“What’s going to happen in this next election? I’m terrified about what could possibly happen, because our leaders matter. Who we select, who speaks for us, who holds that bully pulpit, it affects us in ways sometimes I think people take for granted,” Obama told Jay Shetty on his podcast “On Purpose.”

“The fact that people think that government — ‘eh, does it really even do anything?’ — and I’m like ‘Oh my God, does government do everything for us, and we cannot take this democracy for granted.’ And I worry sometimes that we do. Those are the things that keep me up,” she said.

“The bars are different for people in life. That I’ve learned,” she said.

Without naming Trump, she continued: “Other people can be indicted a bunch of times and still run for office. Black men can’t. You just learn to be good. And in the end, you benefit from that extra resilience.”

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    11 months ago

    I was in China and the time and there were a scary number of people who were saying they hoped that would happen. East Asia is still so contentious, last thing we need is Emperor Cheeto making it even worse.

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      11 months ago

      I feel bad for those brainwashed to their core by the CCP (and they actually hate the party).

      Anyway, I have no idea whether Japan can retaliate against nuclear attacks, due to our naive pacifist constitution.

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        11 months ago

        You can rest assured that if NK starts lobbing missiles at Japan or SK, there won’t be much of NK left at the end of that day. Japan’s involvement won’t even be necessary.