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[XANA]

For all my niggers in here dunking on Portland, from someone who lives close to the city proper, there are some things you have to understand.

• Half the fucking city is random Califags at this point
• Portland being weird doesn't necessary include tranny shit
• Oregon culture still applies, a TON of people have guns
• Even the faggiest soyboy here hates the homeless
• Tent meth cities are the TOP issue for every fucking voter here, ESPECIALLY the bugmen (paradoxically)
• Kate Brown and Ted Wheeler have been fucking terrible on the issue

Kate Brown in particular, as the governer, is reviled at worst and tolerated at best. During COVID all she did was copy what California/Washington did, a week after the fact. People in Multnomah county are paying an absolute ransom in property taxes, only to deal with junkies tweaking out 20 feet from their front porch - and the junkies aren't paying taxes lmao, because you don't pay taxes on stolen bikes and cars.

I don't know how much of the city is going full right wing death squad, but all I know is that I've seen Drazan yard signs in the city proper, so we all might be a bit surprised how hard the popular sentiment lurches in the next month.

I've visited Portland a number of times over the past couple of years, and it's depressing how the city has gotten in terms of the homeless population. I haven't seen tent cities anywhere close to the level that Cali has, but they've been slowly but steadily rising. Lolcows like ADF do make me see the city a bit differently, however.

I think when people think of Portland, the image of 2020's CHOP doesn't help matters.

 

[tehpope]

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That's the worst he's been so far. Holy fuck that freeze.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

For all my niggers in here dunking on Portland, from someone who lives close to the city proper, there are some things you have to understand.

• Half the fucking city is random Califags at this point
• Portland being weird doesn't necessary include tranny shit
• Oregon culture still applies, a TON of people have guns
• Even the faggiest soyboy here hates the homeless
• Tent meth cities are the TOP issue for every fucking voter here, ESPECIALLY the bugmen (paradoxically)
• Kate Brown and Ted Wheeler have been fucking terrible on the issue

Kate Brown in particular, as the governer, is reviled at worst and tolerated at best. During COVID all she did was copy what California/Washington did, a week after the fact. People in Multnomah county are paying an absolute ransom in property taxes, only to deal with junkies tweaking out 20 feet from their front porch - and the junkies aren't paying taxes lmao, because you don't pay taxes on stolen bikes and cars.

I don't know how much of the city is going full right wing death squad, but all I know is that I've seen Drazan yard signs in the city proper, so we all might be a bit surprised how hard the popular sentiment lurches in the next month.

I visited earlier this year, and I can say for certain that it is the downright dirtiest city in this country, and I'd compare it to the absolute worst places I've visited like Gary or inner city St. Louis. It's also full of people who look and act like they stepped out of a trailer park (because I saw like two black people there, and one of them was a 50+ streetwalker offering me sex). Even in daylight you see a bunch of people who look like they're on something, with that typical "methhead" look, and that's not even considering the hobo camps.

I would highly recommend everyone visit Portland and witness the freak show for themselves. It's one thing shitposting on A&H about Portland being retarded, its another thing actually seeing it in person.

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

I would highly recommend everyone visit Portland and witness the freak show for themselves. It's one thing shitposting on A&H about Portland being retarded, its another thing actually seeing it in person.

It got bad enough in Portland that I made the VA change my appointments to American Lake, even though that is a horrifically shitty facility when White City couldn't handle it and they wanted to send me to Portland.

At one point, White City VA was sending people to see civvy specialists rather than sending us to Portland because the city was such a dumpster fire.

 

[CarlosDanger]

Nate Silver is baby stepping his "model" in the senate closer to 50/50, he now has it at a dead heat lol.

 

[WeDon'tNeedToWhisper]

Probably late...

https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1583941318912643073

 

[The Ugly One]

The thing that I presume chafes the soyboys/bugmen the most about the homeless, as well as normal people disliking it, is the sheer scale of environmental damage they've caused. Portland used to be a largely clean place, and it's turned into an open-air garbage dump straight out of a Captain Planet episode since around 2015.

This is a bad presumption. The green movement has rejiggered so that CO2 emissions from tailpipes and exhaust stacks are the only kind of pollution that matter. Shitting on the sidewalk, throwing garbage everywhere, leaving used needles on the playground, that's fine and tolerable. It's gotten so retarded that when Africans clear-cut a forest and drive some native species to extinction, it's reported over here as "another species lost to climate change."

So I see on the header that Dylan (some random transgender TikTok user) managed to get an interview with Biden. One wonders what kind of an interview it will be, especially since Dylan doesn't seem to be anywhere near the type to intellectually contribute to an interview.

Well, neither is Joe Biden.

 

[Potatoherder]

Probably late...
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https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1583941318912643073

You say that.

https://nitter.fly.dev/TheInsiderPaper/status/1583820469244817410#m

Biden seems to want to convince people the fix is in.

 

[chiobu]

OH BOY UPLOADS ARE WORKING OH BOY

 

[northstar747]

I am curious to see what happens in Oregon, any Republican victory will be met with public opposition from the pampered paramilitary thugs known as Antifa who are not beyond assaulting people and burning buildings. Hopefully whoever wins will do a better job dealing with them and the homeless issues in the state compared to Brown.

Shouldnt antifa being going to italy to deal with the fascists there.

Antifa amuses me because they can only operate where they are tolerated, and all it takes is one kyle rittenhouse to take them down.

 

[Snekposter]

I would highly recommend everyone visit Portland and witness the freak show for themselves. It's one thing shitposting on A&H about Portland being retarded, its another thing actually seeing it in person.

No. I live in Oregon. I get enough of a heads-up about how shit things are when I crack open the local news.

Shouldnt antifa being going to italy to deal with the fascists there.

Antifa amuses me because they can only operate where they are tolerated, and all it takes is one kyle rittenhouse to take them down.

They can try. And given Europe's history of open street violence I'm sure they'd do quite well.

(Lol nope. Whenever European antifags have interacted with US ones they leave depressed and spiteful towards those limp-wristed, coddled faggots. For those unaware, European riot cops exist to crack down on any dissent and unrest, and that includes antifa, or anything close. There has been serious skull-cracking at all those G20, G8, etc. meetings, and its all been done towards the left. There is zero state-antifa partnership in Europe like there is over here.)

 

[Breadbassket]

OH BOY UPLOADS ARE WORKING OH BOY

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Is this man a psychopath and why does he keep saying "Pig News" instead of Big News?

 

[The Ugly One]

(Lol nope. Whenever European antifags have interacted with US ones they leave depressed and spiteful towards those limp-wristed, coddled faggots. For those unaware, European riot cops exist to crack down on any dissent and unrest, and that includes antifa, or anything close. There has been serious skull-cracking at all those G20, G8, etc. meetings, and its all been done towards the left. There is zero state-antifa partnership in Europe like there is over here.)

Not in Germany. Any time the right organized politically, Antifa is turned loose on the streets to send people to the hospital and make it clear to everyone that trying to take Germany rightward is hazardous to your health.

 

[mandatorylurk]

If the Fag Committee wants Trump on 11/14, I can see him doing it. But I bet he declares he's running on 11/9, especially if it's a big red rout. "I'm running to Make America Great Again. Bitch McConnell cared more about letting Murky Murkowski remain a senator than helping the yuge Blake Masters, but so many patriotic Americans voted for MAGA candidates I'm going to save the republican party and save the country too. So I'll go before the unselect committee with the two losers Swamp Creature Liz Cheney and Crybaby Kinzinger, as republican candidate for president, to have them attempt to put me in jail as a political prisoner."

 

[Crescent Fresh]

Finally, we're fucking back, on Tor so far.

Anything happen while we died?

 

[CarlosDanger]

I missed you faggots.

 

[Oxous]

Finally, we're fucking back, on Tor so far.

Anything happen while we died?

Uh... there was the Pennsylvania Senate and NY Governor debates, Paul Pelosi, new polls painting a pretty ugly picture for the Democrats, Elon getting into the driver's helm at Twitter, the whole debacle with the Progressive Caucus letter... a lot went down this week, actually.

 

[That_Guy]

Finally, we're fucking back, on Tor so far.

Anything happen while we died?

Brooks got the whole damn library thrown at him - Guilty on everything. No Chimpout-and-tasering though. Somewhat surprised at that.

 

[Scale Smerch]

Finally, we're fucking back, on Tor so far.

Anything happen while we died?

Oh boy

Besides Pelosi's husband getting his head bashed in by a half naked, drug-fuelled lunatic (media sure stopped talking about this one quickly once the BLM affiliations came out), we had the Pennsylvania senate debate which effectively torpedoed Fetterman's campaign and both the New York and Michigan gubernatorial races increasingly entering toss-up territory.

It was a hell of a week, so naturally troons had to interfere and stop us talking about it.

 

[Meat Target]

The Garbagecan is literally begging people to not vote Republican.

Voters are angry. America’s 8.2% inflation rate sucks and has taken a big bite out of their paycheck. And $4-a-gallon gas hurts, too.

Many Americans are angry and blame Joe Biden for today’s high inflation. Indeed, polls show that many people plan to vote for Republicans in November because they’re upset with Biden over the economy.

(Unfortunately, many Americans forget that there’s been more job growth – 10 million jobs – during Biden’s first 20 months in office than during any previous president’s first 20 months.)
For any American who is thinking of voting Republican out of anger about inflation, here’s some advice: look before you leap. Republicans won’t do anything more than Biden has done to slow inflation. Indeed, they’ll probably do less. Despite the flood of GOP ads attacking Biden over inflation, Republicans haven’t put forward any proposals about how they would slow inflation. They talk of their plan to make Trump’s tax cuts permanent for the rich and big corporations, but that won’t do anything to reduce inflation. (By the way, inflation has been higher in many other countries – in Britain, it’s 8.8%, and in Germany, it’s 10.0% – so it’s ridiculous to suggest inflation is all Joe Biden’s fault.)

There’s another reason voters should look before they leap. Republican lawmakers actually support several policies that will increase inflation. Republicans have vowed to repeal the Biden-backed law that lets Medicare negotiate lower prescription drug prices, a law that will reduce inflation for nearly 63 million Americans on Medicare. Congressional Republicans were so eager to help big pharma instead of inflation-battered Americans that they blocked Biden from setting a $35-a-month price cap on insulin. That means higher prices – and inflation – for Americans with diabetes. Republicans are also intent on repealing Obamacare, which would push up healthcare prices for many Americans.

Republicans have vowed to take numerous other steps that would make it harder for tens of millions of Americans to cope with inflation. Republicans are threatening to create a debt ceiling crisis to shut down the government unless Biden surrenders to GOP demands to cut social security and Medicare. Many Republicans say social security and Medicare are far too generous, and their plans to cut those programs will further squeeze millions of older Americans who are already badly squeezed by inflation.
Republicans are also pushing an idea that will make it harder for millions of young Americans to deal with inflation. Through lawsuits and other means, GOP lawmakers to pushing to overturn Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, which will forgive $10,000 or $20,000 in student debt for 40 million Americans. Not only that, Republicans have hurt many parents’ ability to cope with inflation by blocking Biden’s plan to expand childcare subsidies for families with young children.

Biden has also taken on the oil industry giants, calling on them to roll back gasoline prices as they make obscenely high profits, even as inflation pummels consumers. It’s hard to imagine that Republicans, with their big donations from big oil, would criticize their fossil fuel friends about their exorbitant profits.

Many angry voters will argue that we should of course blame Biden for today’s inflation because, as Harry Truman said, “the buck stops here,” meaning the Oval Office. But let’s be honest, Biden is hardly to blame for inflation. Despite what Republicans say, if any president should be blamed for high inflation, it’s President Putin. Putin’s war against Ukraine, a major agricultural exporter, has pushed up prices for wheat and many other foods worldwide. Putin’s war has also caused oil and gas prices to soar.

The pandemic has caused huge supply chain disruptions that are a second big factor behind inflation. China has locked down thousands of factories, causing shortages of furniture, appliances and many other products, and that has pushed up prices. China’s lockdowns have caused a severe shortage of computer chips that American automakers rely on – that has reduced car production and jacked up auto prices. These supply chain problems aren’t Biden’s fault.

There’s a third major, often unappreciated factor fueling inflation: many US corporations have exploited the inflationary environment by aggressively increasing their prices and profit margins. Exxon’s second-quarter profits soared to $17.9bn, more than triple what it earned in last year’s second quarter, while Chevron’s earnings also more than tripled, to $11.6bn. The Economic Policy Institute, a progressive thinktank, found that roughly 40% of the recent inflation in the US can be attributed to fatter corporate profit margins. Maybe Republican TV ads should be attacking corporate greed rather than Joe Biden.

I’m not saying Biden is blameless. Like Donald Trump, he sponsored a badly needed program of checks to US households to help Americans get through the pandemic. Those checks increased consumer demand and pushed up prices somewhat, but not nearly as much as Putin’s war against Ukraine, supply chain disruptions or corporations fattening their profit margins.

Americans who plan to vote Republican because they’re angry about inflation are deluding themselves if they think Republicans will do anything to reduce inflation. For the past four decades, the Republican party’s economic policy has focused on one thing and one thing alone: cutting taxes on corporations and the wealthy. If you care about cutting taxes on the rich, then vote Republican, but if you seriously care about fighting inflation, Republicans will do zilch about that – other than saying you should blame Biden and the Democrats.

People who vote Republican out of anger about inflation could end up hurting themselves economically. With Republicans in power, there will be cuts in social security and Medicare, higher drug prices, higher healthcare prices, no student loan forgiveness, and less government aid for childcare. Moreover, Republicans oppose increasing the minimum wage and want to weaken labor unions.
With the Federal Reserve aggressively raising interest rates, inflation will no doubt be tamed in a year or two, regardless of whether Republicans or Democrats are in power. But with many Republican candidates indicating that they won’t honor election results – and majority rule – if Democrats win, our democracy could be fatally weakened if Republicans prevail in November. High inflation will be gone in a year or two, but if we lose our democracy, we won’t get it back anytime soon.

"Stop worrying about what we are doing, worry about what *might* happen! Nothing is ever our fault, bad things just happen on Democrats' watch for no reason at all!"

Too late, and up yours. I voted early last week, and hope I have contributed to your destruction.