Joe Ferguson forever

Election finance reform and term limits are the answers. wanting them is not anti establishment imo. To me, that term connotes the desire for more fundamental changes to our government and society.

anti establishment isn't left center in any universe.

Agree. Virginia is pretty centrist right now. I'd be very happy if it was reliably blue for Governor and President and still centrist. That's about where I am on the spectrum.

One of my fav episodes. Might be set in my town. Better listened to than read. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/699/transcript

NPR is on in my car whenever I'm listening to news. PBS newshour most nights. I like "This American Life" for long road trips. Talk politics, guns and fishing, cars, lawn and farm equipment at weekly bookclub. also local politics which are really interesting.. Local news broadcasts are poor here.

greenwald cover1 sounds like a spy agency. I think drudge is fair and balanced as they say.

I like Drudge a lot. Leads me to topics, often from world sources which can then be followed up on. No finance reads except I like the Economist and check yahoo finance for numbers. Figured out a while ago that managing money was better done by someone other than me.

he was found guilty of fraud. fraud is illegal. 2 days ago, trump couldn't secure a bond for half a billion. now he has it in cash? you're such a trump ass licker. you're as disgusting as he is.

Either trump or his lawyers lied to the court about how much cash he has.. but that's ok with you cuz it's trump right? right? the crime is lying to banks to get a loan they wouldn't otherwise have given. If you did that for a mortgage and were caught, you would be prosecuted.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dumbest-thing-couldve-done-experts-143415803.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

You could have just said “you guys are stupid”. I’ve got some land on the barrier islands for sale… not really, that would be stupid. Puffery

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-stock-markets-performance-under-biden-is-now-better-than-under-trump-but-a-big-factor-is-covids-toll-in-2020-b655d1e8

Another alt right propagandist with a shameful record https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Johnson_(columnist)

Wow. You are really fringe https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/3/19/far-right-austrian-figure-martin-sellner-banned-from-entering-germany Germany has good reason: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/germanys-laws-antisemitic-hate-speech-nazi-propaganda-holocaust-denial/

You try so hard. All I can think of is the word "prosaic"...

Plausible deniability: it’s your MO as well. Try transparency sometime. It would be uncomfortable at first but ultimately redeeming

Anoth another reason to strengthen NATO. If these scumbags turn some of law enforcement or the military, we can ask for aid in doing just that. Personally, I think putting the Jan 6 shite behind bars will be a cautionary tale for many would be insurrectionists. But more insurance is often good.

Jan 6 was all too real…plenty of thuggish bullies lead by a cowardly thug.

Where does 500 mil number come from. The bills were sold in 2014. In 2016, he stated his worth was 10 bil. Which one is a lie? https://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-money-net-worth-223662

when he came down the escalator in 2016 trump said he was worth 9 billion...and the MAGAs bought it. Imaginary massive wealth is his brand. And it's just another lie

simple "answers" to difficult problems: Hallmark of fascism.

And now he's complaining he has to sell or mortgage assets to pay his judgement. Many are already mortgaged. The reason he can't get a bond is the reason he lost in NY: He's a fraud. His net worth is no where near his claims. But stupid MAGAs will see him as a victim instead of appropriately, as a conman.

JesseKelly, another of trump's mobsters (from wiki) Senator James Lankford (R-OK), who negotiated a bipartisan border bill on behalf of the Republican caucus over 4 months from November 2023 to February 2024 said on the floor of the Senate in February that a right-wing media personality had told him “flat out—before they knew any of the contents of the bill, any of the content, nothing was out at that point—that told me flat out, ‘If you try to move a bill that solves the border crisis during this presidential year, I will do whatever I can to destroy you, because I do not want you to solve this during the presidential election'" Lankford added, “[They] have been faithful to their promise and have done everything they can to destroy me in the past several weeks.” Jesse Kelly then asserted on X that he was the person who had threatened Lankford, and called Lankford a “eunuch.”[8][9] and you're proud of it. at least your honest.

Glad your transplant went well. Good thing there are still people devoted to Science and the art of Medicine, are intelligent and are willing to put the long hours in. You know nothing about my abilities. They served my patients well.