This is just an anecdote but word came down from the c suite today to start getting all our ducks in a row and make plans for huge tariff increases next year.
I work in a fairly liberal leaning industry too. The bosses see the writing on the wall for Biden. The last time this happened we upped our prices on everything regardless of country of origin. Market segmentation and pricing strategy is a thing and this will affect prices for all goods.
“Hey, there’s a realistic possibility we’re going to have to deal with Trump winning and increased tariffs. We obviously don’t know if it will happen or not, but let’s make sure we’re prepared.”
Yeah, Trump could win the election … so could Biden. That’s less of a forecast and more “competent business leadership having a disaster plan.”
When we say “politicians who don’t give a shit about you”, does that include 80+ year old men who are willing to throw our democracy away as long as they do their “goodest job”? All because they are addicted to power and can’t imagine a world where someone is more electable than they are, despite overwhelming statistical evidence to the contrary?
And when we say “career politicians”, does that include people that were elected to the Senate 60 years ago when they were in their 20s?
It’s #Joever. Time to accept it and move on. Bending over backwards to defend him doesn’t make you a hero, it makes you a useful idiot.
I dont get why americans just suddenly are so much against Biden. Yes he is old. We knew that for a while. He has done quite well still. Yes he didnt have much voice during the debate and wasnt in good form. He still did better than Trump because at least Biden didnt constantly lie.
Just posting cringe hashtags and giving up will lead to the fascist being in power.
I dont get why americans just suddenly are so much against Biden.
They were never “with” him in the first place, he was the only option that wasn’t Trump.
Now the election is coming around again and most folks don’t like Biden’s chances, they just weren’t allowed to say anything about it on TV until the disastrous debate performance.
make space for true leadership that refuses to resign themselves to fascism
They will, however, resign themselves to genocide.
I have serious difficulty seeing how Trump could possibly be worse for Palestine than Biden. Are you saying Trump is going to kill more of them than we have under Biden?
Okay, so you are talking Israel here.
You’re right the Israeli government is committing genocide.
So lets go ahead and condemn it. Hells no, lets send in a peace keeping force that pushes the Israeli army out of Gaza altogether and and sets up a nonfly zone and a neutral zone between Israel and Palestine.
First off, that’s something that historically is a very very bad idea. The US has done this before and it ALL went to shit. You need local governments to do this, but they all have their hands in Gaza as well, many are all too happy to see this happening as it strengthens their position, fuck the Palestinians, who gives a shit.
Okay, so you start forcing the local governments to do this peace army thing. How? Its not their issue, you can’t force them, or can you? You can bully them into submission, which will turn allies into not so very allies. This will cost you all your goodwill and soft power, but who cares, were doing the right thing ™ here, right?
Next up, the Israel government will be pissed. Very pissed. They’ll throw it on antisemitism. Bullshit, of course, but they’ve been doing that quite successfully for decades, so no reason to say this won’t work this time. You will lose the Jewish vote in the US, you will lose the votes of those that agree with the dumb antisemitism thing.
This is a LOT of lost votes, and elections always being as close as they are, you WILL lose the election. Trump wins, he will send in US troops to help slaughter Palestinians, as he has promised before, and he will help to eradicate them. Will mass murder and genocide be a problem for him? Nah, the Supreme Court already decided the president is immune and pretty much King. Protests in the streets will be answered with mass arrests or hell, why not, even bullets because Trump can do whatever the fuxk he wants.
See a picture forming here?
It. Is. Not. That. Easy.
Sure, I’m just writing down a possible scenario, call it a dumb fantasy if you will, but it makes the point: The US meddling in Middle Eastern affairs has NEVER worked out well for any of the countries there. Also, you start even so much as criticizing Israel and you can lose critical votes, which you -now more than ever- will need to not get your dictator wannabe elected.
All this “Biden likes genocides!” is screaming from 15 year olds that can’t see beyond their own nose.
Biden could stop Netanyahu with a phone call.
Israel relies on the US to veto any United Nations action against Israel. Netanyahu couldn’t do what he’s doing if he didn’t know he has Biden’s support
Or we could, you know, stop giving the money and weapons to commit genocide?
Please explain to me how giving trillions of dollars in military aid to Israel does not qualify as “US meddling in the Middle East”
Still the same issue, it. Is. Not. That. Easy.
If it were that easy, peace would have been had a long time ago.
And again: like it or not, you HAVE tomvotr democrat. If you don’t, Trump will be in charge and boy, if you thought they have it bad now, wait until he’s in. He already advocates for a full eradication of the Palestinians do you doubt him?
You know, lesser of two evils. Go full fuck Democrats after the election, protest, blockades if you have to, but now now plz…
I want Al Gore to run 🙂
Says the woman that advocated for Genocide Joe to remain as the candidate.
Anyone with an IQ above 2 realize that swapping candidates now is a 100% guarantees loss
The people who promote this idea are either massive dumbasses or alt right trolls
i disagree with this, but will not get into it here. the main point is that she barely has any pull in the party and the party hates her to begin with. not only would AOC saying he should step down not accomplish anything but it would more likely backfire. it’s stupid to expect her to publicly ask for the presumptive candidate to fuck off. she barely endorsed biden in the first place; there are limits to what she can do and still remain effective.
Anyone with an IQ above 2 realize that swapping candidates now is a 100% guarantees loss
Anyone with a pulse realizes that not switching candidates now is a 100% guaranteed loss.
The people who promote this idea are either massive dumbasses or alt right trolls
Maybe people realize that Biden losing support from his own pool of voters and Trump gaining support from his own pool of voters means we will see a repeat of 2016 at this rate, with Biden winning the popular vote and Trump winning the electoral college.
Biden loses to like every other candidate in recent polls. It might be time to get out of the Blue MAGA echo chamber if you genuinely still think your previous comment is real.
Then by all means pick another candidate lmao
Democrats: according to polls, hilarious clinton will win with a landslide victory never heard of in the history of the world.
Also democrats: according to polls, we stand a better chance if we change candidates close to the election.
By all means, keep it up, do the dumbest things, it’s what Americans are known for anyway. Can’t wait for the easiest Trump victory ever since y’all seem keen on shooting yourselves in the foot. It’ll be hilarious.
Blue maga makes no sense, that slogan has literally always been a Republican thing trump famously stealing it from Reagan who stole it from another who u can’t remember the name of at the moment.
