politics
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
view the rest of the comments
If only there was a way they could have seen this coming...
Some kind of warning sign that trump was a fucking liar...
It’s almost like we had 4 years with him already
“Trump doesn’t keep his promises” rings hollow of an excuse for regret when we have 4 demonstrable years of his garbage.
All the Biden Break did was normalize shit and hand a megaphone to anyone who thoughts Dems wouldn't help us.
"Blue no matter who" just depresses future turnout, Dem voters need to be excited about who theyre voting for, not scared of who they're voting against.
It's basic bitch psychology. Neoliberals think like conservatives, and lack the empathy to understand the Dem voting base (or anyone for that matter) thinks differently.
That's because the Democrats are a conservative party. The US doesn't have a true Left party because the Dems and the GOP rigged the system so only they can compete. Serious electoral reforms are needed. At a minimum, first past the post has got to be replaced by ranked choice, and the electoral college needs to be tossed.
Also the Senate needs to be tossed. No taxation without equal representation.
And that's only if you ignore the 40 years before that of Trump being widely known as a scammer, swindler and liar.
The first 4 were very different from how the second 4 are shaping up. This one is so much worse
Some kind of document that literally laid out how this project would work in 2025, perhaps. Oh if only.
What i've come to see recently is that basically, there's two ways of knowing what will happen in the future: predicting it based on models of how things work, or trying it out experimentally.
Now, to some people, making theoretical predictions is easier, while for others, doing the experiment is nicer. Ultimately, both lead (or, should lead) to the same result, but the experiment is more expensive and typically involves more suffering.
But also the more often we do the experiment, the better our theoretical understanding of things gets, and the more likely it is that we don't have to try things out experimentally in the future. So, it's not for nothing. Consider it a learning experience for the broader population.
It's normal human variation...
Imagine a fucking bear shows up, everyone runs to the cave and hides.
An hour later no one hears the bear.
One human thinks it's fine and leaves the cave. He gets fucking ate. And of course it's a "he" men are evolutionary wired to be more risky, we're more disposable.
Next week bear comes again, but everyone remember last week. So they wait 2 hours, first guy doesn't get eaten so everyone comes out.
Modern humans are protected, we don't see people get ate by bears, even Covid, the worst happened behind closed doors only medical professionals saw.
So our stupid monkey brains decide risk doesn't matter, because we don't see consequences.
It's like the end of Silicon Valley, it wasn't enough to fail, they had to publicly get ripped apart by a metaphorical bear. So everyone else remembered and wouldn't try.
This trump term is that, unavoidable and unignorable consequences.
So hopefully the idiots at least learn a lesson from it, cuz it's already happening
That involves common sense and not being a sucker which these dipshits lack