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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Since Apple is being forced into USB-C, isn't it effectively a global standard on phones now? Are there new phones being released that have proprietary ports? i think some cheap phones might still do micro. not to mention some cheap rechargeable stuff does micro.
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aBagorn posted:The NYT just put out a piece that said that he had been ill for part of his time covering the World Cup: It was not foul play, wife said it was an aortic aneurysm. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/14/us/grant-wahl-cause-death/index.html Still tragic though, dude seemed to be genuinely good person
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:i'm listening to today's house hearing on ftx, and i'm surprised by the number of republican reps who are insinuating that the department of justice and sec deliberately timed the indictment and arrest of sbf to prevent him from testifying before the house. i can't tell if they're just grumpy because they feel someone is stepping on their prerogative, or if they actually believe that if sbf had been allowed to testify he would have revealed something that justice wanted to cover up After the fraud broke, it didn't take long for someone to look up political donation records and find out he made big direct donations to various Democratic candidates. So the far right have spent weeks developing increasingly bizarre and QAnonish theories about elaborate corrupt deals with Democrats, and there's probably more than a few GOP House members who wanted to use his testimony as an excuse to air those theories and engage in political posturing. A common claim among right-wing talkers was that the lack of any immediate arrest showed that SBF had bought Dems so thoroughly that he would never be arrested or even investigated by Biden's Justice Department. So him getting arrested is bad because it makes it look like the right-wingers are wrong, and they respond by crafting more elaborate conspiracy theories to explain why things didn't go the way their original conspiracy theory predicted. It goes from "the Biden DOJ will never arrest SBF" to "the Biden DOJ arrested SBF to prevent him from testifying to the GOP".
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Georgia's Republican Secretary of State calls on the legislature to end run-off elections. Seems very unlikely that they will follow through, but this is the first time that the SoS's office has publicly called for them to be eliminated. https://twitter.com/mrbrownsir/status/1603020442427703297
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Discendo Vox posted:If the probation is about the strike, I think that was a 24-hour thing and ended several days ago. Forgive my brazen couthlessness for pushing back on you for this post, but the conditions that lead to the walkout still exist. Just because the walkout is over, does not mean that the striking workers got what they want. You can choose to continue mediating content from a source that is now well-known for its abusive labor practices and signal to them that "no, it's alright, keep doing what you're doing, it's fine" and treat the labor walkout as just a one-off anomaly that was a minor inconvenience for you and posters like you for 24 hours, or you can show you have some actual loving working class solidarity and refuse to mediate or consume their coverage until the labor dispute is resolved. But I wouldn't expect you to know much about prole solidarity (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Georgia's Republican Secretary of State calls on the legislature to end run-off elections. Just do Ranked Choice Voting, easy peasy
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Georgia's Republican Secretary of State calls on the legislature to end run-off elections. So is this because they want to be able to drag out things for as long as possible with endless calls for recounts when they lose an election by a slim amount or is there some other nefarious reason that I can't think of off hand?
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Randalor posted:So is this because they want to be able to drag out things for as long as possible with endless calls for recounts when they lose an election by a slim amount or is there some other nefarious reason that I can't think of off hand? So they can pay Democrats to run in the general, siphon off votes from popular Democars and declare the election over when their guy wins with 45% of the vote.
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Randalor posted:So is this because they want to be able to drag out things for as long as possible with endless calls for recounts when they lose an election by a slim amount or is there some other nefarious reason that I can't think of off hand? He says it's expensive, the Secretary of State's office thinks it doesn't make a difference in the final outcome, and is unfair to the county election staff to work overtime during Thanksgiving.
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Randalor posted:So is this because they want to be able to drag out things for as long as possible with endless calls for recounts when they lose an election by a slim amount or is there some other nefarious reason that I can't think of off hand? The runoff is very unpopular in GA, and being the guy that eliminates the unpopular thing is something voters reward, especially in state-wide elections. Nefarious reasons would be best found in what the GA state leg replaces the runoff with. Elongated ballots to make voting take longer? Eliminating party primaries? Lots of options there.
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Randalor posted:So is this because they want to be able to drag out things for as long as possible with endless calls for recounts when they lose an election by a slim amount or is there some other nefarious reason that I can't think of off hand? Raffensburger is a Republican who believes in evil policies, but wrt runoff elections, I think he just honestly believes it is a stupid waste of money. This is one of those election officials who became a sworn Trump enemy and who Trump tried (and failed) to primary earlier this year by defiantly refusing to budge when Trump called him wanting him to find some more votes. He publicly insisted that Biden won in big press conferences while the MAGA crowd were still screaming about stolen elections.
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Gerund posted:The runoff is very unpopular in GA, and being the guy that eliminates the unpopular thing is something voters reward, especially in state-wide elections. The legislature is pretty unlikely to eliminate the runoff because it has historically provided a small boost to Republican candidates.
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Rigel posted:Raffensburger is a Republican who believes in evil policies, but wrt runoff elections, I think he just honestly believes it is a stupid waste of money. This is one of those election officials who became a sworn Trump enemy and who Trump tried (and failed) to primary earlier this year by defiantly refusing to budge when Trump called him wanting him to find some more votes. He publicly insisted that Biden won in big press conferences while the MAGA crowd were still screaming about stolen elections. the runoff election for the general was instituted in the 1960s to dilute the black vote, in the hopes that having a "are you really sure? really?" secondary election would give segregationist white voters a second chance to eliminate whatever pluralist candidate was stumping for reconciliation or civil rights
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The legislature is pretty unlikely to eliminate the runoff because it has historically provided a small boost to Republican candidates. Unlikely but possible, and if they ever do its because they've found a different (nefarious) angle to shoot for in the change. Especially if historical results are not predictive of modern material conditions.
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Mr. Fall Down Terror posted:the runoff election for the general was instituted in the 1960s to dilute the black vote, in the hopes that having a "are you really sure? really?" secondary election would give segregationist white voters a second chance to eliminate whatever pluralist candidate was stumping for reconciliation or civil rights I'm aware of that. That kind of reinforces my point, too. Gerund posted:Unlikely but possible, and if they ever do its because they've found a different (nefarious) angle to shoot for in the change. Especially if historical results are not predictive of modern material conditions. They can probably get the same effect while eliminating the runoff by moving to a California-style jungle primary. Rigel fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Dec 14, 2022 |
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The legislature is pretty unlikely to eliminate the runoff because it has historically provided a small boost to Republican candidates. it directly cost purdue his senate seat in 2020, which is probably the only thing the legislature will recall
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Not having a runoff would mean Senator Perdue instead of Senator Ossoff.
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Also, as republicans trade suburban voters for rural voters, they are lowering how much they are the high-turnout coalition. In the past they overperformed in specials/midterms because they were. It is unclear that's still the case and some good arguments it's not. Runoff elections favor the high-turnout coalition. And again so people understand: the point of the runoffs was there was never a case where two white guys split the white vote and they accidentally elected a - gasp - black person. By having mandatory runoffs they would ensure the white vote would always consolidate behind the remaining white candidate, but that is less necessary in this day and age where the two-party system is firmly entrenched.
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BDawg posted:Not having a runoff would mean Senator Perdue instead of Senator Ossoff. On the other hand, Ossoff might have won GA-06 back in 2017 if it weren't for the runoff. Though his opponents might have acted differently if they didn't have a runoff to fall back on.
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Feels too soon for a remake of Please Clap: https://twitter.com/MZanona/status/1603082637324738560 Again, they had to put Paul Ryan on the pyre last time because sacrificing the Golden Boy they spent a decade building was better than Kevin running things.
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:i'm listening to today's house hearing on ftx, and i'm surprised by the number of republican reps who are insinuating that the department of justice and sec deliberately timed the indictment and arrest of sbf to prevent him from testifying before the house. i can't tell if they're just grumpy because they feel someone is stepping on their prerogative, or if they actually believe that if sbf had been allowed to testify he would have revealed something that justice wanted to cover up the big conspiracy theory that i've seen is that sbf/ftx were cutouts to give money to ukraine
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Paracaidas posted:Feels too soon for a remake of Please Clap:
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Paracaidas posted:Feels too soon for a remake of Please Clap: And in that context, those buttons read more like "*sigh* ...Okay." more than they do a stirring, ringing endorsement of Kevin McCarthy. Some real powerful SETTLE FOR KEVIN energy.
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nine-gear crow posted:And in that context, those buttons read more like "*sigh* ...Okay." more than they do a stirring, ringing endorsement of Kevin McCarthy. Some real powerful SETTLE FOR KEVIN energy. IT'S HIS TURN
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nine-gear crow posted:And in that context, those buttons read more like "*sigh* ...Okay." more than they do a stirring, ringing endorsement of Kevin McCarthy. Some real powerful SETTLE FOR KEVIN energy. settlers of keviin
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Paracaidas posted:Feels too soon for a remake of Please Clap: Oral Kevin Opus Kevin Onward Kevin
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Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the US House of Representatives: he meets the lowest agreed upon standard of acceptability! (the joke being being somehow literal no other Republican does, they're that screwed for leaders)
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Seeing him referred to as Kevin makes me think about Home Alone. "I made the Freedom Caucus disappear?!? I made the Freedom Caucus disappear!"
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Trump launched his campaign over 3 weeks ago and has been completely radio silent with no major events since then. He finally made a public statement and is holding a press conference tomorrow. Time to start the wild speculation. I think the most likely scenario is that he is just looking for attention for something minor. Still unclear why he decided to announce his campaign so earlier and then refuse to go out in public for nearly a month right after you do. https://twitter.com/ShelbyTalcott/status/1603057785901617154
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The way those laser beams are shooting makes it look like Trump is looking in two different directions at once. Like an orange chameleon.
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Trump will use his newfound laser vision to cut down the mean old mainstream media that dared to not call him a divine being and rightful winner of the 2020 election? Because I'm getting serious "Homelander kills all the protestor" vibes from that... "art".
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why are the laser eyes cross eyed?
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State anti-abortion groups are upset that the FDA decided to allow abortion pills to be sent via mail following the Dobbs decision and worried that it is undermining the ability the prevent abortions. Now, a group in Texas is trying to get as many states as possible to ban mailing abortion pills and jail people who "traffic" them to set up a confrontation with the federal government. The federal government has warned states that they have no authority to try and stop the postal service from delivering FDA approved drugs. https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1603128215584665600 quote:The largest antiabortion organization in Texas has created a team of advocates assigned to investigate citizens who might be distributing abortion pills illegally.
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He's going to name DeSantis his VP without asking or even informing DeSantis previously.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:State anti-abortion groups are upset that the FDA decided to allow abortion pills to be sent via mail following the Dobbs decision and worried that it is undermining the ability the prevent abortions. Yeah, a whole lot of bad news coming out of Texas...https://twitter.com/GBBranstetter/status/1603060359027658753?t=xlhUJjb2Bnhn0L9qpOhakA&s=19 https://twitter.com/GBBranstetter/status/1603065467857502209?t=shca3zmJnvbWNgJ2YSb4gw&s=19 Legit terrified for myself and friends now. I'd setup a GoFundMe to get the gently caress out of this state but I know it wouldn't get much.
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He announced because he thought all his legal troubles would vanish. Now that they haven't, he'll ask for money to
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He had Covid and had to take a couple weeks to recover
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nine-gear crow posted:Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the US House of Representatives: he meets the lowest agreed upon standard of acceptability! As evidenced by Lauren Boebert wanting to impeach someone for seizing fentanyl at the border. Young Freud posted:Yeah, a whole lot of bad news coming out of Texas... And this is why I tell people that Republicans want LGBTQ+ people dead. Because there is no reason for the AG to have this information except for nefarious purposes. I hope you are able to get out of there or at least stay safe because this is ghoulish Angry_Ed fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Dec 14, 2022 |
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The GOP should just make Mitch Speaker. He's been an effective caucus leader in the Senate, no rule against a non-Representative being Speaker.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Trump launched his campaign over 3 weeks ago and has been completely radio silent with no major events since then. Writers for The Boys probably want to see how this goes before plotting and writing the next season. They can just lift dialog word for word from Trump to give to Homelander.
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