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  • Bernie Sanders urges progressives to vote Democratic in November

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  • Bernie Sanders urges progressives to vote Democratic in November

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  • On one hand, true. But some things to consider:

    • Only about 1.4 million votes were cast, ~13% of the state's registered voters. If you look at a map of the volume of El-Sayed's votes, this low turnout let a relatively small number of local hot spots swing the election with higher-than-normal turnout due to his focus on them
    • That moneyball strategy succeeding is a good sign regardless of the margin; the opposition spent millions of dollars in big market cities (notably Detroit) and on state wide campaigns and still failed to keep up. Spending from AIPAC and corporate interests was something like 11:1 vs his total campaign spend ($95 per non El-Sayed vote vs $9 for)
    • Michigan has open primaries, meaning any voter could ignore the red side of the ballot (mostly uncontested and landslides) to poison the opponents primary. I'm not sure if this is quantified anywhere, but it's definitely a factor considering republican strategists view the nascent progressive wing as a larger threat than establishment dems

  • Why do YOU think men commit more crime than women?

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  • What a dumb bait question. Putting aside dubious biological pitfalls, the lived experience of men and women are drastically different and have diverged exponentially in the age of digital isolation. You are trying to draw a simple comparison between fundamentally different subjects. Even experts have trouble dissecting this, yet you think that randoms on a digital forums will generate valuable discussion with one-off snowflake opinions? Troll better

  • Trump will declare a ‘national emergency’ before midterms: Bannon

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  • Hey it worked during WW 1 2 ...3?

  • Mamdani concedes he can't arrest Netanyahu but urges U.S. to enforce International Criminal Court warrant

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  • Pretty funny watching the tankie response to this as if it's a huge betrayal and proof that reformist socialism can't work and all candidates are liars and blah blah blah... No mayor in the world has the power to unilaterally arrest a foreign leader unless it's a sovereign city-state like Vatican City. I wonder how they'd react to, say, the mayor of Shanghai arresting Kim Jong Un.

    The whole conversation is grandstanding and purity signaling when we should be talking about actual powers held by Mamdani (and other Mayors/Governors). From high level strategies for divesting from Israel to simple subterfuge and disruption of daily fascist operations.

    "Sorry Netanyahu, looks like every road to your meeting is now under construction. You'll have to walk through the protesters"

  • Mitch McConnell provides proof of life, reveals fall led to hospitalization after weeks of silence

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  • I just want to step back and appreciate the absurdity that, regardless of the cause, voters have absolutely no way to even initiate a replacement process for a senator that has failed to even show up in public (let alone do his job) for a month.

  • DOJ refuses to hand over Epstein files after judge’s order

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  • Ah yes the simple storming of the Capitol that required dark money funding, coordinated agitator training and logistics (quite literally bussing people in for free), sabotage of security procedures, conspiracy to abduct and hold specific elected officials, and on and on...

    AND IT STILL FAILED

    Remind me again how a disorganized rabble of randoms will do better? Sheer moral purity?

  • Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeats 15-term incumbent in Colorado House primary

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  • Tbh pretty accurate to the definition of the word. They're winning in opposition to DNC authority despite all efforts to suppress them.

  • US supreme court rules states can exclude trans athletes from female sports

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  • They did it everyone! They saved America! 🦅🇺🇸 🇺🇸

    ...Now let's dig around the bottom of the barrel and see what new minority boogeyman they can hallucinate

  • Sure could use some sugar about now

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  • Turned it into a free back massage, very innovative!

  • "There's going to be a war": Centrist House Democrats plot Mamdani Caucus counterattack

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  • Insert damn-mamdani-got-hands.meme.jpg

    I'll be very interested to see them wage this "war" because they've been steadily losing ground against progressives for quite a while now. The fact that they had to freeze out Bernie instead of successfully smearing him was a death knell for the corporate power bloc.

  • USA: Slate's New Electric Truck Will Cost Slightly More Than $24,950

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  • The plane trip is a great analogy. There's probably plenty of data on which aircraft can fly it and, optimizations aside, you might have the option of over-fueling to be sure you can accomplish it.

    With a BEV your pitiful energy limit might mean doing all those cross country calculations just to reach the other side of the state. And even then the sheer number of variables (Will I hit traffic? Will a fast charger spot be available at X? When exactly will it drop below freezing? Will my battery be conditioned at start? Does M miles of ~N mi/kWh surface streets beat M-Y miles of highway...) makes it impossible to precisely say.

    You basically have to drive by feel, hence my reckoning of my car needing 1.5-2x dashboard mileage buffer for critical margin trips. I've personally made the exact same trip in different conditions and pulled in from as low as 3% up to 35% battery remaining.

    The only solutions are way better/larger batteries, much smaller cars, or massively expanded charging infrastructure. Unfortunately nothing [affordable] in the market is addressing any of those.

  • USA: Slate's New Electric Truck Will Cost Slightly More Than $24,950

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  • Miles are a bad way to track performance because real life conditions can wildly impact BEV efficiency. I can tell you from first hand experience that towing, elevation changes, or moving at highway speeds in winter can cut per kWh efficiency in half.

    And beyond that, you're supposed to be capping your daily charge limit below 100% for battery longevity. 200 theoretical miles can turn to 160 miles and down to 70 real quick. That can get uncomfortably tight if you miss an overnight charge.

    Frankly, its dumb to criticize people who expect their personal vehicle to perform reasonably well in situations where a personal vehicle should excel. Why own a car if it can't do a round-trip weekend excursion or haul a bit of furniture?

    By your logic everyone should only need a tiny moped with a rain jacket and a backpack. It's irrational to worry about climate control or passengers or suitcases, you statistically never need them.

  • USA: Slate's New Electric Truck Will Cost Slightly More Than $24,950

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  • I'm fairly sure some spying is required by law, like the new driver cam legislation. Wonder how they'll get past that.

  • Is it morally wrong to be non-vegetarian?

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  • Is it morally wrong to ask a bait question on a public forum?

  • Bernie Sanders proposes bill to give the public a 50% stake in AI companies

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  • The fascists currently own that stake anyway, what's the difference?

  • Bernie Sanders proposes bill to give the public a 50% stake in AI companies

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  • Nothing in the legislation reads as a bailout, the government would unilaterally take 50% stake and the associated voting power. The American public is no worse off if it doesn't turn a profit or gets liquidated.

    The bailout would happen when the conservative vultures circle. "We can't let them fail, that would devalue the American portfolio (never mind that this bailout is 2x any value that could ever be gained back)"

  • They are the worst

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  • Guess I don't see it like that. To me both are serving the same function of fashion, but on the back is cheekily pretending it's not and is therefore more disingenuous.

    I also have a strong bias toward aesthetic over statement. There's no reason my T needs to "say" anything any more than a striped or patterned shirt needs to "say" anything. I can just like how it looks or compliments my outfit.

    I'm never going to wear some generic Coca-Cola or beer brand or "I speak sarcasm" shirt. If it's an obvious legible statement (like a local band or charity) then that means it's really important to me and I don't mind looking like a trashy geek.

  • They are the worst

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  • Counterpoint, wearing a graphic on the back feels shallow and self-aggrandizing. You're never going to get to see the graphic you like in a mirror; friends and acquaintances you interface with all day won't see it. It's only for the benefit of anonymous observers behind you that you'll never meet and won't think about you twice.

    It also is more antisocial. It's natural to comment on a graphic when you're face to face (pointing to chest, "oh you also like [Band]?") and hard to broach a conversation from behind when they're probably engaged with something else ("[Band]? Oh right, the shirt, yeah...").

    It's possible to pull it off, but in general I'd rather see someone confidently rocking a 3 wolf moon shirt than an incredible print drifting down the street on some anonymous back.