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  • The United States is named as the biggest threat to the world (even by Americans)

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  • Or people simply understand that our government is controlled by lobbyists, and one of the most powerful is the Israel lobby.

    No antisemitism or conspiracy theory is required.

  • Trump’s abrupt U-turn on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz came after backlash from allies

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  • We just had a general strike on May 1, what did it accomplish?

  • Spicy Air ☢️

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  • I think you have it backwards, wind and solar are the stopgap.

    Wind and solar require heavy mining of non-renewable, relatively rare resources that will likely run out in a couple generations. Solar panels and wind turbines have a short lifespan of a few decades, and we aren't good at recycling.

    Look at the world leader in clean energy- China - and their long term plans. They are heavily invested in solar, for now, as a stopgap measure as they develop thorium reactor power and other related technologies.

  • Spicy Air ☢️

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  • Historically speaking, the cumulative effect of lighting oil on fire is set to make the entire planet uninhabitable, permanently.

  • Trump brought back down to earth by Iran war fallout

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  • But what about the SAVE act?

    The presidents primary domestic legislature is set to rewrite the rules of voting, if passed.

    The way the law is currently written, your Real ID will not be sufficient to vote. You will need a passport to confirm your ID, which is something 50% of Americans do not have.

  • 'They’re Lost, Dude’: Jon Stewart Torches DNC After Democrat With Massive Lead Says He’s Heard Zilch From Them

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  • You're right, I am legitimately having trouble understanding your position.

    It seems like you've given up on defending Ken Martin though, so that is progress. Hopefully we can both now agree he is bad for progressivism and the left.

  • 'They’re Lost, Dude’: Jon Stewart Torches DNC After Democrat With Massive Lead Says He’s Heard Zilch From Them

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  • I'm not sure why you're hung up on this. Yes he said he would release it to DNC members. And now he is not releasing it.

    Releasing it to the DNC is functionally equivalent to releasing it to the public, on its release there is media speculation and leaks. That is why they aren't even giving it out to the DNC imo.

    Now that I've bit and responded to your aside, will you dare to tackle any of my questions you've avoided? What is your take on Ken Martin's performance on Pod Save? Do you think his performance will increase or decrease progressive voter turnout in the primaries?

  • 'They’re Lost, Dude’: Jon Stewart Torches DNC After Democrat With Massive Lead Says He’s Heard Zilch From Them

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  • Ken Martin said he would release the autopsy, and you're suggesting that he meant release it only to the DNC and not to the public? Buddy, you're really reaching here. Did you watch the Pod Save interview that I linked? It makes your position look quite foolish and ahistorical.

    As for progressives voting in primaries, I want the maximum amount of them to vote. Lying to them about the virtues of the DNC chair is not a good strategy to get them to vote, honesty works better.

  • gotta step up our game fr

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  • Because every moral argument that can be applied to the death penalty can also be applied to imprisonment. I think we're going in a circle here.

    The system you support imprisons thousands of innocent people, many of them for life. How do you morally justify this? Is it just a trolley problem for you, and the innocent people rotting to death in prison are just the unfortunate ones tied to the tracks, and they must die for the good of the system?

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  • It's not about acceptance, it's about the underlying logic. You can assert your position all day, I'm asking why.

    Why don't you say "Punishment sucks, yes, but that's part of a crime prevention system. Imprisonment does not need to be a part of that system. How hard is that to accept"?

    Or why don't you say "death sucks, yes, but that's part of a crime and punishment system. How hard is that to accept"?

  • 'They’re Lost, Dude’: Jon Stewart Torches DNC After Democrat With Massive Lead Says He’s Heard Zilch From Them

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  • Now we're fighting about sources? This is tiresome.

    How do you explain Ken Martin's recent interview with Pod Save America?

    The host asks

    When you won the chairmanship in Feb of 25, you criticized the DNC's refusal to release their 2016 autopsy as exactly what not to do. You asked "was there any utility in doing that?" and then promised your 2024 autopsy would be different. Your exact quote was "of course it would be released". Why did you change your mind on that?

    Ken Martin does not push back against this quotation. He responds by saying he's "focusing on the lessons that can actually help us win". He goes on to say it's "not completely accurate to say we didn't release [the autopsy] because we are focused on the lessons that can actually help us win".

    Youtube - Jon Favreau interviews DNC Chair Ken Martin in a heated exchange over Democratic strategy.

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  • That's not my argument at all, and I'm confused where you got that idea.

    If you want to embellish my argument, it should sound something like "the prison system imprisons innocent people for life, which is the same result as the death penalty, so anyone who argues against the death penalty should also argue for full prison abolition"

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  • No, that's not my argument at all. I agree with the utilitarian argument that imprisonment is better than the death penalty.

    What I'm saying is that every moral argument against the death penalty can also be applied to life imprisonment. If you justify your anti-death penalty stance on the moral argument ("innocent people will die", as the first person I replied to said), then it is a slippery slope to a prison abolitionist position.

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  • That really depends on living conditions in prison. There are fates that are worse than death.

  • 'They’re Lost, Dude’: Jon Stewart Torches DNC After Democrat With Massive Lead Says He’s Heard Zilch From Them

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  • Sure, I'll Google that for you

    Specifically, Martin stressed that he was not coming to Washington to placate the political consultant class. His allies said that underneath his Minnesota nice exterior, he could be cutthroat. They promised he would be. And that the getting down to brass tacks would start with a rigorous analysis of where the party went wrong in the 2024 election, written up in a report that Martin committed to release publicly.

    “Of course it will be released,” Martin said after winning the chairmanship. “There has to be some lessons that we glean.”

    https://www.thebulwark.com/p/dnc-autopsy-report-ken-martin

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  • You're right to say that life imprisonment is an improvement over execution because some innocent people will be set free. But under the imprisonment system, it is still guaranteed that innocent people will rot in prison until they die.

    You can't un-execute the innocent, but you also can't un-rot the innocent who die in prison.

    Why is one morally acceptable and the other is not?

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  • Agreed that some innocent people will be set free, but again this is not 100% perfect, so it is certain that innocent people will rot in prison until they die.

    Why draw the moral line at executing innocent people, but not at imprisoning innocent people for life ?

  • 'They’re Lost, Dude’: Jon Stewart Torches DNC After Democrat With Massive Lead Says He’s Heard Zilch From Them

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  • If you have faith in DNC chair Ken Martin then I've got a bridge to sell you.

    He's the guy who promised to realease the autopsy of the 2024 election, and is now refusing to release it. You really think he's going to reform the DNC?

  • "I'm speaking"

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  • So since the Supreme Court is corrupted, our national legislature should just give up and not even try? This type of attitude leads directly to voter apathy and the election of fascists like Trump.

    As for traitors like Sinema, I'm old enough to remember a time when legislative holdouts would be pressured by the national party. The president should call her out by name and run rallies in her district. Cut off her funding, strain her ties with her donors, make her a pariah in the party.

    It is so sad how the Democrat party has calcified this "rotating villain" logic into its foundation. It's something that needs to be purged from the party if we want a party that's actually controlled by the voters and not by corporate interests.

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