Well Biden/Harris have worked out how to outvote the rednecks and that lesson will be repeated going forward.

This wasn’t a pro Biden vote, it was largely an anti Trump vote. Biden needs to make sure he addresses the issues that affect people who normally don’t vote but did in this election, especially IMO financial inequality.

They have a decent act coming up to stop and reverse years of GOP disenfranchisement. But removing barriers to vote won’t matter if people don’t believe their vote has any effect on their lives, then they still won’t vote. Everything can’t be fixed in 1 term, but he will have to make demonstrable progress that the democrats are not just as owned by the 1%ers as the GOP.

I really like AOC but at the moment she is a rookie still

I have a lot of respect for her. Problem is that she’s talking to her local constituents, not the entire country. Biden won by being the guy that was most acceptable to the entire country, nobody’s first choice, but most people’s second choice. The U.S. is moving in the direction of AOC, but it will be decades before she is a viable presidential candidate. My money is one her being a flash in the pan, most politicians turn out like that.

This wasn’t a pro Biden vote, it was largely an anti Trump vote. Biden needs to make sure he addresses the issues that affect people who normally don’t vote but did in this election, especially IMO financial inequality.

That’s a very good summary.

Biden was the safe pair of hands the democrats needed. If they can undo some of the voter suppression and gerrymandering which they have already stated they are looking to do then in years to come a more radical democrat could be viable

I very much doubt AOC will be a flash in the pan. she is too able for that.

Hopefully the problems at home will stop him from destroying/ bringing democracy to any more countries.

who took the massive weight off Dr Fauci’s soul.

Dr. Fauci looks like a different person

Dr. Fauci looks like a different person

Came here to post that. MrsTH and I said the same thing pretty much in unison.

Having worked for a ridiculous boss before, who left against their will knowing they were in the right (spoiler alert, they weren’t), I know exactly how he feels, it feels incredible.

Shots fired everyone statue enthusiasts.

We’ve seen some discussion about the Churchill Bust, so we just wanted to remind everyone what the Special Relationship is truly about 🇺🇸🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/XOdff8hbcd

— U.S. Embassy London (@USAinUK) January 22, 2021

Gird your loins

Today in go-big-or-go-home post-election litigation, two lawyers are asking a judge in Texas to invent an entirely new system of government (and also order that they not be arrested). https://t.co/tbhtOZCqJw pic.twitter.com/W9Ux8LyaZT

— Brad Heath (@bradheath) January 22, 2021

thols – that should have been filed in the Wacko division, not Waco.
As for the two lawyers, Davies was dismissed by his last employer for attending a demonstration – presumably a political one – and is now flying solo which, in effect, means no-one will employ him; the other has been granted a temporary licence for this particular jurisdiction, failed to win the republican nomination for a district seat, posted false video ‘evidence’ of ballot fraud which has thoroughly disproved.
More republican hot-shots.
A couple of attention seeking losers.
There must be some provision in US law to punish those bringing frivolous lawsuits.

There is no “special relationship” Its a post war delusion and no one in the states thinks anything of it.

Obama had to be reminded what it is supposed to be and then also used the phrase in relation to Germany

There is no “special relationship” Its a post war delusion and no one in the states thinks anything of it.

Of course there is a “special relationship”, it’s a secret abusive affair. The UK comes running at the US’s call to be **** and left to pay the costs. If the US wants to invade somewhere, or create unbalanced international pressure for their advantage and needs to have a gullible idiot support their case, we are their go to bitch.

Only catching up with Biden’s speech now. Strong stuff. Can we stop electing people just because they have amusing hair and are good at TV shows?

Shots fired everyone statue enthusiasts.

No May & Trump in that clip.

Lolz @ MSP

It’s bonkers. The Trumpists now literally believe that socialists believe Biden is actually Jesus, and that Obama is an angel who lives in the clouds along with drones and the Clintons.

Why do they believe that? Because Jacobin magazine’s new cover art satirises Biden as Jesus a saviour.

So the Trumpers are now high fiving each other doing monkeybackflips in disbelief. They don’t understand satire. Satire dies again. I only wonder at how many lives it has?

https://mobile.twitter.com/jacobinmag/status/1352336972405211138

I've never, ever seen a legal filing remotely like this. The many defendants haven't filed a single thing; instead, this appears to be a response by the plaintiffs to mockery on https://t.co/pJuLM8DQGe. Also, counsel is tired and had a sewage backup. https://t.co/rb9pvhX1q1 pic.twitter.com/63hsfx0NpH

— Brad Heath (@bradheath) January 25, 2021

As they have named Joseph P Biden this lawsuit, presumably, refers to someone other than Joseph R Biden who was recently inaugurated as 46th President.

^^ Absolute lolz, what a compete lot of incompetent dicks.

Joe just slapped his wedge on the table (200 million extra doses)

Haven woken up and noticed that ‘Jewish Space Laser’ is trending on Twitter, I can see that it is just another normal day in US politics. 🙂

Dammit, now I’ve got Jewish Space Laser looping in my head.

Shit I’m gonna be muttering, “Jewish Space Laser” to the tune of “Paperback Writer” all weekend.

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) January 29, 2021

WOW IT’S ALL HAPPENING WOW WOW WOW pic.twitter.com/3dZIPGQNde

— Rachel Bloom (@Racheldoesstuff) January 29, 2021

“Communism is a failed system. A universally failed system. And I don’t see socialism as a very useful substitute… Cuba is a failed state & repressing their citizens…”

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/15/politics/cuba-communism-biden/index.html

I was thrilled to see the back of Trump and it was clear from his record Biden was going to be a friend to the centre whatever he said or did more recently.

No grumbles from me so far, shame he’s (perhaps?) a bit long in the tooth for two terms.

It’d be great if Harris takes over just to annoy racist misogynists

failed state
noun
a state whose political or economic system has become so weak that the government is no longer in control.
“if we turn our back on the developing world we will see more failed states”

I thought the government had been very much in control in Cuba for the last 60 years. Despite a relentless US blockade, sabotage, attempted invasion, and countless assassination attempts.

Myriad issues aside, Cuba is testament to the fact that even a small nation can survive in spite of massive belligerence from a global superpower. Imagine what Cuba could be, if it hadn’t had the USA imposing such imperialist belligerence for the last 60 years?

The irony of Cuba is… the USA preventing the free movement of capital and goods is what’s so damaging for them. Stopping people who have made successful lives for themselves in the USA (the American Dream) from sending money to their families in Cuba, and preventing entrepreneur traders in both countries from operating, are two of the biggest brakes on Cuba thriving.

The irony of Cuba is…

…That in spite of the USA’s best efforts, Cuba has survived, and is actually at the forefront of things like medical care and research, fighting off the Covid pandemic, education and youth literacy, social care, arts, music, etc. That darned Socialism, eh?

I wasn’t criticising Cuba. Just pointing out that their increasingly mixed economy would probably be more successful if the USA didn’t hypocritically impose sanctions that are a brake on Cubans embracing capitalism. If the USA really wanted Cuba to be more capitalist, and less socialist, then they should allow Cubans to send money home, and open up trade.

Imagine what Cuba could be, if it hadn’t had the USA imposing such imperialist belligerence for the last 60 years?

A repressive authoritarian hellhole, the same as all the other Marxist totalitarian states. I don’t think the U.S. sanctions achieved anything positive, but Cuba’s biggest problems were the result of Castro’s disastrous leadership. People vote with their feet. Nobody risks their life to move to Cuba as an illegal immigrant, but millions do to move to the U.S.

There are also plenty of people fleeing capitalist states that haven’t had the disadvantage of being internationally isolated.

Capitalism has failed in most of the Caribbean’s local population, crime and poverty is the norm without having to face the difficulties imposed on Cuba.

Nobody risks their life to move to Cuba as an illegal immigrant, but millions do to move to the U.S.

Actually I believe that Cuba has had problems with illegal immigrants from Haiti, but anyway it’s not Cuba’s fault that the US will no longer accept Cuban immigrants through the normal visa channels.

If they want to enter the US they have to do it illegally by boat, despite the fact that they could easily do it legally by simply boarding a plane in Havana.

I’ve got a Cuban friend who drinks in the local trade union club, he’s a right commie, he came to the UK by plane via Spain, no boats or risking his life was involved.

This is the epitome of "Man invents fictional scenario, gets angry about it."

— Spaghetti Kozak Media (@SpaghettiKozak) July 17, 2021

and is actually at the forefront of things like medical care and research, fighting off the Covid pandemic, education and youth literacy, social care, arts, music, etc.

Yeah, after all, there must be a reason folk are rioting in the streets…

Rioting? The media tends to exaggerate stories to make them more interesting but I have yet to hear the current protests in Cuba described as rioting.

I am assuming your source is a right-wing US website, the sort which denounce Joe Biden, or anyone to the left of Trump, as communist?

A repressive authoritarian hellhole, the same as all the other Marxist totalitarian states.

See, this annoys me. Marx described the nature of communism but never the mechanisms of how to achieve it. I certainly don’t think he ever had a one man cult of personality in mind though.

Still, thank god we had good men around the world like Augusto Pinochet and Osama Bin Laden keeping those totalitarian Marxists at bay eh?

Yeah, after all, there must be a reason folk are rioting in the streets…

The existence of one doesn’t negate the other, Cuba is well known for its medical prowess (I think that’s the right word, its late) but that doesn’t mean there isn’t discontent about other issues.

Similarly Iraq was comparatively progressive under Saddam, so long as you towed the state line.

I am assuming your source is a right-wing US website

Yep I only get my news from Newsmax and One America News. It’s the only way to be sure.

Similarly Iraq was comparatively progressive under Saddam

As was Iran under Pahlavi, I don’t think I’d fancy living in either.

Still, thank god we had good men around the world like Augusto Pinochet and Osama Bin Laden keeping those totalitarian Marxists at bay eh?

It’s quite possible to oppose both right-wing and left-wing totalitarianism. Criticizing Castro for his disastrous policies and human rights record doesn’t entail supporting Pinochet or other right-wing dictators.