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I was rooting for him until the last three words of the headline.

“Life Coach” is a wonderful job for people with spouses who can support them.

If Biden disagreed with the decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem - why didn’t he move it back to Tel Aviv?

Everything else you listed has no bearing on added support for Israel. Also: Israel oppresses Muslims harsher than anything Trump has proposed, and they actively court evangelicals in the US.

Has Biden done anything to discourage that?

Roe v Wade, Energy policy, SCOTUS … it’s irrelevant when compared to supporting genocide.

What, exactly, will Trump do differently from Biden when it comes to the US-supported genocide? More weapons? More money? More political cover?

Consider: As long as Biden is president Dems aren’t going to get behind stopping the genocide.

So no. When it comes to stopping Israel’s genocide: Trump is an improvement because then at least maybe there will be some change from the Democrats.

I’m not apathetic - I’m realistically describing the situation.

Awwww… isn’t that cute? They really believe they have any kind of leverage, and that they aren’t going to vote Blue No Matter Who no matter what the Dems do.

It’s like watching puppies just before getting being murdered by an IDF sniper.

To be fair, and to paraphrase The Big Lebowski: He’s not wrong - he’s just an asshole.

In most representative democracies the head of state and head of government are two distinct offices for precisely this reason.

You mean the man with a reputation for not paying his lawyers is having trouble finding competent legal council?

I’m shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

10 more votes than expected.

I see no downside whatsoever.

Read this as ‘Trans’. X-D

1. Acknowledging that the people who hurt you are living in your head and you’re ready to move on. A lot of folks are unable to even get this far.

2. Therapy.

3. Truly internalize the realization that the act of imagining scenarios where you get to hurt the people who hurt you is like drinking poison with the expectation that someone other than yourself will be made ill.

4. living a good life.

This journey is difficult and requires a lot of self-reflection and maturity. Best of luck to you.

Here’s the thing: Politics is dead.

You know what else has broad popular support?

Medicare for All

Free college

Well funded public housing

There’s a much longer list, but you get the idea. It’s not what both parties are the same … it’s that Democrats use the same tired excuses for not doing what is popular and needed.

In 2024 not only are we going to be asked to once again ignore that Democrats are unable to fulfill the most basic functions of a political party, but we’re going to be told we need to vote for somebody who tacitly approved of ethnic cleansing and genocide.

That’s a bridge too far for me. Saying that the other guy is worse may be true, but it still doesn’t take away the reality that the Democratic nominate for POTUS is a genocidal monster.

The Christian right aren’t Sanders actual enemies; that would be the Democratic party.

If ever there was something that will predictably backfire on Republicans would be if they actually have Hunter Biden testify.

Br’er Rabbit was was born and raised in the briar patch.

Love making complicated, beautiful cocktails for guests. Zero interest in being a bartender at a high-end cocktail bar until / unless I retire.

A few days ago I went out to a local wine bar and ordered a charcuterie.

On the bill, there was a $1.85 “Kitchen Appreciation Fee”. Not a tip … a fee. For ordering food from the menu.

WTF.

No. They don’t. It’s like asking why you didn’t give your goldfish a bicycle when you did exactly that for your 10-year-old daughter.

And frankly, it’s hard to believe that people who would ask this type of question are doing so in good faith.

The situation in Ukraine versus the situation in Israel is about as different from each other as a brick is to Jupiter.

To pretend otherwise is intellectually dishonest.

I don’t like the guy either, but why is it controversial to expect a country to pay for their own defense?

Heck, as I remember it the issue wasn’t even to build the thing. It was mainly funding to replace ammunition.

Here’s the thing: Arguing Biden vs 3rd party is stupid.

My point is that trying to bully people into voting a certain way is counterproductive. It objectively does not work.

If you can’t convince someone to support a candidate based on material conditions and life experience, you certainly aren’t going to change their mind by trying to convince them that voting a certain way will make other people vote that way.