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HesNotHere97 said:
Point made.

You are way to involved in the political climate of this country.

You always have been.

Tell me this... How many rights did Trump 45 take from you or anyone you know?

How did he change this country into a "fascists state?"

Did he take away the right for gay marriage? Women to vote?

No... you like to make a huge issue out of a person that you disagree with and scream that the world is ending. It didn't 45 years ago when Reagan was elected and the same group of "intellectuals" were saying the same damn thing.

The schtick is old. Get over it. Your party lost. If you have mental issues, emotional issues over a damn election then I'd suggest you stay off of public boards that offer differing opinions.

Sorry.. thems the facts jack.
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Are you familiar with a legal case called Roe v. Wade? I mean, that extinguished rights for millions and millions of people. Gay rights are under attack. The Supreme Court, filled with his justices, are in fact likely to remove the gay marriage right. And as I expected, you're just denying that global warming is even worth talking about. Which disqualifies you from serious conversation.

The right for women to vote is enshrined in the constitution, if you didn't know that. And if that's your bar -- he's not that bad! He didn't nullify a constitutional amendment that would deprive women of any real opportunity to participate in public life -- then you're proving my point, not yours. You're citing as an accomplishment not doing the impossible. It's like saying of a basketball player, "well, he's not that bad -- look, he's never had a game in which he's been called for 10 fouls."

What you know of the Reagan years can apparently fit in a thimble. Reagan actually brought intellectuals into the conservative movement. Not all intellectuals. But to cite one example: Irving Kristol, whose son Bill Kristol was a lifelong Republican before becoming Never Trump. Because Irving and Bill Kristol, though I disagree with them on many issues, at least value truth and integrity.

The thing MAGA doesn't understand is that what they see as the privilege of the professional class was not unearned. Basically, MAGA consists largely of people who didn't do their homework in high school, got bad grades, didn't go to college, and are now pissed off that they are less successful than the kids who did their homework, busted their ass in college, in many cases obtained a post-graduate degree, and then worked very hard as a professional. Professionals are not just rich kids who inherit money. There are real questions of how income should be distributed, and whether very high earning attorneys in particular should earn that kind of money -- but those attorneys went to law school, good law schools, and worked 80 hour weeks as young attorneys.

Working class MAGAs think they are working hard when they have to put in 10 hours a week of overtime. They have no idea how much work is required in medical school. Or how much residents work (and they don't get overtime, and they don't get paid well in general). They just see the doctors driving around in their BMWs and it fills them with jealous rage.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
Probably not, at least in this context. He really is that dumb, and has proven it over and over again on social media. And at least half the country simply doesn't care, or even adores him for his blowhard stupidity. We really are living in the dumbest timeline.
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He has gotten a Gaza deal done and has moved us closer to the resources in Greenland even if they don't become part of the US and he hasn't even clocked in for work on day one. That is winning. Meanwhile, joe has pardoned his son, pardoned 47 of 50 on death row, had his justice dept. give less than life sentence to MS13 gang brothers for killing 7 (Lame duck Biden's DOJ gives brutal gang leader sweetheart plea deal in murder spree that killed 7), and is about to create a black market geared toward cartels with his nicotine reduction exec. order in cigarettes. That son of a bitch can't get gone fast enough.
 
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“U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he would nominate Bill Pulte to be the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).
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The FHFA regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage giants that have operated under U.S. government control since 2008. The regulator is expected to play a central role in any effort to return the pair, which back the majority of the nation's residential mortgages, to the private sector.

… The Trump administration is expected to make ending the longrunning conservatorship of the pair a priority, after taking some steps to move them away from government control in his first term.

… Pulte is a private equity executive and the grandson of William Pulte, the founder and chairman of U.S. homebuilder PulteGroup. …”

 
Callatoroy said:
Yep, excitement in the economy of trump taking office. Fed doesn't know whether to shit or go blind.
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What does the Fed have to do with mortgage rates rising? And why would “excitement in the economy” lead to higher interest rates?
 
ChileG said:
Yeah, I bought a new home last February. My decision, and it is still the correct decision.
But if anyone other than Trump were elected president, I would have been able to refinance and save about $600 per month.
Thanks, Trump.
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Just hang on a little while. All those tariffs will tank the economy so interest rates will be heading down soon.
 
Callatoroy said:
Yep, excitement in the economy of trump taking office. Fed doesn't know whether to shit or go blind.
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Do you really not understand that the rise in bond yields is the market's prediction of rampant inflation? Trump has not actually gotten any deal in Gaza done (it's not even done, and of course Trump had nothing to do with it), but he has already caused interest rates to increase by over 25 bps.

In case you're counting, 25 bps on $30T of debt is 75B a year. That is what Trump has ALREADY added to the deficit. He hasn't taken office, and he has already cost the US more than all of his DOGE efficiencies put together.

Winning! God you people are so fucking blind.
 
ChileG said:
What does the Fed have to do with mortgage rates rising? And why would “excitement in the economy” lead to higher interest rates?
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Cuts in the fed rate almost always lead to cuts in other rates. The 10 yr T rates will fall and then mortgage rates will fall. Of course you know that so
 
Callatoroy said:
Just hang on a little while. All those tariffs will tank the economy so interest rates will be heading down soon.
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The problem is that the tariffs will tank the economy AND lead to higher interest rates. Because the inflation that's coming is not cyclical. It's not a recession. It can't be addressed with lower interest rates. That's because tariffs are an intentional effort by the president to increase prices. And decrease the competitiveness of our exports. Intentionally.
 
HesNotHere97 said:
If you have mental issues, emotional issues over a damn election then I'd suggest you stay off of public boards that offer differing opinions.
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Speaking of mental/emotional issues, why, months after it was formed by a group of left-leaning posters, do you feel the intense urge to show up and start flinging feces? Do you have self-validation issues that can only be resolved by entering a environment you know is hostile to your opinions and making a spectacle of yourself? What is missing in your existence that makes this seem like a worthwhile pursuit?

I lean conservative. I despise Trump because (aside from him being an absolutely vile human being) he is (a) not conservative, and (b) has given a rise to and a voice for shit talkers who now feel like being an absolute asshole is both their right and an acceptable mode of discourse. I would tend to disagree with many here on certain economic and social issues, but I'm emotionally mature enough not to be a jackass.

I find the id-driven need to be a petulant child in public spaces by members of the 'new right' both fascinating and disturbing. Help me understand what is driving this.
 
ZenMode said:
BlueSky has biased, agenda-motivated posters just like Twitter. It's rarely a coincidence when video/audio is cropped to small clips.

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So what?
A small clip isn't misinformation or false and misleading. It may lack context but that's all.
Was it altered or was CGI inserted? If so, you'd have a reason to complain it was "just like Twitter".
 
ChileG said:
You don’t seem to understand how any of this works. No big deal. A lot of people don’t. Like Trump, for example.
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Yea, I do. I have 3 homes, 2 of which at one point had mortgages, as well as commercial property that had a mortgage. I have refinanced numerous times on those mortgages. While mortgage rates aren't tied to fed rates, fed rates falling has a domino effect on other rates. Play semantics with someone else.
 
Callatoroy said:
Yea, I do. I have 3 homes, 2 of which at one point had mortgages, as well as commercial property that had a mortgage. I have refinanced numerous times on those mortgages. While mortgage rates aren't tied to fed rates, fed rates falling has a domino effect on other rates. Play semantics with someone else.
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Yet the fed has cut rates but bond yields are increasing. Why do you suppose that is?
 
Gmonet said:
Speaking of mental/emotional issues, why, months after it was formed by a group of left-leaning posters, do you feel the intense urge to show up and start flinging feces? Do you have self-validation issues that can only be resolved by entering a environment you know is hostile to your opinions and making a spectacle of yourself? What is missing in your existence that makes this seem like a worthwhile pursuit?

I lean conservative. I despise Trump because (aside from him being an absolutely vile human being) he is (a) not conservative, and (b) has given a rise to and a voice for shit talkers who now feel like being an absolute asshole is both their right and an acceptable mode of discourse. I would tend to disagree with many here on certain economic and social issues, but I'm emotionally mature enough not to be a jackass.

I find the id-driven need to be a petulant child in public spaces by members of the 'new right' both fascinating and disturbing. Help me understand what is driving this.
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LOL... again with wanting a "safe space" where the only opinions welcome are the ones that are "left-leaning."

What have I posted or said that has triggered you? Seriously... that is a legit question.

Is this board only for "left-leaning" ideas, thoughts and opinions?
 
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