KindnessIsPunk

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[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Let’s be real: Yes, the Democrats ran a historically tone-deaf campaign. But Trump’s entire economic pitch boils down to ‘Just believe me, folks! The same empty promise he made before leaving office with record job losses, broken supply chains, and an economy in freefall. I get what your saying I just have trouble believing voters are this desperate to blame ‘wokeism’ that they’ll ignore:

  • The $7.8 trillion he added to the debt?
  • The 3 million jobs lost under his watch?
  • The fact his ‘miracle economy’ was a sugar rush of tax cuts for billionaires?

It’s a death wish for the middle class.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

God damn, Liberals you have an open goal here. Side with workers just once, throw your weight behind a real labor movement, and you’d leave Conservatives scrambling in the dust. But no. Instead, it’s all half-measures while letting corporations run the show. Missed opportunities are practically your brand at this point.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

ahh very good, sorry for the misunderstanding.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

oh I know they're not the first ones to get it but I do believe they're the first ones to put the legal precedent or at least that's what the article says.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

TLDR: New Orleans is poised to become the first U.S. city to legalize real-time police facial recognition surveillance, despite a 2022 ban. The push follows revelations that NOPD secretly used Project NOLA’s 200+ AI cameras for two years, making 34+ arrests without oversight. Proponents argue it’s vital for crime-fighting, citing Bourbon Street shootings and jailbreaks, while critics warn of dystopian privacy erosion and racial bias, referencing wrongful arrests like Randal Reid’s. With 70% public approval but fierce ACLU opposition, the vote could set a dangerous precedent: privatized mass surveillance with zero accountability.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, it does sound suspect. I just bought an existing house and it was about 10% and I got most of that back via the first time home buyers rebate. I'd have difficulty believing they would incentivize existing houses so heavily and discourage new housing.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

To add to this, the economy is not better for the average person currently, anyone who thought it would be is naive and I just have trouble believing that American's on average are that gullible.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Impeachment was never the real battle it was always about Senate driven consequences. In a Republican-controlled Senate, 'accountability' is a one-way street paved entirely for Democrats. Their majority exists to shield their own from justice while weaponizing procedure against the opposition. Until that imbalance is broken, consequences will remain a fantasy reserved only for the left.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I will say at least when democrats do it, it's usually with prior authorization from congress. Doesn't make the result better but it does at least mean they're following the legal framework that provides us the way to change it. When it's done without that you just have a dictator.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Look at the BEAUTIFUL Lockheed Martin and Plantir Stocks! Under Sleepy Joe, these patriotic job-creators were barely scraping by on a measly $29 trillion in defense handouts. But under MY leadership? taps podium We've achieved real American capitalism: where every missile strike means a 10% dividend bump and orphanages explode with shareholder value!

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

But REFORMING the system would cost MONEY! clutches pearls Sure, we're already hemorrhaging twice as much on the broken status quo, but have you considered that actually fixing things would require spending intentionally? Better to keep wasting billions reactively than invest millions proactively! That's just basic economics!

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The sheer horror of being conscripted into the Russian military is unimaginable. These soldiers reduced are cannon fodder and are treated as less than human, not even afforded basic sustenance. These aren’t soldiers; they’re disposable bodies thrown into a meat grinder by officials who are nothing short of war criminals. The cruelty is beyond comprehension.

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