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As someone from a Blue State my problem with Red states are with the voters who have turned these states red and have kept them red by supporting that piece of shit below and the rest of the Republicans in office.

I just don’t get it.   In 2020 trump got over 74 million votes after 4 years of hell.  The biggie being him mishandling of the pandemic.  Every time he talks about it I wonder how many Americans would be alive today if had been true leader during the pandemic.  And since then he was convicted of 30+ charges, has been found to have sexually assaulted a woman, has 3 additional pending indictments, keeps claiming the 2020 election was stolen but offers no verifiable proof etc etc etc.

And in spite all of this he’s above 40% in the polls.  So yeah, my problem in the red stares is with the voters who continue to vote red.  One really has to question their judgement.





“Donald Trump gave a speech in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and did the following:

1. He said he is a “better looking person than Kamala.”

2. He said he “loves the playback controls that exist nowadays” and
“TiVo is the best invention.”

3. He said VP Harris “laughs like a lunatic” and therefore “she is prohibited from laughing.”

4. He said Time Magazine didn’t take a good photo of VP Harris so they needed a sketch artist. This makes him upset.

5. He is upset now that VP Harris looked like Sophia Loren or Elizabeth Taylor on the Time Magazine cover.

6. He said “they say I ramble. But I don’t ramble. I’m a really smart guy.”

7. He said “Biden hates Kamala. He hates her.”

8. He said he should be paid $100 million for Biden being replaced by VP Harris.

9. He randomly said “Barack Hussein Obama.”

10. He said climate change is good because it will give us more beachfront property.

11. He said our country “ will die.”

12. He said he hopes we “enjoy” an economic depression.

Here are the receipts youtu.be/LbIq0uzfdPM?si…”

I'm not an economist... but I think the deferral of student loan payments for extra years after the pandemic wasn't helpful in reining in inflation.

Trump started it as a response to the massive job losses during the pandemic, and Biden kept it going because it was politically popular.

Thank you. I can get this style in Australia. My feet love Skechers. Are these these really sparkly?

Unfortunately, I can't get the other Skechers ones here, nor the Chacos.

I agree with most of what you said.  However, one correction.  Cancelling the permits for the Keystone pipeline did not increase the price of gas.  The pipeline wasn't even built when the permits were cancelled.  Even if it had been built, the amount that it could carry was minuscule compared to global supply.  The war in Ukraine and the reduced supply of oil during the pandemic had the biggest impact on the price of gas.  Ending subsidies for fossil fuel companies and stopping drilling on public lands may have had a small impact on prices, but they were probably offset by the Biden administration releasing oil from the reserve.

apnews.com/article/fact-checking-895299166310

Sometimes I wonder what kind of alternate reality we're living in.  There have been changes in favor of religion that I never thought would happen in my lifetime.  All of these steps towards a Christian theocracy are alarming.  Especially in light of the declining number of people participating in organized religion.  This ultra right conservative Supreme court seems willing to expand religious rights and side with religious entities over anyone else.  They're willing to carve out exceptions for birth control mandates and covid restrictions, and allow adoption agencies to discriminate against gay parents.  Conservative justices sided with a football coach who prayed before a game. Conservative justices allowed Maine tax dollars to go to religious schools.  The ultra conservative court is endorsing Christian nationalism and prioritizing the freedom of religion while ignoring the separation of church and state.  Pretty soon, the separation will be non-existent.  

The intrusion of religion into schools is really concerning, too.  In Louisiana, schools are required to post the 10 commandments.  The Oklahoma Superintendent of schools declared that teachers must incorporate the Christian bible into teaching.  Also in Oklahoma, they tried to set up a religious charter school but it was struck down by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.  Public schools should not be religious and religious schools should not be funded with public tax dollars.  


www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/oklahomas-top-education-official-orders-schools-to-incorporate-christian-bible-into-teaching

“The Bible is an indispensable historical and cultural touchstone,” Walters said in a statement. “Without basic knowledge of it, Oklahoma students are unable to properly contextualize the foundation of our nation which is why Oklahoma educational standards provide for its instruction.”


This guy makes a great argument against religion in schools.  Public schools are not Sunday schools.


x.com/jamestalarico/status/1823862348236632392

Public schools are not Sunday schools


James Talarico @jamestalarico
Texas Republicans are trying to teach Bible stories in public schools.

I told them: “Public schools are not Sunday schools.”

Me: "No, but this is." Slap!

It almost makes you wonder if someone in the Trump campaign didn't thoroughly research the guy. Or maybe they were naively hoping some of his statements wouldn't come to light?

I listened to the one about his mother in law and there was a lot of word salad and misogyny. But, it almost sounded like he was talking about how caregiving is undervalued because family caregivers are generally not paid.

Thanks for all of the responses. I wish more people would be more savvy and curious regarding this issue, particularly when using it as a major reason you are voting for Trump.