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I work the construction field and am adjacent to railroads much of the time (haven't really dealt with railroad labor directly, but am aware of it due to my work).... the very nature of the work makes it easier for management and labor to row in the same direction versus other positions IMO. Take an IBEW lineman working for an electrical contractor.... they get compensated extremely well, but one wrong move and that employee can die. Obviously incentive for the worker, but also incentive for management, because dealing with a dead employee is a massive massive problem on many levels. Especially on the lower levels of management where one may personally know that employee and have a relationship with them.

I will say this for union employees, at least in the industry that I work in (as someone who has practiced in Texas and Illinois, I've seen both sides of this): Unions aren't perfect and the politics that come with them often create a lot of headaches, but in terms of training, union employees tend to be much more skilled, trained and work safer than non-union employees. There's a real tradeoff that exists between the two IMO, boiling it down to "they get paid more to do less work" doesn't really capture what I've seen.

As the young kids like to say... "Cry Harder"

The decisions we make at the ballot box effect us all day to day. No question But if someone is dealing with a medical emergency in their family, how can you not have grace for that?

Thank you for sharing. The stuff the happens on the day to day matters more than all of this stuff

He's such a mediocre guy, and a loser to boot. He never laughs, he's always angry. It's a codependent relationship that many have with it. We would be better off turning the page.

The Forsyth County story is actually one of hope... Sure, maybe demo changes have happened, it's more diverse than it used to be, but actual hearts and minds have changed since 1987 I'm sure as well. It sucks to reduce that to the regular partisan debate about crowd sizes... Or saying "look how white that crowd was"

I've never been to Forsyth County... But knowing the history, getting hundreds of people to show up for a rally supporting a mixed race politician, to paraphrase Jake Gittes in Chinatown, seems like news.

I mean, it is Forsyth County lol

I didn't care about Jussie Smollett at the time. I don't care about it now. And it certainly isn't a factor when evaluating the two options in front of me

I'm not lying when I say that I hadn't heard that name in years until today...

As far as what happened in her office, she will have to answer questions on how she ran her office. I don't doubt that everything that happened isn't perfect or above board. But this election is a binary choice between two people... I'm not voting for Jesus Christ, I'm voting for the best of the two options in front of me. And that is Kamala Harris if she is going against Donald Trump. As far as Jussie Smollett is concerned, I honestly don't give a ****... I wasn't a resident of Cook County or IL at the time and I have tried to avoid culture war **** like the plague. Because it's pointless and doesn't affect me

Harris would not have been my ideal choice, but I am open to the idea that she has learned things since 2020 and since ascending to the VP slot. And regarding the nominee process, I've been clear since as to my uneasiness with the decision by Biden to go for this since about October or November of last year. And the reality is that he let this go on too long, he just did. But I don't think it's Kamala Harris' fault how this has played out... It's a circumstance of Biden making the decision to go for this, having a disastrous debate and then subsequently dragging this decision out far too long to the point where, from a practical standpoint, she was the only realistic chance of making this a race. Kamala will have to prove it in these coming weeks as to whether she is worthy. I just don't think it is fair to hold it against her how she ended up in this spot, I just don't.

Interesting, so after new information came to light, then US Senator Harris changed her mind? Definitely not a quality we want in leaders... I'd rather they just double down over and over again regardless of whatever additional info arises like a certain GOP candidate has tended to do /s

Kamala Harris will have to answer for her record as it pertains to her time as AG. I have no doubt that Trump's campaign will make sure of it. But the OP was discussing Donald Trump. And your response seems... rather evasive as to his point.

"When he was a civilian..." Talk about a distinction that is completely irrelevant to his character

I really don't understand why people who work in this business are surprised by the reaction to JD Vance's past comments. And to Liam Donovan's point, running in Ohio is a much different animal than running nationwide. The body of work in Ohio (running as poorly as he did in 2022) foreshadowed all of this... and even with all of that, there seemed to be no basic vetting at all that took place.

JD Vance literally called Donald Trump Hitler, yet finds himself on the ticket as we speak. In that context, color me skeptical than anyone will care about anything relating to Jussie Smollett in YOOL 2024

Walz' comment at the end of this clip about Trump never laughing is so spot-on... He never laughs. And he always seems so angry and dour all the time

Really all I am asking is that he is treated to the same standard that any other POTUS candidate or POTUS would be if they were in this situation. And based on history, it's pretty clearly not happening. So no, I don't think we agree here

I think I've been pretty clear as to what my expectations are. If you cannot comprehend that, its on you

He should be asked about this at a debate as well...

They should also follow up when he inevitably doesn't answer or talks incomprehensibly, instead of just moving on.