• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    and he only made cagey statements about seeing himself as the transition between generations

    What the fuck else do you think it means to “signal” something in politics?

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      2 months ago

      However, unlike that Harris isn’t making a cagey statement here. She’s directly stating that marijuana should be federally legalized

      Really the title of this article shouldn’t be signals

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        Thats fair. This is more than a “signal”. What people attributed to Biden (you can dig through the articles of the day; it was very clearly taken as a signal he would remain a 1 term president) was a “signal” though, in the pure sense of it. Its a kind of political maneuver that could be a head fake, could be real, you can figure it out later.