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"Colony Ridge could fundamentally change the political landscape of Texas and even the nation forever."
"When we see vulnerable people targeted by powerful politicians for the purposes of dividing people and gaining power with reckless disregard for the impact that it has on particular children and young people who are struggling, who are bullied, who are marginalized, who are bravely grappling to reconcile themselves and how they feel about themselves with the expectations of family and society, then a political environment is imposed upon them in which they're made the center of attention and a focus of criticism and hatred, children... I think it's worth just stepping back and powerful people in the U.S. Senate reflecting on the impact of our words, our deeds, our statements."
"Musk's influence and foresight could be the key factors that help defy the odds and make a notable mark in the political landscape."
"This dress is important. It is a signifier of a certain period in our political world, in our social world, and in our pop culture world within the United States itself."
"The results of the US Census are of particular political relevance since they’re used to determine the numbers of seats that different states get in the US House of Representatives as well as the boundaries of legislative districts from Congress down to city councils."
"The bottom half of the wealth distribution had doubled their wealth in the past two years than they had prior, and that was a function of things like the earned income child tax credit delivered to you by Democrats."
"If the damage done by the protests ended up leading to police reform or to a radical restructuring of our criminal justice system, or even made it more likely that Biden won over Trump, then yes, I would consider all of those things absolutely a worthwhile outcome."
"Those marginal differences in governance even between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have drastic consequences on the lives of millions of people."
"I am data-driven. The data is compelling, including 360-degree polling data, that said people would have changed their vote had they been exposed to information that was systematically suppressed."
"He was the last guy that made them feel like justice and hope was within reach."
"It's always been about our next generation, our children, and it is our babies who you will hear from that will pay this price for the governor's relentless political witch hunts."
"Trump's lasting impact is going to be on the Republican party, moving it from a warmongering, knee-jerk militarism neocon party to being anti-war."
"I think we all need to be really clear about the impact that John Fetterman's election to the Senate could have on our country."
"Netflix and dozens of major corporations, as a result of Trump's tax bill, pay nothing in federal taxes."
"No one had any idea that social networks would become so important and help shape the political discourse of elections, how people are treated, it would give a voice to people who are underrepresented but also people we don't necessarily want to hear from."
"You must understand that with this nomination, equal justice under law is at stake. Our voting rights are at stake. Workers' rights are at stake. Consumer rights are at stake. The right to a safe and legal abortion is at stake."
"Subtracting just some of that four million or so from the count would be enough to take a seat away from one or more states."
"No matter who you are, you have to admit: Reagan, or at least his administration, has directly affected America both politically and culturally, spurring the ideas we constantly, constantly debate about."
"Their policies are becoming law. Who are these laws serving?"
"Russia could have been the great Russia if it was not Putin who destroyed Russian reputation."
"But you know by now this definition wasn’t accepted. Bush won and subsequently became the 41st President of the United States."
"Bernie Sanders is coming in and shattering all of that for people."
"The January 6 committee's major reports when released this year will force every candidate to discuss Trump in 2022."
"If the outcome of this fight could have some direct immediate quantifiable impact on average Americans, then explain it to me."
"We're seeing just a constant decline in viewership. I mean CNN apparently after Trump left, they'd lost 90 percent of their audience."
"These are journalists who are very much in danger, remember. President Trump hasn't changed their lives. President Trump has single-handedly put their lives in danger."
"We must not lose sight of just how powerful that is."
"If they're already censoring us, how bad could it get? Well, if you think Russia impacted our election with a few Facebook ads, imagine if Russia owned Facebook."
"The fact they can't even get debt ceiling agreement here -- to me this is how you ended up with a Donald Trump, because of stupid political fights like this."
"Being black and supporting an individual that has a negative effect on a significant number of black people requires a mirror."
"He didn't say that straight after the result of the referendum. He and his ilk have done a lot of damage to our country."
"Trump broke people's brains. People have lost their damn minds."
"One person's vote cannot fix everything that's wrong with America right now."
"I think he was the most disruptive person since Andrew Jackson in terms of actually taking the establishment head on."
"This epidemic will fundamentally shaken the rule of the Communist Party."
"The rift-sized hole in Scottish politics, and perhaps in British politics as well, left by Ruth Davidson's departure."
"I've got the list here: 45p tax cut gone, corporation tax cut gone, 20p tax cut gone, two-year energy freeze gone, tax-free shopping gone, economic credibility gone."
"What Donald Trump is doing is like gnawing at the roots of the very foundations that our country is built on."
"A bombshell voter fraud revelation in Wisconsin."
"I'd be shocked if she doesn't after hearing all the evidence rule against Donald Trump and keep him off the ballot."
"Polarization makes it seem like partisanship is stronger than the gospel."
"Donald Trump indicted on seven charges including violation of the Espionage Act."
"This is a jolt for the election. We won't know for sure exactly by what margins, but this is a big boost for Joe Biden."
"If we see a rate hike before the election I think Biden is toast."
"It won over a hundred thousand votes or just over 1% of the national popular vote"
"Lula's life story is an inspirational one, born into extreme poverty, emerged as a political leftist."
"Donald Trump is the reason Roe ended. If you reelect me, I'll be the reason why it's restored."
"This will be a significant blow to Putin's war machine."
"I believe that the Liberal Democrats did so well in the local elections because people wanted to make a protest against the conservatives and labour about the betrayal of brexit."
"Getting rid of Roe v Wade was an incredible thing for pro-life."
"One random whistleblower was able to take out Hillary Clinton."
"This election was a referendum on crime and an indictment on her leadership."
"These statements by the Ukrainian government... caused a great panic in the Kremlin Palace."
"If something goes wrong in Scotland, it should absolutely resonate in Westminster."
"So now, to his winning strategy... That's a democratic ticket that will terrify the GOP."
"If they used the same force that they applied in Tiananmen thirty years ago, I believe it would be the beginning of the end of the CCP. I think the CCP would ultimately collapse."
"The Spring Offensive was a failure that weakened Mussolini’s domestic and international position."
"Freedom Phone could actually be very, very good, very, very important and why the establishment is probably coming after you so hard."
"This country will be changed in ways that will be difficult to unmake if Donald Trump gets a second term."
"Tomorrow, June 6, is a day that might just change the world. It might save the world. It is the day the anti-communist manifesto comes out by anonymous."
"It bears repeating just how much of a historic moment we witnessed today and just how it'll impact the race for the presidency in 2024 is anyone's guess."
"Culture drives politics and everything else."
"It's clear that if in fact the decision comes down the way it does and these states impose the limitations they're talking about it's going to cause a mini-revolution."
"Not paying attention to politics doesn't mean politics doesn't affect you."
"This is a wild turn of events. The first court to find that the 14th Amendment even applies to a president."
"Does this stop Trump from winning the presidency? It's just Colorado, but it could be permission for other states to follow suit."
"I think we're gonna see Trump's emergence as the most significant thing to happen in American politics in 100 years."
"What Elon Musk has released is evidence of corruption that goes to the highest level of government."
"If Trump turbochargers young people's turnout, then this coalition is fundamentally—basically finished, I think it's fair to say."
"What happens when a state bans abortion? Do women suddenly go, 'Well if the state legislature wants me to have this baby, who am I to say no?' No they don't."
"Change not only for America but for the whole world."
"It would be more cool to be like, 'Here is this one particular district, we made that like a plus one for Trump or like a plus two for whatever democrat senator.'"
"You don't mess with her. She's the person who brought down Andrew Cuomo... She's fierce, she knows what she's doing."
"The success of the big lie is really amazing."
"Every school on the planet is now tuition-free. Thank you, Bernie Sanders. Doge, where are you?"
"Dirty money's being seen for what it is, which is a poison to democracy."
"I wish you would have just said that initially. I wouldn't waste my time with all these other legs, because I can't prove the intent of any person."
"This is the first time in American history a former U.S. president will face federal charges."
"You can't let hundreds of thousands of people die and think that it's not gonna take a toll on you in the election."
"Elections have consequences, and are requiring of us to get engaged, to get involved, to show up, to show out through our votes."
"This will determine what America is going to look like for a long, long time."
"BrExit was an earthquake in the British political system."
"This is a life-changing election, determining what America is going to look like for a long time."
"If we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation."
"There's a lot of blame to go around, and the Democrats share in that blame. That said, I think repealing Roe is going to be unambiguously bad for women, in particular poor women in red states. And it'll be bad for the red states too."
"She's doing more damage to Trump than I would have expected."
"It’s as if he’s taking a wrecking ball to the lives and fortunes of the people who actually just voted for him."
"I wish people had taken him more seriously in 2016."
"He's one of the most consequential and successful Presidents in history."
"The Georgia race will be the Difference Maker to whether or not it is a 50 50 U.S Senate."
"So if the goal of overturning Roe v. Wade was to kill more babies and more mothers, then congratulations, ya did it."
"Trump's barn burner of a State of the Union address."
"Katie Porter really changed things up there."
"I don't want my opinion to be clouded by the content of the 2016 leaks, but it's hard to ignore what a massive benefit that was."
"Time will tell... and we'll see if people think that Alba or Alapa is a significant contribution to the independence cause."
"The Department of Justice ruled that Donald Trump does not have absolute immunity."
"Russia and Vladimir Putin in particular have dealt maybe the biggest blow to NATO in its history."
"Rank Choice voting effectively ensures outside candidates cannot win."
"Maybe this is a good example of sanctions having the impact that was desired."
"This presidential election is probably the most consequential election we've had in this country since maybe 1860."
"The reaction of the people and the election process in Ukraine were impacted by Joe Biden's firing."
"They could have just told the truth out loud. It very well could have completely altered the trajectory of American politics."
"K-pop stands and tick-tock users claim credit for low turnout at Trump's rally."
"It led to a major setback for the Republican Party, especially as they lost many seats in Congress in the 1974 midterm elections."
"The most important accomplishment of the Trump administration so far has been destroying the credibility of the media."
"The north-south divide as an issue is gaining in prominence and probably will only continue to gain in prominence in the aftermath of Britain's departure from the EU."
"Eligibility is already destroying what is left of our electoral system."
"You stood up against these evil ideas that quickly began to infiltrate our kids' schools."
"Biden's point: The words of the president matter, the behavior of the president matters."
"Remember that bill that passed when everyone was outside screaming at them? Stuff like that shapes the narrative in the long term."
"Simply put, Eleanor changed the role of first lady forever."
"Obama boosted white wealth and failed to help black homeowners. Barack Obama's election was a disaster for black wealth."
"I never thought in the first hundred days that more damage could be done in 100 days by this administration than in four years."
"The assassination of Litvinenko shook the world out of their complacency regarding Putin."
"Brexit is still a profound and long-term national diminishment."
"Brexit is a wrecking ball for ordinary people's lives."
"This politics of paranoia has so deeply infected the Republican Party."
"Donald Trump is a stone in their shoe because he actually does believe in the freedom of individuals."
"It's not just on the ballot in the sense of the congressional midterm elections."
"Your vote will lead to more or less the exact system you've got now."
"Black families' incomes grow on average about a thousand bucks a year but only grow 142 under Republican leadership."
"The black unemployment rate fell by a net of 7.9 percent across 26 years of Democratic policies."
"Progressives have engaged in a tremendous amount of highly effective solution making."
"President Trump wrecked the elites at Davos."
"What happens if they bow to the pressure? What would that do to us as a democracy?"
"Voting is important because if y'all would have voted, this person wouldn't be in the office."
"Colonialism has left African countries with damaged political institutions."
"Support among the top 10% of income earners doubled a policy’s chances of being adopted."
"I think that's going to change American politics forever."
"The radical far-right extremist Supreme Court just voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. This is a dark day."
"Mr. Cohen's testimony is the beginning of the process, not the end."
"So, sometimes, something as stupid as telling the right joke to the right person at the right cocktail party can drive big political decisions."
"The scandal was greater in scope and magnitude than Watergate."
"There's no doubt that had Nasser succeeded in his goals, global politics would have played out in a very different fashion."
"Embracing bitcoin ultimately reduces the power of the state."
"Almost every candidate the president has endorsed has won their primary."
"This victory over Russia significantly concerned the Kremlin."
"More people are sick in America tonight because Donald Trump is president."
"Only four percent of the 49 million jobs created since 1989 occurred under Republican presidents."
"Brexit also restored confidence in a way because what it did is it put popular sovereignty on steroids."
"If Donald Trump wins 15 of the black vote in 2024 it is game over Democrats."
"I think everything has been made monumentally worse. Things were already getting really, really, really bad, but Trump definitely, like, ratcheted it up to new levels of unbelievable insanity."
"Donald Trump really is something special, and we're probably never going to see something like him again in our lifetimes."
"Humor and satire have a long historical tradition of being really critical and important tools in affecting governments and getting a message out to people."
"The only thing that makes us incredible as a nation is that our voice actually matters and that our voice can change things."
"The Democratic budget resolution is transformational; it's probably the most significant single piece of legislation that we have seen certainly in decades." - Chuck Schumer
"Six-week abortion ban... one of the most politically toxic things I can imagine him doing."
"If joe biden drops student debt end of story there's a movement that would support him no matter what whether you like him whether you hate him or you like some of his policies."
"This is a big deal. Kamala Harris, this is a historic decision that will have huge implications in the future."
"There is no American president since Lincoln that has had the impact for black America that President Trump has had."
"Johnson came back it would be, uh, I think it would be Christmas coming early for the late party, no matter what the policy say at the moment."
"The Democrats, um, they did exactly what they said that they were going to do here. Okay. So you have to understand that they actually did come through for the categories of people who we've been talking about for the past several months."
"A Trump nomination is a Biden win and a Kamala Harris presidency."
"The Senate just voted to confirm President Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to succeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court."
"Overall I think he's gonna be a net positive in the race and I think he's gonna do a lot I think he might functionally end up being like Bernie Sanders attack dog because he will be a bulldog."
"This is the president and this is going to have big repercussions beyond people in his personal life."
"When you attack the core fundamental fabric of a constitutional republic, you are attacking Liberty in a way that is unprecedented."
"They were literally able to deliver on their promises."
"Institutions matter, right? Because what Trump's election is, is a negation of every single value that somebody under 35 in this country has."
"What critical race theory, what white privilege, what these academic theories that have now permeated a significant part of the Democrat Party seek to do is actually divide us all up."
"It has to be the overturning of Roe v Wade. Local impact affects the most people's lives."
"Deep concern among national security officials and experts that Trump not only incites the far rights and policies but impedes the government’s ability to respond."
"The first of those military emperors was Maximinus Thrax, whose political legacy set the stage for decades of upheaval and the end of the Roman Empire."
"I think this could be very bad for Trumpism."
"Cities burning, rioting in the streets, vigilante shooting protesters, and culminating with a literal Insurrection on the US capital because the guy at the top set a tone that turned Americans against each other."
"He not only pissed off Democrats, he not only pissed off Republicans, he changed the way that presidents communicate with the public."
"But when legal observers say opening an impeachment inquiry would give the House more tools to actually get the stuff they are seeking..."
"It's going to affect everyone every republicans are going to push for a federal abortion ban exactly they're already talking about it and it doesn't really matter then where you live..."
"If people can't trust what's happening because we have deceptive lying media then politics will break downstream from this."
"Together we changed the course of this country forever."
"There's real momentum behind the Bud Light boycott unlike any other attempted conservative boycott in memory."
"Every time we get elected officials, the condition of black people gets worse."
"President Kennedy has been assassinated. It's official now, the president is dead."
"I would go ahead and give this out of 5 stars a 1.5."
"It is no exaggeration to say that this current session could completely reshape this country and redirect our future for generations to come, and not in a good way."
"Georgia voters made history and made their voices heard."
"Educators must recognize school systems as racialized and political."
"Brexit sparked an identity crisis in Britain."
"It's big news not only because this could have an impact on the Biden administration's ability to replace a liberal justice with another liberal justice, it also communicates something. It implies something."
"If Republicans win the Senate then the court vacancies that President Biden is still trying to fill, they're going to have an uphill battle with confirmation."
"With no Jackson in office, such an event like the Trail of Tears doesn't occur."
"Nancy Pelosi... is one of the most consequential speakers in history."
"If she won, and it took so little for her to win, one person and not even in every state, that at least now, we are talking about these guys."
"The optimism dropping by more than twenty points just since May. What's the cause? The cause of that drop or democratic policies being enacted by winning the White House in the senate."
"A plurality of voters in the toughest districts in the country say, 'Yeah, that would be pretty good for me and my family.'"
"He saw that as betrayal but the one act of betrayal that struck most deeply of course was his daughter's husband who voted against him."
"But rather than sabotaging peace talks in Vietnam that led to the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands while Kissinger."
"The Tea Party movement happened because the president forgot that while he was elected by a majority of the population, it was a relatively narrow majority."
"Wow, I wonder what that's doing to Joe Biden's approval rating."
"When individuals unite isolated protest activities into an organized movement demanding fundamental systematic change, it becomes a serious threat to the regime."
"I lost virtually everything I had earned as a direct result of Trump." - Michael Cohen
"Enough people vote for Jill Stein, they risk losing."
"Of course, the results did give rise to some tremendously important political controversies."
"Fetishizing identity politics could cost Democrats in 2020."
"claiming that there was election fraud when there wasn't is actually the greatest damage that individual one has done to the United States."
"The harsh and unfair treatment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh is having an incredible upward impact on voters."
"Imagine a world where Musk and Trump... decide to set aside their differences and Forge a path that could reshape the future of America."
"Elections matter to choose the executive branch matters because the executive branch puts all these appointees in who sign these rules at the end of the day."
"Taylor Swift could sway the presidential election votes of nearly one in five Americans."
"If the Hunter Biden story had been covered accurately by the media, allowed to be distributed on social media, Donald Trump would have won."