US US Politics General 2: Hope Edition - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

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Hey Johnny Bravo powiedział(a):
My biggest worry for Trump's second term was Congress playing games. I'm very happy to see the GOP getting its shit together just enough to push Trump's legislative agenda. The Democrats don't know what to do now that the GOP has its eye on the ball for the first time in 20 years.
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They are pushing enough through to make an impact. Yes they left shit out. We got 3.5 years left to try again.
 
MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti powiedział(a):
From the abstract, I read this as "despite the awful conditions and murderous labor, we still performed and sang and the guards didn't stop us." I will argue that this is far removed from Japanese internment camps who were either allowed to bring their own instruments in or they were provided by the camps. I think your main point is "forced internment is retarded" but comparing it to places like Auschwitz just makes the Japanese internment camps feel like summer camp, and that much more acceptable.
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I'm late to this discussion and don't even know why it came up but I know a lot about the Japanese internment camps and I don't know why anyone would compare them to the German camps. They weren't the same thing. The reasoning for the incarceration wasn't the same and organization wasn't the same. The Japanese were a single extremely cohesive community who were locked away because of security concerns, both because of fears of traitor in their midst but also so that a wartime government wouldn't have to waste resources protecting them and their property from civil unrest - this is often phrased as humanitarian but really California and Hawaii just didn't want anti-jap riots during wartime. Japanese-Americans were close to entirely selfgoverning within the camps. It wasn't a question of them being "allowed" to bring instruments or anything - the internment wasn't punitive, it was practical, so the US expected the Japanese to just keep on keeping on. They ran schools, they ran scout troops, they kept to as close a normal life as possible.
 
The Man With No Name powiedział(a):
Not entirely sure what Miller's goals are by wasting his breath decrying the Libertarians as though it's this massive voting bloc.
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I am absolutely not shocked that a libertarian doesn't understand why libertarians are being rhetorically attacked by the main proponent of a bill whose main internal (and thus actually relevant) opposition are all lolberts in congress threatening to use Elon "Fuck Your Face With H1Bs" Musk's money to help the left if they don't get what they want (more migrants and less deportations).

It's all just wasted breath! Who could understand this deep political conundrum? It's just all so mysterious.
 
BlackDragoons powiedział(a):
But it "passing" was only a 50/50 split with Vance being the tie breaker. This bill is dead.
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That is a sign of a working political party pushing through legislation that isn't supported by every member. You whip exactly enough people into shape and you make sure every one of them votes the way you expect them to. Those numbers aren't some nice coincidence of the senators' conscious set to change if the bill changes.
 
7/11 Coffee powiedział(a):
Wow, beautiful American wildlife that's meant to be protected as a national treasure and for us to look at our native wildlife and respect it for how beautiful and amazing it is? nah, sell it to Blackrock and make more housing!
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A lot of it is developed it’s just owned by the state. Or they rent it to ranchers in ways that favor the government.
 
Sorry I was gone so long guys, I was releasing adult pythons into the wild along the border. We're fighting invasive species with invasive species!
 
Catch The Rainbow powiedział(a):
Trump: Japan is very spoiled- Abe was one of my closest friends- they are so, so spoiled

Trump: They won't take rice. they NEED NEED rice, but they won't take rice. They need rice so so badly

Trump: On Trade [Japan] has been very unfair- I'm going to write them a letter and tell them they have to pay a 30 percent, 40 percent, or whatever tariff- maybe they won't be happy
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Trump is going to make hentai dubs mainstream again. Uncensored Kuroinu hype!
 
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