It’s one of those cruel ironic twists. Wages actually have increased, but inflation has far outpaced them.

It’s only barely begun to level back out. The real question is if the wages will stay high once inflation (and greedflation) calms the fuck down.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1351276/wage-growth-vs-inflation-us/

That or military districts. It doesn’t matter though, the Republicans had enough votes to pass it on their own. These Dems are, exactly as you say, just playing it safe at home.

And then helicoptering it around the room.

You literally misread that word in the tweet. it never says that.

More to the point, the paperwork crimes would have been misdemeanors if he hadn’t been doing it all for the explicit purpose of influencing an election. That’s what made them felonies.

Texas has elected judges, and we’ll, I’ll let you decide how that’s gone.

His own words! “I’d finish the problem”. Sweet merciful fuck that guy is mask off evil and still people decry harm reduction.

2016->2019

I’m not saying I want to see an all-GOP cast do a live action reenactment of Lord of the Flies, but can trump be piggy? He even gets to do a speech!

Fuck, you reminded me that Trump was so bad he made Bush2 look good.

For any youngins out there:

https://youtu.be/TxNprnas7i8?feature=shared

Al-Zaidi said Bush’s “bloodless and soulless smile” and his joking banter provoked him. I don’t know what accomplishments he was talking about. The accomplishments I could see were the more than 1 million martyrs and a sea of blood. There are more than 5 million Iraqi orphans because of the occupation… More than a million widows and more than 3 million displaced because of the occupation." al-Zaidi said.

The world hated Bush2. This journalist snapped out of rage and bush is telling jokes because he doesn’t understand the cultural context surrounding the insult of someone throwing unclean shoes at you.

I encourage you to run for president on the “I have no idea how any of this works, and that’s why I’m going to solve all your problems” ticket.

Worked for the last guy! You might even get a shot at embarrassing yourself on an international stage, just like the last guy!

(I agree completely with your sentiment, but Hitler’s rise to power was helped greatly by reparations placed on Germany after WW1, Nazi propaganda loved to remind people about it)

I’m interested in examples. The West loved Gorbachev, is that why he was deposed? Were all the satellite countries that all split off during the collapse of the USSR being manipulated by the West to do so? I agree that Putin is essentially a backlash reaction by the Russian powers that be, and they’ve been pretty open about getting the band back together, but why. I see them looking back to the glory days and wanting them back, but for a while there Russia was looking pretty good on the global stage. They had oil money, business, influence but it wasn’t enough. That’s the part I don’t get: what is enough for Russia, and is it cultural, historical, foreign influence, or something else that drives them. They seem to love shooting themselves in the foot and I don’t understand why.

Just trying to help you with your quest

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Yeah, again, that’s a drop on the bucket over 30 years. It works as evidence against your point.

what receipts? You posted a number and no proof. I literally just did math on your comment.

and 150K is one fifth of one percent (0.02%) of what the DNC raised the last quarter of 2023.

If you’re trying to prove money==influence, you’ve successfully argued that no one is buying much of any influence with DNC for $150K a year.

I’m not even arguing for or against your point, I’m just trying to point out that you’re providing evidence against the point you’re trying to make.

But the numbers don’t add up. He’s probably being paid more money from people that want him to stop. I’m saying the money doesn’t seem to have any influence one way or the other.

that’s $150K a year over 30 years, and that’s aggregated from numerous groups. He’s raised something like 70 million in the last year alone. Is your point that the influence from “pro Israel” groups is statistical noise?

I thought that was a Chuck Testa for a second. Is that pout permanent now that he knows we know about the shoe lifts?

Sucked backwards down the golden shitter on his plane, mid flight, shredded, and strewn across the Atlantic. The oil slick would be the size and shape of Florida, and the damage to sea life, severe, but I think it would be worth it for the spectacle.