Not sure I'd lump Gabbard into the deep state shill category. In any event she's a lot more intelligent, intelligible, and has a moral center outside what's to her sole personal benefit.
Gabbard's involvement with the World Economic Forum doesn't bother you at all? She also attempted to join the Council on Foreign Relations several years ago. The CFR is literally one of the most evil organizations on the face of the planet.
Oh ffs, get a grip, for one thing. 2nd, making the perfect be the enemy of the good is suicide, politically. Folks that want a candidate that bats 1.000 are just delusional, unrealistic, and clueless as to how politics functions
That what you call someone who mysterious flips on every stance (military, regulation, climate and environment, gun laws, backing GOP (who actually want to ban abortions) held in congress after being hired.
One has my man RFK, Jr. on, the other doesn't. One has Glenn Greenwald, the other doesn't. I was watching the reports just after Biden resigned, or before the BBC could report. MSNBC: immediately, in real time, went from Biden must stay, he's the best, and the only, if you disagree you are an anti-democracy fascist following disinformation, TO, we all need to support Kamala, she is the only choice and we all must vote for her or else. Flip over, to Dana (the woman with the grey haired guy) on Fox, =so much fairer and journalistic. Objectively. and I am blue.
Unlike Hillary Clinton who made $100,000,000 by selling herself to the highest bidder. Then there are Barak and Michelle Obama and their sell out book deals and speeches......and Biden.......Gee, who's left?
That for sure, but with the added benefit of Tulsi having already demonstrated that she can pretty effortlessly tear Kamala from limb to limb. Think of it as entertainment.
the truth is that there should be a debate. If one candidate--even the one ahead right now, cannot control themselves and make themselves look too extreme for the undecided/swing state citizens, then so be it. and btw, I am not convinced that Kamala is that great of a debater, so there would be drama.
I work in Hollywood. I hate these people. The wine moms aren't the only one's breathlessly panting in lockstep with the coup the Democratic Party just executed. And let's be clear -- the only legitimate coup in American Politics just happened over the weekend. A bunch of gassed up people forcing their way into the Capitol wasn't anything close to what just occurred.
I keep my views silent when I work (which is rare in Hollywood with the business cratering) because they will not hire me ever again if they know I'm an Independent who is going to vote for Trump.
What I'm hearing from my Hollywood friends is even more disturbing -- they keep saying that the "Democratic get out to vote machine is more powerful than anyone knows".
I don't like to dabble in conspiracy theories but at this point, we're living in one. We've been living in one since Biden's infirmities were kept quiet and the media chose to lie to cover for him.
What I think the "Democratic get out the vote machine" to mean is they will cheat. They will claim because there is such passionate enthusiasm for Harris that she will have 100 million votes. Forget Biden's 81 million. They will blow out of the water this time.
And honestly, I don't know how we can stop or fight this. It's sad and upsetting to me.
What the Democrats just did and what they will continue to do is anything but Democracy. They're projecting when they claim Trump ends Democracy. They just ended it this weekend. A candidate who has never won a primary vote is being coronated and I don't think it matters what happens in any debates. It's all theater.
The books are cooked. The Democratic get out to vote machine will make sure the number of votes they need can far exceed what comes in.
I just want this election/farce to be over. It's not because she's a good candidate. It's because we're living under an Aristocracy and we didn't even really want to know it. Now it's out there. Election Day and the aftermath will be devastating. I don't know how the people who want change and are voting for it will be able to stomach this one.
Thanks for your insider's perspective. I hope you're wrong about the election. There's an awful lot of enthusiasm for Trump out there, especially since the assassination attempt and his aplomb in reacting to it. It seems like a corner has been turned, and now a lot of people--including some celebrities--are no longer cowed or afraid to openly support him, especially given the Democrats' exposed subterfuge. I'm hoping the so-called normies will save us. California and New York don't count. All that matters are the swing states.
I'm despondent, Kate because I work in a bubble of these people. They portray so much confidence in the Democratic Party getting done whatever it needs to get done that my hopes get extinguished. One of the largest surprises for a kid who grew up in the suburbs dreaming of working in movies was that all of these people eat, sleep and breathe politics. I thought they were passionate about storytelling and craft. They're not. Those are just jobs to them. Politics is their obsession. Identity Politics is their addiction. So yeah, I'm surrounded. Luckily, I have a few friends who I can be real with and my wife sees things similarly to me, although she's more concerned about gun control than any other issue.
I just don't have confidence that the votes are real and transparent and I think whatever they figured out in 2020, they double down on in 2024. I don't understand how we live in a country where people can collect filled out ballots for hundreds of people and deliver them to an unmanned box. This is lunacy to me. As long as that is still an option, I'm resigned to the fact that even if Trump gets 95 million votes, the Democrats will make sure Harris gets 105 million. They know the margins.
This is not wrong. Being loved by Cali liberals from whom one is tailor made is a far cry from appealing to other demos. Step out of the bubble/comfort zone and you may be very surprised. Trump stepped out of comfort zone and held rallies in deep blue states where his rallies could have flopped. They didn't.
Anyone should ask themselves to whom a candidate is going to appeal and to whom they won't. That will give you the answer which one is likelier to win.
My experience almost mirrors yours, except instead of Hollywood, in the journalistic realm. I went to school for journalism many years ago, before it became full-on "journactivism," and am thankful I'm long out of it because I could never stomach it now. I, too, believed I was joining a profession where people wanted to tell stories and uncover the truth. I would never pursue the profession now.
After that I worked in the higher education realm and had to endure my share of liberals there.
Speaking of dropboxes, I live in Wisconsin where our liberal-majority supreme court just re-legalized them in time for the fall election. Oh joy.
Maybe I'm being too optimistic, but I like to think that without a raging pandemic, it will be a little harder for them to rig this time. The GOP is really pushing early voting and mail-in voting in a way they never have before.
It will be interesting to see how well Democrats or GOP do in a state thats rules and maps reflect the divided nature of the state. Also Wisconsin supreme court is more balanced than it was.
"I don't understand how we live in a country where people can collect filled out ballots for hundreds of people and deliver them to an unmanned box."
This is not just on Democrats. You get away if there's no control. So the other side should take the blame for doing nothing to stop it. Complaining ahead of the curve and then after the fact doesn't change the outcome. Until converavtives learn to be pro-active instead of passive-aggressive Democrats will get bolder. Palace coup and coronation happeend precisely because other things went unopposed. Complaints are not real opposition.
Quite frankly the more Hollywood speaks up about politics the more they alienate most of the American people like me. I don’t support their shows and movies just so they can take our money and trample all over our constitution and interfere with elections, free speech, and spread so much disgusting hate. I don’t need entertainment that bad anymore, so I can boycott each and every one of them going forward, and I will. What I have seen from them this past year alone has led me to instinctively choose to go in the opposite direction of anything that comes out their mouths.
Question and answer honestly -- do you have a Netflix subscription? If you do, you are supporting the Democrats. Reed Hastings who is the head of Netflix is one of the largest donors to the Democratic Party.
I see a lot of people say they don't go to movies anymore and since Covid attendance is down a lot, but as long as people have subs to Netflix, Apple, Disney/Hulu, etc. you are unfortunately supporting the wrong side.
And I'm not telling people to cancel their subs. We need access to entertainment. I'm just saying that unfortunately, we all end up supporting and enriching Democrats because we want to watch Stranger Things or The Mandalorian.
But yes, it's good that people are waking up to how much people like Clooney, Reiner, Kimmel, Stephen King etc. are all these loudmouths who want to rule us with their donations while sitting at the cool table patting each other on the ass.
And the business is hurting. I know more folks looking to pivot from lack of work than I do working now. They're destroying their industry like the Democratic Party is destroying our country. It's truly sick to behold.
Honest answer: yes I do have Netflix. I refused to pay their price increases tho so we don’t use it as much as we used to with only one device that can play it at any time. LOL. So we found ourselves finding other avenues. And I had NO idea they supported the Democratic Party that much. So … now that I know? Yes you can better believe I will be canceling. No big deal, we don’t need it. Less time on the tube is more time to get some fresh air and get back to what really matters in life.
This year we also stopped buying ALL Coke and Pepsi products too. I don’t miss any of it. I also recently got rid of all our Amazon electronics too. Apple is the only thing I haven’t been able to replace because the alternatives are Microsoft/Google. No way will I ever give either of them my business again. You only get one chance with me and you can never win me back after you violate my faith in you. Apple seems the least of all the evils so far. And if I can’t avoid any of my pennies going to one of these corrupt and disconnected elitists then I’d rather it go to Apple. They have given me the least headaches. But … we DID cancel Apple TV last year when every program was pushing ideology we just don’t care for. So no entertainment from them.
I know we need entertainment, and I’ll find another way to get it without paying these A*holes. I found a way to kick the cable company to the curb long before anyone else started to, and it was easy and didn’t hurt us. There’s always a way to get free entertainment too. Or at least only pay for those worthy of our support. There are nonpolitical shows that don’t take sides and don’t push wokeness on us and they just tell a good story without trying to represent everybody. There are also inspiring and wholesome shows out there that are written well. They do exist and some offer access through their own production sites, God bless em. Short of that I got a household of dozens and dozens of fully stocked bookshelves with so many great books written before they started to put their woke junk in every character. And tons of DVDs too. Quite frankly if the apocalypse happened tomorrow and we lost access to ALL internet, our family can be plenty entertained with what we have on hand for the rest of our lives. LOL Even our DVDs are all pre-woke nonsense.
The only way Hollywood will shut up and stay out of our politics is if they discover they can’t make a living off of us anymore because of their extremist views and being out of touch with those that supported them.
You don't need to cancel your Netflix. I think the point I wanted to make was it is almost unavoidable to enrich the people who control the dollars that party lives and breathes on. Unless Elon opens a movie studio and starts producing content, we're going to get a lot more of the stuff we all can't stand with ideology shoved into it. It's social engineering. The folks who work out here who try to exclude that kind of stuff then get notes from execs to include it. I know Ben Shapiro has started some kind of a studio from Sasha's posts, but it hasn't scaled big enough yet.
Elon is really the one who can flip this and get Hollywood back to the good old days when stories made people dream instead of cringe. He just has to decide to do it. So much on that guy's plate already.
Well I certainly can avoid seeing more and more of the context that I don’t want. It’s a choice. It’s possible to live without. I’ve been doing that the past few years and seeing less and less. My husband and I are currently watching a show from the early 90s that actually is quite good. We don’t have much crap shoved in our faces. Just the beginnings because it started back then, but it’s not overly in our faces. Actually some of the characters portrayed are more private and reasonable like they are in real life. I can handle that. There’s lots to entertain us. Even old movies and shows still are very entertaining.
Where are the other Elons in this world so he doesn’t have to do it ALL?? They need to wake up.
I completely agree. We are going to see massive fraud in the coming election and I doubt the courts are going to do anything to stop it. There was a precursor of it in the Arizona election of 2022. It was very clear to insiders that Lake won the legitimate votes. The game is to keep the polls within a few percent in the swing states to make things believable.
I worked in Hollywood/LA in the 80’s doing set construction. It was pretty left-ward biased back then so I’m not surprised to hear it’s gotten even crazier since. Every now and then I read something from the LA Times and I’m stunned by the vitriol directed towards any deviation from the approved narrative. It’s unpleasant being the odd man out and annoying to feel like voicing you’re opinions would only jeopardize your livelihood. But here we are. Hang in there!
Thanks, Chris. They've pretty much ruined the business to jeopardize everyone's livelihood at this point. The focus on Democratic politics is at a constant fever pitch and they just assume you're with them because you work in the industry. I have to carefully curate my X and Youtube accounts to make sure I don't follow anyone they object to in case someone deep dives on me before hiring me for a project. It's exhausting sometimes.
your insider perspective is great but as a consolation you are in Cali, in Hollywood. Wine moms there are expected to be exstatic. It's Harris turf. Whether wine moms in swing states are is another matter. Also, wine moms are not homogenous anywhere. they have different demo breakdowns. No one plays equally well with all demos. Keep that in mind. And I'm sure that Get Out Vote Machine is powerful in Cali. But Cali isn't everywhere.
What about the report that Biden is suddenly not recovering but actually dying? If he does not make a physical appearance and speak at least Biden level coherently, we will know exactly what happened.
She isn’t President yet and secondly, even if she becomes President - which seems likely - Trump should send JD to debate her anyway. I mean at this point we’re way past uncharted territory. Let Vance handle that bumbling imbecile instead.
I wholeheartedly agree with this. At this point he can do whatever the eff he wants and if he wants to let JD debate her he can and SHOULD. I don’t trust Trump’s ability to articulate clearly on the fly in the middle of being attacked by someone. I don’t think that’s his strong suit. He has every right to defend his reputation and honor, so he WILL attack back and it will use up precious time to stay focused on the issues and highlight all Kamala’s failures and why she is a danger to our country. I think JD can do that better. And yes, Tulsi can do it better than both of them. The left WANTS to debate Trump, and that is exactly why we should not give it to them. After all they have done they don’t deserve getting their way. They show their excitement and anticipation for debating him too much, and I would love to steal their joy. Had it always been Kamala and not Biden first I may not think this way. Had Trump not already taken the high road and allowed an early debate for Biden I may not think this way. Had they been honest with the American people about Biden and about all the lies they told and about the assassination attempt I might not think this way. But all these things happened and now in my opinion I hope Trump just lets his campaign and running mates handle things. He deserves a break.
I do not trust that Trump won’t let his emotions get the best of him. He’s been through enough and quite frankly, he has nothing left to prove. All Harris will do is take low blows from the multiple fake indictments, lie about Russia and everything else that the liberal audience seems to never let go.
I trust Vance to focus on the Scarlet Sombrero etched into Harris’ soul and send her packing back to California where she can focus on helping monsters like Scott Weiner and Gavin Newsom steal our children from us and hand them off to groomers and rapists.
He won’t be debating just her. He will be debating whoever is moderating the debate too. You remember Chris Wallace from 2020 when Trump debated Biden.
Biden was selected in a fake process, so no difference there. Trump should definitely debate her, but this time lets use Glenn Greenberg, Matt Tiabbi, and Joe Rogan as the moderators. Trump played along with the Biden/Harris administration last time and know they need to accomodate him.
Agree about the debate, don't dignify that sham process by agreeing to one. My opinion - Trump needs to stay calm and stick to the issues. Continually hold Kamala publically responsible for her role in the disaster of the last 3-1/2 years. When she gets nasty, which (judging by yesterday's speech) she has already started to do, resist the urge to respond. Again, stick to policies, because he owns that lead by far. Just saying....
yes though at the age of 60 Harris learning curve is spent. she won't change either so all her weaknesses will be there. We aren't talking about brilliant candidates here so expecting that is fool's erand.
the switch does not guarantee that all Biden voters will automatically flock to her. one has to distinguish between delegates, unions, donors, etc falling in line and actual voters. The reason is demographic change. going from a man whose biggest strength was appealing to working class (that feels increasingly disfranchised) to a woman who is a poster for salon politician and establishment/elite is going to create some big shifts. We currently only hear about wine moms and Tik Tok youth (many who don't vote yet) excitement because that's how nomination bumps work. Consolidation of votes in both directions (gain/loss) will take at least weeks.
She isn't a new face but extension of the previous administration. That means that while she can take credit for admin's success she will also take the blame for admin's failures (inflation, crime - she was big on defund the police, immigration - she was appointed to take care of that)
Her rise both as a VP and a nominee feels unearned since she dropped out of one primary early and never had another, and people do pay attention to that. They respect fighters they do not respect "failing upwards"
She doesn't have her own platform and convictions but seems to flip-flop depending on what's popular at the moment. so sometimes she sounds like The Squad sometimes like Republicans. It's hard to pinpoint what she actually stands for and voters like clarity not mixed messages.
Contrary to popular belief, "historical narrative" is something only groups that narrative impacts care about. Others don't and it could be a turn-off.
she's not a good manager. Staff turnout creates instability
doesn't have people's touch by which I mean people who are not upper class that she spent all her life with. Courting donors and Hollywood is very different from courting factory workers.
In 4 years as VP, she was relegated to court voters she already had - black women mostly, black voters in general, pro abortion women in blue states. She isn't a known commodity outside of that bubble because she never reached out to potential voters for Biden-Harris (eg Trump held rallies in deep blue states with an intention to court voters whom he didn't have)
She isn't a good speaker so she doesn't get her points across and comes off as if she doesn't know what she's talking about. That's a problem when you have to sell a program you're running on.
Sasha is right. Debating her would be an act of legitimization. This situation is a system failure on a grand scale, and there is nothing to be gained by letting the establishment pretend this is a contest between two individuals. Just sit back and let the system implode.
I'm not so sure Harris will be the nominee. They have already gamed this out to make it look like she will be, in order to placate a huge part of the base all the way to the convention. But there is something else shaping up behind her.
I don't know if you've noticed yet, but they pretty much change "the rules" at will and the media pushes the changes loudly and 24/7 to nudge the bandwagon along. NOT one of those delegates represents an actual *vote* for Harris, as Constitutionally required, by the people. The delegates in this case have taken on a power that they are not entitled to.
If he does debate, he should start the debate by saying he is not going to get personal with Kakala, he is going to get very personal with her and Joe Biden's policies. When she goes after him on the lawfare question, he should say he's not going to get personal like she is, he's going to debate the policies. It's the only way to not fall into the "bullying" trap of a woman of color.
The Biden “accomplishments” as listed in the letter attributed to him are mostly accomplishments for the elite:
Great economy??? NOT for regular middle class and the working poor!! Inflation is out of control. Prices of food and all staples and services are sky high and still going up!!! HOW in any sane persons mind is that a “strong economy”? It parallels the conditions prior to the French Revolution. I guess “Let them eat cake” serves as a signal for a party celebrating how great things are for the “little people”?🤯
And “America is stronger than ever”? “Ready to lead the world”?
Are you kidding me? We are now the joke of the world and such a tragic joke.
“Ready to lead...”? With Kackling Kamala heading the charge???🙄
Seriously???
“High employment”? Really??? I’m sure the numbers must be completely juggled and tampered with. So many highly skilled workers I know are out of work.
And in LA? The unemployed homeless cower and subsist under every overpass and in every back alley...
THESE are Bidens “accomplishments”upon which Kackling Kamala will base her campaign?😳
It’s clear she’ll base her campaign on all the false charges against DJT and “the ignorant brainwashed wokesters that had waaay too many COVID shots” will cheer her on like the hopelessly propagandized hordes in 1984.
And our criminally bought and paid for Main Stream Media - along with the Elite Hollywood Wokesters - will very possibly push this complete fake “leader” over the finish line - because as a good friend told me yesterday, “She’s a WOMAN OF COLOR and I support her!!🤦♀️
I guess MLK’s exhortation for us to “judge a person by the content of their character - not the color of their skin” no longer applies????😭😭😭
Agree. And don’t forget that the R’s ‘killed the border bill’ because not only were the existing immigration laws on the books being flagrantly ignored, but that the the bill as presented literally guaranteed no action to prevent illegal crossings until a threshold of thousands had already crossed. A bill anyone with critical thinking skills would have opposed.
Laughable. The D version of the border bill means 2 million illegals NOT FROM MEXICO, so at least another million or two each year from there, forever. UNLESS of course the director of DHS says we can have more. Then there is no limit.
NONE of these accomplishments EVER trickled down even to the middle class, certainly not to the lower class.
My husband worked like a dog long hours 6-days a week for 35+ years without fail, without whining, without breaks. I worked hard for 13 years before I had to leave my career to advocate for kids with disabilities. We were supposed to be at a point in our lives right now where we could finally enjoy the rewards of all that devotion and hard work and maybe breathe a bit easier and finally start to help our kids financially way more than we could when they were younger. But at 57 and 59 we are worse off today than we were in our 20s! That’s a fact! We haven’t had ANY debt but a mortgage for over 18 years and here we are living paycheck to paycheck today. We can’t save a dime, we haven’t had any vacations in over 29 years, we own no assets whatsoever, drive a 2000 automobile that’s on its last leg but can’t afford a car payment, can’t afford to help our son pay for college so we have to watch him struggle. We have a fully disabled son that keeps getting denied SSDI while billions of money goes to Ukraine and our family falls deeper into despair. The whole thing got exponentially worse during the past 4 years and now we can’t afford the 100% increase to our grocery bill. What used to cost us about $250 a week just four years ago now costs us $480 every week.
Accomplishments?? Surely you jest? Or you’re an out of touch elitist yourself. It can only be one or the other.
In an effort to keep my post shorter earlier and not glaze over the readers eyes I didn’t include all the whys. I know it’s hard to imagine but that’s the problem, people can’t see beyond their own experiences.
When you leave your career to take care of three children with disabilities, you lose the required 2nd income this economy imposes on you. In addition to having less income we also had much higher medical expenses than an average family of five: for doctors, PT, OT, psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, medical devices, and over $350 a month out of pocket for all the medicine. We had on average 28+ doctor appointments every month for quite a few years. That alone cause stress and depression. We never had money left over. Then the institutions overrun and destroyed by the democrats such as the department of education forced us to have to hire advocates and attorneys (expensive) to fight public schools that neglected to implement clearly written IEPs for our children for over 7 years. Free services never were able to help and were mostly inept in our circumstances. After trying four long years to work with the system to get the timely help our kids needed, we saw it was impossible. They were incompetent and it was destroying our kids’ education and spirit. We had to deplete the savings I had from when I worked and my entire retirement account to place them into private schools to protect them (advice of two attorneys and four different doctors.) Despite having hoards of tangible proof of negligence and violations of the IDEA Act and confidentiality laws, and all the letters by doctors stating they had advised we move them years before we ever did, and that it was indeed medically necessary, the IRS still took away ALL our deductions, including our mortgage interest and property taxes, husband’s work expenses, and all charitable donations that we had ample receipts for, because we tried to deduct the special education expenses under our medical. We couldn’t afford private school nor could we afford the $30,000+ it would have cost to win the public school paying our tuition via Due Process (justice is only for the wealthy,) so our accountant explained that while not much of a help we could get minor relief by deducting the medical expenses. The tax code is clear that if private school is necessary for the health of the child and doctors are recommending it and they get what they need in such a school when the public school failed to provide that, then the tuition, travel, materials, and meals are deductible. We only deducted tuition because I was so stressed out from fighting the schools that I couldn’t handle finding every single penny spent on travel, materials, etc. I just had no time. Still - the tax lady stated tuition is never deductible. She violated the tax code. Queue another $7,000 tax attorney bill that verified she was wrong and we were right but we ran out of money to finish. He was able to protect us from what she was doing but not able to get back the $12,000 they took from us. Every minute on the phone with the attorney costs a ton of money. Now there were other things happening just as egregiously and out of our control at the same time draining our checking and savings so we really hadn’t a penny to continue. We couldn’t win Due Process with the public school because in our democratic state less than 1% of ALL cases brought by parents without an attorney win.
Pro Bono is only for politically sensationalized cases too. They take less than 5% of the cases that come across their desk. Ours was certainly an intriguing one to them because of how egregious it was and I document better than anyone they had ever met, even had recordings and email evidence that were fully incriminating, but they passed in our case due to caseload. Our sons weren’t in wheelchairs or weren’t with the kinds of disabilities that make the best headlines I guess. People with cases like ours that do end up in the judicial files and win can afford the legal fees to fight it, and in our area that “starts” at about $30,000 for just the first year.
When we finally were past the hell of high school and our kids were out of school we could have started to finally save and start getting ahead. But this economy the past four years has prevented that completely. One of our sons is totally disabled and unable to work. He is now 26 and supporting a third adult is not cheap on one income, especially in Biden America. I’ve not been able to get a job in the past four years because I’ve been out of my career for so long, no recent experience or references, and I am only seen as a “privileged” white woman, which oddly doesn’t fit DEI wokeness. And I’m far from privileged. My parents were poor as were my husband’s. We own nothing but a house and a beat up car. I just “look” upper class because I take care of myself, but one only has to glance down at my clothes to see I’m anything but.
I had $12,000 left in my retirement account after all that hell we went through, and over the past 5 years it has been as low as $9,000 and never went above $12,400. Anything it actually earned in that time seems to go to fees. Middle to lower class families cannot build income with only $10,000 to work with and the best investors don’t see us as worth their time.
I should mention that our state took two years to deny our son SSDI. Thankfully the attorney helping us doesn’t get paid unless my son does. Still we keep getting denied despite overwhelming proof of disabilities.
Trump dodged a couple of questions but I don't think he appeared uninformed about the issues.
The bottom line that it's going to come down to is that now-classic question that won Reagan the election in 1980: Do voters feel better off now than they were four years ago. Most average people feel worse off. Trump needs to keep hammering away on that.
Yeah those things don't hit voters in the pocketbook. I couldn't care less about mean tweets and neither could most voters. If everything was going swimmingly right now, then they could afford to be nitpicky about that, but it's not. I think it's safe to say right now that millions of voters would love to have the mean tweets back if it means the kind of economy we had four years ago.
And speaking of lies, nothing can touch the three-and-a-half year coverup we have witnessed coming from this White House over who was actually in charge and making decisions the whole time. Trump needs to hammer away on that too.
But if mean tweets are your single issue, then you do you.
ALL OF THIS...is DEEPLY disturbing. I'm starting to think the dems are in for life and we just have to deal with it. Goodbye USA hello Communist States of America! Sorry...I've spent way too much time on X these past 24hrs and I'm not feeling hopeful at all. Kamala has to be the WORST thing CA has exported!
I used to do this. Please try to remember something I found useful. Less than 20% of the VOTING public uses X. There's 360,000,000ish people in the US. About 40 to 50% of them vote. That's 130,000,000 on the high side. 28,000,000 users, probably 70% of them vote, so 19ish million of 130,000,000 is a small percentage of people. It's enough to matter, but it's not the real world. It is especially not representative of the youth or the working-class. It's punditry on acid.
Thanks Brandy! I don't usually spend a lot of time on there. I only rejoined after Elon bought it and mainly like to see him trolling LOL but I got caught up in the political nonsense.
at the rate they manipulate, gaslight and manipulate they might be in for life. I don't totally believe that but the way the last 10 days of gone has me very concerned.
It happened to me twice! I started going out in public a little more just to remind myself that most people dont behave the way X behaves. It's so easy to get wrapped up in it. It's really toxic there. I have to take long breaks. You are not alone.
Fully agree Sasha...no matter the content the main stream Liars will spin it as Trump is a misogynistic bastard who hates women...BUT, trying to provide advice to Trump may fall on deaf ears...He has NOTHING to gain by debating...STAY THE COURSE with regards to the issues impacting Americans: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, INFLATION, AND CRIME...continue to put out the quality videos they have been sharing...they tell the story. They will say all they want, Colbert, Kimmel, as they are in desperate need of ratings...Biden "won" by hiding in the basement...Trump and Vance need to just stay on message...Illegal Immigration, Inflation, Crime, and the war in Ukraine...
I'd probably put 95% into the first 3 and add the homeless into the mix. In California the rules for being homeless are completely ignored. Also California gets about 50% of the nations homeless but about 20% of the money. You'd think there would be some sort of national plan to round these people up, segregate the drug addicts, and put them in designated places rather than allow them to set up tents, pee, and crap on sidewalks. You'd also think the people would realize open borders with a drug cartel run country means more fentanyl in your home country. Along with corruption of your officials. Unfortunately there is no responsible mainstream media in the U.S. It's all tabloid and all are shouting "TRUMP...TRUMP...TRUMP." The sad thing is that it works.
There is zero upside for Trump debating Harris. No matter what happens, the MSM will either call him a monster for attacking her or claim she wiped the floor with him. There is literally nothing to be gained.
this is true. They framed his last debate with Biden as "Trump didn't win the debate but Biden lost reelection" I mean, that's a win so why can't you say it?
there's zero upside to whatever he does from media POV so if he wants to debate her let him debate her. if he doesn't, they'll call him a coward. if he does, they'll say she wiped the floor with him and that he mansplained her. It doesn't matter., Audience will make up their mind who did better.
It's a no win and debates don't move the needle anyway. H Clinton was deemed the winner of 3 debates.
I agree 💯 %. She hasn't earned the spot. Will she even be officially nominated at that point? Why give her the air and opportunity? I'd tell Americans that they weren't allowed to choose the candidate, so I won't be acknowledging her existence.
According to the national socialist media, she has been anointed by the far-left ruling class – so much for ‘democracy’ and caring about the will of the people.
As unfair as it would be, let Tulsi debate Kamala.
That would be beautiful.
Let's be honest. Kamala is STILL stinging from Tulsi’s brutal and withering takedown in the first 2016 Democrat Debate. That was world-class.
I'm guessing that Kamala would prefer to eat a box of roofing nails on tv, than to ever set foot on a debate stage with Tulsi again.
Besides, it would be a waste of Ms. Gabbard’s time and talent.
The only benefit that I see in that scenario is neither one could play the sexist or racist cards. They're still both deep state shills, though.
Not sure I'd lump Gabbard into the deep state shill category. In any event she's a lot more intelligent, intelligible, and has a moral center outside what's to her sole personal benefit.
Plus she surfs, so she's OK by me.
Gabbard's involvement with the World Economic Forum doesn't bother you at all? She also attempted to join the Council on Foreign Relations several years ago. The CFR is literally one of the most evil organizations on the face of the planet.
Oh ffs, get a grip, for one thing. 2nd, making the perfect be the enemy of the good is suicide, politically. Folks that want a candidate that bats 1.000 are just delusional, unrealistic, and clueless as to how politics functions
well, the neo-cons who want forever wars don't like her much, that's for sure...
Not really at this point. The WEF and CFR are not the immediate threat to our country.
The WEF and CFR are an immediate threat to the entire world. They always have been.
Tulsi is a sellout that made millions from book deals and Fox and flipped all her stances within one year after being hired by Fox.
Sellout? Ms. Gabbard was attacked as a Russian asset by Hellary. The Leninist wing of the Democrat party attacked her.
What opponent didn't Clinton attack as a Russian asset?
That what you call someone who mysterious flips on every stance (military, regulation, climate and environment, gun laws, backing GOP (who actually want to ban abortions) held in congress after being hired.
Being able to write a book, that people want to buy, that's a good thing, HL3. Also, Fox is fairer than MSNBC, much.
Fox isnt fairer and need both sides of the aisle no matter how biased they are to represent our divided nation.
One has my man RFK, Jr. on, the other doesn't. One has Glenn Greenwald, the other doesn't. I was watching the reports just after Biden resigned, or before the BBC could report. MSNBC: immediately, in real time, went from Biden must stay, he's the best, and the only, if you disagree you are an anti-democracy fascist following disinformation, TO, we all need to support Kamala, she is the only choice and we all must vote for her or else. Flip over, to Dana (the woman with the grey haired guy) on Fox, =so much fairer and journalistic. Objectively. and I am blue.
Unlike Hillary Clinton who made $100,000,000 by selling herself to the highest bidder. Then there are Barak and Michelle Obama and their sell out book deals and speeches......and Biden.......Gee, who's left?
And shes a pile of schit but Tulsi did and flipped every stance she stood as being a Hawaiian US representative.
She did not 'flip' ffs. Get ur head outcher arse.
She must be the only active duty sellout at Fox.
Just because you served doesnt mean you are immune to being a sellout.
She is still on active duty in the military. She is serving as well as having served.
This is why we can't have nice things. Ppl have been taught what to think at the expense of how to think.
She left the party of sell-outs, and it probably cost her far more.
She made a tidy fortune all it cost her was dignity.
She has a lot more dignity than them’s what stayed.
That for sure, but with the added benefit of Tulsi having already demonstrated that she can pretty effortlessly tear Kamala from limb to limb. Think of it as entertainment.
the truth is that there should be a debate. If one candidate--even the one ahead right now, cannot control themselves and make themselves look too extreme for the undecided/swing state citizens, then so be it. and btw, I am not convinced that Kamala is that great of a debater, so there would be drama.
to that end, Tim Ryan as VP would be nice. He would look reasonable, sane, not too old. not Casi Muerto like Gordo Trumpo...
I work in Hollywood. I hate these people. The wine moms aren't the only one's breathlessly panting in lockstep with the coup the Democratic Party just executed. And let's be clear -- the only legitimate coup in American Politics just happened over the weekend. A bunch of gassed up people forcing their way into the Capitol wasn't anything close to what just occurred.
I keep my views silent when I work (which is rare in Hollywood with the business cratering) because they will not hire me ever again if they know I'm an Independent who is going to vote for Trump.
What I'm hearing from my Hollywood friends is even more disturbing -- they keep saying that the "Democratic get out to vote machine is more powerful than anyone knows".
I don't like to dabble in conspiracy theories but at this point, we're living in one. We've been living in one since Biden's infirmities were kept quiet and the media chose to lie to cover for him.
What I think the "Democratic get out the vote machine" to mean is they will cheat. They will claim because there is such passionate enthusiasm for Harris that she will have 100 million votes. Forget Biden's 81 million. They will blow out of the water this time.
And honestly, I don't know how we can stop or fight this. It's sad and upsetting to me.
What the Democrats just did and what they will continue to do is anything but Democracy. They're projecting when they claim Trump ends Democracy. They just ended it this weekend. A candidate who has never won a primary vote is being coronated and I don't think it matters what happens in any debates. It's all theater.
The books are cooked. The Democratic get out to vote machine will make sure the number of votes they need can far exceed what comes in.
I just want this election/farce to be over. It's not because she's a good candidate. It's because we're living under an Aristocracy and we didn't even really want to know it. Now it's out there. Election Day and the aftermath will be devastating. I don't know how the people who want change and are voting for it will be able to stomach this one.
Thanks for your insider's perspective. I hope you're wrong about the election. There's an awful lot of enthusiasm for Trump out there, especially since the assassination attempt and his aplomb in reacting to it. It seems like a corner has been turned, and now a lot of people--including some celebrities--are no longer cowed or afraid to openly support him, especially given the Democrats' exposed subterfuge. I'm hoping the so-called normies will save us. California and New York don't count. All that matters are the swing states.
We have to make it "too big to rig."
I'm despondent, Kate because I work in a bubble of these people. They portray so much confidence in the Democratic Party getting done whatever it needs to get done that my hopes get extinguished. One of the largest surprises for a kid who grew up in the suburbs dreaming of working in movies was that all of these people eat, sleep and breathe politics. I thought they were passionate about storytelling and craft. They're not. Those are just jobs to them. Politics is their obsession. Identity Politics is their addiction. So yeah, I'm surrounded. Luckily, I have a few friends who I can be real with and my wife sees things similarly to me, although she's more concerned about gun control than any other issue.
I just don't have confidence that the votes are real and transparent and I think whatever they figured out in 2020, they double down on in 2024. I don't understand how we live in a country where people can collect filled out ballots for hundreds of people and deliver them to an unmanned box. This is lunacy to me. As long as that is still an option, I'm resigned to the fact that even if Trump gets 95 million votes, the Democrats will make sure Harris gets 105 million. They know the margins.
I truly and honestly hope I'm wrong.
There is no love foe Kamala outside that bubble.
This is not wrong. Being loved by Cali liberals from whom one is tailor made is a far cry from appealing to other demos. Step out of the bubble/comfort zone and you may be very surprised. Trump stepped out of comfort zone and held rallies in deep blue states where his rallies could have flopped. They didn't.
Anyone should ask themselves to whom a candidate is going to appeal and to whom they won't. That will give you the answer which one is likelier to win.
My experience almost mirrors yours, except instead of Hollywood, in the journalistic realm. I went to school for journalism many years ago, before it became full-on "journactivism," and am thankful I'm long out of it because I could never stomach it now. I, too, believed I was joining a profession where people wanted to tell stories and uncover the truth. I would never pursue the profession now.
After that I worked in the higher education realm and had to endure my share of liberals there.
https://redpilled331.substack.com/p/how-i-got-red-pilled-the-media-and
Speaking of dropboxes, I live in Wisconsin where our liberal-majority supreme court just re-legalized them in time for the fall election. Oh joy.
Maybe I'm being too optimistic, but I like to think that without a raging pandemic, it will be a little harder for them to rig this time. The GOP is really pushing early voting and mail-in voting in a way they never have before.
It will be interesting to see how well Democrats or GOP do in a state thats rules and maps reflect the divided nature of the state. Also Wisconsin supreme court is more balanced than it was.
"I don't understand how we live in a country where people can collect filled out ballots for hundreds of people and deliver them to an unmanned box."
This is not just on Democrats. You get away if there's no control. So the other side should take the blame for doing nothing to stop it. Complaining ahead of the curve and then after the fact doesn't change the outcome. Until converavtives learn to be pro-active instead of passive-aggressive Democrats will get bolder. Palace coup and coronation happeend precisely because other things went unopposed. Complaints are not real opposition.
Quite frankly the more Hollywood speaks up about politics the more they alienate most of the American people like me. I don’t support their shows and movies just so they can take our money and trample all over our constitution and interfere with elections, free speech, and spread so much disgusting hate. I don’t need entertainment that bad anymore, so I can boycott each and every one of them going forward, and I will. What I have seen from them this past year alone has led me to instinctively choose to go in the opposite direction of anything that comes out their mouths.
Question and answer honestly -- do you have a Netflix subscription? If you do, you are supporting the Democrats. Reed Hastings who is the head of Netflix is one of the largest donors to the Democratic Party.
I see a lot of people say they don't go to movies anymore and since Covid attendance is down a lot, but as long as people have subs to Netflix, Apple, Disney/Hulu, etc. you are unfortunately supporting the wrong side.
And I'm not telling people to cancel their subs. We need access to entertainment. I'm just saying that unfortunately, we all end up supporting and enriching Democrats because we want to watch Stranger Things or The Mandalorian.
But yes, it's good that people are waking up to how much people like Clooney, Reiner, Kimmel, Stephen King etc. are all these loudmouths who want to rule us with their donations while sitting at the cool table patting each other on the ass.
And the business is hurting. I know more folks looking to pivot from lack of work than I do working now. They're destroying their industry like the Democratic Party is destroying our country. It's truly sick to behold.
Honest answer: yes I do have Netflix. I refused to pay their price increases tho so we don’t use it as much as we used to with only one device that can play it at any time. LOL. So we found ourselves finding other avenues. And I had NO idea they supported the Democratic Party that much. So … now that I know? Yes you can better believe I will be canceling. No big deal, we don’t need it. Less time on the tube is more time to get some fresh air and get back to what really matters in life.
This year we also stopped buying ALL Coke and Pepsi products too. I don’t miss any of it. I also recently got rid of all our Amazon electronics too. Apple is the only thing I haven’t been able to replace because the alternatives are Microsoft/Google. No way will I ever give either of them my business again. You only get one chance with me and you can never win me back after you violate my faith in you. Apple seems the least of all the evils so far. And if I can’t avoid any of my pennies going to one of these corrupt and disconnected elitists then I’d rather it go to Apple. They have given me the least headaches. But … we DID cancel Apple TV last year when every program was pushing ideology we just don’t care for. So no entertainment from them.
I know we need entertainment, and I’ll find another way to get it without paying these A*holes. I found a way to kick the cable company to the curb long before anyone else started to, and it was easy and didn’t hurt us. There’s always a way to get free entertainment too. Or at least only pay for those worthy of our support. There are nonpolitical shows that don’t take sides and don’t push wokeness on us and they just tell a good story without trying to represent everybody. There are also inspiring and wholesome shows out there that are written well. They do exist and some offer access through their own production sites, God bless em. Short of that I got a household of dozens and dozens of fully stocked bookshelves with so many great books written before they started to put their woke junk in every character. And tons of DVDs too. Quite frankly if the apocalypse happened tomorrow and we lost access to ALL internet, our family can be plenty entertained with what we have on hand for the rest of our lives. LOL Even our DVDs are all pre-woke nonsense.
The only way Hollywood will shut up and stay out of our politics is if they discover they can’t make a living off of us anymore because of their extremist views and being out of touch with those that supported them.
You don't need to cancel your Netflix. I think the point I wanted to make was it is almost unavoidable to enrich the people who control the dollars that party lives and breathes on. Unless Elon opens a movie studio and starts producing content, we're going to get a lot more of the stuff we all can't stand with ideology shoved into it. It's social engineering. The folks who work out here who try to exclude that kind of stuff then get notes from execs to include it. I know Ben Shapiro has started some kind of a studio from Sasha's posts, but it hasn't scaled big enough yet.
Elon is really the one who can flip this and get Hollywood back to the good old days when stories made people dream instead of cringe. He just has to decide to do it. So much on that guy's plate already.
Well I certainly can avoid seeing more and more of the context that I don’t want. It’s a choice. It’s possible to live without. I’ve been doing that the past few years and seeing less and less. My husband and I are currently watching a show from the early 90s that actually is quite good. We don’t have much crap shoved in our faces. Just the beginnings because it started back then, but it’s not overly in our faces. Actually some of the characters portrayed are more private and reasonable like they are in real life. I can handle that. There’s lots to entertain us. Even old movies and shows still are very entertaining.
Where are the other Elons in this world so he doesn’t have to do it ALL?? They need to wake up.
Me too. They’re truly despicable. If I don’t watch another movie again, I’m ok. I still have popcorn. lol.
I completely agree. We are going to see massive fraud in the coming election and I doubt the courts are going to do anything to stop it. There was a precursor of it in the Arizona election of 2022. It was very clear to insiders that Lake won the legitimate votes. The game is to keep the polls within a few percent in the swing states to make things believable.
Oligarchy of the Elites! Our betters, according to the DNC
I worked in Hollywood/LA in the 80’s doing set construction. It was pretty left-ward biased back then so I’m not surprised to hear it’s gotten even crazier since. Every now and then I read something from the LA Times and I’m stunned by the vitriol directed towards any deviation from the approved narrative. It’s unpleasant being the odd man out and annoying to feel like voicing you’re opinions would only jeopardize your livelihood. But here we are. Hang in there!
Thanks, Chris. They've pretty much ruined the business to jeopardize everyone's livelihood at this point. The focus on Democratic politics is at a constant fever pitch and they just assume you're with them because you work in the industry. I have to carefully curate my X and Youtube accounts to make sure I don't follow anyone they object to in case someone deep dives on me before hiring me for a project. It's exhausting sometimes.
your insider perspective is great but as a consolation you are in Cali, in Hollywood. Wine moms there are expected to be exstatic. It's Harris turf. Whether wine moms in swing states are is another matter. Also, wine moms are not homogenous anywhere. they have different demo breakdowns. No one plays equally well with all demos. Keep that in mind. And I'm sure that Get Out Vote Machine is powerful in Cali. But Cali isn't everywhere.
Let's hope you're right.
He should wait to debate, if ever again any Dem candidate, closer to the election and sit back while they flounder.
Great idea...wait until after the mail-in ballots have been cast.
What about the report that Biden is suddenly not recovering but actually dying? If he does not make a physical appearance and speak at least Biden level coherently, we will know exactly what happened.
He’s been just mostly dead for years.
🤣🤣🤣
I agree. I read he has taken 12 doses of Paxlovid , which shows how effective that is!
Great. Biden dies and it'll be my fault for not wearing a mask, somehow.
The rumors are flying on X that he's on his death bed.
He’s been 60% brain dead since first hiding in the basement last election.
Well, it was reported multiple courses of paxlovid, 9 was it? no wonder, my blue team does lie a lot, this sort of thing happens...
She isn’t President yet and secondly, even if she becomes President - which seems likely - Trump should send JD to debate her anyway. I mean at this point we’re way past uncharted territory. Let Vance handle that bumbling imbecile instead.
I wholeheartedly agree with this. At this point he can do whatever the eff he wants and if he wants to let JD debate her he can and SHOULD. I don’t trust Trump’s ability to articulate clearly on the fly in the middle of being attacked by someone. I don’t think that’s his strong suit. He has every right to defend his reputation and honor, so he WILL attack back and it will use up precious time to stay focused on the issues and highlight all Kamala’s failures and why she is a danger to our country. I think JD can do that better. And yes, Tulsi can do it better than both of them. The left WANTS to debate Trump, and that is exactly why we should not give it to them. After all they have done they don’t deserve getting their way. They show their excitement and anticipation for debating him too much, and I would love to steal their joy. Had it always been Kamala and not Biden first I may not think this way. Had Trump not already taken the high road and allowed an early debate for Biden I may not think this way. Had they been honest with the American people about Biden and about all the lies they told and about the assassination attempt I might not think this way. But all these things happened and now in my opinion I hope Trump just lets his campaign and running mates handle things. He deserves a break.
I do not trust that Trump won’t let his emotions get the best of him. He’s been through enough and quite frankly, he has nothing left to prove. All Harris will do is take low blows from the multiple fake indictments, lie about Russia and everything else that the liberal audience seems to never let go.
I trust Vance to focus on the Scarlet Sombrero etched into Harris’ soul and send her packing back to California where she can focus on helping monsters like Scott Weiner and Gavin Newsom steal our children from us and hand them off to groomers and rapists.
He won’t be debating just her. He will be debating whoever is moderating the debate too. You remember Chris Wallace from 2020 when Trump debated Biden.
Biden was selected in a fake process, so no difference there. Trump should definitely debate her, but this time lets use Glenn Greenberg, Matt Tiabbi, and Joe Rogan as the moderators. Trump played along with the Biden/Harris administration last time and know they need to accomodate him.
- Greenwald, Taibbi.
But spot on with the idea!
Agree about the debate, don't dignify that sham process by agreeing to one. My opinion - Trump needs to stay calm and stick to the issues. Continually hold Kamala publically responsible for her role in the disaster of the last 3-1/2 years. When she gets nasty, which (judging by yesterday's speech) she has already started to do, resist the urge to respond. Again, stick to policies, because he owns that lead by far. Just saying....
yeah hell will feeeze over. Trump's biggest enemy and the only one that can defeat him is Trump himself.
yes though at the age of 60 Harris learning curve is spent. she won't change either so all her weaknesses will be there. We aren't talking about brilliant candidates here so expecting that is fool's erand.
the switch does not guarantee that all Biden voters will automatically flock to her. one has to distinguish between delegates, unions, donors, etc falling in line and actual voters. The reason is demographic change. going from a man whose biggest strength was appealing to working class (that feels increasingly disfranchised) to a woman who is a poster for salon politician and establishment/elite is going to create some big shifts. We currently only hear about wine moms and Tik Tok youth (many who don't vote yet) excitement because that's how nomination bumps work. Consolidation of votes in both directions (gain/loss) will take at least weeks.
She isn't a new face but extension of the previous administration. That means that while she can take credit for admin's success she will also take the blame for admin's failures (inflation, crime - she was big on defund the police, immigration - she was appointed to take care of that)
Her rise both as a VP and a nominee feels unearned since she dropped out of one primary early and never had another, and people do pay attention to that. They respect fighters they do not respect "failing upwards"
She doesn't have her own platform and convictions but seems to flip-flop depending on what's popular at the moment. so sometimes she sounds like The Squad sometimes like Republicans. It's hard to pinpoint what she actually stands for and voters like clarity not mixed messages.
Contrary to popular belief, "historical narrative" is something only groups that narrative impacts care about. Others don't and it could be a turn-off.
she's not a good manager. Staff turnout creates instability
doesn't have people's touch by which I mean people who are not upper class that she spent all her life with. Courting donors and Hollywood is very different from courting factory workers.
In 4 years as VP, she was relegated to court voters she already had - black women mostly, black voters in general, pro abortion women in blue states. She isn't a known commodity outside of that bubble because she never reached out to potential voters for Biden-Harris (eg Trump held rallies in deep blue states with an intention to court voters whom he didn't have)
She isn't a good speaker so she doesn't get her points across and comes off as if she doesn't know what she's talking about. That's a problem when you have to sell a program you're running on.
Sasha is right. Debating her would be an act of legitimization. This situation is a system failure on a grand scale, and there is nothing to be gained by letting the establishment pretend this is a contest between two individuals. Just sit back and let the system implode.
I'm not so sure Harris will be the nominee. They have already gamed this out to make it look like she will be, in order to placate a huge part of the base all the way to the convention. But there is something else shaping up behind her.
I suspect they’ll cycle through them all like they did in 2020, then end up choosing Biden. 😁
I don't know if you've noticed yet, but they pretty much change "the rules" at will and the media pushes the changes loudly and 24/7 to nudge the bandwagon along. NOT one of those delegates represents an actual *vote* for Harris, as Constitutionally required, by the people. The delegates in this case have taken on a power that they are not entitled to.
Alrighty then ..got your number now.
Yep. The rest of us got it too.
This one.
if the polls don’t move in her direction, it won’t matter how many delegates she had. Surely the Biden fiasco taught us that.
She has not Constitutionally "secured" anything. It's a charade being pushed out by the usual suspects.
The top voter concerns in recent polls are immigration, inflation, the economy.
A debate where Trump can elicit a Kamala Cackle on any of those issues that matter to voters would be a solid win.
Don't forget: "I'm speaking! Excuse me, I'm speaking!!!"
He would absolutely need to highlight front and center the child sex trafficking at the border and hang that on Kamala’s back as her biggest failure.
If he does debate, he should start the debate by saying he is not going to get personal with Kakala, he is going to get very personal with her and Joe Biden's policies. When she goes after him on the lawfare question, he should say he's not going to get personal like she is, he's going to debate the policies. It's the only way to not fall into the "bullying" trap of a woman of color.
The Biden “accomplishments” as listed in the letter attributed to him are mostly accomplishments for the elite:
Great economy??? NOT for regular middle class and the working poor!! Inflation is out of control. Prices of food and all staples and services are sky high and still going up!!! HOW in any sane persons mind is that a “strong economy”? It parallels the conditions prior to the French Revolution. I guess “Let them eat cake” serves as a signal for a party celebrating how great things are for the “little people”?🤯
And “America is stronger than ever”? “Ready to lead the world”?
Are you kidding me? We are now the joke of the world and such a tragic joke.
“Ready to lead...”? With Kackling Kamala heading the charge???🙄
Seriously???
“High employment”? Really??? I’m sure the numbers must be completely juggled and tampered with. So many highly skilled workers I know are out of work.
And in LA? The unemployed homeless cower and subsist under every overpass and in every back alley...
THESE are Bidens “accomplishments”upon which Kackling Kamala will base her campaign?😳
It’s clear she’ll base her campaign on all the false charges against DJT and “the ignorant brainwashed wokesters that had waaay too many COVID shots” will cheer her on like the hopelessly propagandized hordes in 1984.
And our criminally bought and paid for Main Stream Media - along with the Elite Hollywood Wokesters - will very possibly push this complete fake “leader” over the finish line - because as a good friend told me yesterday, “She’s a WOMAN OF COLOR and I support her!!🤦♀️
I guess MLK’s exhortation for us to “judge a person by the content of their character - not the color of their skin” no longer applies????😭😭😭
Thank you for listing all these things so I didn't have to :-)))
Agree. And don’t forget that the R’s ‘killed the border bill’ because not only were the existing immigration laws on the books being flagrantly ignored, but that the the bill as presented literally guaranteed no action to prevent illegal crossings until a threshold of thousands had already crossed. A bill anyone with critical thinking skills would have opposed.
“the ignorant brainwashed wokesters that had waaay too many COVID shots”
Never thought of that. So that’s what’s wrong with them. Makes sense now!😁
Laughable. The D version of the border bill means 2 million illegals NOT FROM MEXICO, so at least another million or two each year from there, forever. UNLESS of course the director of DHS says we can have more. Then there is no limit.
NONE of these accomplishments EVER trickled down even to the middle class, certainly not to the lower class.
My husband worked like a dog long hours 6-days a week for 35+ years without fail, without whining, without breaks. I worked hard for 13 years before I had to leave my career to advocate for kids with disabilities. We were supposed to be at a point in our lives right now where we could finally enjoy the rewards of all that devotion and hard work and maybe breathe a bit easier and finally start to help our kids financially way more than we could when they were younger. But at 57 and 59 we are worse off today than we were in our 20s! That’s a fact! We haven’t had ANY debt but a mortgage for over 18 years and here we are living paycheck to paycheck today. We can’t save a dime, we haven’t had any vacations in over 29 years, we own no assets whatsoever, drive a 2000 automobile that’s on its last leg but can’t afford a car payment, can’t afford to help our son pay for college so we have to watch him struggle. We have a fully disabled son that keeps getting denied SSDI while billions of money goes to Ukraine and our family falls deeper into despair. The whole thing got exponentially worse during the past 4 years and now we can’t afford the 100% increase to our grocery bill. What used to cost us about $250 a week just four years ago now costs us $480 every week.
Accomplishments?? Surely you jest? Or you’re an out of touch elitist yourself. It can only be one or the other.
In an effort to keep my post shorter earlier and not glaze over the readers eyes I didn’t include all the whys. I know it’s hard to imagine but that’s the problem, people can’t see beyond their own experiences.
When you leave your career to take care of three children with disabilities, you lose the required 2nd income this economy imposes on you. In addition to having less income we also had much higher medical expenses than an average family of five: for doctors, PT, OT, psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, medical devices, and over $350 a month out of pocket for all the medicine. We had on average 28+ doctor appointments every month for quite a few years. That alone cause stress and depression. We never had money left over. Then the institutions overrun and destroyed by the democrats such as the department of education forced us to have to hire advocates and attorneys (expensive) to fight public schools that neglected to implement clearly written IEPs for our children for over 7 years. Free services never were able to help and were mostly inept in our circumstances. After trying four long years to work with the system to get the timely help our kids needed, we saw it was impossible. They were incompetent and it was destroying our kids’ education and spirit. We had to deplete the savings I had from when I worked and my entire retirement account to place them into private schools to protect them (advice of two attorneys and four different doctors.) Despite having hoards of tangible proof of negligence and violations of the IDEA Act and confidentiality laws, and all the letters by doctors stating they had advised we move them years before we ever did, and that it was indeed medically necessary, the IRS still took away ALL our deductions, including our mortgage interest and property taxes, husband’s work expenses, and all charitable donations that we had ample receipts for, because we tried to deduct the special education expenses under our medical. We couldn’t afford private school nor could we afford the $30,000+ it would have cost to win the public school paying our tuition via Due Process (justice is only for the wealthy,) so our accountant explained that while not much of a help we could get minor relief by deducting the medical expenses. The tax code is clear that if private school is necessary for the health of the child and doctors are recommending it and they get what they need in such a school when the public school failed to provide that, then the tuition, travel, materials, and meals are deductible. We only deducted tuition because I was so stressed out from fighting the schools that I couldn’t handle finding every single penny spent on travel, materials, etc. I just had no time. Still - the tax lady stated tuition is never deductible. She violated the tax code. Queue another $7,000 tax attorney bill that verified she was wrong and we were right but we ran out of money to finish. He was able to protect us from what she was doing but not able to get back the $12,000 they took from us. Every minute on the phone with the attorney costs a ton of money. Now there were other things happening just as egregiously and out of our control at the same time draining our checking and savings so we really hadn’t a penny to continue. We couldn’t win Due Process with the public school because in our democratic state less than 1% of ALL cases brought by parents without an attorney win.
Pro Bono is only for politically sensationalized cases too. They take less than 5% of the cases that come across their desk. Ours was certainly an intriguing one to them because of how egregious it was and I document better than anyone they had ever met, even had recordings and email evidence that were fully incriminating, but they passed in our case due to caseload. Our sons weren’t in wheelchairs or weren’t with the kinds of disabilities that make the best headlines I guess. People with cases like ours that do end up in the judicial files and win can afford the legal fees to fight it, and in our area that “starts” at about $30,000 for just the first year.
When we finally were past the hell of high school and our kids were out of school we could have started to finally save and start getting ahead. But this economy the past four years has prevented that completely. One of our sons is totally disabled and unable to work. He is now 26 and supporting a third adult is not cheap on one income, especially in Biden America. I’ve not been able to get a job in the past four years because I’ve been out of my career for so long, no recent experience or references, and I am only seen as a “privileged” white woman, which oddly doesn’t fit DEI wokeness. And I’m far from privileged. My parents were poor as were my husband’s. We own nothing but a house and a beat up car. I just “look” upper class because I take care of myself, but one only has to glance down at my clothes to see I’m anything but.
I had $12,000 left in my retirement account after all that hell we went through, and over the past 5 years it has been as low as $9,000 and never went above $12,400. Anything it actually earned in that time seems to go to fees. Middle to lower class families cannot build income with only $10,000 to work with and the best investors don’t see us as worth their time.
I should mention that our state took two years to deny our son SSDI. Thankfully the attorney helping us doesn’t get paid unless my son does. Still we keep getting denied despite overwhelming proof of disabilities.
Inflation is only leveling off for the rich.
Trump dodged a couple of questions but I don't think he appeared uninformed about the issues.
The bottom line that it's going to come down to is that now-classic question that won Reagan the election in 1980: Do voters feel better off now than they were four years ago. Most average people feel worse off. Trump needs to keep hammering away on that.
Yeah those things don't hit voters in the pocketbook. I couldn't care less about mean tweets and neither could most voters. If everything was going swimmingly right now, then they could afford to be nitpicky about that, but it's not. I think it's safe to say right now that millions of voters would love to have the mean tweets back if it means the kind of economy we had four years ago.
And speaking of lies, nothing can touch the three-and-a-half year coverup we have witnessed coming from this White House over who was actually in charge and making decisions the whole time. Trump needs to hammer away on that too.
But if mean tweets are your single issue, then you do you.
Legitimately can’t tell if you’re dumb enough to actually believe that or just hoping everyone else is. 😂
Amazing isn't it how the left's machine has its propagandists dispatched everywhere
ALL OF THIS...is DEEPLY disturbing. I'm starting to think the dems are in for life and we just have to deal with it. Goodbye USA hello Communist States of America! Sorry...I've spent way too much time on X these past 24hrs and I'm not feeling hopeful at all. Kamala has to be the WORST thing CA has exported!
I used to do this. Please try to remember something I found useful. Less than 20% of the VOTING public uses X. There's 360,000,000ish people in the US. About 40 to 50% of them vote. That's 130,000,000 on the high side. 28,000,000 users, probably 70% of them vote, so 19ish million of 130,000,000 is a small percentage of people. It's enough to matter, but it's not the real world. It is especially not representative of the youth or the working-class. It's punditry on acid.
Thanks Brandy! I don't usually spend a lot of time on there. I only rejoined after Elon bought it and mainly like to see him trolling LOL but I got caught up in the political nonsense.
They are not in for life, people are starting to wake up.
at the rate they manipulate, gaslight and manipulate they might be in for life. I don't totally believe that but the way the last 10 days of gone has me very concerned.
And they dominate the flow of information and control of the narrative.
X is a bubble. remmeber rn it's all bubble one or the other. it isn't a real sample of the population.
It happened to me twice! I started going out in public a little more just to remind myself that most people dont behave the way X behaves. It's so easy to get wrapped up in it. It's really toxic there. I have to take long breaks. You are not alone.
Fully agree Sasha...no matter the content the main stream Liars will spin it as Trump is a misogynistic bastard who hates women...BUT, trying to provide advice to Trump may fall on deaf ears...He has NOTHING to gain by debating...STAY THE COURSE with regards to the issues impacting Americans: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, INFLATION, AND CRIME...continue to put out the quality videos they have been sharing...they tell the story. They will say all they want, Colbert, Kimmel, as they are in desperate need of ratings...Biden "won" by hiding in the basement...Trump and Vance need to just stay on message...Illegal Immigration, Inflation, Crime, and the war in Ukraine...
I'd probably put 95% into the first 3 and add the homeless into the mix. In California the rules for being homeless are completely ignored. Also California gets about 50% of the nations homeless but about 20% of the money. You'd think there would be some sort of national plan to round these people up, segregate the drug addicts, and put them in designated places rather than allow them to set up tents, pee, and crap on sidewalks. You'd also think the people would realize open borders with a drug cartel run country means more fentanyl in your home country. Along with corruption of your officials. Unfortunately there is no responsible mainstream media in the U.S. It's all tabloid and all are shouting "TRUMP...TRUMP...TRUMP." The sad thing is that it works.
There is zero upside for Trump debating Harris. No matter what happens, the MSM will either call him a monster for attacking her or claim she wiped the floor with him. There is literally nothing to be gained.
this is true. They framed his last debate with Biden as "Trump didn't win the debate but Biden lost reelection" I mean, that's a win so why can't you say it?
He's a fool if he debates. Hopefully someone will ask him what is his upside and downside of him debating?
there's zero upside to whatever he does from media POV so if he wants to debate her let him debate her. if he doesn't, they'll call him a coward. if he does, they'll say she wiped the floor with him and that he mansplained her. It doesn't matter., Audience will make up their mind who did better.
It's a no win and debates don't move the needle anyway. H Clinton was deemed the winner of 3 debates.
Beyond that, it is not legitimate to have the media involved in any way.
Rogan, Greenberg, Tiabbi as moderators.
You mean Greenwald?
I agree 💯 %. She hasn't earned the spot. Will she even be officially nominated at that point? Why give her the air and opportunity? I'd tell Americans that they weren't allowed to choose the candidate, so I won't be acknowledging her existence.
According to the national socialist media, she has been anointed by the far-left ruling class – so much for ‘democracy’ and caring about the will of the people.
Democrats are complete frauds.