Rep. Kat Cammack and (inset) Anderson Cooper (Photo: X/Shutterstock)
A GOP Rep. claims that CNN journalist Anderson Cooper knocking back shots on live TV sums up the dire reality of life under President Joe Biden.
Rep. Kat Cammack represents Florida’s third district in Congress. She’s full-on MAGA.
She spoke yesterday morning to Cheryl Casone on Fox Business. Cammack used her interview to blast an appearance President Biden and his wife, Dr Jill Biden, made on New Year’s Eve on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve show on ABC. Biden touted some of his achievements from 2023, including things he’d done for the economy.
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Cammack was disgusted and blasted the President.
“You can’t buy a house if you’re a millennial because you’re, you just don’t have the funds to do it because inflation has wiped out your savings, your ability to purchase everyday goods and services.
“If you’re on a fixed income, you have it even tougher. Not to mention the fact that we have an opioid crisis that is killing over 100,000 people every single year, a crime wave that has gripped the country.
“Nothing is better under Joe Biden’s America. Heck, even Anderson Cooper is doing shots on live television. And I think that speaks to both CNN’s ratings as well as what’s going on in America today.”
MAGA Congresswoman Kat Cammack says that Anderson Cooper doing shots on CNN Is a symbol that “Nothing Is better under Joe Biden’s America.”🤡🤦♂️pic.twitter.com/nqUo66EIka
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) January 2, 2024
Cammack votes to keep Santos in Congress
It’s perhaps worth noting that Cammack previously voiced support for keeping former Rep. George Santos in the House.
Santos was booted last month for facing a multitude of federal charges relating to wire fraud and identity theft.
Cammack complimented the disgraced New York congressman, telling Fox News on the day he was expelled, “You know, George has been continually a colorful figure here on Capitol Hill.”
Cammack went on to say it was wrong of lawmakers to deny New York’s District 3 representation by kicking Santos out. She voted to keep him in Congress.
“I felt that it was inappropriate to deny those constituents in his congressional district their right to representation … We certified New York’s election. We need to make sure that we’re honoring those constituents’ voice. So it has not been an easy vote. It has been many, many conversations this week, very contentious. It’s a heartbreaking day on the Hill.”
So, George Santos = good. Anderson Cooper knocking back shots on NYE = bad.
Have we got that correct?
Online, many were quick to ridicule Cammack’s remarks. Several pointed out that Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen have been knocking back shots together for CNN’s NYE broadcast for the past seven years.
@Katcammack12@Kat_Cammack doesn't realize Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen have been doing this for 7 years, 4 of which were under Trump.
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“You can’t buy a house if you’re a millennial because you’re, you just don’t have the funds to do it because inflation has wiped out your savings, your ability to purchase everyday goods and services.
“If you’re on a fixed income, you have it even tougher. Not to mention the fact that we have an opioid crisis that is killing over 100,000 people every single year, a crime wave that has gripped the country.”
Inflation isn’t the reason some people can’t buy a house.
Crime is not going up, in fact it’s down.
If they cared so much about the “opiod crisis” like they do the “immigration crisis” why hasn’t a single Republican put forward a bill tackling it? <—- We need to be hammering this home on them.
Vote Blue b/c literally our democracy is in crisis from Republicans looking to dismantle it.
As if millennial’s were buying houses under Trump’s admin. They’re so delusional. They actually think people are going to believe things were better under Trump. Everyday was a new sh(t show and our jaws could not drop any further. She certainly neglected to mention the debt Trump created for generations to come .
Where were all of these Republicans when the opioid crisis, including fentanyl deaths, were raging under Don the Con’s administration? Why were they so silent? Why didn’t they demand that Don the Con address the fentanyl death crisis? Did they criticize him for his gross failures on this account?
Just a reminder–and let’s start with a conservative publication:
Forbes, “Synthetic Opioid Overdose Deaths Soared While Trump Was President,” Stuart Anderson, March 2, 2023
NPR, “Opioid Crisis: Critics Say Trump Fumbled Response To Another Deadly Epidemic,” October 9, 2020
Politico, “Fatal overdoses climbed to record high in 2019, reversing historic progress,” Brianna Ehley, July 15, 2020
Washington Post, “FIGHTING FENTANYL: Trump called the opioid epidemic a priority, but fentanyl deaths soar as resources fail to keep pace,” By Sari Horwitz , Scott Higham , Steven Rich and Shelby Hanssen, Photos by Salwan Georges and video by Dalton Bennett and Whitney Shefte, May 22, 2019
In 1981, when President Reagan entered office, a 30 year fixed-rate mortgage interest rate reached its highest rate in modern history at 18.63%. Naturally, this killed the housing market. After eight years of the Reagan Administration, by decades end that rate was down to 8.7%.
Decrans,
It’s hard to fix problems when the other side is working against fixing problems. Politics get in the way of most solutions. Take Social Security, a simple increase in the maximum taxable earning would fix the problem. Milliionaires and Billionaires would not miss a few thousand dollars. Socialism for the rich is the montra of both political parties.
She tells no lies. Millennials aren’t able to buy homes. Homelessness is up in blue cities. In red cities like Houston, they saw a population increase and a decrease in homelessness, unlike their blue city counterparts. These are called facts, which can be obtained from the Pew Research Center. You can crank out the trite ‘vote blue no matter who’ lines. The fact remains that some of this economic disconnect is happening under ‘Vote Blue No Matter Who’s’ watch. Chew on that.
and millennials were not buying homes under Trump either. Biden inherited the mess that Trump created. How soon we forget what a nightmare those 4 years were and it will take decades to overcome.
Despite their desire to settle down in homes of their own, millennials face a bleak outlook for one big reason: There simply aren’t nearly enough homes for the 72.1 million members of their generation. From 2010 to 2019, builders only built 21000 new homes. So yes, this has been going on under Democratic and Republican administrations. To paraphrase Dickvaney below, “For all your blubbering about Democrats being the party of the working poor, what is it exactly that y’all propose to fix this?” Nothing. Like the Republicans you disdain? Okay, then! And that’s where I am. I’m one of the increasing independents in America turned off by your incoherent blubbering and finger pointing.
There are homes being built like crazy. The main reason they can’t afford home is that they are saddled by crippling debt from predatory college loans. Democrats tried to do something about that and Republicans resisted like crazy and struck down the legislation.
It’s great that you recognize all these problems. Now, what are Republicans doing about it?
Oh, Zzbomb. Aren’t you the same person who was adamant that Ben Shapiro didn’t move his offices to Nashville? I take everything you say with a grain of salt. The Pew Charitable Trusts. Look into it. Released a study on homelessness last week. The results don’t look good for blue cities. Take it up with the people you keep electing.
Tell that to the people you cut a check for $20 every Christmas at the LA LGBT Center. Yeah. Homes are being built like crazy…in red states with the exception of Florida. Those are called facts, Dickvaney. From 2010 to 2019 (under the Obama presidency), homes weren’t being built like crazy. Again, facts from leading realtor organizations.
Tell us what Democrats are doing to fix the problems that have plagued them for decades. They ain’t doing a damn thing like the Republicans. It goes both ways. I am not a Republican spokesperson. I’m a paid canvasser for Nikki Haley and vote independently. Thank you.
2 of the top 5 states with the largest homeless populations are Florida and Texas. It’s related to the population. No one wants to live in South Dakota so there aren’t a lot of homeless people there.
Now, what are Republicans proposing to do about homelessness?
I already posted this. Twelve of the twenty cities with rampant homelessness are in California. How’s that hopey changey Party for the Working poor Workin out for ya, Dave. Not too much. The numbers tell the tale.
The Republican measure requires the state auditor to inspect how public funding allocated to help unsheltered persons is spent statewide. Thats a marked difference from Gavin Newsom’s Republican-lite behavior of stacking the social services sector with his political nepotism placements. See also: zero accountability on how funds were being spent effectively. Data and control…that’s a big issue and Gavin dropped the ball. Speaking of balls, it’s time for you to grow some and hold corporate Democrats accountable as opposed to your childish fingerpointing and “Everyone is right wing who disagrees with me” routine. It’s tired and childish, Dave. If you truly care about these issues over waving that blue sports team jersey, the testicle would sprout out.
Oh, Davey. Gavin has allowed money to go unchecked and governmental agencies are siloed into their perspective corners. That is the problem. Has been since 2007 when Gavin claimed he was fixing homelessness soon. Vote for better politicians. This is on you, someone who allegedly cares about the downtrodden. Stop blaming others. Look inward. This is your state. Not Ron Desantis’s state.
Baron doesn’t know that the President doesn’t set interest rates. That’s the job of the Fed, and the Fed is governed primarily by rich, white men. Gosh, who is going to help rich white men – they are like helpless turtles on their back.
In 1981, when President Reagan entered office, a 30 year fixed-rate mortgage interest rate reached its highest rate in modern history at 18.63%. Naturally, this killed the housing market. After eight years of the Reagan Administration, by decades end that rate was down to 8.7%.
In red states like Mississippi, homelessness is almost a non-issue. Why? Because they have adequate housing for lower-income individuals, unlike the grand state of California. These are the inconvenient facts and the chickens coming home to roost for the Democrats. You prop up people who pay lip service to these issues. Where does ‘Vote Blue No Matter Who’ get you? Record decreasing support from Blacks, Hispanics, and under 35 voters. Perhaps it’s time to start looking at the mirror, Dems.
Wondering what the populations are in Mississippi compared to a state like California? How many states receiving funding from blue states like N.Y. and California? Quite a few.
And how many blue states are there with a failed social service sector (their dangling carrot bread and butter for idiot voters every four years.) Quite a few! It’s something else, isn’t it? Truly.
“In red states like Mississippi, homelessness is almost a non-issue. Why?”
B/c you truck them to my state of CA where we actually care for people, and not just pay lip service to caring about the poor. Homelessness is a nation wide issue, only some like to think it goes from state to state by conveniently shipping people like cattle.
Why? Because California Dems virtue signal. Bring them here! We’ll help! And then, the same Dems parrot conservative talking points when it blows up in their faces. “The government just isn’t set up for this! I’ll be damned!’ Maybe it’s time to try getting your people in line, yes?
Oh. But that’s better than California’s modus operandi of letting people with severe psychological problems roam the streets? Maybe siphoning them off in poorer areas away from the rich Los Angeles Democrats? Clearly, your methods are far superior.
Still can’t seem to answer any question directly? LOL
Yeah, providing housing and services for people, who sometimes turn it down, is VASTLY better than shipping them like cattle and stripping them of their human rights. So yes, our methods are superior and better yet, CA CAN ACTUALLY PAY TO SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE!
Your red state welfare queens can’t even pave your own roads!
If that’s the case, why is the homeless rates essentially the same since Gavin Newsom’s mayoral days? Again, that’s on you, zzbomb. If they are working so well, where is the dent in statistics? That’s not my problem. It’s yours.
If California can actually support people, why the 2 year waiting period for people on unemployment? The extensive Medi-Cal backlogs while adding immigrants to the rolls? For most rational people, California’s failures are just a cursory Google search away.
The Affordable Care Act is now embedded in our health care system,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told the Washington Post in reaction to Johnson’s comments. “There are many improvements that can be made, but I do not foresee Congress repealing it altogether even if [Republicans] take control of Congress.”
“Obamacare is here to stay, but we believe the law needs major improvements to deliver more personalized care for patients. We’ve had success in partially repealing controversial parts.”
Personalized care is difficult to come by in a morass known as government healthcare. Yall are the same people gnashing your teeth about personalized care for trans patients. However, you’re willing to acquiesce to the cow herd mentality of Big Government healthcare. It doesn’t make a damned bit of sense.
And thirdly, no one wants to live in California. It’s why y’all lost half a million residents and lost a Congressional seat this year. We have data and numbers to back this up. Deal with it, Dave.
Decrans,
You ignore that Mississippi has adequate housing because there is much, much less demand for housing. Who moves to Mississippi voluntarily?
Many of these issues still exist because solving issues eliminates perceived political advantages. And the decrease in minority support and the youth is caused by the same political nonsense.
Build Back Better was killed because it would have given progressives something to crow about. And conservatives in both political parties can’t allow that. Pay attention to Plato’s allegory of the cave – what we hear and see is often manipulation.
All those things she talks about, what are Republicans proposing to do about these issues? So far it’s that they’re trying to impeach Biden without any evidence and false accusations, going after trans people and black history courses and engaging in endless culture wars. Oh, and telling lies about people seeking to get US citizenship, which, of course they don’t want to actually solve because that would take away one of the few real issues they can run on.
We do have a lot of problems in this country but Republicans aren’t addressing any of them.
What are the Democrats doing to fix these issues and are they working? And thirdly, why do you keep voting for failed policies? Those are the questions you need to be asking.
Well for the first 2 years under Biden they did a whole lot of stuff which has worked and succeeded at bringing down inflation without crashing the economy.
Conversely, the GQP has been the majority in Congress now for a year and has the worst record of any Congress since 1914 with only 22 bills passed in 2023 and NONE dealt with crime, inflation, home ownership, or the border.
Ask yourself, why you people suck at what you do before blaming others for the messes you create.
What are Republicans doing? Other than preventing Democrats from doing anything? Who keeps voting for obstructionist Republicans who do not want to legislate? Those are questions you need to be asking.
I’m not debating crap you posted from a press release. I’d like to remind you this is the same administration who promised $2000 regular checks to combat artificial intelligence. When that plan faltered, they quickly back pedaled with half hearted inflation measures (much like they did with college debt relief.) Keep eating those dangling carrots, Zz. It’s sure worked for you the majority of my adult life.
So you still haven’t come up with anything Republicans are doing to help the problem. And saying the info came from a press release when everything you type is right off of OAN and Fox.
And you haven’t come up with anything the Dems are doing besides a recycled press release? It’s sad, Davey. Really sad. And you’re trying to convince youth to support Biden? Good luck, honey.
And I posted from Politico, Pew Charitable Trust, and CalMatters. One America News network? Most households don’t even receive One America News. The only show I watch on Fox News is ‘The Five.’ And that’s because it’s more tolerable than the dead air on ABC’s “The View.’
Look at the pointless squabbles! You’d think that the rich, white men leading both political parties don’t share the same objectives. Saying is not doing; that explains why political issues are rarely solved.
President Obama had veto-proof majorities and yet the Democrats failed to enshrine reproductive rights into law. And look at the campaign contributions that they have reaped by not enshrining it into law!
Also interesting, one of the major reasons Millenials can’t afford homes is because of the crushing debt they had to incur for their education–which Dems have tried to help with and Republicans have fought against tooth and nail.
@decrans, but everyone always says that youth polling doesn’t matter because they don’t show up to vote.
Also, I wouldn’t trust youth political polling in general. The political horse race machine has proven that they’re hopelessly out of touch with real people’s activity and don’t even know how to collect opinion data in an effective way. They exist to give corporate media something to shriek about and that’s about it.
The youth vote showed up when Biden made promises. Remember? Now that promises have been broken it’s hard to support him; perhaps the youth vote is conditioned on “trying and doing”, not just “saying”. But, there is always money for expanding wars and sending million dollar bombs to massacre innocent men women and children.
Yes Biden is better than tRump; however, many know that while a heart attack is generally better than a stroke, it’s best to work to prevent both.
Marianne Williamson is the woman we should of had rather than Hillary. Check her out on you-tube… the media refuses to cover her even though she has significant support. Biden is cooked. If you can’t see it, you may have wandered too far into the DNC zone.
Don’t forget that the youth vote has been MOST supportive of reproductive rights and Biden losing them is an ominous sign. Yes, some will come back; but, the enthusiasm for Biden is gone. That enthusiasm carried Biden across the finish last time; it’s not there today.
And the Democrats are? Where are the substantial solutions as opposed to vomiting out Biden White House press releases on cue? Do y’all have anything to address these issues besides recycled press releases? It’s kinda sad, gang.
Maybe, unlike you, youth have a conscience and vote for the person that they support. Bullying people saying that they must vote for YOUR candidate seems quite fascist. But that is your nature… just like the Republicans.
It’s apparent that President Biden will not win – he is losing both swing states and 12 traditional Democratic states! The youth you are bullying around are not at all enthusiastic and yet you blame them? Blame the person who is making the mistakes,
Check out Marianne Williamson to see if you could vote for a progressive who has a history of actually working for what she says. Marianne started Project Angel Food to feed AIDS and cancer patients. Her Center for Living helped AIDS patients in NYC. Measure people by what they do… not what is said about them.
It’s not about enthusiasm, that argument was made back in 2020 and Trump still lost. It’s not about enthusiasm or polls, it’s about voting even if it means your guy doesn’t tick off every box you want on your list. So far Biden has done more, in the face of right wing obstruction, it’s been quite impressive.
ZzBomb,
It was the enthusiasm of the youth that brought them out for Biden in record numbers – which helped him beat tRump. Their enthusiasm for Biden is gone and not going to magically appear after 4 years of constant pain (much of which Biden did not cause).
We have a primary season where we can change-up the game with a smart, positive female leader who will secure their vote with her enthusiasm for change. Marianne is not a sure thing; but, Biden is – according to polling – on the wrong track by over 75%. Read her books, watch her videos and then, tell me what you think. Until I actually watched her, I discounted her. As a candidate, the media can’t ignore her message of love, compassion and taking REAL action. On issues, most conservatives agree with her policies.
Biden’s administration knew the student loan measures were unconstitutional. They provided voters with the typical shiny object and made them believe, anyway. Same with that $2000 check Kamala Harris promised to combat artificial intelligence. As any economist can tell you, that unchecked money causes inflation. Basic capitalism. But again, I’m going to enjoy Dickvaney trying to explain this fact to aggrieved college kids.
decrans,
Biden didn’t even try or test the issue; we don’t know if it was unconstitutional. I watched them build a wall while the Democrats didn’t even take it to the Supreme Court. That’s not an excuse – what do you say about the 14th Amendment and tRump? \
We watched as Republicans stole the Supreme Court – President Obama didn’t even push the issue of being denied a hearing. tRump turned around and got his SC hearings – even though it was closer to the election!
If you want something you fight for it and push it to the limit. The rich, white owners of both political parties don’t have any power do they? Seems rich, white Democratic politicians are just turtles on their backs. As if “we can’t try” is their motto. Build Back Better would have proven progressives right – so why fight for it?
decrans,
Are you left of the Democratic party, like me? We seem to have similar feeling about Democratic POLITICIANS (not the voters) who seem to always be just barely to the left of Republicans.
MOST voters agree with progressive policies; however, money keeps electing the same do-nothing candidates. No billionaire tax, no single-payer healthcare, no expanding public education to the most talented, no human rights, no building bridges (but the wall now has bipartisan support), etc….
Voting Blue only seems to maintain the status quo – with some minor differences. Reproductive rights could have been ensured into law; but, the Democrats choose not to when President Obama had veto proof majorities! I has been a boon for their fundraising.
Measure your political party by what they do, not what they say and… the difference becomes negligible. Unfortunately, many have abandoned hope and are willing to shock the system with a dictator.
Check our Marianne Williamson on you-tube. I don’t think that money can buy her; she seems the real deal. My hope springs eternal.
Ronbo. You’re not left of the Democratic Party. You’re an anti-trans conservative.
Also, Marianne Williamson isn’t a serious person. She blamed people with AIDS for their disease, and blames victims of violence for their victimization.
dbmcvey, you are not accurate or truthful. Unlike you, I refuse to misgender people because I learned it’s truly harmful. You should attend a trans support group and a liars anonymous group. Please read my comments in support of trans individuals in last weeks piece titled “Lindsey Graham hot-footed it to New York for the most Lindsey Graham of reasons”. Click on “politics” and search, It’s quite recent.
Please don’t lie about progressives like Marianne. She started Project Angel Food giving necessary support to AIDS and cancer patients. AND in 1989 she started the Center for LIving with David Geffen to serve AIDS patients. Cher helped keep it funded and when Marianne stepped down she donated $50,000.
I’m used to dbmcvey’s extremism and lies; but, other need to read, watch and understand for themselves.
dbmcvey,
People are not stupid, they are reading and understanding that you are not genuine or truthful. Please stop before it hurts your mental health.
If you want to learn about Marianne, read her books, watch her on you-tube, read her history on Wikipedia. She started multiple charities helping AIDS patients. Measure people by what they do… not what haters say about them.
As for your slurs regarding trans individuals, it is you who intentionally misgender individuals. Attend a trans support group and stop lying. What is your point of misinforming?!?
We have a battle to win this November and I want to win with a candidate like Marianne, who would decimate tRump’s hate with positive love and action. Biden was great for his time – but read the polling rooms and win with a progressive.
I was a trans socialist. But after realizing that liberals are paying mere lip service to medical gender transitions while feverishly working to convince gender confused kids to undergo an extensive and unproven process in a shoddy healthcare system, I realized conservatives had valid points. These are the same people who piss and moan about religious conservatives convincing kids of a sky God. But a slipshod medical gender transition in a shoddy healthcare system? Let’s sign these kids up! Of course! And after two years in Los Angeles, they can kiss my ass alongside those god awful conservatives! It’s gonna be fun watching their heads explode come Election day. I bought my popcorn.
I’ve been wrong before and I’ll admit that I’m wrong with you – the sarcasm doth scream much too much. Please don’t give up. Progressives who are educated and willing to fight the monied elite can make things better for everyone – even conservatives.
Without progressive social policy, we’d have no Social Security or actual social security. We’d just be replaceable cogs in capitalist machinery. And the useful idiots here can’t even admit that President Clinton’s NAFTA is a BIG step towards corporate rule. He did that WITH Republican support.
Decrans, you can be more, see more and do more by considering a change of heart. But you gotta have heart.
Dee trans and republicans are really good at blaming democrats and never offering a solution to anything.
Health care, homelessness and the opioid crisis are great examples of republicans whining but not even a mention of a plan.
Republicans are not going to fix a thing. They are the original party of the millionaires who motivate with fear and threats. Now, I’ll wait for our local useful idiot to threaten anyone who votes for Marianne calling it a vote for tRump. Yet, we’ve not even had the chance to vote in our primary!
Read the room people, Biden is increasingly unpopular (whether it is fair or not). Biden is going to get the blame for EVERYTHING that is going bad.
And… the good that Biden has done, has been so moderate that it’s hardly noticed by most voters. Polling on December 5th shows that the public thinks the country is going in the wrong direction… over 75% !?!
If we don’t choose Marianne in the primary, tRump wins.
dbmcvey, if have a computer or smart television or even a phone, you can watch and listen to her on you-tube. And… don’t discount positive thinking. What you focus upon expands. Our community worked hard and focused on equality and… we got it! Positive thinking is a great foundation for winning.
Similar to Democrats who whine. Hell, Gavin has been whining about homelessness since 2007. The tears and zero solutions keep pouring. And your dumbass still pulls the lever. Similar to those damned Trump voters who get jackcrap and fall in line. Y’all ain’t that different, sweetie!
Oh look, ronbo and descrans agreeing with each other, while decrans who admits to being a conservative can’t come up with a plan that anyone is proposing and ronbo is spouting “love and action” as if that’s not vague.
Ronbo agrees with me being a member of the far left. I was a Bernie bro until reality slapped me in the face. Capitalism is here to stay, gang. Most people cannot effectively change genders and pass (despite the lies y’all peddle to children alongside religious conservatives and their tall tales of a sky god.) I am not sure global warming even exists and just serves as more left wing Kool Aid. If I vote, it’ll probably be for RFK. I realize in Dickvaney’s simple minded binary world that it’s only liberals vs conservatives. Again, he’s like a Fox News viewer in that capacity. His mind can’t process nuances. Poor thing.
Well, just today U S. House Speaker Mike Johnson along with 60 GOP House members went to our Texas-Mexico border to demand that Biden crack down on illegal immigration.
Considering that President Biden, nor Kamala have not been to our border as 10+ million unknown people from over a hundred countries stream into our country. Child trafficking, fentanyl from China, terrorists are all apart of the treasonous actions of our disastrous president.
So you asked a question what Republicans are doing, I gave you an example of what was done today. What did the Democrats do today to make our country better and safer?
Collective bigotry is not the answer Baron. Do you think every immigrant crosses the border with his/her pockets full of opiods?!?
And dbmcvey, I try to relay facts. What do I agree with Baron on that is not document and factual? Relaying that Biden is quite unpopular and is likely to lose is not my opinion… it’s widely reported. Get your head out of the sand and know that Biden is unelectable in this environment. So unelectable that a corrupt tRump is beating him by double digets.
Unless we switch to a different candidate, tRump will win. And then, you will blame me. It happened when Hillary lost to tRump. She was ahead in the polls; but, lost the Electoral College as I predicted.
If Democrats are not ahead by about 5% they will still lose in the Electoral College and the election. California has the population of Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Oklahoma, combined; yet, those four states have a clear majority of electors. We count the electors, not the total votes. Hillary supporters and even Hillary didn’t understand basic facts.
• 20 million new jobs were created
• Inflation dropped from 13.5% in 1980 to 4.1% in 1988
• Unemployment fell from 7.6% to 5.5%
• Net worth of families earning between $20,000 and $50,000 annually grew by 27%
• Real Gross National Product (GNP) rose by 26%
• Reagan slashed the prime interest rate by more than half, from an unprecedented 21.5% in January 1981 to 10% in August 1988
• Employment of Black Americans rose by more than 25% between 1982 and 1988, and more than half of new jobs created went to women.
One thing Reagan didn’t do was “close down” the state’s mental health hospitals located in all of the 58 counties. He didn’t close a single hospital. He never even closed a single room in a single hospital.
Baron,
Without understanding or acknowledging what occurs in the world at the time, your logic fails. You may recall that we had an explosion in IT (I know, I worked in IT) beginning in the early 1980’s) which transformed and expanded our economy.
Reagan did NOT trigger the IT revolution. Do you also claim that because the sun also rose under Reagan that Reagan caused the sunrise?
Critical thinking is important. Study logic, reason and fallacies. It will help EVERYONE here to eliminate nonsense.
What you can associate with politics is our tax policies. You have to admit that tax cuts for the rich and policies favoring the rich, not only caused financial debt; but also, triggered a cascade of events that increased poverty. The comparison of a rising tide lifting all boats, ignores the fact that wealthy people who had money funneled into their pockets don’t just rain money to the poor. Many wealthy people just hoard their money becoming millionaires and billionaires. The theory that the rich rain money on the poor is laughable.
And to the Democrats who insist that Clinton later balanced the budget, don’t forget that it was falsely “balanced” when the Federal Government took hold of the Social Security funds. Now, our retirement fund (that WE pay for) is often called a federal entitlement! FALSE! We pay for Social Security with every paycheck.
Speaking of taxes, Reagan raised taxes 11 times during his 8 years in office. He also exploded inequality and the deficit while in office. Inflation fell during his tenure thanks to the efforts of Paul Volcker, the Federal Reserve chair who began the process of raising interest rates under Carter, who’d appointed him, and continued under Reagan, similar to Jerome Powell (initially appointed by Don the Con), yet reappointed by Biden. Powell’s aggressive monetary policy involving rate increases has helped bring down inflation dramatically over the last two years, but it also has raised borrowing costs and mortgage and other interest rates. Baronin doesn’t seem to grasp how this works, but it’s not that hard to look up online.
Baron,
Are you so young and naive that you aren’t aware that computers were not around until the 1950’s? The subsequent PC revolution supercharged the economy in the 80’s. Or are you with tRump who said in his Fourth of July speech that “Revolutionary war troops took over the airports”?
Your numbers are as silly as Biden touting the employment numbers from the time of covid lockdowns to today. He should highlight that the USA recovered faster and bolder than just about any other nation which also experienced the covid crisis.
Use your critical thinking skills or at least acknowledge greater truths. Would you insist that jumping off a cliff is safe, when MOST people know that it’s the landing that causes the damage? Study logic, reason and fallacies; you’ll make more accurate arguments with the whole truth.
California has more homeless because it is a better place to be homeless than other states and climates.
Stop with blaming blue states for homelessness and your gender dysphoria.
I will blame blue state politicians who claim to want to fix homelessness while treading on stats from Gavin Newsom’s mayoral days. If Republicans failed like that, you’d be all butthurt about it. Try having some goddamn consistency, thanks.
In 2008, San Francisco Democratic Mayor Gavin Newsom made a promise he never kept: to end the homelessness crisis in San Francisco in ten years. Numbers don’t lie: Newsom failed miserably and the situation has worsened throughout California under his tenure as governor.
Under Gavin Newsom:
• Record homelessness in California
• Highest state income tax in America
• Highest gas taxes in the nation
• Highest poverty rate in the nation
I have lived in Los Angeles since 1987 and this city has never been like this. Utter failure.
That’s another thing. The chasm between the working poor and technocrats. Gavin Newsom’s California, baby! But they care so much about the downtrodden, don’t you know.
I have family in Texas and Florida and they have a homeless problem too. In fact they rank top five along with California. No surprise because they are larger states with lots of cities. Many homeless ppl migrate to cities because that’s where they can find shelters, accesses to food/ water, and pan handle. Some migrate out of states in hoping to find work/ better pay. Like many Mississippi residents go to Texas.
Mississippi has the lowest rate in homelessness because of affordable housing and few citizens. But many of its citizens are in poverty and living in outdated dangerous homes. They also have a high drug problem that is on par with California which is staggering considering both population numbers are vastly different. Many of MI residents affected by this are black because of years of discrimination in housing and zoning. MI has homelessness under control but barely.
The busing program is real (sending homeless ppl to another state) but it’s not at a high volume to cause a crisis. Most times it’s a shelter in a state who transport them to another city within their state and banning them from that first shelter. Florida is known for doing this. Homelessness/ poverty has been an ongoing issue for decades. It’s not a red or blue state issue. Both political parties need to do a better job handling it.
What I would say Gavin Newsom is making some progress in affordable housing, increasing minimum wage, and creating programs to help the crisis. While it’s far from solving it because being homeless is complex and minimum wage never kept up with inflation since 1968, there’s at least a plan. Only time will tell if Newsom plans will work.
I published this list weeks ago. I will keep publishing for Dickvaney. According to Forbes, only two states in the top echelon of the worst states for homelessness are red. So again, I ask: Your party is the party of the working poor. Hasn’t that been blathered in our faces incessantly the minute we crawled out of the vagina? What are the working-class saviors doing to REALLY address the systemic issues besides getting nice little paychecks from their Democrat-aligned lobbyists in time for election season (like the Republicans)?
Blaming Newsom for homelessness is silly – especially when the homelessness was supercharged by covid-19. Remember in 2019 it was tRump in charge and so your (il)logic says that tRump was responsible for covid-19!?!
Compared to other nations, the USA, under Biden, recovered more quickly than almost all other nations. That would be a more accurate measurement or statistic.
While running for governor in 2018, Newsom promised to appoint a cabinet-level official to concentrate on homelessness but later, when reporters pressed him, responded, “You want to know who’s the homeless czar?” Newsom. “I’m the homeless czar in the state of California.”
Despite that self-appointed role, as homelessness continued to grow, officially approaching 200,000 people but probably much higher, Newsom began shunning responsibility.
Last year, he blamed local officials for a lack of effective action, at one point suspending state funds. He later restored the money but continued to castigate them.
Another example of Newsom’s fingerpointing occurred last week as a congressional committee dominated by Republicans delved into why states – particularly California – handed out billions of dollars in unemployment insurance benefits to fraudsters.
The state auditor had issued a report citing the Employment Development Department’s “poor planning and ineffective management” for shortcomings in handling unemployment insurance claims.
With these poor results came a growing sense that cities and counties weren’t spending their homelessness funds wisely, including accusations on social media that a “homeless industrial complex” of government-funded service providers was more interested in sustaining itself than meaningfully improving the lives of vulnerable populations.
The state is rolling out so many ambitious new programs at the same time — including CalAIM, a multiyear overhaul of Medi-Cal, the state’s low-income health insurer that serves 1 in 3 residents — that it remains unclear how exactly they’ll interact with each other. Local governments, meanwhile, which are charged with implementing many of Newsom’s new programs, aren’t being given a whole lot more money to do so. And, even as the state prepares for a big buildout of behavioral health infrastructure to sustain CARE Court and Newsom’s ballot measure, it risks repeating the same mistakes that have exacerbated the devastating conditions on our streets: failing to take adequate steps to care for the hardest-to-treat population — mentally ill people with criminal records — and to ensure that people without private insurance can access long-term substance use disorder treatment.
The conservatives here keep bringing up problems but are not able to say anything that their candidates are proposing to fix these problems. They can’t come up with a single Republican idea and the gaslighting one is trying to present magical thinking as an option.
They can go on all they want but they don’t have any ideas. Trump certainly hasn’t presented anything he will do to fix any of this, and neither have any of the other Republican candidates.
You claim to have been a socialist transgender person who became disillusioned with the Democratic Party (although, the Democratic party isn’t Socialist so I have my doubts) so you then joined the party that wants to hurt transgender people. What does that say about you?
You claim to care about homelessness but you defame the party in which at least some people are trying to do something and support the party who doesn’t want to do anything.
You say “a curse on both your houses” but you support DeSantis and other anti-gay politicians who don’t do anything about homelessness.
The Dems haven’t fixed everything but they’ve tried. The Republicans haven’t even done that.
The Republicans are doing just that in the state of California. Why? Because of Gavin Newsom’s two-decadelong failure at solving homelessness. The failures of the Gelled One have compelled Republicans to get off their behinds. (See above info on Republican homelessness re-branding efforts from CalMatters!)
Even worse, Decrans said he works for Nickki Haley. She is MORE anti-gay, anti-trans than even DeSantisl I can’t imagine any gay or trans person would work for such an evil person; but, I can’t fix stupid. I can only point out reality.
I loved watching Perry Mason which ingrained “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth” into my thinking. A problem today for both R’s and D’s is “the whole truth”. Many elements go into our problems and the constant refrain “it’s the D’s or the R’s causing the problem” ignores the “whole” truths.
D’s generally do better than the R’s – but let’s be fully honest, being better than Republicans is not difficult. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day,
Your ignorance of how reality works and this country runs isn’t my problem. Your candidate wants to create a friggin’ love ministry in the White House. Despite a game show host running for the Republicans, this isn’t a South Park episode. Grow the hell up.
Hey! My name is Gavin, and I’m a California Democrat. Oddly, what Rep. Rep Kat Cammack (doesn’t that sound like a drag queen moniker?) Is sadly true. Only rich people can buy a house in most parts of the nation. Inflation is wiping-out many savings and investments, and making day-to-day living horrible. You can buy a gallon of white wine, almost cheaper that a gallon of gasoline! The opioid crisis is a leading killer of young Americans. We have never had as many homeless as we do now. You can’t blame Biden, or even Trump for any of that. Blame Wall Street, Big Buisness and Big Pharma. They ARE our total and complete puppet masters and we dance to their greedy, ddemonic beat. The Supreme Court wrote and provide the music.
Don’t let Davey hear you. He will lump you as religious conservative. I lived in California for two years. In parts, it’s like a third world country. But Newsom, baby. 2028! Woo, woo, woo. God, I live in a country with a bunch of morons. Trump voters and sycophant liberals who choke down establishment Dem doodoo streams like chocolate candy.
@Gavin
You’re right about a lot of that. What I want to know is what Republicans are doing about any of it. Neither party is great but one of them doesn’t want to take away our rights.
And decrans claims he was a transgender socialist who became disillusioned with the Democratic Party, (though, again, he claims he was Socialist, not Democrat) so he decided to work for the very anti-gay DeSantis.
Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill (SB) 102, the Live Local Act, representing the largest investment for housing efforts in state history. The bill invests $711 million in multiple programs to expand the availability of housing, downpayment assistance, and focused support for military communities. The investment under this legislation is nearly double the investment made in 2022-2023, which was already the highest investment in 15 years.
I’m very well aware Socialist is different from Democrats. Haven’t voted Republican in my entire life. That changed in your home state, Dave. I might vote for a sensible Republican. If they’re essentially the exact same party sans identity politics pissing matches (and they are), I will put my support behind someone willing to LISTEN about my experiences as a detransitioner. That’s how it works for most people who vote.
And Dave, we had to twist Newsom’s arm for statewide rent stabilization. I know. I was a paid canvasser for that petition. Ron DeSantis and Newsom are essentially the same. They click send on press releases and never roll up their sleeves to tackle the nitty-gritty.
Um we were worse under Biden administration?? I graduated college on Trump’s second term as president. At that time, I owned a small business and what I noticed was that postage has gone way up along with goods to make my product thus I had to shut down my business. I wasn’t able to by a house by 30 nor did rent go down. In fact everything pretty much cost a bit more. On campus I witness hate crimes and harassments by pro Trump supporters. Ppl became more bolden to tell lies to inject hate. The opioid crises remained critical under Trump’s administration. In fact they did a bad job. Their only concern was to spread lies, create hate, deflect, cause culture wars, and put more money in millionaires and billionaires pockets.
President Trump had the border under control. A partial wall was built with Democrats going ballistic about it. Trump had the Remain in Mexico policy. The border was in control. Under Biden, we no longer have a southern border. Child trafficking, fentanyl from China, hundreds of terrorists have been captured that are on our terror watch list because the terrorists, along with millions from all over the world just walk into our country. They get their Obama phones, free housing, free healthcare and welfare which is costing American taxpayers hundreds of billions. All because Joe wants new voters.
Let’s challenge the usual claptrap from Baronin. In fact, under Don the Con, the border was not under control; the “Wall” that “Mexico” was supposed to “pay for” was ineffective; and as I have posted above, with numerous links, including from conservative websites, fentanyl trafficking surged under Don the Con. Lots of smoke and mirrors, and little to truly address the migrant crisis that has only gotten worse over the last decade.
Let’s begin with a conservative-libertarian site:
Cato Institute, “Trump’s Border Policies Let More Immigrants Sneak In,” March 10, 2021
CNN Politics, “How the current US-Mexico border crisis compares with the peak of the Trump era in 2019,” March 24, 2021
CAP 20, “Trump’s Border Wall Is an Expensive, Ineffective Application of Eminent Domain,” April 15, 2019
Politico, “Yes, There’s a Crisis on the Border. And It’s Trump’s Fault,” April 5, 2019
NY Times, “5 Moments That Defined Trump’s Record on Immigration,” May 14, 2023
Do you mean where President Trump told his supporters on January 6th, “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
What you say may be technically accurate; however, you might have forgotten that Biden and tRump don’t control the world and there was a little thing called covid-19. Note that tRump was in charge in 2019 … so by your logic, all the downturn occurred BECAUSE of tRump. Nutty, right? But that’s your logic.
When you compare statistics without understanding or acknowledging what caused the change, you have invalid results. It’s the same for Biden claiming employment growth. When you start measuring in the middle of a shutdown and crisis, of course you will show growth when things return to normal.
Fighting invalid stats with invalid stats results in the continuation of the status quo. Has anyone here studied logic using critical thinking skills?
As for immigration on our border, instead of both the DNC and RNC now building a wall, we’d be much better building a bridge. That is… bring the individuals into the country in a controlled environment where we can train and evaluate each individual.
Entice states with federal support to house, evaluate and train individuals in isolation in low population states. Once able to integrate and contribute, individuals would be allowed to help build our economy. We face both an climate crisis and desperately need green energy workers (planting CO2-reducing vegetation, building/installing solar/wind systems, etc…) These immigrants could help ameliorate our problems while building solutions AND paying increased taxes (at least until their debt is paid in full).
Please stop scapegoating immigrants as all criminals. Collective judgment is pure bigotry… just as saying all Ds or all Rs are bad.
It’s strange that you fail to mention the one body that actually has the power to implement real change on immigration.
The US Congress needs to draft a comprehensive immigration bill, taking into account migration and refugee issues, questions of asylum, the US’s role in social, political and economic disruption across the globe, particularly in the countries where so many of the migrants are coming from, realistic pathways to green cards and work in the US, and so on. Some of the key issues you mention, like green/renewable technology and energy, balancing out immigration by state population, etc., should be part of hte conversation.
Above all, this effort by Congress has to take into account the needs and concerns of US citizens and longterm residents, and not just billionaires, powerful industry lobbies (like agribusiness) and corporations that have long exploited immigrant and domestic labor.
The last time the US came close to a deal on comprehensive immigration was when Barack Obama was president, and there were enough GOP Senators to pass a deal, but the House GOP balked and then key GOP Senators backed out. I’m sure you recall this. It is going to take BOTH parties, which are beholden to corporate interests now, and one of which (the GOP) also is becoming a party whose leading figures are spewing extremely racist rhetoric (Great Replacement Theory, etc.), to agree on this.
As you probably know, President Biden is now building the wall. Seems he is going with the Republican plan – just as did President Obama on healthcare for all. I would not trust these DNC/RNC corporate goons in Congress to fix anything which can be monetized for profit.
When Billionaires and foreign nationals can spend unlimited money in politics, they can buy just about anyone and anything.
Some can’t or won’t see that Citizens United has bought Congress already. Research who offered $20,000,000 in PAC spending if they would primary progressive candidates out of Congress. Money buys what unlimited money can buy. Thank God Hill Harper has a conscience.
A resulting problem is that if Democrats are forced to spend their campaign dollars in the primary, they have less to spend in the actual election. Which… gives Republicans a big advantage.
Democrats could do the same – but, they always follow behind by one or two election cycles. Look how long it took President Clinton to switch from healthcare for all to healthcare-for-corporate-profits. Research the change in the party to “new Democrats” who rejected FDR in favor of corporae profits. The conservative Democratic Leadership Council is just Republican-like or Republican-lite.
I’m jaded about the DNC. I’ve seen far too many elections where we won and yet they failed to act or passed Republican policy. Check out how Obama Care/ACA is nearly an identical version of the Republican Heritage Foundations 1993 alternative to single payer.
Even when we win, we lose with our conservative “new” Democrats. The corporatized DNC is certainly not helping progressives in the party – look how they cheated Senator Bernie Sanders!
Has anyone even noted that the DNC has cancelled 5 state primaries? Like Russia, we can vote… for the candidate that the party chooses. This ain’t right or democratic.
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ZzBomb
“You can’t buy a house if you’re a millennial because you’re, you just don’t have the funds to do it because inflation has wiped out your savings, your ability to purchase everyday goods and services.
“If you’re on a fixed income, you have it even tougher. Not to mention the fact that we have an opioid crisis that is killing over 100,000 people every single year, a crime wave that has gripped the country.”
Inflation isn’t the reason some people can’t buy a house.
Crime is not going up, in fact it’s down.
If they cared so much about the “opiod crisis” like they do the “immigration crisis” why hasn’t a single Republican put forward a bill tackling it? <—- We need to be hammering this home on them.
Vote Blue b/c literally our democracy is in crisis from Republicans looking to dismantle it.
Fname Optional Lname
As if millennial’s were buying houses under Trump’s admin. They’re so delusional. They actually think people are going to believe things were better under Trump. Everyday was a new sh(t show and our jaws could not drop any further. She certainly neglected to mention the debt Trump created for generations to come .
Kangol2
Where were all of these Republicans when the opioid crisis, including fentanyl deaths, were raging under Don the Con’s administration? Why were they so silent? Why didn’t they demand that Don the Con address the fentanyl death crisis? Did they criticize him for his gross failures on this account?
Just a reminder–and let’s start with a conservative publication:
Forbes, “Synthetic Opioid Overdose Deaths Soared While Trump Was President,” Stuart Anderson, March 2, 2023
NPR, “Opioid Crisis: Critics Say Trump Fumbled Response To Another Deadly Epidemic,” October 9, 2020
Politico, “Fatal overdoses climbed to record high in 2019, reversing historic progress,” Brianna Ehley, July 15, 2020
Washington Post, “FIGHTING FENTANYL: Trump called the opioid epidemic a priority, but fentanyl deaths soar as resources fail to keep pace,” By Sari Horwitz , Scott Higham , Steven Rich and Shelby Hanssen, Photos by Salwan Georges and video by Dalton Bennett and Whitney Shefte, May 22, 2019
Baron Wiseman
@ZzBomb
@Fname Optional Lname
Mortgage Rates 2017 – 2023
Trump:
Jan 19, 2017: 4.1%
Jan 21, 2023: 2.8%
CHANGE -32%
Biden:
Jan 21, 2021: 2.8%
Dec 7, 2023: 7.0%
CHANGE +154%
SoPluckyWhat
Oh barron, I realize you are young. But in the 1980’s under, checks notes, Ronald we had mortgage rates running in the double digits.
Baron Wiseman
@SoPluckyWhat
In 1981, when President Reagan entered office, a 30 year fixed-rate mortgage interest rate reached its highest rate in modern history at 18.63%. Naturally, this killed the housing market. After eight years of the Reagan Administration, by decades end that rate was down to 8.7%.
dbmcvey
I would say having a traitor as the leading candidate for one of our two major political parties is more dire than someone drinking on television.
decrans
It also means that your leaders have promised fixes for YEARS. Haven’t delivered, have they? Sit down.
Ronbo
Decrans,
It’s hard to fix problems when the other side is working against fixing problems. Politics get in the way of most solutions. Take Social Security, a simple increase in the maximum taxable earning would fix the problem. Milliionaires and Billionaires would not miss a few thousand dollars. Socialism for the rich is the montra of both political parties.
decrans
She tells no lies. Millennials aren’t able to buy homes. Homelessness is up in blue cities. In red cities like Houston, they saw a population increase and a decrease in homelessness, unlike their blue city counterparts. These are called facts, which can be obtained from the Pew Research Center. You can crank out the trite ‘vote blue no matter who’ lines. The fact remains that some of this economic disconnect is happening under ‘Vote Blue No Matter Who’s’ watch. Chew on that.
Fname Optional Lname
and millennials were not buying homes under Trump either. Biden inherited the mess that Trump created. How soon we forget what a nightmare those 4 years were and it will take decades to overcome.
decrans
Despite their desire to settle down in homes of their own, millennials face a bleak outlook for one big reason: There simply aren’t nearly enough homes for the 72.1 million members of their generation. From 2010 to 2019, builders only built 21000 new homes. So yes, this has been going on under Democratic and Republican administrations. To paraphrase Dickvaney below, “For all your blubbering about Democrats being the party of the working poor, what is it exactly that y’all propose to fix this?” Nothing. Like the Republicans you disdain? Okay, then! And that’s where I am. I’m one of the increasing independents in America turned off by your incoherent blubbering and finger pointing.
ZzBomb
Pew research does polling, not population extrapolation.
This is how I know you are lying.
dbmcvey
There are homes being built like crazy. The main reason they can’t afford home is that they are saddled by crippling debt from predatory college loans. Democrats tried to do something about that and Republicans resisted like crazy and struck down the legislation.
It’s great that you recognize all these problems. Now, what are Republicans doing about it?
decrans
Oh, Zzbomb. Aren’t you the same person who was adamant that Ben Shapiro didn’t move his offices to Nashville? I take everything you say with a grain of salt. The Pew Charitable Trusts. Look into it. Released a study on homelessness last week. The results don’t look good for blue cities. Take it up with the people you keep electing.
dbmcvey
Hey, decrans, stop bringing up new issues and tell us what Republicans are doing about any of the ones you’ve already mentioned.
decrans
There are homes being built like crazy.
Tell that to the people you cut a check for $20 every Christmas at the LA LGBT Center. Yeah. Homes are being built like crazy…in red states with the exception of Florida. Those are called facts, Dickvaney. From 2010 to 2019 (under the Obama presidency), homes weren’t being built like crazy. Again, facts from leading realtor organizations.
decrans
Tell us what Democrats are doing to fix the problems that have plagued them for decades. They ain’t doing a damn thing like the Republicans. It goes both ways. I am not a Republican spokesperson. I’m a paid canvasser for Nikki Haley and vote independently. Thank you.
ZzBomb
@decrans
“There are homes being built like crazy.”
And yet in another post on this very webpage you contradict yourself. LOL
decrans
In red states. No contradiction. Maybe one for you in your slavish devotion for the alleged party of the working poor. That’s on you, bud.
dbmcvey
2 of the top 5 states with the largest homeless populations are Florida and Texas. It’s related to the population. No one wants to live in South Dakota so there aren’t a lot of homeless people there.
Now, what are Republicans proposing to do about homelessness?
decrans
I already posted this. Twelve of the twenty cities with rampant homelessness are in California. How’s that hopey changey Party for the Working poor Workin out for ya, Dave. Not too much. The numbers tell the tale.
dbmcvey
Since California has the highest unhoused population that’s not a surprise. It also has the highest population. Cherry picking facts means nothing.
You still haven’t said what Republicans plan to do about it.
decrans
The Republican measure requires the state auditor to inspect how public funding allocated to help unsheltered persons is spent statewide. Thats a marked difference from Gavin Newsom’s Republican-lite behavior of stacking the social services sector with his political nepotism placements. See also: zero accountability on how funds were being spent effectively. Data and control…that’s a big issue and Gavin dropped the ball. Speaking of balls, it’s time for you to grow some and hold corporate Democrats accountable as opposed to your childish fingerpointing and “Everyone is right wing who disagrees with me” routine. It’s tired and childish, Dave. If you truly care about these issues over waving that blue sports team jersey, the testicle would sprout out.
dbmcvey
In what way is this Republican thing a solution? Funny how you’re touting regulations on this as Republicans try to eliminate them on everything else.
That’s not a solution. That’s not even really a plan.
The closest thing I’ve heard any Republicans come to a plan is the one in Utah, which, and the Utah Republicans won’t admit this, is Socialism.
decrans
Oh, Davey. Gavin has allowed money to go unchecked and governmental agencies are siloed into their perspective corners. That is the problem. Has been since 2007 when Gavin claimed he was fixing homelessness soon. Vote for better politicians. This is on you, someone who allegedly cares about the downtrodden. Stop blaming others. Look inward. This is your state. Not Ron Desantis’s state.
Baron Wiseman
@Fname Optional Lname
Wrong.
Mortgage Rates 2017 – 2023
Trump:
Jan 19, 2017: 4.1%
Jan 21, 2023: 2.8%
CHANGE -32%
Biden:
Jan 21, 2021: 2.8%
Dec 7, 2023: 7.0%
CHANGE +154%
Average Monthly Inflation:
Trump: 1.9%
Biden: 5.8%
Prices are going up 3x faster under Biden:
Trump: 7.6% in 48 months
Biden: 17.2% in 34 months
Savings Rates 2017 – 2023:
Trump:
Feb 1, 2017: 5.6%
Feb 1, 2021: 12.8%
CHANGE +129%
Biden:
Feb 1, 2021: 12.8%
Oct 1, 2023: 3.8%
CHANGE -70%
SoPluckyWhat
We made it through the 1980’s with double digit interest rates with Reagan. Who also exploded the deficit. I think we’ll do just fine.
Ronbo
Baron doesn’t know that the President doesn’t set interest rates. That’s the job of the Fed, and the Fed is governed primarily by rich, white men. Gosh, who is going to help rich white men – they are like helpless turtles on their back.
Baron Wiseman
@SoPluckyWhat
In 1981, when President Reagan entered office, a 30 year fixed-rate mortgage interest rate reached its highest rate in modern history at 18.63%. Naturally, this killed the housing market. After eight years of the Reagan Administration, by decades end that rate was down to 8.7%.
decrans
In red states like Mississippi, homelessness is almost a non-issue. Why? Because they have adequate housing for lower-income individuals, unlike the grand state of California. These are the inconvenient facts and the chickens coming home to roost for the Democrats. You prop up people who pay lip service to these issues. Where does ‘Vote Blue No Matter Who’ get you? Record decreasing support from Blacks, Hispanics, and under 35 voters. Perhaps it’s time to start looking at the mirror, Dems.
Fname Optional Lname
Wondering what the populations are in Mississippi compared to a state like California? How many states receiving funding from blue states like N.Y. and California? Quite a few.
decrans
And how many blue states are there with a failed social service sector (their dangling carrot bread and butter for idiot voters every four years.) Quite a few! It’s something else, isn’t it? Truly.
ZzBomb
“In red states like Mississippi, homelessness is almost a non-issue. Why?”
B/c you truck them to my state of CA where we actually care for people, and not just pay lip service to caring about the poor. Homelessness is a nation wide issue, only some like to think it goes from state to state by conveniently shipping people like cattle.
dbmcvey
No. Because they have small populations and they tend to jail people with psychological problems.
decrans
Why? Because California Dems virtue signal. Bring them here! We’ll help! And then, the same Dems parrot conservative talking points when it blows up in their faces. “The government just isn’t set up for this! I’ll be damned!’ Maybe it’s time to try getting your people in line, yes?
decrans
Oh. But that’s better than California’s modus operandi of letting people with severe psychological problems roam the streets? Maybe siphoning them off in poorer areas away from the rich Los Angeles Democrats? Clearly, your methods are far superior.
ZzBomb
@Decrans
Still can’t seem to answer any question directly? LOL
Yeah, providing housing and services for people, who sometimes turn it down, is VASTLY better than shipping them like cattle and stripping them of their human rights. So yes, our methods are superior and better yet, CA CAN ACTUALLY PAY TO SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE!
Your red state welfare queens can’t even pave your own roads!
decrans
If that’s the case, why is the homeless rates essentially the same since Gavin Newsom’s mayoral days? Again, that’s on you, zzbomb. If they are working so well, where is the dent in statistics? That’s not my problem. It’s yours.
decrans
If California can actually support people, why the 2 year waiting period for people on unemployment? The extensive Medi-Cal backlogs while adding immigrants to the rolls? For most rational people, California’s failures are just a cursory Google search away.
dbmcvey
In red states like Florida and Texas homelessness is a huge problem, it’s related to population. No one wants to live in Mississippi.
dbmcvey
The 5 worst states for healthcare are all red states.
Now, what are Republicans doing about that except trying to get rid of the AHC and not replace it with anything.
decrans
The Affordable Care Act is now embedded in our health care system,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told the Washington Post in reaction to Johnson’s comments. “There are many improvements that can be made, but I do not foresee Congress repealing it altogether even if [Republicans] take control of Congress.”
The real world, Davey! Touch some grass, buddy.
decrans
Here is what Americans for Prosperity says:
“Obamacare is here to stay, but we believe the law needs major improvements to deliver more personalized care for patients. We’ve had success in partially repealing controversial parts.”
Personalized care is difficult to come by in a morass known as government healthcare. Yall are the same people gnashing your teeth about personalized care for trans patients. However, you’re willing to acquiesce to the cow herd mentality of Big Government healthcare. It doesn’t make a damned bit of sense.
decrans
And thirdly, no one wants to live in California. It’s why y’all lost half a million residents and lost a Congressional seat this year. We have data and numbers to back this up. Deal with it, Dave.
Ronbo
Decrans,
You ignore that Mississippi has adequate housing because there is much, much less demand for housing. Who moves to Mississippi voluntarily?
Many of these issues still exist because solving issues eliminates perceived political advantages. And the decrease in minority support and the youth is caused by the same political nonsense.
Build Back Better was killed because it would have given progressives something to crow about. And conservatives in both political parties can’t allow that. Pay attention to Plato’s allegory of the cave – what we hear and see is often manipulation.
dbmcvey
All those things she talks about, what are Republicans proposing to do about these issues? So far it’s that they’re trying to impeach Biden without any evidence and false accusations, going after trans people and black history courses and engaging in endless culture wars. Oh, and telling lies about people seeking to get US citizenship, which, of course they don’t want to actually solve because that would take away one of the few real issues they can run on.
We do have a lot of problems in this country but Republicans aren’t addressing any of them.
decrans
What are the Democrats doing to fix these issues and are they working? And thirdly, why do you keep voting for failed policies? Those are the questions you need to be asking.
ZzBomb
@drecrans
Well for the first 2 years under Biden they did a whole lot of stuff which has worked and succeeded at bringing down inflation without crashing the economy.
Conversely, the GQP has been the majority in Congress now for a year and has the worst record of any Congress since 1914 with only 22 bills passed in 2023 and NONE dealt with crime, inflation, home ownership, or the border.
Ask yourself, why you people suck at what you do before blaming others for the messes you create.
dbmcvey
What are Republicans doing? Other than preventing Democrats from doing anything? Who keeps voting for obstructionist Republicans who do not want to legislate? Those are questions you need to be asking.
ZzBomb
@Decrans
Silence???? What’s the matter, can’t combat facts?
decrans
I’m not debating crap you posted from a press release. I’d like to remind you this is the same administration who promised $2000 regular checks to combat artificial intelligence. When that plan faltered, they quickly back pedaled with half hearted inflation measures (much like they did with college debt relief.) Keep eating those dangling carrots, Zz. It’s sure worked for you the majority of my adult life.
dbmcvey
So you still haven’t come up with anything Republicans are doing to help the problem. And saying the info came from a press release when everything you type is right off of OAN and Fox.
decrans
And you haven’t come up with anything the Dems are doing besides a recycled press release? It’s sad, Davey. Really sad. And you’re trying to convince youth to support Biden? Good luck, honey.
decrans
And I posted from Politico, Pew Charitable Trust, and CalMatters. One America News network? Most households don’t even receive One America News. The only show I watch on Fox News is ‘The Five.’ And that’s because it’s more tolerable than the dead air on ABC’s “The View.’
SoPluckyWhat
You seem to have a lot of time to watch daytime TV. Maybe you can be a volunteer until you get a real job?
Ronbo
Look at the pointless squabbles! You’d think that the rich, white men leading both political parties don’t share the same objectives. Saying is not doing; that explains why political issues are rarely solved.
President Obama had veto-proof majorities and yet the Democrats failed to enshrine reproductive rights into law. And look at the campaign contributions that they have reaped by not enshrining it into law!
decrans
@Sopluckywhat
You heard of DVR? Canvassing pays $20-$30 an hour. I’m good, thanks.
dbmcvey
Also interesting, one of the major reasons Millenials can’t afford homes is because of the crushing debt they had to incur for their education–which Dems have tried to help with and Republicans have fought against tooth and nail.
decrans
And the Dems dropped the ball. You omitted that. This is why Trump is leading with young voters. ?
Creamsicle
@decrans, but everyone always says that youth polling doesn’t matter because they don’t show up to vote.
Also, I wouldn’t trust youth political polling in general. The political horse race machine has proven that they’re hopelessly out of touch with real people’s activity and don’t even know how to collect opinion data in an effective way. They exist to give corporate media something to shriek about and that’s about it.
ZzBomb
@Creamsicle
Ironoic isn’t it. To people like decrans all the polls are rigged until they’re useful to their narrative.
dbmcvey
The Dems didn’t drop the ball. Republicans and centrists prevented anything from being done.
Ronbo
The youth vote showed up when Biden made promises. Remember? Now that promises have been broken it’s hard to support him; perhaps the youth vote is conditioned on “trying and doing”, not just “saying”. But, there is always money for expanding wars and sending million dollar bombs to massacre innocent men women and children.
Yes Biden is better than tRump; however, many know that while a heart attack is generally better than a stroke, it’s best to work to prevent both.
Marianne Williamson is the woman we should of had rather than Hillary. Check her out on you-tube… the media refuses to cover her even though she has significant support. Biden is cooked. If you can’t see it, you may have wandered too far into the DNC zone.
Don’t forget that the youth vote has been MOST supportive of reproductive rights and Biden losing them is an ominous sign. Yes, some will come back; but, the enthusiasm for Biden is gone. That enthusiasm carried Biden across the finish last time; it’s not there today.
dbmcvey
And if they vote for Trump or a third party they will be disappointed again because Republicans aren’t interested in helping them.
decrans
And the Democrats are? Where are the substantial solutions as opposed to vomiting out Biden White House press releases on cue? Do y’all have anything to address these issues besides recycled press releases? It’s kinda sad, gang.
Ronbo
Maybe, unlike you, youth have a conscience and vote for the person that they support. Bullying people saying that they must vote for YOUR candidate seems quite fascist. But that is your nature… just like the Republicans.
It’s apparent that President Biden will not win – he is losing both swing states and 12 traditional Democratic states! The youth you are bullying around are not at all enthusiastic and yet you blame them? Blame the person who is making the mistakes,
Check out Marianne Williamson to see if you could vote for a progressive who has a history of actually working for what she says. Marianne started Project Angel Food to feed AIDS and cancer patients. Her Center for Living helped AIDS patients in NYC. Measure people by what they do… not what is said about them.
ZzBomb
@Ronbo,
It’s not about enthusiasm, that argument was made back in 2020 and Trump still lost. It’s not about enthusiasm or polls, it’s about voting even if it means your guy doesn’t tick off every box you want on your list. So far Biden has done more, in the face of right wing obstruction, it’s been quite impressive.
Ronbo
ZzBomb,
It was the enthusiasm of the youth that brought them out for Biden in record numbers – which helped him beat tRump. Their enthusiasm for Biden is gone and not going to magically appear after 4 years of constant pain (much of which Biden did not cause).
We have a primary season where we can change-up the game with a smart, positive female leader who will secure their vote with her enthusiasm for change. Marianne is not a sure thing; but, Biden is – according to polling – on the wrong track by over 75%. Read her books, watch her videos and then, tell me what you think. Until I actually watched her, I discounted her. As a candidate, the media can’t ignore her message of love, compassion and taking REAL action. On issues, most conservatives agree with her policies.
decrans
Biden’s administration knew the student loan measures were unconstitutional. They provided voters with the typical shiny object and made them believe, anyway. Same with that $2000 check Kamala Harris promised to combat artificial intelligence. As any economist can tell you, that unchecked money causes inflation. Basic capitalism. But again, I’m going to enjoy Dickvaney trying to explain this fact to aggrieved college kids.
Ronbo
decrans,
Biden didn’t even try or test the issue; we don’t know if it was unconstitutional. I watched them build a wall while the Democrats didn’t even take it to the Supreme Court. That’s not an excuse – what do you say about the 14th Amendment and tRump? \
We watched as Republicans stole the Supreme Court – President Obama didn’t even push the issue of being denied a hearing. tRump turned around and got his SC hearings – even though it was closer to the election!
If you want something you fight for it and push it to the limit. The rich, white owners of both political parties don’t have any power do they? Seems rich, white Democratic politicians are just turtles on their backs. As if “we can’t try” is their motto. Build Back Better would have proven progressives right – so why fight for it?
jcool
my mom taught me to never call a woman fat. so i won’t.
Ronbo
decrans,
Are you left of the Democratic party, like me? We seem to have similar feeling about Democratic POLITICIANS (not the voters) who seem to always be just barely to the left of Republicans.
MOST voters agree with progressive policies; however, money keeps electing the same do-nothing candidates. No billionaire tax, no single-payer healthcare, no expanding public education to the most talented, no human rights, no building bridges (but the wall now has bipartisan support), etc….
Voting Blue only seems to maintain the status quo – with some minor differences. Reproductive rights could have been ensured into law; but, the Democrats choose not to when President Obama had veto proof majorities! I has been a boon for their fundraising.
Measure your political party by what they do, not what they say and… the difference becomes negligible. Unfortunately, many have abandoned hope and are willing to shock the system with a dictator.
Check our Marianne Williamson on you-tube. I don’t think that money can buy her; she seems the real deal. My hope springs eternal.
dbmcvey
Ronbo. You’re not left of the Democratic Party. You’re an anti-trans conservative.
Also, Marianne Williamson isn’t a serious person. She blamed people with AIDS for their disease, and blames victims of violence for their victimization.
Ronbo
dbmcvey, you are not accurate or truthful. Unlike you, I refuse to misgender people because I learned it’s truly harmful. You should attend a trans support group and a liars anonymous group. Please read my comments in support of trans individuals in last weeks piece titled “Lindsey Graham hot-footed it to New York for the most Lindsey Graham of reasons”. Click on “politics” and search, It’s quite recent.
Please don’t lie about progressives like Marianne. She started Project Angel Food giving necessary support to AIDS and cancer patients. AND in 1989 she started the Center for LIving with David Geffen to serve AIDS patients. Cher helped keep it funded and when Marianne stepped down she donated $50,000.
I’m used to dbmcvey’s extremism and lies; but, other need to read, watch and understand for themselves.
still_onthemark
dbmcvey may be thinking of Louise Hay? A different quack.
dbmcvey
No ronbo, you’re a gaslighting conservative.
Now, tell us what Marianne Williamson intends to do about any of these problems.
Also, she disagrees with you on trans issues so that’s just more proof you’re full of it.
Ronbo
dbmcvey,
People are not stupid, they are reading and understanding that you are not genuine or truthful. Please stop before it hurts your mental health.
If you want to learn about Marianne, read her books, watch her on you-tube, read her history on Wikipedia. She started multiple charities helping AIDS patients. Measure people by what they do… not what haters say about them.
As for your slurs regarding trans individuals, it is you who intentionally misgender individuals. Attend a trans support group and stop lying. What is your point of misinforming?!?
We have a battle to win this November and I want to win with a candidate like Marianne, who would decimate tRump’s hate with positive love and action. Biden was great for his time – but read the polling rooms and win with a progressive.
dbmcvey
Marianne Williamson disagrees with the b.s. you type about trans people.
“Positive love and action?” What does that even mean. What are her actual proposals to handle these issues?
decrans
I was a trans socialist. But after realizing that liberals are paying mere lip service to medical gender transitions while feverishly working to convince gender confused kids to undergo an extensive and unproven process in a shoddy healthcare system, I realized conservatives had valid points. These are the same people who piss and moan about religious conservatives convincing kids of a sky God. But a slipshod medical gender transition in a shoddy healthcare system? Let’s sign these kids up! Of course! And after two years in Los Angeles, they can kiss my ass alongside those god awful conservatives! It’s gonna be fun watching their heads explode come Election day. I bought my popcorn.
Ronbo
I’ve been wrong before and I’ll admit that I’m wrong with you – the sarcasm doth scream much too much. Please don’t give up. Progressives who are educated and willing to fight the monied elite can make things better for everyone – even conservatives.
Without progressive social policy, we’d have no Social Security or actual social security. We’d just be replaceable cogs in capitalist machinery. And the useful idiots here can’t even admit that President Clinton’s NAFTA is a BIG step towards corporate rule. He did that WITH Republican support.
Decrans, you can be more, see more and do more by considering a change of heart. But you gotta have heart.
Mister P
Dee trans and republicans are really good at blaming democrats and never offering a solution to anything.
Health care, homelessness and the opioid crisis are great examples of republicans whining but not even a mention of a plan.
dbmcvey
Notice they’re not telling us what Republicans are doing to fix anything.
ZzBomb
100%
Ronbo
Republicans are not going to fix a thing. They are the original party of the millionaires who motivate with fear and threats. Now, I’ll wait for our local useful idiot to threaten anyone who votes for Marianne calling it a vote for tRump. Yet, we’ve not even had the chance to vote in our primary!
Read the room people, Biden is increasingly unpopular (whether it is fair or not). Biden is going to get the blame for EVERYTHING that is going bad.
dbmcvey
What are Marianne’s plans other than positive thinking?
Ronbo
And… the good that Biden has done, has been so moderate that it’s hardly noticed by most voters. Polling on December 5th shows that the public thinks the country is going in the wrong direction… over 75% !?!
If we don’t choose Marianne in the primary, tRump wins.
Ronbo
dbmcvey, if have a computer or smart television or even a phone, you can watch and listen to her on you-tube. And… don’t discount positive thinking. What you focus upon expands. Our community worked hard and focused on equality and… we got it! Positive thinking is a great foundation for winning.
Pay attention! It only cost you time.
decrans
Similar to Democrats who whine. Hell, Gavin has been whining about homelessness since 2007. The tears and zero solutions keep pouring. And your dumbass still pulls the lever. Similar to those damned Trump voters who get jackcrap and fall in line. Y’all ain’t that different, sweetie!
dbmcvey
Oh look, ronbo and descrans agreeing with each other, while decrans who admits to being a conservative can’t come up with a plan that anyone is proposing and ronbo is spouting “love and action” as if that’s not vague.
decrans
And enter you, who can’t come up with a coherent plan that Democrats are using to gin up their downtrodden base every four years. Ain’t it something?
decrans
Ronbo agrees with me being a member of the far left. I was a Bernie bro until reality slapped me in the face. Capitalism is here to stay, gang. Most people cannot effectively change genders and pass (despite the lies y’all peddle to children alongside religious conservatives and their tall tales of a sky god.) I am not sure global warming even exists and just serves as more left wing Kool Aid. If I vote, it’ll probably be for RFK. I realize in Dickvaney’s simple minded binary world that it’s only liberals vs conservatives. Again, he’s like a Fox News viewer in that capacity. His mind can’t process nuances. Poor thing.
Baron Wiseman
@Mister P
@dbmcvey
@ZzBomb
@Ronbo
Well, just today U S. House Speaker Mike Johnson along with 60 GOP House members went to our Texas-Mexico border to demand that Biden crack down on illegal immigration.
Considering that President Biden, nor Kamala have not been to our border as 10+ million unknown people from over a hundred countries stream into our country. Child trafficking, fentanyl from China, terrorists are all apart of the treasonous actions of our disastrous president.
So you asked a question what Republicans are doing, I gave you an example of what was done today. What did the Democrats do today to make our country better and safer?
Ronbo
Collective bigotry is not the answer Baron. Do you think every immigrant crosses the border with his/her pockets full of opiods?!?
And dbmcvey, I try to relay facts. What do I agree with Baron on that is not document and factual? Relaying that Biden is quite unpopular and is likely to lose is not my opinion… it’s widely reported. Get your head out of the sand and know that Biden is unelectable in this environment. So unelectable that a corrupt tRump is beating him by double digets.
Unless we switch to a different candidate, tRump will win. And then, you will blame me. It happened when Hillary lost to tRump. She was ahead in the polls; but, lost the Electoral College as I predicted.
If Democrats are not ahead by about 5% they will still lose in the Electoral College and the election. California has the population of Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Oklahoma, combined; yet, those four states have a clear majority of electors. We count the electors, not the total votes. Hillary supporters and even Hillary didn’t understand basic facts.
Mister P
Reagan is the one who de-funded the state hospitals and created the modern homeless problem.
Ronbo
His trickle-down nonsense policies didn’t help either. In fact, it accelerated poverty.
Baron Wiseman
@Ronbo
Under President Reagan:
• 20 million new jobs were created
• Inflation dropped from 13.5% in 1980 to 4.1% in 1988
• Unemployment fell from 7.6% to 5.5%
• Net worth of families earning between $20,000 and $50,000 annually grew by 27%
• Real Gross National Product (GNP) rose by 26%
• Reagan slashed the prime interest rate by more than half, from an unprecedented 21.5% in January 1981 to 10% in August 1988
• Employment of Black Americans rose by more than 25% between 1982 and 1988, and more than half of new jobs created went to women.
Baron Wiseman
@Mister P
Wrong.
One thing Reagan didn’t do was “close down” the state’s mental health hospitals located in all of the 58 counties. He didn’t close a single hospital. He never even closed a single room in a single hospital.
Ronbo
Baron,
Without understanding or acknowledging what occurs in the world at the time, your logic fails. You may recall that we had an explosion in IT (I know, I worked in IT) beginning in the early 1980’s) which transformed and expanded our economy.
Reagan did NOT trigger the IT revolution. Do you also claim that because the sun also rose under Reagan that Reagan caused the sunrise?
Critical thinking is important. Study logic, reason and fallacies. It will help EVERYONE here to eliminate nonsense.
Ronbo
What you can associate with politics is our tax policies. You have to admit that tax cuts for the rich and policies favoring the rich, not only caused financial debt; but also, triggered a cascade of events that increased poverty. The comparison of a rising tide lifting all boats, ignores the fact that wealthy people who had money funneled into their pockets don’t just rain money to the poor. Many wealthy people just hoard their money becoming millionaires and billionaires. The theory that the rich rain money on the poor is laughable.
Ronbo
And to the Democrats who insist that Clinton later balanced the budget, don’t forget that it was falsely “balanced” when the Federal Government took hold of the Social Security funds. Now, our retirement fund (that WE pay for) is often called a federal entitlement! FALSE! We pay for Social Security with every paycheck.
Kangol2
Speaking of taxes, Reagan raised taxes 11 times during his 8 years in office. He also exploded inequality and the deficit while in office. Inflation fell during his tenure thanks to the efforts of Paul Volcker, the Federal Reserve chair who began the process of raising interest rates under Carter, who’d appointed him, and continued under Reagan, similar to Jerome Powell (initially appointed by Don the Con), yet reappointed by Biden. Powell’s aggressive monetary policy involving rate increases has helped bring down inflation dramatically over the last two years, but it also has raised borrowing costs and mortgage and other interest rates. Baronin doesn’t seem to grasp how this works, but it’s not that hard to look up online.
Baron Wiseman
@Ronbo
My “logic fails”? I didn’t give you logic. I gave you cold hard facts and you are rambling on about the “IT revolution.”
Ronbo
Baron,
Are you so young and naive that you aren’t aware that computers were not around until the 1950’s? The subsequent PC revolution supercharged the economy in the 80’s. Or are you with tRump who said in his Fourth of July speech that “Revolutionary war troops took over the airports”?
Your numbers are as silly as Biden touting the employment numbers from the time of covid lockdowns to today. He should highlight that the USA recovered faster and bolder than just about any other nation which also experienced the covid crisis.
Use your critical thinking skills or at least acknowledge greater truths. Would you insist that jumping off a cliff is safe, when MOST people know that it’s the landing that causes the damage? Study logic, reason and fallacies; you’ll make more accurate arguments with the whole truth.
Cole_mU
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Mister P
California has more homeless because it is a better place to be homeless than other states and climates.
Stop with blaming blue states for homelessness and your gender dysphoria.
decrans
I will blame blue state politicians who claim to want to fix homelessness while treading on stats from Gavin Newsom’s mayoral days. If Republicans failed like that, you’d be all butthurt about it. Try having some goddamn consistency, thanks.
dbmcvey
As opposed to red state politicians who don’t care and are not doing anything to fix it.
decrans
They don’t have homelessness as bad as blue states. Get that through your thick skull. We have data. Jesus.
Baron Wiseman
In 2008, San Francisco Democratic Mayor Gavin Newsom made a promise he never kept: to end the homelessness crisis in San Francisco in ten years. Numbers don’t lie: Newsom failed miserably and the situation has worsened throughout California under his tenure as governor.
Under Gavin Newsom:
• Record homelessness in California
• Highest state income tax in America
• Highest gas taxes in the nation
• Highest poverty rate in the nation
I have lived in Los Angeles since 1987 and this city has never been like this. Utter failure.
decrans
Once again, thank you, Barry Wiseman.
decrans
That’s another thing. The chasm between the working poor and technocrats. Gavin Newsom’s California, baby! But they care so much about the downtrodden, don’t you know.
dmarcus
I have family in Texas and Florida and they have a homeless problem too. In fact they rank top five along with California. No surprise because they are larger states with lots of cities. Many homeless ppl migrate to cities because that’s where they can find shelters, accesses to food/ water, and pan handle. Some migrate out of states in hoping to find work/ better pay. Like many Mississippi residents go to Texas.
Mississippi has the lowest rate in homelessness because of affordable housing and few citizens. But many of its citizens are in poverty and living in outdated dangerous homes. They also have a high drug problem that is on par with California which is staggering considering both population numbers are vastly different. Many of MI residents affected by this are black because of years of discrimination in housing and zoning. MI has homelessness under control but barely.
The busing program is real (sending homeless ppl to another state) but it’s not at a high volume to cause a crisis. Most times it’s a shelter in a state who transport them to another city within their state and banning them from that first shelter. Florida is known for doing this. Homelessness/ poverty has been an ongoing issue for decades. It’s not a red or blue state issue. Both political parties need to do a better job handling it.
What I would say Gavin Newsom is making some progress in affordable housing, increasing minimum wage, and creating programs to help the crisis. While it’s far from solving it because being homeless is complex and minimum wage never kept up with inflation since 1968, there’s at least a plan. Only time will tell if Newsom plans will work.
decrans
I published this list weeks ago. I will keep publishing for Dickvaney. According to Forbes, only two states in the top echelon of the worst states for homelessness are red. So again, I ask: Your party is the party of the working poor. Hasn’t that been blathered in our faces incessantly the minute we crawled out of the vagina? What are the working-class saviors doing to REALLY address the systemic issues besides getting nice little paychecks from their Democrat-aligned lobbyists in time for election season (like the Republicans)?
Ronbo
Blaming Newsom for homelessness is silly – especially when the homelessness was supercharged by covid-19. Remember in 2019 it was tRump in charge and so your (il)logic says that tRump was responsible for covid-19!?!
Compared to other nations, the USA, under Biden, recovered more quickly than almost all other nations. That would be a more accurate measurement or statistic.
decrans
While running for governor in 2018, Newsom promised to appoint a cabinet-level official to concentrate on homelessness but later, when reporters pressed him, responded, “You want to know who’s the homeless czar?” Newsom. “I’m the homeless czar in the state of California.”
Despite that self-appointed role, as homelessness continued to grow, officially approaching 200,000 people but probably much higher, Newsom began shunning responsibility.
Last year, he blamed local officials for a lack of effective action, at one point suspending state funds. He later restored the money but continued to castigate them.
Another example of Newsom’s fingerpointing occurred last week as a congressional committee dominated by Republicans delved into why states – particularly California – handed out billions of dollars in unemployment insurance benefits to fraudsters.
The state auditor had issued a report citing the Employment Development Department’s “poor planning and ineffective management” for shortcomings in handling unemployment insurance claims.
With these poor results came a growing sense that cities and counties weren’t spending their homelessness funds wisely, including accusations on social media that a “homeless industrial complex” of government-funded service providers was more interested in sustaining itself than meaningfully improving the lives of vulnerable populations.
The state is rolling out so many ambitious new programs at the same time — including CalAIM, a multiyear overhaul of Medi-Cal, the state’s low-income health insurer that serves 1 in 3 residents — that it remains unclear how exactly they’ll interact with each other. Local governments, meanwhile, which are charged with implementing many of Newsom’s new programs, aren’t being given a whole lot more money to do so. And, even as the state prepares for a big buildout of behavioral health infrastructure to sustain CARE Court and Newsom’s ballot measure, it risks repeating the same mistakes that have exacerbated the devastating conditions on our streets: failing to take adequate steps to care for the hardest-to-treat population — mentally ill people with criminal records — and to ensure that people without private insurance can access long-term substance use disorder treatment.
dbmcvey
The conservatives here keep bringing up problems but are not able to say anything that their candidates are proposing to fix these problems. They can’t come up with a single Republican idea and the gaslighting one is trying to present magical thinking as an option.
They can go on all they want but they don’t have any ideas. Trump certainly hasn’t presented anything he will do to fix any of this, and neither have any of the other Republican candidates.
decrans
Neither have the leading Dems. Fixed it for you!
dbmcvey
You claim to have been a socialist transgender person who became disillusioned with the Democratic Party (although, the Democratic party isn’t Socialist so I have my doubts) so you then joined the party that wants to hurt transgender people. What does that say about you?
You claim to care about homelessness but you defame the party in which at least some people are trying to do something and support the party who doesn’t want to do anything.
You say “a curse on both your houses” but you support DeSantis and other anti-gay politicians who don’t do anything about homelessness.
The Dems haven’t fixed everything but they’ve tried. The Republicans haven’t even done that.
decrans
The Republicans are doing just that in the state of California. Why? Because of Gavin Newsom’s two-decadelong failure at solving homelessness. The failures of the Gelled One have compelled Republicans to get off their behinds. (See above info on Republican homelessness re-branding efforts from CalMatters!)
Ronbo
Even worse, Decrans said he works for Nickki Haley. She is MORE anti-gay, anti-trans than even DeSantisl I can’t imagine any gay or trans person would work for such an evil person; but, I can’t fix stupid. I can only point out reality.
Ronbo
I loved watching Perry Mason which ingrained “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth” into my thinking. A problem today for both R’s and D’s is “the whole truth”. Many elements go into our problems and the constant refrain “it’s the D’s or the R’s causing the problem” ignores the “whole” truths.
D’s generally do better than the R’s – but let’s be fully honest, being better than Republicans is not difficult. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day,
decrans
Meanwhile, you want Crystal Ball Lady to lead our country.
Ronbo
Your ignorance of the candidates is not MY problem.
PS – tune into Krystal Ball and Breaking Points on you-tube. They are not always right; but, it’s good to hear the other side of the stories.
“the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth” is a good motto.
decrans
Your ignorance of how reality works and this country runs isn’t my problem. Your candidate wants to create a friggin’ love ministry in the White House. Despite a game show host running for the Republicans, this isn’t a South Park episode. Grow the hell up.
Mr.Gavin Elster
Hey! My name is Gavin, and I’m a California Democrat. Oddly, what Rep. Rep Kat Cammack (doesn’t that sound like a drag queen moniker?) Is sadly true. Only rich people can buy a house in most parts of the nation. Inflation is wiping-out many savings and investments, and making day-to-day living horrible. You can buy a gallon of white wine, almost cheaper that a gallon of gasoline! The opioid crisis is a leading killer of young Americans. We have never had as many homeless as we do now. You can’t blame Biden, or even Trump for any of that. Blame Wall Street, Big Buisness and Big Pharma. They ARE our total and complete puppet masters and we dance to their greedy, ddemonic beat. The Supreme Court wrote and provide the music.
decrans
Don’t let Davey hear you. He will lump you as religious conservative. I lived in California for two years. In parts, it’s like a third world country. But Newsom, baby. 2028! Woo, woo, woo. God, I live in a country with a bunch of morons. Trump voters and sycophant liberals who choke down establishment Dem doodoo streams like chocolate candy.
dbmcvey
@Gavin
You’re right about a lot of that. What I want to know is what Republicans are doing about any of it. Neither party is great but one of them doesn’t want to take away our rights.
And decrans claims he was a transgender socialist who became disillusioned with the Democratic Party, (though, again, he claims he was Socialist, not Democrat) so he decided to work for the very anti-gay DeSantis.
decrans
Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill (SB) 102, the Live Local Act, representing the largest investment for housing efforts in state history. The bill invests $711 million in multiple programs to expand the availability of housing, downpayment assistance, and focused support for military communities. The investment under this legislation is nearly double the investment made in 2022-2023, which was already the highest investment in 15 years.
decrans
I’m very well aware Socialist is different from Democrats. Haven’t voted Republican in my entire life. That changed in your home state, Dave. I might vote for a sensible Republican. If they’re essentially the exact same party sans identity politics pissing matches (and they are), I will put my support behind someone willing to LISTEN about my experiences as a detransitioner. That’s how it works for most people who vote.
decrans
And Dave, we had to twist Newsom’s arm for statewide rent stabilization. I know. I was a paid canvasser for that petition. Ron DeSantis and Newsom are essentially the same. They click send on press releases and never roll up their sleeves to tackle the nitty-gritty.
dmarcus
Um we were worse under Biden administration?? I graduated college on Trump’s second term as president. At that time, I owned a small business and what I noticed was that postage has gone way up along with goods to make my product thus I had to shut down my business. I wasn’t able to by a house by 30 nor did rent go down. In fact everything pretty much cost a bit more. On campus I witness hate crimes and harassments by pro Trump supporters. Ppl became more bolden to tell lies to inject hate. The opioid crises remained critical under Trump’s administration. In fact they did a bad job. Their only concern was to spread lies, create hate, deflect, cause culture wars, and put more money in millionaires and billionaires pockets.
Baron Wiseman
@dmarcus
President Trump had the border under control. A partial wall was built with Democrats going ballistic about it. Trump had the Remain in Mexico policy. The border was in control. Under Biden, we no longer have a southern border. Child trafficking, fentanyl from China, hundreds of terrorists have been captured that are on our terror watch list because the terrorists, along with millions from all over the world just walk into our country. They get their Obama phones, free housing, free healthcare and welfare which is costing American taxpayers hundreds of billions. All because Joe wants new voters.
Kangol2
dmarcus, just one point. Don the Con had only one disastrous term, 2017-2021, thus far. He tried to stage a coup on January 6, 2021, but it failed.
Kangol2
Let’s challenge the usual claptrap from Baronin. In fact, under Don the Con, the border was not under control; the “Wall” that “Mexico” was supposed to “pay for” was ineffective; and as I have posted above, with numerous links, including from conservative websites, fentanyl trafficking surged under Don the Con. Lots of smoke and mirrors, and little to truly address the migrant crisis that has only gotten worse over the last decade.
Let’s begin with a conservative-libertarian site:
Cato Institute, “Trump’s Border Policies Let More Immigrants Sneak In,” March 10, 2021
CNN Politics, “How the current US-Mexico border crisis compares with the peak of the Trump era in 2019,” March 24, 2021
CAP 20, “Trump’s Border Wall Is an Expensive, Ineffective Application of Eminent Domain,” April 15, 2019
Politico, “Yes, There’s a Crisis on the Border. And It’s Trump’s Fault,” April 5, 2019
NY Times, “5 Moments That Defined Trump’s Record on Immigration,” May 14, 2023
Baron Wiseman
@Kangol2
He tried to stage a “coup”? Egads!
Do you mean where President Trump told his supporters on January 6th, “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
That animal!
Baron Wiseman
Mortgage Rates 2017 – 2023
Trump:
Jan 19, 2017: 4.1%
Jan 21, 2023: 2.8%
CHANGE -32%
Biden:
Jan 21, 2021: 2.8%
Dec 7, 2023: 7.0%
CHANGE +154%
Average Monthly Inflation:
Trump: 1.9%
Biden: 5.8%
Prices are going up 3x faster under Biden:
Trump: 7.6% in 48 months
Biden: 17.2% in 34 months
Savings Rates 2017 – 2023:
Trump:
Feb 1, 2017: 5.6%
Feb 1, 2021: 12.8%
CHANGE +129%
Biden:
Feb 1, 2021: 12.8%
Oct 1, 2023: 3.8%
CHANGE -70%
Ronbo
What you say may be technically accurate; however, you might have forgotten that Biden and tRump don’t control the world and there was a little thing called covid-19. Note that tRump was in charge in 2019 … so by your logic, all the downturn occurred BECAUSE of tRump. Nutty, right? But that’s your logic.
When you compare statistics without understanding or acknowledging what caused the change, you have invalid results. It’s the same for Biden claiming employment growth. When you start measuring in the middle of a shutdown and crisis, of course you will show growth when things return to normal.
Fighting invalid stats with invalid stats results in the continuation of the status quo. Has anyone here studied logic using critical thinking skills?
Baron Wiseman
@Ronbo
I just love your opinions, but I will stick with the FACTS. 🙂
Ronbo
Baron is not aware of the covid or the lockdowns?!?
“The truth, the WHOLE truth, and noting but the truth” is a great motto. Try it.
Ronbo
As for immigration on our border, instead of both the DNC and RNC now building a wall, we’d be much better building a bridge. That is… bring the individuals into the country in a controlled environment where we can train and evaluate each individual.
Entice states with federal support to house, evaluate and train individuals in isolation in low population states. Once able to integrate and contribute, individuals would be allowed to help build our economy. We face both an climate crisis and desperately need green energy workers (planting CO2-reducing vegetation, building/installing solar/wind systems, etc…) These immigrants could help ameliorate our problems while building solutions AND paying increased taxes (at least until their debt is paid in full).
Please stop scapegoating immigrants as all criminals. Collective judgment is pure bigotry… just as saying all Ds or all Rs are bad.
Kangol2
It’s strange that you fail to mention the one body that actually has the power to implement real change on immigration.
The US Congress needs to draft a comprehensive immigration bill, taking into account migration and refugee issues, questions of asylum, the US’s role in social, political and economic disruption across the globe, particularly in the countries where so many of the migrants are coming from, realistic pathways to green cards and work in the US, and so on. Some of the key issues you mention, like green/renewable technology and energy, balancing out immigration by state population, etc., should be part of hte conversation.
Above all, this effort by Congress has to take into account the needs and concerns of US citizens and longterm residents, and not just billionaires, powerful industry lobbies (like agribusiness) and corporations that have long exploited immigrant and domestic labor.
The last time the US came close to a deal on comprehensive immigration was when Barack Obama was president, and there were enough GOP Senators to pass a deal, but the House GOP balked and then key GOP Senators backed out. I’m sure you recall this. It is going to take BOTH parties, which are beholden to corporate interests now, and one of which (the GOP) also is becoming a party whose leading figures are spewing extremely racist rhetoric (Great Replacement Theory, etc.), to agree on this.
Ronbo
As you probably know, President Biden is now building the wall. Seems he is going with the Republican plan – just as did President Obama on healthcare for all. I would not trust these DNC/RNC corporate goons in Congress to fix anything which can be monetized for profit.
When Billionaires and foreign nationals can spend unlimited money in politics, they can buy just about anyone and anything.
Ronbo
Some can’t or won’t see that Citizens United has bought Congress already. Research who offered $20,000,000 in PAC spending if they would primary progressive candidates out of Congress. Money buys what unlimited money can buy. Thank God Hill Harper has a conscience.
Ronbo
A resulting problem is that if Democrats are forced to spend their campaign dollars in the primary, they have less to spend in the actual election. Which… gives Republicans a big advantage.
Democrats could do the same – but, they always follow behind by one or two election cycles. Look how long it took President Clinton to switch from healthcare for all to healthcare-for-corporate-profits. Research the change in the party to “new Democrats” who rejected FDR in favor of corporae profits. The conservative Democratic Leadership Council is just Republican-like or Republican-lite.
Ronbo
I’m jaded about the DNC. I’ve seen far too many elections where we won and yet they failed to act or passed Republican policy. Check out how Obama Care/ACA is nearly an identical version of the Republican Heritage Foundations 1993 alternative to single payer.
Even when we win, we lose with our conservative “new” Democrats. The corporatized DNC is certainly not helping progressives in the party – look how they cheated Senator Bernie Sanders!
Ronbo
Has anyone even noted that the DNC has cancelled 5 state primaries? Like Russia, we can vote… for the candidate that the party chooses. This ain’t right or democratic.