u/bluerang1

For the love of God Democrats embrace the U.S. flag and patriotism. You've let Trump co-opt these federal symbols and need to take it back. Flying the American flag is not a bad thing. Saying you're a patriot is not a bad thing. We need elected Democrat officials to reclaim patriotism. The battle is against fascism and Christian nationalism, not against the Red, White and Blue.

So yesterday I listened to a bit of the Clay & Travis Show. A guy calls in and talks about how the younger guys he works with in his blue-collar job are stressed about the future economy. They're tired of paying rent, Medicare, and Social Security, and they can’t afford housing. He points out that Democrats are letting in immigrants and giving them government money (ok...), while Republicans do nothing because it's cheap labor for their businesses.

Clay completely dismisses him and pivots to some stats he saw in the Wall Street Journal: apparently, 440,000 Americans became millionaires last year. "That’s 12,000 a day," he kept repeating, noting there are now 26 million millionaires in the U.S. Then he goes into that "pie" analogy conservative pundits have been pushing lately, mixed with the usual fear-mongering that socialism is just communism in disguise.

A few issues with that: What do those new millionaires have to do with everyone else struggling? He’s citing less than 10% of the population to dismiss the reality for the other 90%. Also, a million dollars today isn't the same as a million dollars was when he was growing up—he says he's on the cusp of Gen X and Millennial, and I can tell the difference. It’s the typical, out-of-touch conservative take.

As for this whole "pie" analogy, the idea that the best way to improve everyone's lives is just to keep growing the economic out, they claim that Democrats, especially the Democratic Socialists, believe the pie size is fixed and just want to redistribute pieces from the rich. I don't disagree that the pie should keep growing, but the problem is that as it grows, the rich keep taking larger pieces, leaving everyone else to fight for scraps. They're being so disingenuous with that analogy, and unfortunately for them, their base keeps eating it up, or licking the plate since there’s barely anything left.

The Telemundo version of "Celebrity" Big Brother just finished yesterday and Josh was on it.

True to his volatile self, he was involved in a lot of drama and fights, resulting in what could be future partners for him in Rivals, Exes, or Ride or Die seasons.

Ride or Die

• Celinee Santos
• "Curvy" Zelma

Rivals

• Fabio Agostini
• Stefano Piccioni
• Yoridan Martinez
• Caeli
• Laura Gonzalez

Exes

• Jeni de la Vega

Of course the Rivals list is longest lol I very loosely watched this and my understanding of Spanish is minimal so there's probably some context I missed.