“Championing the status quo” is not how I would describe what Republicans are doing right now.

Aren’t there primaries for the Dems?

I’m guessing librarians know how to read more than many other categories of federal workers.

Those are two different problems.

Years and years of politicians moving the goalposts further right, letting the rich get richer, allowing more money into politics and disenfranching voters is not something you reverse in a single election, and it won’t change until ordinary people get into politics more and at every level.

But if you vote for Trump or abstain from voting, you’re encouraging it.

“no taxation without representation”

Maybe it is, but could we stop saying this? Politics shouldn’t be analyzed from a psychological perspective. It’s a social phenomena, not a cognitive one. Fascism shouldn’t be excused or explained, it should be fought.

I think his top priority was to avoid confrontation. He has experience with dumb politicians from his time at the bank of England.

Carney had to use a word Trump understands.

But remember folks, calling this a genocide is antisemitic.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence

They’re more afraid of MAGA than they’re afraid of ordinary citizens. Nothing will change until it’s the other way around.

You know what, at this point I’m starting to believe United Healthcare’s CEO wasn’t even killed, it’s a setup. Think about it: the guy was divorced, probably with large sums to pay each month for his ex-wife and children who didn’t like him. He made decisions that killed people, he knew about growing anti-healtcare / anti-billionaire sentiment in the US and felt his life was at risk. What better plan than faking your own death, especially in a high profile case like this when you’re guaranteed that NYPD would frame someone who would take all the attention away from you while you’re quietly fleeing the country. 4d chess right there.

I agree with your point, I’m not really convinced he’s the shooter but the general feeling I have, from my limited knowledge of how the police, the judicial system and murderers work, the pictures that everyone saw and all, is that there’s a real possibility he’s the shooter. But of course we have to let the courts decide.

I’m just tired of everyone saying he didn’t do it based on nothing more than anecdotal evidence and a general hatred for anything that looks like a cop.

I’m old enough to have known a time when online discussion was mostly rational and respectful, and it bothers me how it has slowly become so polarized and emotional.

You can cover 3 miles in a few minutes in NYC.

He could have changed his backpack.

His face wasn’t visible in the pictures of the shooting, the ones I saw at least.

NYPD might be famous for framing people, but they also catch real murderers sometimes, in high or low profile cases.

Occam’s razor says he did shoot the guy.

And what’s that reason?

I saw a lot of comments saying Luigi didn’t do it, but no convincing argument. Personally I think he shot the guy (but I’m open to change my mind) and that he’s some kind of hero for it.

If I understand the judicial system, the prosecution has to make that proof. So yeah as long as the trial hasn’t started there shouldn’t be any proof.

Why?

Same logic with antivax people.

There is nothing, nothing in the US news cycle from the last 2 months that don’t point to a totalitarian regime slowly infiltrating every aspect of civil society.

You guys need to fight back harder. Bullies are cowards, they will backpedal if they feel resistance. Harvard understood this.

He’s in a catch-22. He needs to be believably Anti Trump to gain enough seats to win, but doing so would lose him his base. So he keeps repeating what he’s been saying for the last 2 years, i.e. bitching about a PM who’s not even there anymore.