[-] ira@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

So you don't think they should be able to try to vote on Ukraine aid again since the vote failed in the House?

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Biden is the worst candidate of the bunch by that metric. His favorability is 17 points underwater right now, and he's losing to Trump in most recent polls by around 4 to 6 points. And keep in mind that that's measuring popular vote, not electoral votes. Hillary won the popular vote by 2 points and still lost the election. Biden needs to lead Trump by at least 3 points to even have a chance, it took a +4.5 margin to win last time around. And while we're comparing to Hillary, her favorability was only 15 points underwater in October after the Comey report.

Cornel West would be a way better choice. Even Dean Phillips would be less bad of a choice (y'know that whole "lesser evil" thing and all that). In polls, a generic Democrat leads Trump by 6 points.

But it's all a moot point because Democrats keep shutting down primaries and removing candidates from the ballot. They're attempting another coronation just like they did in 2016 - why would any candidate try to run when the party leadership is shutting them down?

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago

This whole thing is McGovern 2.0. Biden is self-destructing his own candidacy in spectacular fashion. It's going to be a disaster in November if Democrats don't do something drastic to turn things around.

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Keep it civil please, and engage in good faith.

Al Mayadeen is not Hezbollah funded, no matter how many conspiracies people try to make up.

Should I bring up all the genocide denial in your post history? Claims that "Hamas uses teenage soldiers extensively"? Do you still think most people in the World News community here "seem to not consider Israeli's as human"?

No matter how many reports you use to try to hide genocide, the truth will still come out.

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 months ago

I mostly agree with you, but it's libs/Dems, not the left.

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Oh it gets even worse. This is what Biden's offering in exchange for more money for the Gaza genocide and for Ukraine. A trifecta of shit.

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

From 2021 to 2022 looks like a wash to me: around 700 fewer homicides but 700 more suicides (the number you cropped out of the screenshot). And the numbers for 2023 aren't final yet.

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'd argue that Biden is the one enabling Trump here

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Idk unlimited sales of arms to fascists like Itamar Ben-Gvir seems pretty far right to me

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

That's 18 degrees F for people who still use that

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