Officials in Taiwan were quietly optimistic when Donald Trump was re-elected. Less than a year later, the island is confronting one of its deepest fears: what happens if America abandons it?

why are people on the left using "populist" in a positive way now, you shouldn't want your politicians to be populists, "populism" isn't good

I guess I don’t think she’ll be a disaster, in that the office provides limited scope for disaster (and Lord knows Michael D has tested the boundaries) but I can’t get past the fact the new president voluntarily went to Syria as a guest of the regime in 2018, when we knew all to there was to know

I wrote about the degrading choices our political system forces on us, the importance of respecting yourself, and the time I experienced a mild Oliver Stone moment at Sammy's Deluxe in Rockland, Maine. defector.com/what-job-is-...

we are witnessing a genuine decline in the taste of american elites

From the way NRSC designed the poll—presenting platner’s *defense* of his Nazi tattoo—and the fact they publicly released it, I think it’s fair to say Susan Collins would prefer to run against the guy with a Nazi tattoo than she would the sitting two-term governor.

Tim Walz called Republicans weird in like every campaign stop and the media stopped covering it after a week and everyone thought he stopped doing it

Will any of the "Dems need to stand in front of the WH and get the media to pay attention to them but there too theyre to FECKLESS" ppl on here even take note of this?

Price changes over last year (September CPI report)
Gas Utilities: +11.7%
Electricity: +5.1%
Used Cars: +5.1%
Fuel Oil: +4.1%
Medical Care: +3.9%
Food away from home: +3.7%
Shelter: +3.6%
Overall CPI: +3.0%
Food at home: +2.7%
Transportation: +2.5%
New Cars: +.8%
Gasoline: -0.5%
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