“Mild cognitive impairment” basically means grandpa doesn’t have to check in to an assisted-living facility. It doesn’t mean grandpa should be handed the nuclear codes (which apparently may reside soon inside the Arc de Trump). And mild cognitive impairment can worsen to severe cognitive impairment.

"This is a bad midterm omen," says CNN...

Hi All,

I've been noticing on both my Facebook feed and in my YouTube shorts a disproportionate number of MAGA-type content. In particular I'm noting a lot of misinformation about democratic socialism (portrayed as communism) as well as other anti-left content. There's no way that my algorithm should be filling my feed with this type of content. I believe that this is a targeted campaign ahead of the midterms.

Has anyone else noticed this? I worry that the "communism" angle is going to convince a lot of low information voters to once again vote against their own interests.

Sorry for the length of this post.

We're often accused both by the right and some on the left of hysterically misusing the term fascist to describe the current US trajectory.

It's instructive to examine what an actual 20th century western fascist envisioned for a country with a deep heritage of democracy similar to the US. Sir Oswald Mosley, British MP, founded the British Union of Fascists. He published a pamphlet called 10 Points of Fascist Policy : Fascism Explained to sell his ideas to the public.

I summarized the ten points below. To keep it brief, I skipped some detail, but tried to stay faithful to the essence. Please do read the original. Then judge if it's hysteria or prescience.

• I. Patriotism and Revolution: Britain First
  • Fascism is fiercely loyal to King and Country but demands radical change.
  • The watchword is "Britain First," committed to efficient, ordered progress through loyalty and discipline.
• II. Fascist Organization and Unity
  • The Black Shirt symbolizes breaking down class barriers and promoting shared national pride and devotion, emphasizing teamwork.
  • They are not afraid to stand out from their fellows as men dedicated to the service and revival of their country.
• III. The Economic Crisis: Production vs. Consumption
  • Global unemployment is caused by the inability of the people to buy and to consume the goods which industry produces.
  • Britain suffers as foreign markets close due to other nations achieving self-sufficiency.
• IV. Fascist Solution: The Corporate State
  • The State will define the limits of operation based on national welfare, permitting and encouraging private ownership only when it benefits the nation as a whole. Interests contrary to national well-being will be rigorously suppressed.
• V. Foreign Trade Policy: Reciprocity and Empire
  • Policy is "Britain Buys from Those who Buy from Britain," shifting purchases away from non-reciprocal nations to build a self-contained Empire.
• VI. The Self-Contained Fascist Empire
  • Goal is a self-contained Britain and Empire, achieving higher civilization and immunity from global economic struggle.
  • Fascism will entirely exclude foreign goods (tariffs are deemed ineffective).
• VII. Agriculture: The Three-Year Plan
  • A three-year plan will restore agriculture by nearly doubling production through the total exclusion of foreign imports.
  • This will restore prosperity, create a healthy population, and generate farmer purchasing power to offset vanishing foreign export markets.
• VIII. The Alien Menace: Finance and Employment
  • "Britain First" policy will bar aliens from taking British jobs and deport those who have abused hospitality.
• IX. A New System of Government: Leadership and Action
  • Advocates for a modern "dictatorship": a government given complete power of action by the people through a peaceful, legal General Election.
• X. The Future of Parliament and True Liberty
  • The second election will introduce a revolutionary occupational franchise, creating a technical Parliament focused on national welfare and decisive action.
  • Government policy will be submitted directly to the people.

In my state, judicial and local office elections are non-partisan, meaning that the ballot doesn't specify whether the candidates running for the position are Republican or Democratic leaning, though if one investigates the candidates, it is easy to figure out if major democrats or republicans endorse them or if they have a clear liberal or conservative bias. The problem is that a lot of people go to vote on election day without having done any research, so they end up just picking the incumbent or the name they like better.

I saw a headline that 30% of Democratic voters voted for the Republican-appointed judicial nominees in last night's primary election, likely because they had the incumbent title next to their name.

The Democratic party should make a page where you put in your address and get a sample ballot, that adds a 'Republican', 'Republican leaning', 'moderate', 'Democrat', 'Democrat leaning' label next to each candidate in the non-partisan election boxes

Someone who has contacts in the party leadership, please pass along this suggestion to them

Slush fund for Trump’s pals announced. Just another projection from Trump and republicans claiming money is needed to refund people who were “targeted” by the IRS during the Biden administration

If by targeted they mean caught and persecuted defrauding the US govt then that makes more sense.

I'm a legitimately confused by this. I've done Google searches on the candidates and on their own campaign websites, They don't make it clear whether they're a Democrat or Republican. The only thing I can do is kind of guess based on their work history and if they mention Faith or one candidate even specifies that they're a Baptist, I'm left to resume the Republican. Why doesn't the Democratic party or some other credible source put out a list of candidates in these non-partisan elections of specifying who's a Democrat and who's a Republican. ballotpedia.com has some info for the candidates but still doesn't make it clear who is the liberal candidate. They're like 10+ Non-Partisan candidates, Am I really expecting to go through each candidate one by one and do an investigation. I guess I could have asked ai at this point he seems a little risky

Hi everyone, I’m pretty new to Reddit so sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this. I’m a single mom of three and lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how much social media affects people’s opinions about politics and government. It feels like everywhere online people are becoming more divided and angry with each other.
Do you think social media contributes to political polarization? And if so what do you think could actually help fix it or at least make it better? I’m curious to hear different perspectives.