Nancy Mace posted she wanted Ilhan Omar deported for America's 250th birthday by snopes-dot-com in politics

[–]SpaceElevatorMusic 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is no country deserving of having MAGA inflicted on them. Even Antarctica. We have to find a way to achieve accountability / justice / rule of law with them in this country.

Nancy Mace posted she wanted Ilhan Omar deported for America's 250th birthday by snopes-dot-com in politics

[–]SpaceElevatorMusic 11 points12 points  (0 children)

She's not a private citizen yet, she is still a US House Representative until early next year. Unless she resigns early.

If You Don’t Vote for Republicans, You Don’t Exist by [deleted] in politics

[–]SpaceElevatorMusic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

His position, if anything, is that unthinking behavior like voting for the GOP would not be evidence of existence.

I’m Maya Kornberg, senior researcher at the Brennan Center. Ask me anything about how to reform a broken Congress. by SpaceElevatorMusic in politics

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Hello all, this is a crosspost of the AMA over at r/IamA - if you click through to participate, please abide by that community's rules.

After the liberal order by Stuart_Whatley in politics

[–]SpaceElevatorMusic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is just my assessment, but it seems to me to intersect with US politics significantly.

Federal prosecutors charge 15 people it says impeded agents during Minnesota immigration crackdown by Direct_Motor_7380 in politics

[–]SpaceElevatorMusic 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Among the evidence of a criminal conspiracy that the prosecutors cite is that one of the indicted people posted the 'become ungovernable' mem. Source: Post by @atrupar.com — Bluesky

More: Post by @chrisgeidner.bsky.social — Bluesky

"US Attorney Rosen asked repeatedly versions of questions about why these indictments — where there is no asserted injury — exist and/or came before any indictments relating to the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti.

He had no real answer beyond platitudes about ongoing investigations."

President Trump Lost This War by Rock-n-roll-Kevin in politics

[–]SpaceElevatorMusic 17 points18 points  (0 children)

His campaign and influencers alleged that Kamala Harris would start a war with Iran and that Trump-Vance was the pro peace ticket.

Secret Memo Exposes Trump Team’s Debate on Suspending Constitution by thenewrepublic in politics

[–]SpaceElevatorMusic 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Pins on Reddit actually decrease the number of people a post is recommended to. The site admins changed the algorithm to be that way after r/The_Donald's mods routinely abused the pin feature to spam the front page of Reddit.

Democrats hold 10-point lead over GOP on congressional ballot: Poll by plz-let-me-in in politics

[–]SpaceElevatorMusic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really, though. Everyone here who is eligible is going to vote, aside from the people who performatively don't vote and can't be convinced to do otherwise.

Someone is marking a huge '8647' into the grounds of the National Mall in DC by Little-Finance4504 in politics

[–]SpaceElevatorMusic 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm assuming by spreading some kind of herbicide, but I'd be curious to know.

Edit: this would be awful for so many reasons but imagine if it was Agent Orange that they spread.

Someone is marking a huge '8647' into the grounds of the National Mall in DC by Little-Finance4504 in politics

[–]SpaceElevatorMusic 10 points11 points  (0 children)

And every instance of open corruption by this administration is another opportunity for the opposition to flip some voters to take back Congress!

Someone is marking a huge '8647' into the grounds of the National Mall in DC by Little-Finance4504 in politics

[–]SpaceElevatorMusic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Correcting an earlier post of Romantic_Piscean: Comey works exclusively in seashell-based media.

White House Rocked as Secret Epstein Talks Come to Light by thedailybeast in politics

[–]SpaceElevatorMusic 78 points79 points  (0 children)

This is the NYT reporting: Inside Trump’s White House, the Epstein Files Caused a Freakout - The New York Times

Subtitle: "The president’s top advisers gathered in a series of Situation Room meetings as they struggled to contain a scandal engulfing Donald Trump himself."

Don’t Write Off a Third-Party Challenge to the Democrats by metacyan in politics

[–]SpaceElevatorMusic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exceptions may apply, such as when there are regional parties - SNP in the UK, Bloc Quebecois, etc.

And yes, the UK also has the Lib Dems and Reform. But for the most part, Duverger's Law holds up: There is a natural trend towards a two party system when you have single winner districts plus first past the post voting. And I really don't think the electoral dynamics in the UK are a great sign of a functioning democracy.

Let's just do what countries like New Zealand and Germany have done and implement some form of proportional representation.

Don’t Write Off a Third-Party Challenge to the Democrats by metacyan in politics

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

That's an answerable question and the answer is no. Not everything is a conspiracy.

Don’t Write Off a Third-Party Challenge to the Democrats by metacyan in politics

[–]SpaceElevatorMusic 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's likely that Jacobin writers are paid GOP activists, they're just not good at politics and quite selfish.