Why the Midterms Are Looking Closer Than Ever

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In a surprising turn by historical standards, Biden’s polling has improved significantly in the last few weeks. So exactly what is driving Biden's rise? Can it be sustained going into the midterms? And do the Democrats have a chance of actually winning?
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[@jorenbaplu5100]

It's frankly insane that with everything going on the polling is still this close.

[@SuperMovieLvr933]

It's because of partisan gerrymandering that there isn't a large Democratic majority.

[@JasonTaylor-po5xc]

@@SuperMovieLvr933 Both parties are good at gerrymandering - just look at Chicago's districts. Overall the country is pretty evenly split, with changes mainly coming from independents and each party's moderates getting feed up with the core. Polling can be deceiving as we found out in 2016.

[@thermostance1815]

@@JasonTaylor-po5xc good at doing it =/= able to do it where it matters or as much as the other side can

[@charlesmartinez5869]

Haha. Clever.

[@SuperMovieLvr933]

@@JasonTaylor-po5xc Nope. If there were independently drawn districts Democrats would win huge majorities almost every election. That is why Democrats are the ones trying to get independent districting passed and why Republicans are so afraid of it. With the current system of heavily GOP tilted gerrymandering Democrats have to win huge majorities just to barely win the presidency and or congress.

[@yuvalne]

Surprise: when the democrats actually do stuff, their polling figures rise!

[@nugrid1117]

Cause and Effect...

[@marmac83]

Also when people are reminded of how bad Trump is...

[@joshme3659]

@@Mathguy363 the trump republicans belives he stole the election still and they want to overthrow the senate and harm elected officials. Theres no convincing them with soft words

[@plainText384]

@@Mathguy363 many independents don't like trump at all and people who do like trump aren't going to vote democrat anyway, so there are few political reasons to try and be their friend.

[@enchantedplays7860]

@@Mathguy363 Trump supporters are never voting against Trump no matter what Biden says.

[@nickmacarius3012]

It would be interesting to see how our elections would turn out if all our elections had AV+ ranking system.

[@youwouldntclickalinkonyout6236]

Biden Tards: "WOW 5%!! ITS SO CLOSE!!" "1% drop after 3 months of stagnation? THIS IS 50 YEAR HISTORIC LOW" "We're not in a recession its a transitory inflation! A growth recession!" I call this phat copeium. They know theyre so fucked.

[@cringestarboi]

I think that might be very much the reality soon, as multiple states have RCV and others like Nevadans are going to vote on wether or not to implement RCV by 2026.

[@darioudri30]

@@cringestarboi when will Nevada vote On Ranked choice voting ?

[@cringestarboi]

@@darioudri30 first, this midterms election, next if it passes, they will vote again to confirm it in 2024 to actually implement it

[@andalilbitqueer]

@@cringestarboi I hope it passes, but Massachusetts's 2020 ballot referendum really burnt me and I'm not optimistic

[@BurnerWah]

The dark Brandon arc is great

[@blackmesa232323]

No more bourgeois malarkey!

[@miguelmarques8593]

@@blackmesa232323 lets stop the malarkey, jack!

[@yibithehispanic]

Puro cringe dan los yankees todos mecos

[@walkingcarpet420]

Its the dumbest meme ever created. Trying to turn a decrepit dementia patient into dark superhero is a massive fail

[@PontifexMonarka]

@@walkingcarpet420 idk man, it is really hilarious.

[@soccerguy325]

6:08 The new representative from Alaska's name is MARY Peltola, not Amy. Also, it was Nick Begich III who was running, not Mark (that's his uncle). Other than that, everything's pretty accurate. Good work guys!

[@deeman4387]

Also 5:37, the "Hobbs" decision. No slip of the tongue too as he says it again a minute later at 6:38. You‘re right, other than those mistakes pretty well researched. Those are some sloppy and preventable mistakes though, especially if US political news is your self-proclaimed specialty. (Certainly the moderator reads from a prompter or something similar, so he’s apparently not the only TLDR staffer who doesn‘t seem to have any idea about the name of one the most notorious SCOTUS decisions in recent history …)

[@soccerguy325]

@@deeman4387 True, I missed that. Is US news their self-proclaimed specialty, though? I thought that's the UK.

[@deeman4387]

@@soccerguy325 Yeah lol, that's technically right ofc. Wasn't talking about TLDR as a whole though but their sub-channel TLDR News US. With a name like that I figure this certain channel specializes in US-politics ;)

[@soccerguy325]

@@deeman4387 Oh yeah, I gotcha.

[@danrobrish3664]

@@deeman4387 You mean it wasn't a decision about the tiger from "Calvin and Hobbes"?

[@thepeff]

I was unhealthy and diagnosed with T2 Diabetes back when I needed 2 vials a month at $100 a piece. That was my main impetus for getting better was being unable to afford insulin long term. I had a bit of a miracle happen to me and that's an option for some but not for most. Now insulin is twice the price and would have cost me half my rent money if I still needed it.

[@lanefair2950]

There were some things to cheapen insulin in the bill but now because of two idiotic democrats and all evil republicans.. Im sorry youre in this situation

[@thepeff]

@@lanefair2950 I got off of insulin a long time ago but cost was definitely a factor back then. Nowadays would be brutal.

[@theuglykwan]

how did u get off insulin?

[@thepeff]

@@theuglykwan it’s complicated but i lost a hundred pounds in a year and they started me on insulin as soon as I was diagnosed which according to some studies helps long term outcomes

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

It is crazy that Americans can't afford insulin. It is the richest country in the world. In my country (Czechia), it is not a problem. Health care is afordable.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

"Although the reasons are always global, voters never really seem to understand that particular memo" Repeat 10x 🤣

[@edsova5089]

The midterms are like two ships crossing each other during the night. Democrats and talking about abortion to their base while Republicans are talking about inflation to their base.

[@jacobite2353]

Dems are also doing shit as well?

[@nicholasdean3467]

Hey, I remember when Republicans went on nonstop about Obama suitgate. When he was wearing a tan suit at press conference.

[@willysnowman]

@@nicholasdean3467 🦴BONEZPURZ🦴, 🦴BONEZPURZ🦴 whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? 🦴BONEZPURZ🦴, 🦴BONEZPURZZ🦴 whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

[@entropy8634]

@@nicholasdean3467 under democrats, inflation has declined, and so do oil prices Let's not forget the cause of these: lockdowns. Inflation and high oil prices tend to follow with economy restarting from a standstill. People love blaming democrats when democrats have no control over these. Now that economy stabilizes and oil price drops, they now refuse to attribute these to democrats. It's always democrats fault when things are bad, it's always Republicans thay get credit when things are good. This childish mentality have to stop

[@nathanielclaw2841]

GOP: NO! YOU CANNOT JUST GIVE YOUR VOTERS WHAT THEY WANT THATS BUYING VOTES!!!!

[@scotandiamapping4549]

Its also democracy

[@holyfordus]

@@scotandiamapping4549 GOP: *NO, THAT’S FrAuD!* It’s only democracy when we win!!!

[@aaronuaconaill5688]

Exactly. When will they understand that fiscal conservatism and serving the wealthy just isn’t popular.

[@Blipblorpus]

He said he wouldn’t do it then threw 10k at students to probably do the same during the next election. If he paid it off all at once they wouldn’t have ammo for 2024

[@TexasTeaHTX]

As a Republican I just want Government to leave me tf alone and keep my taxes low. I don’t understand why I would vote for more intervention in my life. That’s not to say some regulation is necessary but generally speaking I want less of it.

[@rmdodsonbills]

For the record, the recent Supreme Court case that removed Constitutional protections for abortion rights is Dobbs v. Jackson, not Hobbes. You keep making this mistake and I'm starting to wonder if it's on purpose somehow.

[@saghirhussain4360]

They must have gotten confused with the Hobs v Shaw decision regarding family.

[@usapanda7303]

Also for the record, abortion protection isn't in the Constitution.

[@jacobite2353]

@@usapanda7303 Piss off. Stare decisis is the thing in play here.

[@usapanda7303]

@@jacobite2353And this level of ignorance and mental illness is why the world can't have nice things

[@yibithehispanic]

@@usapanda7303 Constitutional protection means that SCOTUS put (in the past) abortion rights as a something protected by the constitution. Of course abortion was never a constitutional right, that's the equivalent of expecting the founding fathers to put opium consumption as a constitutional right.

[@ED-ww6vz]

How's the emergency oil reserves doing?

[@zacharydavis4398]

Thanks for spending the time to create and share this content

[@flyebos]

It’s not the Hobbs decision but the Dobbs decision…

[@fraliexb]

I have to disagree with the Media's portrayal of Senators Sinama and Manchin. They are not "moderate" or "centralist" Democrats; they are Corporate Democrats. All they care about is benefiting their Campaign Donors.

[@thelegend_doggo1062]

The political spectrum has shifted so far right in Modern America that centrism basically means what conservatism meant 20 years ago.

[@fareflight2029]

@@thelegend_doggo1062 That is quite literally the opposite of reality but go on. 20 years ago the idea of children's drag shows or gay, lesbian, or even trans people in general would have gotten you laughed at. Social politics has moved extremely far to the left in the past 20 years.

[@thelegend_doggo1062]

@@fareflight2029 Yes, your right in some aspects that our society has become more accepting or at least more tolerant of other ideas and many of us have learned to simply let people live how they want to live. But I was referring more to the Republican Party and how it was for years shifting slowly more and more towards the far right wing until Trump came along and plunged the party into right wing extremism. This then lead to many people becoming incredibly infatuated with Trump and his cult of personality, which has pulled the country as a whole further and further towards the right.

[@daniellarusso8012]

@@fareflight2029 What you just referenced is called 'social progress', not 'social politics'. :)

[@terrystevens3998]

@@fareflight2029 lol yeah gay people and dressing up in clothing of the opposite sex famously just appeared 20 years ago... brand new, never been done before lol

[@marilynlucero9363]

Traditionalism is inherently unsustainable in an ever changing and progressing society.

[@Call_me_Dali]

As false a statement as it gets

[@Raptor7142]

America isn't an "ever changing and progressing society" thats why there are conservatives

[@wolshak112]

Same goes with progress "not all changes are good"

[@fakename45]

But surely traditionalism by its very nature is sustainable? Otherwise how have traditions survived for such a long time?

[@Raptor7142]

@@fakename45 whoever thinks, be it traditionalism or progressivism, in their nature are "sustainable" never read the history of fallen empires

[@mattbenz99]

Be very careful about using the August polls for November midterms. August just happened to be an unusually good month for the Democrats because they managed to get out 1 big piece of legislation and the stock market began rebounding. We are 2 market days into September and the stock market has already begun to fall again as the Fed promised to continue its big rate hikes (likely another 0.75% raise in September) until they get evidence of inflation consistently slowing and the Democrats have now blown their legislative load, so they will have nothing else this year. Now, this is not the end of the world for the Democrats, as I think they still have a chance. I think the biggest tell for whether the Democrats will win or not in the Midterms will be the November 2nd Fed meeting right before the November 8th midterm election. The September meeting is going to be painful and cause the stock market and retirement funds to sink even lower. However, if, in November, the Fed says that there is significant evidence of inflation slowing and either doesn't raise rates or does a small raise (say 0.25%), then the stock market will begin a massive rally right before the election. This will be massive for Democrats because it will let them say that their policy fixed inflation, and will let them point to the IRA regardless of what impact it actually had.

[@pugdad2555]

That is all a man-made idea though so why should we have our entire economy run by a bunch of still mostly (vvhite) men having meetings. Imagine the impact it could have if vvhite people didn't burn down the Stock Market in Tulsa, OK solely due to the color of their skin. It was doing better than the Wall Street Stock Market. We need to learn our history if we are going to have a better future.

[@MyToranja]

Another thing that might help the Democrats is news regarding the DOJ investigation onto the former President, or how Trump will act until the midterms, and the January 6 commission. The Democrats are trying to frame this election on preserving their democracy and institutions, so any news regarding the DOJ and the J6 commission will benefit them. Good economic performances reduces Republican attacks, and solidifies the Democrats standing.

[@thetruthfornow6045]

Nobody cares about the stock market. I even have a stock portfolio and I know the market rose when covid was at its worst and unemployment was 10 percent. Wall street is controlled by billionaires who have a ton of discretionary cash. Biden has gotten more popular because the republicans are nut jobs, lower gas prices, Roe vs Wade and Biden becoming more aggressive in his speeches. If people are voting solely on their net worth than they are only voting for selfish purposes.

[@4dr.14n]

i would argue democrats still have a lot to produce for legislation. especially easy pickings like banning stock trading in congress and marijuana legalization.

[@kingace6186]

Honestly, whilst the month of August was the month of the Biden, since most voters have small attention spans, what really matters is political and popularity performance in the month of October. After all, every October of a voting year is crunch time where clutch polls really shape the public minds going into election week. Also, if Democrats are gonna pull off a definitive win, they will need a fair share of luck; twice as much, to dominate both chambers of Congress.

[@xalpacazeu1332]

Sleepy Joe Arc, was soon followed with the Dark Brandon Arc.

[@entropy8634]

Sleepy Joe was quietly passing legislations after legislations while being as invisible as possible. Sadly, the public cares little on the introverts

[@tomatoesarejustworsecucumb3534]

dark Brandon cant be stopped you can only slow him down

[@DarkBrandonForever]

NO MORE MALARKEY!!

[@insertname2insertsurname216]

He will defeat the malarkey

[@aye3678]

@@insertname2insertsurname216 lmao

[@hsthatzo8063]

@Mars Imagine having hope for a decrepid peeeedo

[@user-zi4wx3uw1y]

D A R K B R A N D O N R I S I N G

[@luk6662]

Dark Brandon will not be restrained

[@Lord_Foxy13]

It's almost like if you deliver materially for people and, they want to vote for you... SHOCKER 😒😒😒

[@adventofnull]

Ignore the polls. Vote like the country depends on it, because it does. Go register !

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

In my country (Czechia), people don't have to register. Everyone can vote.

[@IsYitzach]

In addition to doing well, Trump has been reinserted into the news stream and we've been reminded why he was so bad.

[@thepatriarchy819]

Trump is way too left wing, man is a clown and coward.

[@tommystrizzle5265]

TDS

[@cravingtuna1561]

Yep. Basically the midterm vote switched from a "referendum" on democrat's performance back to a "Us or Trump" vote.

[@cravingtuna1561]

@Urazz the republicans have always been in favour of an abortion ban. The issue is that for the first time in years the spotlight has moved away from the democratic party. No Hillary emails nor "Biden crime family investigations" to distract the people. This time the republican party is front and center on every news report wether it's the abortion ban, the FBI raid, the January 6, the fake electors or trump's cabinet going through grand juries on a daily basis. Inflation has stabilized and gas prices are going down so that also isn't something to complain about. Joe Biden simply has to not do something stupid and let the events give him the win

[@moviefan005]

@@cravingtuna1561 which is a good political move for democrats.

[@tarablanco6189]

i sure would appreciate if we could get insulan capped at 35.00 bucks i can only hope

[@Chris-pq3wp]

Giving away government money is popular. Who would have thought

[@indefatigable8193]

The mood on the ground here in America is pretty mixed. The abortion issue is BIGGGGGGGGGGG. That was an extremely unpopular court decision. Like I think the red states underestimated just how unpopular it is privately amongst their own. This sometimes happens in the US. We talk through the voting booth. Clarence Thomas may’ve flipped this whole thing on it’s head.

[@theuglykwan]

Thomas could have upheld Roe and there would still be enough to overturn.

[@hs5312]

I kind of disagree, i think the republicans could have done this with little consequence if they just included exemptions for rape in their abortion bans, it was going that extreme that really hurt them, if a state banned abortion but left an exemption for rape, many people probably wouldn't like but they would be willing to live with it

[@indefatigable8193]

@@hs5312 Kansas

[@joelkirkwood8224]

@@theuglykwan No, Robert’s wanted to overturn Casey vs Planned parenthood, but keep row intact.

[@markgarcia8253]

First time watching this channel after the other 3. Kinda disappointed he didn’t change his UK accent to an US accent. Would be totally hilarious and serious at the same time

[@bananenmusli2769]

I hope they're doing more for the climate

[@OuroborosGD]

is it just funny how just one party is being slandered and stuff

[@ThePanMan11]

It's not slander if it's true

[@penguinmonk7661]

@@ThePanMan11 But its not though, so it is slander

[@ThePanMan11]

@@penguinmonk7661 Could you give an example of something in this video that was said about a political party that was not true?

[@viktoryanokovich3699]

Damn, the gop is going to have another rough year

[@firingallcylinders2949]

Hahaha you're naive if you think the House and Senate aren't flipping way red

[@viktoryanokovich3699]

@@firingallcylinders2949 republicans only need 1 senate seat and like 6 houses seats to flip the house so it wouldn’t be surprise if they flipped both. The argument being made is that republicans should be flipping like 9 senate seats and 50-60 House seats considering how bad inflation is and how unpopular Biden is but republicans have been performing poorly in ALL elections after to the dobbs decision. They recently just lost the Alaska special election to democrats and prior to that they lost in a competitive district that should’ve gone republican

[@nathanielclaw2841]

@@firingallcylinders2949 try not to create another capitol invasion next year after things dont go your way. The national guard has orders to actually shoot this time. Oh what am i saying? invade to your hearts content bro! it will be fun! for me.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

@@nathanielclaw2841 Let me guess you probably think it was wOrSe ThAn PeArL hArBoR

[@nathanielclaw2841]

@@firingallcylinders2949 you deplorables straight up want a dictatorship dont you?

[@AugustERaven]

Eeeee!!!! I've been following TLDR News since 2019, just about to subscribe to the new channel!!!!

[@simonbennett1915]

Corrections: It’s Dobbs, not Hobbs. It’s Mary Peltola, not Amy.

[@reading101]

Roevember is coming y’all… be sure to drive your loved ones to the polls!

[@jmjfanss]

Bullshit, inflation and fuck a worldwide problem, let's focus here in America only, Americans here are suffering big time.

[@mrttripz3236]

This is the post that finally convinced me to vote R. Thanks for making the choice that much easier

[@coleschwarz699]

How many times is TLDR going to make the same video?

[@roxaskinghearts]

Decriminalize weed is great

[@monkieassasin]

If he legalizes weed, it’s over for the Republicans

[@darth3911]

You do realize weed is legalized in most states right? Your just not allowed to bring it across national borders.

[@alanolson6535]

That happens when you forgive student loan debt

[@xanderreyno]

What does this title mean?

[@shanep.7184]

People seems to have forgotten a trillion dollar infrastructure bill passed last year too. People just have short memories

[@timothyearp631]

I was beginning to think the pollsters looked for a "Let's go Brandon" sticker before asking an opinion on Biden was causing the numbers to look better for the GOP. I really don't see the GOP doing well until DJT is gone from memory, and question how the "treason endorsements" of his will play out. Left leaning districts like the one I live in who just had their GOP incumbent primaried are not going to go well for the GOP.

[@ferdinanddaratenas3447]

Despite I like Trump, I think you are right. It's time to move on or the GOP will lose big time. Enough with the orange jesus complex, specially having competent young candidates like DeSantis who can talk about important things other than the donald. I'm so fed up with Trump drama, seriously. Republicans should be talking about the following three things only, in my opinion: crime, inflation, borders.

[@almighty3946]

@@ferdinanddaratenas3447 I don’t like trump or de santis at all but I totally agree with you. The GOP is becoming a trump cult. I mean what happened to the times of Ronald Reagan and Eisenhower.

[@BlindFuryPR]

@@almighty3946 I saw a Trump supporter call Ronald Reagan a RINO a few days ago when someone suggested they should choose saner candidates. If that doesn't tell you how far off the deep end the GOP is, I don't know what will.

[@jebthegodemperor7301]

@@BlindFuryPR neoliberal shill was Reagan, wasted eight years

[@hs5312]

@@BlindFuryPR what do you mean by saner candidates? that can be very broad.

[@albertohancock2454]

Common this is just the standard deviation in the polls.

[@ArthurGencer]

In the case of Alaska, the GOP ran Sarah Palin who is a notoriously unpopular figure in Alaskan politics. A lot of Republicans who voted for Begich decided not to throw their support behind Palin in the second round, if you combine Begich and Palin votes in the first round, it's 58.8% to Peltola's 39.7%.

[@miliba]

Palin was also the reason why McCain failed in 2008

[@Evolution_Kills]

Not that simple. Alaska is ranked choice. If everyone who voted Palin or Begich had put the other as their second choice, either could have won. But they didn't. That mean that not only was there strong turnout for Peltola, but that a not insignificant amount of republican voters either didn't fill out their 2nd and 3rd picks, or they actively picked a democrat as their 2nd.

[@gurujr]

But it didn't work out that way did it?

[@ArthurGencer]

@@Evolution_Kills Yes

[@phonyzebra3848]

The GOP has made it their mission to run as many unelectable rotting foreskins as humanely possible

[@montuedge]

make Rent and housing cheaper too

[@theuglykwan]

How does federal govt do that?

[@montuedge]

@@theuglykwan thank you for acknowledging that they can do that one example would be indirectly or directly like how interest rates are affecting housing rates. I think if you call electoral representative they can answer better.

[@nottellingyouyet5196]

It’s kyrsten sinema, not krysten….

[@nottellingyouyet5196]

And Dobbs decision… not Hobbs….

[@frog8779]

Until you look at the cross tabs

[@jaxsondaniher7329]

Dark Brandon let’s go

[@umu8934]

DARK AGE of America with BRANDON IMHO 😹😹😹😹

[@ghiorghetatarescu3649]

ooooh! new haircut, I like it you look gorgeous

[@garettjames6349]

2 things that guarantee a major global economic crash in late November are the CCP elections and the Mid term elections in the US coming up around the same time. A lot of unsustainable stimulus and subsidising are happening right now to prop things up till those elections are completed. Right after it'll go tits up. Hard. Gas prices are down in the US because the government is draining all it's strategic reserves to suppress prices rises before the mid term elections, but there just enough in the reserves to make it to that point and no farther. Prices will skyrocket right after. China is also doing such things till Xi 100% secures his position for life this fall. Nothing will be able to prop the global economy up after that. I mean it's good to stop making it worse, it has to come down, we need a crash, it's actually a good thing, but the avoidance for so long means it'll be much uglier than it needed to be.

[@jamesblack6920]

Have you all considered a U.S. office? There's a lot that goes on here, enough to create as many videos as the EU or global channels. Too many elections to cover in 1 video and too many issues for a quick breakdown. Just something to consider despite the polarizing comments section of U.S. videos...

[@jamesblack6920]

@@feihceht656 they could hire Americans or expand the team for a dedicated area of responsibility.

[@RoscoeDaMule]

WE WANT TLDR AFRICA! MORE THAN WE WANT UR BUSINESS INCITES

[@jonb914]

Kyrsten Sinema isn't moderate, she's simply corrupt.

[@lilithkitsune7152]

I think my favourite thing was when I saw someone accusing Biden of "buying votes" with the debt relief for students. I mean yeah, that's how you win votes, doing things that actually benefit your voters? Are some American's that far out of touch with politics that they've forgotten that? 😂

[@lucasholcomb643]

Yea, kinda crazy some people can miss the extremely obvious point right in front of their faces. "He's only doing that because the voters want it!!!" ... Wtf do you prefer politicians do in a representative democracy?

[@lildrawhub1025]

There's legitimately no way to win an argument against these republicans. Time and time again their institutions have lied to us, stagnated us and have manipulated many of us to vote against our own interests. It is unreal how much corporate greed can misinform, pander to ignorance, and incite hate among such a massive number of the general public. The best way to win is to expose these malignant forces for what they are and to converse, connect with and educate the victims of conservative indoctrination.

[@Entertainment-]

Ah yes, the "Inflation Reduction Act" that may or may not reduce inflation by 0.1%

[@qwertyqwerty-ek7dy]

Does Peltola have some Finnish heritage? Atleast the name is finnish.

[@--julian_]

she is native Alaskan

[@qwertyqwerty-ek7dy]

@@--julian_ Sure. But I ment does she have Finnish roots in her family?

[@hung-upear2659]

@@qwertyqwerty-ek7dy I'm Estonian, but have no idea what Peltola could mean in Finnish, could you enlighten me?

[@--julian_]

@@qwertyqwerty-ek7dy maybe a long time ago, but she doesn't identify with it

[@qwertyqwerty-ek7dy]

@@hung-upear2659 Pelto means a field. The "la/lä" end is just added into end of some names. Kivi/Kivelä, Kuusi/Kuusela, Joki/Jokela, Pelto/Peltola etc. Finnish last names are basicly just stuff from nature and you can just add la/lä in the end of it.

[@THETexzilla]

The Dark Brandon Rises

[@I_like_Plants130]

@TLDR News US Love ur channel just be safe when revealing ur face! ❤️ I know you don’t share ur own beliefs in that kinda way but be careful

[@robertlarson7224]

Is this your first time watching news? Every TLDR video shows their face, every episode. Most news shows do.

[@marygreen1495]

I just wish we didn’t have to choose the lesser of two evils. I think Biden’s policies are a step in the right direction but he’s frankly too old. It’s be great if the US adopted Australia’s system where you can vote for two parties and if your number one doesn’t get the majority your vote goes to number two. This way, Republicans wouldn’t have to resort to extremist, unpopular positions, and elections would be more democratic. I think it’s easy to develop an us vs them mentality in a two party system, but we have real issues at hand and we can’t be divided anymore.

[@jmjfanss]

Bullshit and you know it, this clown is by far one of the worst presidents this country has ever had

[@watchingvids423]

Yup. I mean, ranked-choice voting played a large part in turning Alaska blue! The fact that Mary Peltoa won against an extremely well-known republican is surprising. There is a sense of irony in the results though... For all of Palin's complaints and temper tantrums, as well as others complaining about ranked-choice voting, the people of Alaska voted in favor of ranked-choice voting - a largely republican population.

[@jeddgangman4502]

who cares if hes old if hes fighting for the right things he's fighting for the right things

[@philipilinsky2930]

@@jeddgangman4502 inflation will only keep going up same with energy prices..

[@jeddgangman4502]

@@philipilinsky2930 energy prices have consistently going down and the entire west is facing high energy and inflation did Biden make Canada and the UKs gas prices go up

[@ThomasBoyd5702]

Watch on Newtube it safe he not detect you Thomas.

[@masterg6882]

DARK BRANDON IS RISING

[@kylewhipple8303]

They are closer now than they were yesterday. That’s the way time works. Duh.

[@docholiday8029]

The GOP still has a historic edge at midterms.

[@admiralfrancis8424]

Yes, but this year is a special year, just like 2002 was a special year for the midterms.

[@DarkBrandonForever]

@@admiralfrancis8424 👏🏿

[@playa3615]

Good luck with that 🤣🤣🤣🤣🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵

[@jrr6947]

@@playa3615 And good luck with yours🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴

[@playa3615]

@@jrr6947 You will need all the luck in the world with the low fundraising, lousy quality of candidates, and the wrong side of cultural issues supported by 60 -70 % of the nation. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵

[@BigBoiiLeem]

I'm just waiting to see what this year's October Surprise is, I wonder what bull the GOP will cook up this year...

[@ricardocervantes9177]

Lol

[@DennisTheInternationalMenace]

Atleast Bidens lowest approval rating didn't surpass Trumps! Lbvs

[@robertbones326]

I'm a young and successful man from Bournemouth, United Kingdom. Joe Biden is an ally of my country 🇬🇧🇺🇲

[@firingallcylinders2949]

Cursed comment

[@userlog2474]

@@firingallcylinders2949 no

[@jumbobrian]

Could you do a video on CNN's recent rightward shift? I think it's an under-appreciated story in the US that you could really shine some light on

[@threecards333]

If you mean less pro-DNC, then yes... It annoys me when people conflate being proDNC with being leftwing and proRNC for being right wing. There is political ideology and then there is partisan support.

[@calvinware7957]

Amy Peltola? It's Mary. You guys have made script errors in a remarkable number of videos lately. It's so annoying and makes this channel look unprofessional as hell. Slow down. Do more takes. Or just get on your script writer to make double sure. I mean it's one thing to have an error in a video here and there no one is perfect but it seems like every video ive watched (I watch daily) the past few weeks has some kinda glaring error.

[@jaydennis1999]

This is constructive feedback and I hope the channel sees it

[@icausedbidenflation9999]

😆 🤣

[@nromk]

I mean politics is if nothing change. Biden could become the most popular president in recent history or he could become the least popular president in history, we will know the answer in the future for now the big question is the midterms and the reason for the big confusion is that the USA is going through realignment

[@kingace6186]

I wanna thank the President for making this one of the most intense & suspenseful Mid-terms in American History. Hopefully, this rising tide of popularity he is surfing might also raise the Democratic Party's chances in the Mid-terms.

[@theuglykwan]

It's kind of pointless really. They just need to retain the senate for judicial apointments and because 2024 is a bad map for dems so they need to limit their losses. A continued dem trifecta yields what? We've not really been told. If they get a couple more senate seats will they kill the filibuster, add in DC as a state and pass stuff like equality act, voting rights act, other elections bill and their other popular measures? If not it is another 2 years of the same.

[@kingace6186]

@@theuglykwan Perhaps you have completely given up on FINALLY codifying abortion rights, (Lewis) voting rights, anti-hate crimes, and more. What about, not just over-writing, but getting rid of filibusters? All of these and more require a super majority, and, given today's politics, it definitely will not be bipartisan. Also, how many times are we gonna rely on VP Kamala Harris to break a tie (she's close to breaking Calhoun's record)? Manchin & Sinema aren't always reliable, either. And simply shaping the Judiciary isn't enough when the Legislature isn't on lock. To be honest, no one can really predict how it is going to go down in the 2024 elections. So the Democratic Party has to make Joe Biden's presidency a historic legislative term that dwarfs even LBJ. The Infrastructure, Chips + Science, & Inflation Reduction Acts and the Executive Order won't be enough to recover from Trump's first term and the threat of a second term. For any of this to occur, the Blue Coalition must not only maintain its majority but dramatically expand it -- and the House is ket for that.

[@hs5312]

Polling is still close, things can still reverse and given history it is more likely for the democratic fortune to reverse. Undecides will probably vote republican on election it is near impossible for the party in power to win a midterm

[@kingace6186]

@@hs5312 Now that is a historic truth that the 2022 Midterms are probably not gonna change. That being said, without hope then there really is no chance. Plus, the midterms are really about losing less than the other party.

[@ThomasBoyd5702]

Awesome. Appreciate your work. Democrats win both US Senate 52 seats the House Democrats hold it mid mid terms November 🇺🇸 . Art Bezrukavenko delivered it.

[@insertname2insertsurname216]

51 (PA flips, every other seats stays the same)

[@indigodawn3174]

Art who?

[@ilect1690]

As of now georgia is more likely to flip red then wisconsin flips blue

[@jmjfanss]

@@ilect1690 I know that's right

[@ThomasBoyd5702]

Mark colliett is English Upper class Yorkshire yes Age 40. Art Bezrukavenko help him get STV voting system for UK General election politically Thomas. What think Liz Truss it bad deep down in England politically she mess up Britain.

[@sds3454]

not sure how he became president in the first place... the way he acts around women and kids is disgusting not sure why nobody brings this up?

[@sealy3]

In a word- "BULL!."

[@leewilliams4484]

let’s go joe 4 more years

[@skylark1250]

Trump never got above 40 percent his entire presidency. So Biden is doing better. People like to blame presidents for things they have no control over, like gas prices. But those have fallen steadily the past 75 days. Biden is getting a lot done. Still more to accomplish, like restoring Roe and equal rights for women, voters rights, climate change, civil rights, and immigration reform.

[@darth3911]

Um no, first off Biden did indeed have control over gas prices. He was the one to sanction Russia and he was the one to sell U.S. oil reserves to non U.S. oil company’s. Secondly the overturning of roe was done because the courts viewed it as the local states decision on whether abortion should and or shouldn’t be illegal. Roe was a unconstitutional federal law which in reality shouldn’t have ever become law. Thirdly woman already have equal rights to men so that point of yours alone is pointless. fourthly he reopened the borders and is not actually managing the borders, it’s gotten overwhelmed with immigrants who cross the borders illegally. Lastly pulls tend to be taken from one state in one small area, they usually mean nothing and should not be counted as fact based.

[@skylark1250]

@@darth3911 No president controls has prices. And Russia has no stake in U.S. oil reserves. What happens is the oil execs react to rumors and perceptions of what the market will do. Saudi Arabia is sticking it to America and we should not be doing any business with them. They gave Jared $2 billion for what? For classified documents that Trump stole. That’s where this investigation is going. Espionage. Trump? Incompetent at best but he’d do anything for money. Roe was overturned based on religious beliefs not on the Constitution. So it will be overturned. Republicans have a baby fetish and forced births is what that party wants which is crazy. It’s a minority party. It’s a minority opinion to ban abortion. It’s actually not the governments business. Medical decisions do not belong in board rooms or government. It’s between a woman and her doctor. Roe was federal law for 50 years and it was clearly a partisan decision that means the Court is no longer relevant and Congress will have to codify everything they overturn. That makes their opinions irrelevant and specious.

[@skylark1250]

Trump never controlled the border. He didn’t get one thing done except put a drunk and a snake handler religious freak on the Court. He never got 3 feet of new wall let alone a thousand miles. Besides if you build a wall all you get is a lot of Mexican ladder companies making money.

[@Ionel714]

So basically He's just a good leader Who would have guessed

[@uspockdad6429]

I wouldn’t go that far. He’s a competent leader, and better than the last guy, but I wouldn’t go so far as to say ‘good’ just yet.

[@ChrisTheFreedomEnjoyer]

4:45 Yeah, there's no way in hell that Mandatory Minimums McGee is gonna federally legalize pot lmao

[@blackmesa232323]

You mean just like how he wouldn't cancel student loans?

[@Lord_Foxy13]

You never know after all he's got a really good example of it working great right next door

[@Nalololol]

@@blackmesa232323 yeah but evangelical aren't as hard core against that

[@uspockdad6429]

When he was sworn in, I would have said the exact same thing, but it seems Biden is softening in some areas like this. I have a feeling he will save descheduling weed for late October to give the Dems one last boost before the election.

[@DarkSoulSama]

Biden's greatest strength... Not being the worst choice... X_X

[@guyman1570]

To be honest, I actually liked him far better than the treasonous Bernie Sanders who publicly praised sociopathic dictators directly (yes, he did praise Stalin and Castro back in his day.)

[@shiroamakusa8075]

Then what does this say about the GOP scum clinging to the worst choice?

[@irlshrek]

A "stable" inflation rate is 0%....

[@Fringe31422au]

Actually, it's normally 1-2%

[@dVector13]

An inflation rate of 0 is both pretty much impossible and also dangerous.

[@irlshrek]

@@dVector13 how come?

[@entropy8634]

@@irlshrek means economy is stagnant

[@irlshrek]

@@entropy8634 I thought that one of the signs of a healthy economy is that prices go down because productivity is high. Is that wrong? If not then how can we have lower prices and inflation at 2%? Also how can we undo the increase in prices due to inflation without have some deflation to counteract it? Last question, if 2% inflation means the economy isn't stagnant and only that, are you suggesting that the inflation caused by the fed printing money is a good substitute for actual economic productivity?

[@memorymeme51]

LET'S GO DARK BRANDON

[@idanthyrsus6887]

Don't buy it euros. I literally know 0 people interested in voting democrat. 0

[@michaelmayhem350]

What's driving Bide's rise? He's no longer looking impotent? Sounds like a Pfizer commercia lol

[@rainetv4748]

Oh my God I represent about 44% of Americans the other guy represents 56

[@TheDragonWhimsy]

Actually Trump's approval is at 39.8%. Disapproval of one party does not imply approval of the other.

[@rainetv4748]

@@TheDragonWhimsy yeah like maybe when he was still in office but it's a spike since then to over 52%

[@rainetv4748]

@@TheDragonWhimsy not to mention doesn't your guy have a lower approval rating than that guy

[@TheDragonWhimsy]

@@rainetv4748 No, I quoted the current number according to FiveThirtyEight an outlet that is even conservative friendly.

[@rainetv4748]

@@TheDragonWhimsy hahaha yeah right

[@bunnie765]

ρгό𝔪σŞｍ 😊

[@libertas-goddessofliberty5664]

lmao trust the polls, that's a great idea!

[@AndreMonthy]

Reuters polling shows 58% disaproval. That seems more like reality

[@travisgreen2930]

And approval ratings??

[@crainder467]

First

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

TLDR: A perfect blue storm.

[@I3ringMeI3acK]

What about Hunter Binde case? Not a topic for neutral channel?

[@ThePanMan11]

No. Serious channels don't cover your made up nonsense.

[@I3ringMeI3acK]

@@ThePanMan11 sure, it's made up when you are blind. Doesn't matter anyway, such saints like Biden family could poop and you would think it s gold so i'm sorry

[@entropy8634]

What about What about What about

[@landroid5460]

DARK BRANDON RISiNG

[@TheNerdyGeek100]

Keep fucking coping 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jebthegodemperor7301]

COPE

[@explodingwolfgaming8024]

Commenting 4 algorithm

[@Embassy_of_Jupiter]

Kind of funny that they had to rebrand him as the murder psycho that he's been his whole career to rise in polling again

[@TheSwiftFalcon]

04:24 "...painting Republicans as a load of misaligned extremists" ...which is made easier by the fact that Republicans are a load misaligned extremists.

[@frisianmouve]

You, and the Republicans who think all Democrats are extremist woke activists are the problem

[@TheSwiftFalcon]

@@frisianmouve I call it as I see it. I think trying to argue for some kind of middle ground made more sense before the GOP started pushing QAnon conspiracy theories and actively pushing for a more authoritarian state. There is of course a spectrum of varying degrees of fanaticism spanning both sides of the political landscape, but I don't think it is anywhere close to an even distribution.

[@frisianmouve]

@@TheSwiftFalcon QAnon is fringe, and lately and in general I find conservatives are more free speech than democrats. Point in case, all the censorship from the likes of facebook and twitter against conservative viewpoints. You couldn't even theorize about the origin of COVID for a while, and now the lab-leak hypothesis is highly plausible after demonitizing and banning a lot of content that said that. Seriously, from what I can tell your opinions are a symptom of the extreme polarization in the US. Go talk to some conservatives or watch some conservative news for a change for an alternate viewpoint. And yes, many of them also are extremely polarized railing against anything democrat. But as I see it your country will go down the drain if one half sees the other half as enemy extremists. Newsflash: ever consider most of your countrymen are regular people? Go talk to them and come out of your bubble. Maybe together you can stand up to ACTUAL authoritarianism ie China and Russia

[@TheSwiftFalcon]

@@frisianmouve I should clarify that I'm not in the US myself, and am watching this from the outside. Based on what polling I can find, I don't think it's correct to classify QAnon as fringe anymore, with tens of millions now believing at least parts of it, and a worrying number of QAnon candidates winning GOP primaries. I'm not saying it's necessarily the majority view, but its influence is reaching the mainstream of the party. You also have about what...2/3 of the GOP electorate now believing the sitting president did not legitimately win the last election? And hardly any of their politicians daring to say otherwise. Many seem okay with the idea of imprisoning political rivals and open to the idea of political violence as well. I think it's fair to call them extremist at this point.

[@frisianmouve]

@@TheSwiftFalcon And a lot of people think gender is just a social construct and that anyone disagrees with them is literally Hitler and worthy of cancellation. And no, I don't believe a lot of conservative candidates are QAnon. A lot of them do believe the election was stolen though I agree with that. And don't act like imprisoning political rivals goes just one way. There was jail Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, but since then there have been continues calls to jail Donald Trump culminating in the raid at mar-e-lago of course aided by the FBI which is in direct conflict with the requirement of intelligence services to remain politically neutral. The problem is the insane political tribalism in the US IMO. A difference in opinion about abortion isn't about the rights of women or unborn children anymore, it's you're evil for denying me my rights as a woman or you're a literal baby-killer. Try to understand both sides of the argument instead of waving the oppostion away as evil. Surprise surprise I agree on some issues with both major political parties who'd thunk that. Hell, even in my 10+ multiparty system I can't seem to agree fully with anyone. But a major part of this problem is the electoral system IMO where inevitably only two parties take center stage because of the spoiler effect. And social media where you're only fed your particular strain of bias because of an algorithm

[@bailey5234]

I cant believe gay marriage and abortion are amongst the most popular priorities in the US rn...

[@Raptor7142]

Remember this guy promised to cure cancer

[@DarkBrandonForever]

C'MON MAN.

[@philcarson6731]

And Trump fought windmill cancer

[@jrr6947]

@Mars ....Not in that speech, but he literally said if he becomes president that Cancer would be cured!

[@walkingcarpet420]

He also said that he has cancer he got from the oil of windshield wipers

[@daniellarusso8012]

Trump promised he won. Cry more trumpy. :)

[@Shermos]

I still think the Republicans will win big. Forgiving student debt will only save some furniture.