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Agree with everything you said, Sis. But I will add one positive point. Which is that Trump is too stupid to fuck up America that badly. If he does go to the extreme, tries to become a dictator, and goes off into crazy shit from there, that would change my view. But, so far, as you say, he is just a weak and stupid man pretending he is not. Since this is above my pay grade, I will just lean on Mearsheimer. If anyone is interested, here is a brand new 30 minute interview of him. I think he is mostly right about most things. He, by the way, has been against the Ukraine war since it started. He would argue we unnecessarily antagonized Putin, going back to what I said about W. That said, Ukraine did not invade Russia. Putin invaded Ukraine. I am glad the US was with Ukraine when they asked for our help. I think in the long run it is one more reason Putin's corrupt Federation will collapse. in that interview I hyperlinked, Mearsheimer was asked whether the US is in decline. He basically said no. But the nuance matters. From other interviews, I know he feels that when the US really has to fight a hot war or cold war with Hitler or the USSR, we are likely to win. He thinks we have the strongest military in the world. Can Hegseth fuck that up? Probably not. So he says the biggest variable is our economic power. Right now, our economy is still the envy of the world. Can Trump fuck that up? I think even Mearsheimer thinks that is above his pay grade. My view is that Trump could only do that by bankrupting us. Like by somehow betting the US economy or the US Treasury on a Bitcoin bubble, to appease his special interest rich donors. That is what I think we most need to watch out for. As I mentioned above, Mearsheimer said Trump is flailing when it comes to diplomacy. Who would have guessed that? Since Mearsheimer is a realist, I am not sure how much he thinks USAID or "soft power" really matters. But he states clearly that we are at best confusing our allies, and perhaps alienating them, with awful diplomacy. Except for Putin, of course. 🥶

The really bitter pill is Ukraine. At least on a superficial level, it FEELS like we did not just lose a very important battle. We lost the whole fucking war. Emphasize the word FEEL. And the main reason I feel that way is Hegseth. I'm pretty sure, if not certain, that he said what he said about NATO with absolutely no diplomacy with our allies, and perhaps drunken impulses. One of my brothers is a recovered alcoholic. And, even though he has been sober for a decade, some of those reckless patterns stay even when the booze goes away. That said, I don't think we lost the war. And it is possible that Trump is a plus right now, in a weird way. He may keep Putin off balance, if only because Trump himself is always off balance and chaotic. By Nov. 2024 it was clear neither Ukraine nor Russia could win. So the basic idea, "Let's stop the bloodbath," makes sense. And the polls say that is mostly now where Ukraine is at. The whole mercenary thing about "give us your minerals" makes the US look like shit. John Mearsheimer, who I think is considered the #1 foreign policy realist, basically agrees with the idea that we need to focus on China, and end the unwinnable forever wars in Ukraine and Gaza. His point is that, so far, maybe Trump has good realist impulses. But it is horrific diplomacy, and there is no clue what the strategy is. If there is one. Even many of his strong supporters see "Gaza Riviera" as this bizarre distraction that mostly builds hatred toward America. I agree. That said, this is another reason why, so far, if I had to choose between W. and Trump I would take Trump in a heartbeat. W. arguably doomed Ukraine when he insisted they eventually have to be part of NATO. So Trump knows that. And I don't disagree with the idea that he will remove the thing that most irritates Putin. But it does leave Ukraine seemingly defenseless if Putin just rearms for Round Two. And the diplomacy is awful and weak. Do that concession in negotiations with allies, if you are going to do it at all. This is Trump's normal chaos, weakness, and inability to be the least bit diplomatic with our strongest allies.

Why won't you answer my question, you cruel coward? Why do you come here daily to attack Gay men and "LGBT activism"? Coward! What a weak, weak, weak man you are. Coward. Just like bone spurs Trump, who unilaterally conceded to Putin along with his weak, alcoholic ass kisser Hegseth. Obama had a 12 % disapproval rating in January 2009, according to Gallup. Trump started with 48 % disapproval. Do you ever wonder why? On DOGE, Musk is now up to 52 % disapproval. That right there tells me Trump will fire him, since he is all about the ratings. And his cruel and incompetent "racist before racist was cool" hater Musk is headed into the shit can. Unless Musk instead fires his First Lady Donald. Wonder what SCOTUS would say about that? Both the CFPB and even USAID have higher approval ratings and much lower disapproval ratings than Musk and DOGE. Musk has a great argument. He wants to give the American people what they deserve with their taxpayer dollars. Great, Elon. Listen to the American people, then. They prefer the CFPB and even USAID to Musk and DOGE. Stop your cruelty and incompetence and invasion of privacy. At least Musk's First Lady Donald got 49.7 % of the vote. But, no. Elon wants his special interest tax breaks and special interest gutting of public safety standards and special interest government contracts. And when it comes to a billionaire oligarch and #1 special interest donor, Trump will happily fuck his working class supporters over and over again. You posted this Tik Tok video of Trump's "wins" he has delivered on behalf of me, and the American people. It says he is going after "LGBT activism." Is opposing "LGBT activism" a win? What kind of activism? Support for same sex marriage? Are you trying to normalize Gay hate? Do you hate Gay men?

It's official. Elon Musk is now viewed unfavorably by a majority of Americans, in the new Feb 9-11 YouGov poll. Musk is efficient. It only took him less than a month to get America to turn against him. FIRE THE CRUEL AND INCOMPETENT JERK Elon Musk: Favorable 42 % Unfavorable 52 % FIRE THE CRUEL AND INCOMPETENT JERK Dept. of Governmental Efficiency: 42 % Favorable 38 % Unfavorable Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: 50 % Favorable 19 % Unfavorable AMERICANS WANT CONSUMER PROTECION MORE THAN THEY WANT MUSK OR DOGE. TRUMP IS STABBING HIS WHITE, HISPANIC, AND BLACK WORKING CLASS SUPPORTERS IN THE BACK. FIRE THE CRUEL AND INCOMPETENT JERK. United States Agency For International Development (US AID): 46 % Favorable 30 % Unfavorable AMERICANS VIEW USAID MORE FAVORABLY THAN MUSK AND DOGE. MUSK IS UNDERMINING US CREDIBILITY WITH OUR ALLIES AND DESTROYING LIFE-SAVING HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS. FIRE THE CRUEL AND INCOMPETENT JERK. DEI Programs: 45 % Favorable 36 % Unfavorable AMERICANS VIEW DEI PROGRAMS MORE FAVORABLY THAN MUSK AND DOGE FIRE THE CRUEL AND INCOMPETENT JERK.

Well you won't get much from our cruel coward, Sis. I suspect he whacks off his two inch White penis to these attacks. Who knows what gets a small minority of Gay men off about homophobia, so that they actually respect it. Our cruel coward is actually applauding the attacks on Gays. But we at least know @FuckNJoy is used to being a MAGA minority. And small, of course. Since we are on the subject of Stewart, I'll express the more complex and challenging ideas @FuckNJoy can't seem to find words for. I'll scold Jon Stewart. Not for scolding Rachel Maddow. But for clinging to ideas we will probably have to shit can, or at least deprioritize, if we want to win. Even though they are good and fair-minded ideas. I already posted this interview he did recently with Ruy Teixeira. It's gold. It is a big component of the debate we really need to have, and then act on. So kudos to Stewart for trying to expand an essential debate. And it is early days. But there are several times in this interview where Stewart wanted to be kind of wonky and woke, I thought. And Ruy has been warning for years, "Enough. Working class people don't want to hear that shit. You're losing them." Especially the White ones. He's right, as we all just learned the hard way. As a specific example of something Bill Clinton did that worked extremely well, both economically and politically, he found effective ways to expand affordable and sound home ownership to the White working class, and the Black working class, and the Hispanic working class, and the Asian American working class. Net worth soared, especially for the have nots. Until W. and his regulators let the subprime lenders roll from 2002 to 2006. Why do Republicans always seem to lean into their special interest rich donors and Wall Street? I will go to the grave believing that if Kamala Harris was the person who said, "I will knock Elon Musk's fucking teeth out to make sure child tax credits that have made poor Hispanic kids not poor get priority over Elon Musk's billionaire tax cuts," she would be President today. It was one of her most popular policy proposals. But having let it die in 2022, I think a lot of people believed Democrats simply will not fight for them. Stewart just had Hakeem Jeffries on his Weekly Show. Jeffries spoke eloquently about how Democrats need to relearn to fight for the working class. Then he went and had a meeting with rich Silicon Valley tech donors to talk about "mending fences". Those are not either/or. But Ruy is right. Democrats need to worry less about rich donors and more about mending fences with the working class.

So you want Trump and Musk to attack people who make money? That's funny. What about the Gay mafia? There's a bunch of rich Gay men who donated lots of money for years, so that we could have same sex marriage and equality. Do you hate these Gay men, cruel coward? Do you want the attack on "LGBT activism" you applaud to include attacking these rich Gay men, cruel coward? Because each and every one of them have financially supported a lot of the "LGBT activism" you are cheering Trump for attacking. Which "LGBT activism" wins do you want Trump to un-win, and brag about, cruel coward? Why are you a cruel coward, anyway? Why won't you even defend your attacks on Gay men, cruel coward?

GO AHEAD. ADMIT IT. Why are you celebrating Trump's attacks on "LGBT activism"? You posted this Tik Tok video of Trump's "wins" he has delivered on behalf of me, and the American people. It says he is going after "LGBT activism." Is opposing "LGBT activism" a win? What kind of activism? Support for same sex marriage? Are you trying to normalize Gay hate? Do you hate Gay men? Why do you think 48 % of Americans, including probably most Gay men, already disapprove of what Trump is doing? Did you celebrate Gay hate before it was cool? Since you are supporting homophobes and attacking "LGBT activism" I think Gay men here who have spent years fighting for Gay rights and other "LGBT activism" have a right to know why you support these attacks on us. A cruel coward. Sheesh! GO AHEAD, MR.TRUTH TELLER. ADMIT IT.

I love Stewart. He loves to roast Biden, Trump, Schumer, whoever. I know. Humor. Two sides. Facts. Looking at both sides. Laughing at both sides. Not in your skill set. But study hard and you might learn, @FuckNJoy. Stewart will have a field day roasting Trump's ass kissing and tax cuts for his special interest billionaires while they gut US safety and consumer protection standards. He'll gladly let them fuck his working class supporters. Ca-ching. "RIP CFPB."

Why are you celebrating Trump's attacks on "LGBT activism"? You posted this Tik Tok video of Trump's "wins" he has delivered on behalf of me, and the American people. It says he is going after "LGBT activism." Is opposing "LGBT activism" a win? What kind of activism? Support for same sex marriage? Are you trying to normalize Gay hate? Do you hate Gay men? Why do you think 48 % of Americans, including probably most Gay men, already disapprove of what Trump is doing? Did you celebrate Gay hate before it was cool? Since you are supporting homophobes and attacking "LGBT activism" I think Gay men here who have spent years fighting for Gay rights and other "LGBT activism" have a right to know why you support these attacks on us. A cruel coward. Sheesh!

Since that chart is using Gallup, did I mention Trump's DISAPPROVAL ratings has never changed from January 2017, Sis? 48 % disapproval. Very auspicious.

How Trump’s assault on bureaucracy could rock Virginia elections The off-year races are often a bellwether for the national mood a year before the midterms. I really hate this left wing bullshit. This is a scandal. Who paid Politico to write this nonsense? USAID? I mostly think Trump will do great in the midterms. People will be laughing their way to the polls. "Normalize Indian hate." LOL. ROTFL! 😁😁😁 I mean you gotta admit that is really funny. "Fire DEI Blacks who are worthless federal employees." I'm just busting a gut. 😍😍😍 I love the idea., I am so tired of that DEI "Oh I am Black" shit. Fire the fuckers. It's hysterical. "Don't say Gay." Some libtard in the voting line will say some stupid shit about how their confused Gay nephew bought a dress or painted his nails pink (is that the right pronoun? fuck that shit) or some weird shit. As if this nasty shit is even okay to talk about in public. It disgusts me. And someone normal with balls will say, "Ha ha you said Gay! Idiot!" and everyone in line will burst out laughing at the stupid libtard. It is so funny! I was against this weird Gay shit before it was cool. LGBT activism sucks. And I am glad Trump will defund it. These are all reasons why Trump and Trumpers will rock in the Virginia midterms. Then again, there are a lot of Blacks, and all kinds of Asian American ethnic minorities, and Gays who live in Virginia. They won't be upset about this at all, right? I mean, it is super funny. Right? Can't these fucking whining losers even take a joke? The Democrat Party Ideology + Government Power = A Woke and Radical LCSB So a very brief trip down memory lane, with only two stops. I read a bunch of articles about the culture wars in Northern Virginia when Biden was POTUS. The thing that stuck out to me is that in a perceived war between a "woke" educational agenda and math and reading skills, math and reading skills will always win. And what also jumped out at me was the diversity of the people who felt that way. Indian American Moms. Vietnamese American Dads. So I do think if Democrats ever want to win Senate seats in Iowa and Montana again, we have to rethink these things. But in Virginia, which is a lot more diverse, Trump and MAGA are mostly going to do the job for us. Conservative school board candidates lose ground as moderates push back on culture war issues Even in right-leaning counties, voters rejected some candidates who focused on fights over LGBTQ policies and book bans. I think that headline is generally accurate, at least in California and blue states. People in the center don't embrace a "woke" agenda, and they pushed back against it. But then they pushed back against "normalize hate" and ban Gay books. So we'll see how Virginia goes. But 2024 was not a referendum on normalizing cruelty and hate toward minorities. Or removing what has been a substantial underpinning for Blacks who go to college and strive to have a good middle class life helping people.

Why are you celebrating Trump's attacks on "LGBT activism"? Please take a MAGA minute to inform us. You posted this Tik Tok video of Trump's "wins" he has delivered on behalf of me, and the American people. It says he is going after "LGBT activism." Is opposing "LGBT activism" a win? What kind of activism? Support for same sex marriage? Are you trying to normalize Gay hate? Do you hate Gay men? Why do you think 48 % of Americans, including probably most Gay men, already disapprove of what Trump is doing? Did you celebrate Gay hate before it was cool?

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When you post one of your "breaking" videos about MAGA news, please answer my question from another thread. Why are you attacking "LGBT activism"? What do you have against Gay men? I take it as a personal insult. I spent years on LGBTQ activism. Why are you applauding the homophobic attacks and attacking Gay activism? Please explain. I think we have the right to know, since you want to "inform" us.

Treasury officials: Musk ally ‘mistakenly’ had power to alter payments system The incident prompted an internal forensic investigation that remains ongoing. Okay. Two things. First, no calls for resignation. This is simply normalizing error and incompetence. That's an important part of making government more efficient. Same basic concept as being racist before racist was cool. And if any of you know Ro Khanna, please tell him to shut the fuck up about this. No tweets. He disgusts me. That said, it does actually make me a little bit nervous. I'd move to Canada, but I'd have to fly. I know this will just reinforce Hegseth's idea that all us Gays are weak. But is it too soon to use my "call Leonardo DiCaprio" card?

Could you do me a little favor, @FuckNJoy? I'm fine with brief videos of White guys that make me dumber. Could you just make them handsome White guys? And porn would be fine. Could you also make them well hung? Just asking for my beloved Sister In Cock. P.S. Please do not consider this "LGBT activism" in any way shape or form which I know you and MAGA oppose.

Why do you hate Gay men? Is that why you come here? To insult Gay men, and applaud efforts to discriminate against us? Trump is a cruel asshole, like Musk, who will happily hurt anyone who gets in his way. So let's not even pretend this has anything to do with what is right and wrong. Let's go with the only thing that matters to Trump: public opinion. He knows he can't win a real majority. But even a cruel asshole like Trump who plays divide and conquer knows he has to somehow get 48 % or 49 % of the vote, unless he can completely destroy democracy. So tariffs are wildly unpopular. In your part of MAGAland, maybe you really don't even know this. I assume you are willfully deceptive, and you intentionally posted a lying shitty video about a CBS poll, with the second half intentionally cut out. Then again, maybe you take stupid pills, and can't even admit to yourself that lots of Trump voters are smart. They want nothing to do with tariffs. Because they will raise prices. The CBS poll you didn't want us to see all of made that extremely clear. So putting tariffs on the table and alienating allies and then backing down at the last minute by saying they agreed to do things they had agreed to do already is not a victory. Not even for Trump voters who oppose it. I hope Trump and his incompetent loser Tom Homan don't roughly double fentanyl deaths again, like they did in Death And Failure 1.0. But if the idea is to play "Whack A Mole" like in Death And Failure 1.0, that is exactly how they delivered double the death last time. How does doing the same thing that failed the first time lead to victory? But, especially, why is combatting "LGBT activism" a victory? How does that even reflect how most Americans feel? It may reflect how a homophobic minority of Trump voters feel. If you are a self-hating Gay, you would not be the first. But even among Republicans, only about half still oppose same sex marriage. I guess I should be grateful. Because every time you post it reflects either ignorance, or cruelty, or hate. Or some combination of all three. At least we know what this is about, and where you stand. It explains why 48 % of Americans already disapprove of Hate 2.0. Why do you approve of Hate 2.0? And especially the hate of Gay men and our activism?

Which actually makes the point. Thank you. At this point in his first term, Clinton had a 20 % disapproval rating. Trump has a 48 % disapproval rating. Both numbers are by Gallup. Elon Musk is no Al Gore. Musk's disapproval rating is going up, too. MAGA loves him. Everyone else is moving toward the conclusion that he is a cruel and useless gasbag, who likes hairy balls and Indian hate and being racist before racist was cool. He has a particular contempt for public safety standards, judges, and law. It's crystal clear that this is not about reinventing government. This is about retribution, and payback to Trump's perceived political enemies, first. Yup, Trump is a cruel asshole. Second, it's an attack on the specific agencies Trump's special interest billionaire and corporate donors don't like. Because they represent public interests and consumers over billionaire special interests. Musk despises the FAA and their God damn public safety standards. That was three plane crashes ago, right? Rich White bankers and Wall Street are delighted that they can now openly prey on Trump voters with credit card debt. Feast away on those MAGAts, guys! They voted for this, so they deserve it. Reinventing Government -- Two Decades Later A look back at Al Gore's efforts to bring private-sector efficiency into a more results-oriented federal space. Kudos again, @FucknJoy, for actually posting a video based on fact, with zero egregious lies. I hadn't thought about Reinventing Government for years. Even though I read the book when good government was cool. As opposed to just breaking shit, which is what this seems to be about. So I found that report above. It's a good read. It seems like a thoughtful analysis that summarizes what happened, and nails some key points about outcomes. The sweeping conclusion I'd reach, based on fact, is that both Democrats and Republicans are interested in government efficiency. Democrats are pretty good at doing it, when they try. Republicans are not. The effort did result in the elimination of 426,400 federal positions That was not based on standards of retribution, or which consumer protection and public safety laws Musk and Trump's special interest billionaire donors don't like. It was based on the idea of efficiency. And according to that report, it was a mixed bag. Some skilled people that should have stayed left to the private sector, and some of the bureaucrats that should have left stayed. We don't have to worry about that now, though. Since this is about retribution and gutting regulations and regulators special interest billionaires dislike. So it can just be an awful mess. And it is. Please buckle up when you fly. Two big and good things did happen, even though this was a small chunk of it. Clinton was one of only two Presidents since JFK who managed to increase trust in government while POTUS. The other, ironically, was Reagan. Who said government was the problem, but nevertheless governed in a way people approved of, mostly. W. destroyed all that with the Iraq War, subprime mortgages, and a global financial crisis. Obama tried to move the needle, but failed. Trump already proved he can't get it up. Why am I not surprised? I don't think letting Musk and special interest billionaires gut public safety and consumer protections is going to do the trick. The other thing Clinton gave us, which this government efficiency drive was a small part of, was an actual BUDGET SURPLUS. Trump gave us nothing but more and deeper red ink every year. And it is about to get much, much worse. This seems to be mostly about performative gestures to break shit while special interest billionaires who were not elected get to attack the regulations and regulators they most despise, which protect consumers and working class families. But the real payoff will be all the special interest corporate and billionaire tax cuts they are scheming up right now. My Dad, a Reagan Republican and WW2 veteran, thought the three best things the federal government ever did were beating Hitler, the GI Bill, and Social Security. I wonder what will happen 10 or 20 years from now if we actually have to fight a war, or even another pandemic? Most of you probably know that US debt to GDP is already almost the highest it has ever been, at the height of World War 2. This doesn't feel like good government. This feels like the next Trump bankruptcy.

I know this an invasion of privacy. But invading privacy is cool these days. Just like racism, cruelty, gracelessness, hairy balls, and lies. So I will ask. How many times did this video make you cum?

‘JD gets the game’: Vance embraces role as social media provocateur Geez, ya think? Move over, Barbara. Split, Randy. Sorry. No Tik Tok video yet. JD, JD, graceful lady See what bile I post. I'm a real cool racist now. Hate Indians the most. (But not my children.) Oh how that MAGA license works On DEI Blacks, and cat lady jerks. The election was such delight. Got drunk with Hegseth that same night. JD, JD, graceful lady. Insults do the trick. A hillybilly can get herself. A lying raping prick. (Better than an elegy!) Won't tell the truth No, not a peep. Cause Trump is more disgusting than his Veep. Oh JD, JD, graceful lady that's me! Initial Presidential Job Approval Ratings (Gallup Poll) Ronald Reagan, disapproval rate, January 1981 13 % George H.W. Bush, disapproval rate, January 1989 6 % Bill Clinton, disapproval rate, January 1993 20 % George W. Bush, disapproval rate, January 2001 25 % Barack Obama, disapproval rate, January 2009 12 % Donald Trump, disapproval rate, January 1997 47 % Joe Biden, disapproval rate, January 2021 37 % Donald Trump, disapproval rate, January 2025 48 %

Which speaks so beautifully to our sisterhood. While you were sucking boys' dicks in the locker room, I was reading the Bible. My bad. So, just to be the little prick I am, I will point out one thing: In plain girl talk, grace is for assholes like Trump and Musk. They really don't deserve it. But there are other definitions of grace, of course. It really did take me a little while, in our girl whore years, for me to accept that you were the naturally more graceful and elegant of us. But with your support, I was able to embrace it. Not to mention your natural superiority at cock sucking.

Buckle your seat belts, or stop reading now. This post veers deep into policy and speculation. And it is mostly about race. I could be dead wrong. I often am. But right now I am celebrating the utter short-sightedness and stupidity of Team MAGA. I have to stipulate I don't mean historically Democratic Black or Hispanic or Muslim voters. We all now know many were pissed about inflation. Or rent. Or broken promises. Or dead Palestinians. And so they voted for Trump. I mean the rock solid "we'll believe anything he says or does" MAGA hard core. The ones who think Jan. 6th was a Day of Love. And are jubilant about beating cops when it helps Trump. You have been given an historic opportunity. And every day seems to shout at me, "We are blowing it. We are such losers that, after losing in 2018 and 2020 and 2022, fate (COVID + inflation) throws us a lifeline. And we fuck it all up." Lest anyone think I am just a dumb White liberal, the former Black head of the RNC said exactly what I just said. He said Trump's Republican Party is a "zombie party" that will fall apart quickly if and when the Democrats get their shit together. I agree. It was the inflation, stupid. What was Kamala supposed to do? Speaking of what stuff costs, here's something I suspect our dumb dog doesn't know. And probably can't appreciate, with his dumb dog reflexes. If he read Black reporters who work for Politico, instead of attacking Black men as a DEI hire, he might up his skill set just a little. One can always hope. That absolutely blew my mind. First, just the facts. Then a liberal biased interpretation of the facts. This is complex and divisive stuff that many books and articles have been written about, several of which I have been extensively quoted in. But facts are facts. Under Clinton, working class homeownership soared. That was an intentional policy. It helped the White working class a lot. But it particularly helped non-White Hispanics or Asians or Blacks, who mostly are disproportionately behind Whites in gaining access to homes and net worth. Which they often use to create businesses. Owning a home is the American dream for a reason. Some conservatives lie like dumb dogs and argue Bill Clinton created the horrible subprime mess. But, if true, all those mortgages made from 1993 to 2000 under Clinton should have and would have gone bad in the 2001 recession. No such thing happened. The mortgages that blew up starting in about 2006 were almost all originated from 2002 on, when W. was POTUS. And when Republicans ran all the regulatory agencies and Congressional committees that governed this. These are facts. Republicans can't deny that all the shitty predatory mortgages that blew up the US and stole wealth and homes from Black families in particular were mostly made when they had one party control. So what blows my mind in that chart above is that in a little over one year Trump reversed all the damage done by W. Much of which played out when Obama was POTUS, and the ticking time bomb mortgages originated under W. exploded one by one. Because my complicated point is about race, I will focus on Blacks. Even though this trend is true of all non-White as well as White home buyers. Black homeownership went from a high of 49.7 % in 2004, to a low of 40.6 % in Q2 2019, to a high of 47 % just one year later. That is an amazing reversal, both ways. The reversal down is because it took Clinton an eight year Presidency to, IMHO, very wisely figure out how to turn homeownership into an engine for working class wealth creation for all races. Again, owning a home is the American dream. Clinton did not discover some new law of science. But he made shit work. And it worked great until W.'s Republicans and their special interest Wall Street and financial industry donors fucked it all up. The Trump reversal is even more amazing. It does prove that a rising tide lifts all boats, at least sometimes. Trump did in one year what it took Clinton two terms to do, to exaggerate a bit like @FuckNJoy does. And he did what Biden talked about, but could not actually deliver on. And I am being intentionally generous to Trump. Because it arguably was the bond market or the mortgage market, not Trump, that did it. Whatever the cause, when 30 year fixed rate mortgages fell below 4 % in 2019, lots of smart people of all races saw their opportunity and jumped at it. By 2025 standards, that is dirt cheap. Kudos to all the Black and Hispanic and Asian American and White working class families who were smart enough to buy homes and lock in low fixed rate mortgages then. And it did get even better under Biden in 2021, when pretty much nobody wanted to move. And then ..................................... it's the inflation, stupid. I don't hold a grudge with any Black or Hispanic family that voted for Trump in 2024. I could make a great argument that it was actually a logical thing to do. This would be one of my main arguments. It's way too complicated an argument, if anyone bothers to read this. But it's true. Meanwhile, Ole Joe talked the talk but could not deliver. To set up bringing this to 2025, I will jump into fantasy and say this. If I were Trump, I would not only argue I am the least racist guy I know. I would also insist I want to be the DEI President. This ain't your Grandpa's Republican Party. We are truly colorblind. But we also know our diversity is what makes us strong. Most Americans believe that. And Trump proved with abortion that he can get away with shit like that. The Christian right resents his backtracking on abortion. They want Mike Pence back. But they voted for Trump, anyway. Mostly, I assume, because he delivered his right wing SCOTUS. Actions speak louder than words. Sadly for his love affair with Blacks, as well as anyone else that is "DEI dead" these days, Trump's current actions will speak louder than words, too. How Democrats lost the DEI war Conservatives won the culture war by riding the backlash to Black Lives Matter protests. That was written by a Black reporter who works for Politico who extensively interviewed Black experts and organizations like the NAACP. In other words, this guy is an incompetent DEI hire who works for a leftist Democratic mouthpiece who interviews Communists and terrorists. Who knows? Some might even be Gay. Horrors! For purposes of this topic, I hope people - especially African Americans - do feel this is who Democrats actually want to protect, and lift up. And now White guys on dumb Tik Tok videos are declaring, "Open season. I was racist before racist was cool." I personally take the headline above as a statement of emotion, not fact. Like, is same sex marriage gone? No. Are all Blacks being fired from the FAA? No. Musk and Trump fired a White guy who was unanimously approved by Congress, three plane crashes ago. My point is that I think the Black reporter who wrote this is probably showing his bias, and his humanity. And saying, in subtext, this feels like a terrible loss. If so, I feel for him. But I think it is a big battle lost in a war that Democrats are winning. Obama still was our first DEI President. He won't be our last. I could say a lot about the article, which is a great read. But I will focus on one fact he states, which I view as a dagger in the heart of MAGA: It's a fair point to say that Trump rallies really are a bunch of mostly White people, and they don't play Beyonce music. It's also fair to say Democrats were stupid NOT to showcase more White males at their convention. But my argument is that what matters a hell of a lot more is whether Black families could afford to buy homes when Donald Trump was POTUS. Whether it was his policy or not, that's not a reason for Black families to see him as the worst racist ever. That obviously helped him in 2024 with Blacks. And Hispanics. And Asian Americans. This is a "racially sensitive" issue with some Blacks who don't really want to own the fact that Trump got more Black votes than in 2020. I'm not Black. But I think that line in that article is a kiss of death for MAGA. What Trump and Musk are saying right now, in all their beautiful White wisdom, is this: "The door is closed. You are not welcome. Get the fuck out. Now. You stupid incompetent DEI hire. Normalize hatred. I was racist before racist was cool." It's only government employees, of course. Who the fuck cares? But my guess is that is kind of like telling an African American, "Who cares about the lives USAID saves? They're all Africans." Like subprime, this will be a bomb that goes off slowly. But once it is rigged, it is very hard to reverse. I take that article as a searing confirmation that Blacks have already started to get the message. The door is shut. You are not welcome. Get the fuck out. And our dumb dog with no brain, just conditioned reflexes, is yapping in joy, waiting for his Trump treat. That said, maybe @FuckNJoy is really fucking with us. Maybe he is a whip smart conservative Black college graduate, who just likes Trump's policies. Makes no difference in terms of the outcome. I don't think he is going to like how this plays out in the long run. But since he wants to get it out in the open and expose the truth, there it is.

Did Pavlov's dog have a name? Serious question. Henceforth I will call you @FucknJoy. Joy sounds like a nice name for you. It shows some grace. Like I hope you have Joy when you flail around with your mindless MAGA conditioned reflexes. But, flip side, you do like to fuck with people. And you could care less how many children in Africa - or the US - die today because of what Musk is doing today. You actually just celebrated killing brown-skinned immigrants in one of your stupid videos. John Harris was right. I got in almost a screaming match with him in college, when he was the editor of our college newspaper. He had edited some stuff I wrote about a lefty college professor because he said it was too biased. I argued that all journalism is biased. He said that we should at least strive not to be biased. I thought and said that is just self-delusion. That really pissed him off, as I recall it. The world has changed. I had no idea that my lefty college professor would become a US Senator, or John would found Politico. I now actually wish he had been right. It feels like it has gone too far. Not so much because we have media that takes a strong and biased opinion. That's fine. The problem to me is that too many people only read one side. Right or wrong, I have always been a liberal who wants to know both sides. And maybe it is just my bias. But I think a lot of college educated liberals are like me. They wants facts, and truth. I think it shows up all the time. Liberals will say, " Yeah. Biden is too old, and he is losing it." MAGA cultists won't say that about their God. Right now they are literally celebrating open racism and hate. You revel in being @FuckNJoy. You have now posted several videos that intentionally edit out the other side. And intentionally deceive viewers by saying Trump really didn't cruelly attack a handicapped reporter. Or people all love Trump, except for this small minority. This is just another example of how you love being @FuckNJoy, Trump's puppy dog looking for his treat. Or you are whacking off your two inch dick attacking more Black people. Or whatever gets you off. Have fun.

I'll reframe your question. Do I believe in grace? Yes, I do. I was raised Catholic - Catholic grade school and high school. I was a Religion major in college before it was cool. I consider myself spiritual. Even though the Catholic church lost me for good when they were one of the main funders of the anti-same sex marriage campaign, while I was having the time of my life volunteering on the campaign to win it in California. This is the TMI shit that drives my family crazy. I was also having the time of life, at the same time, fucking a sexy young Catholic priest (brown skinned, so I guess he was a DEI hire) on the balcony of a hotel on the Amalfi coast. We were on our way to Rome, where I watched him officiate the wedding of a gorgeous Italian man - to a woman - even though the guy had been his fuck buddy while he was in seminary in Rome. Not many people can say they did that. I can. My devoutly Catholic mother did not appreciate me sharing this information with her when she was shocked to learn that many Catholic priests are Gay. So that actually answers your question. I feel I have had a lucky and good life, so far. So show some grace. It is a symbol of how completely morally and spiritually bankrupt the Grand Old Party is that, in the same vile tweet, JD Vance can talk about "grace" as he defends a proud racist hater. And attacks a very graceful US Rep, who should make all Indian Americans proud, for calling out open and repugnant hate, based on the color of your skin. So Musk and his dead child are small ball. Is Musk telling the truth? Probably not. He lies every fucking day about USAID or something, in ways that actually will kill real children in Africa today. Could he give a flying fuck about how the mother or father of that dead child feel? Fuck no. So whether he is lying about his own child or not, or his own sadness has altered his memory, I just feel sadness for him. Whoever was holding his son when he died, it is a human tragedy. The greater human tragedy, which dead people at the bottom of a river and dead children in Africa are paying for already, is that somehow that tragedy and his living daughter's discovery of her unusual sexuality hardened Musk's heart. And made him the cruel dishonest arrogant fuck he is today. This is not new. You can read all about it in the Bible. Which tells us to show some grace.