My dad WAS a republican that didn’t watch fox news. A true fiscal conservative.

Then Trump got the nomination in 2016 and he has voted blue ever since.

Actually, I think he might have voted for Obama on the first term too. I remember him being very upset about Palin. “Who the heck is this crazy lady?!”

So yeah, non indoctrinated Republicans at least used to exist. But the ones still holding on in 2024? Must live in heavily conservative areas.

but let’s be honest, all it takes is one wedge issue to lose Progressives. They are not a vote worth pursuing

and this advice, fellow internet peeps, is how you lose elections to fascists.

Uh huh. I guess all those Progressives that refused to vote for Hillary because of the DNC scandal don’t count. Or all the progressives, who are very loudly declaring they won’t vote for genocide, don’t count. Or the california progressives currently decrying Adam Schiff’s (checks notes) attack ads on a Republican as actually designed to raise his name recognition so Schiffs progressive opponent would lose to a republican, don’t count.

If you think all of the above are ridiculous reasons not to vote Dem in the general election, then you’re not the idiotic progressive fringe I’m talking about, and your vote is already secure.

Sorry, see my edit above. Looked it up myself

Do you actually have evidence that Schiff propped up his republican rival?

Edit - looked up these claims. The claim is that he propped up a republican by running attack ads against him. That’s an absurd basis to demonize Schiff for. Should he have attacked Porter instead? Dem voters definitely would not appreciate in fighting right now, when we have literal nazis to rally against.

This just sounds like more baiting to trick Progressives into grandstanding against the Dem candidate.

I’ll disagree with that, as someone lemmy would classify as a moderate.

We all know the Dems are the only adults in the room. We know they actually want to govern. We accept that the majority of them are corporate shills, but also want to improve things for the people as long as there’s not a direct conflict with corporate America.

Most importantly, we recognize that the other party wants to pillage this country and burn down everything and hand it over to the filthy rich.

If the Dems got into petty attacks on Republicans, you would not lose moderate voters. You may lose more Progressives, but let’s be honest, all it takes is one wedge issue to lose Progressives. They are not a vote worth pursuing. It’s getting more of the red vote, or at least creating voter apathy in the Right by branding all their politicians as the absolute clowns they are.

20 years ago, I would say you were right. Being respectable was a draw. But actions speak louder than words, and the Republican’s actions for the last decade have been absolutely vile. Rhetoric won’t change that.

I would roll my eyes incredibly hard, but I’m starting to think they need to get into the childish nickname game too. It really sells to that crowd. People are, to this day, still delightfully saying Lets Go Brandon like it’s clever.

I will forgive them. There’s a large portion of this country that thinks of politics as entertainment and are just interested in drama. Fight fire with fire.

And that tells me everything I need to know about your opinions. Horray for the block feature

You’re telling me that the guy who showed up to counter protest with a gun, who provoked protestors while holding a gun, is actually a coward who’s too afraid to comment on the racist remarks of his shitty friend.

Who’da’thunk’it

To be fair, the unwalled garden of Android hasn’t really come back with anything compelling in a decade, either. Just iterative hardware improvements.

Which is fine. The space has matured. There will be other frontiers.

But at least this might result in a decrease of friction between users with different platforms.

Man, can you fanboy any harder?

Apple has some aggressive “in-club” style marketing and exclusivity practices.

iMessage intentionally massively degrades user experience when a non-iMessage user is in the chat, to encourage their iPhone users to harass their friends into getting an iPhone too.

The cruelty is the point. They want their users to ostracize their friends into converting friends and family to their platform.

You mean, like the business model that Android has been using for years?

Or Windows / Linux have been using for decades?

What a weird thing to paint in a bad light.

Tenant laws differ by state. Some could be evicted if the new owner doesn’t want them. Some have protections that would force the new owner to continue renting until end of lease or some grace period.

Businesses inside the properties probably have contracts with new ownership stipulations. But these are Trump contracts, so I assume there are lot of shenanigans, so your guess is as good as any.

Anyone have that first graph in a dollar amount? Seems odd to display that as a percentage.

Let’s see how their thin blue line holds up when their cop gang buddies in prison are the victim of another incarcerated cop’s predisposition for domestic violence.

And therefore the world, as is tradition.

Working full time isn’t retiring.

You also have a weird notion about benefits, and employers willingness to give full time hours so you even qualify. But that’s not even the slightest bit related to this discussion.

Rofl, they’re welcome to it. I guess everyone needs a hobby

Yep, people acting like it’s plausible for someone to retire and live the rest of their life renting a room, at the same income as they got fresh out of college.

Plus they’re citing studys aimed at 35-40 years life expectancy, for someone retiring in their 20s, maybe early 30s.

And in one breath will decry the inflation calculations being cited by the government to show we have a “healthy” economy. And in the next, try to pretend cost of living isn’t sky rocketing and someone can live the rest of their long life on 40k/yr.

That’s lemmy for you, though. No point fighting the tide.

Edit - also, I’m sure those studies probably included some amount of social security helping out, which you’re not getting if you retire in your 20s.

Imagine learning the English language purely off Trump speeches, tweets, and MAGA echo chambers.

or man who will support a genocide two genocides

FTFY