies are concerned.
As unlikely as it is, I think our best shot is a convention of states that essentially defunds the federal gov't. There's an effort out there to do this, which is generally embraced by those on the Right and fought by those on the Left.
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To answer your question, I don't have the answer on how to get the population to reverse course. Perhaps gaining control of the dissemination of information would be a good place to start.
Okay, another question - what would a fix look like? Or better yet, what looks different after the deep state has been effectively addressed?
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People on both sides have lost their minds - by design.
True to a degree, but it doesn't answer any questions or fix anything. Reality is there is far more "extremism" on the Left than on the Right, and it's not going to get us anywhere pretending otherwise.
But for this discussion, and in deference to you, we'll pretend there are as many Republicans that believe Trump is Jesus as there are Democrats that believe he's Hitler - let's talk deep state. What's the fix, because we both agree it's the underpinning of so much of the nonsense?
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How is that going to work when the "other side" feels the exact same way about you?
Because both sides are right? :lol:
I don't think anything gets better if we pretend the Left hasn't lost its f'n mind.
re: Trump's flurry of Christmas posts denounce perceived foes and cast doubt on 2020 election.
Posted by David_DJS on 12/26/25 at 2:22 pm to whereishobson
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Captain Hindsight. Thank you for coming to the rescue five years later.
I'm sorry you fell for it. Not everyone did.
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but my favorite part is the evolution of the liberal narrative to include "sure, we stole the election, but...."
That's fair. But then again, we're talking about Dems, so no surprise.
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Sure, it's fine to say Trump should have "done more" (like what?)
Like not going along with the hoax. By not championing for more Covid spending than Pelosi was proposing. By making sure election laws persisted, and fighting the efforts to "liberalize" them.
None of that would have been easy given the emotional state of the country, but it would have been the right thing to do and was truly his only chance.
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The proper response should be education. But that's never going to happen. We're going to continue to be dumbed down and fed propaganda so we keep fighting among ourselves while remaining distracted by the newest shiny toy. That's the frustrating part
IMO - the way it'll change, if it ever does, you've got to pick a side and do your best to influence that side. And I think it makes sense to pick the least fricked in the head side, which is clearly the Right - assuming you want to see a country with free speech, 2A rights, law and order, secure borders, and something as close to capitalism as possible, as well as some control of the federal government.
Example: free speech - both sides have had their regretful moments, but the Democrats far outweigh anything coming from the Right in terms of curbing free speech.
re: Military baw wakes up to why 2020 election & election integrity matters
Posted by David_DJS on 12/26/25 at 1:37 pm to hawgfaninc
Bro, she knows everything about election integrity. She's a Rhodes Scholar, after all.
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They are preparing and praying for DJT to coerce the Chinese to sell our banks silver, so they don't have to go tits up
Is this going to end up being another "too big to fail" scenario and fall on taxpayers to clean up?
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"Sure, the Dems took advantage of some crazy situations involving Covid to steal the election, but it's Trump's fault for not preventing it
You use the word fault and I can't come up with a better term, but a question - who should have led the Republican effort to beat back the game/fraud perpetrated by the Left? Why isn't it fair to think that would have been Trump?
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Wrong. It's Deep State driven. They only use the left (in this instance) to carry out the division. See, as long as people keep blaming each other for their problems, the greedy bastards causing the problems will continue to create them and get away with it.
So you're arguing that the American Left is teeming with DEI-loving "it's not good enough to not be racist, you must be anti-racist" lemmings that want equity based on race and argue white men are the bane of America's existence because the deep state wants them doing this? I can buy that, to a degree. But what should adults in the country be doing about that? You seem to be arguing they shouldn't be pushing back on the silliness for the sake of not letting permanent Washington divide us. What should the response be?
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