On Trump

[highfigh]

America is a science superpower, but it won't continue to be, if Trump can help it.
Trump’s Agenda Is Undermining American Science | The New Yorker

I'm genuinely surprised that we're still ranked as a super power in academics, considering the way the education system has fallen off. We're doing it through sheer numbers, with the addition of immigrants who may/may not have come here for school and stayed.

I'm a bit more optimistic WRT "if Trump can help it". He'll be gone, eventually.

 

[trochetier]

Basically the MAGA sentiments were always in you though. The escalation etc. Trump's abrasive tone. Which reminds me. My arch enemy here. After I pointed out his primary reason for voting for Trump (to see heads explode), that was the last time he came here hehehe. Great tastes in attributes, Republican gangsters.

I disagree. Harris presented her candidacy as more or less a continuation of Biden's policies. Many of my D voting friends were very disenchanted with Biden by the time Harris got crowned as Biden's successor. Some even called her the bobble head. They really wanted a proper primary with other choices, hence they simply sat out the election. So are many Independents who lean left.

Now the D party is leaderless and clueless. They got out maneuvered (steam rolled) by the R's in this CR budget battle. Old farts like Schumer is still fighting with yesterday's tactics. The party needs a full top down overhaul, old farts pushed out. The middle of the road, wishy washy, squishy policies need to be replaced with sharp, clear, well defined policies presented in bullet points and simple language.