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Yavin4

Yavin4's Journal
Yavin4's Journal
July 26, 2024

Will JD Vance be swapped out for Nikki Haley?

My suspicion is that the polls will show a widening gender gap in favor of women for the Democrats in the coming weeks. Will that prompt Trump to dump Vance in favor of Nikki Haley?

Vice Presidents rarely win elections, but they sure can cost you support if they're terrible, and Vance is terrible.

July 22, 2024

So, I've been monitoring right wing memes about VP Harris, and it seems like...

...disgusting sexist memes are slightly ahead of disgusting racist memes. I find that interesting from a social observation point of view. Her beauty is really triggering them as well.

July 18, 2024

How can you lose to the dog?

You're an embarrassment to cats everywhere!

https://x.com/majeliskucing/status/1813877025398223113

July 18, 2024

Vote Blue. No matter who.

That's been the battle cry before and it's still the battle cry. Anything else is a betrayal of our shared American principles. This election is not about any one individual. It's about defeating a sick ideology that will destroy this nation. You owe it to yourself and future generations to do the decent thing.

Vote Blue. No matter who.

July 16, 2024

Just got Paramount+ and I'm watching all of the Star Trek shows.

They all kind of make me sad. Gene Roddenberry had such an optimistic view of our future and tech. The reality is that tech is making us more racist than ever.

July 16, 2024

The best outcome for a 2nd Trump presidency is daily chaos. The most likely is complete catastrophe.

One of the cornerstones for Project 2025 is the dismantling of the federal civil service. These are folks that take less pay than their counterparts in private industry, but do their jobs extremely well bc they're free from political machinations. Project 2025 will probably make many of them leave the federal civil service.

Without these folks, we are vulnerable to a host of catastrophes. Some we have seen in the past 25 years, 9/11, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the war on terror, the financial collapse, and of course, the pandemic. Imagine going through these events with political cronies in the Dept. of Homeland Security, the DoD, the Federal Reserve, the NIH, etc.

If Trump wins and gets Project 2025 in place, this nation won't survive another catastrophe.

July 15, 2024

It's clear that our media, desperate for clicks and ratings, wants Trump to win.

And if he does, then they are complicit in whatever he does as president. They need to be held as responsible as any MAGA voter. All of them have to be held to account. We let the media off the hook for foisting Ronald Reagan and George W Bush on us. We cannot make that same mistake.

July 14, 2024

Remember, it's okay to log off if things are getting too much for you.

This was one of the lessons from covid. Take care of yourselves. The news will be there waiting for you when you get back.

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