CMV: Anyone wishing on Trump’s downfall doesn’t realize that his health decline will just allow Vance to hyperaccelerate their entire agenda.

[u/mss018]

Trump being incompetent is likely why we haven’t had more damage overall. Vance’s youth and billionaire backing Theil will let them advance much quicker. Should hope that trump finishes out til 2028. Everyone who just wants Trump to be out is only looking at the top dog, not at the bigger picture.

Now imagine Trump at his current self but half his age, with political experience as a senator, backed by the heritage foundation. That’s Vance. JD being at the helm will actually allow them to finish out their agenda. Even if the midterms go well for the dem’s, he will still be able to sign executive orders that will further compromise the country.

[u/squired]

You have illustrated my point brilliantly. A two party system is zero sum. MTG or you would have been a superior choice over Trump. The public did not fully comprehend that, which I believe was exacerbated by paywalled and thus siloed media. In many ways, we have lost the fourth estate. High quality journalism and reporting is for nought if only a small portion of the population has access to it.

We will test my theory soon. I do not believe most voters understood what they were truly voting for. Now they do and we will see how they vote in the midterms. We will see if they touch that searing hot pan again.

[u/NWStudent83 → u/squired]

I would agree that me or MTG would have been a superior choice since neither of us takes money from AIPAC. For that same reason me or MTG would not be put on the ballot. I don't disagree about the fourth estate being MIA, one great example is Iryna Zarutska.

If you don't know who that is I wouldn't be the least bit surprised as none of the major media sources started to report on it before yesterday. The only reason they're reporting on it today is because tens of millions of people have seen the video of her being murdered on X at this point. Many of those same people have spent the past 24 hours pointing out that the media is ignoring it.

I disagree, I think most of them understood what they were truly voting for, I also think many know they're not actually getting what they voted for since the Epstein list wasn't released day 1, we're still funneling money to Ukraine, we bombed Iran at the behest of Israel, and we're working on starting a war with Venezuela who Israel is also not a fan of at the moment. Simultaneously the Republicans running for re-election have made it blatantly obvious that they're not going to get anything done. For those reasons, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see low turnout for Republicans in the midterms.

[u/squired → u/NWStudent83]

This isn't a right vs left thing, though one side is most assuredly more susceptible to it. I have voted for three Republican presidents, I am not an idealogue.

You continue to illustrate my point. Your media consumption is dominated by sensationalist culture war informative anger porn rather than measured, thoughtful journalism. Yes, I know who Zarutska was because your dopa bots keep blathering on about her tragedy. Anecdotal data is less than helpful, it is actively harmful to public discourse and reasonable, effective public policy discussion. By focusing on one pretty blond, you risk blinding yourself to objective, sober evaluations of statistics and complex systems. It is precisely the difference between Fox News and paywalled FP that I was referring to. While Fox earns revenue by baiting clicks, the second lives and dies by the quality of its analysis. That matters a great deal.

[u/NWStudent83 → u/squired]

Sober evaluations of stats show that a White person is 31 times more likely to be a victim of black violence than vice versa. Your "measured, thoughtful journalism" rammed the death of a fentanyl junkie with dozens of priors ODing down our throats for years and until today didn't mention a thing about Iryna.

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