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can’t forget just completely dropping the ball on the most popular campaign promises (enshrining reproductive rights, student debt relief)

if Dems win: wow our strategy of catering to the “moderates” and conservatives estranged by Trump worked!

if Dems lose: wow we didn’t cater to the “moderates” or conservatives estranged by Trump hard enough. Gotta go harder next time.

Surprise! Google search traffic is spiking in the U.S. for the question “Did Joe Biden drop out?”

funny or sad i cant decide

if you want general history, there’s a relatively comprehensive docu-series produced by CCTV6 from 2013 called 中国通史 General History of China (100 episodes). However it’s in Mandarin Chinese, so not very podcast-able if you don’t understand Mandarin, but there are english subs available (on a quick search, and a brief glance they look decent) and IMO the artifacts and depictions are worth the watch. If anything it might be a good launching point if you wanted to look into more specific topics, for example, philosophy which is often intertwined with religion and civics in Chinese history, or historic literature.

EDIT: found an english dub on youtube ^^ just search “general history of china eng dub”

EDIT AGAIN: comrade linked it below ^^

Well, re:Iraq/Afghanistan, news of soldiers coming back in caskets very much contributed to Bush’s unpopularity. At the end of the day, chanting “we’re fighting for freedom! and democracy!” isn’t enough to keep 'muricans in hawkish zeal. It popped the popular perception that pointy end of the military industrial complex was only for brown people non-americans. Which is why proxy wars are the go-to now, much more secure in support from the metropole.

edit: and less news of Americans dropping missiles on weddings