Republicans and Democrats have become like a couple with marriage problems; they've become enemies. Political speeches too often degenerate into opportunities to malign and misinterpret opposing candidates.

The antagonism modeled by our leaders is echoed by media commentators and, alas, in political discussions between friends and family. Over-heated posturing with the denigration of differing viewpoints has become a cultural norm for talking about political topics.

This adversarial style, alas, especially puts male friendships at risk because politics is right up there with sports as far as topics men most often talk about.

The main alternative to argumentative discourse about political issues seems to have become avoidance altogether of political discussion. "Let's not talk politics!" That's sad for our country. - Psychology Today

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“Losing friends has been a big cost,’’ said Walker, 58, who in 2018 was appointed by Trump to the President's Council on Sport, Fitness, and Nutrition. “I lost some friends, and that’s what’s so strange about it. How could in a country like America you disagree with someone that you now want to injure that person or you just don’t want to talk to them no more? Where did it get that you become a country like that?’’ - USA Today

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Una encuesta de mayo de 2017 de Politico/Morning Consult mostró que el 81 % de los votantes estadounidenses estaban a favor de la investigación del fiscal especial.  Una encuesta de junio de 2017 de Associated Press/NORC Center for Public Affairs Research preguntó a los adultos si la investigación del fiscal especial podría ser justa e imparcial: el 26 % estaba «extremadamente confiado» o «muy confiado»; 36 % estaban «moderadamente confiados»; y un 36 % «no estaban muy seguros» o «no confiaban en absoluto».

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Stanley told CNN's Anderson Cooper that before she and Tracy Martin separated, Trayvon was with her 90% of the time, and that she went to all his football games and took care of him when he was sick. She said that Trayvon was a kind and loving person, not a 'thug' as the media portrayed him. - CNN

US media coverage of Rittenhouse has been polarized, with some conservative coverage defending his actions, as with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, or describing him as a "hero". Meanwhile, other coverage has used terms such as "vigilante" and "terrorist".  Many on social media and in the regular media drew a comparison between the police treatment of Jacob Blake, as an unarmed black man, and of Rittenhouse, as an armed white individual, on the evening of the shootings. - The Guardian & Forbes

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Jacob Blake’s mother, Julia Jackson,  called for an end to the violent and destructive protests that happened  following the police shooting that left her son paralyzed from the  waist down.

In a Tuesday night interview with CNN’s Don Lemon,  Jackson provided updates on her son’s condition and spoke of how her  family has been holding together. This came after a public address  earlier in the day where Jackson and the rest of Blake’s relatives gave an emotional address about the shooting while also condemning the unrest Kenosha has seen over the last three days. - Mediaite

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La idea que Covid 19 no es nada mas que una gripe mala ha sido probada como falsa, pero aun asi hay gente, incluso lideres de gobierno y profesionales que no han tomado esto en serio.  Las consecuencias han sido desastrozas.  Escuchas a Ken Rick, este es el [odcast La Vida Real es Falsa (Real Life is Fake)

The new talking point is that the states should have known and done more to combat the Covid 19 crisis.  This cannot be blamed on the Federal government and president Donald Trump.  But, was it not Trump himself who declared this pandemic a hoax?  This is Real Life is Fake, with the Angry Rican

Si usted quiere dar créditos a alguien díselo a los políticos que crean crisis donde no existe ninguna y eso incluye a nuestro presidente Donald Trump. Pero las crisis falsas tambien exponen la hipocresia que nosotros tanto atacamos aqui en La Vida Real es Falsa o en inglés Real Life is Fake

Republicanos o demócratas. La política en Estados Unidos se ha caracterizado por el monopolio de dos grandes partidos con una base fiel de afiliados y la lucha constante por el apoyo de los electores independientes. El último presidente que no pertenecía a una de estas dos facciones políticas —excluyendo la Unión Nacional bipartidista durante la Guerra Civil— fue Millard Fillmore, político whig que lideró la república entre 1850 y 1853. Pese a la primacía del partido del elefante y del partido del burro existen otros movimientos políticos en el país, como el Partido Libertario, el Partido Verde, el Partido Comunista o el Partido de la Constitución, aunque con escasa o nula representación parlamentaria. - El Orden Mundial

Como llegamos a este punto con dos ancianos blancos postulados para presidente?  Escuchas La Vida Real es Falsa