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kickingandscreaming
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Nobody capable of critical thinking is surprised.
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J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) on X
The thing that never happens and could never happen and that only evil people predicted would happen has happened again.
Scotland has a King.
Desert Hound
DA
Has @dad4 been made aware of this?
kickingandscreaming
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Of course. Why do you think he disappeared.
kickingandscreaming
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There’s always a reasonable story behind actions - incentives drive behavior. Why did Dems change to support illegal aliens and stop supporting election security? This explains it very well.
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Narrocracy (@narrocracy) on X
Here's how I think it worked: - Intentionally shoddy voter rolls are the feedstock - D SecOfState gives registration data to NGO1 - NGO1 identifies low propensity voters and gives the list to NGO2 - NGO2 oversees a network of local street level ballot harvesters for given lists and targets..which i…
Desert Hound
DA
Related to the fraud Dems and these NGOs participate in....is the latest from CA.There’s always a reasonable story behind actions - incentives drive behavior. Why did Dems change to support illegal aliens and stop supporting election security? This explains it very well.
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Narrocracy (@narrocracy) on X
Here's how I think it worked: - Intentionally shoddy voter rolls are the feedstock - D SecOfState gives registration data to NGO1 - NGO1 identifies low propensity voters and gives the list to NGO2 - NGO2 oversees a network of local street level ballot harvesters for given lists and targets..which i…
CA didn't like the scrutiny on immigrant related companies funding by the state of CA. So what did they do? Just passed a law making it very hard for anyone to find out where the money goes, to whom, and how it is being used.
As part of that bill...
"AB 2624, which California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed in August, extends a privacy program to immigrant-serving nonprofits, their staff, and volunteers, allowing them to acquire substitute addresses in public records rather than their home and business addresses. The law also bans anyone from posting information on the internet with the intent of enabling another person to threaten violence against an immigration support services provider."
Think about that. The state is allowing these organizations to hide where they operate. Why would you do that unless many of these organizations cannot stand to have sunlight shined upon their operations.
The bill also claims that by posting articles about them (the organizations) the person or organization highlighting the fraud can be liable if some other person or entity then threatened them. The obvious scam is this...you are getting bad press about what you do. You claim someone is threatening you...and then the state law allows the state to go after the reporter.
The incentives this law puts in place actively prevents oversight of public funds.
Why do Dems do this Husker and E?
Desert Hound
DA
So Brazil just conducted a national election. Approx 110 million people voted.
Results were available that night.
CA takes up to a month to create a winner.
Results were available that night.
CA takes up to a month to create a winner.
kickingandscreaming
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To save democracy.
kickingandscreaming
PREMIER
It takes time to process enough votes to overturn an election.
Is that a question? I am talking about during the time of William Wallace and my past life as a Highlander. You sir are a dumb fuck and on the wrong side of history again and again. You only know one word, LOSER.
Scotland did not have an active reigning king during the height of William Wallace's rebellion (1297–1305), because the previous monarch,
John Balliol, had been forced to abdicate by King Edward I of England in 1296
Hüsker Dü
DA
Debunking some of the dumbest lines I tend to hear from Republicans on a few topics.
On universal health care: "I'm not paying for someone else's health care!"
What do you think health insurance is? It's you paying into a giant pool of funds used to cover everyone’s health care. Additionally, when people go to an emergency room and can't pay, racking up thousands of dollars in medical bills, do you not realize those expenses are simply rolled into the cost of services — which then drives up prices for everyone?
So, you are already paying for someone else's health care anyway, just at a higher cost because our system is almost entirely built around a for-profit model.
On gun regulations: "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun!"
Do you know why we rarely hear about mass shootings involving fully automatic weapons? Because they are very tightly regulated, making them extremely difficult and expensive to obtain.
So, regulations can work.
And if your stance is that "bad guys will find a way to get them," then why don't we have frequent RPG attacks? Is it maybe because you can't simply buy an RPG at a sporting goods store because they are highly regulated?
Bad guys don't regularly get them because the laws and regulations surrounding them actually work.
On taxes: "We need to cut taxes to create jobs!"
If that's true, then why, following Trump's major tax bill that gave corporations massive tax cuts, did many of the largest companies in the country announce significant layoffs — with more planned?
Also, if tax cuts are essential for economic growth, then why did we reach historic economic highs during the 1990s when Clinton raised taxes on higher-income Americans while also helping balance the budget?
Additionally, if tax cuts create jobs, then how do you continue creating jobs once you've cut taxes as much as possible?
On the national debt: "We are the party of fiscal responsibility!"
Fun fact: During Ronald Reagan's eight years in office, he nearly tripled the national debt.
In fact, no Republican president has balanced the budget since Eisenhower. Additionally, Republicans have added significantly more to the national debt than Democrats, and Donald Trump has already added more to the national debt than any president in history, with over two years still left to serve.
On voting: "Illegal immigrants are voting!"
You need a Social Security number to legally register to vote, and undocumented immigrants do not have them. There are also databases in place to verify whether someone is legally allowed to vote.
The only instances anyone has found of non-citizens being registered to vote were largely linked to software glitches or administrative errors — not "millions" of non-citizens purposely trying to register.
If someone tried to illegally register and then cast a ballot, they could face serious criminal penalties for attempting to cast a single illegal vote — which makes little sense as a strategy.
Also, if undocumented immigrants could vote, and Democrats were rigging elections, why do Republicans currently control the White House and Congress?
On oil production: "We need to drill more here so we can drive down the cost of oil and gas!"
If that were how oil prices worked, and we are currently producing more oil than we ever have — hitting record daily production levels dating back to 2024 under Biden — then why are oil prices still high and gas prices still elevated?
It's because oil is traded on a global market, where prices are determined internationally. It doesn't really matter how much we produce domestically unless we are willing to nationalize the oil industry.
Since we are not, and oil is produced and sold by for-profit companies, it will be sold at the highest market price regardless of how much we ultimately produce.
That is how a conflict involving a strategic waterway near Iran on the other side of the planet can lead to Americans — in the land of "drill, baby, drill" — paying higher prices at the pump.
On social programs such as Medicaid and SNAP: "Millions of illegal immigrants are getting these services!"
No, they are not.
You need proof of citizenship or legal status to receive Medicaid or SNAP benefits, and undocumented immigrants do not have that documentation.
Much like voting, these programs use verification systems designed to prevent people who are here illegally from receiving these benefits.
On being pro-life: "We're the party that is pro-life and strongly opposes abortion!"
Okay, other than opposing abortion — which you claim makes you "pro-life" — can you name a single other policy backed by Republicans that protects life?
You cut funding for vital social services that provide food, shelter, and health insurance to millions. Your party eliminated USAID, which likely contributed to preventable deaths in impoverished countries around the world. You strongly oppose additional gun regulations while guns remain one of the leading causes of death among children.
And your economic policies support a system that benefits the wealthiest among us while often leaving the most vulnerable and needy behind.
So, please cite the major policies Republicans have pushed for and passed that protect life, other than being anti-abortion, that justify the "pro-life" label.
Alright, I'll end it there.
Obviously, there are many more topics I could cover, but these are a few of the biggest ones.
The empty, nonsensical talking points used by Republicans have allowed the party to become masters at claiming it represents values that its actions often contradict.
Such as being the "party of Christian family values" while completely selling out to someone who represents the antithesis of what Jesus Christ teaches in the Bible — Donald J. Trump.
It's a party that really stands for nothing other than "trying to own those libs."
That's it — that's the entire platform of today's Republican Party.
On universal health care: "I'm not paying for someone else's health care!"
What do you think health insurance is? It's you paying into a giant pool of funds used to cover everyone’s health care. Additionally, when people go to an emergency room and can't pay, racking up thousands of dollars in medical bills, do you not realize those expenses are simply rolled into the cost of services — which then drives up prices for everyone?
So, you are already paying for someone else's health care anyway, just at a higher cost because our system is almost entirely built around a for-profit model.
On gun regulations: "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun!"
Do you know why we rarely hear about mass shootings involving fully automatic weapons? Because they are very tightly regulated, making them extremely difficult and expensive to obtain.
So, regulations can work.
And if your stance is that "bad guys will find a way to get them," then why don't we have frequent RPG attacks? Is it maybe because you can't simply buy an RPG at a sporting goods store because they are highly regulated?
Bad guys don't regularly get them because the laws and regulations surrounding them actually work.
On taxes: "We need to cut taxes to create jobs!"
If that's true, then why, following Trump's major tax bill that gave corporations massive tax cuts, did many of the largest companies in the country announce significant layoffs — with more planned?
Also, if tax cuts are essential for economic growth, then why did we reach historic economic highs during the 1990s when Clinton raised taxes on higher-income Americans while also helping balance the budget?
Additionally, if tax cuts create jobs, then how do you continue creating jobs once you've cut taxes as much as possible?
On the national debt: "We are the party of fiscal responsibility!"
Fun fact: During Ronald Reagan's eight years in office, he nearly tripled the national debt.
In fact, no Republican president has balanced the budget since Eisenhower. Additionally, Republicans have added significantly more to the national debt than Democrats, and Donald Trump has already added more to the national debt than any president in history, with over two years still left to serve.
On voting: "Illegal immigrants are voting!"
You need a Social Security number to legally register to vote, and undocumented immigrants do not have them. There are also databases in place to verify whether someone is legally allowed to vote.
The only instances anyone has found of non-citizens being registered to vote were largely linked to software glitches or administrative errors — not "millions" of non-citizens purposely trying to register.
If someone tried to illegally register and then cast a ballot, they could face serious criminal penalties for attempting to cast a single illegal vote — which makes little sense as a strategy.
Also, if undocumented immigrants could vote, and Democrats were rigging elections, why do Republicans currently control the White House and Congress?
On oil production: "We need to drill more here so we can drive down the cost of oil and gas!"
If that were how oil prices worked, and we are currently producing more oil than we ever have — hitting record daily production levels dating back to 2024 under Biden — then why are oil prices still high and gas prices still elevated?
It's because oil is traded on a global market, where prices are determined internationally. It doesn't really matter how much we produce domestically unless we are willing to nationalize the oil industry.
Since we are not, and oil is produced and sold by for-profit companies, it will be sold at the highest market price regardless of how much we ultimately produce.
That is how a conflict involving a strategic waterway near Iran on the other side of the planet can lead to Americans — in the land of "drill, baby, drill" — paying higher prices at the pump.
On social programs such as Medicaid and SNAP: "Millions of illegal immigrants are getting these services!"
No, they are not.
You need proof of citizenship or legal status to receive Medicaid or SNAP benefits, and undocumented immigrants do not have that documentation.
Much like voting, these programs use verification systems designed to prevent people who are here illegally from receiving these benefits.
On being pro-life: "We're the party that is pro-life and strongly opposes abortion!"
Okay, other than opposing abortion — which you claim makes you "pro-life" — can you name a single other policy backed by Republicans that protects life?
You cut funding for vital social services that provide food, shelter, and health insurance to millions. Your party eliminated USAID, which likely contributed to preventable deaths in impoverished countries around the world. You strongly oppose additional gun regulations while guns remain one of the leading causes of death among children.
And your economic policies support a system that benefits the wealthiest among us while often leaving the most vulnerable and needy behind.
So, please cite the major policies Republicans have pushed for and passed that protect life, other than being anti-abortion, that justify the "pro-life" label.
Alright, I'll end it there.
Obviously, there are many more topics I could cover, but these are a few of the biggest ones.
The empty, nonsensical talking points used by Republicans have allowed the party to become masters at claiming it represents values that its actions often contradict.
Such as being the "party of Christian family values" while completely selling out to someone who represents the antithesis of what Jesus Christ teaches in the Bible — Donald J. Trump.
It's a party that really stands for nothing other than "trying to own those libs."
That's it — that's the entire platform of today's Republican Party.
Chelsea dad g09
SILVER
You sure? I dont want to prepare for the end of democracy and have it not happen, again.
Hüsker Dü
DA
So ... Iran is defeated but also somehow able to strike US targets 2700 miles from its borders inside a NATO country on the other side of Europe. And the threat is so credible, the US withdrew its force rather than face it.
Huh.
I don't know about you, but I'm eager to learn how this is all Joe Biden's fault.
Chelsea dad g09
SILVER
Chelsea dad g09
SILVER
Its not. Its Obamas fault.