She either endorsed Democrats or pushed voter registration since 2018 either in late September or early October. This was the earliest she has ever injected her opinion to my knowledge.

lol I tried to go to the rally near me. The event was over capacity two days before :(

“I could make a deal with Hitler to stop this war tomorrow!”

So I’m going to go out on a limb and say this debate went better for Dems. Bold, I know.

Seriously, though. Wow. At least I’ll be able to sleep tonight.

Perfect. Now she’ll do a voter registration drive.

Also if you’ve been sitting on a donation for Harris between now and the next 24 hours will give Harris another big news cycle bump.

Just wish moderators would have the spine to hold Trump to the rules and just keep his mic muted and move on.

Maybe it is in the benefit of Harris given his rambling but I don’t know.

No they’re not the good guys, but it’s also important to understand radicalization doesn’t manifest out of thin air. Like a child who suffers abuse and abuse and abuse, there can often come a breaking point, whether that’s suicidal or homicidal ideation. Oxford shooter comes to mind. Radicalization/terrorism is effectively this at a larger collective scale. People don’t just suddenly wake up one day wanting to murder a bunch of civilians. Such animosity is trans-generational and deeply rooted.

What are some of the ingredients to radicalization?

• Lack of opportunity. (infrastructure in rubble)
• Lack of education. (schools now in rubble.)
• A deep feeling of being oppressed or a perceived injustice unresolved. (lack of free travel, blockades, territorial annexation)
• Pure desperation or loss of all hope. (orphans, parents who lost their kids).

That isn’t to excuse it, but to understand it and hint at solutions.

Ultimately religion to paraphrase Seneca is a source of hope for the downtrodden, a tool for the powerful, and an excuse for the wicked. It’s why you see such an overlap with extremism.

I’m pro-civilian above all else. When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, I condemned it. When Israel inflicted dozens of October 7ths upon civilians of Gaza, I too have continued to condemn it.

I’m cool with a debate to showcase the contrast and prove Harris can hold her own. But the nature of these faux debates always seem to give the advantage to the bully. So with that said, it’s not necessarily about policy but vibes. Obama did tons of town halls for this reason. Many voters including in the most recent NYT Siena poll just don’t know enough about her yet. A town hall gives that chance that is less scripted than a rally and more personable than a debate.

I really don’t understand why Harris doesn’t just do Town Hall after Town Hall everywhere. Even Sanders did a Fox News town hall (though in this case I doubt fox would offer).

Town Hall events seem perfect to get Trump out of the way, and have Americans get to know you. Do like 3 in PA.

Is… Is there a Hamas command center under me right now?

What are your favorite top 3 “wow, Trump is nuts” videos to show your uncle who’s only seen the Fox News version of Trump? The nuclear engineer monologue is pretty good.

Now I get this article is rhetorical, but just we’re all clear: When Democrats recognize truth, then they adjust; when Republicans recognize truth, they ignore, spin, lie, and double-down on said lie. We saw the truth behind both Biden and Trump being old; but naturally, their criticism only applies to the (D).

It’s also literally in their brain wiring. Their Anterior Cingulate Cortex tends to be smaller, which reduces the capacity to recognize patterns or introspect on cognitive dissonance…

Ok but can we ban foreign nationals from buying up land? Forget the small fish, let’s look at the big fish; I’m talking:

• Russia
• China
• Saudi Arabia
• Japan

Reminder: Almost anyone can buy property in the U.S., regardless of their nationality or immigration status. There are some states that are implementing laws prohibiting some of this. To my knowledge, California is not one of them.

Ah, right because the alternative R governor totally wouldn’t be worse for undocumented immigrants amirite?

Shit logic.

Air head. Susan Rice and Samantha Power both dance circles around her in terms of foreign policy prowess.

Narrator: This showed bias.

I’m seriously getting close to saying they should ask for forgiveness than permission.

Alternatively, the US should just give permission and publicly deny, no differently than Russia’s little green men of 2014. “Oops, how did that long-range ATACMS missile get there!?”

Pretty sick and tired of giving Putin the edge while Bibi is getting anything he wants as he absolutely annihilates civilians.

This is the second time his sentencing was delayed, mind you…

Reminder, kids, it isn’t political if justice remains ignorant to the existence of an election and proceeds as is typical for said cases… But it sure becomes politically motivated if you delay in lieu of one.

What they usually do, just relabel who is who in the video. Or yes, claim this is staged.

This can only improve Harris’s odds in Georgia, right? I mean this certainly a renewed sense of purpose to turn out and vote for Georgian Democrats who we know if they turn out they win.

Thanks for the good discussion.

Well I think it’s pretty lighthearted. See, you put them in a damned-if-they-do, damned-if-they-don’t situation. After all, how many times do you hear about how distant from the people politicians are? How unrelatable. Too little and they’re not “one of us,” and too much and it’s, “This is inappropriate, get back to work!” To me this shows a more human aspect of a personality, and certainly this was less-than-official business — and Blinken is still human after all.

We’re sort of trying, but not on the same level as if it was happening in Philly or Austin or something (or in Tel Aviv.)

Well to be fair, it is happening in Philly and Austin. From drug addiction to childhood homelessness — maybe not to the extent of what is depicted in Gaza, naturally, but there is certainly a massive amount of dissonance at play when you juxtapose the Olympics and some rich man’s 5th yacht and what our bottom 1st percentile is going through. Still, I get what you’re saying. In that respect, it is indeed a duty of the people to hold their leadership to account.

From the position of Blinken, with their experience and with what intelligence reports and conversations they’ve had behind closed doors, I again can’t say I envy their position — especially when public-facing positions cannot always give the full story on what is classified behind the scenes.

Keep in mind the intermittency of our support to Ukraine falls almost eentirely on Republican opposition; after all, it was Trump who directed Mike Johnson to block aid — and ultimately, aid to Ukraine was blocked for an entire year. So we can nitpick the low-hanging fruit of whether X system or capability should’ve been granted sooner, but again, I’m not the one responsible for American lives both here and abroad first and foremost. (and with that, I seriously doubt Mike Pompeo and a Trump administration would’ve negotiated such an impressive prisoner swap for innocent Americans). Arguably if Republicans wouldn’t backstab us for eScalAtiOn and stop spreading Russian propaganda among their media outlets (having a conversation with my FIL last week, he parroted this exact shit), then we’d have complete solidarity. Not unlike Obama’s Syrian red line on chemical weapons, which then Republican Congressmen refused to support a response.

Ultimately let’s not let perfect be the enemy of good; especially when the alternative is evil. Nobody is perfect, and if you put yourself or me in that position I guarantee the bluster would change on a dime.

To your point on the song choice, you can look at it like that; but you can also look at it that Blinken is the type of guy who grew up listening to Neil Young; to Crosby Stills; to Buffalo Springfield; to Bruce Springsteen, etc. And that may signal exactly where he’s coming from. That if you sat down with him, I suspect you’d get some poignant answers as to why he chose that song. I’m just saying, don’t be so quick to judge without hearing his perspective — for just like, “Why are we still giving aid to Israel?” is far more complicated as I tried to show. I like the guy. I think he’s down to earth and I’m just so thankful we have thoughtful minds in office as opposed to that shit-stain Pompeo who preceded him.

Edit: I got curious and I watched this. JESUS CHRIST MAKE IT STOP. As with many things, George Carlin said it far more succinctly than I could.

LOL. No comment.