LaceyLou

The feeling of 'leftists' not being able to let go has already taken hold, in fact it started the minute certain leaders decided not to go ahead and convict T of anything.

TBH I have no idea how much of his agenda (including project 2025) T and company will be able to get through. I do think that the likely successes will be tax cuts for the wealthy, elimination of many environmental protections, and, whatever RFK Jr may claim, elimination of many food safety regulations. Whether or not Mush (spelling intentional) gets his way about trillions in cuts, the choice will be to either let the deficit grow, or to cut funding for research, transportation projects (especially public), education... you name it. And I'm guessing a lot more people's jobs depend on federal funding a lot more than most of us realize.

Except for the part that most puzzles me, which is his (IMHO false) image of being a successful businessman, I can go along with this. FWIW, in my experience Latinos aren't any more sexist than any other group of men. I think you're right about it being the overall environment. Democrats must become better about having a message, getting that message out, and countering whatever false information is coming from the Republicans. I still think that she ran as good a campaign as she could, considering she had significantly less time to craft it than T did.

This is also probably why most automated phone systems always say "listen carefully, because some options have changed."

Doonesbury comic from 2003. Just a reminder that this year's reality has been decades in the making. https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2003/01/26

In this case, I think they don't care about cost. The cruelty is the point. And anyway, any additional deficit will be blamed on Democrats.

A lot of people seem to not realize that it's not medicare, too.

Wait-this IS my circus, and these ARE my monkeys... In all seriousness, this evidently is the second time it has happened. This is inexcusable. Working with animals is a privilege not a right. https://www.npr.org/2024/11/07/g-s1-33320/monkeys-south-carolina-escape

Well, if the Republicans finally start insisting that he act like a reasonable human being and keep policies that benefit people.... I have my doubts. Clean air and clean energy should be a no brainer.

Yup. Somebody I forgot I was connected with on FB posted something for Democrats saying that we should write down everything we were afraid would happen, so that we could be relieved when none of it happened. Kind of hard to do that when some of the stuff is already happening.

It's more than a little upsetting how these guys have come out of the woodwork, and are gleefully proclaiming that not only do they not have the right to control their own bodies, but they have every right to violate them. And others have come out asking if it's okay to admit they really are planning to try to implement project 2025. I have yet to see a single Trumper acknowledge that unlike their idol, Harris is conceding the election as gracefully as possible under the circumstances, along with other Democrats.

Hopefully... unless he finds a way to install who he wants without needing a confirmation.

Introspection is fine, to an extent. What we really need to do is find better ways to counter the massive amount of misinformation that bots and pro-Drumpf ads were able to get out.

Companies that tell you that you have to go to a website to view and download PDF copies of your records, and give you steps on how to do this. When you go to the website, the places that the directions posted tell you to click on do not exist, so you end up having to search the site for what you want, and it takes about 10 more clicks than it should have. ARRRGGGH!

He seems nice.... https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/trump-ag-hopeful-says-he-wants-to-drag-democrats-political-dead-bodies-through-the-streets-and-burn-them/ar-AA1tFN6P

Meanwhile, evidently the extreme misogynists, including the oh so lovely Nick Fuentes, have crawled out from under their rocks to post things like "Your Body, My Choice, now and Forever." So much for being 'protected.' It might be time for me to take a refresher course in self defense.

I'm old enough to remember when Carter was considered a conservative Democrat. Today he's considered a pinko-Commie.

I'm answering your post because you bring up one point that has puzzled me ever since he first started running in 2015. Please bear with me. Unfortunately, it appears that the pro-Drumpf groups were extremely successful in getting out misinformation (about open borders, for example) and making it less likely for Harris's messages to get out. For example some of the messages I've seen from Harris, that either didn't get to the right audiences or if they did a big part of the audience either didn't believe or didn't care: -Harris did have plans to help first time homebuyers-I don't know exactly how or if she would have addressed the real problem of foreign investments in US farmland. -there were commercials addressing Drumpf's habit of stiffing people-actually I saw some in 2016. I don't remember seeing them this year, though TBF I didn't see many commercials at all until a few days before the election. And no matter how many times I bring it up, not one person has been able to give me a reason that somebody with 6 bankruptcies and multiple business failures is a genius at business. -on immigration.... the wall has been being constructed during Biden's term, and while I do not know exact numbers I do know that arrests at the southern border have also continued throughout his term. The 'Deporter in Chief' was the nickname given to Obama by immigration support groups, and while I haven't seen anybody refer to Biden as such, these groups aren't thrilled with Biden's record either. -one thing that the Biden administration has tried to do is to tackle the root cause of illegal immigration. This can only be done by helping countries (that ask for help deal via such programs as the Peace Corps) with the problems that lead to people who are leaving them. The issues have been addressed, we need to find a way to get through to people more effectively. Unfortunately, we will never get through to people who *claim* the economy is their #1 issue, but who really don't want to vote for a woman/black/insert other group here.

Agricultural land. In Boston anyway many of the rentals are owned by Russians and/or Russian immigrants-many of them are rented by students and are plagued by safety issues. And one of the biggest slumlords is Palestinian. So even in the People's Republic of Massachusetts, we have a lot that needs to be done wrt land and housing issues. It appears that I was at least partly wrong, so I'll stand corrected. I still doubt that T will do anything to solve the problem.

As much as I dislike Joe Manchin, it goes without saying that I'd prefer him to what we're about to get.

Probably nothing, since Biden is not as left wing as people seem to think. And again, do you think T will be doing anything to curb this? I have my doubts. Russians have also been buying land all over the country. I also think T will do anything about this.

It'll be interesting, for sure. I haven't seen the last estimate of how much these mass deportations will cost, but my guess is it's more than enough for him to justify cutting grants in various industries-grants that provide salaries to a lot of workers.

Consumer groups have been advocating for proper labeling on labels literally for decades, and there are indeed groups (including the Green Party, before Stein was influenced by Russia) that have fought for decades to get carcinogens out of food, and other products. The US has a history of sending different products overseas than it sells here-this goes back to such industries as apple orchards that would have to thoroughly clean arsenicals off of them before importing to Europe, but would sell them in the US as is. Do you know who prevented companies from being required to remove these chemicals from foods in the US? I'm guessing you do. And anybody who thinks that Trump, who has promised to roll back on regulations in general, is going to make our food safer is sorely mistaken.

They'll solve the 'no tax on OT pay' by trying, probably successfully, to eliminate overtime pay.

In all seriousness dental hygiene is a good steady career that requires a lot less money and time than dental school.