2024 US Presidential Election

[Luman]

It's not a conflict; it's a military invasion!

Imagine this: What would you do if a gang of Venezuelans invaded your home, killing and assaulting your loved ones?

Now consider this: What if a friend from another part of town offered you the means to fight back? Would you take it? Or would you negotiate, offering the invaders part of your house in exchange for a promise to behave—for now?

If you understand the metaphor, give this a like.

We are adults; we do not need metaphors.

I did not ask whether Ukraine has the right to fight Russian occupation or refuse to negotiate. What I want to know is whether it was right for Biden to forbid Ukraine from attending negotiations with Russia—whether they wanted to or not—under the implied threat of losing support if they agreed to negotiate.

Zelensky has stated that he wants the war to end "next year," potentially when Trump is in office, through diplomacy. "We have to understand what the Russians want," Zelensky said.

 

[ZFire]

Biden has permitted Ukraine to fire US-made long-range missiles deep into Russia. This is a sign that Biden has totally lost his mind. Hopefully, Trump has advised Zelensky to ignore this lunatic and wait until he (Trump) is in office.

Umm... no. Just so you know, permission has been given to only use the weapons against Russian and North Korean (a match made in heaven!) orcs in the Kursk region, which Ukraine has occupied. Remember the incursion early this year? Any other targets still need Biden's approval, like the carpet bombing Moscow example. This isn't a blanket removal of restrictions.

Regardless, Biden should have allowed deep strikes a long time ago when it could've had a greater impact. Too little, too late.

Man, as much as I liked Biden's foreign policy early on, he ended up being a major disappointment and a lousy commander-in-chief. He played a key role in calling out Russia before the war and making sure Ukraine got the support it needed. But after the offensive, he really stalled out. Constantly keeping Ukraine on a tight leash to avoid upsetting Russia, he held back other allies from stepping up their support and never laid out a clear plan to have Ukraine push Russia out. Instead, he's been slowly sending weapons just meant to keep the status quo going, which favors Russia.

What a disappointment. Obama was weak on Russia, too, and Trump... well, we know he loves Putin. Honestly I hate to say it, but I wish Romney was president in 2012. He would have taken care of Russia long ago and everyone would be better off for it.

Now Putin's underling, Trump, is going to abandon Ukraine.

 

[Fields]

Biden will not allow Ukraine to engage in peace negotiations with Russia. Do you think that this is a good way to handle the conflict?

When has Biden stated that he won't allow Ukraine to engage in peace conversations?

 

[Luman]

When has Biden stated that he won't allow Ukraine to engage in peace conversations?

Good call! Biden has not said that he would not allow Ukraine to engage in peace negotiations. I was under the impression that he had.

In any case, this is nearing three years, and as of September 30, 2024, the U.S. had given Ukraine nearly 183 billion dollars. Zelensky and his entourage in Ukraine have made their killing in stolen funds, embezzling over 400 million dollars in aid, according to investigative journalist Seymour Hersh.

Hopefully, when Trump is in office, he will help end the bloodshed, and Ukraine can start rebuilding, with the help of other nations.

 

[just1morething]

Why is brain-dead Biden escalating the Ukraine/Russia war when Trump wants to end the war when he takes over on January 21st? I heard that Sweden and Finland are preparing for Nuclear war. I hope Trump is talking to both Zelenskyy and Putin about his concerns and those of the sane U.S. citizens.

 

[Rainer]

In any case, this is nearing three years, and as of September 30, 2024, the U.S. had given Ukraine nearly 183 billion dollars.

No they haven't, and your likely source doesn't claim that either. Most of these funds have merely been appropriated (govspeak for "earmarked") and not yet spent, while most of the remainder has been donated in the form of weapons: meaning that the money went to the US defense industry and not to the Ukraine.

Zelensky and his entourage in Ukraine have made their killing in stolen funds, embezzling over 400 million dollars in aid, according to investigative journalist Seymour Hersh.

This accusation has already been debunked by Snopes.

Hopefully, when Trump is in office, he will help end the bloodshed

Yeah, right. There's an interesting article in the New York Times about Trump's designated role. Loosely paraphrased: Putin did not want Trump in the White House as a Russian mole, he wants him there because he hopes that "a Trump presidency might bring about the collapse of the American state."

Putin is a realist as far as that goes, I'm afraid.

 

[Luman]

No they haven't, and your likely source doesn't claim that either. Most of these funds have merely been appropriated (govspeak for "earmarked") and not yet spent, while most of the remainder has been donated in the form of weapons: meaning that the money went to the US defense industry and not to the Ukraine.

This accusation has already been debunked by Snopes.

Yeah, right. There's an interesting article in the New York Times about Trump's designated role. Loosely paraphrased: Putin did not want Trump in the White House as a Russian mole, he wants him there because he hopes that "a Trump presidency might bring about the collapse of the American state."

Putin is a realist as far as that goes, I'm afraid.

I read the Snopes article. Hersch does not name his source for his Zelensky accusations, and that is because he can't. I do not know whether the charges are true, but Hersch has a better-than-average reputation and may be correct.

There were little to no acts of aggression by Putin during Trump's presidency, unlike the previous and later administrations. Most Democrats have given up on the idea that he is a "friend" of Putin. Trump said that he told Putin that if he attacked Ukraine, he'd bomb Moscow. Once Putin saw the results of the Afghanistan withdrawal by Biden, he knew he could attack Ukraine. Biden's economic sanctions were supposed to end the invasion in a few weeks. Not only did that not work, but the conflict has lasted nearly three years with no negotiations or end in sight under the Democrats.

United States aid to Ukraine, a table from the Council On Foreign Relations:

Update, Breaking News: Biden has approved antipersonnel mines for Ukraine, undoing his own policy. Washington Post, 11/20/2024. Despite all the help from NATO countries, Ukraine is losing.

 

[ZFire]

It's crazy how desperate Putin is with trying to recapture Kursk. He's just throwing waves of mindless orcs at it like cannon fodder. Trying to make gains at all costs.

It's obvious why he's desperate, though; he needs to take back Kursk before Trump takes office again because if Trump comes in and tries to force a ceasefire down everyone's throat, it'll be super embarrassing for Putin to reject it. There's no way he can agree to a ceasefire while even an inch of Russian territory is still under Ukrainian control.

No they haven't, and your likely source doesn't claim that either. Most of these funds have merely been appropriated (govspeak for "earmarked") and not yet spent, while most of the remainder has been donated in the form of weapons: meaning that the money went to the US defense industry and not to the Ukraine.

This accusation has already been debunked by Snopes.

Yeah, right. There's an interesting article in the New York Times about Trump's designated role. Loosely paraphrased: Putin did not want Trump in the White House as a Russian mole, he wants him there because he hopes that "a Trump presidency might bring about the collapse of the American state."

Putin is a realist as far as that goes, I'm afraid.

Amazing. Russian propaganda and their troll farms really got people thinking the US is just writing out checks to Ukraine…

I mean, you almost have to respect Russia here. Who would have guessed the most effective warfare strategy is to put 4000+ guys on minimum wage into an opinion/troll factory, making shit posts all across social media to wreak havoc on the US and its gullible citizens. Now, throw Trump into the equation, and Putin might just walk away with everything he's been after.

 

[Anomalous]

Here you go, @Luman. This is literally in the very same picture you posted, which you obviously didn't read.

 

[grate_biff]

Trump said that he told Putin that if he attacked Ukraine, he'd bomb Moscow.

Yeah, that's probably the diplomatic way to go!

Why not threaten his daughters while he's at it?

We will have peace in no time, or 24 hours, that is.

 

[Luman]

Loren Merchan is 34 years old and the president of Authentic Campaigns, which is a progressive political firm that has worked with Democratic Party candidates, including President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Her father, New York Supreme Judge Juan Merchan, presided over Trump's trial for 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Information can be found in this report: LAWFARE: HOW THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND A NEW YORK STATE JUDGE VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL RIGHTS OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

Various outgoing members of the United States Department of Justice are lawyering up. At the very least, this will cost them a great deal, perhaps bankrupting some.

Special Prosecutor Jack Smith thought he was going to win, but he's almost as stupid as the rest of those who believe they could railroad Trump with cases that were only filed to cause election interference. Several district attorneys and attorney generals will be facing investigations and possibly charges that they never expected would happen.

As Elon Musk said, "The Hammer of Justice is coming."

 

[Anomalous]

Loren Merchan is 34 years old and the president of Authentic Campaigns, which is a progressive political firm that has worked with Democratic Party candidates, including President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Her father, New York Supreme Judge Juan Merchan, presided over Trump's trial for 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.

You want to prosecute a judge because a family member of theirs is politically active, and you don't like their verdict in one particular court case?

Tell me again how you're not a textbook example of a fascist.

 

[Joeseph Stope]

Why is brain-dead Biden escalating the Ukraine/Russia war when Trump wants to end the war when he takes over on January 21st? I heard that Sweden and Finland are preparing for Nuclear war. I hope Trump is talking to both Zelenskyy and Putin about his concerns and those of the sane U.S. citizens.

A British commentator on the radio suggested that Ukraine's strategy might be aimed at gaining a stronger bargaining position once the war ends. The idea is that it all comes down to negotiations. For example, after a ceasefire, Zelensky might propose something like, "We'll return Kursk if you give us back Zaporizhia," or a similar offer.

More interesting is the question of what kind of security guarantees will be offered to Ukraine after the war. It's worth recalling that Ukraine was given security assurances in the 1990s in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons. Those guarantees were put in writing and signed by Russia (Yeltsin, I believe), the U.S. (possibly Reagan?), and the UK (Blair?). As history has shown, those assurances didn't hold up well.

A more pressing question is why Ukraine didn't receive sufficient ammunition when the war began. It seems that delays from Congress and Europe left Ukraine's army depleted, outgunned, and exhausted.

Modern warfare looks particularly grim. We now see massive human wave attacks where soldiers are sacrificed to reveal the positions of the opposing side's artillery. It's a brutal and tragic strategy.

 

[Luman]

You want to prosecute a judge because a family member of theirs is politically active, and you don't like their verdict in one particular court case?

Tell me again how you're not a textbook example of a fascist.

On Nov. 12, Florida Representatives Anna Paulina Luna and Cory Mills suggested that criminal charges could possibly be brought against the judge and his daughter.

The judge contributed to the 2020 Biden-Harris campaign.

"I have a Trump-hating judge with a Trump-hating wife and family, whose daughter worked for Kamala Harris, and now receives money from the Biden-Harris campaign – and a lot of it." — Donald Trump, April, 2023.

In the meantime, a perverted illegal exposed himself to and robbed an assistant district attorney, who works for Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, in the building where she lives in Manhattan, at 2 AM Sunday. The perp, who has been arrested and released numerous times, is suspected to be a member of a Venezuelan gang,

 

[ZFire]

 

[Luman]

 

[Fields]

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I wonder how this is going to affect the price of daily items such as groceries. If all the cheap laborers get deported, are Americans going to fill the vacancies for the same measly wages?

 

[Luman]

I wonder how this is going to affect the price of daily items such as groceries. If all the cheap laborers get deported, are Americans going to fill the vacancies for the same measly wages?

Allowing illegal migrants to be exploited represents the equivalent of modern slavery. It's amazing how people are not ashamed to admit that they support it and they insult those who do not.

Biden is the biggest leader of modern slavery in Western Society; this will be a major part of his legacy.

 

[Fields]

Allowing illegal migrants to be exploited represents the equivalent of modern slavery. It's amazing how people are not ashamed to admit that they support it and they insult those who do not.

Biden is the biggest leader of modern slavery in Western Society; this will be a major part of his legacy.

You're right, but this equivalent of modern slavery has been entrenched in American society for a while now.

I believe Trump talked about the high prices of groceries and that he's going to lower them. I don't think that deporting all the immigrants is going to lower the price of eggs.

If anything, it'll probably raise the price.

 

[Luman]

You're right, but this equivalent of modern slavery has been entrenched in American society for a while now.

I believe Trump talked about the high prices of groceries and that he's going to lower them. I don't think that deporting all the immigrants is going to lower the price of eggs.

If anything, it'll probably raise the price.

I usually purchase a box of 18 organic eggs for about six and a half dollars, not on sale, in NYC, which is more expensive than average for food. Cheaper alternatives exist, as well, which I sometimes use. I am not knowledgeable enough about the economy to predict whether food prices will rise, stay the same, or lower, and I doubt that many people are.

Taxpayers are currently being forced to pay for illegal migrants to live in hotels and shelters, as well as their food, clothing, transportation, medical bills, children's education, various agency fees, court cases, lawyers, etc. Most Americans want to see mass deportations of illegals.

The best strategy for these people is to self-deport soon to avoid the risk of being deported and facing a ten-year ban from coming back to the U.S. legally.

 

[Luman]

There is more good news for President-elect Donald Trump. Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over his hush-money case, has postponed sentencing indefinitely and given his lawyers until December 2 to file for a dismissal. The Manhattan district attorney's office has until December 9 to respond.

 

[Luman]

Jack Smith is dropping the federal election subversion and the mishandling of classified documents cases against President-elect Donald Trump, seeking the cases' dismissal in court filings today, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.

All of Trump's cases were political. Many good lawyers knew this and said so, but the people who waged lawfare against him did not listen.

 

[RunningMan]

Jack Smith is dropping the federal election subversion and the mishandling of classified documents cases against President-elect Donald Trump, seeking the cases' dismissal in court filings today, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.

All of Trump's cases were political. Many good lawyers knew this and said so, but the people who waged lawfare against him did not listen.

No, Trump was criminal in his actions, the the case is strong. It's only being dropped because he's going to be president, unfortunately.

"That prohibition is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government's proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Government stands fully behind," Smith's office wrote in Monday's filing.

"The Government's position on the merits of the defendant's prosecution has not changed. But the circumstances have," the special counsel added.

 

[just1morething]

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[Luman]

No, Trump was criminal in his actions, the the case is strong. It's only being dropped because he's going to be president, unfortunately.

"That prohibition is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government's proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Government stands fully behind," Smith's office wrote in Monday's filing.

"The Government's position on the merits of the defendant's prosecution has not changed. But the circumstances have," the special counsel added.

Jack Smith and other lawyers involved in these Federal prosecutions will pay heavily for their participation in weaponizing the justice system.

NY Attorney General Letitia James, who vowed to "get Trump" as part of her campaign during Trump's first term, was mentioned in a statement by Trump yesterday. She must dread whatever actions toward her will occur after he takes office. She could lose her AG position and law license and even be sentenced to prison for her fraudulent case against him. At the very least, it will be expensive, and her reputation will be ruined.

Letitia James, like Jack Smith, Alvin Bragg, and Fani Willis, did not think that Trump could win.

January 20th, 2025, can't come soon enough.

This is going to be the best holiday season in years.

 

[just1morething]

The Mexican cartels' ass is grass, and Trump & Tom Homan are the lawnmower. I always wondered if corrupt Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs is receiving money from the cartels to keep the Arizona border open?

 

[Luman]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called President-elect Donald Trump on Monday evening and agreed to work with the United States to close its Open Borders after Trump threatened to sign an Executive Order to slap a 25% tariff on all products coming from Canada to the United States. This would affect 400 billion dollars worth of annual Canadian exports.

Trump said that he would impose an additional 10% tariff on China due to their failure to execute fentanyl producers.

He also threatened to impose a 25% tariff on Mexico.

 

[RunningMan]

NY Attorney General Letitia James, who vowed to "get Trump" as part of her campaign during Trump's first term, was mentioned in a statement by Trump yesterday. She must dread whatever actions toward her will occur after he takes office. She could lose her AG position and law license and even be sentenced to prison for her fraudulent case against him. At the very least, it will be expensive, and her reputation will be ruined.

It sounds like you support weaponizing the judicial system. Trump's criminal actions brought on these cases against him. Winning an election shouldn't be a "get out of jail" card. He should still have to face prosecution for his crimes at some point. It's a sad state of affairs that a convicted felon like Trump would be eligible to be president and another even worse state of affairs that there are so many uneducated, low-information voters who voted for him.

 

[ZFire]

No, Trump was criminal in his actions, the the case is strong. It's only being dropped because he's going to be president, unfortunately.

Smith can preserve evidence this way. Because yeah, it's better than the alternative—the second the cult leader gets sworn in, those case files and evidence go straight to the fire. It's the only option at this point, unfortunately.

I blame Merrick Garland, though. There was a window to get this done, and he and the justice department waited until the last possible moment to even start the process. He blew it. What a bust of an AG pick for Biden.

Jack Smith and other lawyers involved in these Federal prosecutions will pay heavily for their participation in weaponizing the justice system.

This is something a cultist would say. Definitely not someone who believes in equality under the law. Also, what about the grand jury and jury? You know, the regular American citizens who actually indicted/convicted Trump of his crimes based on the evidence? Do they deserve to pay as well?

January 20th, 2025, can't come soon enough.

This is going to be the best holiday season in years.

The MAGA cult is all slogans and no substance. They ran on lies, and that got them the win. When it comes time to put their delusions into practice, reality isn't going to play along the way they think. Wait what? Deporting millions tanked the economy? Oops. Wait what? The tariffs increased the price of my foreign goods. Oops. Wait what? Inflation is not something I can just hit a magic button and turn off? Oops.

Turns out, governing in the real world is a lot tougher than running on lies and rage bait.

 

[Luman]

The MAGA cult is all slogans and no substance. They ran on lies, and that got them the win. When it comes time to put their delusions into practice, reality isn't going to play along the way they think. Wait what? Deporting millions tanked the economy? Oops. Wait what? The tariffs increased the price of my foreign goods. Oops. Wait what? Inflation is not something I can just hit a magic button and turn off? Oops.

Turns out, governing in the real world is a lot tougher than running on lies and rage bait.

Illegal migrants are modern-day slaves who are paid about half as much by their employers as citizens. When they arrive, they owe criminals for their passage and must do whatever they can to pay them. The taxpayers are forced to finance their housing, medical bills, education, health care, clothing, etc. Services to citizens have been cut to accommodate the migrants in many cities and towns. Along with this, we have migrant gangs who engage in child trafficking, importing and selling deadly drugs which have killed hundreds of thousands of Americans, and other migrant criminals who kill and rape. The borders must be closed and the illegals deported. Tom Homan is the man who will get this done as best as humanly possible.

The Dow and S&P hit record highs today after Trump announced the tariffs last night.

If the Democrats had held a primary and selected an experienced conservative to moderate candidate, they probably would have won. Corruption and dishonesty prevented them from doing this. Bernie Sanders is probably the least corrupt high-profile Democrat, and he got screwed royally in the last three elections. The party is now in complete shambles, and if they want to win elections in two years, they'd better change.