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I guess we have different definitions of what ‘lies’ are. Trump never pays his bills: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/06/trump-didnt-pay-his-bills-for-decades.html Erie mayor wants Trump to pay in advance for his upcoming rally, and he also wants him to pay for the rally he held there in 2018, a bill he never paid: https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-time-erie-mayor-wants-cash-up-front-for-trump-rally Trump wanted to get rid of Obamacare and introduce his own health care plan. Here’s a quote from trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov: “President Trump’s healthcare vision put American patients, families, and seniors first by providing more choice, better care, and lower costs. He worked from day one to put healthcare back where it belongs—in the hands of the American people.” https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/issues/healthcare/ Sadly, none of that ever happened. Trump claimed he was going to build a border wall and Mexico would pay. Never happened. https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1397/build-wall-and-make-mexico-pay-it/ Trump said he hires only the best people. I questioned that, because anyone can see that he fired people left and right. Trump called Brad Raffensperger to find him 11,780 votes, and threatened him in several ways. There’s a tape of that phone call. Here’s the full transcript: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-transcript-georgia-vote/2021/01/03/2768e0cc-4ddd-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html Still think it was a long list of lies?

Then debunk the list. Can’t just cherry-pick one claim I made, debunk that one and then claim that the whole list is misleading or factually incorrect. Come on, have at it. Pot -> Kettle. Like the Republicans/MAGA crowd are so levelheaded when it comes to Biden and the Democrats? I hear and read a lot of hysterical rants about Biden and/or the Dems being communist, socialist, radical left, or “the Biden crime family”. That’s totally based on facts, right? No emotional investment there whatsoever. There are claims of whistleblowers, and many Republicans get all excited and giddy, but then suddenly the whistleblowers can not be found, or turn out to be criminals and illegal agents for China themselves. All big nothing burgers.

You’re hilarious. Ever heard of Rupert Murdoch? That man has been poisoning the media (not left, mind you) and the minds of countless millions of people for decades.

Semantics. I had to look up what the difference was, but of course you knew this right off the top of your head, didn’t you? You’re so much smarter than me. Maybe cut back a little on the condescension, though, I get enough of that from my wife already.

This is what you said: I believe the single biggest problem facing the GOP's election prospects is disinformation Disinformation is not the same as misinformation to you?

And guess who’s most likely to spread misinformation: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/14/we-found-the-one-group-of-americans-who-are-most-likely-to-spread-fake-news-526973

You’re not wrong: https://theconversation.com/the-mediterranean-has-experienced-record-sea-temperatures-this-summer-this-could-devastate-marine-life-188995 https://climate.copernicus.eu/record-breaking-north-atlantic-ocean-temperatures-contribute-extreme-marine-heatwaves#:~:text=recorded marine heatwaves.-,North Atlantic temperatures off the charts,warmest June%2C recorded in 2010. Records are being broken everywhere, and at an ever increasing rate, it seems.

Sigh. Maybe first read the article that I linked to and then you may understand what my point is.

Not fake news: https://grist.org/extreme-heat/how-climate-change-drives-hotter-more-frequent-heat-waves/ Although the climate deniers will probably have nothing of it, they just ‘don’t believe’ in climate change. As if it’s like a religion, or a god, that you can choose to believe in or not.

Meanwhile, the economy under Biden isn’t doing too shabby: https://www.npr.org/2023/06/02/1179621886/jobs-employment-employers-labor-market-economy-recession-inflation “Hiring surged last month as U.S. employers added 339,000 jobs, far above expectations, according to a report from the Labor Department on Friday. The job gains for March and April were also stronger than previously reported. The April jobs figure was revised up by 41,000, while the March number was revised up by 52,000. The strong jobs numbers indicate the U.S. jobs engine continues to chug along, with substantial hiring in business services, health care and hospitality.”

Russia attacked Ukraine grain storage very close to the Romanian border. Russia is playing very dangerous games. Couple of their missiles landing in Romania by mistake and NATO might see that as an excuse to get involved. One would almost hope so….

It’s also where one (including the big boss Elon Musk himself) can share loony conspiracy theories that have no connection with the real world whatsoever.

Ah Russia, the kings of hypocrisy and pettiness. Trying to beat up an opponent and when the opponent hits back they run crying for the mommy. Russia has been committing countless war crimes, raping and torturing innocent people, abducting tens of thousands (hundreds of thousandsj of children, firing missiles willy-nilly at civilian targets, killing thousands of innocent civilians, and then when Ukraine strikes back they call that ‘terrorist attacks’. Despicable. All the more reason for the west to keep supporting Ukraine and give them the weapons they need (F-16’s!!!!) to kick the orcs back to where they belong.

I think that headline should read: “Time for Twitter to say goodbye to Elon Musk.”

“Ron DeSantis Wants to Sue Bud Light” https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-wants-sue-bud-light-1814445 “Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is considering launching a lawsuit against Bud Light for going "woke" by teaming up with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.” DeSantis is going all out in his war against ‘woke’. When asked a couple of weeks ago what his goals are if he becomes president, he said ‘to destroy the left and the woke ideology’. Nothing about affordable housing and health care, nothing about inflation, poverty, liveable wages, nothing about improving the infrastructure and the environment, nothing about breaking the power of big corporations. Republican lawmakers don’t give a flying **** about any of that, all they are interested in is waging culture wars. Fortunately, DeSantis’s campaign seems to be tanking big-time, and his chances of becoming president are slim to none. Unfortunately for Florida, though, he will remain as their governor for another four years.

There maybe hope yet, though: “Knives out: How Putin’s powerful inner circle dubbed ‘The Ozeros’ are plotting to topple him to finally end Ukraine war” https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/23081740/putin-powerful-inner-circle-ozeros-plot-topple-him/ I’m not sure how credible this is, but if it is true and they do succeed in ousting Putin and ending the war in Ukraine, that would be very good news.

We now have the Russian murderers prosecuting one of their own murderers. True, but not because he’s a mass murderer, but because he kept p!issing off Putin. That’s okay, though, just as long as they lock this POS up for the rest of his life, preferably doing forced labor.

Well, it seems like that’s the Republican way these days. Make outrageous claims and not back it up with any facts or evidence.

Lot of red states are already passing ridiculous backward laws, like book bans, ‘don’t say gay’, and the latest gem in the great state of Florida, where teachers are now required by law that if they teach about slavery, they have to add that slaves were learning valuable skills. The idiocy of those right wing anti-woke warriors knows no bounds.

And this is the country that proudly calls itself the greatest democracy in the world. It doesn’t seem very democratic to me, though, that a president can be ‘chosen’ when they get (significantly) less votes than their opponent. Also, this whole electoral college system was almost abused and highjacked after the 2020 election, when fake electors were ‘chosen’ and Trump and his entourage tried very hard to overthrow the result of a legitimate election, among other things by claiming that the vice-president had the authority to overturn the election. And they almost succeeded. It’s a mystery to me how all those coup plotters haven’t been tossed in jail yet.

Maybe you should read this: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-28155578 "Despite bringing some big liberal ideas, earthy debauchery and all manner of corruption to the Oval Office," Harsanyi writes, Mr Clinton "presided over a thriving economy, declared the era of big government over and signed more consequential conservative legislative than any president since - and perhaps, anyone before him". ”Although he is a Democrat, he contends, Mr Clinton was one of the most conservative modern presidents”.

Apparently, Igor Girkin (or Strelkov) was arrested, and his present whereabouts are unknown. Good. I hope they lock this SOB up and he spends the rest of his miserable life somewhere in a Gulag in Siberia. https://kyivindependent.com/russian-media-claim-girkin-arrested/

Since when are/were the Clintons ‘left’?

In a 2004 interview, Trump told CNN's Wolf Blitzer: "In many cases, I probably identify more as Democrat", explaining: "It just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans. Now, it shouldn't be that way. But if you go back, I mean it just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats...But certainly we had some very good economies under Democrats, as well as Republicans. But we've had some pretty bad disaster under the Republicans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Donald_Trump The guy is all over the place, in his political affiliations as well as in the way he talks. He couldn’t string a coherent sentence together back then, and it’s just gotten worse. Although he’s not wrong in saying that the economy does better under the Democrats, there’s no doubt about that….

I can only imagine how much better the world would be right now had Trump not been elected. And to refresh your memory, here’s how Gore conceded: In a televised speech from his ceremonial office next to the White House, Gore said that while he was deeply disappointed and sharply disagreed with the Supreme Court verdict that ended his campaign, ”partisan rancor must now be put aside.” “I accept the finality of the outcome, which will be ratified next Monday in the Electoral College” he said. “And tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.” https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/al-gore-concedes-presidential-election I’d say that’s quite a difference from the way Trump handled his defeat, wouldn’t you say? Trump was too petty to even admit that he lost. And Gore won the popular vote as well, by the way, so in a normal democracy he would have been president. And as far as I know, Gore is not a Person Of Color. Unless you care to explain what your definition of POC is.