***Official Political Discussion Thread***

wonder what @dwalk31 got to say about Biden this morning












In unguarded moments with senior aides, President Trump has maintained that Black Americans have mainly themselves to blame in their struggle for equality, hindered more by lack of initiative than societal impediments, according to current and former U.S. officials.

After phone calls with Jewish lawmakers, Trump has muttered that Jews “are only in it for themselves” and “stick together” in an ethnic allegiance that exceeds other loyalties, officials said.

Trump’s private musings about Hispanics match the vitriol he has displayed in public, and his antipathy to Africa is so ingrained that when first lady Melania Trump planned a 2018 trip to that continent he railed that he “could never understand why she would want to go there.”

Imagine the cognitive dissonance necessary to believe that these Trump aides, Apprentice contestants, and Trump’s own personal lawyer are all part of a deep state conspiracy to wrongly portray as racist a man who refused to rent to Black tenants, took out a full page ad to demand the Central Park Five be lynched, pushed the birther conspiracy, called Mexican immigrants murderers and rapists, oversaw brutally racist immigration policies including child separation and forced sterilization, and, just last week, excreted a condescending “Platinum Plan” that even the Onion would be ashamed to publish as satire, which includes an entire section titled “Education African Americans Can Afford.”
 
It's amazing how the Trump tax story changed no one's mind and it just reinforced every one's prior world view.


Leftists like me reacted with, "it's another example that social class is a real thing and once you are in the bourgeoisie you can't suffer no matter how much to screw up because the bourgeoisie have class solidarity. Eat the rich."

Left Libs, " I pay way more than that in taxes at my job, we need major reforms as to who pays taxes, rich people don't pay nearly enough and working people have to pay too much for too few social services in return."

Moderates, "we need to change laws but just as it pertains to Trump and his family. As soon as we vote out Trump and restore the soul of America, other rich families will pay all their unpaid taxes."

Centrists, "Trump is a fake rich guy, real rich people pay all their taxes and create jobs."

White Conservatives who vote for Trump because he cuts taxes, "He followed the law, which is always fair."

Black Conservatives who vote for Trump because he'll cut their taxes, "He Allegedly paid no taxes"

The real MAGA heads, "he outsmarted the deep state pedophiles at the IRS."
 


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Jamal Bowman on IG live right now.

Normally, when it comes to politicians, I adhere to the leftists notion that it's all business/you don't have personal relationship with politicians. Even with Bernie, it was more about his message and mission and it was about the ordinary people involved in his campaign and the solidarity we all have.

That said, whenever AOC, Ilhan and now Bowman post something, I feel so happy. A few minutes ago, when Bowman said he's going to play some Nas, I damn near soy faced.
 
I live in NYC and have spent like $8 on a cup of ice cream at one of those hipster artisanal ice cream spots. So $13 for a pint is a bargain
 
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