JesseEwiak
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Eh, Khanna was basically paid off by our Silicon Valley overlords including Peter Thiel to take out one of the most liberal members of Congress in a safe seat, so screw him.
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Eh, Khanna was basically paid off by our Silicon Valley overlords including Peter Thiel to take out one of the most liberal members of Congress in a safe seat, so screw him.
More detail would be helpful.
Carpe Libertatem
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nothing wrong with taking out people in a safe seat, though (especially when the incumbent makes a pretty racist ad)
was a pretty good interview! doubt silicon valley would be happy about his comments re: antitrust
I'm not sure that link says what you think it says.
Edit: you changed it to the ad, OK
Wait, the Times justified hiring that oil company shill because "millions of people" believe the same shit he does?
What an incredibly shitty and lazy defense.
*cough*Gabbard, DWS*cough*
Turns out he teaches econ, which explains a lot about how he's framing his policy proposals (and why he's not a believer in unions as a way for the majority of jobs in the country.)
Carpe Libertatem
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yeah, i linked it originally to what the slate article i found linked to & only watched the ad myself at first.
no idea how Honda approved that ad, tbh
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Our march is too long to have any coherent singing along. Like four slogans chanted at once.
Poodlestrike
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ItWasMeantToBe19
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"Would you rather save the earth or eat a steak?"
Vegan activists have the literal worst slogans, omg.
Vegan activists have the literal worst slogans, omg.
RastaMentality
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michelle's charging $200k for speaking engagements. collect those checks legend.
Dominican Power
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Dominican Power
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https://twitter.com/cameronesposito/status/858404798827122688
Just to put into perspective. Obama isn't running office for more. He can do what ever the fuck he wants.
Just to put into perspective. Obama isn't running office for more. He can do what ever the fuck he wants.
RastaMentality
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Here's some more tweets from black people saying how awful this newfound anger looks to underprivileged POC - https://twitter.com/EricHaywood/status/858132374588141568 https://twitter.com/Smooth_Orator/status/858138597769314305
https://twitter.com/DabAggin/status/858284985769496576
https://twitter.com/sugabelly/status/858331922732339200
Yeah black twitter wasn't trying to hear that. The optics of white people trying limit a black man will never be accepted
RastaMentality
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Yeah. And considering wall street is at most, a minor issue to black people, other liberals might never understand. Obama IS the embodiment of black excellence and achievement. So these news pubs and their takes just sound like the media trying to devalue black achievement yet again.
The tone deafness will never not be amazing. "Be successful, but only in a way we approve". Twice as hard for half as much will never die. Obama was literally perfect and yet people demand more.
ShadowSwordmaster
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I will loose my goddamn mind if one more person on here complains about this Obama situation.
That's all I wanted to know and I was right. Black people, especially younger black people don't give a fuck about this.
Obama should charge a million per speech. Many people would do the exact same in his position. This "outrage" is a fucking joke.
On another note. Didn't know where to post this, but I feel it's relevant.
Obama should charge a million per speech. Many people would do the exact same in his position. This "outrage" is a fucking joke.
On another note. Didn't know where to post this, but I feel it's relevant.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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It's a good political point and slogan that fighting climate change would create jobs, but someone should grapple with the fact that those jobs would be in Florida, Texas, Cali, Georgia, Arizona, and NM.
I don't see why those jobs would go to Appalachia.
I don't see why those jobs would go to Appalachia.
Your link does not support your argument.
RastaMentality
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Black millennials SHOULD be the most receptive to these critiques but they're not. so you know it looks even worse to older voters. Wall Street isn't a black issue and it hasn't been ever since our very own got burned down nearly a century ago. There are far more important issues to the black community. People (and especially our candidates) need to realize this or they'll never be able to speak to nonwhite voters.
Is wall street reform going to significantly benefit anybody besides white americans? Is it going to stop law enforcement from fucking over the community at every turn? Is it going to stop racist mortgage practices? None of the proposed wall street reforms are integral to the fabrics of systemic racism.
The housing crisis ended and here black people are still going to our shitty schools and getting shot by shitty cops.
It's fine to talk about wallstreet, but it's not fine to handwave away issues or think defeating wallstreet will solve all ills.
Yep, fixing a lot of shit that institutional racism uses to harm minorities( drug offensives, communtity mental health, etc) would oddly enough benefit poor white people too. Shocking, I know
Black people have a problem with Wall Street,
Black people also have a problem with unrealistic purity tests that solve nothing being hoisted at the man who is, coincidentally, the first black president.
Macho Madness
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Regular reminder that right wing media doesn't care about anything as long as it suits them
I remember going to a couple conferences in like 2012, 2013, and the keynotes were Larry Summers and Pete Orzag, respectively.
Summers mostly talked about promising avenues for new sources of taxation. Orzag's was about the ACA and early evidence for the impact it might be having.
Both talks were pretty good and informative. People just wanted to hear from their experience. They probably got paid a decent amount for it, but in context of the catering costs, the hotel space, and the number of attendees and fees, it was completely justifiable in the sense that it made the conference a lot better for a lot of people with a pretty reasonable per person cost.
So yeah, when I heard that Obama was going speak at a health care conference that seemed pretty natural.
IDK, 2017 is weird.
Summers mostly talked about promising avenues for new sources of taxation. Orzag's was about the ACA and early evidence for the impact it might be having.
Both talks were pretty good and informative. People just wanted to hear from their experience. They probably got paid a decent amount for it, but in context of the catering costs, the hotel space, and the number of attendees and fees, it was completely justifiable in the sense that it made the conference a lot better for a lot of people with a pretty reasonable per person cost.
So yeah, when I heard that Obama was going speak at a health care conference that seemed pretty natural.
IDK, 2017 is weird.
My prediction is that it will end the day after everyone gets over the 2016 primary grievances.
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Dominican Power
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The more I watch Veep the more I hate Selina.
BoogieWoogie
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You know I see a lot of talk about why can't we have crowds the size of South Korea or Venezuela when they were rebeling against their government, but here's the climate change march size in DC today:
https://twitter.com/Peoples_Climate/status/858366705105547265
https://twitter.com/Peoples_Climate/status/858366705105547265
People who complain about not having crowds that size are complaining because they want to literally overthrow the government. It's a good sign they're not worth engaging seriously.
ShadowSwordmaster
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Nice.
Regular reminder that right wing media doesn't care about anything as long as it suits them
This one is worse.
If you haven't seen this, it's amazing
https://mobile.twitter.com/TheMattWilstein/status/857953230093004800
(Direct .mp4 link: https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/857952976132083713/pu/vid/1280x720/xUz3DTH6IuMLkuK_.mp4)
https://mobile.twitter.com/TheMattWilstein/status/857953230093004800
(Direct .mp4 link: https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/857952976132083713/pu/vid/1280x720/xUz3DTH6IuMLkuK_.mp4)
So shameless it's almost funny.
IggyChooChoo
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Would be interesting to have the figures for the last 4 presidents' last 100 days as a comparison; show it up for the spin it is.
Tells me Democrats have to shovel a lot of shit their first 100 days
Baron von Loathsome
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Exactly what I was thinking.
Aaron Strife
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Pointed this out on OT, but Trump's supposed dealmaking accumen is pretty meaningless in the world of politics. He's never been in a situation where he's been forced to give something up - hiring a contractor was just mutually beneficial. He gets a building, the contractor gets paid.
Suddenly he's in a position where his decisions affect the lives of millions, and the people he needs to make deals with face reelection every 2-6 years. Politics is all give and take, it's rare you have a deal where each side walks away without losing anything. Wouldn't you know it, he's been caught completely flat-footed as a result.
neurosisxeno
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That's the real reflection of the effectiveness of a President. The numbers would literally flip since Bush tanked the Economy, Clinton left in a good place, and Obama fixed just about all the damage from the end of the Bush administration.
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Fuck fox
They didn't get paid. He wasn't a deal-maker, he was a con man.
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