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I mean, I'm not an expert by any means but haven't the republicans been able to very efficiently stifle democrat majorities before? If they just follow that playbook (delaying things, being pains in the ass, constant insistence on funky rules) they can at least annoy the shit out of them and hopefully slow things down. They're way too polite for that tho, they'd rather just let it happen and hope they come out okay in the end then to risk the wrath of the annoying orange and his minions.

Good, if only the US did this before this shit fiesta started. I hope he gets the maximum sentence but I have a feeling the orange man is gonna try to save him and take him in...

I mean, not an amazing amount but cool I guess. Hopefully it'll also net them a new job at a better employer.

It's almost like they feel they have to take a "balanced" view as to not upset the right wingers in their own country. Sorry, but some things you just cannot condone as a media company and you should take a stance on it. How can you not condemn him saying that Ukraine started this shit, like wtf?

Also, some of the bullshit is already leaking over unfortunately... The party here in NL announced today that they're not renewing any foreign aid packages because of the US being such a good example to follow... They're more insignificant amounts but still, stopping aid for women's right, gender equality, education, sport , culture and arts and most importantly, for sustainable climate solutions? Such bullshit. And it's not like this money will then go to the citizens here or something, they're just cutting it to save money basically.

It doesn't matter anymore. We've already seen that no one significant is going to call him out on it. some of the EU leaders should stand up and start calling out EVERY single bit of bullshit and misinformation Trump says and people in the EU should be vigilant against their bullshit spilling over to here.

I'd say the bigger issue for me was the fact that everyone can have a weapon with them and could literally kill you in seconds if they want to. As someone from a country (and continent) where this isn't considered normal (the worst someone can carry is a knife and even that's illegal) that's just a real culture shock. Also, last time, our first day there consisted of being on public transport between the airport and our hotel where there was some crazy person shouting and trying to start fights with other passengers. We then got to our hotel, put our stuff away, heard noises outside and when we walked out we found out there had been a shootout at a restaurant around the block just minutes earlier.

So yeah, call it whatever you want but I wouldn't call it safe.

We've gone to multiple places but is say the worst areas are the big cities. We visited Chicago and if you strayed a bit towards the outer edges of the downtown area it got sketchy kinda quickly. Downtown itself wasn't too bad but at night I still felt a bit exposed walking around there with all the dark allies.

I feel like that all the time when I'm visiting the USA as a tourist. Lots of people walking around armed, sometimes visibly, who could just pull their weapon out and start firing. Any sort of public fight (like 2 people yelling at each other in a restaurant) had me on edge because things could go south quickly.

Yeah, most leaders here are busy tooting their own horns and aren't focused on bigger geopolitics stuff yet... Like ffs, here in NL all they elected a right wing government and, surprise surprise, they're shit at their job. Can't get legislation passed, constant infighting, unpopular policies (for part of our population at least, unfortunately we also have a lot of idiots that voted for this), the list goes on.

I wish that Europe would step up more. The European Union is quite good at doing things bigger picture but they're very slow and bureaucratic at times, could be nice if they improved a bit on that.

Hurray, time to cause even more Biden inflation /s

Kanye getting the "house of cards" treatment... Hard to stay relevant when everything else is starting to be even more batshit than you are.

Lol wtf, over here in Europe it now says "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)"...