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They should have written the bill to give FULL EQUAL funding to Republican areas - if they voted for the bill, and if not, nothing.
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America’s Blue-Red Divide Is About to Get Starker
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They should have written the bill to give FULL EQUAL funding to Republican areas - if they voted for the bill, and if not, nothing.
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I am getting tired of posting this.
Trump manipulated you with his racist, partisan campaign psy-OP and consider what you're posting here, 19 months later!
Watchdog finds Trump DHS altered, delayed report ... - The Hill
https://thehill.com › policy › national-security › 34761...5 days ago — Former acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf ... A Tuesday report from DHS's Office of Inspector General concluded ...
Homeland Security Watchdog Delayed Inquiry, Complaint Says
https://www.nytimes.com › U.S. › PoliticsJul 1, 2021 — The inspector general, Joseph V. Cuffari, ignored recommendations from his investigators and delayed the inquiry until after the 2020 election, ...
DHS draft document: White supremacists are greatest terror ...
https://www.politico.com › news › 2020/09/04 › white-...Sep 4, 2020 — None of the DHS drafts POLITICO reviewed referred to a threat from Antifa, ...
Link to cached page of this article :
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/01/trumps-wolfs-unsubstantiated-claims-investigations-carry-more-than-whiff-politics/
September 1, 2020
"...both President Trump and acting homeland security secretary Chad Wolf claimed to confirm investigations on some massively provocative topics related to unrest in the ongoing racial-justice demonstrations.
Trump offered a particularly bizarre and unsubstantiated claim that the Justice Department is investigating some kind of plane full of unsavory characters allegedly flown in to foment unrest during the Republican National Convention..."
https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2020_10_06_homeland-threat-assessment.pdf
Homeland Threat Assessment October 2020
.pdf page, 3/26
"Foreword
In my role as Acting Secretary, I receive intelligence, operational, law enforcement, and other information on a daily basis.
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• Among DVEs, racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists—specifically white supremacist extremists9 (WSEs)—will remain the most persistent and lethal threat in the Homeland. .
• WSEs have demonstrated longstanding intent to target racial and religious minorities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, politicians, .. Since 2018, they have conducted more lethal attacks in the United States than any other DVE movement..."
Homeland Threat Assessment October 2020 - .pdf page 19/26
"9 Homegrown White Supremist Extremist (WSE): A group or individual who facilitates or engages in acts of unlawful violence directed at the federal government, ethnic minorities, or Jewish persons in support of their belief that Caucasians are intellectually and morally superior to other races and/or their perception that the government is controlled by Jewish persons."
Was the catalyst for the Insurrection at the Capitol last year "a rigged vote," or a deliberate plan of disinformation begun
that election cycle with the POTUS attacking mail-in ballots and constantly ramping up the disinfo, culminating on January 6?
Have you viewed the videos of middle aged white men worked up into a violent frenzy on January 6? Not including injuries,
isn't $2 billion, including post insurrection repairs, security, investigations and prosecutions, a conservative estimate of what that disinformation Op costs taxpayers?
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It's what the right want. They openly talk about it. It's no secret
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Ohhh.... you mean like this? Governance by f_cking vendetta?
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - Wikipedia
The deduction for state and local income tax, sales tax, and property taxes ("SALT deduction") will be capped at $10,000. This has more impact on taxpayers with more expensive property, generally those who live in higher-income areas, or people in states with higher rates for state tax.[32]
The act zeroed out the federal tax penalty for violating the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act, starting in 2019. (In order to pass the Senate under reconciliation rules with only 50 votes, the requirement itself is still in effect).[33] This is estimated to save the government over $300 billion, because up to an estimated 13 million fewer people will have insurance coverage, resulting in the government giving fewer tax subsidies. It is estimated to increase premiums on the health insurance exchanges by up to 10%.[18]
"...Bloomberg News reported in January 2020 that the top six American banks saved more than $32 billion in taxes during the two years after enactment of the tax cut, while they reduced lending, cut jobs and increased distributions to shareholders.[117]
By state
An Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy analysis indicated the Act has more of a tax increase impact on "upper-middle-class families in major metropolitan areas, particularly in Democratic-leaning states where taxes, and usually property values, are higher. While only about one-in-five families between the 80th and 95th income percentiles in most red states would face higher taxes by 2027 under the House GOP bill, that number rises to about one-third in Colorado and Illinois, around two-fifths or more in Oregon, Virginia, Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut, and half or more in New Jersey, California and Maryland..."[118] ..."- Joined
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I agree with equal funding to right wing voting areas. Stop the amount of welfare they cost usOhhh.... you mean like this? Governance by f_cking vendetta?
"Mortgage interest deduction for newly purchased homes (and second homes) was lowered from total loan balances of $1 million under current law to $750,000. Interest from home equity loans (aka second mortgages) is no longer deductible, unless the money is used for home improvements.Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - Wikipedia
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The deduction for state and local income tax, sales tax, and property taxes ("SALT deduction") will be capped at $10,000. This has more impact on taxpayers with more expensive property, generally those who live in higher-income areas, or people in states with higher rates for state tax.[32]
The act zeroed out the federal tax penalty for violating the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act, starting in 2019. (In order to pass the Senate under reconciliation rules with only 50 votes, the requirement itself is still in effect).[33] This is estimated to save the government over $300 billion, because up to an estimated 13 million fewer people will have insurance coverage, resulting in the government giving fewer tax subsidies. It is estimated to increase premiums on the health insurance exchanges by up to 10%.[18]
"...Bloomberg News reported in January 2020 that the top six American banks saved more than $32 billion in taxes during the two years after enactment of the tax cut, while they reduced lending, cut jobs and increased distributions to shareholders.[117]
By state
An Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy analysis indicated the Act has more of a tax increase impact on "upper-middle-class families in major metropolitan areas, particularly in Democratic-leaning states where taxes, and usually property values, are higher. While only about one-in-five families between the 80th and 95th income percentiles in most red states would face higher taxes by 2027 under the House GOP bill, that number rises to about one-third in Colorado and Illinois, around two-fifths or more in Oregon, Virginia, Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut, and half or more in New Jersey, California and Maryland..."[118] ..."
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They're too godamned stupid and radicalized to grasp the consquences, increased foreign threat, or domestic threat.
The G.O.P.'s wealthiest donors hire "strategists" to map a strategy of preying on and manipulating,
and inciting stupidest white christian males and the rest just follow on.
They'll do plenty of damage but they won't prevail unless they succeed in weakening the country's ability to conduct foreign policy
and respond to foreign threats while they're busy destroying non-partisan oversight of democratic elections and instigating violence
along the lines of January 6 in the states not held captive by the G.O.P.
The G.O.P. strength is the achilles heal the rest of the country has to exploit. The lack of education and the gullibility of the Trump base.
They fail to grasp that more Trump voters live in democratic party controlled jurisdictions than anywhere else. They reside in blue states
and in blue metro areas of red states because they can't maintain a comparable quality of life in shit-hole G.O.P. controlled territory.
The most populace city Trump won in 2020 is the 24th most populace, Oklahoma City.
Note the adult education level stats. The highest percentage of adults with batchelor's degrees or greater is 42.7%, in Colorado.
America's Richest and Poorest States
Incomes were on the rise in the United States ahead of the pandemic, according to the most recent available annual data from the Census Bureau. The typical American household earned $65,712 in 2019, about $3,000 more than the national median household income of $62,860 in 2018. Of course...
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> Median household income: $48,850
> Adults with at least a bachelor’s degree: 21.1% (the lowest)
> Poverty rate: 16.0% (6th highest)
> Median home value: $124,600 (the lowest)
> Population: 1,792,147
50. Mississippi
> income: $45,792
> Adults with at least a bachelor’s degree: 22.3% (2nd lowest)
> Poverty (the highest)
> Median home value: $128,200 (2nd lowest)
> Population: 2,976,149
48. Arkansas
> income: $48,952
> Adults with at least a bachelor’s degree: 23.3% (3rd lowest)
> Poverty rate: 16.2% (5th highest)
> Median home value: $136,200 (3rd lowest)
> Population: 3,017,804
47. Louisiana
> income: $51,073
> Adults with at least a bachelor’s degree: 25.0% (4th lowest)
> Poverty rate: 19.0% (2nd highest)
> Median home value: $172,100 (13th lowest)
> Population: 4,648,794
44. Kentucky
> income: $52,295
> Adults with at least a bachelor’s degree: 25.1% (5th lowest)
> Poverty rate: 16.3% (4th highest)
> Median home value: $151,700 (5th lowest)
> Population: 4,467,673
24. Nevada (voted for Biden)
> income: $63,276
> Adults with at least a bachelor’s degree: 25.7% (6th lowest)
> Poverty rate: 12.5% (21st highest)
> Median home value: $317,800 (11th highest)
> Population: 3,080,156
43. Oklahoma
> income: $54,449
> at least a bachelor’s degree: 26.2% (7th lowest)
> Poverty (8th highest)
> home value: $147,000 (4th lowest)
> Population: 3,956,971
46. Alabama
> income: $51,734
> at least a bachelor’s degree: 26.3% (8th lowest)
> Poverty (7th highest)
> home value: $154,000 (6th lowest)
> Population: 4,903,185
37. Indiana
> income: $57,603
> at least a bachelor’s degree: 26.9% (9th lowest)
> Poverty rate: 11.9% (23rd highest — tied)
> Median home value: $156,000 (7th lowest)
> Population: 6,732,219
45. New Mexico (voted for Biden)
> income: $51,945
> at least a bachelor’s degree: 27.7% (10th lowest)
> Poverty rate: 18.2% (3rd highest)
> Median home value: $180,900 (16th lowest)
> Population: 2,096,829
31. Idaho
> income: $60,999
> at least a bachelor’s degree: 28.7% (11th lowest — tied)
> Poverty rate: 11.2% (20th lowest — tied)
> Median home value: $255,200 (19th highest)
> Population: 1,787,065
42. Tennessee
> income: $56,071
> at least a bachelor’s degree: 28.7% (11th lowest — tied)
> Poverty rate: 13.9% (9th highest)
> Median home value: $191,900 (18th lowest)
> Population: 6,829,174
19. Wyoming
> income: $65,003
> at least a bachelor’s degree: 29.1% (13th lowest)
> Poverty rate: 10.1% (13th lowest — tied)
> Median home value: $235,200 (23rd highest)
> Population: 578,759
36. Ohio
> income: $58,642
> at least a bachelor’s degree: 29.3% (14th lowest — tied)
> Poverty rate: 13.1% (15th highest)
> Median home value: $157,200 (8th lowest)
> Population: 11,689,100
30. Iowa
> income: $61,691
> at least a bachelor’s degree: 29.3% (14th lowest — tied)
> Poverty rate: 11.2% (20th lowest — tied)
> Median home value: $158,900 (9th lowest)
> Population: 3,155,070
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Seems to be what the left wants too. It's called compromise. Without that it's over
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No. that was targeting Democrats, period. Essentially a theft, a smash and grab. I'm talking about giving Republicans every chance for a full share - just vote for it. Vote against it and you don't get it.
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Good. it's past time to stop posting this sort of thing.
Or, I could have ignored him because he's an ass clown who happens to be good at his job.
Yata, yata.
Finding Trump haters is not difficult, even in the Republican party. None of this is convincing. Indeed, Republicans make a better case that Democrats stole the election.
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I'll translate... The intent of your post is troubling...
Trump ranked fourth from worst in C-SPAN's 2021 presidential ...
https://thehill.com ›Jun 30, 2021 —
Whistleblower discusses DHS official altering Russia intel report
ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV 4 days ago
Link to cached page of this article,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/04/new-indicator-how-political-trumps-executive-branch-had-become/
| A new indicator of how political Trump's executive branch had become
5 days ago
"...First, a callout was added that expanded the document to include alleged efforts to denigrate Trump by Iran and China. (A later analysis would indicate that China did not try to affect the election’s outcome.) The inspector general interviewed the manager who ordered that the callout.."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Murphy_(intelligence_official)
Whistleblower complaint
Murphy filed a whistleblower complaint in September 2020 alleging episodes of misconduct by top DHS officials. Murphy asserted that DHS secretary Chad Wolf and his deputy Ken Cuccinelli instructed him “to modify intelligence assessments to ensure they matched up with the public comments by President Trump on the subject of ANTIFA and 'anarchist' groups” and to downplay the threat posed by white supremacists. Murphy stated he declined to comply. Murphy also claimed Wolf told him to "cease providing intelligence assessments on the threat of Russian interference in the US, ..” ..He had also submitted prior complaints. ,,about the way the intelligence program was addressing Russian disinformation. He had also filed two Office of the Inspector General reports about “attempted censorship of intelligence analysis.”
....
Days before his September 2020 complaint, ABC News reported that DHS under Trump 2020 had withheld the July release of an intelligence bulletin to law enforcement that warned of Russian efforts to promote “allegations about the poor mental health” of Joe Biden. DHS chief of staff John Gountanis halted the release pending review by secretary Wolf. The bulletin stated that analysts had “high confidence” of the Russian efforts, which were similar to efforts by Trump and his campaign to depict Biden as mentally unfit. ...
...once Murphy was removed in July 2020 he was replaced by an inexperienced partisan employee, Joseph Maher. Maher shut-down all of the organizations ability to detect domestic terrorism threats. The reports suggest this led to the intelligence failures at DHS to identify violent online rhetoric in the lead up to the January 6th, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. .. According to a DHS intelligence document produced under the FOIA, shortly after Wolf removed Murphy, Maher restricted the ability of DHS to collect pertinent intelligence about Russian interference and White Supremacy.."
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I'm not sure what you mean by this. Can you elucidate?
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Summing up my posts,
Voters of the (among the least populated) 13 states with the least educated voters of all 50 U.S. States, sent 26 senators to Washington, DC who only represent the best interests of the wealthiest donors to the G.O.P.
These senators, along with G.O.P. senators of other states took over and co-opted the third branch of government, the SCOTUS,
by five consecutive nominations to the SCOTUS of exclusively white Roman Catholic judges by two G.O.P. POTUS who did not
win the popular vote to enter that high office.
Both G.O.P. presidents worked exclusively off lists of names of judges provided to them by one corrupt officer of the Federalist Society,
Leonard Leo.
We already are well into a civil war that has inflicted more damage on our federal government than experienced in the Civil War
of 150 years ago.
www.sourcewatch.org
"Honest Elections Project (HEP) is a dark money voter suppression group formed in February 2020 that is a project of The 85 Fund.[1] The 85 Fund is the new legal name for the Judicial Education Project, a group closely linked to Leonard Leo that has played an integral role in Trump's effort to fill the federal judiciary with right-wing judges.[1]
HEP is led by Jason Snead, former senior policy analyst for the Heritage Foundation where he was tasked with developing the Heritage Election Fraud Database.[2]
HEP has a sister organization, HEP Action, but as of March 2021 it is unclear if this is a project of another Leo nonprofit or if it is registered as an independent organization.[3]
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Jul 16, 2020 — ... ally in its attack on mail-in voting: the Honest Elections Project. Funded by undisclosed dark money and linked to Leonard Leo, ...
Jul 10, 2021 — Jason Snead, executive director of the Honest Elections Project, a group founded by former Trump adviser Leonard Leo that advocates for ...
Voters of the (among the least populated) 13 states with the least educated voters of all 50 U.S. States, sent 26 senators to Washington, DC who only represent the best interests of the wealthiest donors to the G.O.P.
These senators, along with G.O.P. senators of other states took over and co-opted the third branch of government, the SCOTUS,
by five consecutive nominations to the SCOTUS of exclusively white Roman Catholic judges by two G.O.P. POTUS who did not
win the popular vote to enter that high office.
Both G.O.P. presidents worked exclusively off lists of names of judges provided to them by one corrupt officer of the Federalist Society,
Leonard Leo.
We already are well into a civil war that has inflicted more damage on our federal government than experienced in the Civil War
of 150 years ago.
Honest Elections Project - SourceWatch
HEP is led by Jason Snead, former senior policy analyst for the Heritage Foundation where he was tasked with developing the Heritage Election Fraud Database.[2]
HEP has a sister organization, HEP Action, but as of March 2021 it is unclear if this is a project of another Leo nonprofit or if it is registered as an independent organization.[3]
....
- 1.3Honest Elections Project Developing Model Policies Around Voting with ALEC
- 1.4ALEC Holds “Exclusive, Invitation-Only Academy” for State Lawmakers with the Honest Elections Project
- 1.5HEP Makes $250,000 TV Ad Buy Opposing Mail-In Voting ..."
How the GOP Plans to Suppress the Vote and Sabotage the ...
https://www.rollingstone.com › politics › politics-featuresJul 16, 2020 — ... ally in its attack on mail-in voting: the Honest Elections Project. Funded by undisclosed dark money and linked to Leonard Leo, ...
Voting rights advocates fear swarm of restrictions ... - USA Today
https://www.usatoday.com › in-depth › news › 2021/07/10Jul 10, 2021 — Jason Snead, executive director of the Honest Elections Project, a group founded by former Trump adviser Leonard Leo that advocates for ...
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I reread this post in the context of the discussion. If I understand, now, what you are saying that Republican areas only get funding if their representatives voted for it.
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That used to be how legislation was passed. Legislators negotiated for earmarks to support their States (McConnell still does this, just only within his party). Then ideologues went after "porkbarrel spending"/earmarks, and passing legislation practically became impossible. When there are no consequences for voting against legislation, and no penalty for lying about the benefits flowing to your State, well, this is what we get.
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Yes, that's what I'm saying I think is an interesting idea. It shouldn't be partisan/unfair by design if they vote for it - but what about making support for the bill affect whether they get to participate? A softer and I think better version would reduce funding but still fund some things critical for the country in districts that vote against it. Your version of doing that in negotiations might be even better.
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Not at all. Trump haters are everywhere. If you base evaluations on his popularity with media, academia, and many other groups, then he is one of the worst ever.
The true measure is results, in what he accomplished. By that measure, Trump was a good President.
Yata, yata. Do you only mindlessly quote the cult line or do you have any thoughts of your own? I can lead you to facts but I cannot make you think.Trump ranked fourth from worst in C-SPAN's 2021 presidential ...
https://thehill.com ›
Jun 30, 2021 —
Whistleblower discusses DHS official altering Russia intel report
ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV 4 days ago
Link to cached page of this article,
| A new indicator of how political Trump's executive branch had become
5 days ago
"...First, a callout was added that expanded the document to include alleged efforts to denigrate Trump by Iran and China. (A later analysis would indicate that China did not try to affect the election’s outcome.) The inspector general interviewed the manager who ordered that the callout.."
Whistleblower complaint
Brian Murphy (intelligence official) - Wikipedia
Murphy filed a whistleblower complaint in September 2020 alleging episodes of misconduct by top DHS officials. Murphy asserted that DHS secretary Chad Wolf and his deputy Ken Cuccinelli instructed him “to modify intelligence assessments to ensure they matched up with the public comments by President Trump on the subject of ANTIFA and 'anarchist' groups” and to downplay the threat posed by white supremacists. Murphy stated he declined to comply. Murphy also claimed Wolf told him to "cease providing intelligence assessments on the threat of Russian interference in the US, ..” ..
He had also submitted prior complaints. ,,about the way the intelligence program was addressing Russian disinformation. He had also filed two Office of the Inspector General reports about “attempted censorship of intelligence analysis.”
....
Days before his September 2020 complaint, ABC News reported that DHS under Trump 2020 had withheld the July release of an intelligence bulletin to law enforcement that warned of Russian efforts to promote “allegations about the poor mental health” of Joe Biden. DHS chief of staff John Gountanis halted the release pending review by secretary Wolf. The bulletin stated that analysts had “high confidence” of the Russian efforts, which were similar to efforts by Trump and his campaign to depict Biden as mentally unfit. ...
...once Murphy was removed in July 2020 he was replaced by an inexperienced partisan employee, Joseph Maher. Maher shut-down all of the organizations ability to detect domestic terrorism threats. The reports suggest this led to the intelligence failures at DHS to identify violent online rhetoric in the lead up to the January 6th, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. .. According to a DHS intelligence document produced under the FOIA, shortly after Wolf removed Murphy, Maher restricted the ability of DHS to collect pertinent intelligence about Russian interference and White Supremacy.."
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Ghost towns where???
Most normal people take the interstate and only stop off at a ramp for food and gas.
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Yes ghost towns.
Last year I took a road trip that most people of my generation put on the bucket lists.
I drove to Chicago then took what's left of Route 66 to Santa Monica Pier. Many parts of it are gone now so I went back and forth from the interstate back to Route 66 when it was available. I found the ghost towns on the interstate too.
Most of it is through red state America. And that's where I found all those ghost towns.
It's sad really. The politicians of those states have abandoned the rural areas. I realized why those in the rural areas are so ticked off. They pay taxes but it all goes to the large cities in the state. Nothing left for the rural areas.
And the urban areas of those states are run down, dirty and filled with crime. Someone tried to break into my hotel room twice in Tulsa. I stayed at a Best Western and was afraid to go out the door. The roads are better in the urban areas than the rural areas but are a mess compared to the urban areas of my blue state. The only roads I found that were even close to being decent were the federally funded interstates. All the state roads were a total mess. In fact, the bad roads caused one of my brand new BF Goodrich tires to blow up on interstate 40 in Arizona. The AAA guy who came to help me said it's normal for that to happen. That it's happened to him 3 times in the last 2 years. It's not normal for that to happen in my state.
We didn't abandon our rural areas but then, we tax our population here something close to properly so there is enough money for both the rural and urban areas. All of our roads are maintained and in good shape. Not just the interstate. In fact, in the 90s when we realized that the rural areas didn't have full 9-1-1 service. We in the urban areas voted to increase our own taxes to pay for the rural areas to have 9-1-1. We built colleges in rural areas and promoted business in those areas so they have grown along with the rest of the state.
Red state America doesn't do that.
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Because the divide is not blue or red state, the divide is more urban vs rural. The majority of cities are blue, most rural areas are red. Splitting by state would have very little impact on the divide
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Say WTF?
You do know Bloomberg was mayor of New York city right?
Many cities run by Republicans and highly successful, and many rural areas that are blue, rich folks or college kids who decide a local election
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I still say your full of it I never seen any ghost towns From Chicago to California, except the occasional place that the interstate by passed
And again who would try to follow RT 66, it must of took you a month
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No they were thrown about because of his lap dogs in the Senate. He should have lost his job after the first impeachment, and should have been in jail after the second. He is garbage.
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Name them. Seriously.
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I can lead you to facts but I cannot make you think.
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The boomer generation has had a love for Route 66 for decades. Bob Dylan actually wrote a song about it.
It's a drive that millions of us baby boomers have taken. It's a great trip. I had done parts of Route 66 in the past but never the whole thing. When I became fully vaccinated last year, on the spur of the moment, I packed 4 of my cameras, some other stuff and headed to Route 66. No it didn't take me a month. It took me 3 weeks. It was a great trip.
I don't care if you think I'm full of it. I know what I saw and photographed. I was shocked to see so many conservative states in such horrible shape. I realized why so many people in rural areas in red states are so angry. I would be too. They are being ripped off and abandoned.
I would feel sorry for them but they voted for it. The sad thing is that it doesn't have to be that way.