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US PoliERA 2019 |OT1| You down wit' NDP? (Yeah you know me!) Who's down wit' AOC? (This whole party!)
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Was watching AOC's live stream the other night. It's amazing the things she doesn't take for granted. Not only was she explaining her policy in-depth and in simple terms, but she didn't even assume the viewer knew who MLK was. She's such a great entry point for all young people getting interested in politics. And a breath of fresh air from the politicians who purposely obscure their language so they're effectively saying nothing.
I was excited about AOC winning the primary but didn't really get on the same hype bandwagon as most others afterward... until she got to Congress. Ever since she was sworn in I've been blown away by her ability to succinctly strip down GOP bullshit talking points and call them out for the lies they are. I don't know if I've ever seen a politician do this so effectively in my lifetime, Obama included.
The Russian orthodox church still clings to notion that Russia is the Third Rome and the tsar was therefore God's ruler on earth. There's a reason the Soviets hated it and it's not just because it competed for people's hearts.
(not to say the Soviets should have been killing priests or anything)
My understanding was that the Orthodox church has always encouraged secular authoritarianism or absolutism because they were cowed by the powerful Byzantines early on, while the Pope stood above the kings in the west so cultivating the idea that the king was not completely supreme.
PAUL MANAFORT
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from Alexandria Detention Center
IN CONCERT with KONSTANTIN KILIMNIK
You don't perform at the same convention you accept the nomination for VP
AOC / Cardi B 2024
Biden resigns during his first term because of unsolicited shoulder rubs.
I'm excited.
God it's good to have so many women running this cycle.
Hrmm...hopefully if true he's still got some of that Brownback Stank on him.
OH RIGHT THAT.
Plus Manafort having "advice" about cabinet secretaries (specifically via the Steele Dossier, T-Rex for Mittens). Man, Mueller is sitting on some shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
"$150k to the Inauguration at the Gates!"
"yunno maybee i shud carri watrr for maga hat kid durrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" is not a winning gameplan for one's day.
Right, since the bishop of Constantinople was in the capital with the Emperor, the Emperor was (usually) able to keep the church under his thumb. The Emperor called for ecumenical councils, his court was seen as a reflection of the heavenly court, etc. But since the pope was a religious unifier in a fragmented West and could be a major political player (like during the crowning of Charlemagne), and also because the pope could claim to be the inhabitant of Peter's seat, he was able to grow in power and claim that he was above secular rulers.
So the Orthodox church has always played backup to the secular authority.
For some reason I initially saw Tootsie Garbage for a second and got disgusted. Then I looked at it again.
Here's one coming straight from the NFL AFC Championship coverage:
"He can throw as good as anyone."
Uh...when you think about it...that's NOT really a compliment.
I'm sure he'll be on fox tomorrow. The zapbruder film insanity that is going on just makes me want to block the whole story out.
Well, saying N64 was the best console means that we should just abolish the presidency and make her emperor, tbh.
Our problem is that we are usually independant thinkers over all so we actually talk through problems and don't fall lockstep behind everything.
Also we have a need to make sense are actually have a plan most of the time so that kinda slows us down.
Amazing how far we've come from congressmen making video games their violence causing boogeyman. I can definitely get behind this kind of political future.
Yeah, but Putin doesn't need to buy into that to instrumentalize the church.
All he sells is a "distinct civilization", which is basically a Russian version of American exceptionalism. Both ultimately represent the foundation for nationalist authoritarianism.
The point this would suggest about Trump(being a Russian puppet) is that he is not a populist or political extremist, but he rather represents an ideological outlook thats fundamentally different from everything the West has taken for granted over the past 80 years.
The funny thing is that while many in Russia see western values as something diametrically opposed to their own, Trump is selling these same values that completely fly in the face of what we call Western values, as patriotism.
And half of the country doesn't realize this.
From a civilizational perspective thats quite concerning. Western values aim to be universal, for example human rights. Russia and China have long seen that as inappropriate and reflective of the Wests power ambitions. But the Wests argument stands on even weaker footing when it turns out that half the western population doesn't even understand the values it tries to spread as universal values to the world.
Except Dems ARE in lockstep this time.
Except for Tootsie Garbage but who cares about her
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