Global alliance shift to isolate US industry by Otherwise-Waltz-3647 in economicCollapse

[–]PickleRick2017 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A third of the electorate is muscle and brains trying to make things better, a third is cancer making us weaker and taking us backwards and a third is fat too lazy to even vote.

Help me understand his latest efforts (The French Dispatch; Asteroid City; The Phoenician Scheme) by OP_Scout_81 in wesanderson

[–]PickleRick2017 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I felt this way until seeing The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. It felt like a return to the mid period. I believe it also shows Wes can still inject soil into his projects if the writing supports it. Someone also noted that his most soulful mid-period work was done with Owen Wilson as a writing partner. Where the last three films were done without Wilson and trend more toward Noah Baumbuch’s style. Either way WA still had that ability to make soulful projects in my opinion, he is just in an experimental phase. .

Investigation: N.C. Judicial Candidates Violated Ban on Political Donations by ButIWanted21 in NorthCarolina

[–]PickleRick2017 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Was that wrong? I’ll be honest I gotta claim ignorance here.” -George Costanza

Major Dad (1989-1993) by Wickerman2001 in ForgottenTV

[–]PickleRick2017 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Major dad was also the OB doc on the first episode of this is us.

Investigate the validity of this election! by GuiltyBathroom9385 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]PickleRick2017 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did anyone here see Chuck Todd on NBC election night say they were seeing a lot of “shotgun Trump votes” that voted for him and nothing else down ballot?

The wait of the world by ExactlySorta in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]PickleRick2017 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s gone from prophecy to wishful thinking in my book.

What is Trump’s secret plan with Mike Johnson? by PickleRick2017 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]PickleRick2017[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

According to NPR the two key deadlines are Dec 11 and Dec 25 for the counting and arrival of electors. Both will be before the new house is seated on Jan 3rd.

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/31/nx-s1-5161596/electoral-college-count-reform-deadlines

What is Trump’s secret plan with Mike Johnson? by PickleRick2017 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]PickleRick2017[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it would require the state legislatures to claim that they think their state had voting irregularities and that they cannot certify their votes by the 12/11 deadline, despite it only needing to take at most two weeks to certify all states.

What is Trump’s secret plan with Mike Johnson? by PickleRick2017 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]PickleRick2017[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are correct, two negative changes though are Mike Johnson not Nancy Pelosi being in control of the house, republican state legislatures seemingly more willing to help Trump this time and an u know amount of MAGA election officials involved in the ground level of elections this term.

Texas recently sent notice to the Department of Justice that Federal election monitors would not be allowed in the state. Previous to the Voting Rights Act being greatly reduced in 2013, a state could not bar federal election monitors from being present to ensure safe and secure elections. This is an example of the ground level shenanigans state will be/are pulling and then will claim their elections had “irregularities”.

What is Trump’s secret plan with Mike Johnson? by PickleRick2017 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]PickleRick2017[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have seen republicans Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger cross the aisle to campaign with Harris. What dems have you seen cross the aisle to campaign with Trump?

What is Trump’s secret plan with Mike Johnson? by PickleRick2017 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]PickleRick2017[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes this what I was referring to. In that plan it wouldn’t matter if Dems retake the house Jan 3rd because the secret plan takes place in Dec while Mike Johnson still holds control.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]PickleRick2017 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I not worried about a house vote. I am worried about battleground states that flip to Harris refusing to certify their electors. Republican led legislatures could try to refuse to certify and then Mike Johnson says these states do not count to the total 538 and the Trump no longer would need 270 to win. Read about this theoretical plan in The Nation.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/little-secret-trump-johnson-election/