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  1. Yeah honestly that’s liberal for Utah.
  2. I scrolled the mom’s fb page linked in CR… I scrolled to 2017… No religion, nuclear straight white family. Uncle in the military, lots of holidays and vacations, outdoors, camping, salt life hat, army hat, pretty benign suburb looking family. One gun pic but it was in connection with being on a militarybase so no big deal. No politics no religion, just a mom bragging on her family kids and life.
  3. Nor a tranny. Probably not even pro tranny.
  4. I scrolled to 2017… No religion, nuclear straight white family. Uncle in the military, dad looks the trumper part but honestly I know some outdoor types that look that part and are flaming liberal, lots of holidays and vacations, outdoors, camping, salt life hat, army hat, pretty benign suburb looking family. One gun pic but it was in connection with being on a military base so no big deal. No politics no religion, just a mom bragging on her family kids and life.
  5. What’s the pastor part all about?
  6. So do we know anything about this kid? I’m hearing churchy things, patriotic flag shirt, white cisgender kid, what do we know?
  7. Protecting the working class and this country will protect all of those groups. That’s what the focus group constituents need to grasp. Venn diagrams are our friend here. Find the largest over lap among dem constituents and focus on those issues - and you will find reform relating to health care, taxes, education, student loans, childcare, basic civil rights (equality act refresh of the civil rights act is a great venn diagram over lap), women’s rights, immigration reform, protecting our institutions from corruption, voting rights act, judicial act reform, buttressing our government agencies against authoritarianism, rebuilding the destroyed agencies, social security reform, Medicare for all, Medicaid expansion, constitutional amendments to protect our democracy, eliminating the electoral college via constitutional amendments, prohibiting gerrymandering for political gain, and the list goes on and on…. okay, test time…. which one of those categorically excludes blacks, women, Hispanics, poor, trans, gay, queer, those without college degrees, working class, middle class, single parents, young adults, children…? answer…. None. question…. Which one one these by definition only applies to only one or two of those groups and excludes all others from applicability? answer… None. question…. Which one of these initiatives is identified as an identity politics policy? answer… None. this isn’t hard.
  8. Nuance is everything imo. *yes I did just do that.
  9. I have turned away political aspirations a dozen times even told two higher level staffer / strategists no in one on one meetings. It wasn’t an all out pitch but more of a”you should think about it” and “well if you ever do decide, I can help” type conversations st a happy hour. I’ve thought about moving to settle in a district and then run, fuck to the fuck no. No way no how, I too don’t want to get murdered. And that fear is real right now among democrats.
  10. I think post graduate education in the US remains relatively unharmed at this moment especially in the professional degrees and in the areas where politics aren’t naturally connected. While law has some politics it really doesn’t in law school outside of con law and civil liberties. We are a country of morons for headline purposes but following a bell curve there are almost 20% of the college bound kids that are one to two std deviations above the mean and the sample set is college kids not the entire population. That’s a really smart group of generally smart folks and a good percentage are choosing law, medicine, business, engineering, etc. and going to post graduate institutions that to-date are left unharmed. I have no doubt that the top students at the top 50 law schools today are just as whip smart as they were 25 years ago. the problem isn’t the top the problem is the middle and bottom.
  11. Glad I could cause a good laugh for ya this morning. Hook em.
  12. Biological sex defined by xx and xy as the beginning middle and end is as elementary as the four quadrant genetics examples from elementary school. In addition to variations on the xx and xy genes you have hundreds of genetic and endocrinological processes that impact sex, secondary sex differentiation, brain development, etc that vary based on how genetic material interacts with the body and its processes and let’s just say it’s often a bit messy. Luckily for most it’s clean enough, but for some of us, well we are the lucky ones.
  13. I should quit for the night on this one - funny shit @Constant you made the ladies at casa troph y ramblyn laugh hard.
  14. That too. But that’s less catastrophic and honestly in the long run gives the Dems a fighting chance at legislative and executive full control without forcing the Dems to have the guts to do it.
  15. This is superb quality. I mean top top notch.
  16. He does I’m eluding to it, but I didn’t pay attention to time stamp. Basically the reasons why the Schumer reasons won out last time just aren’t there and so even if he was right last time he’s not going to be this time. The solution is to shut down the government, create an acute crisis, then grab the bullhorn and pick 2-3 issues and drive it home - rogue ICE agents, corruption by the Trump family to use the federal government to line his pockets and already double his wealth at the expense of American strength in the world, and there may have been another one. The problem that causes this to fail is Trump is the expert in messaging in a crisis and he already has the court. The Supreme Court said he could withhold money appropriated by Congress, they will read an emergency power somewhere into the constitution allowing him to do whatever he wants. Game set match Congress has no power at all.
  17. I need to watch that.
  18. I mean I think transgender ideology is anti-fascist so I can see “why you so mad, bruh?” here.
  19. Watch the video, compelling argument we don’t have the time for that.
  20. They need to toss the wrench in and let that shit seize up. Grind the gears of government to a halt. But I can already see ways that this gets so fucked up Trump wins again.
  21. We’re pretty fucked.
  22. It is too little too late but round capacity is in my list. he asked what I want not what I think will ever happen.
  23. I don’t represent anyone but me, and you’d be foolish to extrapolate much else from my view …. But off the cuff a bit… first I love guns. I didn’t get any until my boys were well past the accident stage and during Covid when we honestly thought it a good idea for home protection and when we camped in the near wilderness (Colorado). But since getting them there’s not a month that goes by that I don’t think anything other than I’m glad I have them, I feel safer in this country, and I enjoy them and want to engage in the sport of it (gun range for fun, training etc). I am a discrete but proud multiple gun owner. I do not carry at the moment because I don’t believe it should be legal and I don’t find it necessary (yet) but I am open to it for me (small purse weapon). so who should be barred from owning a gun? -Convicted or under active investigation of crime (probably serious misdemeanors that have a relation to violence and all felonies) -certain mental health illnesses - based on science and experts and permanent or until medical clearance if scientifically appropriate Process changes? -background checks, no instant sales, come back and get it after you buy it, open to others that act as a cooling off period. Also more strict training requirements for concealed, more places it is banned outright, no open carry at all. Guns to ban? -I’m not enough of an hobbyist sportsman or self defense student to know all the terminology but to me the focus needs to be on intended outcome not look. You want an ar-15 that shoots 12-15 bullets one at a time before you have to change a clip. And the bullets kinda normal and aren’t intended to rip a body in half exploding the persons entire back out? Hardly a problem. -but as soon as you get to a higher capacity, a quicker firing mechanism and ammunition designed to obliterate the body in ways that only should happen in war? Yeah no way. -Ban them, first degree felony if you keep them after a 6 month - 12 months grace period to turn them in after that you’re on your own. Convicted of a violent crime with a banned gun, that’s 2x the sentence or mandatory guidelines. I dunno something to get them off the street. No door to door raids obviously. Do my guns need to be banned? -I’m open to an honest discussion and the fact that I use them for home protection and camping protection shouldn’t necessarily matter so long as I have access to firearms that will comfortably fulfill my purposes. But I do think what I own is not excessive and should be allowed. -I like my guns but if we can achieve saving significant numbers of lives because guns are restricted and that impacts my enjoyment, show me where to drop off my guns. I’ll be the first one there. 2nd amendment arguments -The rationale to over throw tyranny is no longer rational or valid, the federal government can do what it wants, our weapons will not stop it, not individually not collectively. -and I’m not going to get into the sophisticated ways a true authoritarian takes control without firing a shot but let’s just say the playbook is well confirmed and has spanned the test of time. -the only reasonable and valid reasons to allow guns is for hunting, self protection and sportsman activities. When ammunition and equipment steer away from those purposes and to the maximum efficient destruction of human lives that’s where you find the line.
  24. This is really good, really good. But Dems will get their assets handed to them in a shut down. Trump will absolutely destroy them on who is at fault. Dems are afraid of their lives if they speak out, they are afraid of Trump if they speak out, and if the speak up they will sound like the corruption because Trump I’ll call them that and win the narrative. and people wonder why the base has said, “no, not this time we aren’t giving you a dime!” $15m on hand for the DNC is absolutely absurd. His depiction of where we are in the historical cycle is chilling.
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