stinerman [Ohio]

That’s absolutely true, especially for a paper like the LA Times. I am dubious that there is any appreciable effect when it comes to random blogs and so forth.

In California, it doesn’t matter because the results are already known. In other states the calculus is a bit different.

Voting for a minor party in terms of the effect on the outcome is approximately equivalent to not voting.

first past the post voting is a broken system and that main party candidates should make more effort to fix this glaring hole in the voting system.

The Democratic Party would rather lose to the Republican Party than change the rules to allow for a multi-party system.

That aside, the major parties don’t want to reform the system they have because it’s worked very well for them. Our parties are incredibly old by world standards. The Democrats have been around since the 18th century, and the Republicans have been around since the 1850s.

I think this is not quite correct. You’re absolutely right that 6 weeks is basically the same thing as a full ban, but it’s based on last period rather than from conception. Which is even worse. They assume that women conceived the day after their period.

A woman could become pregnant late in her menstrual cycle, but the 6 weeks counts from the previous period. So she could really be only a few weeks from conception but closer to 5-6 weeks based on the ban math.

Gerrymandering is a hell of a drug.

“Free speech absolutist” means “you are required to hear everything I have to say and you can’t criticize me for it.”

I’m shocked he doesn’t have an IRA (unless that doesn’t count). Given his previous jobs, it passes the smell test that he doesn’t have a 401k.

I’m sure his pensions are invested in a wide range of stocks and bonds, but he doesn’t directly hold them.

Live look at @TheFonz.

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Live by the sword, die by the sword.

This. If you’re a meme stock (Tesla), you have to keep it that way or else everyone is losing their shirts.

Hey, many actual members of the bar have said it is now legal (in that he is immune from prosecution) for Joe Biden to order the military to kill Donald Trump. You’ll forgive me if I trust their analysis over that of oxjox@lemmy.ml.

The President can fire employees that refuse to have sex with him. Firing executive branch employees is well within the President’s power. If they don’t submit to him, he can fire them. Official act.

No, he can just order members of Congress to be executed until they pass the law he wants.

Taco Bell most likely.

Yeah I’m pretty angry and anxious too. Angry that a person like Donald Trump could outdraw Vermin Supreme.

Kentucky Mule here. Bourbon rather than vodka.

I also recommend Bundaberg ginger beer in any mule.

It’s certainly possible. My opinion has long been that politicians are not really all that responsive to public opinion.

Without taking a position on what you’re saying, do you think it’s at all possible that making those choices could lose more voters than they’d gain? I honestly don’t know, but changing a position on any issue runs the risk of losing votes as well.