I only bring it up because you did.
Also, do they drectly? No. Indirectly? Yes, they can.
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Also, do they drectly? No. Indirectly? Yes, they can.
It would be a waste of tax dollars to impeach Trump so I bet they will do that. But it would be beyond stupid to lighten up on the boarders. So they will probably try to do that as well. That'll pave the way for a Republican victory in 28.
Both sides are probably the bad guys but the side being led by a kiddie ****** and racist probably could do better. The left is such a mess they cant get one solid candidate to make a run in 28. Jon Stewart once said the Rs are playing chess while the Ds are stapling their balls to their thighs. Im sure there are some good people in our government but they just get drowned out by the carnival barkers putting on a show while lining their pockets.
I agree with most of this. I'll say though, that the good people in our government are also loud, you're just choosing not to listen to them. And/or the media doesn't give them the time that others are receiving.
It's unfortunate you shared a video of someone who is being dishonest, yet posing as someone who is honest. Not good in how you interpret the other side.
I mean the video is of a comedian who is also trying to move tickets and getting attention with political commentary apparently moves the needle. It certainly does here
I wasn’t. It’s bad form for anyone to do that during the SOTU. Don’t care which side it is.
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It doesn’t have to be 10%. It just has to be something and be consistent. So many people don’t have the discipline or financial intelligence to do it. Pay yourself before anyone else. I realize people have bills to meet. But I’m amazed at how much money people waste on stupid things (cigarettes…$5 coffees…manicures…tanning…and things of that ilk. etc.)
You seem to be pretty serious in your comments throughout this thread. Why post something that comes off as serious & factual when it's clearly biased & wrong from an obvious grifter?
And pets!!! So many people who struggle with money have pets. And I'm not talking goldfish either. Like 1-3 dogs/cats and they'll spend a fortune on vet bills.
Of course a President can control the price of gasoline. It's easy through EO's. Biden drove the price up dramatically thanks to his climate change EOs. Trump simply cancelled those EOs and we are back at a somewhat reasonable gas average. Once Trump's "drill baby, drill" efforts are in full effect, you can expect gas prices to drop even further.
The IDALS Weekly Report for the week ending January 28, 2026, shows that wholesale ethanol blends (E-70/E-85) were trading at $1.73 per gallon before taxes. With Iowa's fuel tax structure, this puts the retail price exactly in the $1.85 range the President mentioned.
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Of course he loves the poorly educated, you "people" give him more attention than anyone.
Anything else, shitforbrains?
Dang, you repeatedly sticking it to him/her, it’s kind of like watching thisThe IDALS Weekly Report for the week ending January 28, 2026, shows that wholesale ethanol blends (E-70/E-85) were trading at $1.73 per gallon before taxes. With Iowa's fuel tax structure, this puts the retail price exactly in the $1.85 range the President mentioned.
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Of course he loves the poorly educated, you "people" give him more attention than anyone.
Anything else, shitforbrains?
This man has delusions that he can be president of the United States.
Stephen A won’t run for office. However, he might be the most sane Democrat in the country besides Fetterman. Although you ask today’s Democrats and most don’t even “accept” those 2. They’re practically “Republican” now lol
Fetterman is interesting because the nuts on the way right hated him but now they like him and the nuts on the way left loved him but now hate him...which really goes to show that people just want to hear things from people that agree with them...
"you're either with us or against us" is how American politics have become. Its an inbred tribal mindset that is cancerous to the fabric of our republic.
It really is so true!
Shoot we have posters here that are okay with "Their side" saying stupid things but when the other side says something stupid, they lose their minds.
They can't have objective thoughts and then when you question them about that, they just get mad and run off. It is like they would rather go mow lawns instead or shovel snow.
I personally think that people have a hard time ever admitting they might be wrong or that "the other side" might have a good idea.
Luckily, I am wrong all the time so it is easy for me to admit it.
Take something simple like needing an ID to vote.
Clearly the voting process should be as easy as possible to get the most people voting as possible. And also clearly, you should have to show an ID. Yet, people can't even agree on those two, very simple, very normal things.
The point you have brought up in the past is that people don’t engage on keyboards as they would in real life. So there is all this fake toxicity that is present, media continues to promote and divide and it drives more animosity than there should be because there isn’t enough actual dialogue.
Resentment brews and pushes people to more extreme levels. I’m convinced that at its core 80% of Americans can agree in principle about most of the issues … they may not agree on the solution or the severity of the issue. But I am convinced they are closer to agreement than they are disagreement. But all the aforementioned garbage forced them into reptile mode and drives a divide.
Resentment is a wild thing that grow like crazy without communication.
It’s the human element, honestly. Everyone almost always thinks their side is the “right” side. I’m no different. Add to it, everyone wants the to feel sense of “belonging”. People want to belong to something bigger/greater than themselves. Problem is we’re now treating politics like sports on a scale we haven’t seen since the late 1700’s and the mid 1800’s. By that, I mean we are seeing fanatics who are willing to and have commit political violence because of mean words and hurt feelings. The political sphere has turned into a stadium of Raiders-49ers fans.
I 100% agree with you on this and have always agreed with @SuperBigFan69 on this topic. Though I can highlight many examples from the marine corps where that happens on a daily basis, that’s a small and niche environment. The general masses do not treat and talk to each other in public the way we see online. The term ‘keyboard warrior’ has its meaning for a reason. Most of it is because most people don’t have the audacity to treat someone like that in public. If everyone lived their life as an anonymous Internet forum, we would be no better than the third world shitehole countries our government has sent me to in the name of spreading democracy and freedom seeds.
This is such a great post and so accurate!
There is no way that the insane posters here actually act like that in real life.
Yes, but that has always been the case, people back a movement or choose one side over the other, because they think they are on the right side. The difference is, 20 years ago, the parties weren't nearly as far apart and there was accountability. The left has violently (no pub intended) shifted to the left, causing a massive divide between the two parties, destroying a once general and national understanding of norms and customs and unity. The parties can't simply "come together" on many of the issues because they are too far apart to begin with. Making it much worse, and related to the first issue, is the fact that it is acceptable to say almost anything you want, no matter how ridiculous or baseless, without there being any repercussions. Dan Rather was canned in 2004 or 2005 because of a story about Bush's military record that was based on some questionable docs. Today, any jackwagon with a platform, and more problematic, the main stream media, can make nearly any ******** comment or allegation about a politician to run them down, and will not ever have to worry about it. In fact, that IS the goal and the aim of some of them. Today, you have chosen your side, and for many issues, you can't compromise because the two positions are so fundamentally different, and when the other side doesn't agree with you, you can pretty much say what you want about them in order to score points.
Watched a hilarious youtube short of a conservative podcaster walking the streets and asking liberals what they thought of the STOTU address and asked them to rank it between 1-10... they all said 1 or 2. Problem was she was asking the morning of, it hadn't even happened yet. BAHAHAHA
With social media we see "it" a lot more. Where in the past you hardly say it but now we can all see how people get crazy.
You mentioned the weirdo left and violent mobs. For the most part, 20 years ago, that would just be on the 6pm and 10pm new and in the newspaper. Now, it is 24/7 news coverage and social media coverage.
..honestly i wonder if its going to do much by the time mids roll around. People's attention spans are pretty.short, memories even shorter. If people don't feel the economy is headed in the right direction there will be a blue wave... we're on that trajectory.
...not sure i'm buyin that. If you look at all the elections since 2024, real world reaults, red peoole are getting their teeth kicked in. We'll see.... Maybe for the mids it will be different, but people need to feel like the economy is headed in the rigjt direction for that to happen, and right now they don't.
The lefties on the board got sure got quiet after these facts about gas prices were presented. Facts are their kryptonite. Emotion is the space they live in.Dang, you repeatedly sticking it to him/her, it’s kind of like watching this
Ever had a political discussion with a liberal in the last few years without them mentioning Trump, sexism or racism? I am starting to believe it might be impossible for them to do it.
The intensity of the 'them vs us' is cyclical. It was extremely heightened in the late 1700's, mid 1800's, and now again in the early-ish 2000's. We've seen many periods of great bipartisan teamwork throughout our history. Sadly, bipartisan efforts seem to be a rare commodity these days due to the tribal mentality of politics. Unfortunately, there's only 2 ways to narrow the gap that is do divided: wait them out/vote them out, or eradicate them/pound them into submission. The United States has resorted to both routes in its past. I'd prefer we could avoid the latter option with our current landscape that only gets further enflamed by social media and AI.