Both political tribes play the victim card in different ways. To the far left, the people to blame for every problem are big corporations, big banks and the rich. And, of course, some people blame every bad thing that happens in the lives of any person of color on racism.
But the political right used to piously preach against the “victim mentality.” But many who now align to it play it as well or better as the far left ever did. Who’s to blame for the fact you don’t have a job? The “Mexicans” (whether or not said people are actually from Mexico).
“The blacks,” as some of them term us. Political correctness. The Elites (often aimed at people who attain a formal education). China. India. Other countries taking advantage of us. “Don’t worry,” reassures the Orange Savior. “You’ve been wronged and I’m going to fight for you!”
Even the claims to being victims of racism are now getting more evenly distributed between left and right. America has a long history of racism and the effects of it are real and still affect us profoundly today. But that doesn’t mean everything is racist or caused by racism.
But the Tucker Carlsons of the world have picked up the scent and are expert at complaining about how hard it is to be white. “We’re the real victims.” Listening to some of these guys whine, I’m like “how did your people manage to survive these last 240 years?”
The conservative mantra used to be that nobody owes us anything and that seeking victimhood status as if it were a prize to be claimed and held onto is weak.

Now everybody wants to be a victim, think they’re entitled to things and deserve revenge when they don’t get it.
Seeking victimhood status is WAY easier than honest introspection and frank analysis.

And life is a lot more fun when everything bad that happens is somebody else’s fault.

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22 May
You cannot understand the psychology of Trumpism or of the modern Republican Party without understanding the deep and pervasive fear of demographic change among some whites in America.

They go hand in hand.
And, closely coupled with it is the legacy of the “Southern Strategy” and the strategic decisions that the Republican Party has made over the last five and a half decades, targeting mostly white voters while ignoring or showing active hostility to many other groups.
Any student or American history knows that in the Jim Crow and Civil Rights eras, a lot of the most xenophobic and racist rhetoric and policies spoken and enacted during those times came from southern Democrats.
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22 May
Something else about Arizona that corroborates the election results that Joe Biden won: voter registration statistics.
azsos.gov/elections/vote…
In Maricopa County, the number of registered Republicans rose from 840,167 in January, 2020 to 915,227 by November. An increase of 8.93%.

But the number of registered Democrats rose from 724,099 in January to 814,343 by November. An increase of 12.46%.
In the state’s second most populous county, Pima, the number of registered Republicans rose from 168,990 in January to 185,946 by November - an increase of 10.03%.

But the number of registered Democrats rose from 223,115 in January to 257,678 by November - an increase of 15.49%.
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21 May
Serious question. If the US Senate refuses to do anything because the @GOPSenate won’t cooperate on ANYTHING, even a commission to investigate 1/6 and because of a filibuster rule that doesn’t even require the opposing side to show up in person, shouldn’t everyone just go home?
I mean, if no work is going to get done and half of the Senate is vigorously committed to doing nothing at all, why should taxpayers pay to keep flying those guys and gals between their home states and DC?
If you’re going to do nothing, why should taxpayers pay for:

1) Their staffs and offices
2) Their travel expenses and per diem

Why not just shut the Senate down and keep it closed until one party has enough seats to get something done?

Or

Reform the Filibuster
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20 May
We all know that a 60 vote supermajority is needed in the US Senate in order to break the threat of a filibuster.

The thing is, this likely requires Senators who represent even MORE than 60% of the population to agree in order to get anything done. Image
If you view every US Senator as representing half of their state's population (since every state has two Senators), this means that the 50 Dem Senators represent 56.3% of the US population. And the 50 GOP Senators represent 43.7% of the US population.

This is just the way it is. Image
Our Founding Fathers constructed the Constitution to ensure that every state, regardless of population, had an equal voice in the upper chamber of Congress and had a voice in Presidential elections. The percentages here are weird but they're not wrong. It's the Constitution.
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19 May
Currently, there are 50 Republican Senators and 50 Senators who caucus with the Democrats.

But the 50 Democratic Senators currently represent 41.5 million more people than the 50 Republican Senators do.

It's just the way it is.
Every state, regardless how large or small, is represented by two US Senators in the US Senate. This was constructed as a means of ensuring that every state has equal rights and representation in the Senate regardless of the number of people living in the state.
So every state is on a level playing field in the US Senate. All states are equally important. As our founders intended. Population ensures more representation in the US House of Representatives. The Senate ensures equality between the states.
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19 May
I have a HUGE problem with the Democratic Party's position on abortion. Anyone who has followed me for any length of time knows that.

That said and known, you also know that I study data. And I found something that surprised me that I'm going to dig into more deeply.
If you look at the CDC reports, the # of abortions reported to the CDC went down every year under Obama's tenure.
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/6…

2018: 619,591
2017: 612,719
2016: 623,471
2015: 638,169
2014: 652,639
2013: 664,435
2012: 699,202
2011: 730,322
2010: 765,651
2009 - 789,217
Look it up yourself. Also, you can cross-check the beginning years of this period against a separate CDC report:
cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/m…

This surprised me. And so I started to look back even further.
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