The Democratic Party is secretly fighting over whether to try and force out Justice Sonia Sotomayor to avoid the specter of Donald Trump sending the U.S. Supreme Court further to the right. read more
The incumbents in every single one of the 10 major countries that have been tracked by the ParlGov global research project and held national elections in 2024 were given a kicking by voters. This is the first time this has ever happened in almost 120 years of records. The cause? Inflation. read more
Just hours after Donald Trump's election win on Tuesday, Black people, including children, across the US reported receiving racist text messages telling them that they had been "selected" to pick cotton and needed to report to "the nearest plantation". While the texts, some of which were signed "a Trump supporter", varied in detail, they all conveyed the same essential message about being selected to pick cotton. read more
Interest in the "4B movement" spiked since Kamala Harris's defeat, with women sharing videos of themselves on social media pledging to commit to its four "no's" - no sex, no dating or marriage and no having children with men - for the next four years. read more
The introduction to Project 2025, written by the president of the D.C.-based Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, who has a PhD in American History, states: "Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. "Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders. And telecommunications and technology firms that facilitate its spread should be shuttered." read more
It's interesting that none of the countries that signed the Accords (Bahrain, UAE, Morocco, Sudan) have an actual border with Israel.
#29 | Posted by REDIAL
Egypt and Jordan have been at peace with Israel for 44 and 30 years, respectively. Lebanon, not so much since HezzBawlzOff is under orders from Iran to keep the feud going. Syria, which is at risk of falling apart in any given year, peace with Israel is not a priority or helpful to cohesion so peace dropped off as a goal a decade or two back.
And Palestine, well, Palestine does not exist. Since the Palestinians have refused statehood five times because they refuse peace with Israel and would much rather keep hoping to murder each and every single Jew in the world (How Palestine rejected offer to have its own state 5 times in the past lawandsocietymagazine.com ).
It was worldwide, with every governing party losing voting share this year for the first time in history:
And people hate inflation:
Americans hate inflation, full stopObama and Clinton were elected because of a bad economy. Carter lost because of one.
No traction for more positive economic developments, research says
June 20, 2024 Harvard News Gazette
Of course, like in the past, Dems had other issues this time, like Biden misrepresenting his condition and depriving Dems of an actual nomination process. But, IMHO, we need to stop reading too much into things and accept that sometimes candidates are subject to forces beyond their control.
Dems really need to up their game on throwing people under the bus if they want to regain and retain power. Maybe look to Bill Clinton for some pointers.
Why Bill Clinton really signed DOMA
The way Bernie Sanders tells it, the former president is guilty of political expediency.
www.msnbc.com
Former President Clinton Defends 1996 Crime Bill, 'Super-Predators' Remark
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How the First Black Surgeon General Was Silenced [by Prez. Clinton] for Considering Drug Legalization
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That's going to werk out SO well!
#4 | Posted by Corky
Ever since democrats abandoned populism their only win was due to a pandemic being flubbed by the republican.
#5 | Posted by SpeakSoftly
I'm coming to the conclusion that people just don't care, absent some great crisis.
The only reason Obama won in 2008 was because of the financial meltdown, with McCain/Palin ahead by 5+ points before that happened. The 2008 Onion post-election headline summed it up pretty nicely ("Nation Finally [Sheetey] Enough To Make Social Progress" theonion.com ). Clinton only won because of the poor economy and Perot siphoning off Bush Sr.'s votes.
On top of that, Dems govern doing a balancing act of not teeing off their base (e.g., Latinos by shutting down the border, trans-friendly policies, expressing concern for the well-being of Palestinian terrorists, etc). Herding cats with each position costing them with someone else.
Trump keeps winning by lying through his teeth about the sky falling, Mexican rapists, and Haitian pet eaters and motivates his base to turn out, everyone hearing what they wanted to hear.
Dems try to rile people up but the concepts are too vague (fascism, democracy, corruption) to register with people or cut through the fact that ground beef costs $5 a pound.
Wow! That's terrible!
Have you tried to improve the situation by raping and murdering 1,400 Israeli civilian men, women, and children? Well, I'm afraid I'm all out of ideas.
You should ask your pal Donald Trump to see if he can think something up ("Trump Wins Dearborn Amid Anger over Gaza" drudge.com)
In 2020, Trump managed to win 43% of women voters. In 2024, despite Democrats' focus on women voters and abortion access, which boosted them in the midterm election races, Trump still increased his numbers with women, notching up that figure two ticks, to 45%.Well, if they don't care, why should I?
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The first day of the bombs keep dropping while Trump is President I just hope there's a live camera in Dearborn so he can see the faces of the stupid rodent people who thought that Trump would actually give a damn about them.
#32 | Posted by Tor
Sounds like Hamas is already begging for peace and Qatar is kicking Hamas out.
After Hamas rejection of hostage deal, US asked Qatar to expel the group www.reuters.com
Palestinians dismayed by Trump's win, their leaders urge peace www.reuters.com
Funny how having US leadership that doesn't depend on Islamic terrorist sympathizers to maintain power can achieve certain results.
Of course, what Trump giveth with one hand ... he'll be giving Putin carte blanche to run amok in Europe.
So I guess Europe will have to put on their big-boy pants and figure out if they want to handle Russia now or ten years from now when it is much stronger, since it looks like the GOP will be sabatoging US efforts on that front for the next twelve years (under Hair Furor and two-term President Vance).
Seamena.