As imperfect as it was the ACA and Medicare expansion was a fairly big accomplishment. You might not like it but it was a big political accomplishment
Biden had several large legislative acts passed during his one term. The chips and science act was decent, the infrastructure package was pretty big, ending his term with MORE manufacturing jobs than Trump did was pretty nice
Biden finally beat Medicare!
No we didnt, because he was talking about “consequences” for a politician voting a certain way. You interpreted it to mean violence, I did not.
Schumer never called for “violence” in the clip that you provided me
I said within the context of the political violence taking place.
Pragmatic, not pedantic.
That’s true for all Socialist accomplishments throughout history, including the Nazis.
Other major accomplishments include incorporating transgenderism into public policy. DEI was massively impactful, too. Open borders will go down as one of the most amazing political accomplishments of all time. The social transformation of Lewiston accomplished by Democrats is also a MAJOR accomplishment, requiring incalculable amounts of public wealth to achieve.
Did I mention that shootings in Lewiston are up 1,750 percent since 2010, with most of that being the last six years?
It is impossible for me to reconcile your point of view with everything I observe around me. It seems very much like you’re living in a “mind reality”, which is absolutely the goal of Marxist indoctrination.
Which is what?
Which is what?
Im not a marxist, a communist, or a socialist, so not sure where you are going with that
Well, you’ve been pretty consistently anti-Trump for quite some time now, unless I’ve fundamentally misunderstood you this whole time.
The “mind reality” you seem to be living in is that all of the local concerns I’ve explained in in this thread, happening within a few miles of where I live, are somehow not a product of Democrat policy, which absolutely includes ideas borne out of Marxist thought.
Can you explain how DEI actually impacts government policy and how it is compatible with Equal Protection Under The Law?
Can you explain why transgenderism should be sanctioned by the state?
Can you explain Lewiston’s moral obligation to support an unending flow of troubled and needy people from distant lands?
What about…?
I think you have, and this is where the distinction between a cult comes in
If I am “anti trump” its because I dont like the specific things Trump does and says. I dont like the blanket tariff policy Trump has just enacted. I dont like how Trump rips up deals America has made with its allies, partners, and even enemies (Iran nuclear deal for example), I dont like the way he talks about my fellow americans - saying that we live like Vermin in the country as a single example, I dont like how he threatens media outlets who dont speak favorably about him. I could go on, but I think you get the point.
I DO appreciate things he does that I do like. Ban on biological men in womens sport? Knock yourself out. Operation Warp speed? Standing ovation. Signing the deal that finally ended the war in Afhanistan? Great idea (although with the last two there are massive caveats I dont feel like getting into, but this is to show I do notice things he does I can appreciate)
Admittedly, to me the list of things he does and says that I dont like is going to WAY larger than the list of things he does that I do like. Does that make me “anti trump” ? Perhaps, but not at all in the same way someone in the MAGA cult is “pro trump”
The difference between me and someone in the MAGA cult is that they simply cant come up with a list of things they dont like because we “have to wait and see how it plays out”. They cant even admit the things coming out of his mouth mean what they mean if they dont like it because he might mean something else, might be a negotiating tactic, might change his mind, etc… Its a complete deference to THE MAN, and not the idea or the action or the thought or even the things he says. If Trump did it or said it, it was the right thing to do or say because Trump did it or said it, and if it turns out to be the wrong thing that wasnt what he meant or someone else messed up his great idea
Have I said that anywhere? I have no idea where you are getting that idea
I will say this. I have taken everything you have said about Lewiston at face value and as being true. But I vote for President as an American, not as a city-where-I-live-ican
Lets try a hypothetical. Lets forget left, right, biden, obama, trump. Lets imagine we can know for certain who causes what to happen with crime and the economy.
If crime across the country is DOWN because of the policies of the president, but crime in my local city is UP… Who should I vote for for president? The current admin or vote in a new one who promises to (and will in my scenario) fix my local crime problem to the detriment of the rest of the country?
If the economy in the entire country is UP because of the presidents policies, but my cities economy is down, who should I vote for for president? The current admin or vote in a new one who promises to (and will in my scenario) fix my local economy to the detriment of the rest of the country?
What do you mean by “sanctioned”?
If we can both agree that Trans people even exist (ie there is a tiny fraction of the population whos sex and gender identity are mismatched), then that is a medical decision to be made by them and their doctor, and in the case of a minor their parent. I dont see where the government fits in at all
I dont particular give 2 shits about the issue in so far as It has literally nothing to do with me, the same as any other medical issue anyone else in the country has. Want to take a blood thinner? Go for it, Want a knee replacement? Go for it
What to turn your penis into a vagina and wear sun dresses? go for it, dont care.
And on that note thats probably more than enough for now… Kids are getting home from school soon (hopefully they are still the gender I sent them to school as and didnt get sugery - another insane thing trump said over and over) so my time to engage will be mostly out the window.
To address your previous two posts, it seems to me that you believe that, on the balance of things, Democrat governance is best at the federal level. You seem to believe that opening the border and flooding Lewiston with migrants using public funds, sanctioning transgenderism, enforcing the vague and adaptable principles of DEI, along with other Democrat policies like “harm reduction” that floods our streets with biohazardous needles are part of the “greater good”. Would you say that’s accurate?
Maine is a debtor state, and most of the policies I just listed are also supported by federal tax dollars, not just local and state taxes.
Did you really miss the redefinition of Title IX under Biden, and it’s reversal under Trump? At a state level in Maine, you cannot teach in public school unless you’re prepared to teach children that they might be, can be, and should be members of the opposite sex, and then modify your vocabulary in a way that suggests you believe it, too.
I’m sorry, but I don’t believe Laurel Hubbard is a woman. I started a thread about it like 8 years ago, and here we are today. Children in Maine districts can face penalties for “misgendering”. Just last week a toddler in the UK was suspended for it. This is all very real, and happening where I live.
It is enforced speech. The government is compelling people to say things they don’t believe in, no different than requiring a teacher to say that Jesus was God’s only son.
Vast amounts of public funds are extracted by taxes to advance this belief.
It is the very-definition of a state-sanctioned belief.
Edit: I just checked and OMG, it was 8 years ago.
Excepting your incredibly loaded second half of that paragraph I would say that yes I agree with this. Or rather its not particularly that I “believe it”, I think thats what the data at large shows.
On balance, everything taken into account (not that I personally agree with everything), I think the country as a whole does better under democrat presidents than it does under republicans, and one could even argue states do as well, and maybe even cities… Lewiston, Maine not withstanding.
Again, I do not agree with every single policy ever enacted by a democrat, not do I disagree with every republican policy ever enacted or regulation slashed… But on the whole I think democrats have a more proven track record of positives than negatives than republicans do for more Americans than not.
There was nothing loaded about that second part at all. I wasn’t being hyperbolic.
Those were the actual policies, and still are at the state and local level (except the border, now closed by Trump’s actions), stated in the clearest terms I could come up with. Maine has been a steady march towards transformative Democrat policy for about 20 years, with Republicans only managing to delay the policy implementation a bit. The last six years have been full-throttle Democrat policy priorities with Dem’s having the numbers to push everything through. Again, results are in-hand.
Here in Democrat-run Maine, I’m considered racist and fascist for even suspecting that voter ID would be needed here. Don’t take my word for it, go look up Shenna Bellows, our secretary of state who is now running for governor. She led a protest where she said in clear terms she’s standing against fascism and has repeated commented that Voter ID is motivated by racism.
Those data you have access to must REALLY be convincing.
Are you sure they were found guilty…? And not being held pending a “speedy trial” ??
Ze… really.
I don’t believe that they had any avenue to get a trial date. Weren’t they classified as something like enemies of the State?
To be fair, they targeted Priuses as well.
Why do these people talk like weirdos? Beautiful beef?
