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> The mainstream media did a great job of outraging liberals because whenever trump said anything even remotely controversial, it was covered nonstop until he said the next thing.

To be fair, I bet you could measure the average interval of those events in hours.

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Yeah sure, but so what? Was him getting two scoops of ice cream really worth covering? Something I like to ask people is, how did any of it actually effect your life? The only noticeable change in my life from his presidency was that I paid less in taxes.

I'm just tired of pretending any of it means anything anymore. Both parties won't fix the roads, both parties won't give us healthcare, both parties are pro-war. Why should anyone care who the president is?

I'm thankful the U.S. army did not capitulate to Trump's demands to go to war with Iran, Venezuela.

edit: I'm getting downvoted, so here's a source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...

We're in a much better place today because of heroes in our military

Personally, it's a huge red flag when anyone in any sort of leadership position in the american military is against any kind of conflict, because they are usually all for it. I also can't help but wonder how this would be reported if these leaders did this to obama. I really wish they did!

This is nonsensical. What the article is describing is political trash talk, with absolutely nothing to back it up. Typical article published during that time period, and emblematic of the media circus that surrounded Trump.

> in my life

Lucky you?

Were you affected in any way other than being upset?

Yes. Even this week, we have the news that his supreme court nominees are voting to strike down abortion protections, and I have female friends and family in states with trigger laws.

This is a pretty strange week to say that: The president nominates supreme court judges, and the rulings of those judges can make a big difference in your life: For instance, whether there's a right to abortion in the US or not.

Whether you are in favor or against, it's easy to argue that a whole lot of people care about that issue, and not only in purely theoretical grounds.

And that's just the topic of the week: A justice is, on average, going to be making rulings for about 30 years, and is probably going to be able to retire strategically, to be replaced by a like-minded judge. So even if it's just due to the power of electing supreme court justices, presidents matter.

So I don't think it's hard to argue that, because of Trump's presidency, we'll have a very conservative supreme court for, very likely, our entire lifetimes, while if Clinton had won, we'd instead have a liberal majority in the court for at least another 20 years.

Even without the abortion decision, the court will make a big practical difference to a lot of people. I think it's fair to expect wide sweeping decisions that would never have happened without Trump being able to build a 6-3 court.

> This is a pretty strange week to say that: The president nominates supreme court judges, and the rulings of those judges can make a big difference in your life: For instance, whether there's a right to abortion in the US or not.

i'm sorry, but what the supreme court DRAFT said was: "there's no constitutional right to abortion. also this should've been decided by representatives of the people".

i'm not sure why that's a bad thing -- supreme court justices should not legislate and, if abortion is such an important thing for one side of the isle, they should fight, tooth and nail, to get laws (actual laws, not flimsy decisions by non-elected officials) passed.

hell, even RBG criticized roe v wade -- https://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/justice-ruth-bader-ginsbur...

What is this ice cream strawman? Dude popped off with lies and idiotic remarks routinely, was proud of an inhumane immigration policy, wanted to yank people's healthcare, cozied up to dictators, etc. It's disgusting how much some people defend him.

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