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Worse for Islamic-Americans: They have nowhere else to turn. The White Trash Bigoted party (oops... Republicans) HATE Islamic-Americans. They can abide "top 1%" Jews who may be politically/ fiscally aligned with Republican ideology and that is only one reason (also, biblical theory on the land of Israel/ Jerusalem) that they heavily support Israel and are open to fellow Jewish Republicans even with the stain of antisemitism ingrained in a fairly large percentage of this current version of their party. And Jewish Republicans have at least a few reasons to stick with party even if there are also multiple differences they might have with this version. Lack of support of Israel is not one of them obviously. But Islamic-Americans have nowhere else to turn but the Dems. The Republican Party is STRIDENTLY anti-Muslim, from top to bottom. Their best case scenario is a Dem Party that works hard to try to advance Palestinian statehood measures, supports both sides equally, and protects Islamic-Americans from the virulent hatred/ policies of the hard right. If they get less than that... From Biden or the Party as a whole, they can't just turn to the Republicans for relief. They either have to hold their noses and hope for better from the Dems/Biden (if they are not getting all that they want) and vote for them ANYWAYS. Or just stay home. And they're not going to just stay home. They are motivated voters by all accounts... I don't know how much this war changes that but we'll see next year. It affected nothing in this year's elections... And as for young people? They're not "living or dying" on this issue. They have lots of issues with the older generations. Every issue is life or death for them (I'm being hyperbolic). Not just this one, and this one ONLY. That also came out in yesterday's elections. Abortion appears to have been the #1 issue (IE: PA Supreme Court Justice, Dem, elected after promising to protect abortion and pointing out opponent wants to strip abortion rights...). NOT the Israeli-Gaza war.

That means zoning is critical. Obviously it should be OK in commercial areas... but what about mixed commercial/residential (that seems an easy voted no "not in my neighborhood")? But also... commercial should (IMO) have reasonable restrictions like not near schools, etc...

PS: Like how abortion and marijuana were approved in Ohio (red state) yesterday? Or like how Dem Governor Brashear was re-elected in blood red Kentucky yesterday? Or how Republicans LOST their House of Delegates in Virginia yesterday? Oh WAIT!!! That's the OPPOSITE of what you are lol'ing at!!! You are lol'ing at HOT AIR. Sorry.

So go ahead and quantify that. Prove it. Because otherwise... that's just a bunch of hot air that you are lol'ing at...

At first glance (I know it's early) it looks like Virginia Republicans are ALSO losing the House Delegates...

You can run a dead horse for the Dems in 2024 and I'll vote for the dead horse.

Fischer penalty immediately after 2-0 another Rangers PP... And yes, it's now 3-0 on back-to-back penalties/ PP goals...

Rangers power play goal 2-0 in the 2nd... They're still dominating in every phase... The Wings are getting nothing done and look thoroughly outclassed...

Wings are badly being outplayed by the Rangers at the start... Not just shots 8-0, not just score already 1-0... But they can barely get their stick on a puck... Time of puck possession is roughly 95% Rangers to 5% Wings. They're getting schooled...

Pregame includes Chelios... Lots of Detroit topics/ discussion...

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I'll allow that.

That's yet to be quantified... So hold off on lol I would think...

Worse: When one of the choices is an existential choice to the detriment of the country... Let's call him Hugo Chavez... or Nicholas Maduro... Then... This comes into play: There are those who disagree with this sentiment. But I agree with it... if the choice is ANY Democrat (you can put any name in this box, I don't care...); then the choice is NOT only binary, but a matter of survival. Do you vote for Chavez/ Maduro/ Trump, threatening the future of the country? Vote 3rd party? Stay at home in a stew over choices? All three are the same thing: a vote AGAINST democracy and the Constitution of the United States. YMMV. But I maintain that Election 2024 is an existential vote for democracy in the United States of America.

FYI (just in case anyone is interested...); do protesters have a case that Israel is committing "war crimes"? No, no they don't. From an Urban War expert (military and international law) at West Point (an opinion but, still... with legal basis for such): https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-m-expert-urban-warfare-113717094.html

Lee... Are you certain this guy would not be an existential threat against American democracy and freedoms?

Bingo. And not in a good way. Not to be over the top, but I have viscerally reviled Trump for over 40+ years. The worst human scumbag on the planet. I loathe this fascist (since 1989 (Tiananmen Square): "I HATE American democracy... we should be more like CHEYE-NA and use tanks on protesters!!!") ****wad. Not to be over the top...

I would certainly hope for this... But I don't want Trump anywhere NEAR the Presidency because next time, he'll figure out how to actually overthrow the Constitution. I still say we were the width of a Mike Pence ethical hair away from losing our Democracy. If he would've thrown it back to Congress per Trump's demand... who knows what would have happened after that...? But I would certainly have hoped for your take on the inevitable...

To be more blunt about this: ONE PERSON prevented Trump from OVERTHROWING the Constitution on Jan 6th. Mike Pence.

It WAS almost overthrown. Not by the Jan 6th crowd, who threatened violence unless Congress did Trump's bidding. But by Mike Pence. All he had to do was acquiesce to Trump's demand to throw it back to Congress as "invalid" electors. And then votes, one per state, with more Republican states at that time, would have handed it to Trump. Constitution overthrown. Trump called for the Jan 6th coup attempt specifically to threaten Pence because Pence refused to overthrow the Constitution. If you want to look for a hero in this story, it's Mike Pence.

Trump doesn't give an F about civil service laws. Hyperbole? Hey, aren't there LAWS on the books stating that a President can not enrich himself while in office? Amongst a hundred other laws that Trump just **** on? No, not hyperbole... reality. Trump will overthrow the rule of law in the US, and overthrow the Constitution. Book it.

This is the best case scenario for Election-2024. On the Republican side that is... I don't know what the Dems best case for 2024 is... I'm voting Dem regardless of who the candidate is so it doesn't matter to me "who" that is. Not until Republicans purge the MAGA/ Fascist Caucus (which WON'T be in 2024); until them I consider them an existential threat to my right to vote as a US Citizen and not have my vote tossed out in a fascist move to overthrow my vote, my right to live my life how I want to without Republican Morality Police interfering, etc. Republicans no longer exist in my book.

Just to be more specific: Trump will PURGE the US Military of ALL officers who do NOT sign a loyalty pledge directly to him. And the same with every other governmental employee he can get his hands on. You guys know this, right?

Thousands and THOUSANDS of government employees will lose their jobs. He will replace them with boot-licking sycophants. NOONE will be able to get ANY job, NOT in the US Military, Department of (anything), or anywhere where he has a say without FIRST signing a pledge to be strictly loyal to Donald MF'ing Trump and **** the oath to protect the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic. The NEW pledge will be: "to protect Donald J. Trump against all enemies, foreign or domestic." You guys know this, right?

Is that like... You know... Just like what happened in... Russia?