Asking Ukraine to cede land 'unworthy' of Hungary's 1956 resistance, Magyar says

From a country with heavy right wing propaganda influence, I can confirm that it's way easier for the propaganda to oust an incumbent than it is to defend one. They can lie about how the left leaning government is awful all day. People can be tricked into thinking things are bad when they're actually okay. But they can't really be tricked into thinking things are good when they're awful. In Australia, the media is almost exclusively owned by billionaires. To a level that even puts America to shame. Literally every mainstream media institution, including the government funded one, is controlled by Murdoch. Even they couldn't make Scott Morrison look competent.

A trick they have been using since at least Bush (I think since reagan) is to have democrats believe winning is a done deal. Suddenly there are many articles pointing out how the GOP candidate is polling bad and that the democrat is sure to win. This is repeated for weeks on end. Then when voting time comes, busy democrats will tell themselves it's okay to not vote, since their single vote wont be needed this time. Followed by a weirdly low democrat turnout and GOP voters going all out. Happened with Trump 1, happened with Bush jr, Happened with Bush sr. You see democrats cheering they gonna win and how rosy everything looks. The news cycle is full of articles explaining conservatives havent a chance complete with research how the nation is shifting to be less conservtive and religious. Always followed by the "unexpected" result because of low democrat voter turnout.

> I can see another situation where Trump isn't running and everyone relaxes thinking the threat is over when that's far from being the case.. It's important we remind everyone that the system that allowed Trump to be nominated in the first place, win, not be persecuted, be permitted to run and win *again*, is a massive, gigantic, serious problem and failure that existed before Trump officially entered politics and will persist after he's buried unless we do something about it. Doing something about it includes removing from office *anyone*, regardless of ~~power~~ (EDIT: party), who refuses to do something about it.

> The real hard part will be staying vigilant though 2028, I can see another situation where Trump isn't running and everyone relaxes thinking the threat is over when that's far from being the case... Republicans have been performing very poorly on tickets where Trump isn't a candidate for some time now. So that is a good sign.

The issue is with how US elections work. Its much easier to get more people to vote everywhere then turning a deep red state blue. With a 2 party system people will keep voting "their side" long after they come to realize the current government is a bunch of morons. Atleast its their morons. In a normal country there usualy are several other options if your previous choice acts idiotic. 

It’s not for us little people - it’s Vance sending a signal, loud and clear, to oligarchs, billionaires, and predatory business interests that they have allies.

Because it benefited Russia. They don't even try to hide it now. What the USA has become is beyond words.

I heard the app Upholstr crashed when JD visited.

> “I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy,” Vance said in an interview with Charlie Rose in 2016, while publicizing his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy.” “I never liked him.” [...] > Vance once questioned whether Trump could be “America’s Hitler” in a private Facebook message in 2016 to one of his former roommates. [...] > Vance, who first became popular as an author, once wrote an op-ed for The New York Times titled “Why Trump’s Antiwar Message Resonates with White America.” He didn’t hold back his disapproval for the former president then while also describing his own belief as to why people in the communities he grew up in supported Trump. > > “Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office,” he wrote in the op-ed, describing his own families’ adoration and commitment to Trump. [...] > “I can’t stomach Trump,” Vance said in an interview with NPR, when describing why he would vote for a third-party candidate. “I think that he’s noxious and is leading the white working class to a very dark place.” One of the most spineless politicians in office today, and that's saying a lot. [Source for all](https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/15/jd-vance-donald-trump-comments-00168450)

“Man” is the verb here. “The old (people) are in charge of the boats”

There are two elements causing the sentence to be confusing: “The old” and “man.” English is allowed to treat adjectives as nouns, although some are clunkier than others; for example, “The meek shall inherit the earth.” “Man” is both a noun and a verb. An unambiguous version of the same sentence is “The old people operate the boats.”

"The [elderly] [crew] the boats" The sentence implies that crews for those given vessels are old people, it's just a really weird sentence to read without any vocal inflection. Mainly because "the old man" is a common identifier, but "man" in this context means to crew your station. Manning=staffing

COMPULSORY VOTING, you US idiots need it. Right now.

Then it is our job as voters to talk to them and get them to vote, not that it should be. But there is a big opportunity to connect with non-voters/undecided voters. I’m close to one, and am figuring out the right language to use to gently remind them before midterms. This is the kind of election that can flip a red state even if they go red again in the general.

Zero pass. But I’m looking at the next election, not the last one.

Idk, trend I noticed is to just always blame the Democrats. Voting Republican seems to be the default choice for Americans.

Conservative voters gain a laser sharp understanding of government power structure the second democrats control one part of it

Im talking about American leftists who spent 2024 shitting on Democrats and refusing to help beat Trump. (Essentially helping Trump)