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It Ain't Me.
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Democracy. Animals. Playing Guitar. I'm here to vent with others who are as fed up as I am. I'm not here just to build your account. NO DMs❗️
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cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 3h
As people on social media react, so too has the German company that manufactured the lift elevator used in the Louvre heist last week, in which historic jewels worth over an estimated $100 million, according to a French prosecutor, were stolen.
https://cnn.it/3WVeZOA
Fuuuughh. 27% still approve.

Apparently, losing even basic rights like not being beaten and detained for days for being brown isn't enough to overcome the need to "own the sissy libs" for that percentage.
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They've been advised by 'think tanks' to stick to the economy, inflation, and healthcare.

The reason? Because harping on authoritarianism didn't work in the 2024 election. Sigh.
Seems think tanks can't understand that people seeing it's real, not just fear mongering, kinda changes things.
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Ummmm....... how do they actually expect these kids to pay a $5,000 fine?
Repubs softening = people can still afford healthcare.

Dems softening = people can't.

Dems have the public so far, I hope they don't screw this one up, but I just no longer trust centrists to stand firm on anything.
The hard lines that both parties have drawn on the government shutdown are starting to soften.
Lawmakers Start to Break Ranks Under Shutdown Pressures
on.wsj.com
Iffy.
It will help if protesters who take an antagonist role differentiate between volunteer ICEholes and guard members deployed who would rather be at home.
We need allies.
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By the way: The prosecution made this estimate despite Keller telling the judge that he was still going through discovery in the case.

Keller indicated that the government isn’t prepared to make its first discovery production until Nov. 14, which the judge found…unusual.
I also attended the arraignment this morning.

One of the more surprising moments came when counsel for the prosecution, Roger Keller, estimated that government would call 8-10 witnesses and that the case would take 2 weeks to try.

(The judge said 8-10 witnesses should take 3-5 days.)
Great play-by-play dispatch from Letitia James’s arraignment, via my Lawfare colleague @mollyroberts.bsky.social:

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/tria...
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Don't forget we can't afford to ensure that everyone has health insurance or enough food to eat in this country.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 1d
The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement aimed at getting the centers built faster. https://cnn.it/4oDFP9W
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“.. Already, officials are referring to it as "The President Donald J. Trump Ballroom." That name will likely stick, ABC News was told. 🤡

abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
It's almost like we already have their script.
The biggest backlash wasn't left behind decades ago, but last week.
Weird that was somehow omitted.
I don't mean this in the rude way, but who cares?
We didn't ask to be in a battle for the country, and we didn't ask to be forced into only 2 sides - with Trump or with democracy - but that's where we are.

Call yourself a Dem, an indy or an anti Trumper. Titles are irrelevant right now.
(Not focusing on Mamdani anymore than than the others)

Maybe it's the "coastal elite" stereotype, but I've noticed well-known NY and CA Dems rank poorly nationally more often than not.
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1'st, obviously, thank you for the info.

Almost 4 years in and still it's what the US or European nations are..
"preparing/pondering/looking into/discussing/ making plans/or considering doing."
Wild how Russia's allies just send them shit, including troops, without all of the peacocking.
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It was a perfect story about disgruntled leftists storming into and attempting to disrupt a Republican event and start a fight...except for the small matter that the "leftists" were Republicans too.

@willsommer.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social break down the left-wing violence that wasn't:
Geezus.
Coast Guard police shot two people on Thursday night outside a base in Alameda, California, where protests against a planned federal immigration raid had drawn more than 200 people earlier in the day. Both are expected to survive, according to DHS.
2 People Shot at Protest Site Outside Coast Guard Base in California
Coast Guard police fired rounds at a moving van that accelerated toward the base in reverse and did not follow commands to stop, the authorities say.
nyti.ms
Odd. Either WaPo, or more likely, Bluesky, is hiding comments at 60+% on this?

Most of them are benign. Not sure what that's about.
What is that asshole up to now? Is this the more deadly distraction?
Breaking news: The Pentagon signaled an expansion of its military campaign against “Transnational Criminal Organizations” in Latin America, saying it will deploy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its associated warships to the region in coming days.
Pentagon orders aircraft carrier to Latin America as Trump signals escalation
A spokesman said the dramatic increase in combat power aims not only to “disrupt narcotics trafficking” in the region but to “degrade and dismantle” the criminal groups that operate there.
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.."real" purchasing power. That could eventually help drive prices down.

Of course, those costs will vary by group and region.
Ex, my state of TN. A significant spike, closing hospitals, the cuts to SNAP, and rising unemployment (stagnant wages) = less non-essential spending.
Hitting highs that we haven't seen since January when, by all accounts, it should've been steady or declining (without tariffs) is the best indicator of our direction, in my opinion.

But same as we use 'real wages' for a better picture, I see healthcare costs, home energy, etc, playing into..