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Positive, negative or neutral, every month. The CPI is tracked every month. That's just how it works. And it's valuable because you can pinpoint changes, when tides turn, link changes to specific events, etc. July of 22 was the turnaround, BTW.

I really can't help it that you are economically illiterate. That's not my problem, nor is it something I can fix. But inflation has ALWAYS been tracked monthly. Biden is talking about a VERY common data point that any economist or business journalist has seen, heard and used hundreds of times. Nobody invented a new definition for anything. Your ignorance is the problem. Biden was precise and accurate. He literally specified that it was the monthly change -- no change -- in July. That's not confusing in the least. If someone wants to talk about YtY numbers, they say that. If someone talks monthly numbers, they say that. You just have to be capable of listening. If you're not smart enough to follow along, maybe you should just shut up. Trying to talk about things you don't understand just makes you look foolish. And, as predicted you can't muster up the decency to admit that you were wrong and that Biden didn't lie. You are not a man of integrity.

It's not a conscription system. Anybody was welcome to throw their hat in the ring during the Democratic primaries, just as anyone can throw their hat in the ring right now. Nobody with considerable support did. People don't just raise their hands to run for president. Anyone close enough with a plausible shot knows they have to pick their moment. It's all about timing. The party didn't close this down. Nobody of note wanted to mount a challenge.

Brilliant rebuttal. The kind of "proof" the McDonalds serves the best hamburgers!

I really don't know how you can be so dumb, so dishonest, and still strut around like misguided rooster. Jeebus. You think Biden was senile, but he clearly knows a LOT more about economics than you do (a very low bar) and is sharper on the facts too. Here is the quote: “Today we received news that our economy had 0 percent inflation in the month of July,” he said. “Zero percent. Here’s what that means. While the price of some things went up last month, the price of other things went down by the same amount. The result, 0 inflation last month.” Biden was 100% right. The July 2022 report of the CPI shows 0% inflation. Instead of watching Fox News and re-vomiting it here like a farking bot, you could save yourself the embarrassment and check an original source. Here's the report from the BLS. <-- that funny blue underlined text means you can click it and see original data. -- I'm sure it's scary to try new things for the first time, but see if you can manage. Or here's a screenshot. Biden was right and truthful. You were wrong as always. And if past performance tells us anything, you're not even going to be man enough to admit it. You'll just keep lying about it in every goddamn thread, as you always do. You're pathetic.

Yes, FFS. Without hesitation, reservation or doubt. Fox isn't a news network. Never has been. They don't hire journalists and have never won a single award for journalism. This is exactly what Ailes and Murdoch intended. It was literally and explicitly created to do Republican PR, not news. The fact that you still can't understand this is laughable.

He's already been found liable for sexual assault that is rape in common parlance. He's already boasted about habitual sexual assault. His first wife signed a sworn affidavit that he had raped her, IIRC. He's quite obviously and admittedly guilty of a lot of sexual misconduct. You guys just don't care. To paraphrase an awful human being, "He could rape a nun in the middle of 5th avenue and not lose any votes."

As you've repeatedly ignored, "no inflation" is your lie. You're the only one saying that. My favorite, of course, since you're such a farking sub that you'll defend it, is the inaugural rain. I also love how he completely made up that his extortion call to Zelensky was recorded, and that they released the tape. Every claim he makes about the economy is totally bogus, just made up nonsense. Biden had record inflation? Nope. Best economy in history? Nope. It's cliche at this point, but had never been more true about a politician: you'll know he's lying when his lips are moving. Trump has no conception of--nor concern with--reality. It works save time to try and identify anything he said that is true.

No, you halfwit, Trump has never been able to speak coherently. It's just a rambling spaghetti-like like of lies. Not a surprise you can't tell the difference. And I've said for a long time that Biden was too old. But I'd take a half-present Biden over a Trump every day--and twice on Sundays.

Smarter, mainstream Republicans are surely aware of the problem already, but the MAGA crowd lacks empathy and insight. They think "everyone" is as hateful as they are. Right now, with the prospect of a Harris candidacy, women are waking up. The disaffected middle is waking up. Minority voters are waking up. They will be energized about this election cycle in a way they simply couldn't be with a rerun between two decrepit white men. And they are going to pair her with a compelling running mate--someone like Mark Kelly. In spite of Kamala's past personality challenges, this is going to feel like a forward-looking campaign. A breath of fresh air compared to the gerentocracy. Trump spent 4 years chipping away at women's rights and civil rights, and she's going to stand onstage across from him and credibly create the starkest contrast possible. And Vance, simply doubling down on Trumpiness, would have worked fine in a race against Biden, by now becomes a liability. The antidote to the politics of hate and spite, regression and oppression will be hope and optimism. I don't love Kamala Harris--maybe no one does --but she can credibly carry the right message at the right time. She hasn't said a word yet, but this is now her race to lose. She may open polling ahead of Trump before she even campaigns. Trump is in trouble.

The psychic hotline, I presume? What a nutter.

What, and commit some sort of coup?🤔 No, of course she won't. Democrats are the ones trying to preserve democracy from MAGA fascism. But I absolutely LOVE that all of you coup-denying Trump apologists might have to consider the prospect of tasting your own treasonous medicine.

You mean some sort of coup? 🤔

Sure. That's why the conspiracy nuts accuse him of using performance enhancing drugs. Because he wasn't performing. 🙄

Because he's clearly not fit enough for another 4 years. He (and Trump, for that matter) were too old last time, but everyone hoped that he was the guy from the State of the Union, most of the time with occasional lapses. But at that debate he looked a lot more like a guy who is lapsing most of the time and only occasionally has a SOTU moment. It's time for him to retire.

OMG, you just used a year's supply of irony in a single post.🤯 YOU are in no position to throw stones.

If you had kept reading the link you posted, you'd have gotten to the part where, yeah, Russia did hack the DNC. And, yeah, it wasn't just a joyride, they took the data. " CrowdStrike Statement of Response: The suggestion that CrowdStrike ‘had no proof’ of the data being exfiltrated is incorrect. Shawn Henry clearly said in his testimony that CrowdStrike had indicators of exfiltration ( page 32 of the testimony) and circumstantial evidence (page 75) that indicated the data had been exfiltrated. Also, please note that the Senate Intelligence Committee in April 2020 issued a report (https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Report_Volume4.pdf/) validating the previous conclusions of the Intelligence community that Russia was behind the DNC data breach." None of which has anything to do with this nutball thread

That's a pretty silly equivalence. Obama was running in the primary against MORE experienced candidates, but he had spent his career in politics and government, including 7 years as a state senator and 3 as a US senator. And still, both Republicans and Democrats argued that he wasn't experienced enough. Then Republicans forgot all about that and decided, apparently, that media success is the only qualification one needs. I swear, they'd run Kim Kardashian if she were a gun nut. Trump ran his businesses into the ground. He bankrupted 3---three!---casinos, FFS. The only reason he's solvent today is because he clowned for the world on "reality" TV. Don't get me wrong, I don't have any problem with people trying to make a buck on reality TV, but it's the complete opposite of qualifying one for the presidency of the most powerful country on Earth. You guys decided to make Mike Judge look like a damn Oracle, bringing Idiocracy to life far faster than anyone imagined. And, for his part, Vance is not a total buffoon, but he's wildly unqualified to be on deck for the presidency, especially behind someone of Trump's age and fitness. Eh, I guess at least a memoire is an upgrade from reality TV. 🫠

@WestCanMan, is that you? Sorry, but a Gish gallop of lies about unrelated subjects still doesn't add up to an argument.

Maybe if Democrats had a deeper bench we could find someone who wrote a memoir but has almost no experience in politics or government. But hell, I suppose that's a pretty good resume for Republicans, who last ran a reality TV star with zero experience in politics and government. 🙄

Sure. Tell that to Mike Pence, or Liz Cheney, Brad Raffensberger or any number of Republicans who simply did their jobs. And they're getting literal death threats for simply doing the right thing instead of following Trump. And people like Paul Ryan, once the VP nominee simply left because there was no room in the Party of Trump for conscientious disagreement.

You say the craziest things. Today's Republican party could not be any more top-down. The litmus test for viability is loyalty to Trump--agreeing with whatever crazy shit he says next. People are not allowed to criticize him or oppose him. They must either bend the knee and kiss the ring or they are exiled and punished. If someone (even a VPOTUS, for example) doesn't go along with Trump's crooked, schemes they are risking not just their political future, but even their lives.

Lol. Of course it is, though a bit dysfunctional at the moment. What you're doing here is like grade school "fact" chucking. Just because a bird is a crow doesn't mean it's not a bird. There are many variations within democracy. Ours is representative, and there are many flavors within that too.

Of course he's a threat to democracy. He literally attempted a coup to have himself illegally declared the winner during the vote certification of an election that he lost. How can you possibly believe that he's not a threat to democracy when he's literally tried to overturn democracy to seize power? And we have seen clearly the many, many ways that he tried to abuse his power as President. You can't deny that they happened. You can only say that you don't mind corrupt, authoritarian government.

And people like you are how we *know* that Trump and the MAGA turds are a threat to democracy. You're not even trying to hide it anymore. The party that used to complain primarily about "big government" is half full of people openly lusting for fascism. That's simply the government you want.