politics

Yes, it's yet another political thread, but I'm not aware that there is a thread specifically for acts of political violence in the 2024 U.S. election cycle, so I'm starting it with this. I'm sure there will be many more to come. Man charged with allegedly assaulting mail carrier delivering...

It's over a ten year period. I prefer a yearly cost approach. 110 Billion Expand CTC to $3,000 or $3,600 for young children 10 Billion Further expand CTC to $6,000 for newborns 40 Billion Extend the ACA premium tax credit expansion 15 Billion Expand the EITC for workers without child...

The following is reproduced from the Australian Politics thread. Basically, the argument is that Pentecostalism is more insidious than other forms of religion (especially in politics) because it embraces the idea of "Dominionism". Discuss.

What portion of the U.S. population do you think "became political" by learning about politics and governance from first principles, or at least were well informed about how things work and how things came to be, rather than getting into politics almost entirely through media consumption? I...

Washington state legislature passed an assault weapons ban on April 20th. It is expected to be signed by the governor soon. The bill passed the legislature by a margin of under 60%. It is similar to the Federal AWB94 that sunset in 2004. But instead of two undesirable features on the list to...

So, before the mid-terms, Trump made a big deal of some announcement that was coming. It was widely thought that it would involve Trump announcing he was going to run for president in 2024. But after the poor showing of Trump-backed candidates in the mid-terms, people are advising Trump not to...

https://skepticsalamanderblog.blogspot.com/2022/08/a-criticism-of-religious-extremism-and.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C29k4rHMdp8 Please discuss!

Abstract: Link: [The Higher Power of Religiosity Over Personality on Political Ideology]

So out of the 43 presidents; listed are the top 19 (Not necissarily the best 19 but the most known 19 for good or bad, I had to include Bush to see if anyone would vote for him), of the Presidents listed, which U.S. President did the best job?

Are you a right-wing wacko? A left-wing commie? Read here to see why you can blame your parents. :)

Thought that might get your attention. :D Without much attention by the news media, Bush signed some kind of secret directive which outlines the special powers he plans to grant himself should there be another 9/11 type incident. National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive...

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Whats with the sudden inclusion of politics into Randi's weekly commentary? First it's the Gore film and now it's the NRA as in this weeks comments contains this statement, "The question of gun ownership by U.S. citizens, not so incidentally, is also something most of Europe and rest of the...

OK, so I admit that this will be popular with nobody, but... The adherents of all three Abrahamic religions each claim Jerusalem as 'their' Holy City, and wish to claim unique ownership of it. Despite the claims of each of the Religions to be about peace, harmony, universal brotherhood etc...

with all the major UK parties falling over themselves trying to be Most Green, i wondered what the opinions are of other JREFers on green politics..... I largely agree with Bjorn Lomborg myself - ie that the small changes we do make are little more than political tokenism which will have little...

Ok, so the GOP in the House is trying to make this big deal out of the request by the House Sargent at Arms that Speaker Pelosi should have a plane big enough to make it coast to coast without refueling. Put aside for the moment whether or not the speaker should be flown anywhere by the...

Will he cave? Link

This is ridiculous. Now Jimmy Carter's son is running for federal office? I think a constitutional amendment may be needed to bar children, grandchildren, and spouses of federally elected or appointed politicians from serving in federal elected or appointed office. Sure the people want to...

In reading through all the threads that have erupted on the middle-east and extremist muslim versus the rest of the world in the past few weeks, some members here such as Claus Larsen demand the same sort of scientific evidence they seek in verifying claims of the paranormal. While it is not a...