I Eviscerate Project 2025 Apologists for Sport
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I agree with you. I read a few pages of that monstrosity. My goodness. WOW! Sorry for all the bad comments. But hopefully, P2025 will not come to reality and become a script of a really good movie.
I enjoy your videos and you seem like a pretty smart guy.. but a $300 lifetime subscription for any service should be a giant red flag. When has this ever worked out in the long term for any company? Either this is a last-ditch attempt to raise funds before the company goes bust, or these users will eventually become too much of a burden for the company and they'll look for ways to get out of the deal / otherwise dilute the value of the lifetime subscription. In the very long term this is simply not a sustainable way of doing business, and there's almost no chance that you don't know this. This is not crypto-scam levels of dishonest, but it's at least a little sketchy.
Hope you keep up the good videos, though! FWIW I did buy a wallet through your Bellroy link and the person I bought it for loves it :)
I was really attracted to Nebula until I learnt that TL;DR News take an administrative part in it. I stopped watching them because of their sensationalism and cocksure cluelessness.
I'm reading the comments :0
in my opinion, there is another fraction that lookes at this whole mess, especially project 2025: it's europeans, who think that this thing is flat out crazy. furthermore, we have proper cities with good public transportation that isn't just a pit where money disappears.
so, it's a lot of fun that things like public transportation, healthcare, etc work reasonably well in european countries.
People not understanding primary sources is why we need to fully fund our public education school system. We learn this in like middle school.
Oh my, my friend. That is absolutely NOT true in the majority of public schools, and isn't even mentioned in the vast majority of private ones. But yes, we need to adequately fund our public schools, and eliminate private school funding entirely.
@@patrickfitzgerald2861at my school at least we definitely did go over it. Before writing any argumentative essays they always did a refresher on primary vs. secondary sources. Hell they even covered it briefly in college.
@@shmooters5599 You were lucky. I went to Catholic schools, and didn't learn the distinction until university.
... which is why Trump appointed an opponent of education as Secretary of Education last time
@@patrickfitzgerald2861 What did you expect from a school build a bunch of people believing that a book of fairy tailes is objective truth?
If they explained that difference, it would invalidated that precious 1000 pager.
"Monotone insults“
"You're obviously new here"
This is why we watch😂
Come for the monotone, stay for the content!
I love deadpan!
RAIN?
I have to admit, he's an acquired taste. But now I've acquired his taste.
wait....
absolutely here for the monotone sarcasm it's sooo good
"No one wants to live in dense urban areas" says the driver of the F-150 with the offroad package that's only been driven between a shoddy mcmansion and the Starbucks drive-thru
ask people who have been trapped or displaced by gentrification
And then haul nothing but sand to weigh down the truck bed.
Toy F-150 with a lift gate and low profile wheels, of course.
HELPPPP 😂
I think what gets my goat the most about these people is that they claim to be conservationists when living in the woods is literally the worst thing you could to for that end. Ya that house you built with electricity wired to it, plumbing dug to it, data infrastructure routed to it has displaced wild animals territory for nearly 2 miles, and that is like the least bad thing. Deer populations are shrinking and dying to cwd because idiots living in the country can't stop shooting coyotes. You are the one who decided to live in the wood ecosystem, don't get mad because they killed you chickens or dog you displaced the pray they would hunt by living there.
God that grinds my gears.
CityNerd threatening us with a good by insinuating that he would make a 3 hour video essay on the whole Project 2025 document
I don't think my brain would survive 3 hours of that stuff though.
I would watch that video
I would 100% watch that. Not in one day probably. More likely to watch it 30 min one day, an hour another day or smth like that.
i want it
Id watch it. Only reason i havent read beyond 26 pages, is because, after 26 pages all you have to do is imagine a conservative wet dream for this country
"Most people don't want to live in dense metro areas"
Reminds me of...
"Nobody goes there any more... it's too crowded!" - Yogi Berra
I mean most people want a penthouse and a beach house, doesn’t mean they get it 😂
I went to Europe and realized how much I liked the city. I came home and moved to the city. Best thing ever!
@@HiDefHDMusicthat’s true, but sort of not related, because most people DO live in urban areas.
There is such a thing as too much density. If you tried falling asleep in suburbia vs Manhattan, you would know the difference. Even walking down the street would be a big difference trying to avoid the smell of pot.
@@richardarriaga6271 We in the US have no clue re density. There are much denser cities than new York. If managed well it can be fairly pleasant.
7:40 I hate the "both sides" argument so much. When two people are arguing about whether it is sunny or rainy outside, the job of media isn't to consider both arguments equally and decide which is more convincing, it is to literally open the curtains and see for themselves.
"both sides" is confusing abstraction and fence-sitting for nuance and, for all intents and purposes, it's vouching for the morons whose ideology cannot be worked with. they say that shit because they want to translate "I don't know jack shit about this situation" into "I am a fucking harbinger of truth and reason." I wouldn't get so belligerent if they would just say the former.
Its their work around from the right's successful lie " left wing media bias" which ultimately arose from coverage of Nixon... and one republican in the 70's losing an election and claimed it was because of the left wing media bias. It was a lie then, and is a lie now.
Its a great weapon for republicans because it allows them to get away with more things and the media will hyper focus on anything negative a democrat does so they can look impartial. People end up thinking both sides are the same when in fact one committed murder, and one jay walked. Both broke the law, but thanks to media coverage, the viewer just comes away thinking both are criminals.
All corporate news is owned by billionaires, and all billionaires are scum who should never be trusted. They "both sides" issues on purpose to divide and conquer. Theres nothing the ruling class fears more than a united underclass.
@@blitzn00dle50 "both sides" is literally just siding with aggressor. Like in school punishing both bully and victim it means bully won. If you persecute both the ra p1st and the survivor then criminal already won. If you try to put russian and Ukrainian voices at the same weight it means you're openly siding with Kremlin.
There's almost always only one side being totally wrong and another one being right, very few exceptions - like Gaza. Which is war crime Olympics. ANY other war - Syria, Myanmar, Mali, has a clear villains (just see whose side putin is on, and where his dirle wagner troops appear before turned into mince).
@@KasumiRINA EXACTLY!! Or carnivores vs vegans. That's as "both sides are equal" as child predators vs those who don't prey on children.
"The algorithm really does a pretty good job of sorting the highest value comments to the top of the feed"
Finally those sex bots feel some sort of validation
Yeah, what the heck are those??? I don't mean the obviously fake ones, but it's a genuine comment by a human on a specific part of some video, but then the thumbnail is some OnlyFans model with a crazy username. I don't understand the scam
Sausages sold by robots is kinda suspect
@@zildjiandrummer1 they copy paste other comments from the comment section
@@thesnowmiser6728 ahhh that makes sense, because those comments are clearly from a real human. But then how come I don't see the original comment that they copied? The bot comment has like 100 likes and goes to the top but I don't see the other one.
@@zildjiandrummer1 The bot also likes their stolen post so it floats to the top way quicker than the legit comment.
"I eviscerate project 2025 apologists for sport" is an amazing title holy shit.
Literally why I clicked on the video
It's goddamn golden
It's absolutely brutal and I am here for it.
pretty cringe
BOOM. roasted. Vaporized.
Privatization IS the goal, not just for transit, but for everything.
If anyone missed that point after slogging through P 2025, then you suffered for nothing.
Your are correct they want it so that only the rich and business owners are making money and the rest of us if you can't pay for something then you don't get weather you die or have to suffer no compassion no compromise no love of God although they say they are God fearing 😊
Yes, and of course the reason for privatizing everything means, in part, big oil and car manufacturers can use their god-like power to buy out the owners of public transit companies and then totally destroy all of it and create a “utopia” of a 100% car-dependent America.
Government control of everything is Communism. I guess you are a Communist?
Public source all risk, yet all profits are private. The ultimate way to make millions spend their lives serving the undeserving.
That's true but it's true if both major parties. Blackrock wants to own and rent everything and they are the largest political donor to both campaigns. They have people in the whitehouse right now and they did with trump too. Obama had goldman Sachs.
If anyone really wants an ally in power you will need to look to third parties. The very reason they "will never win" is because they pose such a threat to the currently captured and corrupt system. So casually glancing at them usually means you see the worst and none of the good policy or character. Since the media makes that hard to find but the mucjravki g readily available.
P2025 is a think tank wish list. Both sides have these every election. While I don't agree with it I'm also not going to act like it has any chance to achieve half of what it states. Fundamentally our government still works the same way and by design is entrenched against change and progress in either direction. You guys can chill. But again third party is the only way to avoid privatization of all assets and functions in society.
1 vote for the 3 hour, full Project 2025 breakdown
Breakdown or takedown? Thanks
@@CityNerd both
The terminal centrist brain on display at 7:40 triggered me so hard.
Not every argument has two valid sides. Pretending that we need to hear both viewpoints on things that are objective fact is how we got half the country not believing in global warming. There is nothing "fair" about pitting truth against blatant lies.
mogswamp spotted on citynerd??? awesome
Person A: "I'm gonna punch you in the face!"
Person B: "I don't want to get punched in the face."
Enlightened Centrist: "Let him punch you in the face a little bit."
Mogswamp im glad you’re nerdpilled too
Based Mogswamp??? Real????
Yeah, but have you ever considered that we need a Nazi's opinion on fascism? Y'know...for fairness to both sides.
Take into account there's a huge influx of chaos-sowing bots lately. If someone says something like "this is 100% opinion" and you are just reading a primary source, then they are either a bot or someone who has suspended their mental faculties.
Or a paid Russian troll. Those are still active. Maybe more than ever with an election coming up.
Yeah it sometimes feels useless to respond to those blatant bots, but I think it can be helpful if it informs other people, that's why I do it at least.
@@Katask0p0 I always appreciate people like you who respond with informative comments. And I often thank trolls for inspiring educational threads.
@@Maggie-zr2ow Thanking trolls "for inspiring educational threads" is my new favorite thing. Cheers from Japan.
It's 2024, please tell me the bots are smarter than that
I work for the most progressive legislator in my swing state. We couldn’t be more woke if we did 24/7 lines.
I had ten calls this week from people accusing us personally of writing Project 2025.
“Sir, if I wrote it, I would have included raises for state employees. You know, like me.”
Try adding even more snark.
If we actually wrote it, we would have added the first lines of Das Kapital to the front cover
@@Demopans5990That would go way over their heads. I doubt most of the callers could name the "Communist Manifesto", much less "Das Kapital".
Yes, let’s give more money to state employees, the evidently most competent people in our society.
@@oDazzleRazzle Good to see worker solidarity - we all deserve more.
@@oDazzleRazzle Congrats, that’s why your state services suck. If you constantly deprive departments of the funding to have adequate staff to start with and then to retain experienced workers once you are fully staffed, guess what:
You’ll never, ever have well functioning state services. At the moment, NC literally doesn’t have enough DMV employees to process medical recertifications for CDLs, so people are losing their commercial licenses even though they sent in the medical paper work.
But I’m sure cutting the budget further and having even fewer employees will solve it! 🙄
Or how GA literally doesn’t have enough farm inspectors, but keeps having issues getting permits for agriculture done. I’m sure cutting their budget further will speed that up!
Or how literally every southern state is behind on bridge inspections. Definitely should cut those budgets, clearly that will solve it.
It’s not like we actually desperately need any of these services to work in a timely manner. Better to hire 4 people to do the job of ten, but pay them so little you ensure there is never any institutional knowledge built up. That’ll improve efficiency!
youtube shadowbans the most innocent comments yet people who say the most vile stuff think their comments get personally deleted
They usually make it if they are vile.
Replies often don't show up in the notification windows, even when other people are responding to them. I often find it necessary to re-open the video to find my comment and re-read it so I know what people are replying to. Also, litigious reporting from trolls can also get your comment deleted by a sympathetic mod... maybe?
The one thing I've noticed is sometimes when I'm replying to a post and someone else replies before I finish, mine disappears. That shouldn't be the case even with all the weird caching UA-cam does, but it seems to be the most common reason why I can't find my post. I often copy/paste/save it into a special note just in case if it is long and I don't want to try and retype it.
Right? You try to refute what they're saying plainly and YT is like "uh oh, one of these is using no-no words"
This is the type of content that I didn't know I need and wanted.
I've heard this before but usually not with $50 attached to it. Thanks!
@@CityNerd I put my money where the valued content I want is 🫡
pass some of that richness to me. I'm struggling over here 😅
People saying you're "too sarcastic" obviously don't realize, your deadpan delivery is why a lot of us enjoy watching your videos lol
Monotone insults are the most fun part. "Opens with a curse" would not have landed like it did with some kind of Krusty the Clown mugging delivery.
It’s kind of his brand
Monotone just doesn't land for a lot of people, those people aren't going to watch my channel, and that's cool
@@CityNerd You've got nearly 300k subs basically by being a snarky Ben Stein urbanist. That's just good branding.
It is kinda funny how someone will write down conservative policy clearly, removing all the fluff, and conservatives will claim that it's slander
Pretty much. I got banned from r/conservative before for literally quoting something that came directly out of Trump’s mouth.
>Conservatives create a evil scenario
>Large majority of people don't like that scenario
>Conservatives blame liberals and act like they didn't create the evil scenario
Centrists: "Both sides bad!"
Rinse and repeat.
The people who reply to my comments about Project 2025 with "Project 2025 has nothing to do with Trump" when the document refers to him or his administration 310 times reminds me how much of a cult the Trump crowd are. And they write how I'm the one with Trump Derangement Syndrome - now that's funny.
The mentions of Trump is the weakest evidence that Trump is involved.
- Trump spoke as the keynote speaker in Heritage in 2022 where he specifically endorsed them and p2025.
- Trump flew on a plane with the current leader of Heritage before the conference he spoke at in 2022.
- Many people in Trump's administration worked on p2025 and work with/at Heritage.
“I assure you I am very, VERY regular”. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂 I loved that comment
We may be stupid, but at least we can be well informed
unironically something that might be in a Black Adder episode.
Some of the contradictory stances conservatives manage to simultaneously hold are pretty impressive.
Two of my favourites:
1) “Government regulations are evil and are destroying the free market.” AND also “We need single family and exclusionary zoning laws because that’s the free market at work.”
2) “Using tax dollars for public transportation, sidewalks, and bike lanes is socialism and is just government wasting our tax money.” AND also “We need to continue to spend hundreds of billions of tax dollars on endless highway expansions and building more and more roads (that we don’t have the money to upkeep but shush commie) because that’s the free market at work.”
Generational brainwashing
Contradictory opinions are a lot. 1) City living is good. 2) Don’t prosecute junkies and defund the police.
@@chefnyc Can’t disagree with you here. Living in a red state like Texas, some of the biggest pushback against public transit comes from it being perceived as essentially a mobile homeless shelter where drug use and other anti-social behaviours are tolerated. DART is the primary focus point for that perception, along with watching news channels cover New York or San Francisco. Suburban commuters in red states will never adopt transit without that changing.
Conservatives hate free market. They just like the idea of their elites being in power. A Free Market Socialist system like Mutualism that utilizes consumer worker cooperatives is much better, but doesn't allow for capitalist capital accrual that leads to monopoly and concentration of power
@@chefnyc That is not even a contradiction - for many, the advantages of living in a "city" may simply outweigh the perceived risk, or maybe they see the usual "tough on crime" policing as ineffective. In any case, I do not see how is that supposed to contradict OP's or anyone else's point?Mixed-use, low-rise suburbs centered around transit links still provide refuge from that dreaded urban decay, while having stuff within walking distance results in more decentralized, local communities. More multi-family housing would make these safe neighborhoods more affordable.
This guy is the Bob Ross of dry sarcasm… what did you expect?!
Sarcasm goes over a lot of people’s heads
You ain't wrong
I love "most people don't want to live where most people actually live".
I guess most people would rather live where nobody lives.
This country is in big trouble.
Really reminds me of CS Lewis' take on hell. Just endlessly wandering, trying to escape other people.
@@szurketaltos2693 yeah, except nobody really has to live in a city of they don't want to
@@itsROMPERS... If you asked CS Lewis, he would probably say the same about going to hell, hah. My point is, at choosing to live low density is often quite selfish unless society somehow requires it (e.g. your job).
@@szurketaltos2693 I agree with that. Low-density living definitely requires more resources per capita.
But people are extremely selfish creatures in the main.
@@itsROMPERS... Right. Personally I expect people to be selfish, but want and hope for them to not be.
"not everyone wants to live in a dense urban area" yeah, and nobody is going to force those people to.
Of course, half of suburbia is now people who moved out of urban areas and thereby made their new towns MORE urban
@@stvp68 not really. If you only think of "more people = more urban" then I guess you're right but, apart from the most densely populated regions like the Northeast Corridor, what is happening is continued suburban sprawl. The suburbs are getting more populated and, sure, maybe a little bit more densely populated, but generally towns are being built out and not up. To me, building "out" is not inherently more urban. It just means states like Ohio and Illinois and Utah maintain a similar population density but way more traffic. Furthermore, if city leadership were (1) more motivated to reduce car infrastructure and (2) it were legally permissible to do so by changing zoning laws, fewer people would be moving to the suburbs and cities like Houston, SF, Omaha, Seattle, and countless others would be able to build more housing, housing would be cheaper, and small businesses would have more of a fighting chance. Not to mention, less suburban development would be required which would help preserve the natural environment that rural people and so many suburbanites want to enjoy.
@stvp68 What is your metric for "more urban"? When suburbs grow, they don't become more crowded or urbanized. They sprawl outward. Population density never increases. Not to mention, suburbs necessitate constant growth. They can't pay for themselves, because very few people work in the suburbs. They live in the suburbs and work in the city. As a result, suburbs require a perpetually growing tax base in order to sustain themselves.
Those folks have got enough density already.... at least in their skulls.
the only real difference i can see is that there are less homeless people and junkies at the convenience store, which is only because there are less people in the local area. think about it. you see these people where everyone has to go once in awhile (fast food, convenience stores, groceries). if there are 1000 people in the area maybe you'll see 2, but if there are 10000 people in the area you might see 20. same exact proportions, though. just because they'll focus on the places we have to go, you'll see more of them in a larger population and assume "this place is a cesspool" when its really no worse than your small town. all the worst stories i ever heard about people were in small towns, and especially in places where those small communities were living by candle light and traveling by horse. (i dont get this last one but i dont really want to either)
I have no doubt people that say "no one wants public transit or density" are extremely online suburbanites who live in fear of driving too close to downtown 😂
Suburbanites: Drive through immaculate urban townhouse neighborhood
Also Suburbanites: "This is a scary, dangerous area! Remember seeing [bad neighborhood of choice] on UA-cam???"
And they proudly proclaim they "never go downtown anymore" when in reality they went downtown once, years ago
Downtown = non white to them
Suburbanites should see how far they get without government subsidies. It's time they pulled themselves up by their bootstraps.
No like seriously. I want public transit bc I'm scared of driving a car lol. More high speed trains! More bike lanes!! Please
Something tells me his original project 2025 video was excellent for engagement.
Indeed. He reveals it, more or less, at the very start of the video.
because project 2025 is like a sleeper agent activation for the far-right
How do conservatives even see Ray's channel? Doesn't UA-cam feed you stuff that you give thumbs up on? Are these right wingers really liking City Nerd videos?
Either hatewatchers or bots
Algorithms sometimes like feeding people stuff that will make them angry, because it increases engagement
Right wingers also enjoy dogpiling on San Francisco. Just for the wrong reasons.
The algorithm does not feed you things you like. Instead it feeds you things you will engage with. And anger is a strong factor in engagement.
Not anymore. Im the most left-libertarian person i know and youtube has been feeding me PragerU and adjacent content for months. Its an election cycle and im a white male between the ages of 18-35.
I think one of the most consistent and weird arguments I see from conservatives is the “not everyone wants to live in a city” argument. It’s weird because it implies that they aren’t in a city but also don’t want cities to have things that will make them more efficient. It’s like me wanting to buy a blue shirt and someone slapping it out of my hand while saying “I don’t want to wear a blue shirt” like okay buddy this shirt isn’t for you it’s for me and I don’t understand why you’re upset.
This is honestly a great point - why should we even consider complaints about city infrastructure design from people thst... don't eant to live in said city?
“Nobody wants public transportation” nah dude, I want public transportation, that’s what I’m telling you 😂
Not everyone wants to live in a city, but the city also shouldn't have to build itself around the transportation preferences of the people who don't live there
It's not weird. You know what they mean.
When you say "they live i a city" that's true. Most everyone lives in urban areas, aka cities. Of course those can be as little as what, 3,000 people?
What they mean when they say they don't want to live in a city is they don't want the failed schools. They don't want the rampant crime ( it's all relative ). And they don't want the corruption.
I can live in an suburb on the edge of town, living in a city, and not have to deal with any of that. I get my monthly treats of samosas and the occasional concert or play. None of which involves going into the core city whcih is what they're talking about.
But why steel man when we can straw man, eh?
@@AllenGraetz I’m curious as to what you think the definition of a straw man is. My Argument takes the statement “not everyone wants to live in a city at face value”. Your argument instead makes multiple assumptions and generates an entire story about what someone means by this statement to include assumptions about school quality, crime level, etc? It’s kind of confusing so it would help if you can give me your definition so I can better understand your point.
The "both sides" argument, is a logical fallacy. It's formal name is "false equivalence fallacy".
yeah the most common I see is equating the far right and the far left. the far-left is miniscule and has no power. it's just pure silliness to even compare the two.
and people will also try to tell you this horseshoe theory garbage which is another fallacy.
@@djangofett4879 Miniscule? No power? They control EVERY major city/area of commerce in the nation. They control the senate and executive branch. They have won the vote of the majority of citizens in all but 1 election in the last 30 years. What do you mean by that claim?
We appreciate the sacrifice of your sanity for the sake of this video
Titanic wouldn't have been such a disaster if more people carried PFD's in their cargo shorts. Your silence on this speaks volumes, Ray.
Well played
Do they make a personal floatation device sleek enough to look stylish with cargo shirts?
@@JohnBickner I suppose you might be able to find some in a camo finish.
@@patm01231 have you ever jumped into a pool with cargo shorts?
Empty pockets in cargo shorts ARE a PFD
The problem was all those rich people on the Titanic clutched all their pearls into their pants pockets
Only if they were Bellroy-branded PFDs
The part that irks me is the idea that voting in a chore or somehow inconvenient. It's a right and a duty and an honor and the absolute least you can do to be a citizen. Check your registration today, and vote in this and every election, no matter how minor.
It’s a chore/inconvenient because it’s not a national holiday.
We don’t get time off to do our duty of voting and don’t get childcare/paid time off/time off of school to vote.
It’s stupid and has to change but until then, voting is something only certain people with privileges can access. Which is why it’s deadpan labeled a “chore” in the vid.
I would check not just today but periodically between now and casting a ballot since some states are purging voters from the registration rolls. Especially Georgia, where they had a data breach recently of information that can be used to delete a voter's registration. I would also try to do in-person early voting, if it is available in your state.
It *is* a chore.
There were over 30 candidates in over 10 different elections on my primary ballot this year. I know I should pay better attention throughout the year to know what these people are about, but I barely have time to read each of their blurbs, let alone keep track of them all year. It took hours for me to do from the comfort of my home, thankfully, in Washington where everyone gets a mail-in ballot. It would be so much worse in a state that doesn't grant mail ballots by default. It's especially difficult when all their statements sound identical and none of them are particularly convincing, so there's almost no useful information to differentiate them, and you have to either spend way more time researching them, flip a coin, or just vote along party lines blindly.
It's fine to champion the ideal of democracy, but please don't pretend the responsibility to be an informed voter isn't a heavy burden to bear.
@@QuesoCookies Understood. It's easier if you keep track of things year round, but Ballotpedia can be a really big help, too. They lost the candidates' positions. We don't have mail in voting where I live but we get sample ballots in the mail, so I research and mark my choices on them. Then I take the ballot with me to the poll. It's pretty helpful.
Mail in votes are a thing. Oh wait, they're not in most of the US
the deadpan humor is the cherry on top to the already great urbanism discussions on this channel. it's part of what keeps me coming back. people having a lack of media literacy is not a reason to change a fundamental part of this content
I'm an Iraq vet, I moved to Europe. The America I knew is no more, even if we escape an openly corrupt nationalist, it's only a matter of time. I no longer see myself as an immigrant but a refugee.
Get a grip.
@@mrb152 I second that. A tad overdramatic.
@mrb152 @dunnowy123 What ever happened to "respect our veterans"?
@@dunnowy123 really, a convicted criminal who attempted a coup is ahead , and his backers are sworn enemies of the USA. Maybe time to wake up.
@@psuedonym9999 well the dear leader , calls us suckers and losers, and it's no longer an issue . This is the new USA
To expand on the Iranian guy’s comment - I’m Russian and that’s how you lose democracy. A bit of loyalty check here, a political arrest there whoops you are in a downward spiral with madman at the wheel!
Putin's russia is better than some freaks who cheer on bad things happening to their own country. I hope putin blocks youtube for you and that you follow your leader navalny.
Russia has never had democracy. You didn't lose it, you never had it to begin with. Maybe you think it was different when you were young, but it wasn't.
@@JohnFromAccountinggood to know we stopped the USSR by… letting Russian oligarchs have control of nukes and democratic elections 😂
@@JohnFromAccounting It's a scale. Perfect democracy, like communism, cannot be achieved, only continuously strived for
@@Radi0he4d1 Communism is dependent on fundamentally altering human nature. It’s impossible to achieve.
Don't let the weirdos get you down
I don't think they can, they don't appreciate his deadpan style. lol
Illegitimi non carborundum
He's not sad, that's just his posh accent
Was literally searching for this comment. People that call him soy boy or having too little fiber are just ... weird. 😁😁
WHAT WIREDOS? Whoo Grampop
What's interesting to me about the GOP is that for 8 years now I haven't heard why I'm supposed to *like* the Republican platform. I only get told that the platform can't possibly be as bad as I think; or that the platform (while bad) is not actually achievable under the constitution. Which... why is that an argument to vote for them?
Because the GOP doesn't represent you, and that's ok. It represents a different group of people with different needs. This is how rational conservatives feel about the Democratic party. When we say "it's not that bad" we are talking about political straw-men like project 2025, which are at best a caricature of how echo chambered liberals imagine conservatives. Only a fringe minority in the American right wants this.
Trump and his cronies plan to circumvent the constitution to do these things.
Meanwhile when you ask for actual policy proposals you get nothing, blatant lies, or half-baked ideas that go nowhere. Still waiting on that replacement for ACA... any day now!!
The party of No
Personally, I like their pro-life position, as well as their defense of the 2A. Maybe energy? But their views on the economy, labor laws, environmental protection, public spending, and of course public transit and urban planning are unacceptable.
Furchgott isn't "God of fear", it's more like "God-fearing"
Seconded.
It's actually Furchtgott, so it definitely could be a way to refer to a fear god.
God-fearing in German would be Fürchtegott (and old name translated from Greek Timótheos), not 'Furchtgott'.
@@AV-we6wo Actually pretty sure it would be gottesfürchtig. What you wrote looks like a nonsense word (and a name?) that comes from the imperative (fear God!).
Also, τιμή is Greek for honour, not fear. Timothy has quite a different meaning therefore.
@@gubruikertje Your correct, gottesfürchtig would be the correct German adjective.
But this was about names, maybe I didn't make that clear. Anyway, Fürchtegott is a (quite old fashioned) name, not a 'nonsense word'.
As per the video, you usually only read the top comments. But in the event you also read deeper here, and you see this: your deadpan humor makes my day. Please never change.
12:40 walkable cities and good transport is a partisan issue because fossil fuel companies profit from sprawling suburban developments, highways, and single occupant ICE vehicles. The RNC literally has dusted off the 2008 slogan "Drill Baby Drill" in this election cycle.
A very common right-wing defense seems to be "we're not saying what we are saying!", along with "Trump didn't do the stuff he said he did".
The fossil fuel companies will buy off Democrats too.
@@itsROMPERS... Ignore the policy. Feel the kulturkampf.
@@nerag7459 lol!
@@nerag7459 😂
I actually laughed out loud at the comment that said you have a "posh accent" 😂
I had to do a double take, because since when were "posh" people considered leftist?
Hmm, I thought he soulds like Jay Inslee.
@@Simqer Conservative media has framed democrat vs. republican as the rich urban bourgeois vs. the poor common man for decades now. That is despite the fact that the GOP receives insane amounts of funding from corporations and the ultra rich, but most republicans just eat up whatever their propaganda tells them uncritically.
I imagine Ben Stein leaving this complaint. Then I had to look him up because i thought he had passed and is instead writing opinion pieces for Newsmax which I feel lends my original theory credence.
There is a female clothing store called Posh in the middle of Washington, RIchmond and Staunton. Maybe the people there have an accent where they don't change the tone?
Some people actually want 'The Handmaid's Plan' and are here to troll, not learn.
Sadly some people would rather watch the world burn than share it with other people.
These people can't read, they don't even understand this insult
Of course they aren’t here to learn. They are incapable of learning
@@PJBonoVox It's not that they want the world to burn, it's that they think they can control the fire to burn away the parts of it they don't like.
@@arenomusic No we well understand that democrats can only think of policy through fictionalized worlds like Harry Potter or Handmaids tale.
I am an American, with Canadian parents, which means I grew up in Canada. I can honestly say that the robust public transit of Vancouver means that many people don't need cars. It is far less about class division and much more about convenience. The Sky Train in the Greater Vancouver area truly gave me an amazing adolescence, as I had the freedom to get to school or downtown or to numerous sub-urban areas. When I moved to Los Angeles, as an young adult, I had actual transportation culture shock. Not to mention that public transit is really helpful for disabled, elderly or anyone who doesn't drive, for whatever reason. It doesn't have to be such a class-based model, as seen in America already.
This is my first video from your channel. The facts and dry humor are fantastic. I think what I appreciate most is that you do not yell or scream, or get dramatic. I stopped watching people like this a long time ago, after I realized they're trying to inform me on how to feel about what the are saying.
Subtle drop of the coconut tree at 0:15 lol
🥥🌴
Thx. I missed it.
I scrolled the comments before finishing the video just to see who noticed the coconuts! The timing and subtle reference to nutty people is top notch.
I still don’t understand the coconut tree joke. Can someone please explain it to me? Thanks.
Just commenting to make it absolutely clear that I'm here for the deadpan
I have to give you high marks for sarcasm. It's among the things that brings me to the channel.
If people didn't want to live in dense metro areas, then how did they get dense in the first place?
Economic necessity?
8:07 losing their edge? They never had an edge. They are as sharp as a basketball
I love this era of CityNerd content. Keep fighting the good fight. ❤
People criticizing you for being dry, sarcastic, and monotone are really telling on themselves that they've only watched that one video of yours...
As a New Englander, it's very surprising to see how many people are having trouble picking up on sarcasm.
Sarcasm is a way of life here
Is there something in our water?
Sarcasm doesn’t work outside of in person, realtime, face to face conversation.
Oh thats surprising? ;)
I think it's more the style of our sarcasm. Our style tends to be exceedingly dry which, if you're not use to it, just sounds like we're talking normally. I've had to adjust my sarcasm for different audiences to make sure it's understood better because they'll expect sarcasm to be more... theatrical, for lack of a better term. It's not a good thing, it's not a bad thing, it's just a thing, though to keep in mind.
Where's that 3 hour video on Project 2025, Ray? I need it, we all do.
I have a playlist on it that amounts to > 4 hrs of content
Wish this was an Olympic sport
It took breakdancing decades to get in, keep the faith
it's a weird world out there
I am a conservative, but I LOVE your channel! Project 2025 is the definition of tyranny onto viable urban planning strategies and nature, which keeps me up at night but hopefully by voting for Harris in November, we can stop the things in Project 2025 of taking hold. Keep up the good work!
Sane conservatives should reject Trumpism and help him lose. Then you guys need to get started the day after the general election to take back your party with primarying.
Thank you let's stop this from happening vote blue all the way down !
@@ringtail99 you're certainly welcome and I already voted blue twice this year in the state primaries in a deep red state.
@@melonside4216 vote blue in the general to we need to vote
Melonside4216 "I'm a conservative but I'll be voting for the most far left ticket in US history for a candidate who proposed a 7 trillion dollar spending plan and who will irreperable destroy any conservative values in the US." Geez something tells me you are lying.
“If the wrong person wins in November there’s a decent chance you won’t be inconvenienced anymore and that would be a leopards eating face level calamity” 😂🤣💀
Ray is a childless cat gentleman.
Okay, but unironically please do a full dive into Project 2025! People need to hear what's in it without the boring fluff to distract them, imho.
I have a playlist on it if you want more analysis on other parts of the document.
Legal Eagle did a good 30 minute dissection of the worst parts of it, I recommend watching that
"Why are you not running for Congress?"
...well?
I’m waiting for an explanation
Decent people usually don't run for Congress because they don't like being cruel which the political arena requires. And politicians need a bunch of money in the US to get elected in the first place
Yeah he dismissed that notion REAL quick. If not congress, maybe local office somewhere to get his feet wet then something more ambitious? I get that it isn't for everyone, but still...
Public service is not fun, unless you are a massive asshole focused on getting rich.
Otherwise it's a thankless trudge.
Flag on the play.
I've stopped being surprised at how aggressively uninformed people can be nowadays, but it never stopped being disappointing.
Vote Harris/Walz, make sure to check your voter registration and talk to people you know about this election!
(Also, love that Titanic recommendation, that sounds so interesting!)
Professor Dave just uploaded a great video on anti-intellectualism, very relevant
They have purged 2.1 million votes in Texas, so tell anyone you know (not Republican) to triple check.
@@arenomusic parroting MSNBC is not ‘intellectual’.
Disagreeing with university-made elites is not ‘anti-intellectual’
@@microcolonel Glad you watched it! I think he made it just for you
I'm kinda contractually obligated to recommend Nebula Originals but the Neo Under exposure series is legit SO good. Also, stealing "aggressively uninformed" thanks!
Cargo pants are a human right.
“Most people don’t want to live in dense urban areas” is ironic in multiple ways. First being that the denser the urban areas, the less dense the non-urban areas would be for the people who like having that rural space. And secondly because “most people” are most definitely living in dense urban areas because the area is, by definition, densely populated. I’ve lived in rural nowhere my whole life and my small town (classified as a village based off population count) is more or less a “15 minute city” the school, library, town hall, post office, singular stop light where the two state routes meet, two gas stations, a dollar general, a few small businesses and churches, and all residential housing is within like 2 square miles of area. I could walk anywhere if I wanted, and a city built with the same walk sense but denser housing would suit me fine.
5:08 it's probably a different way of writing "gottesfürchtig", which means "fearing god" which basically means being a devout believer in the German language people spoke when that name was coined.
'Fear' is imperative, not genitive.
"God of fear" is not only funnier, it's much more apropos.
@@dr.kraemer
Ah, an expert/Klugscheißer! ;)
Sorry, but the name's probably hundreds of years old, when languages were a bit different.
..and it probably went through a rough americanization (maybe butchered by an immigration officer), including possibly losing the "Umlaut" "ü".
So like for example "Kreisler" became "Chrysler", the original version of "Furchtgott" may have been (or probably was) "Fürchtgott".
..with "fürcht(en)" being a verb meaning "fearing", probably used as "obeying" in those old days.
@@itsROMPERS...
Yeah, it's a nice little coincidence created by a/one, probably two, butchered translation(s).
@@damianm-nordhorn116 I didn't mean with reference to specific linguistic features, I was talking about abstract semantic roles.
Hay here's a hot tip for you cool commentors:
Sometimes your comment isn't posted because your app isn't updated. Try updating the app. If that doesn't work, you have my permission to ruminate on conspiracy theories about social media
Some folks really, really, _really_ want their comments to be deleted so they can point and go "See? SEE?!"
UA-cam does monkey some with them though.
For instance, for a long time I could comment everywhere except on comments to Shorts.
I would click on a comment to respond, write something, click the submit button, and my response would appear, but then if I exited and then went back in to see my comment, it would be gone.
Sometimes if I click to sort by newest my comment will appear, so it's there but not always displayed.
Sometimes if I get in a long, annoying thread that I want to get out of, I can't find my comment to delete it, but I still get notifications.
Recently, the comments entry field in Shorts just completely disappeared in my app.
And I hear complaints from others about similar things.
They're definitely doing something.
@@itsROMPERS... I get that that's weird and frustrating, but that all sounds like mundane tech issues to me. Yub tub made new algos for shorts specifically to compete with tik tak. It looks to me like they are still tinkering on shorts in ways that sometimes break comments
UA-cam constantly doesn't post comments. It's a really shitty platform for commenting.
@@adampope5107 it's gotten to the point where the comments field doesn't even appear in my UA-cam app for Shorts anymore.
That's right, a few weeks ago the field just stopped appearing. This is on my tablet.
On my phone, it's still there.
So I uninstalled and deleted the app, then re downloaded and re installed it and, miracles, the comment field came back!
For about 3 minutes, after which it disappeared AGAIN.
I love when City Nerds gets poly charged! I don’t know why making cities/towns safer, cleaner, and more financially sound is a partisan issue. There is a universal benefit in doing those things.
The revenue stream is less certain than petroleum and automobiles.
And some people don't like it when others benefit, even if they do too.
It’s always baffling to me that so many people who know so little are so quick to open their mouths and let crap fall out.
Yeah, it reminds me of something I read years ago, that the most intelligent are often the most quiet, and those that know practically nothing are always the loudest.
@@ninja_tony 'The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.'
- Charles Bukowski
the vast majority of these "criticisms" have one answer: "Have you met me? Have you met my audience? Why are you here?
I want to live in nice, dense metro areas that are walkable/bikeable.
Always remember, haters are NEVER the ones doing better than you in life
The people who are doing better don't think about you at all
I donno, I feel plenty of hate from people wealthier than me. If wealth is what you mean by "doing better." 2025 was crafted by wealthy haters.
Russia working overtime in the CityNerd comment section.
6:30 Imagine searching "Project 2025" in UA-cam just to write racist dogwhistles on a video you don't agree with...
CityNerd essentially sarcastically stating to be careful what you wish for regarding a 3-hour video on Project 2025. Us, his longtime viewers: YOU PROMISE?!
Sweet cat! I'm glad that you did a video on Project 2025. People need to know what's in it.
Damn. Should have left the troll comment I wanted to.
was it about cargo pants
It’s not a troll comment anymore if it’s about cargo pants tho
5:35 Tim Walz has been quoted as saying he'd rather eat glass than go back to Congress haha
I have some bad news for him about the job he's hopefully about to get in a few months.
I'd love to see a three hour video on Project 2025. Your low-key snark is the only way I'd get through anything like that.
Giving someone advice on structuring a title while using the word "literally" incorrectly. You should block thst person forever.
IMMEDIATE CLICK !!!!!!!!!!! POP OFF CITY NERD !!!!!
Too many weirdos out there.
6:45 “That Charlie Kirk makes some good points” has never been said by anyone that I could spend even five seconds in conversation with before wanting to stick an ice pick through my eye (or his).
How would you find his eye? His face is so small.
So you think housing should be so expensive that gen Z can never afford to live alone? It is absurd to claim that somebody never makes any good points, it just makes you sound unreasonable. 😂
@@microcolonel No, even then, Charlie's point about how to solve the housing crisis is not a solution to the housing crisis.
@@CFIREKytb bet you don't even know what his suggestions are.
Betcha, betcha. 😂
You can share facts all you want, but it won't matter to these people.
I found the comment in high trust societies really weird. The most high trust societies are in places like Scandinavia and the Netherlands and Germany. Rhe places furthest from the Project 2025 playbook goals.
I heard that Spain had a high rate of vaccination success, precisely because the people trust their govt, and know they wouldn't just sell them out to some corporation...or four.
People are confused by Ray's sarcasm??? Seriously?
Oh yeah I was baffled by it for months. At first not getting it at all, then a long time of going "wait is he being sarcastic now?". Now I recognize it fine but it took a lot of training to get here. Granted I am Autistic but I could see neurotypicals having some trouble too
Sarcasm? I watch this channel because I thought it was funny how he changed his mind a lot. Dismay! Now you have ruined it!
For me it really is difficult, as I have to really watch for sarcasm due to my Asperger's. He seems to be able to deliver it in a way I can detect, but there is people whom use sarcasm that I have a much harder time detecting.
I enjoy deadpan, but he is particularly deadpan. I often have to pause and think thrice before I'm sure of his meaning.
At first I didn't catch the sarcasm occasionally, but apparently the way my brain processes it is by treating like a new word I've never heard before: my brain either says "not important" and skips it, or stops until I think about it. I'm a little more used to it now.
I love your Political videos. CityNerd for Transportation Secretary!
If only!!!
I think it's funny that the fact that Project 2025 has become culturally relevant is also what is making it culturally obsolete.
"if you don't like deadpan, this isn't the channel for you"
That one got me a hearty chuckle. That's really all you hope for with your channel and deadpan... its the hearty chuckles.
The one time i dont comment, he reads everything. My opportunity for internet fame is RUINED!
I love these videos, the Pick Up Truck Response video was one of your best ones from an entertainment standpoint at least. It would definitely get old since you're top tier in information.
I do feel for the comment about being bummed that urbanism has become a partisan issue. The US's 2 party system has basically made one side completely insane and leaves most people with no choice but to vote single ticket in a lot ways (purposely vague because I'm sure both sides think this), but the rural vs urban divide is a sub-problem of it. If you care about walkability or urbanism at all in the US you don't have a lot of options between big cities or absurdly expensive small college towns, and the cheaper cities that CityNerd mentions a lot as punching above their weight are in swing/red states that have other issues. The idea of living in a small town with easy, frequent regional rail to the nearest big city is basically non-existent here.
As a Nebula watcher, guess I’ll have to start posting my comments here on release day so I can one day make a CityNerd Comment Readout Video
I used to be conservative. I attended the first Columbus, Ohio Tea Party in 2009 with about a hundred people including me and a smattering of other College Republicans from tOSU. I attended the next year when there were 10x that many. Since 2011, when I admitted to myself and others that I had been convinced by socialism, social welfare as a project, and liberal democracy, I never looked back.
All that to say: even when I was conservative (albeit a libertarian, minarchist flavor) all of the things in the Strong Towns platform would have been things I would advocate for. I sometimes can't believe "conservatives" who believe in getting government out of their way and keeping it within its means balk at removing government when it stops people from doing harmless, or even virtuous, things! A great example of an organization who tends to attract conservatives, but is really nonpartisan, is the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Research. I hope to see them working on and with these types of initiatives in the future.
Although, I must say, I was essentially orangepilled by living near tOSU and seeing how cool life could be carfree or car-lite. My move towards liberalism/democratic socialism was certainly on an aligned path with urbanism. I very much see how that pattern of "person who's from a tiny town or rural area goes to university and experiences density and human-scale environments and leans to love it" is so common.
Are you sure you're a democratic socialist? Because that and social democracy are two different things, I know it confused me when I tried to label myself
Urbanism doesn't need to be "political," but one party is pretty set against it, so obviously it's a conversation Democrats have among ourselves. Come along if you feel like it!
GO OFF CITY KING
I bought the nebula lifetime membership, having watched nebula for years under the bundle membership. However, I still find it hard to find what I'm interested in. I know it's there, because it gets mentioned elsewhere, but it's still a frustrating struggle to get to it, and I often give up and go to UA-cam. This is the main factor that needs improving.
Exactly. I joined Nebula a couple years ago but I rarely watch it because the UI is just dreadful, in fact so is the general coding.
I tried getting into the app but it keeps trying to make me sign up for an account, even while it says I'm currently "signed in".
I have talked to Nebula to resolve this, but so far they can't, and the only way I can access it is through a browser.
Even when I used the app it kept going into portrait mode when I wanted to be in landscape, so I'd have to browser through videos SIDEWAYS.
It might have good content, but otherwise it's total shit.
Honestly you really should consider running for local or state government.
Keep doing what you're doing. There is a silent majority out there that wants thoughtful content, but doesn't feel the need to add one more opinion/comment to the noise. I, for one, fully support you and your content.
"Careful what you wish for because I absolutely will do it" :D 5:24
Tim Walz VP pick
We're so back.
Can you name anything he accomplished? 😂
@@microcolonel mn.gov/governor/accomplishments/accomplishments.jsp
@@microcolonel
Governor Walz's Signature Accomplishments, taken from the Minnesota government website
Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan took office in January 2019 on the promise of One Minnesota: the vision that, while we are not all the same, we are at our best when we work across lines of difference to improve the lives of all Minnesotans. Facing unprecedented challenges, Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan led with a focus on investing in the things that matter most: children and families, economic opportunity, health and safety, and strong local communities. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor continue building on the accomplishments of their first term to improve the lives of Minnesotans across the state.
Historic investments in education
Governor Walz signed a $2.3 billion education budget into law - the single-largest investment in public education in state history. Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan also provided Minnesota students free breakfast and lunch at school, created thousands of new pre-k seats, expanded access to mental health resources for students, and made significant investments to improve child literacy.
Protecting Personal Freedoms
Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan established ironclad reproductive freedom, protections for Trans individuals, and gender-affirming care as fundamental rights in Minnesota. Governor Walz also banned the cruel, outdated practice of “conversion therapy” and ended book bans based on ideology.
Improving Public Health and Safety
Governor Walz banned the use of hand-held cell phones while driving and raised the age to purchase tobacco to 21. The Governor provided $300 million for public safety needs across the state to combat crime and broke ground on a new, centralized Minnesota State Patrol headquarters. Governor Walz took meaningful action to protect communities from gun violence, signing bills establishing a red flag law, expanding background checks, increasing criminal penalties for straw purchasing guns, and banning deadly binary trigger guns.
Expanding Workers’ Rights
To make Minnesota the best state for workers, Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan established paid leave, ensured paid sick days, banned non-compete agreements, and increased protections for workers in Amazon warehouses, construction sites, hospitals, nursing homes, and public schools.
Strong Communities and Infrastructure
Governor Walz signed the largest infrastructure bill in Minnesota’s history into law to rebuild roads and bridges, repair fire stations and water treatment plants, and upgrade veterans’ homes, fish hatcheries, and flood mitigation systems - all while creating good-paying union jobs for Minnesotans. Governor Walz also provided funding to remove and replace lead pipes across the state.
Tax Cuts for Working Families and the Middle Class
Governor Walz has cut taxes with every one of his budgets. Governor Walz has delivered a variety of rebate checks up to $1,300 to seniors, students, workers, and middle-class families. He also lowered taxes for small businesses and fully exempted state taxes on social security for more than three quarters of seniors.
Workforce Development
Governor Walz has invested millions in workforce development to connect Minnesotans to high-growth, high-demand career fields like manufacturing, education, and public safety. To lower costs and grow Minnesota’s workforce, Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan provided free college for students with a family income under $80,000. They also invested over $1 billion in child care and early learning opportunities.
Expanding Voting Rights
Governor Walz signed into law the largest expansion of voting rights in Minnesota in the last half century, restoring voting rights for over 55,000 formerly incarcerated people in Minnesota, establishing automatic voter registration, creating a permanent absentee voting status, and pre-registering 16- and 17-year-olds to vote. Governor Walz also signed the Minnesota Voting Rights Act into law - prohibiting standards that would deny or limit any citizen’s right to vote based on their race, color, or language.
Lowering Prescription Drug Costs
In 2023, Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan took new action to significantly lower the cost of prescription drugs for seniors and middle-class families. They also enacted the Alec Smith Insulin Affordability Act to provide Minnesotans with emergency assistance and hold insulin manufacturers accountable.
Protecting Our Environment
Governor Walz signed a bipartisan bill to lead Minnesota to 100% clean electricity by 2040 all while creating good-paying jobs for Minnesotans. In 2023 alone, he signed over 40 climate initiatives into law - including provisions banning PFAS “forever chemicals,” expanding Minnesota’s electric vehicle infrastructure, and providing a tax credit for electric vehicle purchases. And in 2024, he cut red tape for clean energy projects to put a downpayment on rapid clean energy job growth.
CUTTING CHILD POVERTY
Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan established a nation-leading child tax credit to cut child poverty in Minnesota by up to one-third.
INCREASING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Governor Walz signed a historic $1 billion investment in housing into law - building a foundation for safety, stability, and economic growth across the state. Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan also took new action to protect tenants’ rights.
LEGALIZING ADULT-USE CANNABIS
Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan legalized adult-use cannabis and expunged nonviolent cannabis convictions in Minnesota.
PROTECTING MINNESOTA CONSUMERS
Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan helped more Minnesotans recover from medical debt - banning medical debt from impacting credit scores, preventing medical providers from withholding medically necessary care due to unpaid debt, and eliminating automatic transfers of medical debt to a patient's spouse. Governor Walz also signed a bill into law banning hidden junk fees and cracking down on fraudulent ticket sales.
PROTECTING SENIORS
To protect Minnesota seniors, Governor Walz signed historic, bipartisan elder abuse legislation to regulate assisted-living centers for the first time. He also allocated $173 million in direct funding for 340 nursing homes across the state.
@@microcolonel Use Google like a normal person, there's actually quite a bit that he's accomplished. I'm usually not one to praise politicians, but this guy seems pretty exceptional.
@@docgeoffrey877 but like, what's something specific that he did on purpose, that worked out in a way you liked? You seem to have such a high opinion of him so maybe you could share a personal highlight?