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The Democratic Party released its 2024 election autopsy. The image is a screenshot from the report showing that many blue states may lose congressional representation after the 2030 Census.

It could become even more significant if a citizenship question is included on the 2030 Census, which Trump has proposed, as critics argue that undocumented immigrants may avoid responding due to fear of deportation.

Millions of people leaving blue states, combined with concerns that undocumented immigrants may be undercounted, could result in blue states losing congressional seats, federal funding, and Electoral College votes.

Why are people leaving blue states? Many people argue that states like California and New York are losing residents because of high housing costs and NIMBY housing policies that restrict new development, with critics blaming Democratic-leaning homeowners and local politicians for opposing new housing. Others argue that many of the people leaving are already more conservative and are moving to lower-cost red states like Texas and Florida, potentially making those states even more Republican.

Do Democrats have to embrace parts of MAGA politics to win again after 2030? Will Democrats eventually support harsher immigration policies if future reapportionment increasingly favors Republicans? Or will demographic and political trends eventually shift again?

Is this US heading towards fascism? I am NOT talking about the current president. I am talking about in 20 years from now if there will be a legitimate fascist dictatorship where democracy has truly fallen.

Is Trump installing 82 new immigration judges to hear more cases faster good or bad?

One of the main complaints from people who said the immigration system was broken was that illegal immigrants were being held in ICE detention centers for too long while waiting for court hearings. Critics argued this was inhumane, with some even calling the detention centers “concentration camps,” and said everyone should have their case heard in court within a reasonable timeframe. Another claim was that illegal immigrants were being forced in detention for so long to force them to "self-deport." Doesn't having more immigration judges improve the timeframe?

With new judges being installed, cases could now be heard much sooner and the backlog may speed up significantly.

MAGA supporters argue liberals will never be satisfied and that claims about a “broken immigration system” were really about wanting illegal immigrants to have free reign in the streets and to remain in the U.S. without repercussions and eventually receive a pathway to citizenship(MAGA claims they consider this as liberals and illegal immigrants as acting as "entitled"), and will continue to moving the goalpost. They also argue that crossing the border illegally is a federal crime.

Liberals argue that EVERYONE deserves a pathway to citizenship and that the U.S. has a moral duty to take in millioms of more immigrants. Some also argue illegal border crossing should not be treated as a federal crime.

So is this a win or not? Isn’t this what people asked for?

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Trump claims he inherited a bad Biden economy, but this chart shows that Biden had a much stronger economy that was recovering from both the pandemic and the economy Trump left during his first term.

Shouldn’t Trump have been happy and grateful that he inherited Biden’s economy?

At what point can Trump no longer blame Biden and the buck stop with Trump?

For context: Ashley St. Clair, Elon Musk’s alleged baby mama, who is currently involved in a custody dispute over their child, alleges that Musk discussed using Starlink satellites for covert purposes in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. She also claims Musk showed her real-time voting data from his America PAC during private conversations. St. Clair says she believes there may have been potential election manipulation through technology and has chosen to make her allegations public despite claiming she faced harassment and attempts to silence her.

Liberals are arguing that she may be credible, pointing to the fact that she has a child with Elon Musk and may have had personal conversations with him.

MAGA supporters argue that she is not credible, noting that she is currently involved in a custody dispute with Musk.

MAGA supporters also claim that liberals are exhibiting cognitive dissonance and are projecting beliefs without evidence of election interference. MAGA claims liberals believe it because they want it to be true because they can't come to terms that Kamala lost the election, and reality is easier to cope if they pretend Elon Musk stole it. They compare this to what they describe as the “Russia hoax” claims surrounding the 2016 election.

What is the truth? Could Elon Musk’s baby mama have a vendetta against Musk and be willing to say anything to damage public opinion of him? Or is she being truthful? Where is the proof? Is there really cognitive dissonance where people WISH for it to be true and delude themselves into beleiving this?

Photo 1 Question:

Apparently ICE is building a large detention center in California, and there are now protests against it. Some people online(mainly MAGA) are criticizing a "farmer" (or really the person who owns the farm) who is protesting the ICE facility, arguing that the farm owner is part of the capitalist elite and is trying to protect his business interests rather than workers.

They claim the farm owner would rather employ 900 illegal immigrants than American workers because undocumented labor is cheaper and less likely to demand higher wages or better conditions(due to fear of deportations). Because of this, some people are calling him a “modern-day slave owner.”

Is that even a fair comparison? Does MAGA have a point when they claim that American workers are more likely than illegal immigrants to protest poor working conditions because they cannot be threatened with deportation? Why or why not?

Photo 2 Question:

Is it hypocrisy for people who demand a livable wage to also oppose an ICE detention center?

Some MAGA supporters argue that it is hypocritical because they believe illegal immigration increases the labor supply and suppresses wages, mainly benefiting the capitalist elite who seek cheaper labor and higher profits at the expense of the working class. They are applying the concept of supply and demand to the labor market. From MAGA’s perspective, removing illegal immigrants from the workforce through deportations or detention would create more job openings and increase bargaining power for American workers.

Are MAGA supporters wrong? Why or why not?

MAGA, what do you think of this? Is this his "let them eat cake" moment?

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In before people claim "tHat's nOt whAt he mEaNt, FoX is FAkE NeWs": okay, so what did he mean then? What is your source for that claim? Do you personally speak with Trump to know what he meant? He said those exact words in the image on Fox News, right?

I get the feeling that many MAGA supporters speak on Trump’s behalf despite never meeting or knowing him personally, often reframing his comments as “he said that, but that’s not what he meant,” and subconsciously projecting their own interpretation of his intent without clear evidence. So what did he actually mean in your opinion?

Would Biden have handled this economy and gas prices better?

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Why not? I don't see anything wrong with a billion new immigrants arriving to the USA. We clearly have the space for it.

The image shows that if Texas had the same population density as New York, the entire world’s population(around 8 billion people) could fit within the state of Texas.

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For context, there’s a livestreamer called ‘Chud the Builder’ who has reportedly made over $1 million by livestreaming himself provoking strangers in public. He repeatedly calls people, often minorities, racial slurs like the n-word directly to their face and insults them to trigger reactions for donations through "tips" on his livestreaming episodes, which he claims is ‘free speech.’ He often does this near bars or in higher-crime areas where people may be more likely to react on camera. Once they react, he claims they are "Chimping out". If confronted or assaulted, he has reportedly used pepper spray or a firearm and frames it as self-defense.

According to AP News, the man is now being charged with attempted murder following a shooting in Tennessee. A witness described the person who was shot by the livestreamer as Black. The livestreamer also reportedly asked whether he had accidentally shot himself.

However, Chud the Builder appears to have gained a fanbase and has raised over $75,000 after being arrested.

Is verbally harassing people free speech? Is calling people the n-word protected speech? What should happen to him? Do you think that in the year 2167 Americans will look back and think, “Yeah, people were racist in 2026”? Is this similar to how modern Americans view the Confederacy? Is the MAGA movement responsible for this? Has livestreaming financially incentivized "immoral" harassment?

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Would he have thrown them overboard?

Thoughts?

What does a man need to do in earnest to keep a woman happy?

People on this sub were thinking DACA might get amnsety, but Tom Homan just released this.

Perhaps the White House was reading the tweets and sent Tom Homan to say something 💀

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Is this a “leopards ate my face” moment?

Ben Shapiro was a pretty prominent right-wing conservative commentator, consistently defending conservative politicians and often doubling down on right-wing hot takes. Some critics argue his rhetoric helped "normalize" figures like Nick Fuentes and contributed to stochastic terrorism by pushing fringe ideas closer to mainstream conservative and American political discourse.

Now it looks like he’s lost a significant chunk of his audience. It seems ironic... the same conservative voters he helped shape seems to have shifted further right, with Nick Fuentes viewed by some as more influential among younger online audiences, who label figures like Ben Shapiro as “cuckservatives” for being too moderate. Ben has also faced backlash, including antisemitic remarks directed at him.

Is Ben reaping what he sowed? Will he have to lay in his bed? Do you think Ben cares? Do you feel bad he lost 85% of his viewership in the span of a year? What are the consequences?

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There was a California governor's debate and this happened. Who is wrong and why?

MAGA claims that Democrat Katie Porter is playing dumb by pretending she can't tell the difference between someone illegally immigrating and someone legally immigrating by following the rules to become a naturalized American. Does MAGA have a point?

Liberals claim that Steve Hilton is not even a natural-born American, so why is he even "meddling" in American affairs and how is it fair that he can even have a say in American politics. Do liberals have a point? Should foriengers even have a say in American politics?

Who slayed? Katie Porter or Steve Hilton?

Thoughts?

The UK staff of Google’s AI research lab hope to block the use of the company’s artificial intelligence models in military settings.

But yet, the US seems to be lacking the same unions. Why?

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Is it messed up if a man leads a woman into thinking it is more than just a hookup?