Pete for climate tsar. He will be open to the most innovative policies

and will motivate everyone to do their part and feel whole for belonging to a better world.

The Grizzlies was a great flic about a team of Inuit lacross players and how it transforms

their lives. Great dialogue. (It does more than touch on the suicide epidemic but does so in a way where alternatives abound).

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=YKtgXYq-C-yH5wLToKWwDQ&q=the+grizzlies&gs_ssp=eJzj4tVP1zc0TDcyyChMKjQxYAQAIikEGQ&oq=the+grizxlies&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-hp.1.1.35i305i39j46i10j0i10l6.1491.6691..7834...2.0..0.202.1556.4j9j1......0....1.......8..35i39j0i131j46j0j46i131j46i39j46i39i275j46i10i275j0i22i10i30j0i22i30.dRR9dvhP-Pw

Is this strategic? Are the GOP going to use the anti #MeToo movement

as a wedge issue and corral men into voting for Trump?

Could it be that certain Trump voters connected to Trump because he made gaffs

and was not perfect? Some of these people might find the same in Joe Biden? Maybe these same people connected to George W Bush and Reagan for the same reasons on top of the racism and usual GOP wedge issues. Worth a look.

Why Isn't Trump Trying to Win the Center?

Why Isn’t Trump Trying to Win the Center?

July 8, 2019 at 2:21 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 90 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/08/why-isnt-trump-trying-to-win-the-center/

"SNIP....

Jamelle Bouie: “It’s also striking to see how far the president is from the center of American politics. The most expansive Democratic proposals for strengthening the social safety net are far closer to the political mainstream than the great majority of Trump’s actions as president. And he shows no sign of changing course. Trump is still committed to his base, still obsessed with mobilizing his strongest supporters. This may get big crowds in friendly territory, but it might not be enough to win a second term in 2020.”

“A majority of the American electorate — liberals, moderates and even some conservatives — want a greater government role in health care, a higher minimum wage, higher taxes on the rich and less punitive border policies. If Trump isn’t going to move to the center, then their only choice should be the party that, no matter its nominee, backs each item on that list.”

.....SNIP"

I remember hearing the speech played back. Must have been on the radio.

Mitch McConnel sabotaged Obama at every turn and Trump and others

claimed he was not born in the US. Now Kamala Harris is being separated from her black heritage. I tell you the GOP really does not want the base or independants connecting with a black person as a leader. And if it looks like they will connect, then the person all of a sudden is not black. That is how important the Southern Strategy is to the GOP.

Was neoliberalism the same thing that the U.S. involvement in afghanistan

and star wars in the 1980s and 1990s was to republicans? A ruse beat the Russians by getting them into a arms race till they bankrupt themselves? In the case of the liberal order post 1945, neoliberalism bankrupted liberals and the intellectual elite in the eyes of many across the world. All it took was 30 years and a series of electable puppets as republican presidents. Run up the debt and cut taxes always. I always wondered why they named themselves neoliberals and then turned around and made the world "liberal" a bad one in the 1980s and 90s. But i'm not sure.

You know not leaving oil riches in the ground despite the climate crisis

and private healthcare delivering a sub part health system to the nation are quite alike.

Stephen Miller's it was a "simple decision" reminds me of something.

Does it remind anyone else of "final solution"? Like it is an inside joke? I thought so too when he first said it in 2017.

https://twitter.com/TheBeatWithAri/status/1009202527064281088?s=20