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@souljagoyteller I think the funniest part is that Sanchez is a Castillo dead-ender too. So ready for him to win by 0.1%

It’s poetic how this ends up being every Peruvian election

@CaseyReadReeder @ettingermentum Mississippi has runoffs so it really doesn’t matter. Maybe argument to be had that he helps democrats since they might do better via turnout differentials in a runoff.

@ettingermentum Who the fuck is Ty Pinkins? Why is he trying to deny Democrats a seat?

WE are ALL falling for this

@NewsWire_US Well, RIP any chance of a deal

VANCE TO JOIN U.S. DELEGATION FOR IRAN TALKS IN PAKISTAN: CNN

@Prshredder @esjesjesj Which party supports the exact kinds of policies Elon is describing that would be essential for the continuation of society in the events he is describing, and which party opposes those policies? And which party does Elon throw oodles of money at?

@esjesjesj Good one dick weasel. Explain to everyone how things should work when AI takes over physical and intellectual work. When humans are emancipated from labor. What is your solution? Otherwise, shut the fuck up.

“Don’t worry about my AI taking your job, the government will make you rich with socialist policies that I have spent millions campaigning against.”

@giajules2000 @AaronRegunberg @Patrick22310435 It’s about putting society at large before a small group of people who already have more money than they will ever need in their entire life.

@AaronRegunberg @Patrick22310435 And it’s still theft, dumbass

It's literally -- literally -- a tax on empty luxury properties that nobody lives in. These people already live in Florida, you dumbass.

@NewsWire_US And how does praising military tactics make you evil? Do people who praise the military tactics of Napoleon suddenly become dictators themselves? What is anyone supposed to be offended by here?

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner praised Hamas tactics — JInsider

The government won't force you to vaccinate your kids, because we have certain principles about bodily autonomy and parental rights in this country. Even when the results are awful. We still have certain principles about personal choice. But with trans healthcare, there's a huge and growing movement to take away families' rights to make their own medical decisions about this kind of care. Even many liberal and centrist publications and commentators will constantly debate the quality of scientific evidence for youth gender medicine--at worst, the argument seems to be "we're not sure if it works, because there just isn't a lot of high-quality evidence." The implicit argument is that if the science is insufficiently compelling, the state would be justified to remove the liberty of families to make these choices for themselves. That state legislatures, or Congress, would be warranted in making these healthcare choices *for* American families--because the science is ambiguous. But where the science it *totally unambiguous*--on the benefits and safety of vaccination, or the necessity in many emergencies for blood transfusions, we let anti-vaxxers put their children (and other children!) at risk. We let Jehovah's Witnesses deprive their children of lifesaving emergency care. In other words, we are so committed, as a country, to the freedom of families and individuals to make their own choices about their bodies and their healthcare, that we allow them even to make *objectively very bad choices*. Except, apparently, when it comes to transgender healthcare. Here, we make an exception. Here, Congress gets to choose for you. In this one area, you are not to be permitted the freedom to make choices for yourself or your child. The government will tell you what you can and cannot do, as a parent. You're allowed to make medical decisions for your child that result *directly* in their death; but you're not allowed to get them healthcare that you and your child sincerely believe is necessary for their flourishing and health--not if that healthcare challenges people's norms about sex and gender.

@emarion1234 @ettingermentum Warnock won twice! By a lot! Kamala Harris did better than her! By a lot! I think ascribing the issue to race is dangerous, as it stops us from diagnosing the actual problems

@ettingermentum Nah ga is just racist she wasn’t bad

Abrams was legitimately the worst of all time man

This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted. To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat.

@draken1721 @NewsWire_US *Classic Republican priorities

@NewsWire_US Space exploration gets gutted while defense contractors get fat. Classic government priorities 💀

White House Proposes 23% Cut to NASA Budget for 2027 to Fund Hike in Defense Spending

Republicans believe that poor people should have no enjoyment in their life. They should spend all their time working or die. This is a necessary sacrifice so that rich people can have even more money that they will never even use to buy anything.

@henrygeorgestan @hecubian_devil Progressives != Socialist Left Similar, but different. Like Rand Paul vs the Freedom Caucus.

@hecubian_devil Not outsourcing basic governmental functions, absolutely, but progressives usually love that kind of outsourcing (e.g., turning over most antihomelessness work to nonprofits). You usually bring in consultants, though, for special projects where the govt lacks expertise.

The obvious difference between Mamdani/DSA/socialists and the Right, in this area, is that we don’t think you can close the whole budget gap this way. We also want to raise revenue. But we have a generalized opposition to outsourcing and every efficiency helps. It counts.

A neglectful landlord is a bad landlord. We won't accept that. We won a settlement. We monitored. We came back to check.

@CrudeCO77 @RepDavid The one thing I will say is that non college educated immigrants actually *do* add a slight amount of debt. But they add more GDP than they do debt. That is just a fact. Thus, I’d argue a net positive, but that is the only place where there IS room for reasonable debate.

@CrudeCO77 @RepDavid “You’re telling me that the reason we see is because tiny invisible particles called “photons” shoot into our eyeballs just because we have tons of scientific research and experiments proving it?” Yes! There is an objective reality that we live in! Facts are facts! Data is data!

At what point do we stop calling this budgeting and start calling it national decline? We went from $38 trillion to $39 trillion in debt in 147 days. Debt moving that fast means interest takes a bigger cut and the debt markets get a bigger say. If we intend to save this country, we have to do the hard policy on health care, growth, and productivity before the bond markets do it for us.

@CrudeCO77 @RepDavid Removing foreigners would simply add trillions more to the debt. They contribute vastly more in revenue than they take out.

@RepDavid you can fix this in 5 years by simply kicking all foreigners out and off the tax dime and ending handouts to NGOs and special interests

@LeroyTheElk @rowanfornow He would have no chance either way. He ran as a Dem 2 cycles ago and got blown out. Even if he miraculously was coming close, the Rounds could just pound him with attacks about that and he instantly loses. Too red a state.

@rowanfornow there's an independent named Brian Bengs but Dems might not be willing to step out of the way

Any Dakota-heads know if there's a prominent Democrat there who could put it in play?

Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.  Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. They want relief from the affordability crisis. They want peace. I am focused on making sure that every New Yorker is safe. I have been in contact with our Police Commissioner and emergency management officials. We are taking proactive steps, including increasing coordination across agencies and enhancing patrols of sensitive locations out of an abundance of caution. Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city — you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.

@PollTracker2024 Brian Bengs will (unfortunately) lose by ~22

PPP | 2/17-2/18 RV US Senate South Dakota 2026 (Initial ballot) 🟥Mike Rounds 47% (incumbent) ⬜️Brian Bengs 35% — (Post-bio ballot) ⬜️Brian Bengs 42% 🟥Mike Rounds 42% (incumbent) — 🟥Mike Rounds 49% (incumbent) 🟦Julian Beaudion 32% Undecided 19% Link to poll: hub.nationaljournal.com/a-midterm-emer…

@hungryhungryhhh @dioscuri Exactly this. I think AI has the potential to make a lot of lives better. But only well regulated and in the right hands. Instead, it is in the hands of the ultra-rich who only care about sucking more money from the poor and middle class. So it will make a lot of lives worse.

@dioscuri As a young guy, I see the future, my privacy, my life and agency being gambled by tech billionaires who hate the common population. Whats not to love

As a generally pro-AI 41 year-old parent, I've been surprised how anti-AI my 12 year-old son is. I'm used to young people being pro- new technology (I certainly was). But my son is genuinely pretty negative on AI. Still processing why this is.