Overtime: James Carville & Dave Rubin | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

[@towertone]

Carville saying "that dude is weird, man" while wearing a pink hoodie with USMC on it is pure comedy gold....

[@firstlast8258]

Gawd bless Murica 🤓🖕

[@raef90]

2003, CJCS Gen Dick B. Meyers comes aboard the USS Rhode Island with the Comandant of the USMC to observe our submarine and test a new USMC speed small craft boat. His bodyguard, clearly a man you should NEVER cross, had a bright neon pink polo and a purple fanny pack with 2 desert eagle .45 pistols. Pretty much, the common thread? Both are secure in their masculinity. Seems like something you might be lacking.

[@raef90]

Also, did you know most of the high ranking and presidents up to 1920s wore pink dresses until they were 5 years old? Teddy Roosevelt, a paragon of manhood at the time. Pink gown at 5. What is wild is the insecurity in people today. That is what is tearing us down. Insecurity causing people to freak out about their image and what others are doing related to appearance so badly you won't respect their accomplishments because you're upset at men wearing pink.

[@Laurahistory]

Men wore, what we now call "dresses" for the first 10,000 years of civilization. The differences of dress between men and women is a recent trend, about 400 years.. Nonetheless, if women can wear pants, men can wear dresses, is what I say. Masculinity is a state of mind. So is femininity.

[@markgigiel2722]

@@raef90 Pink is just another color. Some people long ago said pink is for girls and blue is for boys. We always need to compartmentalize everything. Life doesn't work like that.

[@Kteeee]

James carville being the top strategist for Dems make complete sense why the party is the way it is lmao

[@basicstickfigure1087]

Is he speaking English ?

[@stevenobinator2229]

HE'S A TOTAL JOKE

[@Schmidty797]

Agreed lol this not only personally alarming me because of certain things but that guy is an idiot.

[@Manx36]

“Party is the way it is”, what does that mean exactly?

[@joesmith4443]

Donald Trump being the top candidate for president makes complete sense why the party, it’s voters are is a fascist theocratic movement PROVES James Carvers’ point about self referential policies and alternative “facts” and believing his point they believe the earth is only 6,000 yrs old in polls. At some point we have the blame the voters for who gets elected and why 🤣

[@robtierney5653]

They're talking about the price of gasoline. I'm in the middle of the country where historically it's the cheaper place to live. The average 1 bedroom apartment is about 1200 a month. Double that price everyplace else. That's what's hurting peoples cost of living. These people are "out of touch."

[@BigfootXpert9000]

Exactly

[@raymondamador1487]

Not to mention that, during the record high inflation, products shrank. They haven't returned to normal size. Chips, Dips, snacks, etc..

[@User-54631]

Im a regular guy My 4/2 house payment is 1400 living in a major city in Ca. Money management, timing, and a dash of luck is important in financial planning.

[@jeanetteschock4744]

Blame the greedy landlords that are sick also of tenants completely trashing rentals

[@dianekuroda8513]

" in the name of Allah" ...​ You are reported as spam.

[@ausgang9495]

James Carville calling "that dude weird" is the definition of irony.

[@robertrubey6594]

Pot calling the kettle black

[@generaljackson1741]

dude looks like a bald granny from the beverly hillbillies

[@vinceliardi1662]

Carville is weird in a quirky way. Musk is weird in a crazy way. Easy for any reasonable person to see.

[@generaljackson1741]

@@vinceliardi1662 crazy? like in what way

[@danitempest]

You read my mind. I already had written it out in my head. But my version wasn't as nice. My version goes something like... "That's rich of James Carville, one of the weirdest oddities on the planet, who's name should be 'citizen weirdfuck', who obviously doesn't own a mirror. Would you if you looked like that biological experiment gone wrong? He makes that mouse with a human ear growing out of it's belly look normal.

[@connormurphy4799]

I love when rich old men tell me that we’ve never had it better. Can’t buy a house and our tuition debt is 10x what they went through but yea … it’s never been better

[@lembergnative7731]

Tuition is high because the federal government enabled it with idiotic loan programs. Housing is expensive because local governments create more and more expensive rules and regulations, creating artificial constraints on housing production. Also, see restrictive zoning laws

[@robvangessel3766]

Agreed. I like Carville, but here he really echoed the types of Democrats we put with for decades who grew detached from middle class concerns because of their own wealth. It's what made Hillary Clinton such an awful candidate in 2016: she couldn't connect with "average Joes" at ALL. Big money is very blinding - for anyone. The pity is, we either get this type running for office or a nakedly crooked, greedy puppet for billionaires like Trump who is CLEARLY out to cut the throats of middle class workers. The former is still the lesser of 2 evils; yet, angry voters out of frustration often turn to the latter, thereby cutting their own throats.

[@kennethdower7425]

Boo-hoo. Instead of crying and complaining, take some personal responsibility and grow up.

[@ryanbianchi3118]

No you don’t understand!! James Carville is a political operative so he gets the final word!! Your real life experiences are not match for his vast knowledge on gas prices

[@ricogomez4020]

Not just rich old men but liberal.

[@Jms3424]

Sun Tzu 101, as long as the people are divided you can rule both sides.. betting Carville has read Sun Tzu.. America needs to be Americans not Rep or Dem

[@stuff4sale80]

Carville and Sun Tzu went to the same college btw.

[@jean-mariezelenka5474]

@@stuff4sale80 the Art of War, that's not a 101 proposition. Hopefully, Carville's views may prevail, but yet again, without borders, there is little de debate about.

[@pho3nix-]

Larry David was Sun Tzu's professor

[@firstlast8258]

Gawd bless Murica 🤓🖕

[@1247.cccccc]

Carville is a rodent.

[@HercuLync]

When lots of people can't afford rent or food, they are going to think the economy is in trouble. No stats about the stock markets or job creation are going to change their mind or the reality of the situation.

[@CrimeThinkBeats]

That's because the people blaming Biden for food, rent or gas prices are imbeciles who aren't intelligent enough to be blaming global markets and wealthy private owners instead. A president doesn't set or have more than a marginal effect on food or rent prices. Bunch of right-wing maga dunces on this page.

[@conssuckballs]

What I want to know is what are Trump and the Republicans going to do to bring rents down, bring mortgages down, bring food prices down, bring gas prices down. I hear a lot of complaining and blaming but no solutions.

[@nolongerblocked6210]

The only possible way for congress, the government or the president to lower people's rent prices is socialism... which obviously isn't the answer. The problem is greedy landlords & corporations!! The only hope to stop the greed is for the government to level a windfall tax on the record corporate profits they've had for the last 3yrs, do you think the reps would ever consider that?? The party of cutting taxes for millionaires/billionaires & corporations & nothing else?? No chance, they'd never consider it. The Dems are almost as corporate owned now as the Reps & they won't even talk about it

[@glenmiddleton9831]

When people stop buying prices will decrease, but then come layoffs & foreclosures!

[@Martina-qj3zf]

In the name of Allah, we invite you to worship Allah alone, so say: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. These words make you a servant of Allah ............ .......... .......

[@jasonnogels2027]

Carville is literally doing the "don't believe your own lying eyes" bit and the audience can't clap hard enough.

[@tysons9222]

he’s kinda sounding like a conspiracy theorist

[@richardwendt9266]

@@tysons9222 He's got some good points though. I mean, if you compare the averages between red states vs blue states on economics and life expectancy, how are the GOP still around? If you live in a red state, your life expectancy is 4 years shorter and your median household income is 12,000$ per year lower. Hod do the GOP get away with that? Because people don't believe the data. They believe what they want to believe.

[@gregbayne6229]

@@tysons9222Right like gas hasn’t went up and that it is cheap🤷🏻‍♂️

[@teresawehling3181]

Gas has gone up again in my area in Illinois

[@richardwendt9266]

@@teresawehling3181 Gas around the world is going up. It's a global issue. It's up in the country I live in too. I pay US$6.50 per gallon. How much do you pay?

[@Makmurf]

For James to call anyone weird is just hilarious .

[@mmklassen]

Right? I laughed at him as he channels Gollum…

[@mikebracco890]

What's weird about him? A cajun accent?

[@tootstoyou1]

He’s obnoxious and weird and wrong!

[@StanH1966]

​@@mikebracco890she admires Elon Musk and was insulted that someone would insult him. Even though he'll be a complete stranger to her, her entire life.

[@markfox5171]

I had exactly the same reaction. Pot calling kettle black situation

[@lman2677]

convictions are down. crimes are not. There are less police to take reports. Let that sink in. You might choose to be blind to that. but the day someone is outside your door trying to get in and your 911 call goes unanswered.... You get what you deserve.

[@cameronmiles645]

There definitely is not a lack of police in the US

[@David-lg2dv]

JC is a nut. His analogy of a mother of two initiative to get to USA and he has a job for her. What job is that JC? Cleaning your toilets? But the cost on the taxpayer for a non citizen mother of two for their housing, medical, snap benefits, education, child care (who will watch her two kids while she is cleaning toilets? She isn't going to be working in a high earning profession to cover these costs) etc.. will cost the taxpayers hundreds of thousands. This guy is out of his mind.

[@sunnyhill8179]

All of these virtue signalers are out of their minds.

[@jayjones9219]

Carville is full of crap. These people don't walk here either. They pay smugglers and travel in an air-conditioned tour bus to the border. Your are right, taxpayers pay all the living and medical costs for the uneducated to take low wage job here.

[@dmc3489]

It overlooks the fact that one woman is coming along with 50 military aged men

[@missykins3193]

And now Durbin wants migrants in our military. It's the stupidest idea I've ever heard. Ya think they won't be used against our own citizens? I got a bridge to sell you.

[@lorraineblair8389]

Well said. Couldn't agree more. The democrats have lost sight of reality! Wait till the dust settles from their open borders and lawlessness.

[@keatonjohns2049]

Listening to James talk is such a perfect reflection of the ignorance of the Democratic Party.

[@pbajnow]

It is interesting how folks segregate according to language and style and mythology rather than substantive issues. Amusing.

[@kman8749]

Unfortunately, a lot of Americans don't know how their government works. It's an education issue.

[@BishopWalters12]

Sadly, a lot of people in Government don't know how it works and that is the bigger problem.

[@DyarContreras]

Civics classes were thrown out of the public, American classroom a LOOONG time ago… That needs to be brought back ASAP; but all the politicians would rather debate about other stuff… Both the far right and the far left focus too much on distractive cultural issues… Common sense is not so common nowadays.

[@kman8749]

@BishopWalters12 I disagree. The people are the bigger problem because we put them there and put up with this shit. We don't hold them accountable because we don't know how government works and we don't pay attention.

[@BishopWalters12]

@@kman8749 You're letting them off the hook and blaming the people.

[@T___Brown]

I think the problem is that people like you want to make a generic comment and not identify who you refer to. Because i know many on left and right that would take the comment and agree but think about the other side. Lack of identifying bad ideas is why we are where we are. Men are not women. The economy isnt strong. Carvil is an evil evil man. He is a proven liar.

[@AnyWayICan]

Carville seems very upset that people believe their lying eyes instead of his facts.

[@aamerkastoff1447]

Carville seems very upset that people believe their lying eyes instead of his "facts." - Added the quotation marks to ensure people understand Carville's facts are anything but facts.

[@AmericanOutsider]

All his life he's been used to putting out whatever he wants on WP or MSNBC, and people would blindly believe it. These days, no so much; and he's sitting there thinking "why don't those idiots just believe whatever I claim without any evidence?". He probably have a really hard time with all these facts meddling in his spin. Just see how he's doing in this short segment; "let's not mention what Elon actually reacted to, but call him an antisemite and move on, quickly", "Republicans are a bugger threat than Al Queda" - Obviously the guy has taken too many mushrooms, and now we're all paying the price.

[@midnightman011]

He seems so smug that America's crime rate went down like he personally made it happen .. YES murder spiked during the lockdown and now it has gone down .. "What a Miracle!" .. People being locked together for a year .. social workers and cops staying home I am surprised it didn't triple .. also "That dude is weird!" .. says Yoda in the pink Marine corp sweater

[@ellieveganphilly-7335]

Bingo!

[@jayschauer4172]

​@@aamerkastoff1447dispute any of the economic numbers he pointed to. Or any current economic metric for that matter. You sheep believe in anecdotes and your 'feels'

[@randyhyland847]

Housing prices, food prices and entertainment prices are killing normal Americans. It doesn't matter how good the stock market is if they can't afford to eat.

[@georgeklimes7604]

Many Americans cannot even participate in the stock market. So they don't want to hear about that. They are struggling. And it is not a Biden, Trump, etc thing. It's a lot of greed and concern about short term profits.

[@executivedecision6141]

Prices are high for working Americans, but think how much worse it would be if Trump had been re-elected...... Republicans don't have a solution either. Inflation has been on the rise since the 1970s. The Inflation Reduction Act does't lower food and housing prices. It does lower the price of certain pharmaceuticals. That's a start.

[@bfsgman]

​@@executivedecision6141 It says a lot when both parties and their enablers say "Vote for us because we're marginally better than the other guys." All either side does is gaslight as living conditions get progressively worse for everybody who isn't in the top 1%.

[@robo5013]

Exactly, I'm getting tired of rich people saying how good the economy is doing based on a metric that only benefits them. The stock market has nothing to do with the economy whatsoever, it only reflects how well wealthy people are doing.

[@candacerushing6882]

Blame corporate greed! Corporations are enjoying record profits because they jacked their prices!

[@MrGgabber]

Carville: "You're an immigrant, come see me!" Cameras turn off Carville: "Get the hell out of my 4th home in Martha's Vineyard!"

[@adamshaffer1232]

He needs a lot of staff for those four homes…

[@debeichmann236]

@@adamshaffer1232What now you’re against capitalism? He more than most could afford to employ anyone.

[@melliott3681]

This is a great economy for the wealthy. Not so much for the middle-class and below. I make an above average income, but as a single person, I have been priced out of the housing market due to inflated home prices and high interest rates. A visit to the grocery store is a major expense. For the first time that I can remember, rents are less expensive than mortgage payments and I live in a state which is considered low cost. These are 3 wealthy men whose portfolio is in the stock market and doing well so of course they're going to say the economy is great. I do agree with the assessment of Mike Johnson and the threat of Christian nationalism. Dictatorship is knocking at the door of American freedom and it is clothed in religion to disguise the threat. I hope that Americans can see this for what it is.

[@andyecheandia8375]

You can thank Dementia Joe for those negative conditions.

[@brady3126]

Rubin mentioned elsewhere on this episode that the high property costs are partially due to companies like Blackrock with cash investors buying up houses as soon as they hit market with absurdly high cash offers. These companies keep demand and prices high because they have automated systems and enormous numbers of investors and enormous amounts of cash

[@mikewhite4560]

Amen

[@bclamore]

​@andyecheandia8375 you are the one with dementia.

[@ArtSpencer-z1g]

You can thank Trump for many dying needlessly during Covid. All you can thank Trump for gabbing p-ssy and committing 91 felonies an counting. He is a traitor and a dictator wannabe. Of course many of his cult followers would love to have Donny as dictator for life.@@andyecheandia8375

[@rhetoricstephen]

Why does it constantly feel like we're being gaslighted about the economy and then told our experience and perception must be purely politically motivated? When's the last time James Carville or even Bill Maher had to live a typical economic existence in this country? It simply doesn't line up with the official numbers they spew from their lofty towers. This tends to happen regardless of which party holds any part of the federal government.

[@sandyunderpants4376]

Bill had no idea that gas prices have come way down from 5 months ago, but they are still double what they were when the current president was sworn in. All important facts, that everybody missed out on mentioning.

[@Ausf]

Most people that talk about "the economy" simply mean GDP. It has no relation to real world day to day life for ordinary people.

[@jmhorange]

I think they have trouble going from the macro which is useful for governing to the micro, where we live. They need to do better. Imagine a story on California's water shortage issues, pointing out Cali borders an ocean, that the world is 70 percent water, there is no water shortage. The macro of how much water we have in the world, is unrelated to the micro, how much water is available in a region. And that's what politicians in power do when the public isn't unhappy. They want us to ignore the reality of the regions we live in and accept the average of what's going on across the whole of the US. What difference does it make if crime nationwide fell by 50 percent if crime in your city went up? Who cares about a record low unemployment if you are working 2 minimum wage jobs to make ends meet?

[@Marston9413]

@@sandyunderpants4376 gas prices only doubled because they were crazy low during Covid. They are at a normal affordable price now

[@pubmeatman]

Our debt will further drive inflation. The only way to pay our national debt is to inflate.

[@prooveditt4839]

Carville calling anyone else strange is hilarious

[@justinhill4847]

Well he isn't wrong. Musk is one weird mf.

[@gemanscombe4985]

Carville's looks are genetic. His speech is genetics + Louisiana. Attire accents it all but Ben Affleck in a hoodie would pass w/out much comment. As for money, Carville (or nearly anyone) is much closer to the working class than to Musk. His political beliefs aren't strange at all to ordinary (D)s, just left of center. Tell us about Elon, please. Last I saw he was telling X advertisers to get T F off his $44B lawn.

[@prooveditt4839]

@@justinhill4847 considering whats becoming normal that not a bad thing

[@prooveditt4839]

@@gemanscombe4985 You're dumb enough to believe that it's a bad thing that he said that to advertisers. Good for you to be so open about your ignorance

[@valleya6114]

@@justinhill4847 I agree with you... Every time I watch an interview of Musk; I just see someone disingenuous and represents a part of the tech world I worry about. Carville is right regarding California too...He mentions this on Real Time not Overtime "If everyone is leaving in droves why am I still sitting in traffic everyday..."

[@onlysanepersonleft]

Damn Carville has stepped off the deep end.

[@Jackaroo.]

When was he on solid ground?

[@lecherojr]

He’s always been this way

[@christianfinkbeiner684]

What did he say that's false?

[@boricuadetorontocanada]

When I first listened to Carville at LSU, he was more moderate, now he is completely different and add on to the radical left.

[@EUMikkel]

If you look at the wealth inequality in the US and wonder why the middle and working class don't seem happy when the economy is growing then I dont really know how to explain this concept. Seeing rich people get richer when you are poor does not make you happy. Talking about "The economy" as if it is fairly distributed and everyone would be happy when the GDP is growing has to be one of the stupidest implicit assumptions in US politics.

[@Martina-qj3zf]

In the name of Allah, we invite you to worship Allah alone, so say: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. These words make you a servant of Allah ....... ........

[@jd190d]

We have been here before and one result was the Great Depression. What stopped it was government regulation of industry and banking. Now we have the Republicans working to eliminate all those regulations and controls (look at Jarkesy vs SEC as one example) to have a society again with a few ultra rich and mostly poor with no ability to change that structure. The end result of a low control capitalistic society will always end up with a few rich and most poor. Pushing the government to control that is the only solution that has ever worked.

[@gemanscombe4985]

When the overall scoring says "the economy" is good, the worker class MAY see improvement. When such scoring says it's bad, it's for guaranteed sure they won't. Well, yeah. Money is insulation, directly speaking. It also gives access/control of government to keep the money coming. Those with big money use it. Those without much can strike, get pitchforks and torches, or vote for candidates who are sympathetic and unbought. Hard to know who's not bought. Easy to see which party is less sympathetic.

[@abcdef-ms9mb]

@@jd190d man. You sure haven't tried to start a company, have you... The ultra rich love regulation. They lobby for it en-masse. And why wouldn't they? On average, lobbying money has a 22'000% return rate, it's absolutely insane. As it turns out, if you lobby for a couple different bureaucratic permits and whatnot to starting a company, it makes it harder to start a company! Repeat the process for several more megacorporations and you have the state of america today: $100'000 and a YEAR of dealing with bureaucracy just to start anything at all. Unsurprisingly, middle class people don't have that kind of time and money lying arround. Middle class people not starting companies means no competition to the megacorporations, and that's how you get the return rate on lobbying. The alliance of politicians and corporations resulting in overregulation is the prime threat to economic stability and the most potent cause of economic inequality today.

[@robvangessel3766]

Totally agree, but then these angry voters let a worse candidate take over to their own detriment - one who aggressively reinforces the very policies they're angry about - defeating their own purpose, worsening the crisis for themselves and the rest of the country in the long run. This behavior, imo, stems from ignorance. Which, btw, makes the wealthy elite very happy.

[@CptApplestrudl]

The problem with the economy is how you define it. Company profits? Through the roof. Productivity?Amazing! The shareholders are really happy. That doesn't mean much for workers though. You can work full time and still not have enough to pay your outlandish rent, gas, and food, not to speak of Health insurance.

[@glenmiddleton9831]

💯 Greedflation Greedflation: Profits used to be c. 11% of price, now 40-60% of price. I also agree with the commenter who pointed to the private equity firms buying up the Real Estate driving the cost of housing/rents. There’s a real reason that MBS/Saudi Arabia gave Jared Kushner $2B; he’s one of the biggest slumlords around. On Gas; OPEC+ is cutting oil production. US is pumping 13M gallons of oil per day, but the US exports most of US oil b/c we mostly use Brent Crude from the ME & Europe uses mostly our Sweet Crude oil. But we export more than we import. OPEC+ which includes Russia & Iran is artificially keeping prices high by pumping less. Watch what the Big Oil companies’ profits are this year! Demand High = Prices High. Covid: Demand Low = Prices Low. Also, BTW you know who owns the US’s largest oil refinery? Saudi Aramco in Port Aransas, TX. Guess why prices for gas are so high still… Greedflation. And people are still paying for products even though prices for everything are higher so why would companies lower their prices? Now, costs for borrowing is very high right now for corporations, because of the Federal Banks interest rate hikes. But right now Companies are flush with cash. If consumers slow the buying we might see prices coming down, but with that we’ll see unemployment go up b/c of layoffs. We’ll also see housing foreclosures go up & guess who’ll be buying them up? Private equity firms. But people keep buying, unemployment is low, corporations profits keep setting records. Hence: GREEDFLATION!

[@abcdef-ms9mb]

If only the workers! Politicians and megacorporations are happy. Small business owners and workers are not. As it turns out, if you make it near impossible to start a company, they won't start. And if you take away tons of money from the people, they can't pay for things. If they can't pay for things they can't buy them, and if people aren't buying things then small business owners can't pay their workers living wages, or just straight up go out of business. All thanks to politicians getting big lobbying money from corporations, because the government is too untransparent for people to protest it. This was coming for a long time, but covid and some bad monetary policy made it hit people like a truck.

[@afroman4035]

Simply put, that's the definition of CAPITALISM. Earned money is taxed unlike assets.

[@derkeheath5172]

Exactly. And this is why the working class gets angry when Biden brags about how great the country/economy is doing while 75% of us live in constant fear because we are forced to live paycheck to paycheck despite having full time jobs.

[@davidyohalem629]

Well.. if you receive little enough you qualify for Medicaid. Enough less: rent; heat; and food. Just don't make too much. And you can still work fulltime!

[@lonestarrk9308]

Either we have a border or we don’t. I’m all for legal immigration, My wife is from Mexico. She had to spend the money, get the medical exams and take the test to become naturalized. Just letting people in is a smack in the face to the people that came in the right way.

[@krusher74]

America aint gonna eat unless it has non skills imergrants farm working though.

[@davidyohalem629]

Let's say, for arguments sake, that there are 4 million undocumented people in the US. We can also say there are only 1500 employees of the federal government employed to process them. Many of the 4 million or so have applied for asylum. Both US and international laws prohibits their expulsion. The asylum seekers are not breaking any laws; they are not in the US illegally.

[@RextheRebel]

​@@davidyohalem629this is correct. Which is why immigration in general is the problem. Mass immigration itself isn't the problem, not necessarily if it is technically legal or not. If all 4 million immigrants were legal, the negative effects would be the same.

[@davidyohalem629]

@@RextheRebel Boo hoo. First, your answer makes no sense. Second, you smug Americans are sitting pretty, exploiting the rest of the planet, yet complaining about their taking your jobs and housing - probably your air. COP28 just finished and one of your presidential candidates wants to pump even more oil. And you say "sorry, but we're full up". Or not even "sorry". Americans are a bunch of ignoramuses, both in general and in the specific. You've destroyed the viability of many places on the planet. Your response: shut them out. Build a wall. You will reap what you have sown.

[@open-debate]

You can't believe this leftest BS ... Always criticising the Conservatives adn Christians those who wants to protect the values that hold a safe society together .... When I see a LGBTQ batallion of soldiers in 4" heels and miniskirt in the front line trenches of war then they can critisice, until then remember its those Conservatives and Christians that protect your leftest freedoms !

[@bmac2792]

Carville: "That dude is weird, man." Audience: Clap like seals. All you need to know about Maher's audience...

[@christopherbice862]

The fact that they loved the guy before he stepped out of line with the left's narrative tells you the rest....

[@krusher74]

The audience has been the reason i have never made it to the ends of these videos many times.

[@apexnext]

Guess you didn't watch the actual episode, where Rubin got a bunch of claps and cheers and Bill suggested he planted Trumpers in the audiences. 😂 Since covid Bill has had people getting the cheers and clapping going in the audience. Yes it's noticeable and does suck at times. But right now your projecting your own bias and can't see the balance. ❤

[@patrickhawkinson8399]

Clapping like seals describes a Trump rally after he unveils his latest nickname for somebody who dares challenge dear cult leader.

[@countryboycalvin]

The type that actually attend these shows are trained seals clapping on demand regardless of who sais what. You are absolutely correct!!!

[@richhenry8004]

So your gas bill goes from 50 to 80 bucks for a tank, then it goes back down to 75 and you're supposed to be thankful. That is the calculus of James Carville.

[@darindamaddio3727]

Yes, that is the issue that dems don't address. Inflation rate is slowing but still increasing and the dems need to factor this into their strategy, and they don't .

[@波紋小石]

@@darindamaddio3727 That's the challenge. Americans trust rich people and Republicans to handle the economy, not Dems. So if Trump were president with these numbers, he'd say the economy is the best ever, and that he'll make it much better. But Biden can't do that. If he takes credit, he looks like an elitest prick flaunting his stock portfolio with friends at the country club. If he stays quiet, Trump disparages the economy in bad faith. He always flaunted his economy, even when lots of voters weren't doing very well. His tax cuts or deals with Putin and Saudis wouldn't solve the problems struggling voters complain about either. Trump could help Putin conquer Ukraine, but they've spoiled so much of the country with bombs and mines that it's hard to think any tiny price drops that result would be worth the destruction and humiliation of an allied nation. Voters still expect Biden to return prices to what they were before the pandemic, and fault him for failing that. Of course, it looks natural to hire Trump to rebuild what he had. They're not willing to see that Trump's economy cratered during the pandemic. Biden's is recovering much faster than Obama's. But falling inflation doesn't mainly mean prices fall. It means prices increase more slowly now than they did earlier. It's hard to accept that the pandemic, bird flu, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, etc., changed prices, and basically, whoever's elected, they'll keep rising. The big question is, would Trump's tax cuts or Biden's infrastructure and support for unions more likely keep wages rising as fast? "Tax cuts and fascism vs. Elections and unions" probably doesn't make a great bumper sticker.

[@pieshka4509]

Didn't prices literally jump 20 cents after 2-3 days Biden was in office after he cancelled that pipeline day 1? Locally it went from 2.70 to 2.90 over night and it's gone from 3.50-3.75 the past 3 years and now it's down to 3.10 and I'm supposed to act like it's a blessing from on high that deserves my vote despite the oil reserves being emptied .

[@open-debate]

You can't believe this leftest BS ... Always criticising the Conservatives adn Christians those who wants to protect the values that hold a safe society together .... When I see a LGBTQ batallion of soldiers in 4" heels and miniskirt in the front line trenches of war then they can critisice, until then remember its those Conservatives and Christians that protect your leftest freedoms !

[@user-mz1kt6iz4e]

Right, ...& fuck every Republican since Nixon because gas prices never got back down to the 39 cents per gallon it was, when he was still in office, in 1973. They all screwed us over & let us down, because they failed to stop prices in general from always moving upward instead of getting everything for us cheaper & cheaper. But they didn't just 'fail', ...no, they did it on purpose! And, come to think of it, fuck Nixon too, because under Eisenhower in 1961, it was only 32 cents per gallon. And let's ignore the effect of demand increasing so egregiously over the span of years. Population & the number of mouths to be fed, cars to be filled, & asses to be wiped has more to do with inflation & the cost of living than any other thing, right along with pollution, resources dwindling, etc. So, maybe " ..be fruitful & multiply .." is not such a great policy to be following, after all. Maybe if you people could make do with producing far fewer wee ones to cuddle & stop making it your fight to force others to make more of the same, you wouldn't have to spend so much on what you need to keep the number you should have had. But, hey, ..Rock On Humanity! Have your fun while you can, because your time is just about up.

[@ehudsdagger5619]

Carville telling me that prices are down is unbelievably laughable and enraging! When prices go up 50% and then come down 10%, that doesn't mean prices are down again...

[@camustang1966]

This is exactly the sleight of hand that (in this case) Democrats are playing. Just because crime today is down compared to a month ago, doesn’t mean crime is actually DOWN.

[@kevdaag2523]

Gas prices are down. But what you're saying is true enough.

[@glenmiddleton9831]

Greedflation Greedflation: Profits used to be c. 11% of price, now 40-60% of price. I also agree with the commenter who pointed to the private equity firms buying up the Real Estate driving the cost of housing/rents. There’s a real reason that MBS/Saudi Arabia gave Jared Kushner $2B; he’s one of the biggest slumlords around. On Gas; OPEC+ is cutting oil production. US is pumping 13M gallons of oil per day, but the US exports most of US oil b/c we mostly use Brent Crude from the ME & Europe uses mostly our Sweet Crude oil. But we export more than we import. OPEC+ which includes Russia & Iran is artificially keeping prices high by pumping less. Watch what the Big Oil companies’ profits are this year! Demand High = Prices High. Covid: Demand Low = Prices Low. Also, BTW you know who owns the US’s largest oil refinery? Saudi Aramco in Port Aransas, TX. Guess why prices for gas are so high still… Greedflation. And people are still paying for products even though prices for everything are higher so why would companies lower their prices? Now, costs for borrowing is very high right now for corporations, because of the Federal Banks interest rate hikes. But right now Companies are flush with cash. If consumers slow the buying we might see prices coming down, but with that we’ll see unemployment go up b/c of layoffs. We’ll also see housing foreclosures go up & guess who’ll be buying them up? Private equity firms. But people keep buying, unemployment is low, corporations profits keep setting records. Hence: GREEDFLATION!

[@markferguson7563]

Yes, indeed, EHudson, I'm on the exact same page as you with Carville saying "prices are down" occurs after "prices go up 50%and then come down 10% (MOST CERTAINLY) doesn't mean prices are down". I live in Sydney Australia, and can state categorically that since COVID struck neatly 4 years ago that my grocery spend is at LEAST 20 percent higher, and is probably 30% higher than then. However, my income is ONLY 10% higher. At least I have no dependents or debts to service because it would be horrific. As for James Carville he is about senile as Joe, and Nancy. And, MOREOVER, about as broke as both of them. I've been to the US on 14 occasions between 1984-2013 and was always amazed how as far back as 2010 you could buy a bacon and eggs with toast and a coffee at Times Square for half (in US dollars) what it'd cost in Australia or England. Whereas now - according to friends who have been there in the past year that cheap food - let alone great service - is a distant memory.

[@suomynona4607]

What has gone up 50% that can't be explained by the profits of the companies that produced it increasing proportionally? That's not Biden policy, that's gouging.

[@dodiereynolds386]

Carville calling Musk weird is the pot calling the kettle black .

[@svscared]

That was his polite way of calling Elon an idiot who doesn't have good judgement or know what the hell he's doing half the time.

[@psheerinhamill1]

You are so right , Carrillo is a strange one for sure!

[@stefanlvkc7986]

And yet Carville wasn't wrong.

[@Kroogg]

@@svscared Call a person who is the richest in the world and has several successful businesses an idiot who lacks good judgment or doesn't know what he's doing? I think you might want to look in the mirror.

[@svscared]

@@Kroogg This may surprise you but just because a person is wealthy doesn't mean they're smart, especially someone like Musk who was born on 3rd base. Also many of his businesses either almost didn't make it or he took over after the core success was already put into place. Many people could be successful if they were born with the amount of wealth he was born into. Sorry to burst your bubble of him.

[@stewmeat9261]

Carville doing his best Fetterman impression.

[@susanfontaine5214]

As a senior who worked my whole life, often 2 jobs. The fact that I can literally barely make ends meet is horrifying. It’s a true struggle just to make it day to day.

[@ArtSpencer-z1g]

Maybe if the huge tax breaks the Donald gave the 1% went to the Poor and Middle Class instead, you would be doing better. Nothing is done especially in Congress because it is a 3 ring circus with MAGAt clowns performing daily.

[@yutyuiiu]

read about neoliberalism, it has been reducing the real wages paid to people since 1985 in 1980's wages and profits were split 50/50 neoliberal policies have moved that to 80/20 with wages getting 20% nominal wages have held pretty steady or increased slightly, but real wages inflation adjusted have fallen dramatically So the reason you struggle is the economic policies that moved from wages to profits. Thank Milton Friedman and Ronald Reagan

[@glenmiddleton9831]

@@yutyuiiuI’d call it neoconservatism! Or Greedflation!

[@kellibarnhouse6160]

BS on the Neoliberal policies you are shouting out! The Problems we now have Are Republican policies that have been in power for the last 40 years! Reagan and Bush Sr. Changed all of the Rules back in the 80s, and The Wealthy and the Corporations have been taking in Billions of Dollars in Profits for All of those 40 years! The USA needs to raise taxes on All of those Billions in Profits and Raise wages up to $20 an Hour for all of the hourly Workers!

[@Dan16673]

​@@yutyuiiunope. Thank end of any gold standard. You havent paid attention.

[@cantilever]

Christopher Hitchens, of blessed memory, once described James Carville as the product of the love scene in Deliverance...

[@sunnyhill8179]

🤣🤣

[@Martina-qj3zf]

In the name of Allah, we invite you to worship Allah alone, so say: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. These words make you a servant of Allah ....... ........

[@Bluzian74]

Wasn't it "rape"? lol

[@lawrencefrost9063]

Well after watching this clip, I have to agree with my favorite human being from beyond the grave.

[@godspeed6991]

😂

[@bingboone9474]

James Carville calling Elon Musk a weird guy is maybe the pot calling the kettle black thing I've ever heard

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

Musk sends rockets into space. Carville only sends fish food down the toilet while controlling the cattle .. an awful creature

[@handyatmusic]

5:50 Carville says a Christian today is a greater threat than Al-queda. The increasingly frantic and potentially violent rhetoric coming from the left is frightening, and there is no question it is increasing as we get closer to the 2024 election. Everyone ought to be completely repulsed by Carville's extremely irresponsible comparison. The way we dealt with Al-queda, is he saying that is how we ought to deal with the speaker of the house of Representatives? Really? And what if someone takes his comment to heart and thinks they should act on it? Is that what Carville is trying to bring about? Is this how the left really thinks they should settle political differences? Truly alarming.

[@Wawi633]

Carville commenting on the state of the economy is a bit of a joke. I bet ya that Carville has not been to a grocery store in years. He probably has an ambitious Mexican migrant doing his errands for him while her children wash his car.

[@pennylane8318]

😂😂😂

[@FossatiDan]

at least he literally meant the "come in, I have a job for you" lol... doesn't mean he pays them well... the Carvillians are definitely the demise of the democrats.

[@mc-kd7pz]

priceless!

[@djsamuraijones1714]

But the economy is doing well despite the rise in prices at the grocery store.

[@WeeedyMcMeth]

The economy is good despite what you see and hear

[@Satimy]

The crime rate drops when you dont actually arrest and charge people

[@shel-f7c]

Or when you don't even bother to report crimes anymore because because it's a 2 hour wait for police, (my city) and you have to get home/leave for work and can't wait around. Or because you know they won't process the criminal at all, or if they do, they will walk free before the ink dries on their paperwork. Or because "it's just a bike."

[@pennylane8318]

Good point.

[@Bluzian74]

Another problem the Democrats created. The only way to fix it is through Trump policies.

[@warofnoise5394]

bingo

[@raphaelostrowski6336]

Yea I’m sure that’s been working with BLM protests. Crime had only risen when you don’t arrest and charge people

[@noelsonkwa]

I love that in tv, there's no time for any conversation to get anywhere.. no wonder we can't solve our problems. there's no time to really talk about them with any depth..

[@danjohnson8556]

People who listen to long-form discussions are going to have a deeper substantive understanding of the issues. Short-form is just sound-bite fodder.

[@emergencyCALL911]

Yeah, the Elon Musk conversation pissed me off. Bill was clearly ill-informed and he let Carville get in the last word even though he had nothing to contribute other than ad-hominems. If it had just been Bill and Dave they could actually have gotten to the bottom of it. Bill was about to say something Dave could have set him straight about, but he gestured at Carville and Carville took that as permission to start running his mouth. Yes, Carville, we all know that Elon is weird. But that contributes nothing to the conversation.

[@janvanveelen]

Take it from a former Dutchman: Gert Wilders is NOT far right. He is culturally right wing, but socially he is left wing. He is highly intelligent and by far the best debater of all Dutch politicians.

[@Durzo1259]

"Far right" is now a term applied to anyone who doesn't tow the leftist line. Notice how you never, ever hear them describe a new prime minister as "far left", because you can never be too far to the left.

[@PatricioVUnter]

Sure buddy, because it’s normal for normal politicians to look for friends in all of Europe’s far right parties, such as the Austrian FPÖ or the French national front. Also totally normal to for politicians to act as lackeys to the Russian president.

[@ethanfleckenstein2334]

​@@PatricioVUnterproblem is the left wing has gone so far to the left that a lot of centrists and liberals are starting to side with the political right in many countries. I'm one for example.

[@adb209]

He is absolutely far right in the sense that most of his ideas and plans are undermining democracy itself. On economics no one knows his policies since his plans are incomplete and completely void of a factual base.

[@leroyrodgers6089]

​@@PatricioVUnterYou clearly don't understand nuance and how people take different stances on different topics....

[@mrsbiodeb]

Carville sounds like a conspiracy theorist… 😂

[@lostokie69allen77]

Really? To me he sounds more like an idiot.

[@emergencyCALL911]

True. Democrats need to give it a rest with the fear mongering. Republicans who say that the United States is a Christian nation have been around forever.

[@emergencyCALL911]

What does scare me though is that merely typing the words "the United States is a Christian nation" into the reply above in order to reference the topic in the video was enough to get it censored. Edit: Didn't trip it that time. The thought police aren't even consistent.

[@justinreilly1]

IKR?! And him calling Elon and RFK jr voters weird is hilarious.

[@rauserbegins5850]

Bill must be starting to ask himself why he still has James Carville on. He never answers a question and starts ranting like your crazy uncle.

[@robi6317]

seemed fine to me... he's hard to hear with the accent but he gave succint answers the whole show

[@mekareactsandreviews3026]

Rich ppl telling poor ppl that the economy is great...Not surprised

[@DeeWeber]

Then they tell us we’re stupid and can’t read economic info. My grocery receipt is economic info too.

[@Martina-qj3zf]

In the name of Allah, we invite you to worship Allah alone, so say: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. These words make you a servant of Allah ....... ........

[@djay2231]

Please send these mothers with kids to James carville’s place. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

[@BlazingFury77]

I don't know why Carville can't just accept the fact Americans regardless of political party don't think the economy is good when they see how it affects their monthly budget. It's easy for him to say its fine because he has the kind of money where he never has to worry about missing payments.

[@1thetvzone]

He's selling what he believes, but the problem is he is a boomer, and he passes his prime

[@danvol3835]

Other than the upper-middle to upper class, Americans haven't thought the economy was good since the mid-70s. Duh.

[@israelthacker8568]

​@@danvol3835facts

[@chingron]

5% GDP growth with 8% inflation means the GPD actually shrank by 3%… Basic math…

[@glenmiddleton9831]

Greedflation Greedflation: Profits used to be c. 11% of price, now 40-60% of price. I also agree with the commenter who pointed to the private equity firms buying up the Real Estate driving the cost of housing/rents. There’s a real reason that MBS/Saudi Arabia gave Jared Kushner $2B; he’s one of the biggest slumlords around. On Gas; OPEC+ is cutting oil production. US is pumping 13M gallons of oil per day, but the US exports most of US oil b/c we mostly use Brent Crude from the ME & Europe uses mostly our Sweet Crude oil. But we export more than we import. OPEC+ which includes Russia & Iran is artificially keeping prices high by pumping less. Watch what the Big Oil companies’ profits are this year! Demand High = Prices High. Covid: Demand Low = Prices Low. Also, BTW you know who owns the US’s largest oil refinery? Saudi Aramco in Port Aransas, TX. Guess why prices for gas are so high still… Greedflation. And people are still paying for products even though prices for everything are higher so why would companies lower their prices? Now, costs for borrowing is very high right now for corporations, because of the Federal Banks interest rate hikes. But right now Companies are flush with cash. If consumers slow the buying we might see prices coming down, but with that we’ll see unemployment go up b/c of layoffs. We’ll also see housing foreclosures go up & guess who’ll be buying them up? Private equity firms. But people keep buying, unemployment is low, corporations profits keep setting records. Hence: GREEDFLATION!

[@annap2287]

4:50 the crime rates are down?! More like the DAs in the areas with high crime rates have stopped prosecuting crimes.

[@tapetwo7115]

Go outside. It’s not really that scary out there. Also work smart and you get paid more.

[@annap2287]

@@tapetwo7115 I live in LA. I’ve been out plenty and crime is definitely up here. Our DA Gascon just doesn’t allow certain things to be prosecuted and doesn’t let prosecutors add on charges.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

​@@annap2287the reason behind that is jail and prison overcrowding. It's a much greater problem beyond prosecuting lesser crimes.

[@adamgoudy]

And also, “I got a job for you, lady”. Carville employs no illegal immigrants. That’s exactly why people hate him and his party, now. They say stupid shit, that sounds compassionate, but with no real life expectation that they’ll have to do anything about their reckless policies. We have a border for a reason. They are welcome, but only if they are legal, and can contribute. If they’re just coming here for section 8 housing, food stamps, and Medicare, then let them live with the Democrats. I suppose we are seeing this in NY city rn. How’s that working out?

[@FA-yx7dz]

Mate Dem policies are great. It's the Republican cultists that are stealing trillions and burning the economy for their bloody yax cuts to the rich and abortion bounties and coups. Rightwing cult media is all lying to you, grooming you. They accuse Dems of what they are guilty off. America can have a stable border without GOP pedos kidnapping children and deporting their parents. Good grief, stop listening to fake rightwing cult media.

[@noelsonkwa]

Mexicans and handouts? have you ever met a single Mexican? they all work twice as hard as white people at half the cost. It's why ALL big business on both sides including Trump sometimes higher them exclusively. The problem is American wages. They need to be cut in half or by 75% to compete with the illegal immigrant profit margin. The PRIORITY is high profits. You don't get there hiring legal Americans lol.

[@noelsonkwa]

oh, and many are coming because we destroyed their country back in the 80's.. its funny that we make movies starring tom cruise where we laugh about arming dictators..lol now the citizens are here...since we wont fix what we broke

[@infinitelyexhausted]

As someone who use to be a lefty - I can see it as clear as day now... The democrat party pretents to care only to get votes - nothing more.

[@missykins3193]

And now Durbin wants migrants in our military. It's the stupidest idea I've ever heard. Ya think they won't be used against our own citizens? I got a bridge to sell you.

[@garydorfner6695]

Look at Carvilles face when Rubin mentions "lizard people". Priceless.

[@tims4712]

Wow, this guy must not have to pay for anything. Economy is great for him I guess

[@piotrswat169]

I hope they bus migrants to his home next time.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

​@@piotrswat169that has nothing to do with it. Corporations aren't raising their prices and shrinking products because of immigration

[@vikingspud]

Bill more combative than usual. Good conversation.

[@ciaronsmith4995]

Bill needs to move to Israel. He's a Zionist clown.

[@open-debate]

You can't believe this leftest BS ... Always criticising the Conservatives adn Christians those who wants to protect the values that hold a safe society together .... When I see a LGBTQ batallion of soldiers in 4" heels and miniskirt in the front line trenches of war then they can critisice, until then remember its those Conservatives and Christians that protect your leftest freedoms !

[@Liamsynclair1]

“the fact that people believe something, doesn’t make it a fact”…lets keep that energy across the board

[@janvanveelen]

?????????????

[@user-xl5kd6il6c]

@tiffanyroberts6460 kek

[@es83stevenson88]

Climate change......

[@keithkarvelis82]

@tiffanyroberts6460 Please

[@josiahbender4651]

You’re right, we need the Elite to tell us what the truth is 😂

[@284Winchester]

James carville calling anyone “weird” is just 😂

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

He is not weird. He is a lying immoral thug, who sells his own kind for the donor's $

[@dinashlal988]

Why cant we be compassionate and maintain boarder security? I think Carville is mixing emotions and public policy and I think we would be off not framing issues in binary.

[@ADMoxica]

border*

[@dinashlal988]

​@@ADMoxicaThx

[@taylorlibby7642]

What's your definition of "compassion" in this case then?

[@barnowl4528]

This Mongoloid in a hoodie makes cyborg John Fetterman look handsome

[@dinashlal988]

@@taylorlibby7642 Good question/point, definitions should all be well defined to the satisfaction of all participants. Often the political discourse is obfuscated when definitions and terms are not agreed to. In this case as in most it would vary and be subjective so clarifying compassion would be very important. My personal definition of compassion as it relates to this case is irrelevant to my initial point and sharing it would, I suspect, only breed unproductive debate.

[@MonkeyPowerTV]

Wow. Carville is insane.

[@open-debate]

You can't believe this leftest BS ... Always criticising the Conservatives adn Christians those who wants to protect the values that hold a safe society together .... When I see a LGBTQ batallion of soldiers in 4" heels and miniskirt in the front line trenches of war then they can critisice, until then remember its those Conservatives and Christians that protect your leftest freedoms !

[@kingcobrarules8117]

James is that crazy uncle at the holidays.

[@jayjones9219]

He really is, and he's getting worse all the time. He used to be witty and on point. I don't know what happened to him.

[@mikelxanadu]

Old age. Dementia.@@jayjones9219

[@Marston9413]

@@jayjones9219he is old and his mind wanders mid conversation

[@executivedecision6141]

James Caville always looked and sounded funny, but don't let his old age fool you. He's as sharp as ever!

[@missypead2293]

​@executivedecision6141, haha, are you drunk.

[@CD-rt7ec]

3.6 % unemployment means nothing when wages are so low.

[@Codyray17ify]

The refugee issue is this.....refugees used to be people who were victims of war, religious persecution and strife.....now its.....90% economic refugees. I am Canadian and have worked with American contractors that will tell you....they get to job sites and quite often it takes and hour, just to find someone that speaks English. So unless every American child is going to college, you are slitting you own throats as far as your kids getting into the trades.

[@greenman8]

Support working Unions then. Trade work is more than being part of a cleaning staff (No offense to the custodial workers). They are often placed with challenges, that the College graduates were not equipped to face. That said, you want challenges? How about when most physical work is replaced by some form of Automation. Remember, that single Mom is not threatening to take away a Truck drivers job, like a self driving Truck is.

[@shel-f7c]

And add to that, they are driving down wages exponentially.

[@nolongerblocked6210]

​@@shel-f7c that's not true wages are up over the last few years, that's an easy Google search if you're interested

[@sanford943]

@@shel-f7c blame that on employers who are paying them under the table

[@williammollyvanronzelen8241]

exactly. semantic inflation. refugee =/= economic migrant

[@mediocregamer3068]

The rent where I live has gone up 150% in 3 years. That has not gone down whatsoever. Greed is the cancer of this country

[@stacypotter2310]

why has the rent gone up? Your landlord's expenses have not gone up? Have democrat legislators in your area prevented more housing form being built?

[@mediocregamer3068]

@stacypotter2310 manufactured market value is what drives it up actually. Those #'s are an inflation based on perceived value and profitability

[@janmorton6729]

Blame Biden for that

[@eralddavid6892]

Oh so just, by accident, your landlord just goy greedy in the last 3 years? Boi do I have a volcano insurance that I want to sell you

[@mediocregamer3068]

@eralddavid6892 nope not by accident at all. All of these supposed increases in expense are all manufactured lies. No material costs more without the desire to earn a greater profit. All publicly traded stock operates on this premise. That is the driver for all other expense increases. Rent has increased due to companies seeing the profitability of buying up real estate and then sending in their own appraiser to drive the value of the property through the roof. It's called return on investment. If you own something that someone else needs then you are entitled to profit from that. But how much is enough profit wise? Do you need a 150% return or has greed taken over your conscience?

[@karlschuch5684]

Carville is such a hypocrite ... "Ive got a job for you lady..." Really Jim? You're going to take her into your home and provide her with employment? - I don't think so Jimmy

[@chingron]

He has a job for her. But what about the other million people that walked 600 miles… or 3000 miles…

[@xmas4203]

It was an analogy, Copernicus. Showing how hard working and dedicated they are to make a better life for her family. Americans are self entitled lazy sh!ts these days. Without migrant workers, low paid hard labor would not get done, simple as that.

[@clenke0]

@@chingron and what does it pay?

[@Bluzian74]

@@chingron What about Americans?

[@jbl7092]

Glad to see that Bill invited Gollum onto his show 😂

[@classicalliberalcents3871]

“Preserve Dutch value and not the Dutch ethnicity..” When they go after China, Zimbabwe, or Japan and say the equivalent, I’ll believe him when he says it.

[@anniehopkins8470]

Also... the cultural values are a part of the ethnicity... inseparable in fact. That quote is called word wizardry.

[@davidyohalem629]

@@anniehopkins8470 You speak as though there were an American ethnicity.

[@anderseckstrand7033]

@davidyohalem629……for the first 150 years it’s been the white Christians who have been in power……just ask the blacks and the Native American tribes.

[@greatkentuckian9032]

​@@davidyohalem629your right. Ethnicity and race to the common folk around the world could be used interchangeable. While those who take anthropology classes understand that they are two sperate things. Nazi Germany used the word race, while Americans would use Ethnicity. Ethnicity could also be seen as nationality as well.

[@davidyohalem629]

@@greatkentuckian9032 Race is a construct and has no reality. Ethnicity, however, has an anthropological definition, as does culture. Annie doesn't know whereof she speaks. On the other hand, I'm always right and never lie.

[@nortonyatzee7254]

James calling Musk weird is rich.

[@TheRtpbuc]

Carville sounds like a bitter adolescent.

[@godfathaofyo]

Musk is rich

[@Dan16673]

​@@TheRtpbuccarville is insane

[@retiredby3570]

Just look at the clothes he was wearing for a TV appearance and you know everything about that toxic dude 😂

[@cachecow]

A different kind of weird.

[@stantheoneandonly]

Two points to James Lindsey for predicting the "Christian Nationalist" smear.

[@alexanderisrael881]

You mean FACT articulated openly you now attempt to deflect from

[@WeeedyMcMeth]

And the dialect takes one step forward

[@jwbjpb1338]

Christian nationalism is fascism

[@nickyalousakis3851]

just found out about dave rubin. that guy is making a lot of sense. and when you figure he's a new yorker and former californian and a former young turks protege.... and also a gay man - -- who is screaming to ppl how terrible democrats are right now..... we might want to listen.

[@jwbjpb1338]

@@nickyalousakis3851 spare me. Rubin is a clown

[@roland6617]

Carville calling anyone weird is irony of the first order!

[@johnobrien1528]

James Carville calling anyone weird is delicious TV

[@fjsambor7]

I think James Carville is starting to suffer from dimentia. He keeps getting weirder every time I see him.

[@aaroncross8063]

what James does not understand is despite the numbers, I cant afford to buy a new home because the mortgage rates and home prices are ridiculous. I cant afford to get a new vehicle because old cars with over 100k miles are going to $20k. I also moved away from Chicago because while James says crime is dropping in my far west suburb there was a shoot out in the parking lot of the biggest grocery store in the area at 5pm on Wednesday in broad daylight with families everywhere, it was drug deal went bad. This was an hour away from Chicago. I also decided with my work it was not worth driving into Chicago during BLM to get pulled out of my car and beaten by an angry mob. So I left. So tell me more James how I'm stupid for not feeling great because the numbers are improving.

[@shel-f7c]

I could have written your comment- but replace Chicago with Denver. Same-same. Crime is definitely up, and many people feel very uneasy, unsafe (except the rich, like James, in their fancy enclaves), but don't report it, because if it were me, I'd be on the phone several times per day just reporting what I see on a daily basis. At some point you just give up and move to the red state you said you'd never move to. My important issues used to be pro-choice, but now it's just staying alive.

[@freedomfest2741]

They can say that crime is dropping because, in blue states they lowered the boundaries of a crime, you have to steal over a thousand dollars worth of stuff to be a crime.

[@TnDAtkinson]

@@shel-f7c Do a little research before you move. Most red states have a higher violent crime rate per capita than blue states. Living in Illinois does not mean living in or near Chicago. Higher population, i.e. big cities, will always have more crime per square mile than rural areas because there are more people to commit the crime. I know people that live in the deep south and they have major issues with meth and crimes related to it.

[@ArtSpencer-z1g]

But the 1% is doing great thanks to the Donald! That biggest tax break ever is so good! Everyone else nothing!

[@yutyuiiu]

Mortgage rates are ridiculous -- that is factually wrong -- mortgage rates at near 0 was unprecedented and was only supported by the government (Central Bank) transfering taxpayers money to homeowners ( and other asset holder) . This caused houses to rise in value so far out of reach for most people. A 7.5% mortgage is within the normal range in in modern history. ( during very productive economic growth) US used car prices are dropping by 11% -- demand use to be high due to lack of new car supply due to pandemic and chip shortage --- prices will continue to drop into 2024. New car pices are also dropping due to excess supply Crime is dropping that does not mean that no crime exists, that is about luck.

[@irisbjones]

The real truth is that it is not the government that is causing the current pains and woes but your own neighbors. What I mean is that during the boom of America in the 50s-60s, companies were proud to take care of their employees, paid them living wages, pensions, etc. because most companies were local and taking care of your own was an ethical, moral, and just nice neighborly thing to do. But since the current monopolistic corporate take over started in the 80s, the same managers and presidents and executives that are still your neighbors care more for their yacht size than they do about their immediate community and neighbors. I see it daily. Bosses who send emails saying we are "family" etc. and yet still not paying real living wages while they will retire with millions. That's not the government but literally your own community members being self-centered greedy jerks. We need to start calling this behavior out and stop this complaining that someone else might be taking yours. There's enough for everyone if those at the top are reminded they are still one of us. Greed is a deadly end....

[@danielsilvas5352]

Love your expert panel bill it's like the blind leading the blind

[@helene420]

Bill's entire show is the blind leading the blind, with Bill leading the pack.

[@sumerianbotfarm]

Who would have guessed that a guy who has never worked a real job in his whole life is out of touch with regular people?

[@JamesMcCallisterauthor]

Ichabod Crane in a pink USMC sweatshirt saying "I've got a job for you" about a young immigrant woman sneaking across the border is one of the creepiest and strangest statements I've ever witnessed. Best case scenario is that he needs someone to housekeep the mansion. Worst? Rather not speculate.

[@sherpa972]

I was going to say the same thing, no thought given on what happens tomorrow. If single moms living in the US cannot afford to live, how will a refugee make it. And should not American citizens come first when given finite resources.

[@JamesMcCallisterauthor]

@@sherpa972 It was one of the most uniquely reductive and unhelpful statements I've ever heard from one of these pundits (and that's saying something for Maher's show).

[@mj0663]

​@@JamesMcCallisterauthorr😢-dQ☆★#○SZ&*[XWWd~`

[@jimbrown1559]

You weren't listening to what Carville said, which was that any woman who will walk 600 miles with kids to get here is SERIOUSLY motivated! Ain't sneaking about it -- she is a WORKER BEE. It's not about crossing the border, it's about walking 600 miles with her kids!

[@JJ-wh3rh]

@@jimbrown1559 And he think a slacker is incapable of walking if the reward is high enough? We had a lot of immigrants in Europe 2015 that walked very long and never worked later on, just living on benefits.

[@jasonherd8313]

Bill practically hit on Musk when he was on the show not long ago.

[@mikelxanadu]

So would you if the man himself was in front of you. Bill was understandably star struck.

[@savage_skirt5386]

​@@mikelxanaduno, I wouldn't. Bill was licking his leg

[@FLauryDawn]

Bill needs REAL friends who will keep him in check & stage the occasional intervention when necessary. He also gave DeSadist, King of killing by covid, the biggest softball interview shortly after the Musk episode, perhaps the very next one. 🇺🇸 cannot afford a rational person like Maher to have these boy crushes on people who would do this nation great harm. Presently, he's giving his fans whiplash. Just when you wanna smack some sense back into him, he starts to come back to his senses. I couldn't help but plead to him if he's going to go full Dennis Miller on us & be Trump's or DeSadist's personal shoe shine with his tongue boy, to please WAIT until we've weathered this fascist & sharia law storm threat!

[@morgaffi]

I couldn't agree more. He needs to condemn musk in the harshest terms possible!

[@JayRay-zv7hd]

@@FLauryDawn Please get the help that you so obviously need before you become a danger to yourself and those around you, assuming any of them are still alive..

[@rickmercer6437]

Great content! 3 brilliant minds disagreeing in a respectful and humorous way!

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

Carville brilliant? He is a plantation overseer.

[@UnicornFarmer]

Carville is such a grifter … this episode helped to highlight that although there’s been decades of evidence

[@teacopem]

"Just because somebody believes the holocaust doesn't make it fact" carville

[@SpeedOfThought1111]

i reallllllly do not like that guy. the only good thing he had to say this episode was his criticism of netanyahu who maher likes to kiss ass

[@rufusmc3259]

Carville drooping over the back of his chair like Bill just shot him with bullets rather than mere facts

[@rjolson6743]

He's showing support for Senator Fetterman by displaying his hoodie and his brain damage.

[@CrimeThinkBeats]

Noticed how you two simps couldn't refute a single thing Carville stated in that segment.

[@nolongerblocked6210]

​@@rjolson6743 funny how all you supposed Christians always push hatred, but I get it since you don't have the facts on your side I guess fake Christian hatred is all you have left

[@thedon98677]

@@nolongerblocked6210aw come on you could’ve at least dropped FauxNews and racism a few times!

[@nolongerblocked6210]

@@thedon98677 nope I stick to facts & there's no hatred like the hatred of the fake Christians

[@EvilMonkey7818]

As far as the economy goes, actual inflation has been double what govt manipulated stats say. Cost of living has gone up 30% in 2.5 years. People below the top 10% of incomes feel that, which is why so much of the country is broke or in debt to their eyeballs. The houses in my neighborhood cost double what they did pre-Covid, which keeps out newcomers and stunts mobility. And practically all GDP growth is government debt right now, as the federal government is still spending like we're in the heights of a pandemic that's been over for more than a year and a half. And there's a 95% chance we hit recession within the next year.

[@Martina-qj3zf]

In the name of Allah, we invite you to worship Allah alone, so say: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. These words make you a servant of Allah ....... ........

[@BishopWalters12]

Exactly, If the Democrats only gameplan is to use selective facts or outdated stats. They met as well not even bother campaigning at all because that is asking to lose.

[@AliGutierrez2011]

Go DAVE !

[@Sanchito45]

Its a bad economy for normal people, James.

[@LisaFenton-h7f]

Blame the Big Corporations who are the ones raising prices. President Biden has NO CONTROL over the prices that Big Corporations charge!

[@jamessanders145]

But that's just a systemic problem at this point, wages are way too far behind, it's not going to change until that changes.

[@User-54631]

I’m a normal guy, working class, no degree, just opened a CD at 5%, 5 figures in savings, 4 in checking, 3% on my mortgage. No debt minus a car and home loan. All in one of the most expensive states. Things going just fine.

[@brianbauer8761]

​@johnmorris3650 try finding a mortgage today....refigure your mortgage payment at 7 %, auto on loan at 12, see how that changes things on your payments....since everything was better on your time-line, doesn't mean you should assume everyone whose time line are hitting those things now are in the same place you are.....if it wasn't for financing the national debt, we probably would never see a mortgage under 5 again. With the run-up in debt under trump and biden, we can't afford higher interest rates as a nation,,so when events that set off inflation get triggered, we will no longer have the main tool to cool it off.

[@marklewen9384]

​@@User-54631my rent is going up 13% jan1st over last year. Has NEVER gone up more than 6% in one year...something is wrong.

[@Whaleyvillian]

James Carville will on one hand complain about hyper partisanship, but then call the House Speaker a greater threat than Al Qaeda. WTF?

[@slobodanjevtovic7102]

Dude is dumb

[@concernedliberal4453]

Yeah, that was straight-up bonkers

[@chetsavage2536]

That's not illogical. We are both hyper-partisan and have a crazy Trumper as speaker. It's two separate truths.

[@Ryan-sl8mw]

​@@chetsavage2536it's not illogical if you are an ideological leftist. How is a Christian Republican even remotely comparable to Al Qaeda? Check your biases before you claim something as a truth

[@chetsavage2536]

@@Ryan-sl8mw al queda could never take down the US government, no matter how many bombs they set off. A corrupt speaker, alongside an election denying narcissist is doing just that. And you're swallowing the lie. Check your own bias!

[@echodeltatango8030]

Which crime rate has dropped? Is he talking about the places where people don't get arrested if they only steal up to the $900 "arrest threshold?"

[@stevezelaznik5872]

Violent crime is back to pre pandemic levels.

[@runtoth3abyss]

You're the ignorant person Carville is talking about. Crime is down. Even the type of crime you're talking about. Just because Fox News talks about crime doesn't mean it's true

[@echodeltatango8030]

​@stevezelaznik5872 that's not true.

[@stopandthinkaboutit8636]

Of course a liberal will state such, since the method of lowering the number has been to no longer prosecute certain crimes.

[@echodeltatango8030]

​@runtoth3abyss wrong. Murder is down, but violent crime is up overall. Rape and sexual assaults have risen nearly 60%, aggravated assault nearly doubled.

[@bx3556]

Guy wearing pink, letting anyone in through the border illegally... calling other people weird, and trying to say Christians are the threat? He's finally lost his mind...

[@JK192837]

James Carville hit the nail on the head when he said that people aren't necessarily anti-immigrant, they are anti-disorder. He then in the very next sentence completely forgot that point when talking about people walking across the Mexico border. Wanting the government to have a measure of control over who does and doesn't come into the country isn't an anti-immigration or racist stance. It's about order and security. And as long as left/centrist governments continue to dishonestly claim that its all about racism, you'll continue to see gains on the right like in Holland and like with Brexit. I'm sure ya'll will downvote me now, but think real hard about whether you want to continue seeing the right profit from this, or if you want to actually engage honestly with the topic.

[@kmng3207]

Crime rate drop significantly I think he’s sniffing glue. Really really what on earth does he live under a clay pot?

[@derekwest4245]

Leftist logic is the inverse of reason.

[@erikthie2253]

What we have learned is that left and right are both crazies. We need more centrists. We understand there is a problem, but we don't need to destroy everything else to fix that problem. That is what a politician should be doing, working within the structure to fix something without destroying everything else. FYI, this is from a Canadian.

[@vampiroangelico]

What "Left"? There is no Left in the United States. After the US gets an efficient universal health care/education system, an intelligent gun legislation, paid vacation, sick leave and pregnancy maternal leave, then we can talk about "Left".

[@shel-f7c]

I'm totally on-board with this, and I think most of us Americans are the 80% in the middle. We have nothing to choose from from a voting perspective- it's either crazy on the left, or crazy on the right. So we have to decide which is less crazy, banning women from having an abortion, or allowing millions of unchecked immigrants to flood the country's weakest border points. Pick one!

[@bunnyboo786]

It's because the people who vote in the primaries are party members. Party members tend to be more extreme; we get more extreme candidates. The real impact our votes can make is registering for a party and voting for a more centrist candidate to run for the general election.

[@ArtSpencer-z1g]

But the MAGAt cult hates middle of the road people[Moderates]. They call us communists,marxists,far left etc. I TELL THEM TO SHOVE THIER INSANE AND HATEFUL MAGAT BS.

[@davidguelette7036]

Most voters on both sides tend to be moderate. The extremists make the most noise. DeSantis is discovering that fact now.

[@bhavpat514]

James Carville “but look at these sheets of paper with data we put together, you are not struggling economically!”

[@DavidMoore-jf3sy]

"there are lies, there are damn lies, and there are statistics"

[@acook213]

“The economy is good” is perhaps the most facile and trite of all bromides in American politics. Rich are people doing well financially. Almost everyone else is struggling with day-to-day living costs. I really hope we can get rid of this completely useless, hackneyed phrase.

[@RootsMusic-ek5nc]

I dont think you are in touch with reality

[@acook213]

@@RootsMusic-ek5nc I don’t think you are.

[@RootsMusic-ek5nc]

Do you expect prices to reduce themselves to pre 2000 levels ? Be thankful that our economy is doing ok, Look at Europe to see proof @@acook213

[@Ibanezed210]

​@@RootsMusic-ek5nc Consumer prices have increased by more than 17% over the past 3 years. Credit card debt is at a record high. Home affordability is at a 26 year low. Car repossessions are at a 30 year high. Seriously, what are you talking about? Use facts as opposed to opinions next time unless you do not understand how to do so.

[@lonniesharp9109]

This was 90% Carville and 10% what it should have been.

[@rega5950]

You need the amplify the fact that a GOP politician in Indiana just got nailed in the egg price fixing scandal which jacked up the prices of eggs well beyond inflation to enrich some Republican business owners. Trickle down economics in full effect. they get rich and we get trickled on..

[@Coopsterish]

During and now after Covid, it’s the one thing that anyone paying attention could have and should have predicted..corporations are greedy and charge the prices they charge because they can and we the people have to pay the price. I was at Safeway yesterday and nearly all brands for a pint of ice cream were $7.99. Suffice it to say, I passed on the ice cream and I am so done with this big corporation food chain.

[@shel-f7c]

@@Coopsterish Yet eggs at Aldi are $1.66.

[@EvilMonkey7818]

Right now there is a strong trickle up, except it's much more than a trickle in the economy.

[@nolongerblocked6210]

Corporations invented the inflation we've been feeling since covid. Everyone on right-wing media was screaming about "possible inflation" during Trump's stimulus checks & the corporations knew they could take advantage of that. So they slowly started raising their prices even though they weren't spending more to make their products. Now we've seen record corporate profits for 3yrs straight but everyone has short-term memories since everything is online/cellphone based & nobody wants to focus on the real generators of inflation(corps). The Dems should've instituted a windfall tax on corporations but they're almost as bought & owned by the corps/billionaires as the Reps.. so they didn't really consider it. Now everyone just blames Biden bcuz he's the current president without realizing Trump printed more money than any president in our history, so if the monetary policy truly generated the inflation it's only partly Biden's fault

[@sunnyhill8179]

@@nolongerblocked6210 More misinformation.

[@davidmusser7927]

They come for the Saturday people first, then the Sunday people. 🇺🇸

[@gfa240]

If you think this economy is working for the middle class, you're are entirely detached from reality of their life. People are having problems paying for necessities. How the hell is that good economy?

[@jd190d]

When Democrats try to limit the corporations from price gouging their customers the Republicans go into full overreaching government cries to stop the control of the record profits these companies are enjoying by using the supply line issues to jack up prices. Many studies have shown that this is a big part of the increased prices, but the Republicans are unwilling to stop it.

[@Aeroldoth3]

Who cares about the middle class, what about the lower? The lower have it far harder and suffer far more than the middle ever does.

[@cafootdoc]

Carville calling someone wierd takes the cake!

[@petercollingwood522]

Indeed. But it's also true.

[@cromagnon305]

"we pump more oil than Saudi Arabia" What good is it if you can't refine it? "Gas is down" Oh it's only $4 a gal instead of $5 but it was $2 5 years ago. Stfu

[@rnrtruestories]

my brain is in recovery mode from taking in so many high level ideas from Dave Rubin.

[@perfecto25]

Carvil is next level insane

[@DTwxrisk]

he is correct

[@CarlosPerez-2023]

My insurance on my home was $2,300 now it’s $6,000 with the minimum coverage . These people are crazy.

[@dane4453]

Well, you voted for DeSantis. That is on you.

[@CarlosPerez-2023]

I don’t live in FL.

[@maplebear6527]

Carville is doing fine what's the problem?

[@maplebear6527]

@@dane4453 THERE COMMIE!! How does that foot of yours taste?

[@bromack3]

Hey James, if you stop arresting people and ignore 911 calls, yes, you will have a lower crime rate. Its really simple math.

[@Martina-qj3zf]

In the name of Allah, we invite you to worship Allah alone, so say: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. These words make you a servant of Allah ............ .......... .......

[@ricomajestic]

Then why are the crimes committed and reported down or do you just watch fox news all day?

[@bromack3]

@@ricomajestic Because I have filed reports to the federal government... yes, you can "massage" the numbers to be whatever you want them to be

[@deborahfreedman333]

Yep. Here in Portland, the mayor claimed crime had gone down. It had actually gotten worse, but the police just stopped taking reports, which gave the illusion of a lower crime rate. Funny thing, homicides increased, because the cops can't ignore a dead body like they do a break-in or stolen catalytic converter.

[@ricomajestic]

@@bromack3 Do you work for the FBI?

[@RomanMcdougal]

We pump oil because private leases are pushing, federal government stop all new leasings. Plz!

[@RandoCDN87]

Just love when out of touch elders think they know better 😂 Carville needs to start being ignored.

[@jayjones9219]

Definitely! He's a crazy old man screaming at the sky now.

[@kalpeshdesai1626]

I feel that in the current environment not all crime is being reported to the police. Easy to claim crime is down when the people have basically given up knowing no outcome will come of it.

[@shel-f7c]

I wrote this exactly up a little further. "Or when you don't even bother to report crimes anymore because because it's a 2 hour wait for police, (my city) and you have to get home/leave for work and can't wait around. Or because you know they won't process the criminal at all, or if they do, they will walk free before the ink dries on their paperwork. Or because "it's just a bike."

[@SixFour0391]

While a president’s rhetoric can influence policy and even the market to an extent, it does not set market limits. He can’t. The world wide market sets prices globally, and for companies to stay competitive, they prices need to reflect it. Inflation is a huge problem, but to blame ANY president of any party, for the market, is absurd. I hate that I can’t afford to stay in my apartment much longer, but I’m not mad at a president for that.

[@glenmiddleton9831]

💯 Greedflation Greedflation: Profits used to be c. 11% of price, now 40-60% of price. I also agree with the commenter who pointed to the private equity firms buying up the Real Estate driving the cost of housing/rents. There’s a real reason that MBS/Saudi Arabia gave Jared Kushner $2B; he’s one of the biggest slumlords around. On Gas; OPEC+ is cutting oil production. US is pumping 13M gallons of oil per day, but the US exports most of US oil b/c we mostly use Brent Crude from the ME & Europe uses mostly our Sweet Crude oil. But we export more than we import. OPEC+ which includes Russia & Iran is artificially keeping prices high by pumping less. Watch what the Big Oil companies’ profits are this year! Demand High = Prices High. Covid: Demand Low = Prices Low. Also, BTW you know who owns the US’s largest oil refinery? Saudi Aramco in Port Aransas, TX. Guess why prices for gas are so high still… Greedflation. And people are still paying for products even though prices for everything are higher so why would companies lower their prices? Now, costs for borrowing is very high right now for corporations, because of the Federal Banks interest rate hikes. But right now Companies are flush with cash. If consumers slow the buying we might see prices coming down, but with that we’ll see unemployment go up b/c of layoffs. We’ll also see housing foreclosures go up & guess who’ll be buying them up? Private equity firms. But people keep buying, unemployment is low, corporations profits keep setting records. Hence: GREEDFLATION!

[@rommelhtown]

The cost of rent and mortgage and inflation in groceries is the main problem. No politician seems to be attacking those key areas. Capitalism can seem like a continuous nightmare of paying bills.

[@Martina-qj3zf]

In the name of Allah, we invite you to worship Allah alone, so say: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. These words make you a servant of Allah ....... ........

[@vforwombat9915]

grocery prices are going down. inflation is going down. rent and mortgages are going up because the fed gas raised interest rates from ZERO percent or close to it to about ...3%, iirc. that means lenders raise their interest rates. the fed is doing this because the economy is red hot, and a red hot economy drives inflation. so they are raising interest rates and inflation is falling. same thing happened in the 90s.

[@DB-tt6xz]

This isn't capitalism you're describing what you're describing is government interference with a free market and people pretending that we still have actual capitalism

[@richardc8795]

Same problem here. Except I am in another country. 🤷

[@martinvanburen4578]

how much groceries are you buying that you cannot feed your family?

[@paulchancey8905]

It doesn't matter how much we pump, all oil drilled for and pumped out of our lands belongs to multinational coorporations that we lease the land to. They sell it at prices set by OPEC. Gas prices follow oil prices subject to supply demand issues but they mostly plan to keep that balance.

[@glenmiddleton9831]

💯 & OPEC+ is controlled mostly by the Saudis, Russia & Iran! We are pumping a record 13Million barrels per day, but it’s sweet crude that’s used mostly in Europe. We use Brent crude from the ME.

[@DeeWeber]

We have no refineries. That the factual problem. Please start learning people.

[@Martina-qj3zf]

In the name of Allah, we invite you to worship Allah alone, so say: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. These words make you a servant of Allah ....... ........

[@gemanscombe4985]

​@@DeeWeberThe US has refineries. They're all over the country, in red and blue states, in California and even Hawaii. Look up Houston if you really want to see some. So, refining capacity overall isn't a bottleneck. The reasons the US can't pump its way to low prices are: 1) Our delivery system is privatized and capitalistic. Most oil-producing countries have nationalized oil production. We have oil companies leasing private and public land and paying per-barrel royalties. They own the oil they pump until they sell, and US refiners have to pay the going crude price if they want to make gas. "We" don't have any oil except for the strategic reserve, so "we" can't become oil independent by making more leases available. The oil companies set production and sell to the highest bidder. Short of national emergency declarations like WW2, oil goes wherever they decide. Increased production here lowers our gas pump price only as it increases the entire world supply. And this works to a very limited extent b/c ... 2) All cheap, easy US oil is gone. Saudi Arabia has cheap oil waiting. The US has lots of harder-to-get oil and some (shale, tar sands, deep water) costs much more. When world prices go up, those become viable. Down, they get idled. Oil companies will not lose money just to make you and me happy. If US production cuts prices, OPEC can pump more[edit], force out some US oil and not lose much money at it. Bottom line is there's no way to compete against cheap oil with expensive oil. Domestic production rises to equal domestic consumption (not that this matters, see above) only when world price is high, and it drops when the price goes down. That's it, no way around it unless we go green. Or nationalize and make FOX/GOP scream "Communism!".

[@paulchancey8905]

@@gemanscombe4985 I've always been in favor of nationalizing oil, its a strategic resource that should be under our control. People always want to blame the cost of gas on whatever party is in the white house, if you nationalize it then thats a legitimate gripe. Fox can scream communist all they want. Hugo Chauvez had a lot of problems but the lowest gas prices in the world was not one of his problems.

[@shawnpenny2738]

The reason people don't think the economy is doing well is because we a paying more for everything every day. Our kids are living at home with us after graduating college because they can't afford to buy a home, you have to take out a bank loan to go to the grocery store, and CBS report just reported it is costing people $12,000.00 more a year to just live the same quality of life they lived last year. The reason crime is down is because of how many big cities don't prosecute criminals for crimes, when you don't report thousands of acts of shoplifting, trespassing, assault, and other minor crimes then naturally the crime rate "appears" to go down. The democrats answer to lowering crime is just not to arrest or prosecute anyone for crime, so it appears it has gone down. Talk to those people that live in those cities and ask them if crime has gone down. I love how in the Dutch election they point to immigration and yell racism but don't say a thing about how the farmers there revolted in response to the EU basically telling them they are going to destroy their farms in the name of global warming. Funny, you think that might have had something to do with it as well? Nope, racism and xenophobia make for a much catchier headline.

[@xrrrismickey]

Exactly

[@LovebeesOrSakhet]

THANK YOU!!! 😤👏💯❤🤍💙

[@wombat5252]

And you also have Biden that EVERYTHING has gone up. Interest rates are nearly 7% for housing. Gas prices are through the roof because this sh** administration refuses to allow more permitting for drilling for oil. Food costs more. Jobs are fewer. Wars are erupting. You better hope Trump gets back in because this never happened under him.

[@afroman4035]

Great point! Thanks

[@louismontoya7437]

According to this guy America is doing great.

[@RedPillGrimReaper]

JC saying “I have a job for you Lady.“ In reference to some hypothetical single mom from Honduras with two kids despite not knowing anything about her knowledge, skills, experience, or ability to help any business achieve their mission and meet the demands of the markets to which they are exposed. Brilliant strategy, bud

[@gitoffmahlawn]

Here's a job cleaning my rich friend's house. Here's a social worker who will connect you with welfare benefits to subsidize the rest of you and your children's needs. Honduras: 1, America: -1