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I really did think January 6 would be the day Trump went too far, I thought he'd be finished. But I was wrong.“A clear and Present Danger”?
‘A revenge term’: what would another four years of Trump look like?
Opinion polls show the twice impeached, quadruply indicted ex-president narrowly leading Biden – and experts say ‘it would be a disaster for America’
It’s incredible that he wasn’t and a very worrying precedent - a pattern of coalescing far right power all over the world infiltrating the institutions of the State and a watering down of the constitutional principles upon which western liberal democracies were built. How he has run away with the GOP nomination race and some polls now even putting him ahead of Biden, is sheer madness.
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Yep, I don't get it either. Are so many Americans afraid of the world that they don't want to deal with nuance, with debate, with contradictions, with difficulties...they just want a 'leader' that's arrogant, a bully, a lier, a denier... to shout at the world so they can hide behind their coat-tails and feel tough themselves?It’s incredible that he wasn’t and a very worrying precedent - a pattern of coalescing far right power all over the world infiltrating the institutions of the State and a watering down of the constitutional principles upon which western liberal democracies were built. How he has run away with the GOP nomination race and some polls now even putting him ahead of Biden, is sheer madness.
The 2024 Polls Agree: Trump Has a Significant Lead Over Biden
Much could change in the next year, but right now Trump is ahead of Biden nationally and in most battleground states.
WAKE UP America FFS!! Wake up before it’s too late.
Yep, I don't get it either. Are so many Americans afraid of the world that they don't want to deal with nuance, with debate, with contradictions, with difficulties...they just want a 'leader' that's arrogant, a bully, a lier, a denier... to shout at the world so they can hide behind their coat-tails and feel tough themselves?
The Democrats are simply losing rural America and have been for years - 97% of America is rural with nearly 18% of the population living in rural America …and rural America is small thinking, predominately white (76%), (although the white population is declining and racial diversity is slowly increasing)Yep, I don't get it either. Are so many Americans afraid of the world that they don't want to deal with nuance, with debate, with contradictions, with difficulties...they just want a 'leader' that's arrogant, a bully, a lier, a denier... to shout at the world so they can hide behind their coat-tails and feel tough themselves?
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Thanks, and for the links. I wasn't aware of those detailed stats re rural votersThe Democrats are simply losing rural America and have been for years - 97% of America is rural with nearly 18% of the population living in rural America …and rural America is small thinking, predominately white (76%), (although the white population is declining and racial diversity is slowly increasing)
- 65% of rural voters view the Democratic Party unfavorably — including 48% who do so strongly.
- Among 21 issues tested, a rural voter’s desire for candidates to support securing the U.S.-Mexico border had the strongest correlation with negative views about the Democratic Party
- Only 23% of rural voters say the Democratic Party “cares more about my community” than the GOP
‘Over the past two years, inflation has hit rural households harder than the rest of the country. According to researchers at Iowa State University, rural households had to pay an extra $8,120 due to inflation in 2021 and 2022, more than the $7,480 paid by urban households in the same two years. Meanwhile, researchers at Cornell University estimate that 94% of the nation’s job growth since 2000 happened in urban counties. According to Pew Research, former President Donald Trump was able to win 65% of the rural vote in 2020, up from 59% in 2016, pulling more away than Mitt Romney did in 2012. Republican candidates raked in 69% of the rural vote in the 2022 midterms.’ (see link below)
Trump campaigns as the Candidate to challenge the perception that Washington/the Dems especially don’t care about the ‘little white man’ and the ‘little white man’ buys it because he is really voting with his wallet and out of fear of ‘replacement’ - a popularist candidate who promises to plug leaks in the border with Mexico, send the children born in the USA to immigrants (in the US illegally) back to the parents’ country of origin (and end automatic right of citizenship) -DACA will also be a huge issue in the Election (see wiki link) - a popularist candidate who promises to help rural people keep their guns, their farms and their neighbourhoods free of Mexico’s ‘rapists’, ‘criminals’ and ‘LGQBTs’ …but they are being deceived if they think the Republicans are on their side as the Republicans are putting a Bill proposal through the House that will slash support for rural farming communities:
House Democrats Highlight Republican Hypocrisy in Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA Funding Bill
During today’s House Appropriations Committee markup of the 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies funding bill, House Democrats highlighted how Republicans are slashing rural investments and critical food programs.'The brand is so toxic': Dems fear extinction in rural US
The Democratic Party's brand is so toxic in some parts of rural America that liberals are removing bumper stickers and refusing to acknowledge their party affiliation publicly.
Growing Racial Diversity in Rural America: Results from the 2020 Census
In this brief, authors Kenneth Johnson and Daniel Lichter report that although population declines were widespread between 2010 and 2020, rural America became more racially and ethnically diverse.carsey.unh.edu
Trump's Dubious Promise to End Birthright Citizenship - FactCheck.org
Former President Donald Trump misleadingly said that "under Biden’s current policies" children born to parents in the country illegally automatically become citizens. That's not a Biden policy, but rather it has been the standing interpretation of the 14th Amendment going back more than 100...
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - Wikipedia
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This will be overturned by SCOTUS.BBC News - Colorado Supreme Court kicks Trump off ballot
Colorado Supreme Court kicks Trump off ballot, citing 'insurrection'
The Trump campaign vows to challenge the historic decision, which does not apply to other states.www.bbc.co.uk
When your judges are political, you know your Country is ****ed.
There are two choices, stand up for the rule of law or ignore it...
More like SCROTUM
The US is classified in the World Democratic index as "Flawed Democracy".
Wish that was the case, the problem is its only 1 state and will it hold? Probably get overturned by federal supreme court
