American Politics

[M3J]

It barely is a decent push given everything I've mentioned. Why would some people vote for a party that didn't carry out their promises and allowed things that shouldn't have happened under their watch, happen? You're underestimating how many more people are disillusioned with the Dems over stuff like losing Roe v Wade when they could have codified it decades ago.

 

[shionoro]

It barely is a decent push given everything I've mentioned. Why would some people vote for a party that didn't carry out their promises and allowed things that shouldn't have happened under their watch, happen? You're underestimating how many more people are disillusioned with the Dems over stuff like losing Roe v Wade when they could have codified it decades ago.

That would exactly be one reason why it would be a god sent for dems if they can make this election about republicans trying to grab power via courts and undue process, at least to some extent. Of course they will run on roe wade, too, but the raid sure helps.

 

[catagon87]

I am aware how polarized the american society is. There are not a lot of independents and swing voters, but the number of them is still relevant because most elections are split near 50/50.
In a 50/50 election like in Georgia, these things matter.

The other is turnout. Democrats had a good turnout 2020 because people wanted to get rid of trump. That is gone now, but the trial can let some of that live up again. At least that is my estimation of it. It is not the ONLY thing, but in tandem with IRA and some smaller stuff, it can swing some good will and enthusiasm in democrats and that will be necessary to keep the senate and, if we are very lucky, the house.

About political polling: It is complicated. Polling should always be taken with a grain of salt, but it is also pretty accurate on average- America is especially hard to poll because of its system (it is far easier to poll the popular vote than to say who wins an election that is gerrymandered), but i do believe that general polling can give a good estimate about which battleground are ahead for one side and which are very even.

Yeah, I'm still of the opinion that what actually matters is tax rates. What's the saying? "If $Random_Country wants to test our military might, they're about to find out why I have no health insurance and am saddled with student loan debt!"

In all honesty I don't see much moving forward in the way of Federal politics until about 2028/2032. The next justice ripe for retirement is Thomas, and he's likely got 10 years or so. If a Republican wins in 2028 I imagine they will try to talk him into retiring to get another 45 year old locked in for life. Other than that with the way things are split, and Biden I can't imagine much getting done regardless of how the midterms go.

Local elections are where it's at. I live in Austin, and I'm moving. I'm tired of paying $15k in property taxes for a 1500 sqft house, and 8.25% on every purchase I make then being told I live in a tax friendly state. Even better is the majority of my property tax dollars go to Austin Independent School District, which the state recaptures over 50% of their funds. This year it amounted to nearly $800M. We have schools that don't have enough desks, and can't pay teachers but we're sending over half our tax dollars off to Happy, TX and other BFE school districts so that people who want to live in the middle of nowhere can build a football stadium for their high school team.

 

[Sanity Check]

Biden administration cancels $3.9 billion in ITT Tech student debt

The announcement is the administration's latest effort to crack down on for-profit colleges, while millions of other borrowers await word on Biden's broader plans for student loans.

www.nbcnews.com

Biden administration cancels $3.9 billion in ITT Tech student debt

 

[catagon87]

Biden administration cancels $3.9 billion in ITT Tech student debt

The announcement is the administration's latest effort to crack down on for-profit colleges, while millions of other borrowers await word on Biden's broader plans for student loans.

www.nbcnews.com

Biden administration cancels $3.9 billion in ITT Tech student debt

Good. The board of ITT Tech should be facing criminal penalties, IMO. They essentially were defrauding tax-payers, the US Gov't, and prospective students. Most of the credits earned at that place were not transferable to any other institution, too. Tons of people left with a useless certificate and tons of debt.

 

[shionoro]

We should generally move towards taking money out of education (not as in, defunding it but as in limiting the for profit options).

Education needs to be accessible for everyone and "elite colleges" are just eating away funds, so do many of the for profit frauds. A decentralized education system in which many universities have acceptable funds and cost is way better than having a dozen very good universities and lots of backwater schools.

In my opinion, respected institutions such as harvard do not nearly pull enough weight to get the reputation and funds that it has.

 

[xi0]

It's just comical how forgiveness seems to be limited to upstart scams and the like. As if the whole accreditation process isn't arbitrary bullshit itself and the "real" schools aren't scamming people with absurd tuition prices while being funded by state taxes....

 

[shionoro]

It's just comical how forgiveness seems to be limited to upstart scams and the like. As if the whole accreditation process isn't arbitrary bullshit itself and the "real" schools aren't scamming people with absurd tuition prices while being funded by state taxes....

The push generally needs to be to get back to reality. American education is opposed to actual scientific knowledge about how to educate healthy, happy and creative children that it can barely be rationalized.
I am not saying that because I hate on teachers or anything like that, i just dont see the aim being an educated and curious society.
Rather, there is a lot of networking and gatekeeping help for the elite and a lot of shrugging for the rest.

 

[Sanity Check]

Someone has the modern day Tywin Lannister cutting promos now.

 

[xi0]

The irony being Tywin was a manipulator of the public, and exactly the kind of person this person is complaining about

 

[kkck]

Trump executive pleads guilty in tax case, agrees to testify

Donald Trump’s chief financial officer is expected to plead guilty to tax violations Thursday in a deal that would require him to testify about illicit business practices at the former president's company, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

apnews.com

And.... weisselberg is going down.

 

[ninjabot]

The plea bargain also requires Weisselberg to testify truthfully as a prosecution witness when the Trump Organization goes on trial in October on related charges.

This should be the strategy going forward. Get dirt on, and then pursue anyone affiliated with Trump in any way. You'll find something prosecutable amongst most of his own personal swamp. Then promise leniency if they throw Trump under the bus when they move in for the kill.

I'm sure there's something current we can find on Giulianni and the pillow guy.

EDIT: Oh, Lindsay Graham is trying to duck having to testify.

Georgia election probe runs into resistance from witnesses

Prosecutors investigating whether Donald Trump committed crimes as he sought to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia are running into increasing resistance as they seek to call witnesses to testify before a special grand jury.

apnews.com

See? Only way to get these fucks to be honest is to threaten them into doing so. I fucking hate these people.

 

[kkck]

I mean, cohen testified to congress that weisselberg and by extension the trump organization and trump committed extensive and serious tax fraud. This is something they've been pursuing since. Which is reasonable considering cohen's testimony. The big question is if they can get at least more than a fine from the trump organization.

 

[Sanity Check]

Wealthy Americans are flocking to Florida | Fortune

Florida saw a net migration of 20,263 high earning households from 2019 to 2020—four times as much as the next most popular state, Texas.

fortune.com

Wealthy Americans are flocking to Florida at four times the rate of any other state


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Who would have thought they'd all be moving to florida.

 

[shionoro]

Wealthy Americans are flocking to Florida | Fortune

Florida saw a net migration of 20,263 high earning households from 2019 to 2020—four times as much as the next most popular state, Texas.

fortune.com

Wealthy Americans are flocking to Florida at four times the rate of any other state


...

Who would have thought they'd all be moving to florida.

Well it is obvious, isn't it? Florida is a Tax Haven.

 

[xi0]

Florida has always been a popular retirement spot lol

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Wait I'm sorry, you're right, it's because DeSantis is such a dreamy chad!

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[ninjabot]

Florida has always been a popular retirement spot lol

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Wait I'm sorry, you're right, it's because DeSantis is such a dreamy chad!

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I mean... yeah. A gigachad moment if there ever was one.

coughhashtagnotallpolicecough

 

[kkck]

So biden finally got around to forgiving some student debt... Since nothing has actually been done to lower tuition cost, afaik anyways, I wonder if this will be done periodically going forward. Of if seeing how unworkable this will be going forward they will actually get to doing something about high tuition costs...

 

[xi0]

So biden finally got around to forgiving some student debt... Since nothing has actually been done to lower tuition cost, afaik anyways, I wonder if this will be done periodically going forward. Of if seeing how unworkable this will be going forward they will actually get to doing something about high tuition costs...

Universities would have to start using their budgets for education instead of multi-million dollar sports complexes for totally-not-professional-athletes to play sportsball games in and get paid nothing for it.

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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

 

[M3J]

Love seeing these republicans called out for their double standards but also, it probably won't stop voters from supporting them