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OT: American Politics

He's a product of the neoliberal experiment.

30+ years of attacking and sabotaging government ... this is what you get.
 
Kevin M. Kruse @KevinMKruse
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Today, the president threatened to take federal aid away from a state where 150,000 Americans fled their homes due to massive fires.

The president also stayed in his Paris hotel room and skipped a memorial service honoring American soldiers because there was a little light rain.
 
Kevin M. Kruse @KevinMKruse
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Today, the president threatened to take federal aid away from a state where 150,000 Americans fled their homes due to massive fires.

The president also stayed in his Paris hotel room and skipped a memorial service honoring American soldiers because there was a little light rain.
 
BeLeafer said:
He's a product of the neoliberal experiment.

30+ years of attacking and sabotaging government ... this is what you get.
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i'd quibble with you on the neoliberal label but 109% agreed with the generation+ campaign to intentionally delegitimize democratic government on a fundamental level.
 
zeke said:
Mark Lowen @marklowen
In today’s ⁦@lemondefr⁩: When #Trump received the leaders of #Estonia, #Latvia and #Lithuania, he began by blaming them for the war in Yugoslavia. It took them a few moments to realise he’d mixed up the Balkans and the Baltics. ⁦@SylvieKauffmann
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Fake news. They’re all shithole countries.
 
zeke said:
Kevin M. Kruse @KevinMKruse
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Today, the president threatened to take federal aid away from a state where 150,000 Americans fled their homes due to massive fires.

The president also stayed in his Paris hotel room and skipped a memorial service honoring American soldiers because there was a little light rain.
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He lent his umbrella to Vlad for the WC final and, predictably, it wasn’t returned.
 
So chain of custody will be a major issue in Broward. Votes were being transported in private vehicles, without police escort, which is against Florida Election laws. In some instances, votes were gone for hours then appeared.

If positions were reversed, you know the Dems would be screaming foul too.

Brenda Snipes may have just ****ed the Democrats when all is said and done. Complete incompetence.
 
zeke said:
i'd quibble with you on the neoliberal label but 109% agreed with the generation+ campaign to intentionally delegitimize democratic government on a fundamental level.
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Attacking government and delegitimizing it was done so its regulatory role could be liquidated (a central dimension of neoliberalism).
 
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zeke said:
eh. it's more a central dimension of conservatism.
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It's precisely one aspect of neoliberalism, which is indeed conservativism but done by Liberals in Canada, Democrats in the US, Labour in the UK and on.

Key neoliberal things they did:

1. Deregulation
2. Defunding many social welfare programs
3. Cutting funding to universities/colleges, hospitals, public transportation, social housing and on
4. Privatizing many publicly owned organizations
5. Shifting public pensions to private equity/hands (e.g., CPP to CPPIB)

Those are the key aspects of neoliberalism. Basically, empowering corporations, improverishing the middle class and poor, and then creating a revolving door with corporate leaders to have more control over government.
 
BeLeafer said:
It's precisely one aspect of neoliberalism, which is indeed conservativism but done by Liberals in Canada, Democrats in the US, Labour in the UK and on.

Key neoliberal things they did:

1. Deregulation
2. Defunding many social welfare programs
3. Cutting funding to universities/colleges, hospitals, public transportation, social housing and on
4. Privatizing many publicly owned organizations
5. Shifting public pensions to private equity/hands (e.g., CPP to CPPIB)

Those are the key aspects of neoliberalism. Basically, empowering corporations, improverishing the middle class and poor, and then creating a revolving door with corporate leaders to have more control over government.
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eh, I think the term "Neo-liberalism" has become too broad a term to mean much anymore.

for example, I think many politicians most defnitely have been for regulating, for increasing funding, etc. but still been labelled "neo-liberals" simply because they in any way think globalism can be good.
 
Julia Davis @JuliaDavisNews
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White House confirms Trump will not visit Arlington cemetery for #VeteransDay. Rain is expected with 100% certainty. The White House announced “a lid" on presidential movements. Trump is not scheduled to leave the White House for the remainder of the day.




The Volatile Mermaid @OhNoSheTwitnt
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CNN: WH confirms Trump will not visit Arlington cemetery on Veteran’s Day due to rain.

NBC: WH confirms Trump will not visit Arlington cemetery on Veteran’s Day due to rain.

Fox News: Show your patriotism by buying Trumpy Bear! The bear with a flag up its butt!
 
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