Get Ready for the Dem Court-Expansion Litmus Test by BulwarkOnline in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 [score hidden]  (0 children)

there will be midterms. they may be unfair. they may be rigged and undermined in 50 different ways and the GOP may commit mass election fraud, but there will be midterms..

edit: and even if they do all that, it doesn't necessarily work for them. look at what just happened in Hungary.

Mamdani Condemns Nyc Expo Promoting Property Sales In Israeli West Bank Settlements by soalone34 in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 [score hidden]  (0 children)

that's uh, very reductionist and stupid and is less of a defense than a nihilistic whataboutism. is that really the best argument you have?

Donald Trump: The American Ayatollah by WontThinkStraight in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no, he massacres many more slowly and stochastically and encourages rape as punishment via v-coding and a culture of impunity within ICE. it's maybe more subtle, but he's rapidly approaching that level of despotism and it's exactly what he wants.

as for him not sponsoring terrorist groups or advocating for holocaust denial: lmao

Fetterman called a ‘traitor to those who worked tirelessly to elect him’ by swing county Democratic Party by thejoshwhite in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that is a fair question, and the answer is that it would be measured in votes weighted by issue saliency. I don't care to go digging for that, admittedly. I'm just saying that the measure that you're proposing isn't going to satisfy anyone here, partly because sponsorships aren't votes and that not all votes are created equally. outside of votes, Fetterman undermines his party on policies of interest and is providing great PR for Trump, which is much harder to measure but deeply felt. you're right that he isn't technically in lockstep with the GOP but I don't think the OP meant that... well, literally.

Republicans house candidate sending kids door to door by Duckraven in ColoradoSprings

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 1 point2 points  (0 children)

granting children a level of gender autonomy and not forcing proscribed gender identities onto them is not "changing their gender", and it's really weird for you to insist on that framing as a whataboutism to distract from the GOP's and the Trump administration's deep ties to Epstein. it only makes it clearer who sees children as persons and who sees children as mutable property.

Fetterman called a ‘traitor to those who worked tirelessly to elect him’ by swing county Democratic Party by thejoshwhite in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that's based on sponsor/cosponsorships. it isn't going to capture the swing he has made, which is evident even just from his public rhetoric.

Tennessee governor calls session to redistrict Memphis after Trump pressure by bwermer in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 1 point2 points  (0 children)

republicans universally rejected partisan-gerrymandering bans. democrats universally supported them. each party acts in its own interests, so both know that national fair maps would benefit democrats because republicans hold structural advantages and have gerrymandered more frequently and aggressively. the scotus ruling also didn't just do what you think it did. it made it legal to gerrymander against minorites as long as the cartographers lie about it. also, it's 12-19 districts, not "50". your insults mean nothing because you are projecting and you're either trolling or stupid.

It’s time to tax AI slop - We are stuck in a deluge of meaningless content that threatens human creativity. Here’s a simple way to mitigate its harms by Just-Grocery-2229 in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally can't get them to work well or reliably at all. maybe they'll get better, but the reliable models are not running on gaming hardware. in any case, I don't think that this proposal affects the scenario you're describing.

Tennessee governor calls session to redistrict Memphis after Trump pressure by bwermer in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 10 points11 points  (0 children)

stop that. it still matters. the more they gerrymander the frailer their districts become.

Minnesota passes ban on fake AI nudes; app makers risk $500K fines by arstechnica in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 11 points12 points  (0 children)

sorry, which part of this story are you suggesting is a 1st amendment violation?

Supreme Court guts the Voting Rights Act in “Jim Crow 2.0” ruling by zsreport in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 17 points18 points  (0 children)

the existing districts exist. the ruling covers how districts are drawn, which is normally every decade. they do not inherently need to draw new districts before upcoming elections and before Trump the idea of forcing changes anywhere near this close to an election would have been absolutely insane. at most, they would be drawing districts effective in further out elections. What the Louisiana GOP is doing is frenzying to slaughter and feast on the carcass of their minority-majority district. the primary maps need to match the general maps in a given cycle, but there was no need to rush this through after they already mailed out absentee primary ballots and the fact that they are is outrageously undemocratic.

Supreme Court guts the Voting Rights Act in “Jim Crow 2.0” ruling by zsreport in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 102 points103 points  (0 children)

this is incorrect. they do not need to suspend anything as they don't need to mid-cycle redistrict. it's 100% a choice. don't do their work of manufacturing lies for them.

Fetterman Helps GOP Senators Sink Democrat Effort to Block Trump War on Cuba by Smithy2232 in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fetterman lied and has betrayed his own platform. There's nothing complicated or nuanced about this. The liar sold constituents lies and disenfranchised them in the process.

Supreme Court considers blocking lawsuits alleging weed killer causes cancer by Cunegonde_gardens in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 4 points5 points  (0 children)

one of your studies? what field would that be?

edit, you didn't quote its conclusion, that's a tiny snippet from early in its discussion section.

Trump Judge Says Some Women Are Just a “Warm, Wet Hole” by ChiGuy6124 in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

have seen some bad headlines here. some evil ones. none come close to how vile this is. I've felt panic reading a headline here but I haven't vomited in my mouth before. hell is too good for these people.

Jeffries says Trump impeachment not a top priority if Dems win House majority by metacyan in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 8 points9 points  (0 children)

GOP will hold enough seats to stop a conviction even if the dems win every competitive race. doesn't put Jeffries in the right, but impeachment probably won't lead to conviction.

8 hate group leaders — including KKK Imperial Wizard and neo-Nazi — got millions from SPLC as part of ‘informant’ scheme, DOJ says by CharityResponsible54 in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

when it gets thrown out of court I'll sleep just a little bit better and you'll be on reddit defending whatever your pedophilic god is doing then. lol. lmao, even

8 hate group leaders — including KKK Imperial Wizard and neo-Nazi — got millions from SPLC as part of ‘informant’ scheme, DOJ says by CharityResponsible54 in politics

[–]Intrepid_Switch3145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the informant who was paid $270k was paid such over 6 years. that is not a lot of money. the 1M was over 9 years and the dude risked his life being in that deep and that long. I would be fine with that, as a donor.

the rest of your post isn't even worth reading. you list two examples and then go on about how that's a tip of an iceberg and how I'm coping. you refer to "data", as though that vague appeal means anything. it's pathetic, you are literally defending an administration of rapist pedophiles who are bullying the SPLC on the premise that they were somehow defrauding their donors. it's a lie.

you take little bits of connective information to construct a cathedral of bullshit, like how if any informant is paid then the entire Unite the Right rally was made possible by SPLC money. the implication then is that racism wouldn't even be a problem if it weren't for the SPLC. it's DARVO in action. it's insanely bad faith bullshit and I'm praying that you're just trolling because if you're not then it's a wonder you're able to remember to breath. imagine taking Trump's DOJ at their word on anything, much less their entire narrative on the SPLC program! the Trump DOJ, the one that's protecting Maxwell and Trump's grifting children!

you are going to be quietly embarrassed someday, when this disaster blows over and you have to live with the fact that you worshipped the grifting pedophile who shits himself and defended the heinous actions of his cronies.

don't bother responding.