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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday hailed Congress' passage of his $1 trillion infrastructure package as a “monumental step forward for the nation" after fractious fellow Democrats resolved a months-long standoff in their ranks to seal the deal....continue

 

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10 hours ago, Tweety said:

I don't think the average voter is concerned about threats to the Democracy like this. They want people that broke the law to go to jail but the Democracy seems to have survived.

Empty shelves, high gas prices, a stable border,  good economic performance and low covid rates without forcing people out of their jobs,  and things that are tangible are more important as time goes on and the January 6th fades.  

To be realistic, and I admit to feeling a bit depressed over it, it was obvious from the beginning what type of unethical behavior right-leaning centrists were willing to tolerate from the Trump administration, and we can add January 6 to the list.

I think Trump was singular in that he really never tried to hide his corrupt use of the office of the presidency, which he started from day one and continued to do throughout.  

He never tried to hide his contempt for immigrants and economically disadvantaged people from all backgrounds.  He family separation policy was overtly cruel.

I find it outrageous, yet polls done when these things would flare up in the news showed large measures of indifference, not just from diehard Trumpers, but people in the middle as well.  I always wondered why this was so, and all I can conclude is that they cared more about lower taxes than they did about all of the above.  I try to ward off cynicism but stuff like this makes it difficult.

  

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3 minutes ago, nursel56 said:

To be realistic, and I admit to feeling a bit depressed over it, it was obvious from the beginning what type of unethical behavior right-leaning centrists were willing to tolerate from the Trump administration.

I think Trump was singular in that he really never tried to hide his corrupt use of the office of the presidency, which he started from day one and continued to do throughout.  

He never tried to hide his contempt for immigrants and economically disadvantaged people from all backgrounds.  He family separation policy was overtly cruel.

I find it outrageous, yet polls done when these things would flare up in the news showed large measures of indifference, not just from diehard Trumpers, but people in the middle as well.  I always wondered why this was so, and all I can conclude is that they cared more about lower taxes than they did about all of the above.  I try to ward off cynicism but stuff like this makes it difficult.

  

I think that's what they've been told that they care about.  Once upon a time there were actual conservative principles at play in republican politics.  Today it is mostly slogans and catch phrases and rhetoric based in grievance and animus.  

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8 hours ago, CRNAbro said:

Nobody really believes January 6th was a big deal and that includes the people throwing around the nonsensical insurrection term.  

The vast majority of people at the protest that day were peaceful and taking an unguided tour of the capital pales in comparison to the damage done in leftist attacks last year.  Ask any random person on the street what happened January 6th and they won’t know.  

The vast majority of people who attended the rally and then went home were peaceful.  

You know perfectly well those who didn't broke in, vandalized offices, threatened and injured the overwhelmed police officers.

Why are you minimizing those actions with dismissive and disrespectful terminology?

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