That's because conservatives think they'll always be the kidnappers.

Imagine if Obama did this exact same series of events. He wouldn't have gotten this far, because he'd be assassinated, or at the very least impeached, by now.

Losing friends and family is normal to a conservative.

Meanwhile, over here in California, kids are literate.

California, shockingly, has the lowest literacy rate of any state

“We really haven’t been investing” for decades, she said. “We’ve been underspending the entire time.”

California, currently sitting on a surplus bigger than many states’ entire budgets, has for years spent less – about 13 percent less – than the national average on K-12 schools. Recent research shows that even high-performing California students score lower on standard tests than their counterparts in better performing states.

School spending, of course, is only one factor shaping California’s dismal literacy rate. The state has the most diverse population in the country, more than 200 languages are spoken here. California also has the biggest wealth chasm.

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Parental education might be the biggest factor. But income disparity – which is linked to parental education – plays a role as well. A big role. States with large percentages of highly literate parents unsurprisingly had highly proficient 8th graders, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

Those states also had, among other things, more libraries per capita than the national average.

California has the most public libraries of any state, with 1,130, said State Librarian Greg Lucas, but because of its huge population, the state falls below the per-capita national average. California has 4.5 libraries per 100,000, and the national average is 5.2.

Lucas said public libraries help school kids who speak one of California’s 200-plus languages to find reading material, while also helping adults whose hopes of a better job require some level of literacy.

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“There are stacks of studies that show that caregivers who talk, read and sing help build an appetite for reading. And there’s another big stack that says a kid succeeds better at a school with a teacher librarian,” he added.

California, unfortunately, trails the pack on that measure, too. The state has about 900 teacher-librarians (credentialed teachers with a library sciences degree) for its more than 6 million school kids. Texas has around 4,300 such specialists and a million fewer kids.

If things keep escalating it'll be interesting to see who is still alive to run in 2028

Exactly what it looks like. He is becoming the face of the opposition. Just another establishment candidate. 🙄

If he were to get elected in 2028, the 2032 election is guaranteed a Nazi win with a leader that isn't wholly incompetent the next time. No one should primary that shit stain.

I mean, he probably would have won in 2024. Would be better than what we're seeing now.

Can't be, third world countries often have publicly funded healthcare

I was in Louisiana for work a few times last year, my first visits to the state. I can't stand their politics, but their music and food are first rate. I could live there if their politics weren't so offensive.

In 2023, the United States had the highest homicide rate among G7 countries, with 5.76 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.

This was significantly higher than other G7 nations like Canada (1.98 per 100,000) and Japan (0.23 per 100,000). The US firearm homicide rate is also notably higher than that of other industrialized countries, with some studies showing it to be 26 times greater.

Everyone in America has already lost this competition. Californians and Alabamans are arguing over whose shit stinks worse, while they're up to their hips in excrement.