PakFactor
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It's their hate that blinds them. It's where their own hate becomes counter-fire back on them.
US Political News and Trump’s China visit
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It's their hate that blinds them. It's where their own hate becomes counter-fire back on them.
hasn2009
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Indians not celebrating this win has more to do with Mamdani's faith than it has to do with Mamadani's critique of Modi/RSS & co.
FuturePAF
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A sad indictment of modern day India and also why I see Pakistani New Yorkers so enthusiastic about him. Heck, he is our (generation’s) Jinnah, a Gujrati Shia Muslim who asks us to serve and struggle within the system.
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hasssanali8998
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oh hey hey lets clam down huh , lets not take it that far
FuturePAF
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Our generation’s?
He did invoke Nehru in his victory speech in that revolutionary strain:
It’s interesting to see Indians and Indian Americans recognize that sucking up to Trump and system doesn’t work, conversely they face calls of being interlopers by MAGA.
Zohran has also cornered that side of the political spectrum, and cemented it with a Nehru quote.
Heck he might as well be seen as a Jinnah of our day figure. The Hindutuva Indians are going nuts calling him a Pakistani, while their kids, the Indian Americans understand that Zohran’s victory gives them respect.
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RabzonKhan
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I’ve recently launched a new business, and to be honest, it’s taking up far more time than I expected. Because of that, I’ve had to cut back on my social media activity. Still, whenever I find a moment, I always come back to this thread, and as usual, I truly enjoy the conversations here.
That said, I couldn’t resist jumping back in after what just happened on November 4th.
The 2025 elections were nothing short of a blue tsunami. From the East Coast to the West Coast, Democrats swept every major contest. Predictably, some Republican talking points dismiss these wins as “blue state outcomes”, but that narrative only works for those unfamiliar with our political history. Both Virginia and New Jersey were once reliably red states. In fact, Virginia had a Republican governor, but on November 4th, not only did Democrats win statewide, but they also expanded their margins and flipped several red districts.
What surprised me most was Trump’s reaction. For the first time, he showed a hint of honesty by acknowledging the defeat, though, true to form, he refused to take responsibility. Instead, he blamed the candidates, sidestepping the real issues, his failed policies, rising inflation, cuts to social programs, mass firings, tariff wars and a government that remains dysfunctional.
The victories of Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey were especially meaningful to me. I donated to both of their campaigns back in 2018 when they first ran for state office, and I always believed they had tremendous potential. Seeing them rise to governorships is deeply rewarding.
Equally heartening was the election of Ghazala Hashmi as Virginia’s lieutenant governor, an Indian-born Muslim woman breaking barriers. And in New York, Zohran Mamdani victory, proving once again that Democrats embrace diversity in race, religion, and ideology, unlike the GOP, where Islamophobia remains rampant.
In California, voters passed Proposition 50, a redistricting reform designed to counter Trump supported gerrymandering in Texas and other red states. Many districts with large Hispanic and Muslim populations that had swung Republican in 2024 have now returned to the Democratic fold. Young voters also showed up in force, rejecting the GOP’s brief honeymoon with minority and youth demographics.
I never doubted that this Republican flirtation with Hispanic, Muslim, and young voters wouldn’t last. The results speak for themselves.
That said, I couldn’t resist jumping back in after what just happened on November 4th.
The 2025 elections were nothing short of a blue tsunami. From the East Coast to the West Coast, Democrats swept every major contest. Predictably, some Republican talking points dismiss these wins as “blue state outcomes”, but that narrative only works for those unfamiliar with our political history. Both Virginia and New Jersey were once reliably red states. In fact, Virginia had a Republican governor, but on November 4th, not only did Democrats win statewide, but they also expanded their margins and flipped several red districts.
What surprised me most was Trump’s reaction. For the first time, he showed a hint of honesty by acknowledging the defeat, though, true to form, he refused to take responsibility. Instead, he blamed the candidates, sidestepping the real issues, his failed policies, rising inflation, cuts to social programs, mass firings, tariff wars and a government that remains dysfunctional.
The victories of Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey were especially meaningful to me. I donated to both of their campaigns back in 2018 when they first ran for state office, and I always believed they had tremendous potential. Seeing them rise to governorships is deeply rewarding.
Equally heartening was the election of Ghazala Hashmi as Virginia’s lieutenant governor, an Indian-born Muslim woman breaking barriers. And in New York, Zohran Mamdani victory, proving once again that Democrats embrace diversity in race, religion, and ideology, unlike the GOP, where Islamophobia remains rampant.
In California, voters passed Proposition 50, a redistricting reform designed to counter Trump supported gerrymandering in Texas and other red states. Many districts with large Hispanic and Muslim populations that had swung Republican in 2024 have now returned to the Democratic fold. Young voters also showed up in force, rejecting the GOP’s brief honeymoon with minority and youth demographics.
I never doubted that this Republican flirtation with Hispanic, Muslim, and young voters wouldn’t last. The results speak for themselves.
Watandar
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I am satisfied with all the election results except Spanberger. She is like Elissa Slotkin, more the Company's man or woman on Capital Hill and political sphere rather than a genuine politician.
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j_hungary
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Welcome back
Trump HAD TO admit he (or, in his words, his party) was defeated. This is not a small swing; this is a giant swing back toward the dem. Say whatever you want about NJ or VA is already a Blue state; still, such a wipeout cannot be ignored.
I wouldn't say the Latino and young men's vote is back on the Democratic ticket. This is probably a warning shot for GOP; those results are not important enough to change anything, but if things don't change, then the GOP may lose those votes permanently.
For the dem, this is a swing in the right direction, but there are still issues with the old guard not embracing the new people. That is the issue, if the dem fully embrace Mandani, they would have killed it in NYC instead of winning by 9 points. If the dem want to win, they would need to focus on how to run like Mandani ran in NYC. With a clear message and goal, what Mandani stands for is NOT really that important; what is important is how he engages with people. You can't just sit there and hope that people are going to vote for you like they did in 2024. Every vote is a battlefield, you need to fight it to get it, that's what Mandani did, but the honcho in the Democrats still is not seeing it that way, because Mandani is a self-proclaim socialist.
AZ_HighCountry
INT'L MOD
Doubtful MAGA is responsible for all of it. Companies like Amazon and many of the logistics companies are introducing more and more automation. Biggest cost of shipping is the actual handling of a package. Even within my own distribution centers, the number of hands that touch a package is high. Those jobs are slowly and steadily being automated.
Falcon29
Elite Member
Automation has been around for decades. The excuse being used is automation. You still need forklift drivers, people to create and print labels, do quality control, people to do maintenance, inventory management, billing (also for customs related export/import stuff). I've been in your industry and worked on the software for these logistics business functions. You need inventory management, billing, accounting, client software that is operated by people. AI is not replacing any core function of these businesses at the moment unless it's some kind of plant or some sort.
AI is mostly a glorified search engine right now.
These record job cuts are a direct result of Mr. Trump's policies :
1.) Tariffs increasing costs for corporations and consumers, blocking investment into our country and stalling corporate projects that were previously planned and now put on hold due economic uncertainty Trump administration has created
Corporate spending is going down due to economic uncertainty, they're cutting jobs left and right to try meeting quarterly/annual financial goals. They didn't suddenly discover 'AI magic' a few months into his second term that necessitated all these job cuts
They do this every time in anticipation of a recession or economic woes
And they're cutting jobs in the tech sector like they always do until they realize they start running into network outages, breaches, and their core business applications lag behind or don't function properly so they turn around and start hiring people for those needs again
And also off shoring jobs which is much bigger than any impact AI is having
2.) Due to tariff policy increasing cost of living, and due to his administration getting rid of healthcare benefits (they are trying to cancel ObamaCare that you talked about previously ), SNAP benefits and federal funding to state governments, all this cost is being passed onto consumers
As a result they are spending much less. Consumer spending is down, except for the top 10-20% wealthy people that are actually getting richer just as they got richer during COVID .
This is going to get worse in 2026. The effects of his economic policies will be seen.
3.) immigration deportations are putting pressure on certain industries like farming. May be short term (next few years or more) but there's a labor shortage in some of these industries right now as a result
4.) Trump administration mass firing of federal employees
5.) Trump's tarrifs also hurting US manufacturers/factories. They cannot sell enough stock and as a result storage costs and capital costs have increased due to unsold stock
Lots of other factors. We will start feeling effects badly in upcoming year depending what the Supreme Court rules on Mr. Trump's tariffs
It's hurting common people. The corporations will actually get money back if tariffs ruled illegal and that's after making record breaking cuts to boost their profits
Trump RHINO administration won't ever abolish income tax or replace income tax with tariff tax like he dreams about. They just give breaks for the wealthy and hurt the middle class and upper middle class. Like they always do.
And people will turn around vote Democrat to fix what they break
j_hungary
Professional
Mechanical Automation has been mature for a long time. We had a factory in California, and we had 3 automation overhauls since the 1970s. Each time we reduced the staff, the first time in 1970, when we reduced from 180 to 120 by installing the "Conveyor belt and Mechanical Arm" system, we eliminated 2 shifts of line workers, mostly just by bringing parts from A to B. We have our second automation installment in 1990s when we had the automated joiner install where we further eliminated around 40 workers that mostly do that job, and the third round is in 2015 when we installed a "partial automated" system included sensor, monitor and a central server that runs on reconignizing different parts by its weight and image, that replace the whole sorting staff.
We basically had just 6 teams left in 2 shifts: the QA team, the unloading team, and the Engineering team, other than the Foreman and 2 floor managers left working for us, that's 63 people. 2/3 of our original employees have been gone since 1970.
There is no way automation can eliminate that many people today. The degree of automation has not changed since the mid-2010s, and mechanical automation now than when it was in 2015 is efficiency and accurate, which won't eliminate workers, but improve the cost efficiency to operators, sytem now are doing the same thing it has been doing a decade ago, so you wouldn't need to replace that many people, unless you are saying those big company weren't automated in that degree when technology existed since mid-2010s. then I will say it's not cost-efficient at all.
AI, on the other hand, is nowhere near the capability to replace complex decision-making. I know for a fact that current AI can't handle Critical Thinking Matrix (or n-Based Thinking) because the computing power for this does not exist. AI, till this day, is a prediction-based function, which is prone to serious error if you were to make it handle complex tasks. I know this because I majored in Machine Learning in College for my Computer Science Stream of my double degree...
