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    Second ('Third') Trump Presidency Thread

    If there’s one ally you need to beat that fascist reputation, an ultra-conservative Italy is definitely one of those options…
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    Second ('Third') Trump Presidency Thread

    Elizabeth Warren: I’m happy Israeli hostages have been released. JD Vance: How can I be weird and dickish about this?
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    Economics Thread

    I am actually pretty open to this. We can’t afford to fall behind on these resources given the importance of them.
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    Global Events & Politics Überthread

    Yes, in quite a few cases. It’s out there and very real and important to combat. I object only to conflating genuine misgivings over the conduct of Netanyahu with that ideology.
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    Global Events & Politics Überthread

    Sure, but I think some of you have set that equilibrium you’re balancing against at a pretty disturbing threshold. I’m not looking to deny that Israel has unique security needs due to their place within the region, nor am I going to claim that Hamas is anything other than an extremist group that...
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    Global Events & Politics Überthread

    I agree with this wholeheartedly. There’s a wide assortment of people who are caucusing with me on the Israel-Palestine situation that make me sick to my stomach and seem to clearly be focused on the Israel part rather than the murdering thousands of innocent people part.
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    The Siege of Chicago

    I guess my problem is that when we’re treating illegal immigration itself as the emergency level event that requires the funding of a literal army, it takes away vital resources from fighting crimes that affect the citizens of that community to also demand police support at every turn. So simply...
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    TLHLIM

    Yeah, he doesn’t seem like society’s best. But I find this game particularly exhausting because I don’t know what the number is. Once that number is comparable to the number of US Presidents we’ve taken a wrong turn, but if it’s all petty theft or something like that, I also wouldn’t say it’s 3...
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    TLHLIM

    Fewer than 45?
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    Economics Thread

    Another one that should have gone to Donald.
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    Let's Talk About Media

    While I disagree with the sensationalism and tone of this segment, Oliver touches on a couple points here that I do think are really valid criticisms of Weiss and those like her. Namely, there’s this facade of “independence” and “free thought” embedded in outlets like The Free Press that are...
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    TRHLIM

    This is going superbly thus far.
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    TLHLIM

    Anything could happen, but we’re a decade into the Trump Era and that tide hasn’t really shifted.
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    TLHLIM

    And the funny thing is, we don’t even have to really guess at this. Obviously black people are not a monolith, but there’s no shortage of tough on crime policies that did not sway black voters throughout the past few decades, in no small part because they amounted to racial profiling that didn’t...
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    Global Events & Politics Überthread

    He’s not wrong. Israel was exceptional at killing Palestinians rather than simply barbaric.
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    Second ('Third') Trump Presidency Thread

    Also, I have to say one of my favorite subplots in MAGA World is responding to every time China reacts to the trade war we escalated with shock and horror as if they just decided to disrupt our economy unprovoked. This is the FO portion of that FAFO acronym you guys like so much.
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    Second ('Third') Trump Presidency Thread

    To be fair, the country with a lot of money and billions of people is a pretty natural fit for a merit-based immigration system.
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    Second ('Third') Trump Presidency Thread

    They’re laying it on a bit thick, but a Trump-aligned company purchasing the major electronic voting company for the explicit aim of “restoring confidence in the voting system” by pushing for paper ballots and adhering to Trump’s illegal executive order is still kind of crazy.
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    Second ('Third') Trump Presidency Thread

    The cynic in me cannot help but ask why the Republican controlled House and Senate could not just hold an up and down vote to resume payments to military members? Force the Dems to vote against it?
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    Second ('Third') Trump Presidency Thread

    Sure, it cuts both ways. But the federal government has the burden of proof here.
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