***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[had pants]

 

[had pants]

 

[Sharpshoeter13]

 

[junglejim]

More than 6,500 Connecticut voters have left the Republican Party since Election Day. That’s a nearly 300% increase compared to after the 2016 election.

Joel Schiavone, a longtime Republican from New Haven who twice ran for office and who voted for President Donald Trump in 2016, says he’s done with the GOP. “It was a long time brewing,…

www.courant.com

I'm sure there are similar stories in other states. I'm curious to know if there are examples of the GOP growing in some states.

This is the closest I can find

Nearly 140,000 voters left GOP in 25 states in January

Nearly 140,000 voters left the Republican Party in 25 states in January, according to an analysis of public voting records obtained by The Hill. Some of the steepest drops in Republican Party …

thehill.com

 

[dwalk31]

North Carolina Republicans Censure Richard Burr Over Impeachment Vote

North Carolina Republicans Censure Richard Burr Over Impeachment Vote

The senator, who is retiring, is one of seven Republicans who voted with Democrats to find Donald J. Trump guilty of inciting an insurrection at the Capitol.

www.nytimes.com

 

[getback]

 

[IATT]

These people seem very invested in telling us we didn’t see what we saw..

one dude saying there weren’t weapons.. another dude saying there weren’t zip ties

 

[osh kosh bosh]

A follow up on the California discussion we had in here last week because of that Kelin article. The more I thought about it the more I felt Ezra Klein's article made a really weak argument.

David Dayen pulled his card on Twitter too...









Ezra to his credit took the criticism to heart and expanded on his point, but I felt he also moved the goal post (he moved it onto a better criticism)

I had a totally different takeaway from this thread.

To me it shows that California is totally capable of taking concrete progressive actions on certain issues.



and so the issues that receive little to no action reveal a deep fakeness at the heart of progressivism, that underscores Ezra's point...

climate change gets real policy action.
meanwhile school segregation and housing get symbolic action.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

another real problem with housing in big cities, in both canada and america.

is the fact that there is also a deep fakeness at the core of conservatism.


Housing is a space where conservative free market policy making would actually help for once.

you would think conservatives in big cites would be vocal YIMBY's
but they just end up as NIMBYs to protect the property values of homeowners
or scare monger over black and brown people moving in to white neighborhoods.

 

[IATT]

 

[dinyc3st]

I got you w the assist brother!

 

[junglejim]

I know dwalk is breathing a sigh of relief right now that he can vote for Trump a third time in 2024

 

[Sharpshoeter13]

I know dwalk is breathing a sigh of relief right now that he can vote for Trump a third time in 2024

such a weak *** roster

GOP relying on sabermetrics of disinformation and fascism to have a chance in 2024

Hawley gon be September call-up

 

[IATT]

 

[dinyc3st]

We know what she really wants to say

 

[Mark Antony]

Like this?

 

[junglejim]

So this is the bread lines Republicans were talking about under socialism

 

[RustyShackleford]

I know dwalk is breathing a sigh of relief right now that he can vote for Trump a third time in 2024

Tim Scott looking STRONG at 1%

 

[dinyc3st]

"Wanna see how white privilege work?"

 

[Fozz]

"Wanna see how white privilege work?"

A racial bias class only to fuel her hatred towards Black and POC.

 

[Mark Antony]

Damn they treated it like a speeding ticket and driving class. "You promise to never go so racist over the racist limit again?"

 

[aepps20]

Tim Scott looking STRONG at 1%

Benjamin Simmons aka MY FUTURE AUSTRALIAN PM has a better chance than Biscuits Scott but he has to take more threes to put him above 3%

 

[IATT]

 

[IATT]

"Wanna see how white privilege work?"

 

[aepps20]

"Wanna see how white privilege work?"

The biscuit Boi watcher clown wouldn't help the DA so I'm not mad. White privilege impacted him more than anyone else. Dude is a and I don't feel sorry for him.