Yeah he’s obviously in no state to decide on policy. We don’t know who is running things but it’s not him, a number of factions moving the direction a little bit in their favor whenever they get the opportunity. And of course there is massive insider trading going on too.
My take is Biden sounds old. The sitting president sounds brain-damaged and unquestionably is in no condition to be making such impactful decisions. The wavering we see right now is because the different factions making the decisions are struggling against each other.
Yea. California’s government delivers a lot of services that protect ecosystems, a healthy economy and quality of life. All three of those examples are mutually beneficial.
You can disagree with some services but that’s because the state does so much, for example I think there is too much wasted on the carceral and military side.
Then why is everyone fleeing to escape the high taxes and crime? California is losing house seats at the present.
Also, I don't know if you can really credit the left's supermajority for the success of SV... CA's politics have pivoted over the years. Look at an election map of CA in 1980 and you'll see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_United_States_presidentia...
Yep. The budget for the Department of War has been too bloated for too long and needs to be more efficient. Let’s not privilege a series of pet projects for a bunch of bureaucrats over the reset of government.
Likely he means expressing any pro-Palestine sentiments. Doxxing is very common and if Ivy League deans were taken down, immigrants are likely to be deported for expressing any empathy towards the Palestinian.
But the people doing the doxxing complain that any criticism of Ire* for their war crimes makes them feel like there is no place they are safe, I don't buy it but the complainants have a lot of allies.
It should be obvious that this market correction is the desired outcome for this administration and its defenders.
If there weren't so many people whose livelihood or investment portfolios benefited from free trade or government spending the economic indicators wouldn't react as badly. Punishing or disincentivizing economic activity they don't like is more important than increasing GDP or asset values.
It may seem like a weak argument because of the circular logic but that shouldn't surprise any of us.
This is assuming one needs to campaign in an election in order to continue their command of the executive branch and the military. I'm pretty sure the president's claim that he can serve a 3rd term means he'll serve for however long he determines, as an official act. Any court that dares issue an order to the contrary will have as little power to enforce their order as they are demonstrating now.
He could certainly kick off a Constitutional crisis by just ignoring the law, on that we agree. But that's always a risk. He could make a kill list of Congress members to assassinate starting alphabetically and it would be the same category of problem.
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