I’m not going to start a discussion about liberal versus conservative propaganda, that’s best left for another discussion entirely.

The abdication of soft power though is extremely short-sighted and so on par with the Trump Administration.

As an example of soft power, consider any number of Third World countries that have issues with feeding their population. This leads to instability and easy influence by outside powers. That influences usually used to enrich the elite at the top. The ones at the top see the instability and realize that their political lives as well as actual lives may be shortened by that issue, and so do their best to enrich themselves as quickly as possible.

By using the soft power tactic of providing food for the masses basic foodstuffs, an outsider would provide stability to that country and reduce the possibility of the elite being bought up by another country. In addition, the people in the countryside see food being brought in that has a particular logo or other emblem indicative of the provider. They and their children grow up knowing that their health and future were due to this provider. They thus become somewhat more friendly to that provider.

Ask the Houthis what they think of hard power. Yes, they are being bombarded by high explosives and many are dying. Each time though that a family dies, their extended family says that the one who attacked needs to have revenge visited upon them. It’s a never ending cycle.

I would care, except the muskmelons said that empathy is a sin

Part of it is that women have achieved an educational level as a group that allows them to make better choices. They no longer have to choose which is the nicer wife beater in their town.

The incels seem to have a problem with this. The idea of having to compete based upon personality, likability and in general the ability to treat another person as a human being bothers them.

But he’s too weak to return someone from El Salvador

Okay, so he revoked the collective bargaining rights. He didn’t revoke the ability to go out on strike, though. It just won’t be an organized strike.

Weren’t strikes the compromise to the other option, namely dragging the owners out of the factory and beating them in the streets? Maybe they just want to go back to the original system.

More like trump asking how his perfomance review went. Can’t wait for his exit interview.

The buck stops at the top, whether he wants it or not.

This is like sovereign citizens saying they don’t consent to being arrested. Did anybody hear us asking for permission?

Considering trump’s habit of tearing up agreements even he made, what is to stop Zelensky from doing so once russia is out?

Bet they didn’t get rid of the Christians-only club.

Considering trump’s efforts to put political officers in charge of all official communications, any such “news” must be considered suspect.

Should have kept them in a secure location - like a museum.

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To require proof of United States citizenship to register an to vote (a version passed in 2024)

This should be fun. How many US citizens can prove they are here legally right now?

Implement ranked-choice voting as a start.

German Helsing company has unveiled its latest development, the HX-2 loitering munition, a kamikaze drone. Germany plans to supply 4,000 of these drones to Ukraine, and they have already been somewhat unfairly dubbed the mini-Taurus.

So, Helsing is going after Vlad.

I entirely agree. A former roommate’s mom moved to Montana, and they remarked, “It’s so white here”.

For many southerners, bigotry against non-whites is part of their identity. Are they saying the KKK should be a protected class? How can making a religion out of the belief that you deserve a particular piece of real estate be a protected class?

Zionism is an ethno-cultural nationalist movement that emerged in Europe in the late 19th century and aimed for the establishment of a Jewish state through the colonization of a land outside of Europe.

In other words, taking somebody else’s land.

It eventually focused on the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, a region corresponding to the Land of Israel in Judaism, and of central importance in Jewish history.

Specifically, Palestinian’s land.

Following the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Zionism became the ideology supporting the protection and development of Israel as a Jewish state and has been described as Israel’s national or state ideology.

State religion. That never turns out bad, does it? /s

Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism

Randall Terry is a lifelong pro-life activist who founded the Operation Rescue group, which he headed until 1991. He and the group were known for their controversial tactics targeting abortion clinics, blocking entrances and staging raucous protests as Terry and associates racked up dozens of arrests and enormous sums in civil judgments along the way.

Please tie trump to this guy. The ads would write themselves.