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Bernie now has unions even more behind him than before and if hopefully more progressives win he will be able to implement his agenda. What Bernie says now about Biden running may change with changing or rather as he sees the demise of democracy with Biden ineffectiveness and alliance with Republican issues not Biden’s rhetoric. Bernie will have more support than before and hopefully he has learned about his strategic errors. I believe his friendly posture with Biden was to get a primo position in the admin. Marianne is great just doesn’t have the personal energy or charisma needed but I love her deep thinking and hopefully a strong position in a Bernie admin.

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Kyle your desire to smoke nicotine sounded more like a kid taking away his candy and suggests this is more about your relationship with your family of origin and issues with authority. Of course authority in this country is largely corrupted on so many levels but when your personal historical issues infuses your angst around your particular issues waters down its effectiveness and is generally a turn off as it has a strong flavor of lack of objectivity. I am not suggesting your view is off just where you are at expressing your view. Slow down please.

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There is an easy solution to age limit on the older end and that is a cognitive testing, to see how functional a person is operating at, and that can occur at different ages for different people. It would have eliminated Reagan who had ALZ. And clearly Bernie is cognitively capable but Feinstein is not.

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Dems have known that republicans wanted to get rid of Roe for 50 years!! They made no efforts to codify Roe. Now that it’s been eliminated it becomes a fund raising tool for Corporate Dems. The Dems never had a plan. We have leadership who are 80+ years old and out of touch with the common citizen. All corporate Dems see is another fund raising source!!

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I usually agree with Kyle, but I find overly simplistic his position vehemently opposing the FDA reducing the maximum amount of nicotine allowed in tobacco products. The FDA doesn't just do this on a whim, experts in public health have clearly studied this and concluded that this would be effective in reducing smoking rates and thus reducing associated health problems. They could be wrong about this, but u find Kyle's reaction unfairly dismissive. See the study here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsr1714617

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why are you still so stupid on Ukraine?

Yeah, India buys more Russian oil. On discount.

Yeah, rubel is high. Because there is no free exchange.

France and Germany just want business as usual, they just want to profit and they don't care for Ukrainian lives, that's who you choose to be your role models?

Also - there is no deal on a table to discuss, there is no proposition (however unacceptable) "end war for this much territory".

If you want Ukraine to win or to stop future invasions or to limit the allure of nuclear proliferation - arm Ukraine as fast as possible.

If you just want war to stop - arm Ukraine as fast as possible, because war will not stop untill russian military is defeated.

By not sending weapons west will just change this war into bloody protracted, decades long conflict.

Defeating Russia slower WILL NOT be cheaper and not defeating Russia means any peace agreement will be just temporary ceasefire.

Western left are biggest idiots on russia, it just hurts to listen to you.

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I feel so sick that YouTube redirects viewers to John Oliver when they are looking for Kyle’s podcast. It’s deeply alarming that YouTube and other media sites control what people can see and hear

The only, only, only decent and informative news comes from independent media like yours. The rest is damn propaganda. This situation requires a Supreme Court decision in favor of independent media. That made sound crazy to you but I assure you, it’s the answer. We are doomed without this as well as stopping billionaires and corporations from buying up land, housing and water rights

Our government has and is failing us on a scale I never imagined. God bless Krystal and Kyle, keep going, keep fighting and much happiness to you both!

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Why is the burden of birth control placed solely upon women. Last time I checked, there haven't yet been any immaculate conception births. This alone makes the responsibility for pregnancy rest solely with the carelessness of the male, for not "taking precautions". And it is the male who should bear the consequences of pregnancy.

But hey - at the end of it all, it's still a man's world......

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