• @demonmittenhands
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    323 hours ago

    Really glad people are tackling these issues now that it’s officially too fucking late to do anything about them. Good work!

    • Tiefling IRL
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      132 hours ago

      Our newspapers are owned by Trump loving billionaires so they sanewashed the fuck out of him

      “Trump is proposing a 100% tariff on all imports from China, BUT Kamala wants to increase taxes on anyone who makes over $10M!!!”

    • @[email protected]
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      This outlet of PBS actually did the opposite and minimized the effects of tariffs in a hit piece they did on Harris after the debate.

      Researchers at the Peterson Institute for International Economics estimate such import taxes would cost the average family $1,700 a year.

      I mean, maybe? But just the word average is a red flag whenever it shows up in economic statistics. It’s also ignoring the larger risk of recession/depression as well as lost wages. During the steel tariffs the average family didn’t see a big increase in cost of goods, but it did affect job growth in those sectors, caused layoffs, etc.

      https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/npr/2024/08/25/g-s1-19480/12-misleading-or-lacking-in-context-claims-from-harris-dnc-speech/

    • @CharlesDarwin
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      32 hours ago

      They had a horse race to run.

      Because they are “objective” and “both sides”…

  • @reddig33
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    53 hours ago

    Parts of Texas are fairly blue (mostly the southern half). If dems would push to split Texas into multiple states, they’d get more electoral college seats. And these new states would get better representation.

  • @CharlesDarwin
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    12 hours ago

    I’m going to make sure I call it a “donvict tax” and call it “donvictflation” whenever I’m within earshot of redhats or suspected redhats.