The Political Thread

[Road Runner]

thats the thing, if we roll the clock back, even adjusting for inflation etc, my wage would buy a lot more. houses were also like 7 times cheaper

it mostly means middle class wont be owning houses, theyll be renting till they die. and thats bad for the generation after because we will have nothing for them

Roll back the clock to the 70s, I would fill a shopping cart full of food, without going over 50 dollars. That is when my mother was a child. Roll the clock back further to the 1930s, the decade my grandparents were born
You could easily afford stuff for over ten children.

 

[Road Runner]

Inside Trump’s Search for a Health Threat to Justify His Immigration Crackdown

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers have spent months trying to identify a disease that will help them build their case for closing the border.

www.nytimes.com

President-elect Donald J. Trump is likely to justify his plans to seal off the border with Mexico by citing a public health emergency from immigrants bringing disease into the United States.

Now he just has to find one.

Mr. Trump last invoked public health restrictions, known as Title 42, in the early days of the pandemic in 2020, when the coronavirus was tearing across the globe. As he prepares to enter office again, Mr. Trump has no such public health disaster to point to.

Still, his advisers have spent recent months trying to find the right disease to build their case, according to four people familiar with the discussions. They have looked at tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases as options and have asked allies inside the Border Patrol for examples of illnesses that are being detected among migrants.

They also have considered trying to rationalize Title 42 by arguing broadly that migrants at the border come from various countries and may carry unfamiliar disease — an assertion that echoes a racist notion with a long history in the United States that minorities transmit infections. Mr. Trump’s team did not respond to a request for comment.

Now, I regret voting for him. I wish I voted third party last year. Disease is is just his excuse.

 

[CraigPelton]

The Catholic Church has gay people in their clergy. So?

My brother in Christ I have no idea what the fuck you're talking about