@ToeTheRubber26@StatlineScout@ProspectLarceny Most of these guys are advanced for their age and level. Martinez is absolutely doing well, but he's also beating up on talent he's borderline too old for. I'd imagine if he continues this at AA next year we'd see him get some love
Republicans had the young electorate for approximately 5 seconds and then proceeded to destroy affordability and start another war in the middle east, two massively important issues for them. Masterful gambit sir
๐จ Navy Veteran flocked over a hundred times after filing a complaint against Sheriffโs Department.
A Navy veteran filmed a traffic stop from a private parking lot and ends up illegally arrested, jailed for five hours, released with no charges, and then hit with over 100 Flock ALPR searches ordered by a Waukesha County lieutenant after he filed a complaint.
While working people struggle to pay more than $4/gallon at the pump, this week several oil giants reported record profits from last quarter.
- Shell reported $9.8 billion profit, a 130% increase over the same quarter last year and its best quarterly profit in four years.
- Chevron reported $12 billion profit, a nearly 400% increase over last year and the highest since 2020.
- ExxonMobil reported $14.5 billion profit, more than double the same quarter last year.
- TotalEnergies reported $6 billion profit, a 68% increase over the same quarter last year and the most in three years.
Reporter: Isnโt there concern that this slippery slope to socialism inevitably ends up as full-blown communism?
AOC: I mean, no. I think thatโs very silly. We canโt even raise the minimum wage. Do they really think communism is going to happen? No. Theyโre trying to scare people because they donโt want us talking about the fact that we all have a right to health care.
So they want to call everything they donโt like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here, theyโre going to realize they deserve better and that health care as a right isnโt crazy. They want to call this stuff communist because they donโt want us to realize that the rest of the developed world has guaranteed health care. They want to call it communist because they donโt want you to know that Germany, Italy, the UK, Canadaโeverybody elseโhas it better than us, and we spend the most money for the worst care in the developed world.
The White House press secretary just suggested that young people who complain about affordability grew up with silver spoons in their mouths, are lazy, and should be sent to Cuba or Iran
Karl: Youโve got Josh Gottheimer, a Democratic member of Congress, who says, โMany of us believe, as do I, if youโre a socialist, you are not a Democrat.โ
And in fact, they put out a manifesto today. Have you seen this thing?
Mamdani: Sounds pretty socialist to me.
Karl: Itโs not a communist manifesto. Itโs a moderate manifesto saying we are capitalists, not socialists. We believe in a growing, fair, and competitive economy, entrepreneurship, ownership. I mean, this is a direct response. Theyโve made it clear what they think about what you did here on Tuesday.
Mamdani: Well, I mean, you know, thatโs great, but whatโs a party if not its voters?
And Iโm proud to sit in front of you as the mayor of our city, having received more than a million votes a little less than a year ago.
And when weโre talking about these incredible congressional candidates, they won their races, and they won their races with a vision of what politics should beโone that actually speaks to working people.
And for a lot of people who ask themselves, โWhat does democratic socialism mean?โ you can tell them the answer at a theoretical level: itโs the choice to extend democracy from the ballot box to the rest of their lives.
But in terms of what it means, over these last seven months, weโve seen a city with democratic socialist principles at the heart of our administration. And what weโve delivered has been record lows when it comes to murders and shootings.
Karl: So is it pragmatic democratic socialism?
Mamdani: I think democratic socialism, at heart, is pragmatic because, if we cannot deliver for working people, then what is this for? I'm not interested in writing a manifesto or frankly, in reading one. I'm interested in delivering. And that's exactly what we've been showing.
@spurs_muse @saltedspurs We just watched the worst playoff loss in franchise history, probably the worst loss in NBA Finals history, and you're talking about "stop moping"??? Are you real???