Critical Thinking Applied to Project 2025

[@nsprphg]

“ Guilt by association “ tactic.

[@flightographist]

They lie about everything, even about their previous lies.

[@johnjenkins9445]

but warren says we have to trust what people say :/

[@flightographist]

@johnjenkins9445 comprehension required; he said you should believe what a person says not what others say about them. Try harder.

[@demaupin]

@@johnjenkins9445 such a willfully obtuse & disingenuous attempt. The idea that you thought disingenuous tactics would be a clever rebuttal to a video exposing the use of disingenuous tactics _is_ kind of funny, though; I'll give you that.

[@annettemunnich3533]

​@@flightographistLet me clarify. Is your angle that if Donald Trump says he's for IVF and didn't have part in the creation of Project 2025 it's of no consequence and we should believe MSNBC instead? Democrats are beautiful people who believe the news is real and the government is good and loves them. That's the 2 camps. Dems love the government and Conservatives see that the government is in bed with the globalist and pharma and big business. That's true with or without Donald Trump. We don't want another bought and paid for mouthpiece.

[@Theggman83]

Apparently the less educated didn't understand the sarcasm in your comment... ​@@johnjenkins9445

[@cubeincubes]

it doesn't matter who wins, its all the same unity of fascism

[@itikutok6568]

This is no longer politics. It's a religious cult.

[@-----GOD-----]

"This is what democracy looks like." Literally. Yay. Democracy. Don't you just love representation? America's Democracy; where people who identify as rocks can be the, "leader of the free world," ... if it's a really charismatic rock person thingy. Democracy. What a way for the people in power to dodge accountability. Genius.

[@draighodge6039]

Marxism has always been a religious cult.

[@RiceBombzz]

Left or right your in a cult

[@draighodge6039]

@itikutok6568 Democracy is a fancy word for, "Mob rule".

[@rickware3695]

What is amazing to me is how democracs say less government is fascist and more government is good. So backwards.

[@shrodingerscat4191]

Inverting That's what they do

[@brianrogers1907]

Fact.

[@mustang607]

Many Democrats seem to believe that the more they integrate government, corporate and institutions together, employing the party collective as a fearful weapon against their growing enemies outside the party, the less fascist they become.

[@YoshiTheWise]

They also call people they disagree with natzis, glossing over that the natzi party was a socialist party.

[@mustang607]

The censorship is strong in KZbin.

[@pusbanton]

It’s so scary how easily people accept these lies without even doing their research. Thanks Warren.

[@mitchywilson9892]

Conversely, don't accept Warren's word on the matter, go and do your own due diligence too.

[@bradleykimmons]

@@mitchywilson9892I did. And this video is a good examination of the issue.

[@mitchywilson9892]

@@bradleykimmons It is pretty good, but the measure of that is the standing up against other perspectives. So far Warren's been spot-on on just about everything.

[@protoman1214]

This is the whole "trump wont condemn white supremacists" all over again.

[@opensocietyenjoyer]

he won't, that's the point.

[@protoman1214]

@@opensocietyenjoyer there is literally a compilation video of him condemning white supremacist during several different speeches and appearances. He does so in a very definitive fashion. Despite this, reporters kept asking him why he wouldn't and there are some interactions where he is clearly fed up with them pretending like he hasn't already. People then took those clips to try and imply he is supportive of white supremacist. Clearly you have fallen victim to the narrative. And this is all from someone who isn't a fan of Trump. But the blatant lies annoy me more then he does.

[@bENDEJO03]

​@@opensocietyenjoyer He has, and he does. Anything to the contrary is blue anon fantasy.

[@saberhap2639]

@@opensocietyenjoyer he's controlled by jewish supremacists.

[@opensocietyenjoyer]

@@bENDEJO03 "stand back and stand by" doesn't sound like condemning. it sounds like, well exactly what it is.

[@classicalextremism]

Its the same mechanism as "You're racist/phobic". It has nothing to do with what you are say or do, it is the power of the accusation that shuts down discourse and prevents people from hearing or considering alternative view points.

[@Nemisisfrog]

Prime communist tactic, no truth to their accusations, all just give someone or something a "bad smell". Deplorable people.

[@spud69g]

Counter their phobic calls with one of your own. Throw back Alethophobia.

[@montee827]

@@spud69g If you watch TV commercials, they are already doing that. My DVR is like 20 percent cringy Rep ads. Just give my someone with some standards like Ike!

[@shakespearewilliam8423]

@@spud69g Love that word! Thnaks mate. I also ask to see their psychology doctorate as they are diagnosing me with a phobia based on little evidence

Self terminating cliche

[@rockbadenuff]

The truth cuts and the DEMs are bleeding.

[@RasLion]

Anyone using their brain would see the blatant lies...unfortunately most don't.

[@wifegrant]

They do not care. Ive seen them admit to lying

[@jimbusmaximus4624]

​@@wifegrantexactly! They admit to their ends justifies the means outlook

[@TestTest-ve4ih]

Anyone using their brain would see the blatant TRUMP lies...unfortunately most don't.

[@Under_the_Iceberg]

"Friends" of mine have shared blatant lies about Trump on their timelines, and I've posted authored corrections, only to see my post deleted. When confronted he said he couldn't be seen having anything that makes Trump look good on his timeline. I asked if it was more important to hate him than tell the truth and he said yes. I blocked him immediately.

[@jkbrown5496]

But the more advanced degrees someone has, the more likely they are to be supporting Harris, Democrats and falling for the Project 2025 meme.

Everybody, everywhere, is lying, all the time, about everything. And here we are.

[@stoneymcneal2458]

The Department of Education is as bloated as any of the cabinet level departments within the Executive Branch. Furthermore, it is no secret the ideological bent, of the vast majority of employees within the Department of Education, leans very left. In addition, the Department of Education has sat by and watched as American education standards and performance have dropped year over year for the better part of 18 years. Lastly, the Democrat Party needs the NEA and all state level teachers unions to shill for Democrats every election cycle. Any fair minded American should insist that politics be taken out of this department, budgets for pet projects should be slashed, and the entire focus moving forward must be on creating schools that are safe from intruders, safe from students who have no business attending school with civilized people, and demand that teachers keep their personal ideologies out of the classroom. This has been brought to you by a 30 year teacher of the public school system in California.

[@komicalkramer6188]

Propaganda will be propaganda!

[@MrRhoidRage]

Damn I can’t even say that word in a reply let alone a comment and it actually stick

[@Guido-fy2ie]

Yes, but US Propaganda will be better than Pravda. Not better in a good way though.

[@horntail51]

I wish project 2025 was true.

[@Torquemada70]

I've learned to apply the rule - 'If it was that confirmed, if you were that 100% convinced that you're right....why are you acting this desperate?'

[@compugasm]

The book Keenan is holding isn't the real book. He's got a comically large version, for visual affect, like one of those fake checks they give to lottery winners.

[@Gumbatron01]

"factually inaccurate" is all but synonymous with the Democratic party.

[@BlenderRookie]

There's a project 2025 and guess what, there was a project 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004 yada yada yada. All of which are created by a republican think tank not directly associated with any candidate. It's just standard practice.

[@timmytuckerson3450]

You are correct. It is mostly overly religious conservatives who try to push through their agenda. The thing is Democrats pretty much do the same thing lol just opposite end of the spectrum. Tribalism at its finest.

[@dudeassface]

I'll do you one better ACA was based on a republican think tank proposal.

[@opensocietyenjoyer]

and it turns out that 2025 is bizarrely horrible.

[@johammy]

Yes, and I am BEGGING someone, ANYONE, to dig into this and analyze how much of their past wish lists have ever been implemented (an average and aggregate %), and then dig in to the PLETHORA of left-wing think tanks (I think you could SPIT in DC and land on one) and then analyze all of THEIR policy wish lists and their implementation percentages. I'M BEGGING PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE.

[@timmytuckerson3450]

@@opensocietyenjoyer lol both sides do it whenever one of their own gets in. Stop being so tribalistic

[@becorations1]

What blows my mind is so many Dems do NOT WANT to know the truth. I was trying to explain to my mom the other day about Kamala and the border promises and how she’s the “border czar, and she turned purple yelling at me that she didnt want to hear it. I don’t stop educating her, but she does not want to hear it. And so many polls I see have people start calling others names or just walk off when they are proven wrong or are just asked to prove a statement. It legit gives me anxiety to watch.

[@donnaw3765]

It is in the Bible how families will turn against each other. I do not dare bring up politics with my daughter who is now 34. They truly blow up when facts are presented to them.

[@kalburgy2114]

Democrats worship their party instead of God. To them, you are speaking blasphemy.

[@pong9000]

I have a few family members who refuse unfiltered information. They behave as though afraid to catch cooties from sources outside their bubbles. And I've seen their social circles quick to punish or exclude members for nonconformity.

[@garyanthony5292]

Project 2025 is the new Steele document!

[@OoTRIGGAMANoO]

"We hate the guy you hate. Vote for us!"... What a horrible and useless way to campaign.

[@Baulx138]

And sadly effective

[@KatrinaRoseT]

It worked for Biden in 2020.

[@g3nj1]

It worked for trump vs hilary. people hated him back then, but they hated hilary more. hearing people say "vote biden - literally just because it's not trump" is insane, but if we're being consistent then I would say it applies to 2016 as well. it's just that voting biden or hilary was way more insane based on the facts. criminals. I like what trump presents, but who knows, he could be just another one of them. didn't lock up hilary, didn't drain the swamp. maybe he's just a more sophisticated and worthy part of the swamp.

[@mw-pl5rg]

​@@KatrinaRoseTNot really If it worked for anyone but the swamp. The real masters. Biden like Kamala are merely figurehead.

[@MenchieExtrakt]

That’s how the republicans are doing it. It’s hating on and fear mongering about the left, about immigrants, about trans people, about other countries, about big corporations, about legacy media.

[@fishnewmarch2764]

How many are here to watch for tails? Great video. It's nice to listen to someone calmly explain the obvious that many just don't seem to grasp.

[@captainlandyacht1328]

Mr.Smith, you are doing good work. Thank you

[@WyoSavage1976]

The media feels free and justified to lie about Trump on any and all occasions. The state of US. schools started going downhill when the Dept of Education was created.

[@indiansfever11]

This is why I despise the democratic party, I'm tired of being lied to being treated like I'm stupid.

[@Shawnmehaffey]

@@indiansfever11 yep. Ima Dem no longer

[@donnaw3765]

Don't forget we are also deplorable... ; )

[@Lunasilenti]

I've never been a fan of circuses, or television, or the radio for that matter. I'm truly sorry that you had to endure that fiasco in order to try to educate, your actions are appreciated.

[@robn2497]

So my current system of assuming its Bullshit remains intact.

[@danf1862]

They need a bogeyman to scare people into voting. My wife thinks the world is going to end if Trump wins. She shuts down any conversation about critically reviewing these candidates based on policies. I admit that she is smarter than me and is really good with arguing her point. But in this, she shuts down like I'm a villain who doesn't deserve freedom of speech. Frankly, I'm just going to wait it out until November, cast my vote and watch as absolutely NOTHING changes in our life because of the outcome.

[@NadiaSeesIt]

Vote how you feel. Hopefully she comes out of her fog soon

[@Christopher.Bingham]

@@NadiaSeesIt I hope he votes how he *thinks*. Going with how you "feel" is what has gotten us into the mess we're in.

[@MrMagnaniman]

@@Christopher.Bingham If people were voting based on thinking instead of feeling, we wouldn't have a two-party system in the first place.

[@cybermercsix3171]

We are Rome.

[@noir_7217]

What's worse than being lied to from every direction nowadays is the lack of accountability for it. Since everybody can get away with it why even stop? From politicians to advertisers.

[@Guido-fy2ie]

The only group it doesn't work for, .... is We The People. Soon Americans will be imprisoned for saying something that someone else is "Offended" by, ... and it won't even need to be a Lie.

[@mr2981]

it's a big secret! that's why it's published in a big book that the Heritage Foundation has been giving away for a year! The Same Heritage foundation that has been publishing policy recommendation documents for incoming administrations for literally decades...

[@douglemay7989]

Donald Trump is the Wizard behind the curtain.

[@WHEREAMI42]

If Trump was involved it's be on HIS website... not on kamala's. 🙃

[@matthewrice9323]

Love you man! Thank you for spreading free independent thought!

[@BlaqAdam]

7:50 perfectly decribes every person defending Trump through his impeachments and Jan 6.

[@boigercat]

I'm so glad relaxed channels like yours exists because so much discussion is aggressive these days. You remind me of my own values and I appreciate that

[@jackhammer3423]

None of the people sounding the alarm about project 2025 have bothered to read it .

[@jenbhikes]

Some have read parts, but they clearly aren't able to analyze it. If you don't understand the context, that documents like these are written every cycle by each party, you're liable to overblow its importance.

[@beckinfidelis3916]

It's my understanding that the Heritage foundation has published a similar "Advisory" paper before every election for nearly 50 years. I thought it was just something they offered to help any elected president make a smooth transition in an organized way. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I think the journalists, pundits & politicians who have knowingly lied, calling it "Trump's project", should be sued by the heritage foundation for defamation. 😂 Maybe by the authors.

[@1daveyp]

We used to say that when a Politician made bland, empty feel good statements that they were "against sin and in favour of motherhood". Seems like the Democrats have a fresh new approach to empty blandness, being against motherhood and in favour of sin.

[@plonialmoni1948]

In my experience people only LIE because they cannot think of anything true that will make their case.

[@RachelRichards]

"We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we also know that they know we know they are lying too, they of course know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as well, but they are still lying." ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

[@straycat8126]

There is No Such Thing as an honest politician….

[@L0rd0fTh3N3rdz]

​@@straycat8126they are not equally dishonest

[@opensocietyenjoyer]

who is "they"?

[@L0rd0fTh3N3rdz]

@@opensocietyenjoyer The Party

[@opensocietyenjoyer]

@@L0rd0fTh3N3rdz which one? you clown?

[@chrisw6164]

Trump’s policy platform is on his website.

[@Athena621]

And project2025 is not in Harris's menu.

[@duarteleonardo8352]

At this point, I believe everyone would be happy if Kamala had her own project 2025 equivalent, just show something...

[@jiyh7896]

Yep, Bathhouse Barry starred in the ad I just got, deeming Kamala his 'friend' haha

[@donnaw3765]

@@duarteleonardo8352 We already know what they want. Socialist/Communist party.

[@Guido-fy2ie]

@@donnaw3765 “The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened. I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party.” ~ Norman Thomas (1884-1968) six-time U.S. Presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America1948 - from an interview during the presidential campaign. To paraphrase Harry Truman "There is nothing new in this world, but the history THEY do not know."

[@masonkrcmarik7303]

Pure insanity out there man

[@HealingFrequenciesMusic-HFM]

There's a lot of people I work with where we don't agree on everything. I guess when you really don't like someone, words are put in their mouth, which appears what's going on here.

[@jlynn5680]

Love your insight.

[@hermesmcclintok]

They are literally bringing up nickelodeon child actors and women Twerking

[@g3nj1]

they know their audience has arrested development so they give them what they think they want. they don't respect voters. they are plebs to them. they just do whatever it takes to get power and ruin america.

[@Guido-fy2ie]

Oh, you mean MKultra CIA assets ?? lol

[@jbs8892]

The Department of Education was created in 1979 by Jimmy Carter to get teacher unions endorsement. Our schools were far better before it was established.

[@donnaw3765]

Agree. We truly need to get the Union out. Little did we know schools were being overtaken by 'woke' teachers for the past several years.

[@gp3613]

Ah, you're a breath of fresh air. Have started clicking instantly on your videos

[@Guido-fy2ie]

I watched just one, ... from the Suggested list. And subscribed immediately.

[@ltGargoyle]

thought crime, thought crime. your guilty of thinking something we do not like.

[@typerexc]

I despise lies on both sides. Lying about liars is just a different flavor of manipulation. Even if there's true reason to be concerned, dumbing it down and literally using it as a scare tactic is no more than treating all of us like imbeciles who need to be led. It's discrediting. We all need to respect ourselves by taking a step back and truly thinking.

[@darkaxel1991]

Denying reality. A rejection of objective fact. Emotional decision-making. Avoidance of responsibility. Lack of focus, goals, and plan of action. Massive narcissism. That's American political life. I'm getting real tired of the status quo. Something's gotta give.

[@cherripie-ugh]

It's true, they want you not to believe what you actually see or hear. Because of course only they know what's truly true. It's ugly the way they play.

[@daleaddink5755]

Nice evaluation. Trump exaggerates about most things. Kamala typically says the exact opposite or nothing about what she has done or wants to do. I held my nose in 2016 when I voted for trump. I was shocked when he tried to do everything he said he wanted to do starting with the supreme court.

[@kingsleyoji649]

Why were you shocked?

[@nyet_maker7948]

​@@kingsleyoji649 well he is kinda crass for a politician. And to expect someone who was on the WWF to actually try to do better than the c*nts that should be the ones doing, is just crazy (at least to me). So i get him

[@garretlizotte6288]

​@@kingsleyoji649probably because every other politician has lied to us. We were pleasantly shocked he actually tried keeping his word!

[@kingsleyoji649]

@@garretlizotte6288 ok. I didn't read that right the first time. Sounds legit!

[@garretlizotte6288]

@@kingsleyoji649 😊

[@StupidAnon-gn8ih]

Evil evil Project 2025, how _dare_ they seek to abolish DHS!? That's _FASCISM_ !!

[@justinwhite4039]

We absolutely need more Warren Smith's.

[@MissBeeeBeee]

Oh yes!!!!!

[@user-Jo915]

Look at 2030 💩🤬🤡

[@lonelymartyr]

7:31 - Can't hear the A/V tech. 😂 That's classic!

[@kimwood6632]

You are correct. They made that up. What they aren't saying is that Superpac has sent something to every president in the last 15 years. So are they all in cahuts with Fidelity and this specific superpac?

[@shikyokira3065]

In other words, we have a bunch of people who have been convinced to not believe their lying eyes. When they see Trump saying the opposite of what they have been told, they will convince themselves that Trump is lying to them because they have also been conditioned to think Trump always lies.

[@itsnotokgolf]

"GO BACK TO WORKING AT GOOD BURGER" is what I would say

[@AMKB01]

I've read parts of Project 2025, checking what it actually said about specific topics vs what leftists were claiming it said. I found it sounded well thought out, reasonable, and worthy.

[@YuriDSC]

Kamala doesn't have policies on her site, but she sure as fuck has Project 2025 in there :D

[@opensocietyenjoyer]

name a single policy of trump. name one

[@SoloAdvocate]

@@opensocietyenjoyer Well I tried but KZbin hates when you post external links... just google for "Trump Platform". You will get a link to his website with the Agenda 47 laid out.

[@kalburgy2114]

One? Close the border. No taxes on Social Security or tips. Cut taxes for ALL Americans. Deport *illegal* immigrants. Veto any attempt to ban abortion at the national level, keeping it a state issue as the Constitution demands... I could go on, and that is off the top of my head.

[@SoloAdvocate]

@@opensocietyenjoyer Just Google Trump Platform and his website link will come up

[@SoloAdvocate]

@@opensocietyenjoyer Look on his website

[@mustang607]

I wonder if the captain of the Titanic thought, “we are not going back”, as the huge ship progressed towards that iceberg.

[@yehimstone5492]

Our public.schools have failed our children. Time for a change

[@CynVee]

I have supported President Trump since 2016. I told my husband Trump would win that year. I just got a sense that I wasn't alone in thinking that. I never watched the Apprentice or really ever knew anything about his jetset lifestyle, I just trusted him. There was just something about the way he spoke, what he said that I believed he was sincere. His bragging never bothered me, I guess, because I grew up around so many New Yorkers. It's just a NY attitude. I guess if you're from the Midwest, it can be startling, but it's just an attitude. A survival skill. I can't say I liked his name calling, but some of his tweets were very funny and so true. So I just connected with him. And when he won and then kept as many promises as the RINOs and Dems allowed him even my husband had to admit I was right. I generally ignore the hype and listen for the substance. Trump delivers, he stretches the truth but he doesn't lie (unlike the dems) and funny thing is he tends to be right. Love that so many others are recognizing this and getting under the big MAGA tent too. RFK Jr described MAGA best, it's worth finding and reading his tweet. I plan on voting for the third time for President Trump and pray that we can outfox the cheaters and make it, as my favorite President says, too big to rig.

[@kjnoah]

Thank you, idiots abound that refuse to do research. It's nice to hear I am not the only one that sees through their bullshit, with the most basic fact validation steps.

[@Kiadaw77]

They already made uo their mind. They will claimed Trump lied & secreting wanted all the evil stuff even when he said the opposite.

[@JenniferTakes]

...BOOM!!! There it is...cognitive dissonance.

[@kirstyholmes9318]

Thiss sums up how I feel about these statements - ignore what they actually say, read around it. Drives me mad as I tend take things literally. I listen to what and how you say it.

[@younglivingmargo]

I love your work. Thank you for voice of logic and rationalism in this sea of lunacy and disinformation

Re: Dept of Ed....getting the P Friere acolytes out and restructuring it is akin to removing a cancerous tumor and becoming healthy again

[@Mayasoflya]

And here we find ourselves 😢

[@midnight161]

Great video as always.

[@blondetapperware8289]

Love the cat

[@MrMagnaniman]

The problem with education now is that it is actually indoctrination. We're taught to simply repeat what we're told and not think critically about it. Since that is not engaging to most people, the schools fail to impart very much knowledge. It's a recursive problem. The idiocracy spiral.

[@nancienordwick4169]

Stay centered!

[@mojojojo1529]

Ah yes, the "secret intentions" argument. How many times I've heard that. We have a politician in Hungary famous for his truth telling (as you can guess from that alone, he is not very successful as a politician) and the opposition's argument? "Yes, he is always telling the truth, but he is doing that only to throw you off guard, his secret intentions are to destroy Hungary." There you go, available for all occasions.

[@anitra7747]

Selective reduction. It’s such an innocuous term. Please take the time to research IVF and the procedures if you’re pro-life. I am confident that you will find several deal breaking issues, beginning with selective reduction.

[@timberdark]

The Heritage Foundation is a( Think Tank )a non-profit public policy research institute based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1973, Heritage's mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values.

[@Christopher.Bingham]

Dig a little deeper and see *how* they want to implememt those ideas. See if you still agree.

[@robertsmall1657]

This is a huge reason I am a Trump voter now. They have lied about him non stop since 2015 and then they have the nerve to call him a liar 😂 🤯

[@lilolmecj]

A good friend, lifelong Republican voter, said of Trump, “he’s such a liar”. I just wondered compared to whom? Those who have been in politics for decades are lying liars who lie relentlessly. But this relative newcomer is defined as a liar. I don’t really understand.

[@mogznwaz]

Same here. They treat the public as if we’re all children and simpletons who don’t notice the manipulation, the lies and the hypocrisy

[@nahguacm]

So what do you think about Trump's claims about election fraud?

[@mogznwaz]

@@nahguacm I think that there is election fraud happening at many different levels - importing voters, resisting the idea that voters need citizenship and ID. Postal votes are notoriously abusable- and not just in the USA. Media collusion. Lawfare. 24x7 Trump derangement.

[@ThatOneGuyWithTheEye]

​@nahguacm you think election fraud doesn't exist? 100k non citizens were just illegally registered yo vote in Arizona. Last presidential election Arizona was won by less than 15k votes..... so tell me. What do YOU think about election fraud?

[@Notsram77]

This makes me so, so sad.

[@DeviousFink]

If I was a Democrat, I'd be so insulted with how stupid party leadership thinks I am.

[@masonthorpe7327]

When people come to conclusions using emotions and not rational, you will NEVER be able to use rational to change their mind.

[@Leela31825]

Huge lot of people brain washed by lies

[@ninjason57]

Unfortunately our society has become so divided that a civil discussion between two citizens who have differing political ideals is basically impossible. The problem I'm finding is that the two sides of the political aisle have different core ethics and morals. People on both sides truly believe that voting dem or rep is the morally superior choice. It's like putting a Muslim and a Jew in the same room to discuss religion. There will be no fruitful discussion, only talking past each other into oblivion. If the American people cant learn to find a middle ground then the end result of this will be further division until either one side overtakes the other by political force or the country divides into multiple pieces like the Roman Empire. It will no longer be a United States.

[@kalburgy2114]

Unfortunately the Left and Right truly are incompatible at a fundamental level. There is no middle ground. There can be no compromise.

[@g3nj1]

that is exactly what they want. if we fight each other we don't have time to hold the real criminals accountable. my dad put it well; "the two party system doesn't work. Imagine a company that had a two party system. they would figtht all the time and nothing would get done." nothing is by accident.

[@donnaw3765]

My daughter attended school for 21 years. Child Dev, Kindergarten, 12 years reg. school, and 8 years in college. Yes, she is very far left now. We can NOT talk about politics. I once asked her how was Trump racist...she replied, "Charlottesville". She has started her own counseling business and is doing great. I simply wish she wouldn't vote...

[@pong9000]

I don't find supporters of each side having different core ethics and morals. I find many have very rudimentary core ethics and morals, and are full of hypocrisies. So they cling to parties (or sides in the culture wars) for guidance. This is why people are observing the shallow of both sides solving moral quandaries with authoritarian bombast, and everybody so buried in groupthink they often clown themselves when they're drawn off script. Back when media meant television you weren't expected to pose politically fashionable just to maintain a social circle.

[@redneckcoder]

Trump in the Sept 10 debate, needs to refer to their claims about Project 2025, IVF, etc. as "left-wing conspiracy theories"

[@winskypinsky]

This is the Steele Dossier to the power of 10.

[@bradleykimmons]

You’re correct.

[@freckledfox7308]

The fact that the AV Tech couldn't get his audio to work , lol.

[@grinningtiki220]

That wasn't part of the skit?

[@lanzer22]

I used to be a democrat, but what the whole party is doing right now is out of a chapter from Idiocracy. To watch puppets talk nonsense I don't know how they do it.

[@Anonymous-q3b]

There is evidence of a connection. "Trump also spoke highly about the group's plans at a dinner sponsored by the Heritage Foundation in April 2022, saying: 'This is a great group, and they’re going to lay the groundwork and detail plans for exactly what our movement will do and what your movement will do when the American people give us a colossal mandate to save America.'”

[@heelsidehero7581]

That doesn’t mean he even read it dude. It’s the Heritage foundation. They’re always releasing documents.

[@Anonymous-q3b]

​@@heelsidehero7581 According to the article anyway it does seem to have been in reference to Project 2025 (that's what the article is about, then the article says "Trump also spoke highly about the group's plans..."). I suppose you're technically right that I can't prove Trump read it but this definitely elevates the concern to something above a baseless conspiracy theory and media invention like Warren was suggesting. I doubt Warren was aware of this information to be talking the way he was talking in this video. If I'm wrong Warren can correct me but unless that happens I will continue to doubt it. Anyway, now you know about it, if it doesn't make you any more likely to think there's a connection then I guess it doesn't but to be honest it's hard for me to understand how that's possible. It's clearly relevant information.

[@heelsidehero7581]

@@Anonymous-q3b If I did believe this article without a name, which I don’t because people online are liars, the second part to this is: now show me a part in project 2025 that they haven’t taken out of context and lied about. Warren just showed many examples of them straight lying and I don’t trust that it even says what they say it does.

[@Anonymous-q3b]

​@@heelsidehero7581 Yeah sorry about the no link/name, the reason for it is that when I did initially share the link the comment was censored so I just decided to share only a quote as an experiment to see if that wouldn't be censored and it worked. If you google the quote it should be the first thing that comes up. But it's a mainstream media source so if you have already determined they may be lying about anything they say there's really no point looking it up I guess. I still think Warren would have mentioned this one way or another or would have at least spoken about the topic differently if he was aware of this and so probably is not aware, but he can correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe I'll take some time at some point and see if I can find direct footage of or at least other reporting on the event to get more info, if I find anything more I'll share it.

[@Anonymous-q3b]

@@heelsidehero7581 OK yeah you can find footage of it, google "Trump Caught Cheering Extremist Project He Says He Knows Nothing About" there is a clip in that article

[@Khyrid]

Looks like blatant controlled opposition.

[@SparkyFinch]

Can we have the democratic party from 2008 back? Guys like Dennis Kucinich being the radicals instead of all the insanity we have now........

[@lauriivey7801]

It's so much easier to condemn people on what YOU THINK they believe ... rather than on provable examples that contradict your beliefs. It gives me pause when a Kennedy supports Trump, when a prior DNC vice-chair supports Trump ... what do they know about the Dems??

[@afit5341]

Mesa, AZ closed down a continuation VoTech school by the end of the 80's. My Mt View high school course books were large! we had hundreds of choices of classes if we knew we couldn't afford college. my Sophomore year i took: Foods 1 & 2 Child Development Record Keeping along with the standard required classes Moved to O.C., CA in 1989 and my new school barely had ceramics let alone anything interesting

[@francisjudge]

O what a tangled web we weave...

[@randallsanchez3161]

After hearing everyone go on about Project 2025, I decided to actually read it. As a conservative, most of it was normal conservative stuff that most conservatives would support. There were some oddities in there like "require all schools who receive federal funding to require ASVAB testing" which was a bit odd. Things like "replacing cabinet staff with loyalists" is something that many administrations already do. Bill Clinton fired every single US attorney and replace them with loyalists when he first took office. AG Eric Holder was Obama's self declared "wingman". Why in gods name would you want someone who might undermine you working there?

[@playnejayne5550]

With Trump, we already have an idea what he will do. I was shocked that he at least tried to keep a bunch of campaign promises.

[@donnaw3765]

Trump could have accomplished more if the Dem party/mainstream media would have backed him. Especially on the border wall. I do understand why you were shocked. To many believe the mainstream media.

[@Shawnmehaffey]

Warren, I’m glad you’re here. Thank you!

[@theamazingbughead]

Thanks Warren for speaking truth to power

[@govegan0424]

M to the A to the G to the A ! Kama-lama-ding-dong is a joke, a commy joke.