surely, this is the move to save our troops in the war.

This is true for an interesting reason. Clyburn reps SC-6. That area encompasses downtown Columbia, specifically the areas that are more black, all the way through Orangeburg and North Charleston. Now, that Orangeburg vote is what brings a ton of votes to him. He’s gotten federal funding for a lot of projects in SC for marginalized black people. I absolutely despise what he does in the federal level to hinder progress, but he’s done a fairly good job of taking care of his constituents, at least the Orangeburg residents. Cola and North Charleston get boned by him all the time. He just shows up in an election year, says some dumb shit and leaves.

I get what he’s saying, probably because of my upbringing. But he’s saying that she made conservatives look a little right wing (normal Trump) and little like nut jobs (crazy). So, hes just going an extremely round about, redundant way to say she made them look crazy. Folks in the south view conservatives as old money republicans. Even some of the newer southern dynasties have caught flak for not being hard right enough. That’s why Trump was so big in those areas. They viewed him as someone who was challenging the people they felt had left them behind; take notes dems. They truly believe he’s doing something different. They’re just ignorant enough and stubborn enough to not see he’s destroying the country.

What is interesting to me is, he’s losing support with old money republicans. I’m still a part of a lot of inner circles, and these folks are done. A lot of them want to go back to talking about just money and leaving all social issues in the dust and use it as negotiating tools for more money. But younger republicans, aforementioned in the article, tend to care more about those social issues, while also believing trump has their back with the economy; ignorant.

A lot of fractures are happening in state houses across the South. You have younger, very hard-line republicans at war with the older, more manageable republicans. I saw one meeting where a speaker said, “I swear if you bring up abortion one more time, I’m shooting you on the floor. You won your little battle, we’re gonna only discuss the budget now.” I think the primaries are gonna go hard this year lol

that’s the thing that blows my mind, is we can’t even talk about solar as a supplemental energy solution. the administration in america has been dumb since it’s founding. except my boy teddy, I’d die for Teddy.

exactly why I believe it tbh

all my homies love Sunnis. shout out to Iqbal and his mama, taking me in when I had nothing. they taught me the fundamental differences between Sunni and Shi’a. they were Sunni and so perfectly enveloped what I always grew up hearing in the church, but they were actually doing it. really shaped a lot of my beliefs. I hope they’re doing well. they refused to stay in contact because that was a dark time in my life and that should be a memory no man need reminding. but every time I think of it, I think of them.

the s&p is specifically being propped up by overvalued companies. there’s a lot of money being thrown at the market and not a lot of material to show for it.

slowly approaching officers…they tased him.

ACAB

The USA has not, yet started one.

that’s their secret cap, they always are. even when they’re not lol

no, it will just lead to a new power imbalance, eventually. the sickness that haunts the world is humanity. as long as there are people and and positions of authority, we will all continue to get fucked by the few.

Yep, cause that’s exactly what I was saying.

Oh, neat! I was not aware of that.

How many times has the world intervened in US actions? Folly to think so cavalier. Also, backing the US into a more desperate state, than it is now, is frankly horrifying. Geopolitics are totally fucked.

It’d be nice, but the US is way too involved in global trade to be brutally fucked with like that. It’s China, then the US. The US is currently bleeding like a stuck hog, but it can bleed a very, very long time.

Agreed, the man will listen to “the market”

crazy it hasn’t happened yet

Yeah! less fossil fuel dependency is great! But losing out on ~$10B worth of energy fuel is insane. Spain will need to make it up somewhere else, for probably more money. It will put a small strain on the fossil dependent sector of Spain, which is are usually near urban centers, if I’m not mistaken.

Also, there’s still the other 60%, over half of that industrial equipment. All I’m saying is, these things put strains on everyone, and it’s almost always gonna be poor people who take the worse hit and I just detest that. American laborers, who are in the manufacturing of these exports, many of whom did not vote for this. Spanish citizens who have a pretty good shot of seeing some small increases in prices. It’s just all so asanine.

edit: fucking forgot cause I’m a big dummy. petrol is mostly used for tankers in exporting, so petroleum shortages will lead to more decreases in a country’s gdp

It’s fun to joke about, until you realize that this is horrifying news; as it eliminates almost $30B worth of trade. (Source taken from 2024 Spanish data) The US exports a ton of fossil fuels and industrial equipment. The more the US cuts themselves off, the more the global economy gets disrupted. This is once again, a losing situation for everyone.

not exactly, while Fairness did provide equal time for political views, it also kept anchors from just outright lying, or obfuscating the truth for a story. once that was killed under Reagan, conservative talk radio blew up. and then that brings us to today.

so, does big Hollywood end up eating itself and collapse underneath it’s own weight?