International travel for leisure during Covid still seems fucking insane to me.
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I mean like 95% of the world has stopped caring by now, so I donāt think itās that insane, doesnāt seem any worse than domestic travel to me
I just wouldnāt travel anywhere I couldnāt drive home from in a covid emergency, but I guess yourāe right, most people have no problem getting on a plane with active covid symptoms these days.
Because, dipshit, real wages have plummeted for the entire Biden presidency and we are teetering on recession. Not all his fault but yeah, people are gonna be fucking upset about the economy.
Fair enough, butās it is also a very US-Centric viewpoint to never even think about whatās going on in the rest of the world, and the rest of the world is hurting more than we are
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USA!
USA!
USA!
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US is better off than Europe, which is completely fucked this coming winter, but it isnāt like the working stiff who saw their child
tax credit disappear and is now paying $97 to fill up their gas tank is gonna be like āwow on a relative basis this is fineā. It isnāt even primarily the Dems fault, they just arenāt doing shit to address the fallout.
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I mean it depends how you think about it. Basically all of Europe has universal healthcare and a better unemployment insurance system than we have here. So the degree to which youāre fucked if you lose a job or start running out of money is probably much less severe.
My buddy got laid off 3 months ago, hasnāt had a dime of unemployment yet because the system is so backlogged in Pennsylvania right now. He is lucky that he just got a new job within a couple weeks of running out of money. Hopefully heāll get a lump sump from UI to restore his savings, but itās far from certain.
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Youāre struggling to make ends meet, finance guy, arenāt ya?
I just mean near-term economic performance, but yeah, you hit on a bunch of reasons why American GDP outperformance isnāt exactly lifting everyoneās spirits.
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1548381704443686923
Dude I am going to lose my fucking mind.
Maybe ask your fucking husband those questions, Jill.
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Just so weāre clear, what exactly do we want Biden to do? Hereās what Iāve got
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Set up abortion clinics on some federal property in red states and at least make the red team stop them somehow.
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Strongarm Manchin and Sinema into voting for a codification of at least what Roe allowed.
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Not appoint a fucking pro-life judge.
Did I miss anything? I probably did.
Honestly itās too late. The only thing I want him to do is announce heās not running again.
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Wait, so people are pissed off at Biden because his response to Dobbs isnāt āIām outā?
People are mad he didnāt do something when he could have, and isnāt leaving now when itās too late (?) to do anything.
NPR had an interview on Friday with Bidenās designated communications person on this point, and NPR was incensed by the nature of the response.
The gist was:
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We didnāt know if the draft opinion was the actual opinion and wanted to wait until it came out before responding.
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We didnāt take that long to respond (two weeks).
So what should the response have been?
I guess what Iām asking is to define the lack of leadership. If he should have just said different stuff but done nothing differently, Iām not sure how worked up to get about that. If he should have done something else, what is it (that I havenāt already listed)?