Damn, people are still thinking that…

I thought that by including an FYI in my account information, people would stop using that excuse to dismiss anyone who did not agree or think like they wanted them to.

Edit: grammer and phrasing, improved a bit

Edit2: removed, “People showing up to rallies is one thing, but l”, explaining zip code differences, not mentioned in article, it would be interesting to see data though

Let us not delude ourselves into thinking that the polls do not show differences when looking at poll data from 2020 vs. 2024.

Let us see if certain groups of people who supported Joe in 2020 will be showing up to vote in November 2024.

It is not just Black Americans or Latino Americans where we are seeing a shift when looking at 2020 vs. 2024 data.

It seems to be a barebones article, but it does have some information:

“The roundtable setup featured Representative (and Trump V.P. wannabe) Byron Donalds, former Trump Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, and Representative Wesley Hunt in attendance,” she writes. “The seats were positioned in a semi-arc facing a gaggle of cameras and sea of white people, and everyone looks abundantly unenthused to be there.”

Jane goes on to explain how the Atlanta event was just one of a string of failed Black voter outreach efforts.

“In May, Trump hosted a small rally in the Bronx to gin up the Black vote after an even smaller appearance at a Harlem bodega in April,” she writes. “And in June, Trump appeared at a Black church in Detroit before skipping off to a white nationalist convention. The church stunt was a flop: At least half the audience was white, none of the attendees reporters spoke with were actual congregants, and the megachurch’s pastor said people laughed in his face when he scrambled to find people to fill the pews for the event.”

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I was able to find two additional articles:

1. Russia’s First Transgender Politician Announces Detransition [May 16, 2024 | The Moscow Times] https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/16/russias-first-transgender-politician-announces-detransition-a85136

The Moscow Times is Russia’s leading, independent English-language media outlet. Our team of Russian and English journalists provide readers across the world with breaking news, engaging stories and balanced reporting about the largest country on Earth.

2. Transgender Russian politician says he has detransitioned [Lucy Papachristou and Bernadette Baum | May 16, 2024 | Reuters] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/transgender-russian-politician-says-he-has-detransitioned-2024-05-16/

Props, keep up the good work!

I will try and do the same, hahaha

I say, test both of them!

They should both be tested for drugs often, the working class is forced to undergo drug testing, why not the owner class as well, they are ‘civil servants’; by multiple people and organizations, that would be fun to see differences in reports and writeups, even more if data is shown on what chemicals are in their system.

The claims arrive as Trump himself changes his tune on how well Biden may perform at the CNN debate. Having previously called Biden the “worst debater I have ever faced,” Trump recently told the All-In Podcast that the president will be a “worthy debater” and that he does not want to “underestimate” Biden on Thursday.

“If President Biden needs to take performance enhancing drugs in order to participate in this week’s debate, then it is imperative that he and his physician disclose that to the American people,” Jackson said. “CNN’s people leaked debate questions to Hillary Clinton in 2016,” Grenell posted on X. Grenell was making reference to previous reports on how former chair of the Democratic National Committee Donna Brazile gave notice to Clinton’s team about a debate question ahead of her 2016 debate with Trump.

“CNN’s people leaked debate questions to Hillary Clinton in 2016,” Grenell posted on X. Grenell was making reference to previous reports on how former chair of the Democratic National Committee Donna Brazile gave notice to Clinton’s team about a debate question ahead of her 2016 debate with Trump.

Responding to the incident, Leavitt told Newsweek: "CNN cutting off my microphone for bringing up a debate moderator’s history of anti-Trump lies just proves our point that President Trump will not be treated fairly in Thursday’s debate.

Awesome!

Thanks for the additional information, about INSTC!

New of BRICS and going away from petrodollar, it will be in the history books, if allowed.

Interesting news keeps coming out.

India has been ramping up purchases of both coking and thermal coal from Russia since Moscow redirected exports from EU countries and offered substantial discounts to Asian buyers. Despite its efforts to expand renewable energy projects, India continues to rely heavily on coal as its primary source of power generation. Huge increase in Russian coal exports to India

Consulting firm Yakov and Partners (formerly McKinsey Russia) has projected that India will surpass China as the top buyer of Russian coal within the next decade.

Moscow is seeking to both ensure interconnectivity throughout the INSTC and launch regular freight shipping lines, President Vladimir Putin has said. The volume of goods shipped via the INSTC is expected to almost triple over the next seven years. The Russian leader has suggested establishing a logistics hub for the corridor on the African coast.

True, sadly, the working class has much to continue to learn.

It doesn’t help that the owner class activily enables and helps fund people and projects to keep the working class divided!

That is why we need to be open to talk and have discussions with people with a diverse set of thinking, echo chambers and bubbles do not help us, it may only work to hinders our society.

or bots/shills/grifters/Chinese/lefty/righty/puppets… /s

Many labels are used, as an easy way to dismiss anything that might force people to use our critical thinking capabilities and to listen to bias different from our own.

We must continue to be willing to talk and discuss with people that do not think or agree with our way of the world!

In a survey, published Sunday by CBS News, 82 percent of registered voters said they think it is more difficult to purchase a home than it was for previous generations, while 76 percent said the same for raising a family.

About 70 percent of voters in the poll said securing a good job is harder than in the past, even in the wake of recent strong job numbers. According to the May jobs report, payrolls increased by 272,000 and wage growth ticked upward in a reversal of a three-month downward trend.

While young voters overwhelmingly have concerns about the current state of the world, most voters under 30 — 62 percent — still have optimism about attaining the “American Dream.” Thirty-two percent said they won’t reach it, while 6 percent said they already have.

CBS News link in article: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-2024-election-new-generation-gap-young-voters-06-23-2024/

‘Interest rates at 23-year high’ article link: https://thehill.com/business/4718224-federal-reserve-june-2024-meeting-fomc/

Glenn Greenwald breaks down the recent Reuters report that revealed how the Pentagon launched a disinformation campaign to discredit the Chinese Sinovac inoculation.

About Glenn Greenwald:

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Being a bit more forceful and agressive, in showing open carry, so that we may have a better chance of changing our systematicly broken system, will not be an easy feat to accomplish.

Great point, you are correct, the Black Panther Party also ran into that problem, where they had shoot outs with the police.

It would need a bit of planning, knowledge of the local laws, and live filming/documenting interactions with any law enforcement/groups/people.

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by. – Lucille Ball

Nobody is gonna hit as hard as life, but it ain’t how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. It’s how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done. – Rocky Balboa

Don’t pray for an easy life. Pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. – Bruce Lee

I think the ‘left’ should also step up their game and open carry, if they want to be taken more seriously by:

Some of those that work forces [1] Are the same that burn crosses

…but… we must not forget what may follow if they do, planning is also really important as well as having legal counsel and video footage of all interactions:

!bpp@lemmy.world

[1] Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine

I disagree.

Our gov’t and military has been in non stop wars since our founding.

With small spands, some say 17yrs, of peace here and there, but ghost wars and militias we fund are also a thing to take note of.

Our country has between 700 and 1000+ military bases outside of the US, not to mention it is used to aggravate two superpowers, Russia and China.

I do not think your CCP label helps or improves the substance of what you are trying to say.

Feel free to continue to use US/western military and status quo propaganda talking points that are just pushing for more endless wars; where the working class are dying in massive numbers, while the owner class and their ilk avoid drafts and the front lines, due to their wealth.

My username comes from a comedian called, Jimmy Dore.

Feel free to comment or post in any of my communities, I welcome people that do not think or agree with my way of the world!

NATO started the war games…

That is why many on the ‘far left’ and ‘far right’ use this slogan: ‘NATO Is A Terrorist Organization’.

The US is the puppet master of NATO, where we keep going into these endless wars, where we keep ‘accidentally’ starting and continuing for the past couple of decades.

Always money for war, but none to feed the poor.

Careful with the US miliarty and western propaganda, it is understandable though, we are born into only hearing the status quo.

Many great independent journalist and commentators out who talk out foreign policy and geopolitics, so as to learn and read/watch non-status quo information, known status quo talking points, and much more.

Thanks, you reminded me to share a video on the topic!

China responded by launching a simulated blockade of Taiwan. The People’s Liberation Army released images boasting its ability to rain missiles on one of the most densely populated countries in the world as “strong punishment.”

I thought these are done pretty often by China, similarly done by our US military training excerise with our military war ships near the Chinese sea, Japan waters, and South Korea (sea and on land).

Beijing’s standard reaction to the democratic voting rights of 24 million people is to threaten to “break skulls and let blood flow.” For China, Taiwan as a renegade province that must “return to the embrace of the motherland” despite the fact China does not have any authority over Taiwan.

‘fact China does not have any authority over Taiwan’, this statement is not correct, if you watch and read non-status quo and non-western military propaganda.

While the Chinese government condemns the forced divestment of TikTok, the app — together with Facebook, WhatsApp and Google — are all banned within the great firewall of China.

Our censhorship is not that much better than them, and our gov’t continues to censor more, when we take to account what technofeudalism has done to the world; Yanis Varoufakis talks about some of this in great detail.

Known as “grey-zone” tactics, they fall short of the use of force, which is prohibited under international law. Also referred to as “salami slicing,” grey-zone tactics that are not strictly attacks make it hard for others to respond without potentially escalating a situation to a conflict.

I think having between 700 and 1000+ US military bases close to two other superpowers is much more of a threat, NATO.

Closely allying with Russia, and actively supplying weapons to sustain its war in Ukraine, China has not concealed its desire to reshape the world order.

Oh, I wonder which proxy war forced and brought China and Russia to be much more friendly with each other, not to mention BRICS.

The latest war games surrounding Taiwan are just another reminder of the various ways China tries to undermine liberal democracies and international peace and security. Today it may be a simulated attack. But the world must stand together and prevent it ever becoming reality.

Again, NATO and our military bases getting closer to China and Russia, as well as our proxy wars and direct funding of such wars is not helping the situation.

War only helps the owner class, much profits to be made.

The only war we should be in… is the Class War!

I wonder if other working class people in other countries are doing a similar thing or it is just countries in (proxy) wars and direct wars.

Here is a quote of my reply in other community, same article, with quotes highlighting notable information mentioned in article:

Wow, reminds me of the US data on ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’, it seems pretty similar.

Post: Struggling consumers use buy now, pay later services for everyday necessities — even groceries [@return2ozma@lemmy.world | Community: News | Finance Yahoo] https://lemmy.world/post/12244266

My comment where I quote the article and info that I thought should be highlighted: https://lemmy.world/comment/7772790

In 2023, Russians took out a record-breaking one trillion rubles (approximately $11.2 billion) in payday loans — 30% more than in 2022. Some experts predict that this figure could increase again by as much as 25 percent in 2024. By the end of 2023, the number of Russians using “microfinance organizations” (MFOs) had reached 19.9 million, which is 2.7 million more than in the previous year. And as of the end of the first quarter of 2024, about 32 percent of these loans were overdue.

Currently, the average monthly income of Russians applying for payday loans is 50,000 rubles, or about $562, while the average size of these loans is 9,990 rubles ($112). In general, Russians turn to payday loans to purchase food and clothing as well as to pay off older loans, economist Nikolai Kulbak told Holod. Most people who use payday loans in Russia use them more than once: in 2023, about 83.4 percent of payday loan recipients were repeat customers.

Kulbak told Holod he also expects to see a continued rise in the number of payday loans being issued in Russia. “Banks used to give loans even to clients who were already devoting most of their income to paying off existing loans; now they’re increasingly refusing people,” he said, adding that he expects the trend to persist for the next six months since inflation does not seem to be slowing down. “The fewer loans banks approve, the more people turn to MFOs. Ultimately, this leads to an increase in bankruptcies,” said the economist.

In addition to the traditional personal bankruptcy process, Russian law allows certain categories of the population, such as pensioners, to go through a simplified, out-of-court bankruptcy process. More than 12,000 people initiated this process in the first quarter of 2024 — more than five times the number of people who did so in the same period the previous year. The number of judicial bankruptcies rose by 18.2 percent to 89,800 over the same period.

You are right, but sometimes it seems like Satan asks me ontopic questions that are serious, where we even may have a discussion; if we learn more about each other may be here and there, but I think I do learn more about myself, when I answer with an honest reply, hahaha

I have met people similar to Satan IRL, I was able to keep it friendly while having a discussion, even if it took a while to get to that point; at least that is how I saw it

Thanks for taking the time to clarify!

It is hard to figure out if you are serious are being sarcastic, either way funny, hahaha

Thanks for the humor, always great to try to make people laugh, even if it is unintentional!