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Goodguy  15hr ago (text post)   Edited 12hr ago   4888 thread views

Midterms Megathread

Cause otherwise midterms discussion will be scattered around a bunch of separate Culture War thread posts. And it's nice to have more off-the-cuff rapid reactions in a dedicated megathread.

The first thing I've noticed so far: if the exit polls are correct, Americans are very pessimistic about AI.

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Alright Im gonna wake up tommorow and expect the democrats to have both the house and the senate. Can democrats actually do anything about Iran or the gas prices? Probably why the republicans lost this time.

Idk. It's amusing to see inflation writ large so confidently laid at Trump's feet, when we have such a recent example of a Democrat-controlled federal government actively making the problem worse just a few years ago.

Until Venezuela or so I was very pleased with Trump’s foreign policy. The removal of America from various attempts at global governance, efforts to wind down various conflicts, the promise of no new wars... Bombing Iran had to be punished. Americans are sick of it. The gas prices just made it so, so much worse where normies are concerned.

As for Iran, that hornets nest can’t be unkicked. I’m very interested to hear the Democrats’ plan. Do they want to pack it in and allow Iran to charge for passage?

In 2026, no, Democrats want any deal to fail so they can blame it on Trump in 2028. In 2028, Iran can probably get a deal to charge tolls with President Ossoff and Americans will be tired enough on the Iran issue that huge concessions are palatable as long as the problem goes away.

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