The Dems must know that they can beat Trump with another nominee. Otherwise, they would not have been pressuring him to step down over the last several weeks.

Doesn’t matter.

It matters that Trump does NOT get elected.

Still need more pressure to keep project 2025 from never seeing the light of day.

Yes, of course.

…women coming to the polls to vote for their reproductive rights might skew the numbers more in favour of Democrats, independent of polling.

Precisely!

I watched it. The fear of waffling instead of confidence. I get it. I understand. However, I’m just one person. In the end, the Democratic party will choose what to do. Personally, I believe that it would be disastrous to have Trump (and his cronies) in office again. So, my choice comes down to voting for whoever is the opponent of Trump.

As it stands right now, Biden could pull out (voluntarily) of the presidential race as early as this weekend. If that turns out to be the case, then there is a fairly good chance that VP Kamala Harris could run for POTUS.

Gloom and doom is not going to win the election. Endless panicked articles are not going to win the election. People going out and voting will, and you, person reading this, have the power to get more people to go vote.

This is so true and I learned about this about 18 years ago. I haven’t missed a voting cycle since and I try to encourage people to vote as much as I possibly can.

The RNC has 6 Million LESS viewers than 2016. That’s quite a swing!

AND it looks like Thomas has committed treason.

US citizens are some of the most propagandized people on this planet.

Yes, but it is targeted at the uneducated/uninformed.

Lol we are so deeply fucked.

I don’t believe so. There are far too many people, in the US, that aren’t brainwashed simpletons. The fight for freedom will continue.

As we get closer to the election, and more people start paying attention, that ‘53 out of 100’ will be higher.

…I have no idea how you would even begin to resolve the issue.

For now, we must encourage all of the younger people to vote. The younger people are, understandably, frustrated by the current American political system. It can be changed with more participation over time. Doing nothing (not voting, etc.) just worsens the problem.

The far right GOP knows all of this and makes it difficult for anyone to vote. They use tactics such as gaslighting in order to cheat their way into office.

Is it the average American news sources messing with people’s minds that much?

I’d estimate that 98% of American news sources are either very biased or straight up propaganda machines. I can only rely on National Public Radio and The Associated Press.

I’m sorry you feel that way. I did not intend for anyone to be uncomfortable.

…does this mean that saying “Joe Biden is acting like a fascist autocrat”, is ok, but applying it as a title, as in “Joe Biden the Fascist Autocrat” is not?

In my opinion, yes. However, this is something that I would want to discuss with the other administrators/moderators in order to reach a conclusion.

Name-calling is a form of argument in which insulting or demeaning labels are directed at an individual or group.

Labeling Joe Biden as a ‘fascist’ is name-calling. Whether or not he is, truly, a fascist is not what is being addressed here.

Beehaw is a space that strives to be(e) nice apart from the thousands of Internet spaces that could care less.

…staff here defend these people from criticism.

Show me where Beehaw staff have defended anyone from criticism.

The subject at hand is name-calling. It is not nice.

The subject that you keep reiterating is current events and politics.

Do you understand the difference?

Name-calling is a form of argument in which insulting or demeaning labels are directed at an individual or group.

That’s what we, at Beehaw, don’t want. It is not nice.

This is a ‘soft warning’ about name-calling. Generally speaking, name-calling isn’t nice. Please, be(e) nice when using Beehaw. Thank you.

Interesting. Thanks for pointing this out.