GoofSchmoofer

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[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 31 points 16 hours ago

Just posted about this in a different thread:

The US senators: mitch mcconnell, ted cruz, and lindsey graham used fraud to win their respective seats in 2020. All three were in tight races according to the polls but all three won with bigger margins than was to be expected.

This idea came from a few articles that were discussing this issue a few days after the election, then those articles all just disappeared.

Maybe the articles disappeared because there was no fraud

Maybe the articles disappeared because there was?

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 29 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

What always confuses me is why don't they hire a few people that actually do repair and take the business? It seems like a simple way to keep the locals from getting suspicious.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

You're right there has been some shitty things happening to protestors that for the most part have shown great restraint with the way they're protesting. But an honest question, is this a feature of the Biden administration or are the crack downs happening at a more local level?

Because what I have seen and heard about from trump and his lessor demons is the desire to make protests illegal on a Federal level and to uphold that idea with state sponsored violence.

There is an argument to be made that Biden, as President to all Americans, should be making a statement to condemn these violent acts against mostly peaceful protestors at the very least and I have not seen that from him which is disappointing. But yet he and his administration have not in any way pushed for legislation to outlaw the protests. Nor has he tried to coerce the media from reporting on it. I don't have faith that a trump administration would do that.

I also understand why people are frustrated that the best we have is "well we will let you protest (with a little violence), but we will not really listen to you." But at least we get to stay on the path of democracy and hopefully there can be better candidates that can start to shift the focus in a different, better direction. As much as people want big changes to happen right now, unfortunately the country is too big and too entrenched for that to be reality. BUT it can change if we can keep it from becoming a dictatorship.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The difference is that even if Harris continues the policies of the Biden administration, the American citizens should feel safe enough to protest those policies and maybe something will change?

Under a trump administration the idea of people being able to protest safely is less certain.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But that boost came because people were still feeling the need for revenge for 9/11 three years earlier. Also there was a hell of a lot of fear mongering and out right lies about Iraq that was being reported as facts from all the media at the time. So the American citizens had been primed for war and most wanted it.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Okay, I'm glad you said you saw reports about that too. It's where my conspiracy theory started, but then there hasn't been anything since so I genuinely gas lighted myself.

Hell it could be that there wasn't anything there to report on, but it did disappear quickly and quietly.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

His way of making the government efficient will be to just have no bid contracts go to all of his businesses.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 34 points 4 days ago (8 children)

I believe that tedd cruz along with mitch mconnell and lindsey graham all cheated in their last win. All three were in what look like tight races but all three ended up winning by big-ish margins given the polling. I have no evidence other than a feeling but I just can't shake that feeling is somehow not completely wrong.

If any of my completely unfounded conspiracy is right then Allred ain't going to win .

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago

Well he convinced me!

I not going to vote for Taylor Swift for President.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think "they" are oil and gas executives

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I really think most 'journalist' are "news influencers"

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Because that is what churches are supposed to do - promote politicians 🙄

 

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