Hardkill

The US CIA director, Williams Burns, says that the rumors on Putin's health are completely unfounded. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/20/cia-putin-health-00047046

The Republican Party has really become incredibly dysfunctional and scary. Btw, Biden and the Democrats didn't just have best first midterm elections results for the party of the incumbent president since Bush and the Republicans in 2002 (20 years ago) and the best first midterm elections results for the Democratic Party holding the presidency since JFK and the Democrats in 1962 (60 years ago). They also achieved a net gain in governorships throughout the country in these midterms elections, which is the first time this has ever happened in a first midterm election for party of the incumbent president since Reagan and the Republicans in 1986 (36 years ago). That's not all. Biden and the Democrats defended every legislative chamber they had held prior to this election plus made a significant net gain in state legislative chambers throughout the whole country. That has never happened for the president's party in any midterm election before since FDR and the Democrats in 1934 (88 years ago). Moreover, the Democrats successfully kept all of their state level secretary of state seats and state level attorney general seats in every battleground state for presidential elections, which will help save the 2024 presidential election from being stolen by the GOP.

Then Trump should already be locked up either in a maximum security prison cell for the rest of his life or be executed for all of the crimes he's actually committed. Btw, I would be very careful if I were you. Toxic conspiracy theories and right wing dogma aren't allowed on this forum.

I have a feeling that these investigations the GOP in House are going to do will end up backfiring on themselves. They might inadvertently hand Biden and Democrats the whole 2024 election because it will make their party seem even more extreme, dangerous, and out of touch with the needs of the American public.

His mental health is still overall fine. It’s certainly much better than even Ronald Reagan’s was by the end of his presidency when he was in his late 70s.

It's amazing how there is now a sizable amount of people in China who have become bold enough to unabashedly say that Xi Jinping should step down.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/new-york-post-mocks-trumpty-dumpty-on-front-page-after-praising-desantis/ Due to the Republican party having been completely devastated by their shockingly terrible 2022 midterm results overall, practically all of the right wing media outlets out there have recently been saying that the Republican Party needs to move away from Trump if they want to stop losing so many big elections. Do any of you guys think that the right-wing media will be able to successfully influence the whole base to move on Trump and MAGA candidates?

He already has allowed Trump back on Twitter. But here's a good analysis on that: What's wrong with Destiny?

Yes, he just turn 80 years old and he has been perceived as a "gaffe machine." However, he already undoubtedly beat Trump in his first debate with him and arguably beat him again in his second debate with him. Btw, earlier this year, RNC officially decided to withdraw from the commission on the Presidential debates because of how "unfair" and "biased" the CPD has become (which is quite laughable). They also have already warned the commission not to allow any future Republican presidential nominees from participating in any CPD- sponsored debates unless the commission changes the rules in the way they want it to be. So, it doesn't look like Trump or any other future GOP presidential nominees will be participating in the 2024 presidential debates for the general election unless something changes. Also, Biden still comes off as a much more dignified and much wiser person and leader than Trump. Further, it would be a big mistake for the Democrats if another Democrat tries to run against Biden for Democratic nomination.

I see. So, we just have to be more patience with all of this working itself out in the future.

Mark Zuckerberg is still the CEO of Facebook and he has an intellect and personality that are similar to Musk's. Would you say that Zuckerberg should also not be the CEO of his own company anymore?

Well then...2023 and 2024 are going to be 2 more years of wild politics.

Well, he does Asperger's and it doesn't seem like he ever bothered to learn how to improve his social skills adequately given how many people in business and marketing find him to be both difficult to work with and socially inept.

Not even the Big Name GOP donors who are also fleeing away from Trump will be able to do much to stop Trump, huh?

Yeah, perhaps you're right. He might be just sayings those things as mostly talking points.

Will there ever be a way to stop the growing amount of alt-media in the future or are we doomed to living with it like a metastasizing cancer until it causes the whole world to tear apart?

Oh.... alright, then definitely libertarians and MAGA Republicans believe in absolute free speech, but perhaps not establishment Republicans. Then again, what about Ron DeSantis who says that does believe that big-tech and the radical left are "monopolizing" free speech?

But don't all Republicans, whom as a whole makeup nearly half the US country, all believe in absolute free speech, especially after being taken over by Trump? Trump and MAGA all keep saying BS like "You gotta have freedom of speech no matter what..." and "big-tech and the radical left are killing our 1st amendments rights!!!!" True. Non-Republican libertarians are indeed a minority.

Yeah, the next generation will definitely be more liberal and open to new and improve changes. But given that younger generations tend to be more spoiled and entitled than older generations, wouldn't the younger generation be even more pissed about having their "free speech" being taken away from them? Also, I wonder how worried we should be about next generation becoming possibly more susceptible to toxic extreme-right wing messaging given how increasingly pervasive all kinds of information, including info. from alt-right media, has become. Also, how will the growing amount of right-wing and left-wing fringe outlets ever be stopped?

I totally agree. However, it unfortunately looks like we may have too many people in the US who believe in absolute free speech and limited moderation. Do you think there will ever come a day when most Americans will be convinced by what people like you are saying?

Yet, they have been saying that anyone who says that Republicans are racists are stupid. They say that the reasons they left the Democratic party were because the party never stood for solid conservative American values, has become too woke, doesn't promote personal responsibility, the mainstream media and liberal media have brainwashed or "mentally enslaved" many people including the black population into believing that the Republican party is the enemy, and that conservatives like Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens were right all along.

https://www.libertarianism.org/topics/left-libertarianism

Speaking of black Republicans, this is what the Hodgetwins or Conservative Twins said about the Capitol Riot back then:

Despite the fact that the majority of women, the solid majority of latinos, and the vast majority blacks throughout the whole country still vote Democrat, what's your take on why their has been a significant amount of support blacks, latinos, and women from the Democratic party to the Republican Party ever since 2016? Has it been because of Trump's right-wing "populism"?

True. The vast majority of African-Americans began to side with Democrats around the turn of the 20th century when the Democratic party back then became the party of organized labor and immigrants. This trend continued on during Woodrow Wilson's Presidency. Then, during the FDR era, black voters further increased their support for the Democratic Party due to the Great Depression and FDR's empathy for and appeal to minorities. When FDR passed away and his VP, Truman took over as president, Truman passed an executive order that allowed blacks to integrate with whites in the military for the first time ever in history. Truman, also declared to the public during his presidency that the Democratic party has now become the party of civil rights. This of course caused anger and resentment amongst most of the Southern Democrats within their party during the mid 1900s. Later on, Democrats in the 50s and early 60s continued their strong support for the civil rights for all people of all races/ethnicities, gender, religion, etc. as the civil rights movement was happening. JFK during his presidency tried, but failed to get the civil rights and equal voting rights acts passed during his presidency before he got assassinated. From what I understand, when JFK's VP, LBJ, took over as president, the combination of the powerful influence from the civil rights movement, the trauma of JFK's death, large Democratic majorities in Congress, and LBJ's great legislative acumen and aggressive pressure on Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 finally resulted in the passage of that landmark law. Afterwards, when LBJ defeated Barry Goldwater, who was perceived as a right-wing extremist at the time, in an overwhelming landslide and the Democratic party won an even greater majority of liberals and democrats in Congress, that's when LBJ and the Democrat where able to pass the other landmark civil rights and voting acts along with the rest of the Great Society laws during the rest of the 60s.