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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago

The? Rupert Murdoch has been ~~running a huge propaganda network~~ playing 'defense' for republicans for decades.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I'm so out of the loop, and far behind on movies & series, I had never heard of 'the wild robot' until now. Sounds like a pretty good movie though.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

I'm not saying we should grind any living beings into pulp, but I'm pretty sure those meat grinders they throw male chickens into, already exist in very similar and much larger versions in various industries.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Citation needed.

But let's humor your point. That is pretty awful, but what the fuck is the alternative? Voting Trump/Vance who will let Israel dial their genocide up to 11; shit they will probably actively encourage it, if there is votes/power or money in it for them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

A third party gets campaign funds, and then what?

First past the post voting, or at the very least the US version of it, strongly favors two dominating parties. CGP Grey - Minority Rule...
A third party doing anything but fuck things up, is a delusional fantasy. Change starts with election reform. For instance https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Rural states have a large advantage in the house, huge advantage in the senate, and of course significant skew in the electoral college. And much of it comes from compromises with slave owners.
Abolishing the EC would not mean rural regions get completely ignored, not only would they have reps and senators still courting their votes (and campaign donations), civilized countries with functional democracies have multiple parties. A rural party would show up, which could court voters in all rural areas, instead of only in swing states.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Congress of going to need to expand a little bit, if all 3,330-6,660 reps should be able to gather at the same time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Well, they are called unrestrained continuous pollution, or 'man made climate change' if you will.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They have been doing it for 50 years, it has just expanded and grown increasingly sinister:

First, the Two Santas strategy dictates, when Republicans control the White House they must spend money like a drunken Santa and cut taxes to run up the U.S. debt as far and as fast as possible.

This produces three results: it stimulates the economy thus making people think that the GOP can produce a good economy; it raises the debt dramatically; and it makes people think that Republicans are the “tax-cut Santa Clauses.”

Second, when a Democrat is in the White House, Republicans must scream about the national debt as loudly and frantically as possible, freaking out about how “our children will have to pay for it!” and “we have to cut spending to solve the crisis!” Shut down the government, crash the stock market, and damage US credibility around the world if necessary to stop Democrats from spending money.
https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/thom-hartmann/two-santas-strategy-gop-used-economic-scam-manipulate-americans-40-years/

Wreck the government, then point to the Democrats and loudly claim everything is all their fault...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Mixed in-between the word vomit, he validates their hate. Unfortunately their lives are so miserable and empty, being told it's okay to hate, is more important to them than anything else.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Original headline captured 3 hours ago:

"J.D. Vance Freaks Out Over the Slightest Pushback in V.P. Debate"
https://web.archive.org/web/20241002034127/https://newrepublic.com/post/186602/jd-vance-vp-debate-fact-check-migrants

How is anyone surprised a weird little freak, was freaking out on the debate stage‽

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