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Right (although trying to change the issue instead of moving states might be preferred depending on the issue). But for Federal issues, you can't just relocate to another area.

And to your point, those protests were in the states where that was occurring, largely from parents who's kids were impacted. Nobody in Vermont was protesting Alabama library rules. Protests are from people opposed to what they dont like - from both sides. Disagreeing on issues is what makes America great. People aren't morons ro idiots for having differing viewpoints.

Well that's kind of the point. People DO see it as being threatened by Washington. Trump sending in National Guard and Marines specifically over the objection of the state government. People not getting due process. Global tariffs, not from Congress but the President independently, based on fentenyl emergency. They see it as an overstep by the Federal government because all of this being done unilaterally by exec order. And then arguing that judges should be removed who push back on it.

This is exactly your puppy point. They dont necessarily believe democracy is at risk right now but dont like the direction its heading - with the President calling for judges to be removed, people not getting due process, etc. And they want to stamp it out before it gets to the point that other rights get removed. Trump is selling Trump 2028 hats. And yes its a joke but then you get Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller saying they're working on it. At what point do people get to stand up and say its not a joke? Doesn't make them morons. Makes them concerned. Which is allowed in a free country.

10m people would disagree. They are protesting the direction they see the country heading with a president who appears to want complete control and hates that the courts are standing in his way. They want their voices heard. And it would be just as valid if a Democratic president was doing the same thing and people didnt want it. in a free country people want to be heard and dont want their freedoms suppressed. Rom both sides. Doesn't make them morons or mind controlled

Mind controlled twits? People who disagree with you expressing their free speech? Thats the rhetoric that social media spins into gold for themselves, not the MSM.

The "King" issue is not that they think he IS a king but that he wants to be and is increasingly acting it out. The idea that Trump appears to want unreined power with no ability for congress or the courts to restrain him. Thats the protest. In a truly free country, problematic social behaviors are only ones that impact the freedom of others or harm other people. Protesting by both sides is absolutely fine as long as it stays peaceful. Its the view that the other side needs to be shown their mistake because they dont agree with you that is the problematic part in a free country.

Its the whole idea that someone who doesnt agree with you must be a moron or an idiot. I hated a ton of stuff that Biden did and support some of the topics Trump is acting on (just think the way its done is incompetent). And during Biden the Fox News crowd was railing on everything just like that anti-Trump crowd is now. Protesting against something you dont agree with is as American as apple pie. Doesn't make you brainwashed or a moron. If 10m people use their saturday to protest and make a statement, maybe theres a grain of concern in there. And phrasing it that way is what's more decisive than just disagreeing

Thats the kind of thing that is so devisive and polarizing - saying its okay for me to make up conspiracies and assumption because i think you would do if roles were reversed. If its wrong, its wrong, regardless of sides.

I see nothing that says she worked for Walz (and if she did, so what?). She was in a car with 3 other family members. So what? This is the kind of conspiracy stuff that helps nothing. Wait until actul new facts come out and then comment.

I'm defending nothing but facts. Truly a cult.

Okay, yes he was. As one of literally thousands of similar unpaid committee appointments that exist in every state and across parties. And he put "no party affiliation" in the paperwork for it. It means nothing. He wasnt asked to babysit or come over for thanksgiving. And he voted for Trump so hardly a democrat. Stick to actual facts.

You need to broaden your news sources. The shooter was never a former member of staff. He was one of thousands of unpaid political committee appointments (from both parties) and even that ended years ago. Walz did not remove any statements. The guys roommate said he voted for Trump and was very anti abortion and he preached against gender roles years ago. He had a manifesto and 70 name hit list of democrats. Stick with blaming everything on Biden or at least wait until real facts come out.

People tend to vote against candidates as opposed to for candidates. Thats why attack ads work so well. If people wanted what Trump was supporting he would have string approval ratings now but he's under water on all categories. Thats the nature of politics. Nobody is ever happy. Its not the media that creates the divisiveness (except the extremes on both sides -Fox, MSNBC. Etc) because most of them try desperately to present both sides and both sides hate them. Its social media. Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook etc all just feed confirmation loops and most people get their news there not from mainstream media. Just look at this site for example. Its a stock board! And yet everyone has taken extreme views while claiming they are middle ground and unbiased. On a stock board! If we can't remove extremism on a value stock site what hope is there for everywhere else where its actually about politics.

Again, just watch the video. The first words out of his mouth identified himself. It is truly a cult.

He is the Senator for California. If Kristi Noam didnt recognize him she is even more incompetent than everyone already knows she is.

Literally the first words out of his mouth were "I'm senator Alex Padilla" and he didnt bumrush anyone. Are we watching the same video?? Does Newsmax alter these?

Gotcha. Although it would honestly be weirder if they gathered all that money and power and still chose to live in the 5th floor walk up with noisy pipes in a bad neighborhood. But point taken.

Is it suggesting the power elite come from these rarified zips and stay there? I would have thought it was because anyone who becomes successful and joins that elite moves into one of those zip codes. Like moving from the lower east side to the upper east side to Greenwich as your career and income take off

Okay. But it doesnt change the fact that California continues to be the largest net contributor to the federal tax coffers. Which was the only point he seemed to be making.

Reminds me of the Yogi Berra quote "nobody goes there anymore, its too crowded"

That wasnt the point of the post. That was your response. The point of the point was to show that the states contributing more than they receive in federal funding are largely blue states and the states that take the most are largely red states. There was no suggestion of better or worse and no suggestion of why. Its just the fact.

regardless of your politics it's just downright embarrassing to have a government site post something like this. Its like everything is being run by schoolchildren

Isn't this the standard for June as the 2024's are cleared out to make way for the 2025's? Those cars on the lot being discounted would have been made before the tariffs.

As a huge Yankees fan we are probably off topic (although the comparison to California is apt) but I'd struggle to call them mediocre. They went to the World Series last year and made the playoffs 7 of the last 8 years. There are 31 teams that would love to fail as badly as the Yankees every year. They are the target for every single team and probably the most hated (and loved) team in baseball. But the one thing they do more consistently than any other team, year after year, is contend.