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I had multiple independents and Republicans come up to me today near the No Kings Day protest and thank me for my work.
We are breaking through.
Yall think it was swallowing or spitting that happened with Donald & Bill?? 😂😂
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This is straight up my dream blunt rotation but idk if any of these people can roll blunts.
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The MAGA loons have wanted the US to default on its debt since the Newt Gingrich days. It's inevitable that a default will happen one of these times. Of course, the aftermath will be either: the Democrats are to blame for not stopping us, or noobe told us it would be this bad!
I think (hope) it won’t be this time. Biden can’t afford to have the economy blow up on his watch. It will be hard enough running during a likely recession even if we get through this. So Joe and Chuck will give Mc Carthy something on spending that will induce him to allow a vote in the House on a resolution to raise the debt limit. If I were they, it would be enough to take the debt limit off the table next year as well. Joe will get some flack for this from the left but spending needs to get reigned in. Biden might gain some independents by doing that.
Unfortunately, this doesn't stop. Pay off the bandits and they come back. Don't pay off the bandits and they burn it down so you won't have anything left to pay them off with next time.
Besides -- the Republicans who think they are running this con don't give a f--- about the terms. This is not about spending cuts or anything to do with policies or principles.
Their game is to create enough chaos to ensure they take power in the next election. The last thing they want is a "solution" -- any more …
If the Germans hadn't dug in following the French counterattack, the pre-1914 system may have hung on a while longer.
Pretty much everyone (other than maybe the Russians and the Brits) thought that war now was better than war later--the Germans certainly did, as they saw themselves in trouble as the Russian economy and capabilities improved.
None of them thought it would be as bad as it got. Hindsight is 20/20.
Yeah, what they got was war now AND war later. What a tragic story that had such consequences for Europe that still resonate.
It was quite the mess. Lots of incompetence and stupidity all around--and the end state basically set the stage for the reprise 20ish years later.
But it is hard to see how the ending could have gone differently/more thoughtfully given the events and costs of the war. The reality is without the entry of the US into the war, Germany had a high probability of what passed for victory--and that almost suddenly (and surprisingly) turned into defeat.
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