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Started by linate

The short answer is: it depends on how you measure inequality, but the data generally shows that economic inequality (income and wealth gaps) tends to be higher in many “red” states, though with some important nuances. Let me break it down carefully.1. Income InequalityA common measure is the Gini c

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Started by fauxlaw

I've been to several presidential election conventions in my life; the first in 1968 CA State primary convention in LA, where I lived and are up. I was an 18-year-old Bobby Kennedy [therefore, Dem] election volunteer, and had that credential, which was all that was req'd to enter. The national conve

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Started by dreamer

`Operation Epic Fury` led by the U.S. has brought devastating effect on world economy and world oil market. Will escalating tension between the U.S., Israel and Iran be transformed into peaceful situation in the near future ?

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Started by fauxlaw

The simple answer to both questions is: No.Why? Neither the US, nor Iran, are member states of the ICC, so attempting a trial in the International Court is fraught with legal entanglements that are not likely achievable. That's the bottom line regardless of your TDS, alleging illegality. Y'all can p

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Started by SatanLucy

https://youtu.be/jdFpsib08Mc?si=FG9j5MCNsMPaOff8Israel released video of Benjamin Bibi.Problem?Video is generated by AI, Bibi has 6 fingers (common mistake in AI video making).If real Bibi still exists, why Israel needs AI to make Bibi?USA killed Ayatollah at start of war.Many people thank USA for k

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Started by linate

The way I see it is they have no legal right that America must recognize and morally when someone is the biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world and wants your country to die they have no moral right that anyone else need recognize either.

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Started by SatanLucy

Many people, especially many men, live in this delusion that women feel love. And unconditional love is even greater delusion.Let us first describe what happens in nature, so we clearly understand what happens.In nature, female doesnt feel love towards a male partner. In fact, in many species, male

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Started by linate

It sometimes seems like its not so much defended but nihilism. The person thinks spending shouldn't be so high so fuck it.Some say its a dem spending problem at heart but aside from how republicans never even propose as a party big spending cuts its still misguided. If your wife has a spending probl

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Started by SatanLucy

Just when trump bragged to be a peacemaker and making peace, he happened to just start a war greater than any war fought in this century.the problem with attacking Iran comes in 4 forms:One, Iran is huge. Iran has a population of 90 million people, which is a lot more than Israel and Ukraine. this m

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Started by linate

"When the American empire finally collapses, historians won’t be stunned by the greed of the elite; They’ll be stunned by the loyalty of the poor. The working class didn’t just vote against their own interests. They worshipped the billionaires robbing them. They slashed their own benefits, gutted th

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Started by SatanLucy

there is this common mistaken belief that people learn from mistakes.But that isnt true even one bit.People only learn that they made a mistake. they dont learn from that mistake in any useful sense of that word.Best proof for this is that no matter how many mistakes people make, they always keep ma

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Started by SatanLucy

Abortion rates in the U.S. and some other regions have risen despite increased restrictions. In the U.S., abortions rose by 8% between 2023 and 2024, driven by telehealth and out-of-state travel, reaching the highest levels in recent years. Similarly, England and Wales saw an 11% increase in abortio

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Started by linate

DEAR RED STATES… WE’RE LEAVING Dear Red States,We’ve decided we’re leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we’re taking the other Blue States with us. That includes Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, New Mexico, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Virginia, most of the Northeast, and our fav

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Started by linate

They aren't very educated so they dont realize hes not doin much actually to improve these things, and overall hes actually making it worse. Hes mostly just a one trick pony givin fat tax cuts to the wealthy at the expense of basic social services. They probably think hes cutting everyone's taxes bu

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Started by Savant

A few thoughts going in: I think attaching representation to land or anything static will backfire long-term since there's no guarantee that the groups given disproportionate representation in a hundred years will actually deserve it. I think it's also better to have a strong executive as long as th

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Started by fauxlaw

https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/21/politics/donald-trump-election-democratWow, me citing Cartoon News Network? Didn't see that one coming, but, just goes to show that this appears to be the Democrats' real beef against Trump: they just could not hold on to him. Just think, he should have run in 2016 for

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Started by fauxlaw

Yes, the President has the legal authority to deploy the National Guard into a state against the wishes of its governor, primarily by invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 [Insurrection Act (10 U.S.C. §§ 251-253)] This law permits the federalization of the National Guard to enforce federal law or su

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Started by Sidewalker

This article explains Trump very well, it's long and it uses some big words, so Trumper's can't read it, but for the rest of us, it is well researched and explanatory of Trump/Epstein/Putin. Trump isn't running this country, Putin is.Link and Full Article is below:Newly unmasked evidence shows who p

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Started by GreatfulGoy

So, what will happen to Trump the serial self-admitted 'grab em by the pussy' rapist and potential child rapist?Nothing?Why?It doesn't make sense for staunch Christians to now, at this stage, defend Trump. It's time to disassociate and throw him in a prison for all the rapes.I also think it's import

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Started by linate

"Hypothetically if someone was accused of having sex with goats by over 30 different people and regularly denied it, but also dropped very public hints about how much he liked to have sex with goats for decades, and ran a goat pageant to find the best looking goats, and was best friends with someone

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Started by fauxlaw

The 25A was ratified 61 years ago [1965] and, a good read of the text will reveal that Congress gave itself an opportunity to be one of the options to launch the 25A [other than the President, himself, the VP, or a majority of the Cabinet, all of whom do have that authority by the. 25A], but in the

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Started by Sidewalker

By definition, a “Rogue Nation” is a country that acts outside of accepted international norms, laws, and diplomatic processes, and is characterized as:A threat to world peace, dangerous to global security through aggressive actionsWilling to disregard International Law: will violate treaties, conve

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Started by Savant

Since I haven't seen anyone make a post on this, I'll take a crack at it. Among other thoughts I have, the defenses of the shooting I have seen all seem either blatantly nonfactual or intentionally vague to avoid having to discuss the facts in the first place. What seems to be agreed on is that Alex

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