Polls: Society & Politics

“A Massive Fraud [2020 election] of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” Donald Trump.

Marjorie Taylor Greene noted the head of the largest teacher's union was not a "biological mother," when she was questioning her in a house committe. The union leader has adopted children.

JDVance said "“It’s just a basic fact — you look at Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, AOC [Alexandria Ocasio Cortez] — the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children,"

Buttigieg has adopted children, and Harris is a step-mom.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders took aim at Kamala Harris for not having biological children to keep her humble.

If pro-life people say "adption, not abortion," shouldn't they be more appreciative of adoptive mothers and step-mothers? Shouldn't they not think less of them? Why does the party of "family values" dismiss the role of step-parents and adoptive parents?

THIS IS NOT TO BE A DISCUSSION OF WHETHER THE USA IS OR IS NOT ENERGY INDEPENDENT OR WHETHER USA WILL OR WON'T REMAIN SO IN THE FUTURE!! I'M JUST INTERESTED IN YOUR OPINION ON FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS AND IF WE CAN AND SHOULD DO BETTER.

In 2022, the average fuel economy for new vehicles in the United States was 26 miles per gallon (mpg), which is an all time high. The legislated & planned standards require the fuel economy to rise to 51 mpg by 2031.

For comparison, the EU 2021 standards were equivalent to 57 U. S. miles per gallon (mpg), and the target for 2030 is 92 mpg.

In regard to tax rates on gasoline which are meant to encourage less use, better efficiency and transition to greener sources instead of fossil fuels. The federal US gas tax is 18.4 cents per gallon (unchanged and not adjusted for inflation since 1993) while the average excise duty on gasoline in the EU is €0.548 per liter ($2.24 per gallon).

Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, fictional, or philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. It examines women's and men's social roles, experiences, interests, chores, and feminist politics in a variety of fields, such as anthropology and sociology, communication, media studies, psychoanalysis, [1] political theory, home economics, literature, education, and philosophy. [2]
Feminist theory often focuses on analyzing gender inequality. Themes often explored in feminist theory include discrimination, objectification (especially sexual objectification), oppression, patriarchy, [3][4] stereotyping, art history[5] and contemporary art, [6][7] and aesthetics. [8][9] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_theory

OR had a hypothetical President John McCain resigned before an alternate future 2012/2016 election? I'm quite a fan of my nostalgic memories of the 2008 Sarah Palin run for VP as a foreign politics news thing at the time - I didn't mind too much when Obama won instead and reelected 2012. I did hope Palin would run/win in 2012 in her own right as President ah well.

It just occurred to me randomly sitting at the desk tonight and just thinking to myself, and I'm an Aussie so American politics doesn't affect me /I don't vote in American elections duh - do you think and respectful answers only please - do you think the President will randomly resign the office so that VP Kamala Harris becomes President effectively immediately? Then again I don't know much about American politics procedures, lol, only Ford became President because Nixon resigned? Or was that Congress picking Ford? Lol so confused me ah well. A light hearted foreign politics question. I'm not an American.

I believe there's a strong possibility of another Trump assassination and it might be successful

in case this does happen, who should replace Trump?

Assume that you cannot have both.

Rose published her book How to Be a Bad Bitch. In 2015 she founded the Los Angeles chapter of the SlutWalk protest march, an annual feminist demonstration founded in Toronto. Rose said she began stripping at the age of 15 and went on Onlyfans in 2020. She spoke at the 2024 GOP convention. She is an atheist.

Swift is a singer, musician, songwriter. She is a Christian.

We don’t want everyone to be a childless, cat lady like Taylor Swift.

Woke things like propagation of (feminism, lgbtq 🏳️‍🌈, gender identity, pronouns) garbage 🗑️ basically

The Federal Reserve slashed rates on Wednesday for the first time since early 2020, the clearest signal yet that central bankers believe they are winning their years long battle against rapid inflation.

Fed officials slashed borrowing costs by half a percentage point, an unusually large reduction. The decision lowers rates to about 4.9 percent, down from a more than two-decade high.

The Fed’s move comes in response to months of fading inflation, and it is meant to prevent the economy from slowing so much that the job market begins to crack. Officials have been keeping a cautious eye on a recent rise in the unemployment rate, and by starting off with a big cut, the Fed is effectively taking out insurance against a bigger employment slowdown.

Reinforcing that wary message, the move came alongside economic projections that suggested a more aggressive pace of rate cuts than central bankers had previously predicted: Officials now expect to make another half point of reductions before the end of the year.

“The Committee has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2 percent, and judges that the risks to achieving its employment and inflation goals are roughly in balance,” Fed officials said in their statement.

High interest rates slow the economy by making it more expensive to borrow to buy a house or expand business, which weighs on both demand and inflation — but also on hiring. The Fed has been trying to strike a careful balance. Officials have aimed to cool growth enough to ensure that price increases return to normal without cooling it so much that the unemployment rate soars and the economy tips into a recession.

Wednesday’s rate cut marks a preliminary victory. So far, Fed officials have managed to slow inflation notably without causing major economic problems. The unemployment rate has crept up, but it hasn’t jumped painfully. Hiring persists, though it has slowed. Consumer spending remains strong. Overall growth is still robust.