American Politics

[Tiny 12]

When DEI just works in a Democracy:

...Virginia
District 23Candi King (D)
District 30John McAuliff (D)
District 41Lily Franklin (D)
District 57May Nivar (D)
District 64Stacey Carroll (D)
District 66Nicole Cole (D)
District 69Mark Downey (D)
District 71Jessica Anderson (D)
District 73Leslie Mehta (D)
District 75Lindsey Dougherty (D)
District 82Kimberly Pope Adams (D)
District 86Virgil Thornton Sr. (D)
District 89Kacey Carnegie (D)

New Jersey
District 2Maureen Rowan (D)
District 8Anthony Angelozzi (D)
District 21Andrew Macurdy (D)
District 21Vincent Kearney (D)
District 25Marisa Sweeney (D)...

Uh, that's gerrymandering, not DEI.

[Tiny 12]

I haven't spent much time on the issues of slavery, historical oppression of minorities OR global warming here. Oh, I might have to clarify when some MAGA here tries to suggest "The Democrats" were the ones fighting on the side of slavery in the Civil War with a reminder that it was the Southern regional voters of that day who approved of slavery when it only happened that their duly-elected representatives for that wish were Democrats but ever since Democrats proposed, fought for and passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960's those same Southern regional voters abandoned the Democratic Party for the Republican Party. And their new (since the late 1960's) duly-elected representatives from that Republican Party try as much as possible to honor their constituents' wishes to oppress minorities, celebrate their pro-slavery past and so on. But that's about it.

No, my mission here and elsewhere is to help make it as clear as virtually all of the data, evidence, facts and easily observable reality over the past 100 years fully supports and virtually zero of it refutes that if you love and want Great Depressions, Great Recessions and Massive Jobs Destruction for yourself, your family, friends and America then by all means vote for any candidates other than Democrats or stay home and don't bother to vote at all. However, if you love and want none of those things for yourself, your family, friends and the rest of America but instead much prefer great economic recoveries, great economic expansions and historic jobs creation then you must vote for Democrats and no other candidates up and down every ballot in every election for which you qualify to vote, no exceptions.

Global Warming, the slavery and oppression of minorities thing? Well, not coincidentally the same Repub Party that can't, simply won't but either way certainly hasn't proposed, fought for or passed a single legislation or program in the past 100 years that averts those aforementioned economic disasters and promotes and produces the far better ones are also quite shitty at improving the environment and making it easier rather than more difficult for everyone who qualifies, minorities included, to exercise their Right to Vote.

But that is more of an unfortunate additional by-product of the Repub Party's general agenda to produce utterly crap economic results over and over and over again, which is a more pertinent and interesting topic to me, rather than their primary objective.

The politicians in Washington, Democrat and Republican, mostly make our lives worse. We pay taxes out the ass and get very little in return. And they've still managed to run up a national debt (net) of over $30 trillion. They get us into wars.

My state, city and state governments on the other hand do a great job, and provide value for the taxes we pay. For me, they're all run by Republicans. Of course it could be different elsewhere. But given how many people are leaving blue states and blue cities, I suspect not.

[Sirioja]

Some on the left blame America for all the world's ills. And some go one step further and blame just Republicans for slavery, historical oppression of minorities, AND global warming, right Tooms? It's a shame game. But we don't have any control over the past. You can't step into a magic time machine, go back, wave a magic wand, and presto change o, America's historical CO2 emissions are lower than China's.

And you wouldn't want them to be. The USA surpassed China in carbon emissions during the Second Industrial Revolution, in the late 1880's. The modern economy we have now was built on the back of fossil fuels. Without them, we wouldn't have plastics, many chemicals, bounteous agricultural production, construction materials like cement, steel, and glass, transportation, electronics components, and many drugs.

Without the carbon economy, you wouldn't even be driving around in a buggy, because there would be no wrought iron. And you and I would be wearing diapers made of animal skins instead of Depends..

China make 30% of pollution on our planet and USA are second for pollution, polluting about double per citizen than Europeans. For me, buying Chinese products is supporting their government lying, not respecting human rights and slaving children and buying US products is supporting Trump who makes chaos in our world, so, I boycott both, I keep my 6 yo mobile I made repaired, I don t buy electric car. I refuse to support these 2 governments, my ideology, when China also make losing jobs in western countries, from their cheap, many dangerous, products made by companies helped by government which aim to destroy western economics and our children with very dangerous tik tok explaining them how to suicide. I think we really need to protect versus China and also Trump.

[EihTooms]

Some on the left blame America for all the world's ills. And some go one step further and blame just Republicans for slavery, historical oppression of minorities, AND global warming, right Tooms? It's a shame game. But we don't have any control over the past. You can't step into a magic time machine, go back, wave a magic wand, and presto change o, America's historical CO2 emissions are lower than China's.

I haven't spent much time on the issues of slavery, historical oppression of minorities OR global warming here. Oh, I might have to clarify when some MAGA here tries to suggest "The Democrats" were the ones fighting on the side of slavery in the Civil War with a reminder that it was the Southern regional voters of that day who approved of slavery when it only happened that their duly-elected representatives for that wish were Democrats but ever since Democrats proposed, fought for and passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960's those same Southern regional voters abandoned the Democratic Party for the Republican Party. And their new (since the late 1960's) duly-elected representatives from that Republican Party try as much as possible to honor their constituents' wishes to oppress minorities, celebrate their pro-slavery past and so on. But that's about it.

No, my mission here and elsewhere is to help make it as clear as virtually all of the data, evidence, facts and easily observable reality over the past 100 years fully supports and virtually zero of it refutes that if you love and want Great Depressions, Great Recessions and Massive Jobs Destruction for yourself, your family, friends and America then by all means vote for any candidates other than Democrats or stay home and don't bother to vote at all. However, if you love and want none of those things for yourself, your family, friends and the rest of America but instead much prefer great economic recoveries, great economic expansions and historic jobs creation then you must vote for Democrats and no other candidates up and down every ballot in every election for which you qualify to vote, no exceptions.

Global Warming, the slavery and oppression of minorities thing? Well, not coincidentally the same Repub Party that can't, simply won't but either way certainly hasn't proposed, fought for or passed a single legislation or program in the past 100 years that averts those aforementioned economic disasters and promotes and produces the far better ones are also quite shitty at improving the environment and making it easier rather than more difficult for everyone who qualifies, minorities included, to exercise their Right to Vote.

But that is more of an unfortunate additional by-product of the Repub Party's general agenda to produce utterly crap economic results over and over and over again, which is a more pertinent and interesting topic to me, rather than their primary objective.

[Spidy]

Just look at the crash in DC in Jan 2025 black ATC, look at Air Canada last week, DEI kills!

When DEI just works in a Democracy:

New Hampshire House Carroll County District 7Bobbi Boudman (D)
Texas Senate District 9Taylor Rehmet (D)
Arkansas House District 70Alex Holladay (D)
Florida House District 87Emily Gregory (D)
Florida Senate District 14Brian Nathan (D)
Georgia House District 121Eric Gisler (D)
Iowa Senate District 1Catelin Drey (D)
Iowa Senate District 35Mike Zimmer (D)
Pennsylvania Senate District 36James Malone (D)
Mississippi Senate District 2Theresa Gillespie Isom (D)
Mississippi Senate District 45Johnny DuPree (D)
Mississippi House District 22Justin Crosby (D)

Virginia
District 23Candi King (D)
District 30John McAuliff (D)
District 41Lily Franklin (D)
District 57May Nivar (D)
District 64Stacey Carroll (D)
District 66Nicole Cole (D)
District 69Mark Downey (D)
District 71Jessica Anderson (D)
District 73Leslie Mehta (D)
District 75Lindsey Dougherty (D)
District 82Kimberly Pope Adams (D)
District 86Virgil Thornton Sr. (D)
District 89Kacey Carnegie (D)

New Jersey
District 2Maureen Rowan (D)
District 8Anthony Angelozzi (D)
District 21Andrew Macurdy (D)
District 21Vincent Kearney (D)
District 25Marisa Sweeney (D)
https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-s...urned-11734830.

MAGA White-Privilage DEI, gone bad:

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2...tary-disaster/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/0...llies-00254817

[Tiny 12]

Not this old chestnut...again? Is that all you got, cause that chart doesn't constitute much of a debate? Care to provide a better context, as to what it is, you're trying to say? But for now I'll just throw up a link of my own, to refute what it is I'm guessing you're trying to say.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/c...e-co-emissions

Some on the left blame America for all the world's ills. And some go one step further and blame just Republicans for slavery, historical oppression of minorities, AND global warming, right Tooms? It's a shame game. But we don't have any control over the past. You can't step into a magic time machine, go back, wave a magic wand, and presto change o, America's historical CO2 emissions are lower than China's.

And you wouldn't want them to be. The USA surpassed China in carbon emissions during the Second Industrial Revolution, in the late 1880's. The modern economy we have now was built on the back of fossil fuels. Without them, we wouldn't have plastics, many chemicals, bounteous agricultural production, construction materials like cement, steel, and glass, transportation, electronics components, and many drugs.

Without the carbon economy, you wouldn't even be driving around in a buggy, because there would be no wrought iron. And you and I would be wearing diapers made of animal skins instead of Depends.

Until Deng Xiaopeng rose to power in the late 1970's, China was primarily an agrarian country. Using technology and methods developed in the USA, Europe and Japan, China piggybacked on the carbon economy. The improvement in the living conditions of its populace in a short period of time was astounding. One side effect, by the mid 2000's carbon emissions from China surpassed the USA's.

Courtesy of ChatGPT:

Currently Chinese carbon emissions are about 2.8 X higher than the USA's.

China emits 0.72 kg of CO2 per $ of GDP (nominal). The USA emits 0.26 kg per dollar.

55% to 60% of China's total energy consumption comes from coal, and 60% to 65% of its electricity generation is from coal. For comparison, coal provides about 10% of total USA Energy and 15% to 16% of USA Electricity.

Because of its reliance on coal, the air and water in China are much more polluted than in the USA.

The simple fact is that the so-called "petrostate" has greatly reduced carbon emissions since 2000. And during that same time, the electrostate's carbon emissions have increased by about 3.5 X.

[Sirioja]

The A. I. Overview Update:

No Democrat would have been as helpful and determined to destroy America, its economy and National Security I order to Make China and Russia Russia Russia Great And Wealthier at the total expense of American lives, American blood, American taxpayer dollars and American National Security as the Repub MAGAs that could have but did not vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and / or Kamala Harris in 2024 and the China-loving, Russia Russia Russia-loving, America-hating Trump and fellow Repubs they allowed to squeak out those razor-thin election victories.

Yes, when Americans pay inflation and already 13 deaths at war, but liar Trump gives big money to Putin for his war attacking Ukraine.

[Spidy]

LOL. You are out of your fucking mind.

Nah, but your MAGA Fuhrer is!

However, I am still waiting on the link to the article, from your last post, where I requested to verify the info / source. I know how reams of "cut-and-paste" are your thing (along with MDS1), as if it were your own words, but at least have the courtesy of supplying the link.

Maybe your ability to read has been compromised. Let me repeat the reason why that is not going to happen: A grid composed solely of solar, wind, and batteries is preposterous on its face the volume of batteries required to provide baseload power for days or weeks at a time borders on the absurd. This is why no such system has ever been piloted at a reasonable scale: the moment it is, the flaws would become immediately and fatally obvious.

Speaking of not being able to read a lick...dude, which part of "the electrical grids of tomorrow, will need the smart flexibility to handle, much of the clean, green renewable economy with electrotech, such as: rooftop-solar, EV's, battery storage tech, VPPs, heat pumps, heat batteries, pumped hydro, wave energy tech, UHVDC, HVDC & HVAC interconnectors, V2G, V2H, V2B, V2X, H2G, B2G and X2G...etc", did you not understand?.[/QUOTE]LOL! The MAGA hubris on clean energy, just keeps marching on!

Dude, you do realize, most everything we use comes from the earth (out of the ground) and as such, isn't carbon neutral, right? However, once battery materials have been dug out of the ground (just like fossil fuels, but unlike fossil fuels), they don't burn-off C02 and GHG, into the atmosphere, for a "one-time ONLY use", as they can be reused anywhere from 3-10,000 cycles or more and they have a 95% to 99% recycling capacity?

Let's see you try that with fossil fuels!

Another fun fact: Let's really put things into perspective shall we, as annual data reports, show that, the world digs up and extracts over 15 billion tonnes of fossil fuels, every year, verses 12-15 million tons of battery materials mined each year. So allow me to do the math for you, as that's a whopping 1000x times greater...LOL!.

One More Thing: The UAE are currently building a world's first 24/7 solar PV (5.2GWh) + batteries (19GWh) powered plant (January 15,2025) https://www.power-technology.com/new...attery-storage That's only 4x times greater! Not like the 100x times greater number you pulled outta your ass! Get your FACTS straight!

[MarquisdeSade1]

Agreed. Blacks, Hispanics, women votes all increased for Trump in 2024. The Biden disaster changed their minds. Now if we could only get Trump to go to Canada and make Canada great again.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=clinton+jaws.

[MarquisdeSade1]

Hegseth Strikes Two Black and Two Female Officers From Promotion, March 27th, 2026 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...tion-list.html

Just take the latest round of racist and sexist behavior from a Repub party in drastic decline, and that should tell you, pretty much, most of what you need to know about MAGA / Repubs, where white male dumbass blind loyalty is the ONLY so called "political currency" of worth, that is wanted or welded, by a corrupt, racist and xenophobic party.

Hear, Hear!

March 23, 2026, The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it "The USA Government is insolvent. That's not hyperbole it's the conclusion drawn directly from the Treasury Department's own consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025, released last week to near-total media silence. The numbers: $6. 06 trillion in total assets against $47.78 trillion in total liabilities as of September 30,2025." https://fortune.com/2026/03/23/us-go...al-crisis-fix/

This is why the MAGA Fuhrer, loves his MAGA suckers, as he, his cronies and his billionaire pickpocketers, bleed the country dry.

Just look at the crash in DC in Jan 2025 black ATC, look at Air Canada last week, DEI kills!

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainm...ublican-party/

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainm...fk-with-trump/

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainm...o-republicans/

Donald J Trump is a living GOD, so is Bad Ass Pete!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBo45Jz0jXU

[EihTooms]

The A. I. Overview Update:

China and Russia getting wealthier thanks to the iran war
+8
Based on analysis from March 2026, the Iran war has provided significant economic benefits and strategic, long-term advantages to both Russia and China, helping Russia fuel its war machine and allowing China to secure cheaper energy while accelerating its energy transition.
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Peterson Institute for International Economics
+2
Russia's Gains
Energy Windfall: Russia's economy, previously facing budget strains, gained a "lifeline" due to soaring oil prices. As the Iran conflict restricted supply, global oil prices surged, allowing Russia to sell its crude at higher prices, with forecasts estimating as much as $45 billion to $151 billion in additional budget revenues in 2026.
Financing the War: By early March 2026, Russian Urals crude stood at $90 a barreldouble the price of the previous monthgenerating an estimated $8.5 billion in additional revenue per month to support Russia's conflict in Ukraine.
Strategic Position: Russias dependence on China deepens, but it also strengthens its position in the "Axis of Evasion" by trading with Iran and strengthening its role as a key player in the Middle East.
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Peterson Institute for International Economics
+3
China's Gains
Cheap Energy Access: Despite the threat to global markets, China has continued to receive discounted Iranian oil, strengthening its economy.
Acceleration of Energy Transition: The conflict acts as a catalyst for China's shift to electrification. As the world's largest manufacturer of clean-tech supplies (about 70% of global supply), China is positioned to benefit from a global acceleration in energy transition, while its own reliance on oil decreases.
Geopolitical Leverage: China has maintained a "no alliances" stance while building an "Axis of Evasion" to facilitate trade outside the Western financial system. Furthermore, Chinese manufacturing supports the supply chains that Iran and Russia rely on for weapons, strengthening these ties.

No Democrat would have been as helpful and determined to destroy America, its economy and National Security I order to Make China and Russia Russia Russia Great And Wealthier at the total expense of American lives, American blood, American taxpayer dollars and American National Security as the Repub MAGAs that could have but did not vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and / or Kamala Harris in 2024 and the China-loving, Russia Russia Russia-loving, America-hating Trump and fellow Repubs they allowed to squeak out those razor-thin election victories.

Oh well.

We tried.

[Spidy]

They say reality outdoes fiction and I can think of no movie plot which would have a such a fucking idiot being elected as a President not just once but twice, and then being enticed into a war by a leaching nation (Israel) which is in no way in its interests, and then prosecuting that war in a manner with so predictable outcomes.

There are so many things wrong with this whole situation. A) I've always been trying to be understanding of Americans who voted for Trump: ("they're struggling; they're looking for a revival of America; immigration concerns; etc.") but their ongoing support of a man who is in the process of destroying their livelihoods and possibly the world is a disgrace; their lapping up complete BS propaganda like the Nazis did but in the 21st century when any right minded person can look up objective facts is a disgrace.

Hegseth Strikes Two Black and Two Female Officers From Promotion, March 27th, 2026 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...tion-list.html

Just take the latest round of racist and sexist behavior from a Repub party in drastic decline, and that should tell you, pretty much, most of what you need to know about MAGA / Repubs, where white male dumbass blind loyalty is the ONLY so called "political currency" of worth, that is wanted or welded, by a corrupt, racist and xenophobic party.

B) Israel: the fact that America is literally owned by Israel is a scandal. ...

This SOB and his Zionist puppet masters are in the process of destroying America, the world, and he still has millions of starry eyed fuckwith acolytes. If you don't laugh you can only weep.

Hear, Hear!

March 23, 2026, The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it "The USA Government is insolvent. That's not hyperbole it's the conclusion drawn directly from the Treasury Department's own consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025, released last week to near-total media silence. The numbers: $6. 06 trillion in total assets against $47.78 trillion in total liabilities as of September 30,2025." https://fortune.com/2026/03/23/us-go...al-crisis-fix/

This is why the MAGA Fuhrer, loves his MAGA suckers, as he, his cronies and his billionaire pickpocketers, bleed the country dry.

[Spidy]

Hot damn, an energy discussion!

Anytime you're ready!

The Electrostate! Ridding the world of CO2!

https://www.climate.gov/media/15559

Not this old chestnut...again? Is that all you got, cause that chart doesn't constitute much of a debate? Care to provide a better context, as to what it is, you're trying to say? But for now I'll just throw up a link of my own, to refute what it is I'm guessing you're trying to say.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/c...e-co-emissions

[Canada]

I believe in giving credit where credit is due.

"just one demographic of voters spread across the only 3 swing states that mattered in 2024".

Behind Trump's 2024 Victory, a More Racially and Ethnically Diverse Voter Coalition.

White, Hispanic and Asian naturalized citizens each shifted in Trump's direction between 2020 and 2024.

55% of White naturalized citizens voted for Trump in 2024, compared with 41% in 2020.

51% of Hispanic naturalized citizens voted for Trump, up from 39% in 2020.

46% of Asian naturalized citizens voted for Trump, an increase from 35% in 2020..

Agreed. Blacks, Hispanics, women votes all increased for Trump in 2024. The Biden disaster changed their minds. Now if we could only get Trump to go to Canada and make Canada great again.

[EihTooms]

I believe in giving credit where credit is due.

"just one demographic of voters spread across the only 3 swing states that mattered in 2024".

Behind Trump's 2024 Victory, a More Racially and Ethnically Diverse Voter Coalition.

White, Hispanic and Asian naturalized citizens each shifted in Trump's direction between 2020 and 2024.

55% of White naturalized citizens voted for Trump in 2024, compared with 41% in 2020.

51% of Hispanic naturalized citizens voted for Trump, up from 39% in 2020.

46% of Asian naturalized citizens voted for Trump, an increase from 35% in 2020.

BULLETIN:

More Black people voting for Trump in New Yotk than some previous Repub candidates did not win New York for him. Not one Electoral College Vote from New York helped Trump squeak out his razor-thin win.

More Latinos voting for Trump in California than some previous Repub candidates did not win California for him. Not one Electoral College Vote from California helped Trump squeak out his razor-thin win.

In fact, NO typically Dem-voting demographic in any Blue state contributed to flipping that typically Blue state to Trump because not a single typically Blue state flipped to Trump and not one Electoral College vote from a typically Blue state helped Trump squeak out his razor-thin win.

Look at the Electoral College votes in the swing states that put Trump at or over the magic 270 number. The first ones that did and after that no other swing states EC Votes were necessary were from PA, MI and WI, the only 3 swing states that mattered to the outcome of the election.

Among those three swing states the greatest margin of "victory" for Trump was from PA, where he received a 1. 5 percentage point more votes than Harris. Meaning a swing of only 0. 75 of that percentage point of votes in that state from Trump to Harris, plus 1 more, would have given that state's EC Votes to Harris. In the other two swing states, MI and WI, the spread was much smaller than 1. 5 percentage point. Like half or less as much.

Yep, those were the three swing states where a concerted effort was made to move the angry Muslim vote from the Dem, who they typically vote for, to the Repub. Not so much the Black votes or the Latino votes in those three states. They were not extraordinarily targeted by the Trump campaign to give a shit about Haitians eating the dogs and eating the cats or where trannies pee. Nope. But the Muslim Community in those three states was extraordinarily targeted to continue to be angry at the Biden Administration for Netanyahu not honoring his May 2024 Biden-negotiated ceasefire until AFTER the election.

And there you have it.

Hear that prolonged squeaking sound? That was Netanyahu contributing to Trump's razor-thin election "victory" more than any other person on the planet.

And now you know why gas prices are climbing and American lives, blood and money are going to be shed and spent on that Trump-to-Netanyahu Payback War in Iran for a long, long, long time.