There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28

Christians need to step up their game and actually follow the teachings of Christ.

They should cut to the chase and call Jesus a Marxist.

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. Luke 12:33

Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” Mark 10:21

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?  When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?  When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ Matthew 25:34-40

The consequences of leaving the car window open for a buff and shine.

He is the embodiment of mommy issues.

I mean he called Trump transformational which I think anyone with a brain will understand but his supporters will see as a compliment.

There was some very carefully constructed language being used here which I think is a good first step.

It should also be noted that Carney said ‘Never’ five times when Trump said Never say Never but I don’t think Carney was visible on the American broadcast.

I’m happy with expelling Albertans for being secessionists but Canada is keeping the oil.

To put it simply, the prosperity of Europeans and their descendants was paid for through the bloodshed of colonial exploitation. This created an inherently inequal world order.

The world has become more equal post WW2 and the descendants of the greatest beneficiaries of that exploitation are now displeased that they don’t hold the same advantages their ancestors did. That’s why we have to go back. That’s why we have to make _____ great again.

Most PoC can hear these dogwhistles (if you can even call them that) from a mile away.

Understaffing is a major issue. Recently having an E. Coli outbreak from their food doesn’t help either.

It used to be that the food was at least fast and hot. Now there are times where you’ll wait 20 minutes, it will be cold and might make you sick.

Add to that the price going up while the food is either the same or worse since the 90s.

In short, they’ve gotten greedy and they assumed it wouldn’t affect demand which is not how economics work but it’s how the worst of capitalists want it to work.

Wasn’t Harris their only option since Biden took so long to drop out?

She was the only one that could legally access campaign funds since there was no time for a primary.

It was either going to be him or her and both options were far from ideal.

America pulled itself out of the great depression by becoming the worlds largest weapons manufacturer and staying out of WW2 until the very end.

They feel that they have been doing their allies a favor by having military bases in key locations that have allowed these nations to spend less than 2% of their GDP on defense.

This administration would like to reset the world order so that these countries pay for their own defense. Isolationists like JD Vance strongly believe in this.

They also know that allies will likely buy weapons from them which will help balance trade imbalances.

Here’s the problem - there is no situation where this does not lead to nuclear proliferation. It’s essentially inevitable if America continues down this path.

Also, when nations invest more in their militaries, they are more likely to use them, with or without adequate justification. The US is a prime example of this.

Perhaps the post WW2 period of relative peace and prosperity is about to come to an end, along with the concept of the Western world - leaving a power vacuum that I’m sure China and Russia are eager to capitalize on.

You better listen otherwise I’ll crash my economy!

I wouldn’t blame an ordinary person for having money in this index ETF, but it is funny that he made a big deal out of it while having money invested in Brooksfield also.

I certainly wouldn’t use it as a point to discredit Poilievre. There are many other ways to do that.

I think those outside the US figured it was only a matter of time. The US voting population has only become more disengaged and the country has created and is the epicenter of most social media misinformation campaigns.

The US pulled itself out of the great depression first through regulation via the new deal and then by selling military equipment to allied nations during WW2 (essentially leveraging its geographical isolation during the war). Its been addicted to making and selling military equipment since then, in part due to the cold war but I think we can all agree there have been a few wars along the way that were essentially treated as test runs.

Hoover’s nearly 50% tariff on agriculture stretched the depression out by a few years. If we take history as any indication, tariffs are typically either a buildup to complete economic collapse or to a public bailout. One of those seems more likely than the other now. What would a 21st century ‘New Deal’ even look like?

You can’t JD. The rest of us absolutely can.

Sure but even Obama, who did not have to deal with gender based prejudice and was generally a well liked populist, could not pull a majority of the white vote. A lot of white voters just could not bring themselves to trust him because he looked different and had a different name. It’s incredible he ever got elected.

Identity politics are baked into American culture unfortunately and I wonder if a female PoC has a real shot with where things are now. If they do, other PoC would really have to show up for them, like they did for Obama.

It’s hard to imagine a majority of white voters supporting AOC. Obama managed win two elections despite 43% and 39% of the white vote due to strong PoC voter turnout but I doubt that would play out well in the current political climate. AOC would be even more divisive, in a way, by being a woman.

Immigrants did still vote for Kamala as a majority (55%).

I wasn’t aware of the massive jump Trump had achieved with young men. Looks like it was especially true with young white men, with nearly two thirds voting for Trump. Less than 30% of young men from other racial demographics voted for Trump with the exception of Latinos (45%).

Overall the biggest jumps were with Latinos and young white men but he saw an increase in nearly of every demographic except older white people with whom he has historically had majority support.

The 9/11 firefighters bill is evidence that Jon doesn’t have the stomach for day to day politics. He handled it well but he has spoken repeatedly on how frustrating the experience was. I doubt that, at this stage in his career, he’d want to do that everyday.

I don’t think Jon would make a good politician. He’s an exceptional communicator and has all the ideas that progressives want to see get attention but the day to day of politics is soul sucking and doesn’t seem like it’s his cup of tea.

She’s a young, outspoken woman of color. Old white people would never let it happen, even if half are in a nursing home mainlining Fox News straight into their frontal cortex and can barely walk on their own.

A lot of folk are still recovering from Obama being elected twice.

At least Bernie looks familiar to them, so the hatred will be tampered.

Apprently he’s turned a few companies around before. Intel stock went up last week so people seem to have some confidence in him.