dudalb
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Nope, I feel they should have complied on the "we have nothing to hide" basis.
It was wrong for Trump to stonewall, Wrong for Biden to stonewall.
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Nope, I feel they should have complied on the "we have nothing to hide" basis.
It was wrong for Trump to stonewall, Wrong for Biden to stonewall.
Skeptic Ginger
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It's a phishing expedition. It's standard to block that kind of data as it would be an illegal search without probable cause. From the link:
This is some kind of guess (surmised) on the GOP's part:
Right wing sources make sure to frame these as "Biden family reports" when they are mostly Hunter and one other family member. We know about this stuff already and there is zero evidence any of it involves Joe himself.
Hunter Biden has never been a public official. On what grounds would Repubs demand any financial records?
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Calling the protection of a private citizen’s privacy “stonewalling” is an interesting take.
Stacyhs
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Biden is not the Treasury Dept.
Stacyhs
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Tero
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Here we go! The Democrats are the worst party in congress, other than the Republicans:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/26/politics/cnn-poll-house-gop-leadership/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/26/politics/cnn-poll-house-gop-leadership/index.html
Funny, one of the latest common phrases among Republicans I know is, "Well I liked what Trump tried to do"
When I ask what that is they have no answer. Oh wait they all have this one, "He got the Covid vaccine made"
I don't have to tell ISFers how utterly stupid that response is, and on many levels, so I won't bother.
27% are still fooled into thinking the Republicans have their best interest in mind.
Sherkeu
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The problem with polls and surveys is that they never get people who will never answer a poll or survey. It's a rather large and ever growing demographic.
Ask 1000 adults to name 3 or more "Republican leaders in the House".
You'd get a big fat fail.
The number who can name even ONE I'd guess would be under 20%.
Number who know the Speaker of the House?? I'd say less than 10%.
Ask 1000 adults to name 3 or more "Republican leaders in the House".
You'd get a big fat fail.
The number who can name even ONE I'd guess would be under 20%.
Number who know the Speaker of the House?? I'd say less than 10%.
Stacyhs
Penultimate Amazing
I answered a telephone poll once...took about 25-30 minutes by the time I was done. The guy kept reading from his script in a monotone voice (having become robotic after god knows how many repeats), and each question was a multiple parter: Very much, somewhat, likely, never, etc. I swore never again.
I think your number guesses are way off. They'd be able to name some of the politicians who show up on FOX pundit shows.
Sherkeu
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What do you think are the number of us adults who watch Fox news?
Even the most popular ones get about 3M viewers. Combine all the news and its still in the low 10's daily - and that's if you assume they are paying attention while it is on.
Out of 209 Million US adults.
Even if you consider that some get it via secondary sources like late night, youtube, and social media, how many more would it be? Another 5 million maybe? Another 10m? Another 20m? It is still a very low number to the total.
Stacyhs
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You're assuming that the same average 3 million watch Tucker and the other Fox pundits/shows every night. The Five often has more watchers than Tucker. Then there are those who watch the news, but not necessarily the pundits. A huge number of people now get their info/news from the internet instead of TV. Many listen to right wing radio.
I really don't think trying to debate numbers based on guesses is worth the effort, so I'm not going to get into it any further.
I really don't think trying to debate numbers based on guesses is worth the effort, so I'm not going to get into it any further.
Sherkeu
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OK. I just happen to come across persons who don't know who the current VP is, let alone anyone in the House- or what the 2 houses of Congress are called. YMMV.
*unrelated to the above but...this thread should be moving soon into how Biden will handle the coming Dem primary candidates when he declines to run. What reason will he give? The lead time is underway and it's just a waiting game. But I can wait 3-4 weeks.
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Stacyhs
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Personally, I hope Biden doesn't run again even though I think he's done a pretty good job. He's just too old for another term. At 80 years old, he can go downhill real fast. If we won in 2024, he'd be 86 years old at the end of his term. It's time for younger Dems to take over.
Aridas
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After all that doom screaming about inflation in recent memory, I think that it's worth making a special note that it's not currently bad. More specifically, price inflation in the U.S. has been about 2 percent on an annual basis over the last six months of 2022, among various other good signs.
Sherkeu
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Weird. Maybe it needs an update.
Almost everything at my grocery just jumped up in price in the last month. Up from the incremental increases, that were not so bad.
12pk of soda is now $7.99 - on sale! - must buy 3!
For the very first time (in this country) I am going up to items I normally buy, I go to put them in the cart.... and then I put it back because of the price.
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Segnosaur
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What might be happening is that the prices of some goods has gone up (e.g. some food) but other prices have stabilized or even gone down. (Not sure how much the retail price for gas affects the inflation rate, but gas is probably 1/4 lower than the price from about a year ago.)
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Sherkeu
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I had a home with an $1800 mortgage. Prices creeped up, I had to move for the school district. By the time my house sold, an apt that should have been 2700 (up from 1700 2 years previous) was suddenly 3700. That's what I am forced to pay now- and it is an apartment with people stomping on my ceiling on a daily basis.
Then I had to get a car when mine was on its last leg....you can imagine the increase there. I keep cars for over a decade so I did spend a bit on hat I wanted....but still. (wanted electric...but NO WAY! 5-10k premium.)
All of it has depleted my savings. My child has more money than I do.
I really need to move away from here.
eta: I should add that I continually tell myself that compared to many on this planet, I live a pretty good life. It is just hard to see it in decline.
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