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FlashMobOfOne, to news in Far-right party set to win most seats in Dutch elections, exit polls show
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No, we won’t.

History has proven out that no one cares what your political ideology is if you’re the candidate of change in a time of poverty, and thanks to Biden’s inaction, the massive increase in cost of living nationwide is going to sink his reelection prospects.

The Republicans are not going to have to lie about how little he’s done to help the poor and middle class.

FlashMobOfOne, to news in Matthew Perry dead
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Honestly a little surprised he lived so long. That dude liked to party.

FlashMobOfOne, to news in US reviewing Amnesty International report that said US-made munitions have killed civilians in Gaza
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I hope you’re right, but I can’t help but be pessimistic about this.

The old may die, but the wealthy will still be in charge, and as we’ve seen with so many issues, like universal background checks or free insulin and birth control, the wealthy have more than enough power to silence the majority, and we enthusiastically vote for it every two years.

FlashMobOfOne, to news in Far-right party set to win most seats in Dutch elections, exit polls show
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It’s just a feeling you have. The average American is actually better off than ever.

The average American, no matter where they live, is dealing with a 30% to 50% cost of living increase over the last couple of years, when Biden’s been in office.

That’s going to be hard to sell in a reelection campaign.

FlashMobOfOne, to news in Matthew Perry dead
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It’s not grim at all.

It’s likely, given his history. At the same time, this is a silly argument. Even if he were still alive he wouldn’t care what either of us thinks, so let’s not waste any more of our breath on this.

FlashMobOfOne, to news in U.S. is sending a carrier strike group closer to Israel and will begin supplying munitions starting today
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Yeah, that’s the same thing people say every time a war pops up. It was also the justification for the trillions we wasted in Afghanistan and Iraq.

FlashMobOfOne, to news in Italy refuses Munich museum’s request to return ancient Roman statue bought by Hitler
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I visited The Met recently, and I’m reasonably sure Washington Crossing the Delaware originated in the US.

FlashMobOfOne, to news in Far-right party set to win most seats in Dutch elections, exit polls show
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In another year we’re going to reelect Trump, sadly.

FlashMobOfOne, (edited ) to news in Biden wants to ban ripoff "financial advisors"
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Pressure must be applied from many sources for real change to occur.

Yet without a real, existential threat, nothing meaningful is going to change. Hell, we just saw Roe go up in smoke while Democrats had the presidency AND Congress. Their response to this massive loss of liberty was to fundraise.

Nothing is going to change this trajectory except the Marsha P. Johnson school of brick throwing.

FlashMobOfOne, to news in Matthew Perry dead
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Thank you for your opinion. I appreciate it.

FlashMobOfOne, (edited ) to news in Civilian deaths are indefensible, whether done by Hamas or Israel | Rajan Menon
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Obama changed the military’s criteria for civilian deaths so he could pretend his numbers were lower.

I don’t know that I’d call it an opinion. Civilian deaths are an eventuality we have no choice but to accept, especially here in the US, where we’re making war in six, seven, or eight countries at once and it’s normal.

FlashMobOfOne, (edited ) to news in Far-right party set to win most seats in Dutch elections, exit polls show
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You could be right, but I wouldn’t want to have to sell Biden’s record to people who are paying more than double for groceries since he got elected. Wages, where they’ve increased, haven’t kept up with cost of living, and that’s going to be a big deal in the election.

FlashMobOfOne, (edited ) to news in Biden wants to ban ripoff "financial advisors"
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To be fair: Democrats also did absolutely nothing to get their SCOTUS nominee confirmed when Obama was president, though since we saw them exploit the Roe leak to make a cool $80,000,000, we kinda know where their priorities were anyway.

After four years of Trump, I’m not buying any excuses that the president is powerless.

FlashMobOfOne, to news in Matthew Perry dead
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I’m not judging. I’d have done the same in his shoes.

FlashMobOfOne, to news in Biden wants to ban ripoff "financial advisors"
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No, it won’t. That is how change has been sold for the last 40 years, and people are not only being paid significantly less, housing is quickly becoming too scarce for everyone to obtain too.

If meaningful change happens, it will because people revolted.

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