Incarnation #5 🇺🇸🇺🇦🚀

You might consider accepting PAC money as a good example of a “Faustian deal” - you get your money in the short term but you will be called upon to answer for your debt in time. Add to all that our Representatives always being in (re)election mode.

And implement other campaign finance restrictions. The corporate donors and PACs will not give up without a fight. But overturning CU might be the most fundamental battle to restore democracy in the US.

Unfortunately, it’s now a part of doing business. If you accept the notion that success is directly linked to donations, the most well-intentioned candidate is forced into a corner. The corps & PACs buy both candidates to guarantee a favorable outcome. The only solution is to eliminate CU …

All roads lead back to Citizens United. Wondering why many Democrats in Congress can’t seem to take a strong moral stand on anything? That’s why…. I agree with the other points as well.

I guess my response is to ask how much progress Germany has made in the last 80 years? Their situation was, by any standard, objectively worse.

You left out “toxically entitled “…

I think it’s indirectly that Gaza is the one and only global issue worth tracking. You can comfortably ignore everything else. Being a Gazabot makes you a good person and you can pat yourself on the back.

Yes - “I pat myself on the back because I’m better than you.” Rather than attempting to persuade, a bold assertion of moral superiority.

They have enough self awareness to realize it’s a bad look, but I’d guess most find it funny.

But a short walk from San Jose…

Sigh…. Santa Clara is as far from San Francisco as Milwaukee is from Chicago…

Lots of folks out there look at the photos in magazines and say “Oh - what a nice lifestyle - let’s do it!” without knowing anything about the underlying business, then discover there’s more to it than sipping tasty drinks on the patio. Had a similar discussion recently with a former winery owner.

There’s a guy out there named “George” who’s been saying for ten years that this guy is physically and mentally incapable of making anything smacking of a concession. This single character defect is the seed of their ultimate destruction.

🤣. I tuned out - thanks for keeping me in the loop!

Is the Sweet Life brand still around? I survived for years on Sweet Life products.

OMG Bernie has hijacked her brain…. How did he do that?

It’s good to see someone got the joke.

I’m waiting - it’s only a matter of time before they weigh in…. You’ll know it when you see it…

I don’t think there’s anyone here who needs convincing. It’s providing incontrovertible evidence to the 35% who think he can do no wrong and think that any suggestion otherwise is a smear. It’s also maximizing the pain in forcing them to release something they desperately want to bury.

$50 for two hours is better than minimum wage in most places.

It’s as if the Bears played in Milwaukee, literally.

There would certainly be more focus and urgency.

Yes they do. Warrior cosplay for those who didn’t go to Iraq or Afghanistan, all looking for a chance to get themselves out of the dark corner called their lives and “be a hero for America.”

Don’t believe this. They recruited the exact number of votes they needed to pass from the ranks of Senators not at risk in the next election cycle. This was a cynical move by Senate leadership. The “we didn’t support this” is mere cover.

I hate the word limit on these apps…

Yeah Bimbert, suddenly investors aren’t interested in making money…

When America transforms neighbors into adversaries, the shame many citizens feel isn't unpatriotic it's the clearest expression of genuine patriotism. Those most trapped by their country's actions often love most deeply what it could be, while grieving what it has become.

Wow - that guy really likes you! Thanks for exposing another troll.