What I love about this article is that all the arguments are logical and more or less factual, and yet anyone who's turned on the news even once over the past 4 years can immediately see why this article is what would happen if vomit could vomit
To cal the idea that Trump's "operation warp speed" represents collaboration with the Biden administration a reach is insufficient
No, what we are seeing here is the word "collaboration" screaming as it is slaughtered upon the stone slab of rheroric
The argument here seems to be that if Trump gets credit he'll tell people to get the vaccine, which is a very logical, but completely discards the possibility that a) he won't and b) the ungodly political ramifications of handing Trump the propaganda equivalent of a nuclear bomb
Operation Warp Speed was actually pretty neato as far as I can tell. It's good Trump did that
He also botched about everything else
THE article does go into that, but that nuance would get a little lost in the process of crowning Trump COVID savior
Hi there, are you curious about Cuban sanctions and what they've done to the Cuban economy and generally what the hell is going on?
So was I, so I did some research
The US first passed a blanket embargo on trade to Cuba (including food and medicine) in 1962
In 2000, America loosened the embargo to allow food and medicine, but that's it
US sanctions against Cuba "include[s] every major method available...: trade control, suspension of aid and technical assistance, freezing of the target’s financial assets, and the blacklisting of foreign companies involved in trade with Cuba."
In this thread, we will take quotes from this article, change "Cuba" to "the US," and see if the arguments still hold true when applied to America in the summer of 2020
"As protestors take to the streets in the US, defying a violent government crackdown, Cubans across the political spectrum have a chance to break with old canards about the country"
"Progressives should understand that there is nothing remotely “progressive” about the thuggish, oppressive government of the US"
“The Colombian army, which we have supported for 20 years, has a long history of targeting civilians, violating the laws of war and not being accountable. There has been a cultural problem within that institution.”
Seems like maybe we shouldn't be training them then
Imagine trying to explain America training the Columbian army to someone 1000 years from now
"You're saying they trained an army that regularly murdered civilians and carried out coups, because they thought cocaine was worse, but the people who voted to do it all do cocaine?!"
Currently watching on Newsmax where I was just treated to a commercial for testosterone replacement, helping poor elderly Jewish people, and prostate supplements.
(I'm going to die mad about my phrasing of the "Trump Attempts a Coup" space because I feel like it's the thing that's gonna prevent me from a blackout victory this year)
“The city and state government allowed thousands of people to fall through the cracks for months and months. It’s too late to address this harm with a basic program that only lasts a few weeks."
The eviction crisis didn't start with COVID. Eviction Lab estimates that landlords evicted a million people every year between 2000 and 2016--and that data doesn't include New York or California, neither of which provide eviction stats
Census surveys suggest that 4 million Americans could lose their housing in the next 2 months. Over 10 million are behind on rent
Congress has allocated funds for rent relief, but in many states, the relief has yet to arrive
After eviction, the relief doesn't make a difference