By 2024, voters were so disillusioned that they rejected the Democrats even though they disliked Trump. The Harris–Walz ticket was a symptom of the party’s weakness, not the cause. You cannot claim to fight for ordinary people when you haven’t listened to them for a generation. https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/14/why-the-democrats-lost-the-shutdown-battle/
Canadian friends: a Red, Orange or Green vote will keep Canada from becoming what the US looks like now. Please help your southern neighbors hold onto hope.
@CStamp@SnowshadowII@GottaLaff If it were reasonable to merge Canada in the US, it should be at least 11 states, maintain the provincial boundaries and the 11th being all the northern territories. I would much rather see Canada annex the US myself...
@CStamp@SnowshadowII@GottaLaff It sounds as if you misunderstood me. I was more advocating for the US to become additional provinces... And pointing out it is utterly ridiculous to take all of Canada as a single state.
@jeffowski Yep you definitely got me wrong. I was not trying to put you down. I could not have possibly put that much into 1 lousy sentence. I have seen so many quotes on the internet that we're not said by the person supposedly quoted that I just had a knee-jerk reaction.
@phaedral I wasn't so much arguing as mentioning a point that I don't think has been mentioned lately. And I'm not talking to the Trumpers, I'm talking to the Republicans that are just going to vote Republican because they always did.
You're voting for Trump because you think he's best for handling the economy? Have you seen what the economy did in fascist Germany? Rampant inflation, prices rising like you wouldn't believe. You chase away immigrants, you don't have anyone to pick your crops. They rot in the fields. Like they have been in Florida the past 2 years.
@jeffowski Good on you. My stance is, I'm too old to put myself through the chemical changes of transition, after 71 years of trying to fake being normal, combined with my current medical issues.
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