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Biden goes positive. Can voters handle it?

Jennifer Rubin discusses Biden's new positive ad. If the question is, "Can voters handle" Biden's positive ad, the answer is, it's about time the Democrats told the story of Biden's successes to counteract the relentless disinformation about Biden coming from the right.

But even more important than that, Rubin brings home the fact that neofascists and demagogues NEED people to believe that their nation is falling apart and ONLY the Dear Leader can fix it. That's why it is particularly important to counteract Trump's and the GOP's dystopian disinformation about America under Biden.

Here are some excerpts from Rubin's column.

Biden’s ad, “Fought Back,” reminds us how bad things were under his predecessor, touts Biden’s economic accomplishments and accuses Republicans (while displaying Trump’s picture) of running America down. A list of bipartisan accomplishments, such as the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Chips bill, refutes the notion that the United States is paralyzed or incapable of solving its problems. [...] This message embodies Biden’s endemic optimism: “We just have to remember who we are. We’re the United States of America. And there’s nothing — nothing beyond our capacity — if we do it together.” Moreover, it rebukes Trump’s negativity, in effect saying: Refusing to credit the improvements in the economy is tantamount to slamming Americans and discrediting their hard work. (The ad shows Biden delivering one of his favorite lines: “It’s never, ever been a good bet to bet against America.”) [...] Biden stands ready to explain how his agenda — “Bidenomics” — brought us from fears of a pandemic recession to recovery. With unemployment and inflation in decline and wages rising, the public finally might be more amenable to hearing an uplifting message. Biden would be foolish not to take credit for gains achieved as a result of smart policy and bipartisan legislative wins. However, Biden’s ad does something more than present an economic argument. He’s asking a larger question: Do we really want to go back to the trauma of the Trump years? He is betting that voters, even if they are uncertain about the future, don’t want to wallow in anger, fear and pessimism. He offers not only a choice between two policies but also two different visions, which are miles apart in tone. [...] Historians tell us that fascism arises in a mood of “cultural pessimism” that fosters a demand to entirely remake government and casts the authoritarian strongman as a messianic-like figure who can arrest decline. Without cultural, economic and political ruin and ensuing panic, there is no crisis to quell. By contrast, if a democracy is producing real gains and people see improvement, voters will be less inclined to throw the entire system overboard to follow the cult leader. No wonder hyperbole, fearmongering and hysteria are part and parcel of the MAGA message. [...] For Trump, the present is always bleak; hence, we have to go back to the past to make America great again — and rely on him to fix things. Biden, therefore, has the task of not simply correcting the economic record but also of diffusing — perhaps mocking — Trump’s excessive negativity. Things are bad for Trump, but they need not be bad for the rest of us. We’ll be just fine if we keep our heads about us, look at the facts and trust in ourselves. That’s not a bad pitch for Biden or, for that matter, any democracy trying to ward off a hysterical demagogue. [color/emphasis added]

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More chimps. In colour 🙊

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An evening out.

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ONEUS(원어스) 'COME BACK HOME'

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man shit is such a bummer lately cus like. when I was a teenager I got most of my sex ed online like you know I do live in a more liberal area so its not like I got bad information at school like a lot of other people but a lot of those big questions I had got answered by educational videos or queer feminist blogs. and I ended up with a pretty healthy knowledge of sex and safety and such and it's something I'm glad I learned. but now like if they really start enforcing IDs online and shit and heavily policing Anything sexual regardless of its educational value like what the fuck are teens who live in hyper conservative areas gonna do. the internet was kinda The way to get around bad sex ed and like if youtube won't even let you watch just basic sex ed 101 without age verification then how are teens gonna learn about serious shit like pregnancy and contraception and STD prevention. I don't know I know there's bad actors out there and I worry about sounding like a weirdo when I express these concerns, its just scary that something that was a huge educational resource for me and so many other people my age might be completely censored and we're gonna be back at square one.

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PLAYING WITH AUNCLE TESTAMENT YAAY

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Suzuki had some interesting stuff to say in this video, so here's my translation of some of it.

Suzuki had some complimentary things to say about Eddie Kingston:

Suzuki: He loves Japan. He loves Japanese pro wrestling.

Milano: He's always struggling and persevering to come up from below

Suzuki: He does give that impression, yeah. His moves aren't pretty or anything, but the most exceptional thing about him is his spirit. It can't be broken. And that's what makes him so interesting.

Towards the end of the video he talked a bit about the history of "hardcore" and "deathmatch" type wrestling in New Japan.

Suzuki: Because it's a deathmatch, people will have prejudice against it. But "deathmatch" is just another form of pro wrestling.

Using a fork, using objects, and so on - this is also a part of New Japan Pro Wrestling's history. And what wrestler do you think spearheaded this, huh? Who was it? It was ANTONIO INOKI. Antonio Inoki was the first to use nails in Japan. He wrestled matches without ropes, he wrestled that match on Ganryujima.

You have to accept this. Pro wrestling comes in various shapes, in various forms. It's all pro wrestling.

[transslyblue]

Came across a video on an illegal rendition of Hamilton. Wow.. I don't think the church knew Hamilton was bi

[prettyvintageafternoon]

The level of racism that I am seeing from people who call themselves zionists in response to South African black people taking them to task in the International Criminal Court is really telling.

How do you justify using the same hateful rhetoric against other minorities when the ethnoreligious group that you belong to has also experienced similar mistreatment?

You have to be absolutely delusional to call another government the accurately holding you accountable - the African National Congress at that, a radical terrorist organization.

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I know this is a porn blog and all but it's so hard to like. explain to people what Dave Mirra meant to the BMX community

[claire-starsword]

dude it's just so embarrassing that i didn't notice Ziduur's arm being ripped out at all in my first read, there are so many mentions of it, I just don't care at all for 99% of battle scenes, especially when it's the generic villain #1256's turn

[dirt-str1der]

I like the paranormal elements in the yakuza games so much. Throughout the series there will just be a ghost or a yokai for absolutely no reason. Kiryus “pirate ghosts huh” [y6] (and the lady in the tape [yk2]), akiyamas “i caught the prankster” “that guy died three years ago” [y5], saejimas hunt for kappa [y4] and the yeti [y5] and tendo [y5] who randomly had for real magic powers (summon avalanche, turn invisible , teleport .. levitate ? And shoot beams ..?) , majimas pale lady entity [y0]. Almost every protag had a run in with the supernatural and the inexplicable and theyre always like huh. That was weird. Anyway ...

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Star Wars Visions S2E5: Journey to the Dark Head

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