And unfortunately, Trump seems to be better at relating to dictators.

I know you’re not intentionally mincing words, but I prefer to be as explicit about it as possible: Trump idolizes dictators and wants to be just like them. He is a fanboi of Putin, Xi, et al.

pretending to be a tough guy that gets respect by rewarding friends and punishing enemies.

Or vice-versa, when it comes to the US’ relationship with the countries themselves (as opposed to his personal fawning sycophancy towards dictators).

It’s like the term “globalists.” Some very naive people repeat conspiracies thinking that there’s some secret cabal of globalists, but most people know that anyone talking about “globalists” means “Jews.”

And just to be clear, there isn’t a secret cabal of those, either!

That’s one of the really insidious things about their tactics: their lies are like ogres, with layers. It makes it such a huge chore to debunk each and every aspect that some of them slip through the cracks and go unrefuted. Then they point to those in order to shore up the rest of the shit they’re spewing!

Okay so there’s no real argument about why the RNC, DJT, and the MRP are bringing this lawsuit. It’s politically motivated and they are dicks trying to prevent people from voting.

Honestly, I disagree. I think this comment rings true, that their motive is even more ulterior than just stopping veterans from registering to vote:

I believe this is about making as much of the election go through the corrupt court system as possible. They want this election decided by judges.

In other words, they don’t just want people not to vote; they want the votes of people who do manage it to also not matter by manufacturing excuses for Heritage Foundation judges to throw them out wholesale.

…you say in response to an example of the USSR. 🙄

“Maintaining an aura of objectivity” is itself blatant pro-fascist bias!

Pretty much why I’ve been calling the US a 2nd world country for years.

FYI, “second world” means communist – or more specifically, Warsaw Pact. Only delusional MAGAs would call the US that.

Also, the “developed” vs. “developing” terminology doesn’t really have a category that fits a country that was previously developed and is now declining.

Because “first world” means NATO, not having a high standard of living.

It’s always telling how these headlines talking about “support for political violence” remove any distinction between aggression and self-defense.

Sorry, but IBM bought it so it’s evil now. I don’t make the rules.

Every fascist movement has its paramilitary. Hitler had his Brownshirts, Mussolini had his Blackshirts, and Trump has his Redhats.

“Afforded protections” is one thing, but that’s not the point. The point is that I refuse to let this count as a “Presidential assassination attempt” because he isn’t the goddamn President right now; Biden is. And you shouldn’t count it as such either – the only ones who would are MAGA election-denier shitheads.

No it isn’t. Trump is a candidate, not a sitting President, so it doesn’t count.

All this shit happening is bad enough; can we at least not prematurely crown him?!

This ain’t R*ddit. You can change the title, as long as it’s for good reason:

Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive.

Frankly, adding the date to the title not only complies with the rule, but leaving it omitted arguably violates it by being misleading to the point of misinformation.

(His point was to highlight the glaring difference in how the media treats issues with Trump vs. how they treat issues with Biden.)

The things that you’re saying are just flat-out factually untrue. You didn’t “check” anything, or if you did you certainly didn’t understand it. Go educate yourself before you keep being confidently incorrect.

Edit: Actually, I’ve got a better idea: how about you tell me how you think companies like Blackrock or Vanguard work? I genuinely want to understand how you came about such huge misconceptions.

They’d be in court today if they were doing what you’re suggesting. In the US, anything designated as a retirement fund is only held my institutions (banks) that designate themselves as such, and SEC regulations prevent them from using any NON-CAPITAL cash from investing in this way.

You don’t have a goddamned clue what you’re talking about. We’re not talking about banks illegally investing people’s savings accounts; we’re talking about non-banks investing people’s retirement accounts that they’ve specifically been advised are not FDIC insured and can lose money. You’re confusing two very different things.

The bottom line is that it very much IS REGULAR PEOPLE’S MONEY that they’re using, NOT THEIR OWN MONEY! The fund managers themselves have no skin in the game. The owners of Blackrock itself (holders of individual shares in Blackrock, not Blackrock-administered mutual funds) have no skin in the game. The owners of Vanguard only have skin in the game because it’s got a weird corporate structure where it’s owned by its funds, but even then the money that Vanguard is investing didn’t come from Vanguard’s revenue; it’s all money that they’re handling on behalf of clients (i.e. regular people) who own shares in Vangaurd-administered mutual funds. It’s those clients who gain or lose money depending on the funds’ performance, not Vanguard or Blackrock – the fund companies just get revenue by charging fees (i.e. the expense ratio, etc.).

…Are you stupid? Do you know what things like Blackrock and Vanguard are, and what they do? The entire point of those companies is that they hold and invest other people’s money.