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We attacked Iran with no clear plan for regime change, Israeli security sources say
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Funny enough this is what may fuck Trump over big time. Americans have been spoiled by their super low gas prices so the sudden increase is a shock nd he can't blame it on Biden or his other usual go tos.
Lol watch him
He can't form new memories. I swear he thinks he is in the 80s again during the hostage crisis and is still obsessed with Obama/Biden.
Still, his base seems to love a geriatric child rapist so I'm not sure they will be able to connect gas prices to his actions, even if he is essentially hitting them in the face with it.
My coworkers have already managed to blame Obama for making a "shitty deal" with Iran, and Biden for not "dealing with Iran sooner"
I would stop talking to my coworkers and start loudly laughing at them instead, with a bit of overdramatic pointing and comedy head shaking thrown in.
Idiots like echo chambers, and hate being made to look the fools that they are.
I've been managing to drag some of them further left, I think, through conversation about things.
A few are 100% on board with a union as long as I keep calling it "collective bargaining" and don't use the scary U word.
A few are on board with most social safety nets, especially when they find out Healthcare would cost less than it currently costs them in taxes alone, let alone not having to pay for insurance anymore, but the second you call it socialism or use any sort of word like "welfare" then they panic.
Individually I think I'm breaking some of them, but collectively they're fucking idiots.
Never underestimate the Democrats ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Never underestimate the high powered, highly financed propaganda machine the right has constructed - that and the gullibility and stupidity of Americans.
Just republican voters actually
*The gullible stupidity of the GOP voters.
I mean, there's plenty of non voters who guzzle up bullshit too.
You are correct, but that won't stop them from trying to blame them.
Also the Dems are so ineffectual lately, they might just make it easy for him.
I agree.
Americans' #1 issue is affordability, and it is the only reason they voted for Donald. He thought he had a mandate to rebrand and rebuild the Gestapo. He thought he had a mandate to dismantle the government.
No, Americans were tired of being priced out of their lives for the last four years, hated Democrats for doing nothing about it, and believed his lies about making America an affordable place to live again.
Ironically, not even the SAVE Act will be able to save him. Tens of millions of Americans are already working multiple jobs and 100 hours a week just to overpay for their rent on a roach-infested studio. The mid-terms are going to be an absolute bloodbath for Republicans. (Though most of the Democrats we elect won't do anything to make America affordable either.)
What could Democrats do to make America affordable? They can't clear a veto proof majority in the Senate, even with a blue wave exceeding all expectations. So that just means nobody can pass anything anymore.
As a former political strategist: You flood the zone with good bills. Give them so many that the propaganda machine cannot knock them all down. You can go as far left as you want with it, so long as it works and works quickly (w/in 12-18 mos.)
Dare Trump to veto free childcare or money for struggling families. Dare the Republicans to vote against the SAVE MAIN STREET act. Make them vote against the SAVE RURAL AMERICA ACT.
We'll get some wins for people, and we'll make these bastards own their dumbfuck regressive nonsense policies.
Thanks for a good answer!
The same shit Donald is doing. In reverse.
Amazing you've seen Donald accomplish so much with almost no congressional participation and you'll still argue Dems are powerless.
Ah, I thought you were talking about midterms.