Iran is acting pretty tame and measured compared to what america did to them with killing their leaders

no more oil and a collapse of modern civilization a mad max movie and its all trumps fault for the collapse

going to be no more oil and society will break down and choas and mad max will happen and its all trumps fault for the breakdown of moder civilization as we know it

this is what america will look like if trump attacks Iran's critical infrastructure a mad max movie which we are already living in

trumps going to cause a great depression worse than the 1930s if he attacks Iran's critical infrastructure and its all his fault if it happens

"if the Americans choose to go down a road with uh no red lines and just go after Iran's critical infrastructure, then Iran has said it will destroy the critical infrastructure of all those regimes that are affiliated to the with this aggression and that would include not just the Israeli regime but all these countries in the Persian Gulf region. So that would mean no more oil, no more LNG, no more refined goods, no more petrochemicals. And that would immediately lead to global economic catastrophe. What we're seeing now in Europe, for example, in in France, that I think is just the tip of the iceberg if uh Trump chooses to go down the road of death and destruction." - Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi

Seyed M. Marandi: US Strike on Iran Imminent — Gulf States Will Not Survive

Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi is a professor at Tehran University and a former advisor to Iran's nuclear negotiation team.

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Fixed income. Everyone is on a “fixed income” it isn’t like when month gets longer than finances we can go to boss and ask for more. Using the crutch of being on a fixed income is just another excuse for lack of planning. If you retired knowing full well what your SS was going to be locked in at for rest of your life with a small cost of living here and there and using the 4-5% withdrawal rule and don’t have enough you retired to damn early. Pissing and moaning that society owes you is childish. And also take into account Medicare is far from free. You can easily figure 3-4 hundred bucks a month for Medicare, your supplement and prescription plan.

The solution is simple. Go to work! Get a job! If you need get 2 jobs. Why in the hell is it everyone else’s duty to provide for you! Poor choices and fail to plan is not others responsibility.

The solution is simple. Go to work! Get a job! If you need get 2 jobs. Why in the hell is it everyone else’s duty to provide for you! Poor choices and fail to plan is not others responsibility.

Looking only at your own experience and assuming everyone else can achieve the same outcome is not wisdom. It's a very narrow view of the world.

When politicians say income is at an all-time high, I always wonder why they stop there.

Housing prices are near all-time highs.

Rent is near all-time highs.

Healthcare costs are near all-time highs.

Insurance costs are near all-time highs.

College costs are near all-time highs.

Childcare costs are near all-time highs.

The question is not whether income is higher than 40 years ago.

The question is whether the median worker can buy more with that income than the median worker could 40 years ago.

Looking only at wages while ignoring what those wages have to buy is like looking at only one side of an equation.

Workers don't live on income statistics.

They live on purchasing power.

If incomes double but the cost of living doubles too, people are not twice as well off.

What matters is not how many dollars are on a paycheck.

What matters is how much life those dollars can buy.

Everybody cheers when home values double. But nobody asks what happens to the renters, first-time buyers, young families, and people on fixed incomes.

A home is an asset to investors. It is shelter to everyone else.

When prices double, some people build wealth. Others watch the dream of ownership move twice as far away.

I find it interesting that whenever I talk about low wages, some people assume I'm talking about myself.

I'm retired. My situation is not the point.

The point is the millions of workers who are working every day and still having trouble paying for housing, food, healthcare, transportation, and other necessities.

When I argue for a living wage, I'm not speaking for myself. I'm speaking for the people still in the workforce who don't have the same security I do.

I don't advocate a living wage because I need one. I advocate it because I think people who work full-time should be able to live with dignity.

A person's value is not determined by their paycheck, and a society should not depend on jobs that do not provide a path to a decent life.

If a job is necessary enough that society cannot function without it, then the worker performing that job should be guaranteed a living wage.

What bothers me about "get a better job" and "you should have planned better" is that these statements often show a lack of empathy for the reality many people face.

Some people did make bad decisions. Some people didn't.

Some got sick.

Some were injured.

Some were laid off.

Some are caring for children or elderly parents.

Some work full-time in jobs society depends on and still struggle to get ahead.

Before judging people, we should recognize that not everyone starts at the same place, faces the same obstacles, or receives the same opportunities.

Personal responsibility matters, but so do compassion, understanding, and basic human dignity.

"Get a better job" and "you should have planned better" are often presented as wisdom, but too often they are just ways to avoid empathy.

Not every hardship is caused by bad choices.

Not every success is caused solely by good choices.

Life is more complicated than that.

A little humanity goes a lot further than a quick judgment.

"Maybe instead of telling millions of working people to get better jobs, we should learn to value the people doing the jobs we already depend on."

This is why "just get a better job" is not a solution to poverty at the societal level. It may work for some individuals, but it cannot work for everyone because there are not enough high-paying jobs available for everyone to move into one.

Every economy requires millions of workers in retail, food service, warehouses, transportation, caregiving, maintenance, customer service, and countless other occupations. Society depends on those jobs being done.

The question is not whether those jobs should exist. We already know they must exist.

The real question is whether a person working one of those necessary jobs full-time should be able to afford housing, food, utilities, transportation, and basic necessities.

If a job is necessary enough that society cannot function without it, then the worker performing that job should be guaranteed a living wage.

A society cannot tell millions of people, "Your job is essential, but your paycheck is optional."

People often treat poverty as a personal problem when there is also a numbers problem.

There are millions more workers than there are highly paid management, professional, engineering, medical, executive, and skilled specialty positions.

Even if every worker were perfectly responsible, perfectly educated, and made all the right decisions, there would still be a bottom half of the wage distribution because that's how a distribution works.

Everyone cannot be above average at the same time.

"Telling 100 million people to get a better job is like telling everyone at a football game to move to the front row. A few can do it. Everyone can't."

I often hear "just get a better job" or "people should have planned better."

Let's think that through.

The median household net worth in the United States is about $216,000. Half of all households have less than that. Nearly 20% have less than about $13,000 in net worth.

If poor financial decisions were the only explanation, then we'd expect most people to be well above the median. They're not.

We also run into a simple math problem. Not everyone can have a top-paying job because there are not enough top-paying jobs available. By definition, if everyone got a "better job," those jobs would stop being the better jobs.

Every society needs truck drivers, retail workers, warehouse workers, teachers, CNAs, maintenance workers, delivery drivers, cashiers, food service workers, and countless other occupations. We cannot function without them.

Telling millions of people to "just get a better job" ignores the fact that someone still has to do the jobs they leave behind.

The average household net worth exceeds $1.2 million, while the median is about $216,000. That gap alone should tell us wealth is not distributed evenly across the population.

Individual choices matter. Education matters. Work ethic matters. But the numbers show that wealth outcomes are influenced by more than personal decisions alone. If almost half the country is below the median and millions of households have very little net worth, the explanation cannot simply be that tens of millions of people all made the exact same bad choices.

At some point, we have to acknowledge the difference between individual outcomes and system-wide outcomes. What works for one person cannot automatically work for 100 million people at the same time.

reality bitches

One thing people get wrong when talking about wealth is looking at the average and assuming that represents "most people."

It doesn't.

The average household net worth is over $1 million, but that's because very wealthy households pull the number upward. The median household net worth is only about $216,000, meaning half of households have less than that.

When you look deeper, nearly 20% of households have less than about $10,000 in net worth. That's the largest single wealth bracket in the country.

This is why averages can be misleading. A billionaire in a room with 999 broke people makes the average look great, but it doesn't mean the 999 people are doing well.

If you want to understand how most people are doing, look at the median and the wealth distribution, not just the average. The average tells you where the money is. The median tells you where the people are.

Too many discussions about wealth start and end with averages, and that leads people to believe the typical American household is sitting on over a million dollars. The numbers simply don't support that conclusion.

trump the fvcktard ,, not you usa lol

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well DUHHHH you fvcktard ,,, yes income is highest its been ,, thats normal you fvckwad ,,

it has increased yearly for 100 years ..

what the fvcktard leaves out is our insane cost of living is THE HIGHEST IT EVER BEEN '' only fvcktards praise this fvcktard for pretending all is good ..

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while thats good forthe homeowner wanting to sell , but their property taxes will increase DOUBLE.

and the market gets further out of reach forthe first time home buyer

FVCKTARDS in charge

see the europeans see how horrible it is in america and they preventing their countries from being like america

Thousands March Across Europe Against Inequality and ‘for Young People’s Future’

“Looking at countries like the United States, we don’t want to end up like them, where part of the population has everything and the others have nothing,” one French protester said.

there where people of all different pollical beliefs in the protest u know how the NY post lies!

France on edge: nearly 800 protests as police clash with demonstrators

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators stormed streets across France Saturday, resuming a fresh wave of far-left driven protests that this time were met by a beefed-up security presence.

Government officials estimate 410,000 protestors, while labor unions put the figure closer to 800,000, according to media reports.

Europe falls under siege as demonstrators battle police, set fires in cities across continent

The chaos and unrest still gripping France continued to spread Saturday to its European neighbors.

In Albania, protesters rallied outside the Ministry of Education to demand lower tuition fees, greater state investment in education and the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama.

The crowds set fire to dumpsters and couch cushions that Rama had placed as a symbolic invitation to dialogue with students, Euro News reported.

maybe this is why NY wants every gun shop to display graphic warning posters illustrating the dangers of keeping firearms in the home, modeled after cigarette packaging warning labels

NY lawmakers want gun shops to post ‘graphic’ visual warnings about risks of firearms

“If one person thinks twice and changes their mind at the counter because of seeing this picture, this law will be worth it,” Bottcher said at the state Capitol.

“It’s extremely dangerous to bring a gun into your home, especially when it’s not stored correctly,” he added.

A message on top of the photo in the mock-up sign tells gun buyers that access to firearms increases the risk of suicide, death during a domestic dispute or unintentional deaths to children, household members and others.

It also includes a number for the national suicide prevention lifeline.

“When the stakes are life and death, firearm warnings shouldn’t be easy to ignore,” Powers said in a statement.

“Graphic displays help make the risks of firearms unmistakable – and is a public health approach to solving scourge of gun violence.”

We changed the cultural discourse around tobacco products. We can do the same with firearms.

We stopped mass smoking. We can stop mass shootings too.

Generational change is possible

Consumers across party lines are fed up with high gas prices

A gallon of unleaded gas costs 40% more today than it did last year. A gallon of diesel is running nearly 75% higher.

As for Americans’ optimism about the economy 11 days before the midterm elections? That’s nearly running on empty.

High gas prices and years of persistently elevated inflation continue to drag down US consumer sentiment to historically low levels, new data showed Friday.

The University of Michigan’s October consumer sentiment index was the second lowest on records that go back to 1978. The record low of 44.8 was set in May, a month that saw the national average for a gallon of unleaded hit a four-year high of $4.56 because of oil supply shocks stemming from the war with Iran.

The Houthis launched several attacks across Saudi Arabia and Yemen on Saturday, following strikes they blamed on Riyadh which the group said killed 17 people.

Yahya Saree, the spokesman for Ansar Allah, the official name of the Houthis, said that the group targeted three Saudi airports, energy installations, a pipeline and an air base.

The Houthis also targeted Aden, the seat of the Saudi-backed internationally recognised government, saying they targeted a naval base and military camp overseen by Saudi forces.

Houthis launch attacks on Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Aden
Houthi missiles reportedly struck a number of targets in Yemen, including Aden’s airport and a coastguard base.

Iran warns that U.S. military not allowed in Gulf "under any circumstance"

Iran warned on Saturday that U.S. ships would never be allowed in the Persian Gulf "under any circumstances," as tensions between Tehran and Washington continue mounting. Both sides have signalled a possible return to strikes, with the U.S. ambassador to Turkey warning Iran could be struck as soon as this weekend.

if they actully did the things needed then i would see some more seriousness from the dem party but i dontt hink they will

newsom or harris will probably be the next runners for president sadly. unless AOC somehow gets the DNC nod

The N word... NEWSOME

the only thing trumps got is to be racist as hell in hopes of driving out his base it wont work

With less than two weeks left before the midterms, Trump is out of ideas; his approval ratings are dreadful, and his last-minute gimmicks — the promise of $5,000 checks, the hope that Putin will lower diesel prices — have fallen flat.

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"We literally have the largest bike-touring event in the world which has been an annual summer state tradition for FIFTY YEARS. There's a giant exhibit in the state historical museum about it. This is comical."

Joe Mitchell: "Thank God you're building the ballroom. Thank God you're getting rid of those awful bike lanes. We don't ride bicycles in Iowa."

Trump: "I've been great to Hispanics"

Trump on Iran: "We could take all of the oil. We could take the whole country."

im wondering when trump will say the n word with him doubling down on racism all the time

Trump on El-Sayed: "We can't him in the United States-- we can't have him in the United States Senate. I look so forward to Michigan. I think it's gonna be wild. Because he's a total phony. He's a little phony. He's a jihadist. He's a vicious, violent jihadist."

Q: Do you think it's right for the richest man in the world to have so much power over what goes on in a war because Russia and Ukraine?

TRUMP: Well, I don't think he does. First of all, he's a very good person. He's not gonna do anything wrong. Elon will never do anything wrong.

SEXTON: What has the Trump administration been working on to help people pay their bills?

SCOTT BESSENT: The Biden administration ...

Trump claims Ilhan Omar "will not be legally allowed" to be a member of Congress anymore (she is going to do Assad numbers in Minneapolis next month)

Trump: "Income -- your income -- is the highest level that it's ever been. All of you. Look, you're all nodding, 'you're right.'"

Trump: "I've settled 8 wars, think of that. Did I get the Nobel Prize, no? DID I GET THE NOBEL PRIZE?"

Trump: "We'll take care of Cuba on our way back from Iran ... those beautiful ships, they'll pass Cuba. We'll have one of them stop about 50 yards off the coast. They'll raise up their hands, and then we're gonna send Marco Rubio in."

Trump: "I'm trying to change New Mexico. I'm trying to change New Mexico. It's a good state that went wayward. They have crooked elections ... I want to change it to New America. The value of their homes will double"

Trump on renaming things: "We have a lake, we have a gulf. We need a river, an ocean, and a strait. So I've got the strait. That's the Strait of Hormuz. We're gonna call it the Trump Strait ... I want to change the the name of the Atlantic Ocean to the American Ocean."

WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir?


TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with?


REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations


TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

a spectacle of fascism as Trump demands Ilhan Omar resign and says Democrats have conceded her seat, and the 20-something dude bros behind him leap up and start cheering

Tafoya: "My opponent is sitting here saying she's worried about access to Medicaid and school meals -- give me a break!"

Trump says of Somalia that "all they have is people that shoot you all the time ... it's a shit house country"

Bill Clinton: "I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace's bathroom"

on Newsmax, Mike Collins admits that he's at least 7 points down on Ossoff, but says "it doesn't really matter"

"Right now, we’re living in Trump’s world, in Vance’s world, in Hegseth’s world. This is what a world without empathy looks like. It’s a world of constant othering, of constant rage, of a constant belief that life is a zero-sum game. But nothing flourishes in that world." —

New in PN: In defense of empathy

"Being aware of other people’s feelings, sensitive to them, and able to put yourself in another person’s shoes is pretty much essential for humans to function as a community. But the current conservative project has zero room for that sort of thing."

Buttigieg: “The only thing they’ve drained in DC is the reflecting pool”

"Certainly I'd be allowed to" -- Trump leaves the door open to pardoning a wide swath of administration officials

"She's standing right there. Margo, you're not going to have to worry about it" -- Trump tells his assistant Margo Martin that she will get a pardon from him

"It's great to have the pope's support" -- Melania pretends that she, and not the Vatican, negotiated a limited ceasefire in Ukraine


"She's doing better than the professionals," Trump says

Q: Have you spoken to Elon Musk about the Ukraine situation?

TRUMP: I have, yeah

Q: Can you tell us about that?

TRUMP: No, I can't

Trump: "This is a disgrace. The mother said that Amy Acton is a liar and she's no good. And you know what? I don't think you can get a better reference than that."

Q: There's a new intel report that says Iran has increased its effort to target US personnel in the Middle East. Your reaction?

TRUMP: They're bad people

Trump says "there's a possibility" he will attack Iran again

Trump: "My uncle invented radar! Can you believe it?"

Trump on Anna Paulina Luna: "She's a beautiful person, but I don't say that she's beautiful, because if you say that, it's the end of your political career! So I will not say that she's beautiful. But she is beautiful. Beautiful inside and out. So I'm a supporter."

"I could set that up" -- Trump says he could "violate" Gov. Pritzker and send in the troops to Chicago

Trump on Jon Husted: "I was pretty intent on explaining his body type ... he was down 11 or 12, now he's leading!"

"This admission alone is an impeachable offense"


Trump admits that he told the DOJ to sue Alaska over the election

“What is striking about this moment is just how unserious the people in charge are” — Obama

Trump could barely speak, but what he said was nutso. He claimed his uncle invented radar, said he could "violate" Prizker and send troops into Chicago, and had a weirdly contradictory answer when asked who he golfed with today.

“How much time do you think this defense secretary spends looking in the mirror in the morning? These are not serious people” — Obama’s audience in Ohio is hanging on every word as he skewers Trump and Hegseth

El-Sayed: "Don't get it twisted. I love America. I'm so grateful I get to raise my 2 daughters here in America. I just love America enough to call on her to be America for all of her kids."

El-Sayed: "You might've seen that earlier this we had a debate. More like I had a debate, and he played MAGA's greatest hits. But there's really only one line he said that's worth paying any attention to. He said that the last two years have been 'amazing.' So Detroit, let me ask you ... "

El-Sayed: "Trump got us into a war we've got no business fighting. President Obama, he contained the nuclear threat without war. Trump's tariffs costing autoworkers their livelihoods. President Obama made sure they didn't lose their jobs in the worst financial crisis in a century ... "

Abdul in Michigan: "So when they tell me, 'but his name is Abdul.' I'll remind them, 'His name was Barack.' We stand on the shoulders of giants."

Obama in Michigan: "After 10 years of chaos and cruelty and corruption and incompetence and tomfoolery and nonsense the likes of which this country has not seen in modern times at least, you get to say enough is enough. We're voting for change right here in Michigan."

Obama: "You got the defense sec who is like a laser focused on important matters like the jawline & testosterone level of our troops, and livestreaming executions because that's how he thinks you cultivate that manly warrior spirit. How much time do you think this man spends in front of the mirror?"

Obama: "Somehow deficits only matter when a Democratic president is in office"

haha this is so true Obama

Obama in Michigan: "He is focused on home renovations. He should be on HGTV! ... He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory"

Obama: "The one thing that the current president is focused on other than home improvements is enriching himself ... we've got a US ambassador shaking down a donor to pay off her credit card bills. We learned a Venezuelan billionaire wanted a pardon so he paid one of Trump's lawyers $50 million"

Obama: "The guy has become billions of dollars wealthier in office. Nobody disputes this! It's just -- how do you do that when you're supposed to be looking out for you? And the worst part of it not a single Republican in Congress has done anything to stop it."

Obama: 'Drain the swamp' -- the only thing they drained is the Reflecting Pool because some no bid contract got it all messed up. And then they tried to blame it on this 3 time Olympian! You remember that? Said he vandalized it!"

Obama: "We've seen this movie before. I starred in it. I've got a long-form birth certification to prove it. This stuff didn't work on me. It's not going to work in Michigan on Abdul."

see the difference in messaging. trump spreads racism, hate, fear and lies. Obama spreads unity and diversity

Obama: "Imagine the power duo of Abdul and Elissa. You got a Muslim man, a Jewish woman, fighting for you in the US senate. That's something, Michigan, you can be proud of!"

Trump pushes gutter racism: "The guy in Michigan is pretty bad too -- Mohammed, as I call him ... if you have any question about somebody from that part of the world's name, just call him 'Mohammed,' you'll be right 64% of the time."

Trump: "Why do we always have to take people from shit house countries? We can't we take people from Norway and Sweden and Denmark? By the way, Denmark gave us Greenland ... what do you take, Venezuela or Greenland? We got them both!"

Trumps midterm strategy is to be as racist as possible in hopes of driving as much maga to the polls. it wont work

Trump says that when Rick Jackson is governor of Georgia and Mike Collins is senator, the first thing they will do is call him and say "please send in the National Guard" to Atlanta

Trump on the Reflecting Pool: "It's the longest swimming pool in history. And it always leaked. And we had tremendous vandalism. And we had it pretty well, but we're gonna undo it anyway because we had to do the pipes. We wanted to get it done for July 4 temporarily."

and here is more racism from trump

Trump: "In Washington, all the restaurants were closing. People were being held up. They'd walk into a restaurant. Like Jesse James. 'Stand up! Give us all your money.' They're eating dinner at a fancy restaurant. All the restaurants were closing."

Trump mocks Ossoff for having "tiny arms and legs"

(Who wants to tell him?)