[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 3 points 15 minutes ago* (last edited 11 minutes ago)

There was no illusion that, following WWII, Russia and China would be buddies with the US.

China was an American ally right up to 1949. Americans were pretty fond of China before and during WWII.

The Lincoln Project thinks the most important thing for the future they want is to prevent Trump from being President again. I agree.

I actually have a lot of respect for conservatives who remain loyal to America in the face of Trump's profound disloyalty to America and our values. Those kind of people are our opponents, but not our enemies. It is the GOP's neofascist movement that are the enemies of all loyal Americans, conservative or progressive.

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago

Eligible in this case presumably has to do with income. Obviously people making 300k/year won't need any assistance.

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

She is supporting a federal law banning firms from charging excessive prices on groceries and urged action on a bill in Congress that would bar property owners from using services that "coordinate" rents.

Fantastic.

She has also called for capping the monthly price of diabetes-drug insulin at $35 for everyone,

Fantastic.

finding ways to cancel medical debt

Awesome

and giving families a $6,000 tax credit the year they have a new child

Great

The campaign's proposals include a "first-ever" tax credit for builders of homes sold to first-time buyers,

Very nice

as well as up to $25,000 in down-payment assistance for "eligible" first time buyers,

Very nice

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[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I would be freaked out too if I almost got assassinated. He is a human being.

Donald Dump is an especially self absorbed human being so he almost surely freaked out even more than a normal person would.

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I noticed that to. At first I was WTF and then I was "oh of course".

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[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

This is a genius move. Not only is Biden trolling Trump, but it also makes the easily triggered Trump want to target Biden again instead of Harris.

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

If Conway announced a project to get this shown in every swing state, I would chip in for that.

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[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

His point is just to find a way to scare his voters by calling her a communist. It’s the most pathetic attack ever.

Ironically Taiwan has universal health care and Communist China has employer based health care.

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Here is Texas it is not uncommon when you have a health issue and call your primary doctor, to be told that they don't have any open appts for weeks and be told to go see an urgent care clinic instead. For profit primary doctors tend to arrange things so that all their time is filled up with non urgent "routine followups" or "annual checkups" and stuff that they have no time for any urgent medicare problems.

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Someone in my family has medicare and it is absolutely fantastic insurance. You automatically get the very best prices on everything, because all the profiteering charges are automatically removed. I live in a large city and every doctor I've ever dealt with takes it because there are no insurance hassles, either for the doctor or for you. I'm talking about real medicare and not medicare disadvantage.

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[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Is there a good report card on how well Biden stuck to his promises for his term?

First of all you know everything has to pass congress right? These aren't "promises" they are policies. It's very important for Dems to win congress too. That said, I think that most of the 10 policies Biden worked out with Bernie Sanders were things that Biden was able to get passed thru congress.

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[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Convicted Felon and Sex Offender Treason Trump's plan is Project 2025. It's not a good thing he has that plan its a very very bad thing.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-economic-plan-presidential-candidate/

Harris is expected to announce that she will make tackling inflation a "Day One" priority, as well as outline a plan to lower costs for middle class families, take on corporate-price gouging and an overall focus on lowering costs for Americans, according to details shared by Harris-Walz campaign officials. "When I am president, we will continue our fight for working families including to raise the minimum wage and eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers," Harris said while speaking to rally attendees that included Nevada Culinary union members. "When I am president, I will continue that work to bring down prices," Harris said at a campaign rally in Glendale, Arizona, on Friday. "I will take on big corporations that engage in illegal price gouging. I will take on corporate landlords that unfairly raise rents on working families. I will take on Big Pharma and cap the cost of prescription drugs for all Americans. Harris promised the over 15,000 attendees adding, "unlike Donald Trump, I will always put the middle class and working families first."

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