Mrs. Sterling and I saw a Proud Boy looking character with a mustache and open tropical shirt, walking in midtown Manhattan last night. He wore a t-shirt under his tropical button up. It read, "I'm with Bannon." Mrs. Sterling and I both muttered, "Steve?" That was fucked up. #usa#stevebannon#trump#donaldtrump#rightwing#fascism#2024uselection
Joe Biden is toast. White Democrats, you are free to explain to black and hispanic women what Trump will do to them. But I can tell you now, it won't change any minds. And you will look like a fool. Black women are the most loyal Democratic voters. They are the party's backbone. After all the votes Biden has already bled, losing the votes of black women would seal his defeat.
@NoctisEqui@aral It's unclear if the US actually held bomb shipments, or if this is some performative battle between Bidenn and Netanyahu. A WH spokesman today said that most weapons shipments went ahead as planned.
@NoctisEqui@aral WH spokesman Kirby: "Everybody keeps talking about pausing weapons shipments. Weapons shipments are still going to Israel. And they're still getting the vast, vast majority of everything that they need to defend themselves."
@KatM@DrALJONES@Mary625 In the end it doesn't matter. I see what you mean regarding their brazen tactics and confidence that the police wouldn't stop them. The bottom line is, the police view certain groups as allies. People like Kyle Rittenhouse. Be safe out there folks. Someone is going to try to kill pro-Palestinian protesters this summer and the police will not be there to stop it.
@ATLeagle@KimPerales Indeed. His angriest and most unhinged supporters saw his election as a permission slip to act on their White Nationalist impulses. If he comes back, all that comes roaring back. In fact a lot of it will be on display at polling sites in November.
@KimPerales Correct. The USA became psychologically depressed under Trump. Suicides soared. And we're not over that. We're still recovering from the first Trump term. My blog thoughts at the time:
@Snowshadow Honestly, I don't think one final round of US aid to Ukraine would make a difference here. Putin's army is decimated (close to 300,000 men lost, which unreal), but thanks to weak military support from the US and EU, this war will likely end in a stalemate, meaning Russia takes all of eastern Ukraine.
@Snowshadow How am am I pro-Putin? I'm stating facts. Honestly, I think NATO should have bombed the Russian Army the moment they crossed into Ukraine. And I want Belarus invaded. But just stop with the Trump is doing Putin's bidding act. They both want the same thing for totally different reasons. Putin wants the US gone as a superpower. Trump wants to be elected under the lie that he will take care of poor white people by ending foreign aid.
@jaykuo It is all vibes. The economy, amazingly, is still doing fine. But Americans are angry, frustrated, fat, sick and depressed. You can show them stats all day, and millions of them will still sulk and sit out the 2024 election, which only helps Trump.
@rodhilton That's straight-up Company Store nonsense. And sadly, it is coming to a lot of workplaces under the guise of wellness and work-life balance.
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