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Nice Guy Eddie
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come on man. no need for that.
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to me that was the platform. I didn't see Kamala call for more trans women in women's sports.
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what do you want Dems to do? Do you want them to lead the charge in requiring chromosome tests in order to play women's sports? This is like saying that both political parties should have outlawed 1960s civil rights because there were many racists in the country. (I didn't say Dems here because Dems were heavy on the racist side and eventually became republicans.)
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I work for an overwhelmingly liberal heavy company including having at least one, recently transitioned person. And yes, people mistakenly used the wrong name and pronoun especially at first. No one was fired.
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Where is the outrage at college sports or the NCAA? It's amazing how many conservative UT fans are boycotting UT football games over this.
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but it should be pointed out that no one is enforcing pronouns. Any "pronoun police" is only stopping a person who is intentionally trying to hurt or bully a coworker. If a coworker tells me that they prefer to be called Steve as opposed to their formal name of Stephen, I respect that. If I intentionally call him Stephen just to prove a point, it's fair that he or someone else tell me to cut it out. Maybe there is a big reason, which I don't have a right to know, he doesn't want to be called that. None of my business. I'm also not getting in trouble for calling him Stephen once just as I have never heard of someone being fired for pronouns.
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I'm not trying to turn this thread in a trans only discussion but I haven't seen one woman harmed or had their rights taken away due to trans rights. I know there is that one right wing commentator who is mad that she tied for 5th in a NCAA championship instead of having 5th place to herself. That's sad story is not keeping anyone up. but I agree with you that it's a big issue for the GOP. They've always been very successful in scaring people about bathrooms and sex behind closed doors. I truly believe it's their biggest winning issue over the last 50 years.
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I disagree that mainstream Dem politicians and supporters want men in women's sports. I would say they're silent on the issue as in more aligned with letting a sports organization and perhaps the courts decide. What a crazy concept that we let the people close to the issue or those interpreting laws decide the status quo. The issue was put into the discussion by the GOP because they want to push trans people out of society. for example how they will not be allowed to use public restrooms. Should Dems agree that we should harm trans people?
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I'm not entirely agreeing with this because I don't see Harris going heavy with identity politics. Harris seemed to intentionally shy away from her background other than she grew up in a middle class household. Were you aware of that? I do agree that Dems do a poor job communicating their stance towards trans issues. As a group they support trans rights but I don't see them running on that. The right has pounced on the unpopularity of trans rights. Should the Dems join the bandwagon and try to out-cruel the right? It goes against the values of the Dems to add to the marginalization of a minority group.
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SIAP. Arizona craziness: Trump 1.30m, Harris 1.17m Gallego 1.25m, Lake 1.182m Basically 120K voters voted for Trump but didn't vote for Lake. She's identical to him in many ways. And roughly 60K of them voted for Gallego. WTF. In hindsight Trump not more vocally supporting Lake in the last few months is going to be a mistake by the GOP. It's an understandable mistake since she seemed so toxic but he may have been able to pull her over the finish line with different tactics. EDIT: vote counting is not over so who knows how it will shake out including Lake winning. Lake has more votes than Harris! Wow.
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You just described 50% of the voters. there are also many loud voices that claim that they're earning the same or even lower wages from before COVID. So when they complain about having less, those who have seen their wages somewhat keep up with inflation, those people are quiet. It gives the belief that the vast majority have much less purchasing power today. I'm open to hearing someone prove me wrong but I think many are doing the same if not much better today than in 2019. Of course people look at politicians for causing, or not doing anything, about inflation. And their personal wage increases are solely due to their own hard work.
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I was frustrated in the Dems' and Harris' messages regarding inflation. There was general understanding that the 2020-2022 inflation was related to COVID and the shutdowns. the problem was the general public feels prices should have returned 2019 levels. It's obvious that the Harris campaign deliberately did not want to refute that belief. I get it. If you are honest with the public it gives Trump more opportunity to lie by saying that he would lower prices and Harris won't. As mentioned it's tough to teach moderate economic complexity for those without much background in it. But they should have tried in long form interviews. Possibly Joe Rogan's show... I asked ChatGPT to explain it in a couple of sentences: Then get someone like Cuban or other business leaders to concur.
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Who should be fired is everyone on this page: https://www.texasdemocrats.org/party-officers if the Texas DNC took the last few months off, would the results be any different in Texas? I will give them the benefit of the doubt that they try but their results call for dissolution. surprised that someone else doesn’t start a competing Texas DNC from scratch.
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I’ve set up a decent life for myself and I’m an oldish white guy so I expect to do well under a Trump presidency. Did great under his previous admin and even better under Biden. Still I vote for Dems because it’s the right path for future success for more Americans. Won’t have any sympathy when many Trump voters struggle. I guess the ones who compete with illegal immigrants for jobs will do better. Not sure about other lower wage voters. Their losing will show the libs up.
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Think he would add 6 spots and not pack the court with 6 more 40-year old conservatives hand picked by the heritage foundation, you know the project 2025 sponsors.
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The only saving grace is that Texas Dems have long learned to not count on heavy vote counts from the Valley. Still stats like this make Texas going blue an impossible proposition especially if Harris County is a light blue.
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Trump wants to drill baby drill but no one is going to do that if prices are lower. And is any producer spending money to produce more natural gas since basically we are at low prices at their lowest in decades? but then again since facts don’t matter Trump will just claim drilling is up and gas prices are down even if not accurate.
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Dems did a horrible job when the GOP implied that Biden took US oil and gas production to all time lows when it fact it was the complete opposite. Is there anyone in South Texas or the Valley that either doesn’t work in O&G or have friends/family who do? I can only guess that there are some prospective workers who assume that the Texas will triple production in the next 6 months and jobs will be falling from the sky.
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In looking at the outstanding races, I’m guessing that it will end up 53-47 GOP. Rosen has to catch up to win but the outstanding votes are in Vegas. She will take it. Too bad Casey looks to just be missing out in PA but maybe there are some mail in votes left in Philly. Sucks but I went to sleep last night thinking it was 55-45. Small victories. In looking ahead to 2026, the Dems have 2 tough races Ossoff (GA) and Peters (MI) while GOP will have strong challenges with Collins (ME), Ernst (IA), Tillis (NC). Usually the midterms are bad for the party in power but you never know. of course I’m counting on Kari Lake losing but she is surprisingly making it a close race. Wow.
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I’m fairly certain my school taxes today are not paying for my public school education from 30+ years ago. But maybe there is some magical retro payment system that flows into a different county.
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I've heard stories about many young men struggling to find their way in life. They fail in school relative to their female counterparts which leads next to earning less money. I can only imagine the lack of romantic interests for many of them. Personally I have a few friends who's sons appear to fit this description. Successful parents but the sons are in minimum wage jobs a few years out of high school. I'm not putting them down but just an observation. If the status quo isn't working for you, then you look to change up something like who's in power. There also looks to be tremendous pressure on young men with their insecurity regarding their masculinity. And even hinting that you support a Democratic policy much less a candidate and you're called a beta by some. And being called a beta is fighting words even if it's a stranger doing so.
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Kind of like people, like me, who don't have kids but have paid thousands in the school system. A society leads to scenarios where individuals sometimes receives benefits from govt programs and sometimes they don't. I do agree with you that we're moving more to a place where it's everyone for themselves.
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Nothing worse than someone not talking crap or not talking at all until the win. If you want to take trash after a game or an election, show up before said election. And to add to that, someone here is calling other people pussies when he created a new Surly handle because he was too embarrassed by his previous posts and he didn't want impacting his real life. Looking at you Drebin/Sack.
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People believed: Trump will give them more money in terms of tax breaks especially for lower income people undocumented workers are coming to kill your family the money that we sent to Ukraine came at the expense of helping you. Prices will be drastically deflationary without negatives impacts harris and the Dems should have spend more time saying how all of these ideas are bs. And Biden should have been addressing the problems sooner.
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I could write a paragraph or two where I believe Harris made mistakes but ultimately this falls on Biden being a poor president for many in America. I did well under Biden’s America but that’s mainly due to a raging hot stock market. America fared best among most countries regarding inflation but Biden should have acted more decisively to combat higher prices. And he failed to take notice of the belief about too much illegal immigration.
