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...Meanwhile here in reality:


Last week, the government issued a separate inflation measure — the consumer price index — which showed that prices surged 0.5% from December to January, much more than the previous month’s 0.1% rise.

Measured year over year, consumer prices climbed 6.4% in January. That was well below a recent peak of 9.1% in June but still far above the Fed’s 2% inflation target.
Month-to-month is volatile, in reality. Inflation is receding overall, in reality.
 

Republicans have an open presidential primary in 2024, and the Senate is packed with hyper-ambitious and self-confident politicians, many with national followings and barely concealed presidential aspirations. Yet nearly all of them are taking a pass at a White House bid next year after former President Donald Trump launched his attempted comeback campaign in November.

Despite losing re-election in 2020 and stirring up the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Trump retains a passionate following on the right, leads the field in most GOP polls and is racking up endorsements in Congress.

“President Trump is the undisputed leader of the Republican Party and uniquely positioned to defeat Joe Biden, so it only makes sense that so many Senators are backing his campaign rather than running themselves,” Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller said. “We expect the impressive list of senators endorsing President Trump to grow in the coming weeks and we’re thankful for their support.”

“His voters are his voters — they are going to stay there. They are not gonna move," Mullin said. "So I just don’t see where anybody else’s path to get there is.”


I liked these first few comments in the comments section
The GOP is so worried about placating the extremist minority that they have lost sight of the idea that a swing voter like me would vote for a competent, decent republican. But I will not vote for anyone who believes in wild conspiracy theories or theocratic ideology, regardless of party.

Let's see... Did Republicans continue to support Trump after the January 6 insurrection, proving politics is more important than the Constitution? Yes. That makes them an accessory after the fact. Are some Republicans complicit in attempting to subvert our constitutional republic and help Trump stay in power? Yes. Has the National Republican party ever rebuked Trump? No. Exactly the opposite. It's a national disgrace and it's indefensible. Until the Republican party rebukes the MAGA wing of their party, then the mantra of the Republican party being the party of sedition is true. Republicans wouldn't even impeach Trump for the January 6 insurrection, despite the fact it was those same lawmakers scrambling to get to a secure location because of Trump.
 
We have proof that it was claimed to be so, which is all I said.


Why would I want to protect Joe Biden?


We know that the author of the email claims otherwise, and this email is your only evidence of the claims I didn't quote.


Why?


Perfectly ordinary, legal Washington corruption.


I see plenty of possible connections, but also other possibilities.


Riiiiight, because there's been such a lack of reporting on the laptop.


OK. For the stuff we know Hunter Biden did, we'd have to prosecute half of the family members of Congress (from both sides of the aisle) and the three older children of Trump, as well. If that were happening, I'd cheer.


For one person only, in an obviously politically-motivated stunt.
Got it. According to you the media can accuse anyone of anything they want as long as what they report is simply that the subject has been accused of it, and in order to prove that they are accused all we have to do is accuse them. If you had evidence of the Trump children similar to the Hunter stuff I'm certain you would share it, but all you are really doing is accusing them of having been accused of doing it, so well done. And huge LOL that you are unaware of a lack of reporting on the laptop. Had there been no conservative media, which many people never hear, the public wouldn't have heard a single thing about the contents of the laptop until long after the election, and there is a good chance that story would have been successfully and permanently buried. But the bottom line is, you have proven again and again that you far more interested in seeking loopholes in wording and wiggle room in admissions rather than applying the truth and justice equally. There is absolutely no point in interacting with you any more.
 
Got it. According to you the media can accuse anyone of anything they want as long as what they report is simply that the subject has been accused of it, and in order to prove that they are accused all we have to do is accuse them.
I agree the "Agent Hutchinson heard this on the rumor mill" isn't a particularly significant story, and neither should have been the pee tape in the Steele dossier.

If you had evidence of the Trump children similar to the Hunter stuff I'm certain you would share it,
Why would I do that? What point could it serve? You're not going to change your position on the legality of the contents of the supposed laptop download based on something as minor as Trump's kids doing scummy-yet-legal stuff, AFAICT.

but all you are really doing is accusing them of having been accused of doing it, so well done.
No, the scummy stuff is real enough, but it's legal.

And huge LOL that you are unaware of a lack of reporting on the laptop. Had there been no conservative media, which many people never hear, the public wouldn't have heard a single thing about the contents of the laptop until long after the election, and there is a good chance that story would have been successfully and permanently buried.
You mean, because Giulliani withheld the contents of the laptop's download from every major media source until well after the election?

But the bottom line is, you have proven again and again that you far more interested in seeking loopholes in wording and wiggle room in admissions rather than applying the truth and justice equally.
The bottom line is you have a picture of the world generally, and me specifically, that you aren't interested in changing. One prime example is that I would try to protect Joe Biden, another is that I have some motivation to attack Trump's kids.

There is absolutely no point in interacting with you any more.
As you wish.
 
Republicans wouldn't even impeach Trump for the January 6 insurrection, despite the fact it was those same lawmakers scrambling to get to a secure location because of Trump.
...because Congress didn't have the constitutional power to impeach a private citizen who was not in office. Joe Biden became president on January 20, 2021. and the sham they labeled as Trump's second impeachment trial began on February 9, 2021. I find it Orwellian that those who clearly disregarded constitutional limits on power are lauded as protecting the constitution, while those who observed the limits set forth in the constitution were said to be against the constitution. I do not subscribe to the burn-the-village-to-save-it logic.
 
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Some unintelligent people are like "if you leftist cultists would stop talking about trump then he would just go away"
Trump literally goes to mcdonalds with a troupe of camera operators, reporters and aides to put on publicity stunts. Trump himself creates the attention he receives whether we talk about him or not. He will be out there on camera whenever he can regardless.


Lets be honest, We all win when Donald J Trump is out there and doing things. He's a content machine and never boring. The deathmatch between himself and Ron DeSantis is going to be incredible, I mean Donny J is already coming up with nicknames: Ron Desanctimonious (not his best 4/10) and Meatball Ron (that's more like it 9/10, -1 for italiaphobia)
 
Lets be honest, We all win when Donald J Trump is out there and doing things. He's a content machine and never boring. The deathmatch between himself and Ron DeSantis is going to be incredible, I mean Donny J is already coming up with nicknames: Ron Desanctimonious (not his best 4/10) and Meatball Ron (that's more like it 9/10, -1 for italiaphobia)
I associate meatballs with sweden too, so it is doubly offensive in addition to being great.
 
A bunch of innocent lives have just been hopefully saved

Lightfoot is out — with Vallas in strong lead, expected to face Johnson in runoff​


 

Trump is now leading DeSantis by eight percentage points, despite trailing behind the Florida governor by four percentage points in a previous Yahoo News/YouGov poll.

Forty-seven percent of registered Republicans and Republican leaning independents said they would vote for Trump in their state's primary whereas 39% said that of DeSantis, the poll found.

That previous four-point lead by the Florida governor, plus Trump's new eight-point lead, makes for a total 12-point swing toward the former president.

The survey also found that Trump leads with double digits in a wider Republican primary pool, with 45% of likely Republican voters saying they would vote for the former president in their state's primary.

DeSantis comes in second with 29% of those surveyed. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley got 4%. Haley announced her White House bid on Feb. 14.


Looks like myself and millions of others like me will be out reluctantly voting for Biden again in 2024. I thought maybe the GOP would actually want to win the presidential election in 2024. I guess im wrong about that.
 

Trump is now leading DeSantis by eight percentage points, despite trailing behind the Florida governor by four percentage points in a previous Yahoo News/YouGov poll.

Forty-seven percent of registered Republicans and Republican leaning independents said they would vote for Trump in their state's primary whereas 39% said that of DeSantis, the poll found.

That previous four-point lead by the Florida governor, plus Trump's new eight-point lead, makes for a total 12-point swing toward the former president.

The survey also found that Trump leads with double digits in a wider Republican primary pool, with 45% of likely Republican voters saying they would vote for the former president in their state's primary.

DeSantis comes in second with 29% of those surveyed. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley got 4%. Haley announced her White House bid on Feb. 14.


Looks like myself and millions of others like me will be out reluctantly voting for Biden again in 2024. I thought maybe the GOP would actually want to win the presidential election in 2024. I guess im wrong about that.

It's the Meatball Ron effect. As soon as Trump coined a good nickname for Ron, We knew it was going to be over. I hope he has some more bullets in the chamber.
 
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