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The Biden Administration and All Things Politics
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"A 71% majority of Americans rate economic conditions in the country as poor, with 38% calling them very poor. That marks an improvement from the summer of 2022, when 82% saw the economy as poor, but remains far worse than Americans’ pre-pandemic assessments of the economy. Views of the future are only slightly more optimistic than views of the present, with 61% expecting the economy to remain poor a year from now.
By a 10-point margin, Americans say their views on the economy align more closely with the Republican Party than with the Democratic Party; they also side with the GOP over the Democrats on crime and policing (by a 14-point margin), immigration (by 14 points) and America’s role in world affairs (by 6 points). But the public sides with the Democrats by similar margins on a slate of other issues: abortion (by 16 points), climate change (by 13 points), voting rights and election integrity (by 8 points) and education (by 5 points). Americans are more closely split on which party’s vision for helping the middle class is closer to their own (35% feel closer to Democrats, 32% to Republicans). Those divides follow a similar pattern as seen in polling last spring, in the run-up to the 2022 midterms."
Bill Maher Slams GOP Theocrats: ‘Does Anyone in That Party Remember What F–ing Country You’re Living in?’ | Video
In a Christmas-themed "New Rules," Maher calls out the increasing number of Republicans who endorse forcing their religion on other Americans The post Bill Maher Slams GOP Theocrats: ‘Does Anyone in That Party Remember What F–ing Country You’re Living in?’ | Video appeared first on TheWrap.www.yahoo.com
Maher noted that Johnson falsely claims “the separation of church and state is a misnomer. And Congresswoman Lauren Boebert concurred, saying she’s ‘tired of this separation of church and state junk.’ So too Marjorie Taylor Greene who says, ‘I say it proudly, we should all be Christian nationalists.'”
“Now I know it may seem like this is just a few crazies,” Maher said, acknowledging a common response from people who don’t take the threat seriously, “but I gotta tell you, dumbass Republicans who believe horrible ideas are like ants. There’s always more than you can see.”
“Republicans,” Maher continued, “Jesus f–king Christ. First you stopped believing in democracy. Senator Mike Lee said it, among others. Trump lives the idea every day. And here we have the speaker of the House saying it, and now Republicans also don’t believe in the separation of church and state. Does anyone in that party remember what f–king country you’re living in?”
“We’re the place that stakes so much of our greatness on being the first to specifically prohibit having a state religion. There are dozens of countries that have an official religion. There’s 13, where being an atheist is punishable by death.”
right now I’ve got my hands full with Mike Johnson,” Maher said. “Johnson has the power to actually make laws, and I don’t want my global warming policy decided by someone who was rooting for the end of the world so we can get on with the Rapture.”
“Mike says we began as a Christian nation,” Maher continued. “We didn’t. Did you miss that day in homeschool Mike? If you don’t know that the Pilgrims came here to get away from the Church of England, then you don’t know literally the first thing about our country.”
“Mike says being a Christian nation is our tradition and it’s who we are as a people. It’s not,” Maher said as he neared his conclusion. “We’re the people who have a First Amendment which says Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. And we have an Article Six, which says no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office.”
“So I take these people at their word when they say that they think we should be Christian nationalists. But then they have to take John Adams at his word, when he wrote, ‘The government of the United States of America is not in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.’
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I love Bill Maher, he's so on point usually.
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No one cares about any of those issues except for abortion, but abortion is huge. That one issue is swinging elections. I'm sad because I'm on the other side of that argument but I can't deny the sheer power that one issue has in crushing everyone to the right of center politically.
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Many people to the right of center support abortion rights, even to the point that it will impact their vote.
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Would have been really easy for him to simply use the word democracy.Yes. The founders were quite insightful, but that quote is being misused. It isn't a warning against Trump per se but a warning against democracy, or what Hamilton more artfully termed the "hobby horse of popularity". It is democracy that Hamilton sees as a "danger to liberty". What Hamilton is trying to say is easier to understand if you don't pull the quote from its context and include the line three sentences earlier which starts "The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is..."
The United States is a republic. We are not a democracy which the founders viewed as a danger to liberty. Hamilton really drives his point home by adding "No popular Government was ever without its Catalines & its Cæsars."
Founders Online: Enclosure: [Objections and Answers Respecting the Administrati …
Enclosure: [Objections and Answers Respecting the Administration], [18 August 1792]founders.archives.gov
Also literally the first sentence is "when a man"
So he thinks democracy is a man. Gotcha. More bat ****
Everything in that quote is talking about a person doing something. Not a society or a group of people or a voting style.
You are probably keying on the word "popular" in that quote. As if you think that someone popular can't be elected by the Republic but only by a democracy or something.
Bat ****. Trump has made you think of the word democracy as some horrible evil word. He has done a number on you.
By the way you say in you post ""The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is..."
Why didn't you finish the sentence? I'm on the edge of my seat. How did he finish that sentence? Was it with the word democracy? What is the Republican system anyway? Is that the electoral college? Because I got news for ya, the popular vote (which I'm assuming means democracy to you) more often than not chooses the same winner as the electoral college.
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Funny because I care about all those issues except abortion. I'm never going to have to decide whether to have an abortion or not.
I sure do care about things like climate change though. I like Earth.
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It is an adjective meaning "of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic." It has nothing to do with the Republican party which wasn't founded for almost a century after that quote was made.
The popular vote does not mean democracy. It isn't about voting. Internet polls have voting. Some reality TV shows have voting. Plenty of non-democratic governments have voting including the United States which has three branches of government, one branch (legislative) of which is subject to democracy, and another branch (executive) which is arguably pseudo-democratic. Your observation of the electoral college more often than not, but not always, choosing the same winner does drive the point home that it really doesn't matter if the popular vote is the same or different because in our system the demos (people) do not actually have the kratos (power). There is a superseding structure of power which is what makes our system of government small 'r' republican.
What Hamilton was trying to say was that democracies create the types of monsters you all like to pretend Trump is. Democracies are populist monster factories. In his words: "No popular Government was ever without its Catalines & its Cæsars." If you want that type of narcissistic demagogue who will trample liberties then democracy is the form of government for you.
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So you think we are a democracy then. Because whatever we are created trump.
Trump had no experience in politics. No experience in governing. But he became POPULAR.
He was a known monster and continues to be one. Stealing from americans (trump university), stealing from charity (trump foundation). Grab em by the *****. Talks of shooting people (when the looting starts the shooting starts, saying we should execute a general, saying he could shoot someone on 5th avenue and not lose any supporters). Cheats on all his wives while they are pregnant. Sleeps with porn stars and pays them off to keep quiet. Sexual assault loss in court. His business cheats (trump organization). Tries to overturn/steal an election. Sits back for hours and watches an attack on our capital while doing nothing. He is a narcissistic sociopath. 91 (current) indictments and he gets more popular. (and thats just a quick rundown off the top of my head for starters. Could go on and on and on) He is a popular monster. And he was elected. lol. Its kinda crazy how wrong you are on this hamilton take. He was talking about a type of person in his quote (which is obvious) not democracy.
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And again, if this is true then why didn't he just use the word democracy? That would be super easy to do.
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Hunter Biden is indicted on 9 tax charges, adding to gun charges in a special counsel investigation
Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of President Joe Biden's son intensifies against the backdrop of the 2024 election. The new charges filed Thursday — three felonies and six misdemeanors — are in addition to...
In a fiery response, defense attorney Abbe Lowell accused Weiss of “bowing to Republican pressure" in the case.
“Based on the facts and the law, if Hunter’s last name was anything other than Biden, the charges in Delaware, and now California, would not have been brought," Lowell said in a statement.
The White House declined to comment on Thursday’s indictment, referring questions to the Justice Department or Hunter Biden’s personal representatives.
If this were happening to anyone in trumps family then he would be furiously posting and yelling about the unfairness. MTG would be going nuts.
Dang justice system being weaponized against conservatives/republicans once again.
The indictment comes as congressional Republicans pursue an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, claiming he was engaged in an influence-peddling scheme with his son. The House is expected to vote next week on formally authorizing the inquiry.
Which, according to republicans should be considered election interference.
No evidence has emerged so far to prove that Joe Biden, in his current or previous office, abused his role or accepted bribes.
Witch hunt!!!
Federal law bans gun possession by “habitual drug users,” though the measure is seldom seen as a stand-alone charge and has been called into question by a federal appeals court.
More witch hunting!!!
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Because Alexander Hamilton. He could have said "democracy dangerous, yo" but instead we got "those who sit astride the hobby horse of popularity are ever without Catalines and Cæsars". Maybe Hamilton was concerned the general populace didn't know the difference between a republic and a democracy so using words they didn't understand wouldn't help his argument. Hamilton was so fearful of democracy that he wanted the US Senators and US President to be lifetime appointments like our Supreme Court Justices are.
"Hamilton served as one of New York’s delegates to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, and proposed that senators and the executive serve for life, and that the executive have an absolute veto. Although his proposals were not fully adopted, Hamilton passionately campaigned for the Constitution."
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a founding father of the United States, who fought in the American Revolutionary War, helped draft the Constitution, and served as the first secretary of the treasury. He was the founder and chief architect of the American financial system.www.mountvernon.org
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