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Danny Rubin@dannyrubin.bsky.social |
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Change is too slow, but progress is progress. Build more housing. Reform the court. Climate change is real. Philly. Pop Culture. Politics.
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Danny Rubin
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Joe Biden wants peace between Israel and Palestine and supports a two state solution. I disagree with how he’s going about it. Trump wants to do whatever he can for the far right warmongers in Israel and says Biden is so soft on the Palestinians that Biden IS Palestinian. The choice is clear.
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Danny Rubin
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They said the the same when Bush and Trump lost the popular vote, but won the Electoral College. Oh, wait, no. No they did not.
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Danny Rubin
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No. She can choose someone, but they need approval by both houses before they actually assume the job.
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Danny Rubin
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Yes. House (and Senate) approval.
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Danny Rubin
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Does making Mike Johnson next in line for the presidency change that calculus at all?
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Danny Rubin
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Leben?
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Danny Rubin
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Right. Whether he’s a direct operative or a useful idiot doesn’t matter.
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Danny Rubin
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Agreed. And he was judged by a jury to have raped E Jean Carroll. The Access Hollywood tape isn’t just “locker room talk.” He’s a rapist.
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Ann M. Lipton
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This is marvelous. Class action alleges Walmart systematically puts one price on the shelf, and charges a little more at the cash register. Walmart claims consumers can see the prices actually charged, so no harm. CA7 rejects.
www.law360.com/securities/a...
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Danny Rubin
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Agreed that there’s nothing in the constitution that forbids abortion.
constitution.congress.gov/resources/un...
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Joe Katz
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"They're just fearmongering about Project 2025," brought to you by the people behind "They're just fearmongering about a coup" and "they're just fearmongering about abortion bans"
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Danny Rubin
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Laws get overturned far more regularly than precedents. Additionally, the Constitution > laws. Roe overturned a law banning abortion. Again how was Biden supposed to stop this SC from overturning Roe? And do you really think they wouldn’t also have overturned a law?
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Danny Rubin
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And the courts don’t overturn laws? Did any of the justices who were nominated by Democrats vote to overturn Roe? Or was it only justices who were nominated by Republican? But, yeah, it’s Biden’s fault.
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Danny Rubin
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You’re mistaken. Trump would relish putting American troops in Palestine and helping Israel. He doesn’t oppose genocide of Arabs. He has said as much. His former chief of staff also says that he is eager to use nuclear weapons.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow
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The New York Times Crisis of Confidence: badly shaken in the wake of bad editorial decisions, many are calling for the paper to resign.
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Danny Rubin
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Yes. Trump appointed three justices who do not care about the law. That’s part of the reason why I support Biden.
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Danny Rubin
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Trump calls Biden soft on Palestine. If you care about the Palestinians you should want to keep Trump out of office.
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Danny Rubin
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What is the other option?
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Danny Rubin
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No. This Supreme Court is lawless. This Court is a product of Trump.
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Danny Rubin
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The choice is Trump or Biden. Biden has actually done a lot of good. More than any other President in my adult lifetime. Trump is a wannabe dictator supported by a bunch of Fascists and Nazis
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Danny Rubin
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This is just patently false. Dobbs overturned Roe.
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Danny Rubin
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No. You’re not. You’re just complaining. You’re not presenting an alternative way to get where you claim you want to go. You’re undermining a person who is fighting fascism. You’re denying his actual accomplishments.
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Danny Rubin
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It overturned a law denying women the right to an abortion. It absolutely says that the state cannot infringe on that right in the first trimester. It was a right until Trump appointed justices who lied in their confirmation hearings and then overturned it.
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Danny Rubin
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It didn’t. You clearly haven’t read the Roe. It broke pregnancy up into three trimesters. You should read it.
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Danny Rubin
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You and I are in agreement on Palestine. I don’t think there’s a Democrat who’s going to be much better than Biden and I know that Donald Trump would be 1000 times worse. Trump just said last week that Joe Biden is so soft on Palestinians that he IS Palestinian.
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Danny Rubin
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You’re mistaken. Dobbs overturned Roe v. Wade. The Supreme Court ignored almost 50 years of Stare Decisis. It was settled law. It was unambiguous.
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Danny Rubin
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There was nothing in ambiguous in the decision. It said there is an absolute right to an abortion in the first trimester. In the second trimester of the states could regulate it but not to the point where it endangered the life of the mother. It’s unambiguous. We have a rogue Supreme Court here.
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Danny Rubin
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Your second sentence directly contradicts your first sentence. If you read the opinion, you’ll see that yes indeed it guarantees the right to abortion.
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Danny Rubin
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Yes. Which is why I support Biden over Trump. One of them supports the social safety net and the other only thinks about enriching himself.
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Danny Rubin
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I’m dictating. It’s supposed to say look like America.
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Danny Rubin
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In any economy there are winners and losers. Under Biden unemployment is down and wages are up. That is an absolute good. My uncle got out of jail in 2018. He was unable to find work until 2022. Then last year he got an enormous raise. Going from unemployed to employed is huge.
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Danny Rubin
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Joe Biden has been excellent on appointing judges who walk more like America than any other president before him. Those drones are to protect Taiwan from China. Do you think that’s a bad idea? And you’re ignoring that he stopped the drone program that Obama used and Trump expanded.
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Danny Rubin
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What do you mean by codified abortion rights into law? It was already the law. Roe v. Wade protected abortion rights. You don’t need to codify something that’s all already in the constitution.
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Danny Rubin
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And student debt. He saved my sister $20,000!
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Danny Rubin
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“there is a whole lot he could have done to prevent it &/or reverse it.”
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Danny Rubin
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Do tell. I’m interested.
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Danny Rubin
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Judges, labor, getting out of Afghanistan, basically ending drone strikes, lowering unemployment, rising wages, dramatically increasing renewable energy production, ending the Saudi pricing monopoly on gas, overtime pay regs, getting rid of junk fees, reshoring semi-conductor manufacturing, etc.
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Danny Rubin
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Are you from the U.S.? Do you understand how our government works? None of that was done by Biden. He’s easily the best president for labor of my lifetime. Additionally wages are up and unemployment is down under Biden.
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Danny Rubin
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This is not true. Sinema and Manchin said they wouldn’t consider court reform and he would need at least 50 Senators to pass it. He’s overseen the largest expansion of renewable energy. The President isn’t really directly responsible for housing prices, but I’m sure there’s more he could do.
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Danny Rubin
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Please explain.
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Danny Rubin
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JFC. Is that right? Did someone check his record?
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Danny Rubin
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One time my daughter asked me what parthenogenesis meant and I knew the answer! That being said, I would also stumble over the lyrics.
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Danny Rubin
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We’re watching Jaws when we get home tonight.
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Danny Rubin
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Maybe a rethink after the incredible job he’s done as President? I did not support him in the 2020 primary, but he has completely exceeded my expectations.
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Danny Rubin
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I think a policy debate would’ve gone better for Biden. Still not well. He was definitely in bad shape that night, but a debate on the merits as opposed to lies? Yes, he seemed more prepared for that.
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Danny Rubin
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It wasn’t polled, to the best of my knowledge. Are there polls saying 45% of Democrats want Biden to quit? No. It’s a third. And 45% would still be a minority. And we don’t go by polls. We go by elections. I’m also confused. When you say you changed your mind, are you now voting for Trump?
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Danny Rubin
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Idk. As I said elsewhere a 20% change in Black voters seems wrong. I live in Philly and talk politics with Black people a lot. I know one Biden ‘20 to Trump ‘24 voter and his family literally considered not inviting him to the cookout today. I could be wrong.
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Danny Rubin
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Voters can change their minds. We just don’t know if they did or not. Obama lost the first debate to Romney. Romney was polling above Obama at this point in the 2012 race. How did that turn out?
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Danny Rubin
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I would agree, except that every article saying Biden should step aside is implying that Trump shouldn’t. Actually it’s implying Trump is the best possible candidate for the GOP. The whole “but her emails” thing suggested that Trump would be better at securing our secrets. Was he good at that?
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Danny Rubin
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Being opinionated is fine. It’s just weird that you think you’re on the side of the voters when there was just a primary and Biden won it by huge margins. You’re being swayed by polls - which are very suspect. You’re asking for the anti-democratic option while pretending the opposite.
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