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Should be a wild four years.

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“Token” the Neigermiester said:
Godwilling…

But if such a lawsuit makes it to SCOTUS, they’ll cuck on it. You’d need 5 Clarence Thomas’, and there’s only one in this world. (:_(
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Well, I take a page out of the Deep State's book, remove Kikejanji, Soreassmayor, and Traitor Roberts from the picture and re-submit the case till they get it right. But I'm a tyrant. Who knows what an actual normal person would do.
 
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SpergioLeonne said:
It’s like a law of nature that a union will drive until it hits a wall and there’s no more room for concessions.

Think about like, payroll is something like 10% of the total overhead, and a company has no control over the other 90%. Metals cost what they cost, plastics cost what they cost, electricity costs what it costs, and those things can swing wildly.

In 2008 my job moved to Mexico because I was working in plastics and the price of oil doubled overnight. We had no forewarning, I just showed up on a Monday and the factory floor was cleared out and the HR lady was waiting for us
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There's a lot of transfers in my plant from Michigan plastic plants.

I was poking around one night and wasn't surprised to find the then-uaw pres on the board of directors for the absolute dogwater health insurance company us 2nd tier( literally what we were called) were stuck with.

My first union rep was a total dickwad to us new hires and let a shitty supervisor railroad me on some bs. He can't get elected for anything now. Literal nobodies got more votes than he did in the last chairman election. Everyone came out of the woodwork with negative experiences about him from when they were new. Only union jobs he can get now are appointed ones from the few of his cronies that still remain.
 
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CEO of Gay said:
This was the most fascinating thing about all this to me. For the longest time, it seemed to me to New Yorker loved Trump. If you were speaking to a New Yorker and the subject of Trump came up, you'd get the feeling of "Yeah, Trump. He's Our Guy" from how the New Yorker spoke of him. So when Trump announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination, and many of the New Yorkers I knew or knew of loudly disclaimed him, I was confused. Was it because he ran under the Republican ticket? Was that taken as some sort of betrayal?
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Most people in New York City aren’t New Yorkers, they’re transplants and immigrants.

More New Yorkers live in Florida than in NYC.
 
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gagabobo1997 said:
I'm extremely doomerpilled on gun rights. I believe they are the #1 most important right in the USA and the current administration, despite doing some based things, gives absolutely zero fucks about them. His first term Trump banned bump stocks which proves to me that he doesn't really care about 2a, and I have zero faith that the executive or judicial branches will do anything.
Blue states will continue to restrict our most important constitutional right and NOTHING will be done about it. Even if an AWB made it to the SCOTUS I have a feeling they would cuck out.
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Kash Patel might. He is not a fan of the 2A infringements.
 
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‘Scream night': Democrats get shouted down by their own activists over climate change
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By Elena Schneider and Brakkton Booker
2025-01-30 23:23:00GMT
Democrats are scrambling to find their footing in the second Donald Trump era. But for 30 minutes on Thursday night, they struggled even to get through a party meeting.

The final forum of candidates running to lead the Democratic National Committee was derailed at numerous points by climate protesters — a reminder of the fractures still dividing a party reeling from its losses in November.

More than a dozen protesters, some affiliated with the Sunrise Movement, repeatedly stopped the DNC forum proceedings throughout the first 30 minutes. After five individual interruptions, six more protesters surged toward the stage, attempting to unfurl a banner, before they were forcibly removed.

The moderators — MSNBC hosts Jen Psaki, Jonathan Capehart and Symone Sanders-Townsend — grew visibly frustrated by the frequent outbursts, even as they readjusted questions to address climate change.

“If anyone else feels the need to disrupt, please stand up and do it right now,” Sanders-Townsend said.

But the protests continued — becoming so distracting that some of the DNC chair candidates vented their annoyance. Jason Paul, a longshot among the eight contenders, accused the protesters of “hijack[ing] the whole evening” and turning “this into scream night at the DNC.”

Paul noted that he’d already signed on to a Sunrise Movement pledge to ban corporate donations to the DNC and ban super PAC spending in Democratic primaries. But the interruptions were a reminder of the kind of protests — coming from some of the party’s own activists — that have frequently disrupted party and campaign events in recent years, as interest groups press on specific policy concerns.

The fourth and final DNC chair event ahead of Saturday’s election largely mirrored the preceding forums, with the candidates broadly agreeing with one another about the need to combat online misinformation, reinvest in state parties and improve the party’s overall branding. The two frontrunners — Ken Martin, chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, and Ben Wikler, Wisconsin Democratic Party chair — sat next to each other on stage, but they didn’t spar with each other.

When asked about fundraising from high-dollar donors, both Martin and Wikler called for campaign finance reforms. But Martin did not chide Wikler, a prolific fundraiser, for his own closeness to donors, as he’s done in previous forums.

Marianne Williamson, a former Democratic presidential candidate, however, didn’t hold back: “No, Reid Hoffman is not a good billionaire,” she said, referring to a Democratic mega-donor who is close to Wikler. Hoffman had angered some Democrats when he founded a private voter file company, which would have directly competed with state parties.

Both Martin and Wikler also agreed to provide greater transparency in the DNC’s budget, with Martin promising to “break up the consultant industrial complex.”

“I agree with Ken,” Wikler said, drawing laughs and applause. “Let’s start with auditing every consultant contract that we’ve got.”

Others on stage called for a broader reassessment of the party’s problems. Faiz Shakir, a late entrant to the DNC race who ran Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, pushed the party to refocus on economic justice as its organizing principle, pledging to better engage influencers to “tell the stories about people on Medicaid” who are hurt by Trump’s policies.

“I felt like the ideas were not meeting the moment,” Shakir said.
 
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gagabobo1997 said:
I'm extremely doomerpilled on gun rights. I believe they are the #1 most important right in the USA and the current administration, despite doing some based things, gives absolutely zero fucks about them. His first term Trump banned bump stocks which proves to me that he doesn't really care about 2a, and I have zero faith that the executive or judicial branches will do anything.
Blue states will continue to restrict our most important constitutional right and NOTHING will be done about it. Even if an AWB made it to the SCOTUS I have a feeling they would cuck out.
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We've had more victories in the last few years than any other time. Just as it's death by a thousand cuts, these cuts need to be healed. Vance is pro gun, obviously so. Trump has called for national carry laws which is good, but he's not into firearms like Vance is. The VP always needs their own side project and I do hope he is influencing and pushing for things like the new hearing protection act and influencing Trump on these matters. The fact is, EOs are not going to benefit gun rights long term. There has to be real legalisation and court victories for staying power. The most important fight for your gun rights is your state level anyways.

Also the fact Trump cannot own guns is a hilariously good thing. It's going to give so much power to argue that the simple nature of a felony being disqualifying is ludicrous.

As for the "Trump isn't pro gun tho!!" Moaning. I'm tired of it, frankly. Yes he banned bump stocks, they're back now. EOs are not staying power. You know what else is a pro gun move? Deporting criminals that increase gun crime stats. Fighting to end gender ideologue shit that is increasingly responsible for school shootings. Choosing a VP like Vance and pushing for people in your cabinet that are pro gun. Not outwardly becoming insanely anti gun after being shot and almost shot by another whacko. Is he the best he could be? No, but who else is there? How many people after almost being killed do you know who wouldn't immediately start going on about "ya know maybe it is too easy to get such an accurate killer rifle assault weapon"
 
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gibbslets said:
I am in favor as long as you expand the definition of farmer, more than just that stranded there. There are poor/working poor whites who can’t afford to leave as well. People don’t realise but there is a policy called “BEE”, black economic equality, where every race, Asian included is called “black” and put in line before whites. This means no welfare/council housing, and job suppression.
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The comments on this video make me MATI. Bunch of crybaby niggers acting like all Whitey ever did was oppress them. We gave them endless fucking resources, and they squander it away. The aid to Africa donation amount is unfathomably high
 
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I Hate The Disabled said:
I might be early on calling this, but if the DNC thought the 2024 election was bad for them, I think 2026 will be even worse.
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Their own constituency will be the end of them. They cannot make all these factions happy. For one thing, most are in irreconcilable opposition to another Dem faction. For another even when they aren’t in direct conflict, most behave like jealous members of some nightmare blended family, where attention paid to another faction enrages them.

When you had all those “black women always show up for the Dems and they are TIRED from being SO LOYAL and DOING THE WORK and are going to SIT DOWN” articles I thought wow, the Dems will be relieved, because black women are 7% of the country but have been petted and coddled and told how exceptional and what historical figures they are simply for existing and their egos are such that they THINK they’re valued, but really since they only show up for themselves and bring less than 7% of the vote with them, they’re a burden. When did a black woman ever show up to support anyone over issues that don’t affect them? Not once in the history of ever. NONE of the Dem factions have any interest in what they can do, only what is going to be done for - given to - them.
 
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The exact number has not been disclosed, but the ultimatum was allegedly given to senior employees promoted under former director, Christopher A. Wray.
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According to reporting from The New York Times, an email to colleagues from one of the senior agents outlined that he had learned he would be dismissed "from the rolls of the F.B.I." as soon as Monday morning. "I was given no rationale for this decision, which, as you might imagine, has come as a shock," he wrote.
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GET FUCKED GLOWNIGGERS :woo:
 
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SpergioLeonne said:
This is the main reason I’ve held back from being pro union. Too much concern they’ll just fucking kill the company. Happened to my dad
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Yeah its such a mixed bag. TBF ill admit im biased and it really varies wildly but good unions are keeping up the wages of industrial/commercial HVACR/pipefitters.
I have seen local unions keep wages of journeymen at a steady 40-50/hr in areas where residential and commercial is bleeding them dry at 20-30. With the union also offering benefits; including ongoing training.
Inversely I've also seen some of the biggest leeches and overtly political scams ever.

I don't really know what the answer is but ill be honest if there weren't as many local unions as we have, I think any voluntary work for some trades would just evaporate.
To make this relevant to the actual US-politics-general an often rarely talked about issue is the mass abandonment of trades.
There are actually plenty of young new blood willing to get involved in the trades; however the boomers and gen x have decided to completely kick the ladder out from behind them and are pretty much doing nearly everything that they can to ruin most of the trade industries.

Nearly no one is willing to teach these life long coveted skills that keep everything functioning. Those who are, are offering dog shit wages driving out so many of the young men interested.
Some places in HCOL areas are offering 10-12 dollars an hour to do trainee duty. Some of those same area's are offering a *1-3* dollar increase in hourly wages for EPA universal certification and work ready certification. Meaning you can get formally educated in the basics of some of these trades (HVACR in this case) and make maybe 15 an hour doing back breaking reasonably dangerous labor. Or you can go work at Walmart stocking shit..

The only thing keeping an incentive for young men to get involved in the trades (HVACR) is the chance for union acceptance. Assuming the union isn't too shitty is guaranteed training. You aren't a salesman. Sometimes the hourly wage can still be stunted but you get guaranteed benefits when the work costs you your body, as it always does.

Unions can be really shitty and aren't needed for most retail industries but without them I'm pretty sure the trades would be done for.
 
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Good morning, USPG! I have two interesting articles from The Hill, the DC rag of repute.
  • "Late-night TV hosts double down on anti-Trump" (archive). The headline speaks for itself. Looks like the Democrats really don't know how to be normal and don't know how to not behave like radical psychos. I think that this is good for Republicans moving forward. The longer the Democrats fail to read the memo, the worse their political prospects.
  • "Flu map: These states are now at CDC’s highest activity level" (archive). More flu and vaccine propaganda. I find it incredible that any news organization would mention the words "flu" or "COVID." I also find it incredible that more politicians don't bring up how horrible that period of American history was.
This has been an article update from your favorite hunk of man, Hey Johnny Bravo.
 
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RybenZ999 said:
Any give a qrd on what Trump getting elected in 2016 felt like? (I wasn't that interested in politics back then) I heard the main difference between then and now is that it legit felt out of the blue. Like, no one expected Michigan and Pennsylvania to flip.
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I did not care too much about politics at the time. I just wanted a president that did not look like an open psychopath. Trump and Ben Carson seemed empathic to people, so I leaned towards them.

I lived by a university at the time so all the students after election day were demoralized, depressed and anxious. The ladies were always the ones calling for violence and protests while the guys were either seething or trying to be stoic. The Latinos seemed pretty happy with Trump at the time. Asians were usually stoic, except for the batshit insane democrat cultists. Jews were happy either way. The blacks and the foreign students (grifters) were the most interesting to me.

Foreign students in my experience were either smart amicable people or grifting rich day care children. They would not have cared either way.

Black woman are extremely hard core life long democrats. If someone was calling for violence and was not a white woman, then it was a black woman. But you would never see her protesting though. Violence is okay but protesting was gay.

While black men on the other hand, could not give less than a shit who was president or not. A very rare few would complain about Trump by parroting media lines. Otherwise, they just be hustling. It was only after the Trump bucks they started openly supporting Trump. Unless they are from New York, where black men always supported Trump. Black men do not seem to care about politics but like Trump a lot.

I was pretty happy when Trump won. My family, life long democrats, suspected that I did not vote for Hilary and was extremely angry with me. I did not realize the cult mentality that government political parties had on their constituents until my family lambasted me for voting for the "wrong party".

At the time, most of the political class hated Trump compared to how ambivalent they are now. So the cool hip thing to do was to ask your supporters to attack a suspected Trump supporter.

I lived in a Mighty Blue!City so if I wore my MAGA hat I was just pushed and shoved around. Rural areas where I traveled to were genuinely kind to me, no matter what I wore, so I am extremely thankful for the people I met there.

I was too scared to wear the hat or support Trump openly after seeing so many people on legacy media and IRL family calling for Trump and his supporters deaths.

I was happy Trump won, but I was too scared to support him openly after all the calls towards violence against Trump's supporters.
 
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