Politics

Right now I cannot support a Biden/Harris ticket in 2024. Sure, Trump is not a good candidate either. So I wonder how our country has ended up with two old men running for President. Biden is too old and will be even older if elected. Harris did not make a good administrator in her San Francisco and Sacramento posts. She babbles and is already a failed contestant for President. Electing Biden is ultimately electing her President The Democrats have to know this, so why have we no real alternative? It's shameful.

I have seen suggestions that Manchin run for President as an Independent. I think the Media is pushing the conversation because it will make for a an even livelier election for them if he runs a campaign. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3982358-manchin-third-party-white-house-bid/ I personally hopes he runs because it will make for a very entertaining election season. Would Manchin running as a 3rd party hurt Biden? Would the moderate Democrats that have tired of the extreme leftward turn of their party vote for him? Would it hurt Trump giving anti-Trump republicans a place to land? The real decision voters in this country are now Independen…

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Joe Manchin, the outspoken West Virginia democrat, let it be known last night at a political forum in New Hampshire that he's considering a third-party presidential run. Unlike his party leader (Biden), the right-of-center democrat is popular with voters from both parties. And he has the charisma and stage presence to stare down Trump in debate. Granted, third-party candidates in any race rarely win the top prize although they can make it mighty unsettling for the others. Manchin, however, eschews the role of spoiler and says if he enters the race he'll win it. And maybe he just could given how the current leaders--Trump and Biden--are unloved by large segments of th…

Years ago when I was a kid ,it was Paris ,Rome,Naples etc to go to .....now I'm just reading the news again ....Paris is burning !! Who the fuck would want to go to this place ? Absolutely sad ,I feel sorry for the French people , imagine living your days in places like this . I have now no reason to ever go to France ,I'm sure there is some lovely places but a work colleague just come back from Europe and said the Eiffel Tower was horrendous for beggars .

From Reuters BANGKOK (Reuters) - Another opposition leader emerged as the favourite to be Thailand's next prime minister in a new opinion poll on Friday, just days out from an election that could see an end to nine years of military-backed government. Pita Limjaroenrat, 42, the charismatic leader of the Move Forward party, jumped ahead of Paetongtarn Shinawatra of the main opposition Pheu Thai, with 29.37% support versus her 27.55% in a countrywide survey by Nation media group. The outcome tracks that of the latest poll by the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) on Wednesday, which also put Harvard-educated Pita ahead of Paetongtarn for …

So there's been a lot of talk about the one year anniversary of the repeal of Roe v. Wade. Hard to believe it's less than 20 years since one US state legalized same sex marriage. And less than a decade since it was legal for us to marry nationally. Of course, from a global perspective, it's still illegal to breathe while being Gay in a number of countries. Let alone have sex as a Gay man legally. I recall when SCOTUS gave same sex marriage the okay in all 50 states I worried that it was inviting a quick and huge backlash in states like Mississippi. As someone who spent a few years volunteering to raise money and go door to door for same sex marriage, I was actu…

Appeals court upholds but narrows sex-trafficking statute Activists claimed the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act violated the First Amendment. I take that to be good news ............ kinda, sorta, maybe? At least it clarifies that the broad and expansive way to interpret the law is NOT what Congress meant. Which was clear, if you read the Congressional Record of the floor debate. Yup, I did. But really? Who does that? Chuck Schumer, among others, was very clear that he didn't want to impair "harm reduction" organizations that work with sex workers, or free speech. This was about going after abusive sex traffickers. That said, it would be bett…

From Foreign Policy Even to those closely following Thai politics, Pita Limjaroenrat has never come off as an obvious threat to that country’s military-backed government. In fact, he doesn’t really sound like a politician from Southeast Asia at all. When the Thai parliamentarian first spoke to Foreign Policy at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore last summer, it was just weeks after Thai opposition parties—including Limjaroenrat’s Move Forward Party—had surprised analysts by winning big in Bangkok local elections. Off the back of those victories, Limjaroenrat had just wrapped up a meeting with one of the top officials in the U.S. State Department. …

From The Nation The Election Commission has certified all 500 elected MPs and as per the Constitution, the first House of Representatives meeting will have to be held within 15 days of the announcement. The Election Commission (EC) on Monday endorsed all 400 constituency MPs and 100 party-list MPs for the House of Representatives. EC secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee said the 500 MPs can report to the EC office from Tuesday until June 24 to receive their election victory certificate. Although their victories were endorsed, the EC said it reserved the right to investigate any allegations of election fraud against the MPs in the future …

Trigger warning: this one is gonna be a doozy. You might want to take an aspirin and have a martini first. First, let's start with Donald Trump's version of reality: Now here's reality. And this article, if you want to understand the truth, makes me look terse by comparison. Don't blame me. Facts can be complicated things, I guess. Timeline: How Trump allies and propagandists teamed up to try to smear Biden over Ukraine There is one snippet I will pull out of that timeline, regarding why I think this will ultimately be devastating for Trump. If true, Rudy Ghouliani met then-General Prosecutor Lutsenko in Kiev early this year, and during the m…

Chasten Buttigieg Has Grown Up. So Has His Hometown. A touching portrayal of Chasten. And, indirectly, the changes in Michigan and the whole world since he was a kid. I'll add one thing. Like Michelle Obama and a minority of other highly respected political spouses, one thing that works well for him is that he seems to honestly just feel his way through things. In a way that we, especially Gay men, can relate to. And, like Michelle, he always goes high. It's exciting to think someday he could be the First Gentleman. 😊

Governor Gavin Newsom got right to the point when seeing immigrants from Florida showing up at a Sacramento church. The CA Attorney General is talking kidnapping charges! https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/05/california-florida-migrants-sacramento

I'm looking for new sources for political news and commentary, specifically the newspapers, podcasts and vlogs you consider worthy. I read the Washington Post and the New Yorker and I listen to YouTube channels like Brian Taylor Cohen and Pod Save America. I don't plan on converting to a MAGA conspiracy adherent so anyone that enjoys Steve Bannon and the like can start their own thread to share alt right news sources. Those aren't what I'm asking about in my post. I hear folks mention Rolling Stone, The Atlantic and New York Times. What about LA Times? Politico?

In a surprisingly shameful and disgraceful move, CNN, the formerly left-leaning news platform has invited the former, twice impeached, once indicted (so far), convicted sex ABUSER on the network for a specially "curated" Town Hall, in which Trump will be free to spew all his angry, hateful lies and insults. Its an unprecedented turnaround for the network, that explains the move by saying that Trump is important in the political arena, and every Candidate has a right to have their say.. No doubt, Trump has specified that he has to "approve" every question, and every answer will be designed to make the ex Insurrectionist look his Orange best. So basically, t…

I haven't been agreeing much with the SCOTUS these days, but they may have gotten in right here: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-transgender-sports-west-virginia-64d2fd48678afb1a62e5eb84d7762c31 "The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia to continue competing on her middle school’s girls sports teams while a lawsuit over a state ban continues. The justices refused to disturb an appeals court order that made it possible for the girl, Becky Pepper-Jackson, to continue playing on her school’s track and cross-country teams, where she regularly finishes near the back of the pack. Justices Samuel Alito and Clar…

Trump’s first ’24 rally has a familiar feel: Anger and attacks on his tormentors Actually, Ron DeSantis is not a traitor, IMHO. He is a conservative Republican with a pretty good approval rating as Governor of Florida. Which means even a lot of Democrats think he is doing a competent job. That said, it is obvious what you do when you get a seemingly competent and popular Republican Governor. You go for the jugular. You break his neck. You bleed him out, hopefully slowly and painfully. It's actually quite fun, if you are Donald Trump and his followers. Isn't this simply common sense? Isn't this obviously what leadership is about? Isn't this wha…

Ray Dalio is making some waves with his post on the current state of China-US relationship: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-i-think-going-1-china-us-relations-2-other-countries-ray-dalio He is generally quite astute in his assessment of the current state of affairs. However, there is still a bit of head-in-the-sand type of denial-ism. The economic war is already in full steam.

Although Fox will be writing a check for 787.5 million bucks, they were saved from having to make any on-air apology for their continued egregious lies around the 2020 election. Tucker, Laura and Sean and all the other scum were saved from having to admit to their viewers that they were lied to. And this condition was a Major part of the original charges, that Dominion wanted a public apology. Now Dominion copped out, and says that "the huge amount of money is a victory of accountability"...... What Bullshit. They were after MONEY and they GOT IT ! "Show me the Money" always works....... Question now is: will this payout change Fox's…

From Reuters Pita Limjaroenrat, Move Forward Party's leader and prime ministerial candidate, poses for a picture during an upcoming election campaign event in Bangkok, Thailand, April 22, 2023. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa By Juarawee Kittisilpa and Devjyot Ghoshal BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's opposition bloc should stick together to dislodge the military from politics and form a government after an election in May, the leader of a popular opposition party told Reuters on the sidelines of a packed campaign rally on Saturday. Thailand's election, on May 14, is shaping up as a contest between pro-military conservatives and the populist…

Tucker Carlson, a FAUX newscaster at Fox was transparent as hell the other day after the reinstatement of the 2 Tenn. black Congressman..... He removed any mystery or question to to his blatant RACISM by referring to one of the gentleman (the one with the 60's Fro, that sounds like MLK) as a "sharecropper". And there you have it people, the real Tucker Carlson.... Should the public insist he be taken off the air ? His continued and intensifying rhetoric is only widening the divide and increasing the danger amongst American citizens with different ideas of Equality......... Cant wait to see how Tucky performs at the Fox/Dominion trial ?

So here's the theory of the case: In Wisconsin, a big win for liberals and a warning for the GOP I've read a bunch of stories like this over the past week. But the person I associate the most with this view is Morning Joe. Scarborough argued both before and after the Wisconsin vote that sometimes particular elections really do tell us something about where the country is heading. He pointed to the passage of anti-tax/anti-government Prop 13 in California in 1978 as a first wave of the 1980 Reagan Revolution. Morning Joe's political judgment, especially coming at this with the views of a still conservative Gingrichy Republican, is pretty reliable. I'd…

According to the AP, "Minneapolis will allow broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all hours, becoming the first major U.S. city to allow the announcement or “adhan” to be heard over speakers five times a day, year-round. The Minneapolis City Council unanimously agreed Thursday to amend the city’s noise ordinance, which had prevented dawn and late evening calls at certain times of the year due to noise restrictions, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The vote came during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan...". https://apnews.com/article/muslim-prayers-minneapolis-6bc3fe5ca2eb7436fbdf417481821277 Considering dawn can be quite before 6 AM in northerly Minn…

"Doint say GAY, My Ass"...... And Mother Claretta Corrupta - (Clarence Thomas) on one of her "Gift" vacations.....

From Time It’s a Monday in Bangkok, the Thai capital, which means all civil servants by custom don their tan military-style uniforms, and so the arm enthusiastically proffering the “ganja oil” is immaculately pressed with golden epaulets at the top. Anutin Charnvirakul, Thailand’s Health Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, unscrews the brown vial’s lid and takes a deep sniff before breaking into his trademark grin. “Cannabis has been long stigmatized as a narcotic,” he tells TIME. “But it is no more addictive than tobacco. I consume traditional medicine droplets [of ganja oil] to help me sleep.” Until last summer, Thailand had some of the world’s harshest d…