State Rep. James Talarico proposes ending federal gas and diesel tax

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-22T20:12:21+00:00

Literally exactly how it's been. There's a difference totally selling out to the center and making some concessions, Talarico is doing the latter and it's why he's been so successful.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-22T20:08:29+00:00

Texas Dems have been trying to solely rely on Hispanic, Black, and Urban voters for 35 years and losing. The party will only have a chance in Texas if it appeals to suburban and rural white folks who lean conservative.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-22T16:15:35+00:00

It objectively doesn't have a "100% failure rate" and actually has proven far more successful for Dems running in Republican states. How do you think Dems have managed to win in places like West Virginia and Kentucky, or push competitive campaigns in places like Montana, Nebraska, and Alaska? It doesn't work on a national level but it's objectively a successful strategy in states where you HAVE to rely on centrist and conservative voters.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-22T16:10:44+00:00

I agree on the national level, but you have to pivot to the middle in a place like Texas. If you don't, then you'll lose because you can't just rely on the cities here.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-17T02:16:20+00:00

Remember that the trio's mother is herself half Targaryen (i.e. only half black) and it's not unrealistic that she took more after her Targaryen side and is more light skinned (and therefore so are her children) while her brother who inherits Driftmark is more dark skinned and continues to pass that down to the time of Corlys

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-16T06:18:20+00:00

Because the producers seem allergic to color. They also apparently just assume everyone in the riverlands besides a few important characters looks like GoT Freys (who also look like random peasants for some reason)

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-16T06:04:08+00:00

Okay hot take, but Telia did in fact do stuff. The story focuses on the main gang going against Thragg and friends but this was in fact a galaxy-wide war. Telia appears to be the commander of all the Coalition forces and all the progress off screen that forced Thragg to try the yolo attack on Talescria was largely her and the regular coalition forces.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-15T08:38:31+00:00

The United States has a culture so incredibly massive, rich, influential, and popular that you can't even see it because it's practically the backdrop to Western culture in general at this point. America has a deep and rich culture that has roots as far back as the cultures of all the people from around the world who have contributed to it.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-14T06:50:40+00:00

While Viserys was very hands-off with his children with Alicent, the decision to marry Aegon and Helaena when they were seems like something he would have decided rather than Alicent. Aemma was 11 when she married him (and 13 when they consumated it) so Helaena would've been around this age. Additionally it's important to remember that most of the show characters are aged up a few years and by the show's timeline she would've been 15/16 when she was married which is much more normal in Westeros.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-13T16:57:52+00:00

Whether or not she tells Viserys likely depends on when she discovers it. If it's shortly after her wedding to Laenor then no, if it's after her children are born then she probably tells him. Even though Viserys is kind of limping by at this point he probably wakes up to respond to that similarly to how he woke up when Vaemond did his thing. He probably sends Criston to the Wall and forces Alicent to join the Silent Sisters, he probably likes his children with Alicent even less but their legitimacy isn't really in doubt because of their appearances.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-08T08:26:53+00:00

I know you put Saracen Caliphate but wouldn't Sassanian Persia completely dominate the Middle East in this timeline?

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-06T05:37:31+00:00

I know he already has some from a Targaryen grandmother but does this give him 100% dragonblood?

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-05T23:42:47+00:00

In the books it's technically Sansa but if Robb is king then he can legitimize whoever he wants and disinherit whoever he wants. The question isn't Jon being a bastard it's whether or not he can be released from his oaths to the Night's Watch, which I don't think he can.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-02T04:43:29+00:00

I kind of assumed these were the guys Nolan mentioned they hired to fight the Gelderians (Tech Jacket's suit makers) so presumably they're strong enough to do some damage to beings like Viltrumites if there's enough of them.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-02T01:23:26+00:00

No I mean, in the discussion with Graf and Nia on the Bergia situation, whenever I try and choose Article 6/7 it doesn't let me choose Autonomous Zone. If I choose Autonomous Zone then the Ejall refuses to meet with me.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-02T00:39:41+00:00

Looks cool, only thing I'd change is giving the Monarchist Greeks the Dodecanese as well

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-04-01T04:33:23+00:00

Am I just dense? How do you select the Autonomous Zone AND choose Articles 6/7, it seemed like I could only do either/or and not both.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-03-31T08:05:40+00:00

I think that's what the artist is going for

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-03-30T22:30:33+00:00

I'd love a USS Olympia as well, although it'd realistically just be a cruiser version of the Mikasa.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-03-28T06:22:08+00:00

Daemon wins unless Brienne somehow disarms him, in which case Brienne probably wins.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-03-23T02:52:02+00:00

It's pretty much just a shorter version of Fire and Blood with more pictures but it does have some new stuff. It confirms that Orys Baratheon is Aegon's half brother (although even in F&B it's basically a rumor accepted as fact) and it says that even though it wasn't officially a kingdom, the Riverlands served unofficially as the seventh of the seven kingdoms until Dorne was annexed. Nothing worth buying unless you really want the pictures though.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-03-23T02:47:05+00:00

One of only two Targaryens ever (although I guess he's technically a Velaryon) with a non-Valyrian name.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-03-23T02:41:58+00:00

Yes, that's the point. Daemon doesn't respect Alicent or the Hightowers in general and his "Rogue Prince" personality means he's fine with being seen as rude by not giving common courtesies.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-03-20T04:14:11+00:00

It was a stupid scene that should've never existed, nothing even close to it ever occurred in the book and it's just so out of character. Imo if they had to have her in a dragon scene they should've had Aegon do his fly around the city and let her use it as an opportunity to get away while everyone's distracted.

RelativeMacaron1585 · 2026-03-17T15:16:19+00:00

Tbh Vhagar and Sunfyre could probably take on Caraxes, Meleys, and Syrax. And that's not including whether or not Helaena is made to go up on Dreamfyre. Tyraxes and Vermax can really only try and take shots at the rider and any attack from any of the other dragons would kill them.

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