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Cake day: July 13th, 2023

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  • That said I would vote AOC at the drop of a hat because she’s a woman and I want a first woman president to happen.

    Stop. Just fucking stop. We should absolutely have had women be President by now and that is a valid desire. But it is not a good basis on it’s own to decide your vote. Be more discerning.

    Additionally, she’s smart and has been on the side of the people.

    These are good bases for deciding your vote. Policy, ethics, character, competence, intelligence, etc. These are reasons to vote for AOC. She is a good choice in all those regards. These should be your first reasons, not her vagina.

    As an example she has not shot any of her dogs.

    Again, stop. AOC is a good choice on her own merit, not just in juxtaposition to the craziest crazies of the right. If you set the bar at being “Not Trump” or “Not Kristi Noem” or not whoever, that’s where people get the idea that your candidate has nothing else to offer.

    Assuming we get another election, if it ends up coming down to Newsom v Trump, or Vance, or whatever GOP goon builds enough of a following after Trump kicks it, he’ll almost certainly have my vote because the alternative is insanity. But Newsom is a classic neo-liberal pro-capitalist, anti-homeless opportunist. He only looks good next to Trump. On his own, he’s a greasy sleezeball classic politician. If we want real change, we need a true progressive.










  • Just remember that with challenges like that, the main purpose is to guage your problem solving skills. You don’t necessarily have to complete the challenge in time, don’t necessarily have to make it work error free, etc. They want to see how you work through it all. Don’t get me wrong, if you ace the challenge, that’s great. But they mostly want to make sure you have the fundamentals and skills to comprehend the problem and work through to a solution.


  • I doubt that he’s being fired for incompetence. For one, he was clearly never hired for competence. He was hired for being a familiar face and a sycophant like all the others. For another, he’s far from the only incompetent and embarassing cabinet member in the regime. I think Pete got a bit too big for his britches for Trump. He’s the only one in the administration that I think could actually get a fair amount of the MAGA cult to follow him personally after Trump’s demise and would have been in a prime position to attempt a coup on Vance if and when that happens. Trump likely doesnt give a shit what happens after he’s bounced from this plane of existence, but he might see Hegseth as a threat sooner rather than later.