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[–] [email protected] 78 points 3 months ago (4 children)

This undersells Kamala's "legal issues". She was Attorney General for 6 years:

Harris' office took on predatory for-profit colleges and also secured a nearly $20 billion settlement with banks following the 2008 foreclosure crisis.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-look-at-kamala-harris-legal-career-and-political-record

The biggest argument against Harris is that she put too many people behind bars. She was too good at her job. I think people will care less about it since Biden directed the FDA to reschedule weed as schedule 3.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

I read her entire Wikipedia today. Very impressive. In favor of everything she did

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

She was too good at her job. I think people will care less about it since Biden directed the FDA to reschedule weed as schedule 3.

First test of whether she's actually moved on from her boomer-views of weed will be whether she undoes that.

As I feel the need to say every time I bring this up, I will be voting Kamala Harris in November. I don't see that these criticisms from when she was a VP candidate are any less valid than they were then though.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/kamala-cop-record/596758/

Closing paragraphs of that article:

I can forgive a politician a vote on a crime bill that looks ill-conceived two decades later, or a too-slow evolution toward marijuana legalization, or even a principled belief in the death penalty, something I adamantly oppose. I find it far harder to forgive fighting to keep a man in jail in the face of strong evidence of innocence, running a team of prosecutors that withholds potentially exculpatory evidence from defense attorneys, and utterly failing as the state’s top prosecutor to rein in glaringly corrupt district attorneys and law enforcement.

At best, Harris displayed a pattern of striking ignorance about scandalous misconduct in hierarchies that she oversaw. And she is now asking the public to place her atop a bigger, more complicated, more powerful hierarchy, where abuses and unaccountable officials would do even more to subvert liberty and justice for all.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Harris is also the one that has been more public about legalizing weed. She was the one that promised it in 2020 and reiterated the promise a few months ago. With six months left, I'm skeptical but it's still in the realm of possibility.

If the Republicans were smart, they'd do it first. Ballot initiatives for Marijuana legalization has driven blue turnout in several states lately. Florida has an initiative on the ballot this year along with abortion. I think FL will be a lot more competitive than people think with the ballot initiatives driving turnout for young people.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Uh, let's not forget about that $454 million civil judgment.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Do you speak of the documented cases of rape of adult women, such as the case he lost in court and the story told by his wife; or are you referring to the several credible accusations of abuse of minors?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago

I believe they are referring to credible accusations of the rape of minors. Many people are saying that one of these two candidates is a child rapist. Who likes to rape children.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

there's soooooooo much there, it's almost hard to decide what to bring up. "Foreign Policy?" Yeah, he was compairing "button" sizes with Kim Jong Un.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 months ago

Trump is also a rapist.

There's a lot of stuff, but that one should probably be on the list.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Laughing at Venn diagrams, and you want Her as the next President?!

Meanwhile...

Hurricane

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Old Sleepy Don can't do funny.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

XKCD, on point as usual.

Though… probably wouldn’t be the worst president. …

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Kamala Harris was not friends with even one pedophile.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

it's like he's ash ketchum but with pedophiles instead of pokemon

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sadly, we did not catch 'em all. And put them in prison forever.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

yeah but he seems to be collecting them. maybe if we just catch him the rest would come attached like a magnet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

No no no it’s Ash ketchum but 78 with the same harem of 10yo Pokégirls.

/s

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

7 flights on Epstein's plane.

It's funny how when I raise this with conservatives they squirm and deflect or run away.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

But Biden likes to sniff hair!!!

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (9 children)

Since my sleepy time edible is kicking in, I'm just going to ask here.

Is there a comprehensive list of all the things Trump has done in office good vs bad compared to all the things that Biden has done good vs bad?

I know some people that still need convincing, but I'm ill-equipped.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Good vs bad is subjective and some people might disagree. For instance, many in Trump's base are happy that he separated children at the border from their parents as a form of medieval punishment to immigrants seeking asylum.

However, here are two pages that I find important. Here is a super tiny list of Biden's accomplishments, keeping it to only 30 for brevity: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/02/joe-biden-30-policy-things-you-might-have-missed-00139046

And since there's so much negative to say about Trump, given that he is a criminal with bankrupt ideas and tons of problems, here is one link that focuses on economics: https://www.propublica.org/article/national-debt-trump

I like to summarize Trump's ability as a president with this simple example: Trump is the only president to have ever promised to completely wipe out the US national debt. The reason other presidents don't promise this is because it's stupid, no country should operate without debt. An economist should know that, BTW, and he is constantly remind us that he graduated in Economics from a top school, while he doesn't seem to understand basics of macro economics. Then, once he became president, he added the most debt in a single presidential term in history. So he campaigned on a truly stupid promise to completely wipe the national debt, yet he then added the most debt ever.

That's the kind of president you get when you vote for Trump. As Rex Tillerson said, a man that doesn't seem to comprehend what the adults are talking about and doesn't even understand why the adults want to talk about it. A fucking moron incapable of presidential decisions. That's in addition to all the horrible stuff he brings with his nasty personality, corruption, crimes, and so on.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

It is only up until 2021 on the bad things trump has done but it is a long list none the less.

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-atrocities-1-1-056

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Old Sleepy Don falls asleep and farts in court. Harris does not.

Dementia Don is scared to debate but not scared enough. Harris is eager to debate and could chew him up and spit him out RIGHT NOW.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Old Sleepy Don falls asleep and farts in court. Harris does not.

If you can produce video of Harris ripping a honker in the middle of closing arguments, I doubt that'll change my vote. Flatulence isn't my biggest concern surrounding a presidential nominee.

Harris is eager to debate and could chew him up and spit him out RIGHT NOW.

It is extremely curious that Don felt comfortable squaring off against Biden on his last legs, but immediately turns down any head-to-head with Kamala. They're not sending their best, folks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I think Old Don's lack of respect for the court system compared to Harris's respect for the court system may be the better way to frame this.

Sleepy Don thought wrongly that Joe was too weak and too old. More importantly, Lying And Rambling Don (LARD) is definitely too weak and too old going up against Harris.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

What about “committed treason by selling nuclear secrets to America’s enemies” - you’ll never guess which picture that one falls under!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Unfortunately, too many Americans see the Saudi and Russian oligarchs as more aligned with their domestic interests than their next door neighbors.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

But which one of them is a fan of Venn diagrams? And which one of them is an alleged child rapist?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

That child rape document with the testimony of the victim was fucking awful.

Maybe force trump voters to have to read that before checking the box next to Trump.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Handwringing swingstate voters are stumped and I can smell their anxiety in the air.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A person who will start WWIII. Now choose!

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

overthrow the government? ooh, what a quirky guy!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"zero impeachments.... So Far!" - Mike Johnson

"We just need uh...um. <mutters, one, two, five...uh no, three....?> uh three impeachments. Which is uh. uhm... <mutters again, one...two...uh... two... uhm... how many is it again....?> uhm one more than we have." - Trump.

(sorry. some idiot is trying to do just that as a political stunt.)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

That's not fair. She also has a penchant for Venn diagrams, which should be noted under quirks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Let’s talk coconuts and see how they fall.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I know she loves the venn diagrams with 3 circles, but I wonder if she knows about the delectation that is 5-circled venn diagrams.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So she's only threatened her schools illegally?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

She knows a guy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

That’s how we know she has a JD

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Left one tries to grab right one by the pussy. Right one does not intend to grab anyone by the pussy. Among other things, left one pays sex workers to pee on mattress. The left one also pays off porn stars so they won't talk about the sexual abuse they had to endure.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think you mixed up your sides after the first sentence.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

👍 thanks.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Damn, such a tough decision...

You know what's even more sad? This isn't even close to a complete list of all the things wrong with Trump.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

It’d be funny if they impeached her twice in .5 years just to spite this meme.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

i kind of want to record her laugh and blast a loop of it full volume at trump rallies

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Oh man. Set up a laugh track for a Trump speech with Harris' laugh? I would pay to watch that.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago
  • Went to Penn, but only after doing 2 years at a small private college, then sued both schools to keep his records sealed.
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