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  • While I still think he’s a dumb coward for not taking a side, I feel he’s also playing a lot of internal political games too.

    On a whole, Harris will be miles better for unions than the orange rapist, for sure. I guarantee he knows that. But far too many blue collar union members have either A. Bought the propaganda that Trump is the “working man’s candidate” (lol), or B. Have internally made the decision that being racist against immigrants is more important than the very organization that allows them to maintain a living wage. So he finds himself stuck in the ugly position of needing to do the right then for the union, but also not wanting to lose support of the members and undermining the union’s entire power structure in the future (and probably getting himself canned). The only winning move is not to play.

    Let’s also not forget this guy spoke at the RNC… which looks good to said members above but does not really commit to their side.

    Meh. Guess the local chapters will have to pick up the slack, and I think they will.














  • And the foundation. Broke Bretton-Woods and created massive inflation, deregulated fucking everything, started the War on black people “Drugs”), all the things used by corporations and the rest of the conservatives to gradually erode the power of citizens.

    Edit: but I think people are taking the wrong conclusion from this. I interpret these endorsements to be less policy related and more “Holy fuck the other guy is literally unhinged and will turn the US into a smoking ruin, vote for stability please god” related. Staffers are basically just office personel. Take the wins where you can.