It can happen, but it’s hard to imagine that it could change the outcome.

https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/12/14/946080856/who-are-electors-and-how-do-they-get-picked

Generally speaking, the parties send a slate of names to be electors. If Trump wins a state, the electors sent by the GOP are sent to Washington. If Harris wins, the Dem electors are sent. Many (not all) states outlaw faithless electors.

When it does occasionally happen, it’s a useless vote that wouldn’t have changed anything anyway. For a group of party loyalists to all work together to flip the outcome would be … unimaginable, frankly.

You didn’t think they actually spent ten thousand dollars for a hammer and thirty thousand for a toilet seat, did you?

Undocumented Immigrant Offending Rate Lower Than U.S.-Born Citizen Rate

This study offers one logical conclusion: if you want a safer country, deport native-born Texans.

Hanks larger point is that you can answer a lot of questions in life by being more curious than suspicious.

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/08/being-the-first-name-on-the-ballot-has-a-huge-effect/

https://www.khou.com/article/news/verify/do-candidates-who-appear-first-on-ballot-have-advantage/285-fd2626f2-633d-47a6-aef8-9ae45fa29ff4

https://www.npr.org/2016/07/27/487577930/why-the-first-name-on-the-ballot-often-wins

Something like 63% of the US population identifies as Christian. That number is over 75% in Latin America.

If they really wanted more Christians, they’d welcome the immigrants. But that’s just an excuse to cover for the racism.

There’s also Ulysses S. Grant. The “S” was apparently just a mistake on his enrollment at West Point. His birth name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. He tried to switch his first and middle names, but ended up with the initials USG instead of UHG.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ulysses-S-Grant

Giuliani, Cuomo, Bloomberg, Adams…

Somewhere along the line, I’m sure NYC has had a decent mayor, but the recent history has been pretty fucked up.

It’s real:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/us/politics/republican-candidates-wives-ads.html

Derrick Anderson, who is running for an open seat in Virginia’s Seventh District, in a photo with the wife and children of a longtime friend.

https://www.elonowesyou100dollars.com/

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The thing is, there will come a day when only bots will be able to get these right. The only way into a site will be to answer incorrectly, to prove you’re human.

“Well pay you millions of dollars to keep doing your work.”

Ok, but I’m not changing my message, I’m no sellout.

“No worries, it’s perfect as is.”

That’s not a victim, that’s a perpetrator. Whether they knew who was bankrolling the operation or not (they probably did), the fact that their message aligned perfectly with opponents of their country is enough.

But it looks like so much fun

Yeah, it’s not that the fraudsters got past the red tape, there just wasn’t any to begin with.

It was all honor system, and with billions of dollars at stake, honor is the first thing to go.

I’ve always liked Open Camera. Of course YMMV depending on your device.

edit: it’s also on F-Droid if that’s your preferred store.

Christians: God is Lawful Good.
God: Actually more like Chaotic Neutral.

Trump represents modern conservatism, but he himself? I’m not sure he actually stands for a whole lot beyond his own orange bubble.

He’s mostly a blank slate (philosophically and intellectually) that the people around him can use to get their agendas enacted. He surrounds himself with sycophants and bootlickers, so as long as they promise him wealth and power, he is content to parrot the talking points he’s given.

Steven Miller, Steve Bannon, Alex Jones, and all the others…those are the real evil motherfuckers. When Trump is out of the picture, they’ll find some other half-wit to puppet. The fight won’t end when one figurehead fades in to history.

idk, just one dude’s thoughts.

(Just to be clear, none of that absolves him of the real damage he’s done. Malicious indifference is still malicious.)

They may have won the chicken sandwich wars, but Taco Bell will be the only restaurant to survive the franchise wars.

Teacher! They’re calling me names!!

Unlike normal commercial or charter planes, AF1 and AF2 have couches.