Hardkill

I get what you guys are saying, but what if there were secret progressives who pretended to be hardcore right-wing GOP politicians and were okay with serving only one term? That way, the right wing mega donors and the whole party wouldn't be able to do anything about it. Also, I would love to see the shock and anger from every right-winger and GOP leader in the nation: "Betrayal of conservative values and principles." "A coup within the Republican Party." "A new era of bipartisan cooperation and progress." "A betrayal of trust and a violation of campaign promises." "RINO Apocalypse" "The Great Betrayal" "Liberal Wolves in Sheep's Clothing" "The Secret Progressive Coup" Sean Hannity: "This is a betrayal of the highest order! We need to clean house and restore conservative values!" Tucker Carlson: "The Republican Party is being hijacked by progressives. It's time for a new party that truly represents conservative America." Breitbart News: "Secret Progressive GOP Candidates Infiltrate Congress: A Betrayal of Conservative Values" Fox News: "GOP Leaders Under Fire for Allowing Progressive Infiltration"

You sure about that? RFK jr. is even more pro-Israel and more hawkish about the war in Gaza than even Biden and Trump have been. Not once, has RFK jr. called for a ceasefire or even mention a word about the suffering the Palestinians have been going through. At least, Biden, Harris, Walz, and the rest of the Democratic party have been wanting to put an end to the war in Gaza and to help save as many innocent lives in Palestine as possible. Also, Harris was already on the same ticket as Biden was. Plus, look at the record amount of small dollar grassroot funding there has been for her and the tremendous amount of enthusiasm there has been for her. If that doesn't represent what the Democratic voters throughout the entire country truly want for their Democratic nominee for president, then what does?

Man! I think the entire Democratic base is going to be so fired up! Cenk, Sam Seder, Kyle Kulinski, Vaush, BTC, the Pod Save American Bros., etc. and every other liberal/progressive out there are already in such great ecstasy over Walz! I think Michael Moore is also going to love this pick! I never thought that there would already be this much enthusiasm for a Democratic presidential ticket. This really is feeling a lot like Obama in 2008. Maybe, just maybe, we now might have a real chance of defeating Trump and MAGA again. Walz comes off as a very relatable guy to the average everyday America, especially to those in middle America and rural America. He also comes off as a badass who is willing to fight hard for the people and attack Trump and MAGA hard. I think he also should be able to do well with helping Harris win over enough moderates and Independents. In fact, he was already well known for a long time for being a "moderate" during his time as a congressman for several years. Even a significant number of conservative leaning folks and anti-Trump Republicans really seem to appreciate Walz. Plus, more importantly, he did an incredible job with enacting many progressive leaning policies during his time as governor of Minnesota!

I think you're right. It was a tough call, but I think that Shapiro probably turned out to be too controversial of a pick given the fact that he Jewish and criticized too many young people and pro-Palestine voters for their protests. Mark Kelly probably got too much flack for also coming off as "too pro-Israel" and too moderate. Progressives like Cenk thought that Mark Kelly would've been a bad choice because Kelly is too much of an establishment/corporate Democrat and that people don't really care about the fact that he was an astronaut. Plus, I think Democratic operatives thought that their Democratic could not afford to lose a Senate seat if Kelly were to be elected VP. Democrats already have a razor thin majority in the Senate and they are already going to lose a senate seat from West Virginia because Manchin is not running for re-election and Jim Justice, who is the current GOP nominee for Manchin's seat, is too popular and too strong of a candidate for any Democrat to defeat in West Virginia. Liberals/Progressives probably also thought that Buttigieg was also too much of an establishment/corporate Democrat.

Yeah, besides it doesn't look like he is going to be chosen as the VP even though he was one of the 6 VP finalists: The two finalists who are the most likely choices are now Tim Walz and Josh Shapiro. The two finalists who are the 2nd most possible choices are now Mark Kelly and Andy Beshear The two finalists who are the least likely choices are J.B. Pritzker and Pete Buttigieg.

I never thought that Google would be defeated in an anti-trust lawsuit. I wonder if this will hold permanently and what kind of precedent this will set for other related tech companies. https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/05/business/google-loses-antitrust-lawsuit-doj/index.html

I worry that many middle age to older voters who are moderate to conservative leaning will still get too spooked by the idea of a gay man being second in line to the presidency. Even my parents, who have been liberal Democrats all of their lives think that it would be a terrible mistake to have Buttigieg as her running mate. How will straight white Christians who still make up a very substantial portion of the electorate in the country feel about having a black/asian women for president and a gay man for VP? You even said that most Americans are still God fearing low educated individuals who believe in “good old Judeo-Christian American values.” Yes, most people in America now accept gay marriage and other LGBTQ+ rights and I believe that gay people should be treated with the very same respect we give to straight people in our country. However, I honestly just don’t see a homosexual becoming the Vice-president let alone the next president of the United States anytime soon, especially when the Democrats are already taking enough of a bold risk by having a black/asian woman at the top of the ticket.

I like Pete Buttigieg, but wouldn't it be political suicide for Harris if she picked him to be her VP running mate? I don't think most people in the country, even in this day and age, will feel comfortable with having both a black woman for president and a homosexual VP representing the entire country.

If Trump becomes president again, then he and his entire family should be extremely worried about their own safety. There will be a bloody war in this country that hasn't been seen since the civil war. Mark my words!

I can't wait for all of these old conservative baby boomers to die off. I also can't wait for Trump to pass away too. One silver lining to all of this is that people in red states die much sooner than those in blue states.

Three Americans and one U.S. permanent resident were released in a historic prisoner exchange with Russia. This became the most significant prison swap since the Cold war!

All of what you said is true too. However, I thought that the majority of the Germany felt so incredibly desperate and vengeful that they like they had no other choice, but to let a strongman takeover the country as a major emergency. The government, led by Chancellor Brüning, began to rule by emergency decrees, bypassing the Reichstag (parliament) before Hitler took over. Afterwards, the Enabling Act, which was passed in 1933, gave Hitler absolute power over the entire government and judiciary. I also thought that it was because there democratic institutions were much less developed to begin with back then as they had only abolished the monarchy by around 1918. Therefore, most people in Germany, particularly the older generations of Germans, were not used to or not fully comfortable yet with having a democracy in their country during the 1920s. Then, when the Great Depression during the 1930s had devastated their country, faith in democratic institutions and parties declined as they seemed unable to address the crisis. Moreover, political divisions deepened, making it difficult for democratic institutions to function effectively.

I wish he would, but if does then he'll have no other way to avoid going to court for all of the federal level crimes he committed. Also, needlessly to say, he still has a boundless lust for power.

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Oh, I thought that it was because both the Great Depression and the great rage the Germans had toward virtually every country that surrounded them created such a major political opportunity for Hitler and his Nazi regime to rise to power. He would seize on this opportunity by coming off as a charismatic right-wing populist. But what happens when the true majority of the people become scared of such tyranny and angry about such injustices?

So, then why did Trump lose the popular vote twice by a lot? Why is still unpopular amongst the general electorate?

Tell that to all of those presidents I just named who didn't have to have "internal elections" when they each ran for re-election.

We all need to buy some heavy duty weaponry in case a MAGA led government takes over the country and intrudes upon our freedoms and destroys our entire justice system.

Republicans in the 1900s never even dared to suggest that to their voters. I think most of the mainstream media wants Trump to become a dictator because many of their donors are secretly on his side. CNN, PBS, ABC, and other such outlets are incredible fools that they actually think that they will be safe from Trump's wrath if he becomes president.

They weren’t nearly as threatening as Trump and MAGA have been to our country’s freedoms and checks and balances. They still had a reasonable amount of respect for democracy and the peaceful transfer of power. They also weren’t divisive or inflammatory like Trump and had more integrity than Trump by far. Plus, they were much more willing to make pragmatic compromises in a bipartisan manner.

Eisenhower, Reagan, and McCain were principled Republicans who truly believed in free and fair elections. Mitt Romney still truly believes in free and fair elections. I wish the Republican Party as a whole could go back to being what they were in the 1900s.

No serious Major party politician challenged Washington for the party's nomination for president when he ran for re-election in 1792. No serious Republican challenged Lincoln for the Republican nomination for president when he ran for re-election in 1864. No serious Republican challenged McKinley for the Republican nomination for president when he ran for re-election in 1900. No serious Republican challenged Teddy Roosevelt for the Republican nomination for president when he ran for re-election in 1904. No serious Democrat challenged Wilson for the Democratic nomination for president when he ran for re-election in 1916. No serious Republican challenged Coolidge for the Republican nomination for president when he ran for re-election in 1924. No serious Republican challenged Hoover for the Republican nomination for president when he ran for re-election in 1932. No serious Democrat challenged FDR for the Democratic nomination for president when he ran for re-election in 1936, again in 1940, and again in 1944. No serious Democrat challenged Truman for the Democratic nomination for president when he ran for another term in 1948. No serious Republican challenged Eisenhower for the Republican nomination for president when he ran for re-election in 1956. No serious Democrat challenged Lyndon Johnson for the Democratic nomination for president when he ran for another term in 1964. No serious Republican challenged Nixon for the Republican nomination for president when he ran for re-election in 1972. No serious Republican challenged Reagan for the Republican nomination for president when he ran for re-election in 1984. No serious Republican challenged HW Bush for the Republican nomination for president when he ran for re-election in 1992. No serious Democrat challenged Bill Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president when he ran for re-election in 1996. No serious Republican challenged W. Bush for the Republican nomination for president when he ran for re-election in 2004. No serious Democrat challenged Obama for the Democratic nomination for president when he ran for re-election in 2012. No serious Republican challenged Trump for the Republican nomination for president when he ran for re-election in 2020. No serious Democrat challenged Biden/Harris for the Democratic for president when they decided to run in 2024 for another term in the White House. You need to read up on US political History. As a matter of fact, making such a criticism on our country's democratic institutions is a disgusting attack on our country's Founding Fathers, Abraham Lincoln, FDR, Teddy Roosevelt, and every great leader and hero in this country who served and died for our country's freedoms and checks and balances. Trump wants to piss on the graves of every hero and leader our country ever had by undoing all of the monumental work they did for the American people over the course of approx. 250 years!

America has become one of the most corrupt and one of the most undemocratic countries developed countries in the world. If Trump win in 2024, then America will be just like Hungary, if not possibly become as corrupt and authoritarian as Russia is. During the last several months, I was becoming increasingly more hopeful about the possibility of our country really being on its way to become a more free, more democratic, and more egalitarian kind of country. Now, I am feel this great sense of impending doom for our country and for my own safety here in America if Trump wins. I've tried many times to stop watching the news, but I really can't help myself, especially given how terrifying and insane things have now gotten. I've really become so sick to my stomach about this whole 2024 election. I really have become disgusted with all of the current media outlets out there who have been fucking with our elections by how they've influence too many people idiots and corrupt people in our country to vote the wrong way. I really hate the media environment we have had for years! It will be the death of us all! I am angry about the wealthy and corporate elite who are doing everything they can to take over this country with their money and power, while still being aware of how much more and more people in our country are still struggling to rent or buy a home. Hell, I am becoming frightened now about our freedoms and rights being possibly gone under a Trump dictatorship. Even what Leo has recently been saying about what Trump, MAGA, the radical right-wing federal courts, and the rest of the right-wing plan to do with this country through project 2025 and their continuing erosion of our country's democracy and republic, makes me feel we could lose our whole country to true hard right fascists! So, why should I or anyone else who lives in the USA want to stay in America? Why should I as an America truly feel proud of my country if we keep letting our country getting lead and governed by more and more and more corrupt people in power? 😱

We tried that before with Reagan and Trump. They fucked up the country in the long-run.