@ClearAudacity @Rickisback_ON_X @Buggzter @douglassmackey The Alaska method is good. A jungle primary, top 4 make it to the general election, ranked choice voting in the general.
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@Rickisback_ON_X @Buggzter @douglassmackey Mind you, this is why I hate jungle primaries. That we are talking like this is a perversion of good government.
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Swalwell has not dropped out yet. He will soon, since he has no more donors and his website is closed and not accepting any new donors. However, California rules state that he must remain on the ballot for Governor since he failed to drop out prior to the drop date.
This could be fun.
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@dilanesper It's true.
Greatest jurist is defined as "always votes for what is in the interest of the republican party and/or the conservative movement.
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what is this guy smoking?
Jeremy Christiansen@TradVat2
Justice Alito is a patriot and the greatest jurist to sit on the Supreme Court in my lifetime.
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@estherzelda0514 @CartoonsHateHer had a piece a couple months ago. Candidates who fuck are more electable.
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Whatever you believe about whether Swalwell sexually assaulted anyone, it is looking increasingly like he frequently cheated on his wife and engaged in an inappropriate amount of drinking around staffers. That type of behavior is not compatible with any serious elected office, in my opinion.
As Democrats, we need to sit down and discuss why so many men in American politics behave like this, and why, with that in mind, we think that being a female politician is less electorally appealing. What is it about men that act this way that makes them charismatic to voters? What is it about women, in general, that does not?
Whichever way these accusations go, the fact remains that female politicians cannot act this way, and never have acted this way, and yet, their very integrity somehow makes them less compelling to the media, their colleagues, donors, and voters. What does this say about us as a society? Nothing good, I'm sure.
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@kylegriffin1 @joncoopertweets They have to be convicted first before they can be pardoned. We’ll wait until they’re out of the White House.
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BREAKING WSJ:
Trump has repeatedly promised his top administration officials pardons before he leaves office, according to people who have heard his comments.
"I'll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval," Trump said in a recent meeting.
wsj.com/politics/polic…
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@AliceFromQueens @RichardHanania Enough talking about coddled affluent professional.
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@RichardHanania Elite MAGA men yearn to be spanked by strong women. We know this from my account.
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Recently, the NY Post ran a story about Kristi Noem's husband Bryan, whose family wishes he would leave her due to her basically open affair with Corey Lewandowski.
It turns out, Bryan is a crossdresser who likes to wear giant fake boobs and leggings showing off his curves. He sent pictures like these to women he met online who he would send money to.
He sent at least $25,000 to his online roster.
Oh yeah, and he was doing this while his wife was running DHS.
Is he an autogynephilia? Or was it revenge for getting cucked by Corey? Note his face is clearly visible in many of the photos, and he even discussed the affair. Perhaps both?
I have a book coming out on how populism leads to the worst people being in power across a wide variety of dimensions. You should preorder.
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@ASFleischman @blorksnksnn IIRC it was in a car parked on a street. Defense was dude had an argument with his girlfriend and went to the car to sleep it off.
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@HumanCynicToday @blorksnksnn Usually that's when you like, pass out at red light
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A prosecutor today said he'd have no trouble trying a DUI against me, but it's "boring" for him because he usually handles rapes and murders. And then he said "of course I don't mean to denigrate YOUR experience."
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@ASFleischman @blorksnksnn An acquaintance was a juror on a DUI case like that. They convicted the guy.
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@blorksnksnn I have no idea why he thought he could win. My client got wasted at a bar and passed out in his car.
Literally too drunk to drive
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@PeterMoskos Kind of like missing n g persons that get extensive coverage.
Its always an attractive white young woman.
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I'm not defending. Just explaining.
The only "random" murder victims that get / keep public-attention / media-traction are college-going or college-educated non-black women.
Seriously. Can you name another?
I don't make the rules. I don't like the rules.
nypost.com/2026/03/11/us-…
John M Chell@JohnMChell
I have a serious question for New Yorkers and supporters of @ZohranKMamdani . Why won’t our mayor acknowledge the murder of 83 year old Richard Williams. A cancer survivor and a military veteran of our 🇺🇸. A man who fought for the very freedoms that allow our city and country to flourish today. Where is the media asking the mayor - why no respectful acknowledgement? I’m not even including that the perpetrator was a migrant. Where is Room 9 in City Hall? Mr Williams appears to be a nice elderly man who thrown to the tracks in a NYC subway station and no respectable acknowledgment from our mayor. Sad. Anyone want to opine? @JustinBrannan @SalAlbaneseNYC @politico @THECITYNY @nytimes @Gothamist @nypost @samraskinz @sidrosenberg19
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@georgejone66403 @ProsecutorsPod What was the constitutional basis for Bush vs Gore decision "limited to the present circumstances"?
Scalia was a hack.
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@ProsecutorsPod Scalia had a constitutional basis for his opinion.
Jackson has a political basis for her opinion.
Those are not the same.
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Personally I think people are completely misreading Jackson. She's not dumb; she's uninterested in following legal principles she doesn't agree with. She's not unlike Scalia in the early days, and I think the future of liberal jurisprudence is much more likely to look like her than Kagan.
Legal Phil@Legal_Fil
I’m trying to think of the last justice whose elicited so many “I can’t believe I have to explain this to you” reactions from his or her own side.
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@Suzierizzo1 Sounds like Afroman needs to write a song about the judge.
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The Judge during the Afroman trial let them know that he didn’t like him & apparently didn’t like their verdict either & the Jury is speaking out about it because they say what he did was wrong.People are saying he needs to step down now because it doesn’t matter what he thinks.
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@dilanesper I dont interact with a lot of MAGA people but the people I know who have followed this case are very pro Afroman.
Tiny sample but I don't see any support for the police against Afroman among MAGA.
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A quick comment on Afroman. I think a lot of liberals have caricatures of midwestern folks' views about race and the police, and there's a lot of bipartisan disdain for juries. So it's worth noting that an Ohio jury bought a free speech argument by an LA rapper sued by cops.
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@AliceFromQueens @feelsdesperate Do you two have a Dom/sub thing going on?
He comes back for abuse.
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That clown MD, @feelsdesperate, was just scoffing at my notion that Trump was an enemy of academic medical research.
He cited a stable NIH budget to prove... nothing pertinent.
Trump tried cutting NIH last year. Congress & courts got in his way.
Now Trump is trying again.
Ariel Cohen@ArielCohen37
Scoop: the White House is planning to propose a 20% cut to the NIH in the President's budget next week rollcall.com/2026/03/27/sou…
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I have to admit, that quote in the Slate article where Lindy says this book has to float her family for the next few years, I'm like, what is this? A family that consists of two other able-bodied adults. Why is this all on her? And then I feel guilty for being judgmental, but honestly. What in Sam Hill is going on? lolol
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@MadelaineLucyH 76 percent of marriages the couples are within 5 years.
Median age gap the male is 2.5 years older.
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There is no possible situation where 19 year old Emily turns up with 38 year old Jerry and her uni friends don’t think it’s really creepy and weird. Sorry lads
Motivemode@Motivemodee
The Psychology of Attraction Between Younger Women and Older Men (Once you see this, you can’t unsee it) THREAD
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@al_alj7 @GrantSlatton This. And add veterinary care to the list.
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@GrantSlatton Corporate dentistry and corporate medicine in general are horrible. Employees are trained and pressured to increase profits and cut costs.
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dentistry is like the one medical-adjacent profession where outright fraud is a common issue normal consumers have to watch out for
why
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@JillFilipovic People in Lindy West's orbit are awful.
Afroman is awesome.
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I do not want to be invested in this discourse but I am so invested in this discourse.
ashley ray@theashleyray
what do you mean lindy west's husband sent scaachi koul an insane email after her super polite profile and now i have to listen to a podcast
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@QuestsAbroad Jerry Seinfeld said the difference between a Jew and a Frenchman is that a Frenchman will leave without saying goodbye.
The Jew will say goodbye but never leave.
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The absolute best way to understand the difference between US and Mexican culture is to watch how people leave a dinner party.
🇺🇸 The US: You wait for a lull in conversation, announce to the table that it is getting late, thank the host, and walk to your car.
Total time: five minutes max
🇲🇽 The Mexican: You announce you are leaving. This initiates a new round of conversation. Ten minutes later, you stand up. Then you go to every single person in the room for a hug, a kiss on the cheek, and a small departing chat.
Total time: thirty minutes, at least
It is an entire social event you have to build into your schedule, but it’s one of the many reasons Mexican culture feels so warm and welcoming.
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@roddreher This unites the country. Both the woke left and the MAGA right love afroman.
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@ianmcilloney @lepslair @TheJFreakinC One of the cops was caught on camera looking at lemon pound cake the way JD Vance looks at couches.
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@lepslair @TheJFreakinC Why is the "cake" funny? I know I am missing something here, but I can't figure out what?
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This is the funniest thing I’ve seen on the internet.
Afroman had his house raided by Ohio Adam County deputies… who found absolutely nothing… broke his door, trashed his place, allegedly had $400 go missing… and then they refused to pay for the damages.
So, like any reasonable rapper would do…
He turned his home security footage into music videos, mocking them.
And then, the deputies sued him for FOUR MILLION dollars… because they didn’t like being made fun of.
And Afroman’s response?
He dropped ANOTHER music video.
In his own words:
“Unconfidential informant lied to Police to get out of some trouble. Adam County Sherriff officers made a mistake by believing the lie. Raided my house, found nothing, refused to pay for the damages and filed a lawsuit against me, Afroman, for exercising my freedom of speech! This is me holding trial in one song. I hope you enjoy it.”
They said his videos “ridiculed” them… so he decided to show them what that actually looks like.
And the best part?
A jury basically said… yeah… you don’t get to raid someone’s home, end up in their surveillance footage, and then cry because they used it to make fun of you.
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@Tyler_A_Harper @dilanesper My takeaway is everyone in Lindy West's orbit sucks and Afroman is awesome.
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If I have this right, West’s husband says West is racist for not letting him cheat, West says her critics are racist for being mean to her husband’s Iranian girlfriend on Persian New Year, and now the Iranian girlfriend says the Slate writer is racist for noticing Aham sucks?
Slate@Slate
Kate Lindsay and Scaachi Koul discuss the internet’s response to Lindy West’s new book—and how its subjects are firing back. slate.trib.al/x5cLKHQ
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