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I think I've seen people I thought were banned still logging in, but I might be mistaken. I didn't report him. I've noted that he posted in just about every thread with rarely anything worthwhile to say, but he had been doing that for years so I doubt he was banned for that (and seafoam suffers from the same Postamania compulsion and is still here).

I told you all this would happen... https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/latinos-hate-donald-trump-cnns-harry-enten-shocked-at-presidents-massive-approval-rating-nosedive/ ‘Latinos Hate Donald Trump’: CNN’s Harry Enten Shocked at President’s ‘Massive’ Approval Rating Nosedive CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten was shocked Monday as he looked at polling that showed President Donald Trump’s once-remarkable gains with Latino voter having collapsed amid his immigration crackdown. Discussing new polling in the aftermath of the New Jersey and Virginia elections, CNN anchor John Berman pressed Enten on what Latino voters now make of the president. The shift, Enten found, is dramatic. “Latino voters trusted Kamala Harris more than Donald Trump but by just two points,” Enten noted, reflecting on past numbers. Today, he noted, Trump’s numbers have cratered: “Look now at Donald Trump’s net approval rating on immigration among Latinos: He is 38 points underwater. That is a 36-point shift essentially from where we were a year ago on immigration!” “Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are basically tied on the issue of immigration,” Enten added, comparing the Democrat’s 2024 numbers with the president’s current. “And now on the issue of immigration, Latinos despise, hate Donald Trump – 38 points underwater! In their mind, he is doing something absolutely wrong when it comes to immigration.” The overall picture is just as stark. Enten continued, tracking Trump’s standing with Latino voters more broadly as he displayed approval ratings that have simply fallen off a cliff. “Oh my goodness!” he exclaimed, “I mean that is the phrase of the day!” Scanning the figures he compared past and present: “Trump’s approval rating among Latinos in early February, again, he was just two points underwater. Look at where he is now: late October -34 points, 34 points underwater! A shift to 32 points over the course of this year.” Enten stressed that the trend runs across multiple polls, not just the CBS News/YouGov figures he had on the big screen: “20, 25, 30 point shifts… away from Donald Trump among Latinos overall.”

former Democratic mayor... Guess Max coudn't find any new trannie news to post.

So crass, so crude, so vulgar, so Hell Toupee.

Oh please fill me in on these? What is an Irish wale? An Irish wale? I can't fill you in, as I don't know what an Irish wale is either. I said "Irish wakes" - If you need some information on an Irish wake; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_(ceremony)#Ireland

Lets start with his 2025 statements about Canada, fact checked by Daniel Dale of CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/politics/fact-check-trump-canada-claims/index.html Fact check: Nine Trump false claims about Canada WashingtonCNN — President Donald Trump keeps saying he wants Canada to become the 51st US state. To support his pitch, he keeps making false claims about Canada. In 2025 alone, Trump has: Falsely said the Canadian public likes the idea of becoming the 51st state, which the Canadian public overwhelmingly opposes Falsely said the US trade deficit with Canada is “$200 billion,” though it is nowhere close Falsely said Canada is one of the world’s highest-tariff countries, though it is actually low in global rankings Falsely said Canada hiked its dairy tariffs during the Biden administration, though they haven’t changed since Trump’s first presidency Falsely said Canada generally doesn’t “take” US agricultural exports, though Canada is the world’s second-biggest buyer of those exports Falsely said Canada prohibits US banks, though more than a dozen US banks are operating in Canada today Falsely said Canada is “constantly surrounded” by Chinese and Russian ships, though this is fiction Falsely said outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was using the ongoing tariff battle to run again for prime minister, though Trudeau clearly wasn’t running Falsely said Canada spends less than 1% of gross domestic product on defense, though NATO figures showed it was an estimated 1.37% last year Here is a fact check of these false statements. Canadians’ views on becoming the 51st state: Trump falsely claimed to reporters in January that “the people of Canada like” his idea of Canada joining the US. In fact, poll after poll has shown the idea is massively unpopular with the people of Canada – one recent poll had 85% opposed, 9% in favor – and it has been vehemently rejected by Canadian political leaders from left to right. The US trade deficit with Canada: Trump has repeatedly said the US has a “$200 billion” trade deficit with Canada. That’s not even close to true. Official US statistics show the 2024 deficit with Canada in goods and services trade was $35.7 billion. Even if you only count trade in goods and ignore the services trade at which the US excels, the deficit was $70.6 billion. Canada’s tariffs: Trump falsely claimed in a social media post Tuesday that Canada is “ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.” In fact, Canada has long had relatively low tariffs, though it has this month announced a series of new retaliatory tariffs on the US in direct response to Trump’s own new tariffs on Canada. Canada was just 102nd-highest on a World Bank list of 137 countries’ trade-weighted average tariff rates in 2022 – and had a lower average (1.37%) than the United States (1.49%) that year, the most recent for which the data is available. Canada’s dairy tariffs: Trump falsely claimed to reporters Friday that he had Canada’s dairy-tariff situation “well taken care of” at the time he left office the first time, “but under Biden, they just kept raising it.” In fact, Canada did not raise its dairy tariffs during the Biden administration. The tariffs Trump is denouncing were left in place by the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement he signed in 2018, though that agreement did secure greater US access to the Canadian dairy market. Trump has also persistently failed to mention that Canada’s high dairy tariffs only kick in after the US has hit a certain Trump-negotiated quantity of tariff-free dairy sales to Canada each year – and as the US dairy industry acknowledges, the US is not hitting its zero-tariff maximum in any category of dairy product, so the tariffs aren’t being applied. Canada’s imports of US agricultural products: Trump, speaking of Canada, claimed to reporters in February that “they don’t take our agricultural product for the most part”; he mentioned dairy, then said, “A little bit they do, but not much.” This is false even with Trump’s qualifiers. Canada was the world’s second-largest buyer of US agricultural exports in 2024, according to the US Department of Agriculture, purchasing about $28.4 billion worth. While Canada does limit foreign access to its dairy, egg and poultry markets in particular, these are exceptions rather than the rule. The US Department of Agriculture notes on its website that “almost all” US agricultural exports to Canada face zero tariffs or quotas, and that “Canada consistently ranks among our top markets for agricultural product exports, representing one of our most significant and reliable trading partners.” Canada and US banks: Trump falsely claimed in both February and March that Canada prohibits US banks. While Canada’s tight regulations have discouraged many foreign banks from opening retail branches there, Canada does not forbid these banks; in fact, US banks have been operating in Canada for well over a century. The Canadian Bankers Association industry group said in a February statement that “there are 16 U.S.-based bank subsidiaries and branches with around C$113 billion in assets currently operating in Canada” and that “U.S. banks now make up approximately half of all foreign bank assets in Canada.” Canada, Russia and China: Trump falsely claimed in a January social media post that Canada joining the US would secure Canada “from the threat of the Russian and Chinese Ships that are constantly surrounding them.” Canada has never been surrounded by Russian and Chinese ships, let alone been “constantly” surrounded. In fact, a smattering of Russian and Chinese military ships and jets, as well as Chinese research vessels viewed with suspicion by Canada and the US, have been occasionally spotted in recent years in the vicinity of the US state of Alaska – and have been monitored or intercepted by the Canadian and US militaries. The Canadian government did warn in December that among the “potential threats” in its Arctic region were “increased Russian activity in Canadian air approaches” and “China’s regular deployment of dual-use – having both research and military application – research vessels and surveillance platforms to collect data.” But that’s not the same as being “surrounded.” Trudeau and the trade war: Trump said in a social media post Thursday: “I think that Justin Trudeau is using the Tariff problem, which he has largely caused, in order to run again for Prime Minister.” Trump framed this as his own thought, but it was clearly false nonetheless. Trudeau’s successor as Liberal Party leader and prime minister was set to be chosen in a party vote three days following this Trump post; Trudeau did not compete in the leadership race after announcing in January that he would step down after the new leader was chosen. Canada’s defense spending: Trump falsely claimed in January that Canada spends “less than 1%” of GDP on defense. Official NATO figures show Canada spent an estimated 1.37% of GDP on defense in 2024, up from an estimated 1.31% in 2023 and from 1.2% in 2022. That’s all short of NATO’s 2% target, which incoming prime minister Mark Carney has vowed to meet by 2030, but not as low as Trump claimed.

For non-subscribers: Trump’s Global Tariffs Curtailed Trade, Data Shows President Trump’s sweeping tariffs took a toll on trade in August, as imports dropped 5.1 percent, to $340.4 billion, after taxes on exports from roughly 90 countries went into effect on Aug. 7, newly released data from the Commerce Department showed Wednesday. U.S. exports were essentially flat, rising 0.1 percent to $280.8 billion. Because of the sharp fall in imports, the U.S. trade deficit in goods and services for the month also dropped sharply, shrinking nearly 24 percent, to $59.6 billion, compared with July. The data, which had been delayed by more than a month because of the government shutdown, gives the first look at trade patterns after Mr. Trump introduced what is effectively a new trading system for the United States. The president announced global double-digit tariffs in April on what he called “Liberation Day,” saying that the previous system had cheated the United States and cost it jobs and money. While his tariffs briefly went into effect, they were then largely paused for four months as the administration tried to strike deals with trading partners. On Aug. 7, the tariffs again went into effect, with a 15 percent rate on goods from Bolivia, Ecuador and Nigeria, 20 percent on Taiwanese products and 50 percent on Brazilian exports. Altogether, they brought the U.S. effective tariff rate to more than 18 percent, the highest level since 1934, according to the Budget Lab at Yale. U.S. imports and exports had risen in July, as companies that depend on international trade had tried to complete their shipments before those tariffs went into effect. In August, trade then dropped, as American businesses imported fewer industrial supplies, food and beverages and machinery, according to an analysis by Moody’s Analytics.

So crude, so crass, so vulgar, so Hell Toupee. Actually it is your white supremacy, as what is the purpose of this thread but to ridicule Black culture in this country by showing video clips of twerking at funerals, which some (but not all) Black folks see as a celebration of the life of the deceased. Is it inappropriate? Well, I would not want to see anyone twerking at a funeral I attend, but I don't feel it is my place to pass judgment on this or on New Orleans Jazz funerals or on Irish wakes either.

No link in the OP of course.

Once again. Reading is fundamental. Or you are being intentionally obtuse. Here is the thread title while it is still up. Group terrorizes McDonald’s worker, ends poorly - GDC The racism is in the thread title. What is GDC short for? In prior threads it stood for "Guess deh color" or something similar to suggest that the perpetrators are Black.

From the far left Daily Kos, but Kos makes some pretty good points (essentially that it may be for the best that Democrats caved) https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/11/17/2354253/-What-could-have-happened-if-Democrats-didn-t-cave-on-the-shutdown?detail=emaildkre What could have happened if Democrats didn’t cave on the shutdown? [...] The cave was stupid. But it raises a different question worth examining: What would winning have actually looked like? Democrats’ core demand was reinstating Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies. They didn’t get them. But imagine they had. Those subsidies are used disproportionately by rural, red-state conservatives. “Nearly six in ten Marketplace enrollees (57%) live in congressional districts represented by a Republican,” reported KFF. “Generally, enrollment in ACA Marketplace coverage by congressional district is largest in the South. At least 10% of the population is enrolled in ACA Marketplace plans throughout all congressional districts in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina, along with almost all in Texas and Utah.” The people most reliant on these subsidies are rural Americans, who lean heavily conservative. A policy brief from the National Rural Health Association estimates that rural Americans save an average of $890 per year from the enhanced subsidies—”28% more than their urban counterparts.” So Senate Democrats were fighting hardest for a benefit primarily used by conservatives. If Democrats had actually won that concession, then what? Would they get credit from a demographic that has abandoned them wholesale? Would Fox News suddenly celebrate Democrats for protecting its viewers’ access to affordable health care? Would Democrats be able to communicate the victory effectively, given their chronic inability to message accomplishments—and given the near-total absence of any meaningful left-wing partisan media ecosystem? Of course not. More likely, Trump would take credit for “saving” his supporters’ health care. And even if he didn’t bother, his supporters would give him credit anyway. The Democratic cave angered activists, but the broader voter base remains mostly oblivious. Had Democrats won, the rural Republicans benefiting most would have stayed just as oblivious to what their own party tried to take away from them. Now, instead, they’ll lose that health care. Senate Republicans will vote in mid-December to strip those subsidies away, right before a pivotal midterm election in which health care and affordability will be central issues. When rural conservatives receive their new, much higher premium bills, the blame will sit squarely with the GOP. Democrats don’t need those voters to switch parties. Our party brand is too damaged to expect that. But depressing Republican turnout is almost as valuable as flipping votes. A disgusted rural conservative who stays home is effectively half a vote for Democrats. So the irony is that by caving to the GOP yet again—reinforcing the weak Democratic brand that drives activists up the wall—Democrats may have actually improved their electoral position next year.

No, what is racist is posting videos where every single video of a person that is doing the twerkin at a funeral is Black.

Reading is fundamental. My exact words: I said the thread is racist, not the bodycam video.

Maybe, maybe not. Showing that Trump was willing to go "scorched earth" is what really made the point IMO about his and Republican attitudes.

:sigh: Another racist GDC thread.

From NYT (subscriber only content) A reporter is tortured, killed, and then dismembered with Trump dismissing it as "things happen" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/18/world/trump-saudi-crown-prince-visit?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20251118&instance_id=166670&nl=breaking-news&regi_id=125207237&segment_id=210843&user_id=14502a7228c5a9b835a15627514bfe28# Trump Praises Saudi Prince and Dismisses Question About Killing of Journalist President Trump brushed aside a reporter’s question about the role Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, played in the death and dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist in 2018, praising the kingdom’s de facto ruler in a joint Oval Office appearance that was heavy on flattery. Mr. Trump strongly defended Prince Mohammed, who U.S. intelligence has said ordered the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist who was killed by Saudi agents. Prince Mohammed has denied involvement. “A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about, whether you like him or didn’t like him, things happen,” Mr. Trump said, referring to Mr. Khashoggi. Mr. Khashoggi, a frequent critic of the Saudi government, disappeared on Oct. 2, 2018 after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, where he had hoped to obtain a visa for his Turkish fiancée. Saudi officials eventually admitted that he had been killed there after what they claimed was a botched mission to bring him back to Saudi Arabia. A recording obtained by Turkish intelligence captured Mr. Khashoggi’s struggle against Saudi agents, his killing and the sounds of a bone saw being used on his body. [...]

So you couldn't find any videos of white folks in this country twerking at a funeral? Or in the alternative, did you find some but didn't share them because they woudn't reinforce the racist intent of this thread?

Every video you have posted here has been of Black people. Every. Single. One. How is this thread not racist?

From Grok at the Twitters: Comedian Jeff Dye Moves from California to Texas Over Newsom and Wildfire Handling Last updated Nov 16 Comedian Jeff Dye announced his relocation from California to Texas, expressing fears of Governor Gavin Newsom's leadership and the state's response to the January 2025 wildfires that destroyed thousands of structures in Los Angeles. On the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Dye highlighted issues like water shortages and delayed aid, joining a trend of celebrities leaving due to taxes, crime, and disaster management. His GoFundMe for moving expenses faced online backlash, prompting him to delete it and refund donors. This story is a summary of posts on X and may evolve over time. Grok can make mistakes, verify its outputs.

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1955334764962938912 (Newsom's letter to Trump at link) Gov. Newsom to Trump: "You are playing with fire, risking the destabilization of our democracy, while knowing that California can neutralize any gains you hope to make." "If you will not stand down, I will be forced to lead an effort to redraw the maps in California to offset the rigging of maps in red states."

Not surprisingly the MAGA faithful in the "Father Trump" thread are defending him and attacking the reporter for asking a question. From Hell Toupee with a dash of misogyny:

Fine. You are entitled to your opinion. I am not saying I believe all polls but they are a reflection of how the public (or a segment of it in this case) feel at a certain point in time. The fact that no one here has come up with a single recent poll that does not show a significant drop in support among Latinos for Trump since the election is quite telling.

OK let's see you or anyone come up with a counter poll showing Latino support today for Trump has not dropped significantly since the election.

This thread should be renamed Racism at The Geek Club. After this does anyone doubt what the OP thinks of Black people?