Helluva year

[dtrain79]

Well, this is where one looks at past results. Kashel called every state & territory correctly in 2024 and in 2025 said the outcome in Wisconsin wasn't going to be what Rs wanted.

Bottom line, the bigger the registration advantage, the greater the margin for error.

The Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap mentioned in this article is unable to do his job of producing election integrity in Maricopa because of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors who along with Fake Republican and now Soros lackey Stephen Richer (the guy you said I should support) ceded a bunch of power Richer had to the Board. He's not acceptable to the establishment.

All time non-sequitur. But I will certainly stand by supporting the guy who stood up to the "bamboo in the ballots" crowd in Arizona. It looks like he has some role at the Kennedy School of Public Policy now, an entity funded by a whole lot of people. Did just look at the 2024 AZ primary results because you brought this up, must have been a close race.

Stephen Richer Joins Ash Center of Democratic Governance and Innovation – Ash Center

ash.harvard.edu

As for the actual substance, the issue for Rs from the Wisconsin race isn't that they lost (it was a tough race), it's that the race went 11% more Dem and the turnout was not all that far below a midterm Governor election. That's a rough effort.

 

[bung23]

I said private companies had the right to require vaccinations for their employees.

I own a private company and I disagree 100% with your opinion.

 

[tjfleck6]

All time non-sequitur. But I will certainly stand by supporting the guy who stood up to the "bamboo in the ballots" crowd in Arizona. It looks like he has some role at the Kennedy School of Public Policy now, an entity funded by a whole lot of people. Did just look at the 2024 AZ primary results because you brought this up, must have been a close race.

Stephen Richer Joins Ash Center of Democratic Governance and Innovation – Ash Center

ash.harvard.edu

As for the actual substance, the issue for Rs from the Wisconsin race isn't that they lost (it was a tough race), it's that the race went 11% more Dem and the turnout was not all that far below a midterm Governor election. That's a rough effort.

Stephen Richer, the guy you said I should support, is a total loser. When it was clear that Heap would win (the guy you said would NOT win), Richer ceded a great deal of his office's power to the board. Just evil.

And yet, you wonder why the Republicans don't win as much as they should.

Maricopa County officials shift responsibilities away from Recorder's Office

Maricopa County officials voted to shift several responsibilities away from the county recorder a month before a new recorder will take over the office.

www.kjzz.org

Heap Rejects “Secretive” Deal Richer Cut With Lame Duck Maricopa County Supervisors

A disagreement over who controls what functions of Maricopa County election process is is heating up. Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap is calling for urgent action in light of the fact that he believes the new Shared Services Agreement (SSA) with the Board of Supervisors is unenforceable...

arizonadailyindependent.com

Heap claims that the new secretive deal:

Transferred nearly all the Recorder’s elections duties to the Board (e.g., mail-ballot envelope preparation, out-bound mailing of ballots, in-bound receipt of early ballots, early vote processing, pre-tabulation processing, and more), reducing the Recorder’s office to a minor role as the “signature verification department” on the Board’s behalf.
Reassigned 39 Recorder staff – 30 from IT, 5 from GIS (mapping precincts), and 4 from elections processing – to the Board, rendering the Recorder as the only elected office in Maricopa County without its own IT staff.
Shifted $5 million of the Recorder’s budget and control of critical systems (voter registration software, servers, etc.) to the Board.
Improperly rerouted public records requests and temporary election worker oversight to the Board, despite the Recorder’s statutory role.

 

[ILisBest]

From Bill O and not for @stoneaxe27

We all pay taxes, so our elected officials will have money to protect us and solve problems. That's Civics 101. But you may have noticed that few schools teach civics any longer. Certainly, the politicians have noticed.

My current take is the Democrats really are not trying to solve difficult situations. They are solely interested in opposing Trump. Here are some questions to back my assertion up.

What is the Democrat's solution to the 37 trillion dollar debt?

To illegal drugs being smuggled in from Mexico?

To ending the wars in Ukraine and Gaza?

To the yearly trillion dollar trade deficit?

To preventing Iran from building nuclear weapons?

To the exploding cost of health care?

President Biden had no specific plans to improve any of those things and it looks like his party is carrying on Joe's tradition. Maybe I missed Democratic-sponsored legislation on those issues, but I doubt it.

Much easier to oppose solutions from the Trump administration. Right?

See you this evening for the No Spin News.

 

[dtrain79]

Stephen Richer, the guy you said I should support, is a total loser. When it was clear that Heap would win (the guy you said would NOT win), Richer ceded a great deal of his office's power to the board. Just evil.

And yet, you wonder why the Republicans don't win as much as they should.

Maricopa County officials shift responsibilities away from Recorder's Office

Maricopa County officials voted to shift several responsibilities away from the county recorder a month before a new recorder will take over the office.

www.kjzz.org

Heap Rejects “Secretive” Deal Richer Cut With Lame Duck Maricopa County Supervisors

A disagreement over who controls what functions of Maricopa County election process is is heating up. Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap is calling for urgent action in light of the fact that he believes the new Shared Services Agreement (SSA) with the Board of Supervisors is unenforceable...

arizonadailyindependent.com

Heap claims that the new secretive deal:

Whether elected officials in Maricopa County are "evil" is just not a debate I have any interest in.

We'll have elections this fall, some special elections here and there, and then a midterm soon enough ... I have some pretty good guesses how they'll mostly turn out.

 

[dtrain79]

From Bill O and not for @stoneaxe27

We all pay taxes, so our elected officials will have money to protect us and solve problems. That's Civics 101. But you may have noticed that few schools teach civics any longer. Certainly, the politicians have noticed.

My current take is the Democrats really are not trying to solve difficult situations. They are solely interested in opposing Trump. Here are some questions to back my assertion up.

What is the Democrat's solution to the 37 trillion dollar debt?

To illegal drugs being smuggled in from Mexico?

To ending the wars in Ukraine and Gaza?

To the yearly trillion dollar trade deficit?

To preventing Iran from building nuclear weapons?

To the exploding cost of health care?

President Biden had no specific plans to improve any of those things and it looks like his party is carrying on Joe's tradition. Maybe I missed Democratic-sponsored legislation on those issues, but I doubt it.

Much easier to oppose solutions from the Trump administration. Right?

See you this evening for the No Spin News.

The lifelong tradition of Democrats not solving problems continues. Admittedly, I have been blindsided by the recent R decisions to either exacerbate or also refuse to solve a whole lot of issues. I guess we can put except immigration in Trump 2 from that categorization - they actually have a plan and are working to execute it.

 

[bung23]

Trump obviously convincing OPEC to help pressure Russia. A real puppet.

Yet another tangible accomplishment as no matter what cheaper oil lowers inflation

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His answer, or lack thereof, tells me he knows who blew it up but can’t say…. Likely because the US was behind it.

 

[tjfleck6]

Whether elected officials in Maricopa County are "evil" is just not a debate I have any interest in.

We'll have elections this fall, some special elections here and there, and then a midterm soon enough ... I have some pretty good guesses how they'll mostly turn out.

You've got me fooled then since Maricopa = Arizona

Just don't be upset that every swing state is swinging right registration wise under Trump and party registration is a massive datapoint.

 

[dtrain79]

You've got me fooled then since Maricopa = Arizona

Just don't be upset that every swing state is swinging right registration wise under Trump and party registration is a massive datapoint.

I don't know where I indicated I was upset that registration numbers are moving right in a lot of states.

I simply don't think they matter much in terms of the coming midterms (in fairness, they could matter in a Senate race or two), and I'm not sure they are telling us that much about our political future beyond doing a great job identifying how much the GOP has improved with working class voters. From a purely partisan standpoint, there are absolutely more Republican identifiers today than there have been most of my life. That said, Trump's three national vote outcomes - 46.1%, 46.9%, and 49.8% - don't indicate a high upside as a result. Which means, as GOP "partisans" grow in number, independents have become less favorable to Rs. I do think the Prez elex vote percentages indicate that voters were very dissatisfied with Dems in 2024, tho.

The real truth of our current politics is that Democratic officials are resisting their obvious new coalition - suburbanites and black voters - while Trump is exciting his increasingly working class base. At some point Dems will get to the acceptance stage on that. Will be interesting how the parties evolve then.

 

[ILisBest]

 

[rillaman]

These landlords are out of control

 

[ILisBest]

 

[stoneaxe27]

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These landlords are out of control

Lets see what results. From the picture you paint I am surprised they only have search warrants to investigate rather than arrest warrants to clear out the known criminals that are obvious to you.

 

[ILisBest]

The lifelong tradition of Democrats not solving problems continues. Admittedly, I have been blindsided by the recent R decisions to either exacerbate or also refuse to solve a whole lot of issues. I guess we can put except immigration in Trump 2 from that categorization - they actually have a plan and are working to execute it.

They were going to tax the billionaires. Well, until they had control of congress and the WH. Then they forgot 🤷‍♂️

The Trump admin is working on things that affect deficit. Execution and results are incomplete, but he is not just at the beach eating ice cream while these problems worsen.

 

[dtrain79]

They were going to tax the billionaires. Well, until they had control of congress and the WH. Then they forgot 🤷‍♂️

The Trump admin is working on things that affect deficit. Execution and results are incomplete, but he is not just at the beach eating ice cream while these problems worsen.

You have no idea how bad this kind of argument is going to look in 3 years. The deficit is going up unless we tackle entitlement reform, which Trump largely eschews (Medicaid reform is a start but it’s barely the tip of the iceberg).

Moreover, the tax bill is going to spike deficits even more, as it will decrease revenue. You and I might agree that isn’t the worst thing (and we both probably take issue with the Rs favoring a tax on certain high incomes), but it has to be paired with a structural reform on giveaways to Americans, which means raising the SS retirement age and possibly somewhat higher Medicare taxes (fortunately one of the better pieces of recent developments is that HC costs have flattened some).

If you took away the tariffs, the Trump economic agenda would be pretty good for growth which would at least raise some more revenue. But we have the tariffs impeding growth.

 

[tjfleck6]

 

[Uncoach]

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These landlords are out of control

When can we expect Stonedaxe to admit the “news” sources he was using were complete 💩.

 

[Uncoach]

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This is great news. Need to work on stolen IP and restitution for that BS, too, though. I like the word “Panicans”. It’s easier to say than “Repugnicans”.

 

[tjfleck6]

This is great news. Need to work on stolen IP and restitution for that BS, too, though. Also, if we catch them using apps to spy on America/Americans (don’t trust the personal drones MIC either), the agreement/understanding should be that app/tech is blocked from entering the US. No more bullsh!t.

Well, both countries know not to use networking equipment from the other country

China had to cave. Chairman Xi would either have to slaughter a bunch of his people or be overthrown if this continued indefinitely. Trump holds most of the cards with countries around the world and most importantly DGAF - always a dangerous opponent.

As Rep. Biggs said, these tariffs amount to a 1 percent hit on the US economy. The panic has been a site to behold. These countries need a deal more than us because as Train understands, our economy is stronger than theirs.

 

[dtrain79]

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In what world is this caving? China is a totalitarian state that can absorb a lot of pain. The US is a democracy where the party in power got about half the vote.

We have zero shot of winning the absorb pain competition with China. Of course we can negotiate better policies (over time) and work to change certain supply chains in our national interest. We can even engage in some trade-related escalation.

But huge tariffs that amount to an embargo … we are going to fold first. Because we care a lot more about broad based economic success and those who can’t deliver it will be quickly ousted.

 

[dtrain79]

Well, both countries know not to use networking equipment from the other country

China had to cave. Chairman Xi would either have to slaughter a bunch of his people or be overthrown if this continued indefinitely. Trump holds most of the cards with countries around the world and most importantly DGAF - always a dangerous opponent.

As Rep. Biggs said, these tariffs amount to a 1 percent hit on the US economy. The panic has been a site to behold. These countries need a deal more than us because as Train understands, our economy is stronger than theirs.

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The USA has a more robust economy than most of its trading partners (nearly all except Switzerland and a couple of petro states).

Which is great. But that doesn’t mean we are immune to unnecessary economic pain. That’s the issue. The public is going to lose its mind if this goes where it’s heading right now, shortages and inflation on a bunch of products.

We can debate the economic theory of whether the US could survive longer than China in a trade war if both countries had the same system (the US absolutely could), but we have voters.

 

[Uncoach]

Well, both countries know not to use networking equipment from the other country

China had to cave. Chairman Xi would either have to slaughter a bunch of his people or be overthrown if this continued indefinitely. Trump holds most of the cards with countries around the world and most importantly DGAF - always a dangerous opponent.

As Rep. Biggs said, these tariffs amount to a 1 percent hit on the US economy. The panic has been a site to behold. These countries need a deal more than us because as Train understands, our economy is stronger than theirs.

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You caught my post before the edit. Yes. We are the biggest economy China needs for its factory workers. Maybe this will teach Xi that perhaps trying to turn the US into a POS isn’t in China’s best interest either.

 

[Uncoach]

Yep. This means they have hit the target.

 

[Uncoach]

I don’t know enough about this situation to comment. Guilty or activist judge? A little bit of both?

 

[BigWill]

"We are going to fold first."

Everything else you post must be judged off of these crazy statements, derived from TDS 2.0 !

 

[Uncoach]

Peace through strength. Reaganesque.

 

[Uncoach]

I like Bari because she is willing to challenge her own positions. I don’t agree with her on some things, but most people have more things in common than they care to admit.

 

[Uncoach]

Yes!!!! It isn’t 90%, but it’s too much and frankly audit them all.

 

[dtrain79]

I like Bari because she is willing to challenge her own positions. I don’t agree with her on some things, but most people have more things in common than they care to admit.

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It’s from one of her site’s articles. I doubt she believes it. She’s promoting a piece on The Free Press (which I’ve read).

What country are some of you living in? North Carolina absolutely sucked 50 years ago, now it’s a great place to live and work.

The reason we are discussing this isn’t because Americans have lost out due to globalization. It’s because former Dems who now vote Trump who lost because of globalization have a large amount of political power in a closely divided country when they are concentrated in a handful of key swing states.

That’s not going to always be the case. It may not be the case quite soon, in fact. We will see.

 

[Uncoach]

It’s from one of her site’s articles. I doubt she believes it. She’s promoting a piece on The Free Press (which I’ve read).

What country are some of you living in? North Carolina absolutely sucked 50 years ago, now it’s a great place to live and work.

The reason we are discussing this isn’t because Americans have lost out due to globalization. It’s because former Dems who now vote Trump who lost because of globalization have a large amount of political power in a closely divided country when they are concentrated in a handful of key swing states.

That’s not going to always be the case. It may not be the case quite soon, in fact. We will see.

Good to know you have a direct line to Bari! Yes. It is an article from her site. As for North Carolina, it used to be a big hub for quality furniture manufacturing. That is a specific industry and the article specified it. The industry is gone. Manufacturing moved from less business-friendly midwest states to NC and other southern states. Essentially robbed Peter to pay Paul. Gordon Gekko’s greed from the mid-80’s to today screwed the manufacturing base of America. We import goods critical to our security as opposed to making them within our borders and territories. Globalists find the cheapest labor possible. America certainly gained more wealth, but the gains went to the wealthy. The wage gap grew. Under 45’Admin that wage gap decreased for the first time in 40-50 years or so.

 

[stoneaxe27]

I don’t know enough about this situation to comment. Guilty or activist judge? A little bit of both?

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Jesus grow a spine she is guilty as hell of selling out the state and her office. Immediately you fall back on the activist judge idiocy excuse. Instead of growing a spine I should have said pull your head out of the hole in the ground.

 

[dtrain79]

Good to know you have a direct line to Bari! Yes. It is an article from her site. As for North Carolina, it used to be a big hub for quality furniture manufacturing. That is a specific industry and the article specified it. The industry is gone. Manufacturing moved from less business-friendly midwest states to NC and other southern states. Essentially robbed Peter to pay Paul. Gordon Gekko’s greed from the mid-80’s to today screwed the manufacturing base of America. We import goods critical to our security as opposed to making them within our borders and territories. Globalists find the cheapest labor possible. America certainly gained more wealth, but the gains went to the wealthy. The wage gap grew. Under 45’Admin that wage gap decreased for the first time in 40-50 years or so.

While there is actually still furniture made in NC, none of this addresses my point. NC is one of the “most improved” states in the country over this time period. Pointing to it as an example of the downside of globalization is a farcical argument. NC is much better off today than it was in a less global era. If one wants to argue Ohio isn’t, have at it. NC … lunacy.

I’m actually aware that the first Trump Admin saw larger wage gains at the bottom than the top. As did the Biden Admin. Interestingly, the story itself is probably about excess labor supply mostly due to women coming into the workforce. The big divergence in wages between the top and bottom occurred from about 1980-1995, which happens to coincide almost perfectly with increased female labor force participation (it doesn’t coincide with NAFTA or China joining the WTO, that’s for sure). Now that the US appears to have a labor shortage, the bottom seems to be gaining the fastest again. Weird how complex economic phenomena don’t boil down to arguments like “globalists bad.”

Interestingly, all the protectionists cited in the article basically think the trade war is dumb and have far less draconian suggestions for the best moves the Trump Admin can take. Most of them involve specific actions intended to bolster key industries and assist workers negatively impacted by globalization (all reasonable points, tho the US missed the boat on the second issue years back).

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/growth-in-real-wages-over-time-by-income-group-usa-1979-2023/

 

[stoneaxe27]

Good to know you have a direct line to Bari! Yes. It is an article from her site. As for North Carolina, it used to be a big hub for quality furniture manufacturing. That is a specific industry and the article specified it. The industry is gone. Manufacturing moved from less business-friendly midwest states to NC and other southern states. Essentially robbed Peter to pay Paul. Gordon Gekko’s greed from the mid-80’s to today screwed the manufacturing base of America. We import goods critical to our security as opposed to making them within our borders and territories. Globalists find the cheapest labor possible. America certainly gained more wealth, but the gains went to the wealthy. The wage gap grew. Under 45’Admin that wage gap decreased for the first time in 40-50 years or so.

Instead of making furniture, and cigarettes, and towels living in poverty the people in N. Car. Are working in high tech, banking and constructing wonderfull communities. Let s buy towels from India and furniture from countries that want to now clear their forests.

 

[rillaman]

Lets see what results. From the picture you paint I am surprised they only have search warrants to investigate rather than arrest warrants to clear out the known criminals that are obvious to you.

14 different departments participated in this. Resources being strained every day because the Biden/Harris opened our border for political gain. I don’t want to hear anything about Hegseth hurting our national security. The prior admin didn’t care about that at all.

 

[rillaman]

Every day. Thanks Biden/Harris. Shockingly, no Americans arrested.

 

[rillaman]

The situation is so bad here that more are looking to leave. They stopped getting $ and are put on the streets.

Of course Biden brought people in that are difficult to deport.

 

[stoneaxe27]

14 different departments participated in this. Resources being strained every day because the Biden/Harris opened our border for political gain. I don’t want to hear anything about Hegseth hurting our national security. The prior admin didn’t care about that at all.

You really compare Russia, China, nuclear weapons, and 300 members of a Venezuelan gang?

 

[stoneaxe27]

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Every day. Thanks Biden/Harris. Shockingly, no Americans arrested.

Give it up already, it got old 6 months ago.

 

[rillaman]

Give it up already, it got old 6 months ago.

I’m sure it is. You keep saying it’s exaggerated. It’s a daily thing here.

It’s all unnecessary and caused by your party. Sorry you don’t like all the stories.

 

[tjfleck6]