The Trump Presidency Nein: Leistung, Korruption und Lugen

When Trump went to NoKo, did he take Bolton or Pompeo?

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It’s a trick question! He took Tucker Carlson!

 

Are y'all following this little dust up amongst Ivanka Trump, AOC and Piers Morgan? Kind of funny in a catty sort of way:

Barbie goes to the G20 with dad for some unfathomable reason and AOC calls her out for being unqualified as a diplomat.

Piers Morgan gets his undies in a bunch and comes to Barbie's defense saying something about "AOC was a bartender 18 months ago so who is unqualified?"

I don't feel like chasing down a link, but its worth checking out. The twitter video of Ivanka trying to talk to some diplomats who are openly rolling their eyes and turning their backs on her is really cringey. Anyway, its worth a look.

 

I don't know why they think Trump is any more qualified than his kid.

 

Didn't realize that. She looked a lot younger in the photo of her giving him a lap dance

 

He is the elected (at least through the electoral college) President of the United States. That, for better or worse, is his qualification. He is an embarrassment but he has the right to be at the G20.

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez is a duly elected member of Congress. That is her qualification.

Ivanka Trump has no official position within government. She has no qualification to be at the G20.

 

That picture is like 20+ years old.

 

Pretty much all the Dem candidates straddle the center, except for being racist. Most people want to preserve and/or extend the ACA, raise minimum wage, address climate control at least in a modest way, maintain Roe-Wade, increase infrastructure investment, and so forth.

So for me, these "move to the middle" arguments inevitably become "be somebody who is more appealing to Joe the Plumber," which means "be whiter."

It's gonna be hard for a Democratic candidate to do that and win the nomination. Which for me, is alright. I'm fine with the Democratic party rejecting the concept that being whiter means being better.

 

22 of the 34 contested seats in the 2020 Senate race are held by Republicans, If they take the Presidency, the Dems have a realistic chance to beat the structural odds by winning a majority in the Senate. It wouldn't take a blue wave to do that, just a solid blue trend.

 

For the most part I agree with you, but the Dems are playing with fire on immigration. Having undocumented people eligible for Medicare4All is very dangerous electorally. So is a policy that could semi-honestly be depicted as for open borders.

I'm pretty liberal, and even *I* oppose those 2 policies.

 

So is doing away with private insurance. That is political suicide.

 

Yes, they need to tighten that part up. I think it makes sense to separate the border control issue from the benefits. On border control, the Dems believe in maintaining U.S. borders, but doing so humanely. These people shouldn't be treated worse than war criminals. On benefits, those who file U.S. taxes receive them, those who do not file U.S. taxes do not.

 

Kaiser's survey shows that 56% of Americans favor getting their insurance from a single government entity, and 38% do not.

https://www.kff.org/slideshow/publi...ns-and-expanding-access-to-medicare-coverage/

I am wary of these arguments about policies being political suicide, because Republicans often run on proposals that are unpopular in the polls, and people vote for them anyway.

 

I personally like having my private insurance. Issue is Medicare4all is awkward and clunky and with no clear message for things such as those who might want private health insurance. It gives an opportunity for people to think it means no other options. England does have the National Health Service but one also has the option of buying private health insurance.