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I sent a few screen shots of some of the cards from his video to my wife and asked her to photoshop out the words so I could have them for free. She has yet to respond to me.

Did someone make this with Adobe 'Cellomophone player to make fun of Trump?

The press secretary using the Hatch act to state she can't give the Biden administrations thoughts on returning stolen money. That's priceless.

I wish my wife didn't get the vaccine, or I should say the booster. She's one of very few documented cases where she still has issues (about a year now). That said, she had many doctors state her issues weren't as rare as we thought, simply the odd thing with her was how long it has persisted. I still would have gotten it, along with my kids. I always understood it didn't mean I'd never get Covid, but i'd be better protected and likely have less severe symptoms and duration. Maybe I'm wrong at some level, but it just seems like common sense that by itself would decrease infections as a whole. I know there have been follow up studies, which honestly might be outdated for our current variants, that showed the same amount of virulence for people with Covid with or without the vaccine. But if i'm coughing/sneezing/wheezing less than I would have otherwise, I'm limiting it's ability to get airborne.

Dave Whelan was on Flashpoint (Sunday morning Detroit show) this morning. He was everything you'd hope an American that understands how difficult of a position it is for the detainee, as well as their family, that is held in a foreign country would act. One thing I took out of the interview, and I'm not sure if he said this based on his view that his brother did nothing wrong or if he had some inside knowledge (guessing probably not) was that he said he doesn't believe Greiner even had anything on her. Thought it was an interesting tidbit.

Probably should have said stereotyping. My point is, if you're sympathetic to a cause, you will be more open to listening and understanding what someone does that is on your 'team'. I'm not terribly sympathetic to democratic causes, so I think I did the same when I read this statement from you. Based on how my stereotypical view of most of you on this site, I read that as the only people that get offended are the idiots that think it's the military that gives us our freedoms. I can assure you, many people that are offended by those that sit, kneel, or refuse to come out for the National Anthem don't believe this. Personally I am offended by those that sit or refuse to come out, not kneel in part because even though I don't agree with Kaepernick, I appreciated the back story on why he began to kneel vs sit and I feel a lot of folks that follow Kaepernick understand that as well. So if they choose to sit or refuse to come out, to me that is a direct slap in the face of the military (as it was a military issue for Kaepernick which adjusted how he protested.) At the same time, it is their right to do it, so I try not to hold it against them which unfortunately so many others do.

I feel like you're projecting a bit. Odd, I see that here. I said years ago that at this point, outside of Candice Miller in a local role here in my district, i'm going to be a straight dem voter. I voted straight dem this last time around. I've exalted like most of you how horrible Trump is, but man, mention that Trump shouldn't be blamed for one thing, or say I don't agree with what a dem has done, obviously I love fascism.

I think it's all about how one views the national anthem and it's purpose. Following is my stereotype opinion. As a whole, when it comes to "America" GOP voters are more optimistic (Best country in the world, 'Murica!!! Whoo!!!) and Dem voters are more pessimistic of the country. Maybe not the best way to lay it out as I'm not saying that as a dig against the Dem's, they just look at more of the issues with the country whereas the GOP tends to look for the good. Truthfully it's a bit of both, we are a great country, but with many flaws too. In terms of Colin and Britney, it was perceived as a slap in the face to our military even if they tried to explain that it's a form of protest and not tied to that. I personally don't think they are on the same level, but I'd almost equate it to the nword use. Similar how most people just know not to ever say or write the N-word, you still occasionally see that story of some newly famous person that quoted a rap lyric when they were 15. It doesn't matter what the intent was, that kid will be labeled a racist. Ironically the right will complain about that and argue you should look at the intent. Unfortunately neither side ever gives the other the benefit of the doubt.

I was interested in Biden's 'illegitimate reasons' comment for Whelan. If a terrorist / international arms dealer that was wanted by Interpol isn't enough for Whelan (even if they truly think he was a spy) and a girl with a vape pen (i'm not mentioning by name not to slight her, but to point out how small time her discretion was) , I somewhat suspect that he's off the table in terms of negotiations.

Agreed that there are more questions than answers but IMO, it doesn't really matter if MAGA is a bottom up movement or years of top down engineering, in the end, money is the key to where this goes and that's why I think Trump and the GOP are done. (Doesn't mean he can't steamroll his way to the candidate again, it's just the GOP knows they will lose if he is nominated.) Both parties still rely on big donors first and foremost. Small donors have been focused on by both parties in recent years, but still, you need to keep the big donors happy. You don't have any sign of trouble in the Democratic camp related to either right now. On the GOP side, you have big donors that are clearly done, or at least publicly questioning the direction of the party. As you mentioned with one that could make a huge difference. Add in they have some small donor issues that the dems don't have to worry about, and it's a perfect storm. 1) Losing big donors in general will force the civil war that I think even democrats have hoped for within the GOP. 2) Losing Murdoch hurts from a big donor standpoint, but even worse, he owns media that is sympathetic to conservative ideas. The closest thing comparable to this on the left would be losing Soros and even than, while he supports some media outlets, he's not the owner of them. 3) Trump recognized the sizable chunk of small donation donors and started campaigns to ensure that money goes to him, not the GOP. So while not the biggest chunk, even that is getting attacked by Trump.

Losing changes everything. GOP top brass have faced the stark reality they are in trouble running Trumpie candidates in big elections. MAGA has become bigger than Trump, so yes, you're still going to have some Trumpie folks get into big elections and at the more local level you'll have more. The bigger change will come from within the party. Top brass allowed the crazy when they were winning, they are done now. They will find a way to ensure less Trumpie candidates get pushed. The democratic party is already working to help ensure Biden is protected from any primary run against him. Republicans will start to do the same.

I've re-read everything leading up to your 'track record' comment up until now and I have no idea what you're talking about in reference to me claiming to be a victim. You said it was ok for the left and media to destroy Trump IF he oversaw what happened to the unions in this railroad legislation because of his track record. I've simply pointed out that you all excuse Biden and he WAS the one to oversee it as it happened. I later joked that Fetterman has a 'track record' of defending unions and if we take his word at face value, once he gets a vote, we're going to be in a scary situation when and if he chooses to actually defend unions as our entire country could go into economic collapse.

My disgust comment, and quite a few of my comments over this issue were said with some jest involved. But while overall I understand the reasoning why both parties chose to avoid any corporation/employee strike, don't pretend that the democrats made some valiant attempt to give the workers anything. They punted the issue and made it look like a 'win' before the election, then they split the vote to ensure that the end result was the exact same thing you would have gotten with the GOP, with the only caveat being that they can claim they tried to help. I actually defended Fetterman as in my view, his tweet indicated he would have fought for the workers more. I was assured that Fetterman's comments said no such thing. It apparently was the same ole Dem's, all talk with no indication there would ever be any action. Maybe he will fit in the party.

The Railroads should be blamed, they are the ones that did this. There is only one solution, they give workers paid sick leave. Until then, it's the workers fight and as long as they want to fight, we should support them. If we let the railroads just have their will, where will it stop? Next time there is a corporation vs worker issue, the corporation will know they can just run over the worker and no one will help. You folks that choose appeasement disgust me.

Yes, after they split up the vote to allow them to vote the way they did, knowing it would fail if separated.

It's adorable how hard the dems fucked over workers and yet still are going to claim they are the party of workers. It's adorable how much you all defend them too.

Similar to when 1984 says 'track record' allows you to infer something bad about someone (based on your own personal beliefs), I claim track record with Fetterman. His rhetoric has always been supportive of workers over corporations and has stood with workers and unions. Based on his track record, I think that in addition to saying he thinks companies should give them employees some paid sick leave, I think he's saying he would actually vote to allow that. As explained to me, in this circumstance, a vote to give paid sick leave, or even worse, a vote to allow the union to strike, would have crippled the economy and on a balance of give the workers a crumb or deal with the only other alternative, bankrupting the country, he would have voted for the employees (aka bankrupting the country). Words matter, you guys advocated for a guy willing to destroy the country just to give a few union workers, who will probably still vote for dems anyway, a few paid sick days off. There is no pay off for dems here, he needs to shut his mouth, fuck over workers, and take their money every 4 years when he claims he'll help them on another vote....without producing.

And if Biden and the dems didn't force the unions to accept the deal you could have just as simply argued that Biden and the unions weren't causing economic pain, the corporate railroads were. Instead the railroads and Biden imposed their will on the employees and they aren't allowed to fight back. I'm not triggered. I hoped for this, actually I hoped they would hold the house too but still this was like winning the lottery. I'm still confident this 'broke the back' of the GOP and will result in a major refocus which should bring some more sanity back to the party. What i'm not inclined to do is to claim I won and turn a blind eye to the party I voted into power and chose to believe they are always making the best decisions and that I should never question them.

Right, but as 1984 says, i'm a conservative, that's my track record. I should be beat up in the media for such horrible ideas. Yet Fetterman is advocating sinking this country just so a few workers can get a few paid sick days. We're not living in my pretend land as president, in a few weeks this man will have a vote and it was the democratic party that supported him. Hopefully the likes of him don't take over the party and the Democrats can stick to common sense ideas where they get union votes, without actually producing for the unions.

Or now that he’s elected are you going to admit his health is an issue to excuse this imbecile thought process?

And you guys actually supported this man over science (a doctor)?!?! Willing to just screw over the country. Typical democrats, just want to destroy America.

Absolutely. On that note, I’ve been told on this site that Putin is crazy enough to nuke Ukraine, and even without that, by supplying Ukraine and prolonging this war, are we not harming workers and famine all over the entire world? So obviously it’s in a no win situation and Biden should just let Ukraine get screwed over, for the benefit of far more people. Right? That would be consistent right?

What are you talking about? I said Trump would have done the same thing that Biden did here...which was nothing for the workers. I firmly believe, dabbling in hypotheticals, he would have been roasted by the unions, the left, and the media for doing exactly what Biden did here.

I want what you're smoking. Trump would have been the evil man that doesn't even want workers to get paid a few sick days. Big corporation, what do you expect from the GOP, amirite? I'd like to think that I would have put more pressure on the railroads, including publicly if I had to. In the end, you may be right, that's where it might have come down to.

I know you guys hate both sidsin', but there is something deep down in me that suspects if Trump and a GOP controlled congress did this they wouldn't be getting the excuses you all are reserving for the dems here.