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eke out posted:Seems like it would be difficult to me, local courts aren't exactly trying to stop people from paying them their pound of flesh. I hope that suit is successful. Charging fees to reinstate voting rights is basically poll tax, but because the 14th still doesn't cover felons it seems plausible that a conservative court would rule that Harper v Virginia doesn't apply and defer to the state. With a sane court, we might have finally gotten a ruling prohibiting disenfranchisement after time served/parole, but I certainly don't trust the current court to do that. Stickman fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Nov 11, 2018 |
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Lightning Knight posted:It is truly alarming how many places elect full Democratic legislatures and executives who proceed to twiddle their thumbs and do precisely nothing. See also Illinois' new governor abandoning his plans to try and fix Illinois' lovely tax system immediately after winning election. A lot of states (including Illinois) have well and truly hosed themselves by putting austerity into their constitutions. I'm not saying that they shouldn't be pushing more for these things, but I have some sympathy because problems go deeper than just false promises and some of the necessary margins are absolutely ludicrous. E: Focusing on "balancing the budget" instead is absolute bullshit, though - absolutely agreed. Doubly so when taxes are WHAT IS REQUIRED to balance the budget (I'm looking at you, Alaska).
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Yeowch!!! My Balls!!! posted:illinois does genuinely have a serious budget problem, due to the fact that the state refused to pay into pension funds for sixty years straight. the solution is to get rid of our state constitutional amendment saying "no progressive taxation." JB Pritzger, billionaire, has zero interest in fixing this problem in the only way he can, because that means the solution will come out of him and his friends' pockets. Are there any legal pathways to hold state governments to pension promises? Or is precedent simply "you're hosed if the state decides to change the rules"?
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That's huge. If Scott secretly allowed email/fax voting in Republican-margin districts under the auspices of helping hurricane victims but didn't allow email/fax voting statewide, that's an unprecedented level of structural partisan favoritism (well, unprecedented since the VRA). Chilichimp posted:It will never be considered by the Senate. Hey, they might pass it... ... after stripping out all the text and replacing it with tax cuts and an ACA repeal. Hey Democrats, why are you voting against your own bill?
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axeil posted:The big question is how many of these e-mail votes did they count? A few hundred probably won't change much. The Today video is down but going by the WJHG video, it sounds you're right - it was probably just a couple of hundred votes. The SoS is claiming that they forbade the local election official from offering email voting, so it doesn't matter too much for the election in general, but those voters were screwed by the local election official and he should probably face legal consequences and communications with the SoS should be subpoenaed if there are records.
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Hunt11 posted:gently caress this lovely country and its trigger happy cops. Also guns, and the "good guy with a gun" attitude. Cops shooting civilians or victims with guns is not that uncommon, and assuredly is more likely to happen to minorities.
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Lightning Knight posted:Somebody photoshop I'm not much of an artist and not exactly the tone you were going for, but 
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luxury handset posted:since trump doesn't seem to know how voting works in the us, can we read this as confirmation that trump doesn't vote? You'd think, but sadly apparently not.  Bugsy posted:https://twitter.com/SurefireIntel/status/1062843160663998465?s=19  The little poo poo really wants to go to prison, doesn't he?
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evilweasel posted:A lot of reporters were saying this is not true, and if it was reporters would have noted it in their stories because most of them know Lindsay Walters. Which part? She lists her title as "White House Deputy Press Secretary" and she's listed in the Annual Report to Congress on White House Personnel as having a salary of $115,000. That's not $130,000, but it's not far enough off that I'd call it "not true" - heck, maybe there's some unlisted bonus to put it at $130K? She also received her BA in 2012, which means she's probably somewhere in the 28-30 range - young, but old enough to make the "young intern" moniker misleading. E: Oh, the "she's Lindsey Walters", part. That's embarrassing  And almost certainly not true: Acosta video, Lindsey Walters.
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MickeyFinn posted:Not only is the Bart Simpson gag spot on, but when driving a truck over the road it is extra hard to save money because none of the things that assist you in saving money (like having a bunch of space to store food prep equipment and bulk food stuffs) are possible. I'm not sure it is possible for that tweet to be wrong. You'll also need all those (not) millions to deal with the huge variety of medical problems caused by long-term truck driving.
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eke out posted:the craziest thing about this is there's not even any indication Trump and co. are administering it in a particularly bad way, it's just a legitimately poo poo, opaque program I don't necessarily disagree, but the correct way to administer a program like that is extremely leniently until such time as it can be fixed (see also, immigration). Republicans (and Blue Dogs) constantly put this kind of poo poo into administrative rules, and the only good way around it in the short term is to ignore it as much as possible.
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Retro42 posted:This is the thing. There are really large parts of the state with people scattered in small towns all over the place. Wisconsin is mostly small towns that will always skew Republican. Case in point: I mean, it's not an impossible fix - mandate some limit for population inequality in state assembly/senate districts and then meet that mandate by either putting suburbs together with rural districts or increasing the size of the assembly/senate until you don't have to. Like you say, it doesn't necessarily fix everything if some types of districts are more politically homogeneous than others, but it goes a long way towards fixing a system where a 10 point popular vote win turns into a 30 loving point loss in the assembly and a 10 point loss in the Senate. Stickman fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Dec 6, 2018 |
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Or maybe they are, in the sense that they're telling her "don't defect or Putin will have you killed".
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Charlz Guybon posted:Libertarians finally going to win a state? No, they're going to put a Mormon on the ballot, just like they did in 2016. And the Mormon won't win, because there's still plenty of horrible people who'd rather see the country burn than elect a Democrat (not to say that the Mormon candidate won't be terrible as well).  E: Oh, you saw that! Stickman fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Jan 31, 2019 |
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FoolyCharged posted:“The nightmare scenario is that somebody decides to be a lone wolf and pulls something like what happened in Charlottesville,” says member of group that is one person deciding to be a lone wolf and pulling something shy of being an armed riot. 
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FoolyCharged posted:The article literally has a picture of a banner reading death to the kkk. It describes the dudes with guns as "left wing militia". They are literally wearing masks and burning effigies. That's a crowd working itself up to go after "the other guy" and it wouldn't have taken much for stuff to get ugly. It’s a “left wing militia” because no one else is willing to shut down the growing movement advocating genocide against poc, immigrants, lgbt, Muslims, etc.
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STAC Goat posted:Yeah, there's the issue of racism and blackface and Northam's unquestionably terrible handling of this and clear inability to get what's wrong. Then there's the bigger issue of why blackface was apparently so accepted so recently in Virginia and what that says about Virginia race relations today. Then there's the real world political consequences of possibly giving the Governorship over to Republicans while important issues are on the table. Its obviously a complicated matter for many. Giving the governorship to Republicans isn't an issue (or at least not a direct one). The governor can unilaterally fill elected vacancies, and appointments are good through the next general election. So long as Fairfax resigns first, Northam can appoint a new LG, who'd then become governor when Northam steps down and hold the position until the general election late this year. Since Northam won by 8 points, I'm not too worried about a new election.
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HootTheOwl posted:I was just going to ask about this, couldn't they just resign in reverse order so they appoint a new AG, when the AG resigns, then Fairfax resigns and they appoint another AG and then Nirtham resigns and they appoint a third AG, assuming that AGs get promoted when a vacancy opens. The governor fills vacancies for elected offices (including AG) unless the office is elected by the general assembly: Virginia Constitution, Article V Section 7 posted:The Governor shall have power to fill vacancies in all offices of the Commonwealth for the filling of which the Constitution and laws make no other provision. If such office be one filled by the election of the people, the appointee shall hold office until the next general election, and thereafter until his successor qualifies, according to law. The General Assembly shall, if it is in session, fill vacancies in all offices which are filled by election by that body. They'll only hold the seat until the next general election, so until November in this case.
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Relentless posted:Also, from the party of "fiscal responsibility", that 1.7 billion would alternatively provide 25k in screening, assistance, rehoming, education, job training, etc, for 70k migrants a year. But it might help kill more of them 
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Your Parents posted:It's actually sickening watching people beg and plead and wish that Jussie Smollet was actually beaten by white racists instead of making up a story. You'd think people would be happy when a hate crime didn't actually happen instead of braying and screaming for black blood. Spicy. Given that violent attacks on LBGT people (especially minorities) are real and increasing, maybe people just don't relish any incident that moves the American public further from "believe the victim because they're telling the truth 99.9% of the time", making the problem harder to address. But no, you found us out, we all just lust for hate crimes.
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Well now I need to know about this one. Is it recuperative therapy for good girls/boys?
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Animal healthcare - compassion or tool of the bourgeoisie?
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Sinteres posted:I don't have a great answer to that, but this isn't the first time the broad left side of the spectrum has gone all in on a hoax, and every time it happens that itself does a lot to make it harder for future victims to be believed. I think giving credible victims the benefit of the doubt to some extent is good, but obviously people are going to draw the line on who does and doesn't seem credible differently, and on what the evidence at hand (generally limited at first) suggests that may conflict with that narrative, and a healthy discussion allows for some difference in opinion on that without the assumption of bad faith. So what? Until fake rapes/attacks/whatever become more common than people dismissing real assaults, that’s just the the price we pay for centuries of loving over victims. There might be some “healthy debate” to be had, but early skepticism (or even aloof "reserving judgement") of victim's claims by bystanders is not healthy. Stickman fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Feb 22, 2019 |
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awesmoe posted:she does very little analysis in the her nyt work, it's generally very well-sourced reporting of white house machinations. People here despise her because it's straight reporting and her work doesnt make a point of specifically saying "oh by the way, all this poo poo is awful and these people are telling me this stuff to stab each other in the back" In a world where nearly every word out of the president's mouth is a lie, "non-analytical" reporting is biased reporting. And that's not even getting into the selection biases involved in what gets printed where and how it's presented. Most of the major outlets have fallen deep into the "Red said / Blue said" reporting hole, and it's not doing journalism (or the public) any favors.
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LordSloth posted:https://twitter.com/newsminer/status/1116816277937455104?s=21 Tammie Wilson is a terrible person - when she's more sane than you it's time to fire the whole drat school administration. FNSB schools have gone to complete poo poo over the past 10 years (and Alaska in general). E: Her suspension is now an expulsion. https://twitter.com/savannahmoisan/status/1116817585389989890 Stickman fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Apr 14, 2019 |
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Charlz Guybon posted:19. If you assume $90 tickets ($100 minus some discount/mileage) and 200 work days per year then it comes out to $1,500 per month for the commute over just commuting in the Bay area. Of course, the more important part is that the flight from Arizona is two hours each way. Add in the commutes to and from the airports + time in the airport and your easily looking at 5-6 hours of commuting in order to save $1,500 per month (plus increasing your cancer risk with daily high-altitude flying). Going by average rent cost in the bay area ($3,600) vs. Phoenix ($1,100), the math probably saves you ~$10,000 a year for equal-quality housing, but I can't imagine the sort of insane person who would commute 5-6 hours 4 days a week to save $10,000 over just renting a shittier place or working a second part-time job (or moving someplace else, since they obviously don't have a problem not living in the Bay area). E: Just notice the "family" part... yikes! Stickman fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Apr 15, 2019 |
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Mekchu posted:https://twitter.com/FiveThirtyEight/status/1117906615716331520 Why would he choose that wardrobe and hair style/color?
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So here's something that happened in one of the more liberal towns in Alaska in April (with similar harassment apparently going back a few years): Restaurant vandalized with racist threats quote:Wasabi’s Bistro just outside of Homer was vandalized with a racist message sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Since this happened, the (decent half of the) community has stepped up support, but this poo poo is loving disgusting. Throw it on the pile for whenever some shithead tries to argue that Trump doesn't incite racism. E: The comments are all Smollet  E2: This is the same split town that made the news when the conservative half of the city council tried to recall the liberal half for making a non-binding resolution opposing intolerance, and then the loving Lower Kenai Peninsula elected the shitbird leading the initiative to the state house. Stickman fucked around with this message at 08:17 on Apr 21, 2019 |
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I mean, "the Internet grew up free from government regulation and we're restoring the status quo" is just a straight-up lie, too. It was a lie when that rear end in a top hat Ajit said it, and it's just as wrong today.
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Maybe it’s just me, but dragging Warren for refusing to go on Fox just makes the author look like a loving idiot. I’m failing to see how it’ll make Warren supporters suddenly turn Sanders. In general, dragging your allies is a generally lovely way to turn their supporters, especially in a system that’s based around candidates dropping out to consolidate votes.
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DeadlyMuffin posted:I went looking for the 25% number and found this article saying it's more like 12% after people had time to cool down a little. Now I’m really curious how many people votes for Clinton in the 2016 primary and Trump in the general. I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if it was also close to 10%.
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paternity suitor posted:It feels possible to beat Mitch in 2020. His unfavorables are always dogshit but they are like 10 points lower than 2014, and this year he’s in a presidential year with a super unpopular POTUS. He’s more visible than ever and super hated, so I don’t know. I crave polls in a heads up matchup It might be possible, but I don't think Trump is going to hurt him when Kentucky currently has +16 Trump approval.
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FoolyCharged posted:"We have no position" says group tacitly approving of law that promotes the rights of rapists. Holstein is a piece of poo poo MRA whose "advocacy" group leans on a nonsensical "syndrome" to argue that shared custody should be the default even in cases of domestic or child abuse (mostly arguing that they're "overblown" or "invented" to strip men of parental rights). It's no surprise that his "Parents" organization (renamed from "Fathers and Families") wants to downplay rape.
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