Random Politics Thread

[Coriolis]

Yes, of course.

But that isn't stopping the Nationalists from taking over and disenfranchasing/oppressing minority groups. It's nice that the needy can be helped, but it won't matter if they are being run into the ground and/or simply dead.

I was pointing out more that progressive Christians dropped the ball in political messaging to match their direct actions, ceding the floor to the reactionaries. We are all paying for that now.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

I thought this was interesting.

This is what happens when a wind farm comes to a coal town

Key takeaway: there aren't enough jobs in wind to replace the coal that's being phased out (a process that has been happening since the 1920s). I am sympathetic to those concerns, but I am unsure what should be done about it.

 

[The Cat]

 

[ceecee]

Happy to have voted uncommitted in the Michigan primary.

 

[Virtual ghost]

Senator Mitch McConnell to leave top Republican post

 

[SensEye]

That's a good start. One old fossil gone. Although I shudder to think who might replace him in the Trump era.

 

[The Cat]

Senator Mitch McConnell to leave top Republican post

Be careful what one wishes for. Is a lesson that is soon to be taught. Whether it will be learned...we shall see.

 

[Virtual ghost]

That's a good start. One old fossil gone. Although I shudder to think who might replace him in the Trump era.

Yeap, this is one more piece of the old GOP that will be gone out of the equation. Thus if Trump wins in November the GOP will fully be the party of Trump. The opposition within the party is basically evaporating across the map.

 

[Virtual ghost]

As McConnell steps down, Ukraine loses a powerful GOP mega booster


The obvious questions are already opening.

 

[The Cat]

 

[The Cat]

 

[ceecee]

Be careful what one wishes for. Is a lesson that is soon to be taught. Whether it will be learned...we shall see.

Correct. But it's fun to watch these jabroni mfers fall all over themselves thinking they'll get the spot.

 

[The Cat]

Correct. But it's fun to watch these jabroni mfers fall all over themselves thinking they'll get the spot.

 

[The Cat]

 

[Virtual ghost]

2024 House Election Interactive Map

New consensus map.

 

[Virtual ghost]

Overview and Results: Republican Caucuses in Idaho, Michigan, and Missouri


If Super Tuesday will look like this Haley should just drop out so that Biden can get clear opponent. Since in that case it is evident that it is the time to fire up the main show that is the general.

 

[Virtual ghost]

States can’t kick Trump off ballot, Supreme Court says


As expected, they shouldn't have done this. Now he just looks like a victim.

 

[The Cat]

 

[SensEye]

States can’t kick Trump off ballot, Supreme Court says


As expected, they shouldn't have done this. Now he just looks like a victim.

Yep. Another misstep by the Democrats. The biggest one being putting up Biden as the contender. They seem to be banking on the legal system saving their ass, but with a pro-Trump supreme court, I suspect all the important trials will be delayed until post election (and then dropped if Trump wins).

 

[Totenkindly]

Eh, I guess it's just codified now that if anyone is going to be excluded from a federal election, it has to be decided by a federal power rather than a state.

you guys speculate a lot on the end result of everything, but it's not clear how it's going to sift out yet.