@FitheachBoirean@steventimelord@_MrSteal_YoGirl My point is we shouldn't have to rely on catching and severely punishing every caller to protect innocent people from swatting. Unverified reports should never result in shootings. Not arguing that we should not punish callers more, but needs to be more than that.
@FitheachBoirean@steventimelord@_MrSteal_YoGirl It should be on the cops to conduct themselves professionally. If they are so trigger happy and unprofessional that they kill innocent people over a hoax phone call, that is the central issue, not that punishment for false reports is too lenient, but it also might be.
@KyleLuebkeCLT States need a mixed proportional system. Districts still exist but parties also have a list that people vote on for at-large candidates. Once the districts are decided you add the top members from the at-large list until it matches the popular vote. Gerrymandering becomes useless
@Shiftant I do not understand why so many minorities know their parents and grandparents fought and suffered to win the right to vote, and then they just do not vote. If voting did not mater billionaires wouldn't be spending so much to influence it.
@Vi_x333@JCtheonee I like how people just learning politics think the house speakership is some desirable job everyone is fighting over, no it is basically a lot of chores, herding cats, and putting a media target on your back. Pelosi was good, but look at Boehner, Ryan, McCarthy etc.
@hoodfarquaad If you have red/green color blindness you are basically tiger dinner, see why trichromacy became so dominant. I thought the red cone was for finding ripe fruit, but feel like not getting eaten was maybe more of a selection filter.
@bryan_eric60309@NorthStarRight The GOP starting in the 80s and 90s appealed to the suburbs, they have consistently won them by a few points. This year they lost them by like 18 or 19 pts. You can win if you lose cities, tie in suburbs, and win rural, you cannot win if you get blown out in the suburbs.
@TiradeYT@TheOmniLiberal Tax cuts increase the deficit. You end up paying more than you get back via inflation. We should only have tax cuts when we have a surplus and our paying down the debt. The GOP always promises that they will and never do. Selfish fucks always stealing from future generations.
@Awwrnold I really love that Mike Johnson's smug mug will always be on the record for this historic loss. Students and election nerds in 50 years looking up 2026 will connect his face with historic losses.
@lfppersonal@SwannMarcus89 I'm a big believer in the big tent and there are lots of places for progressives. But how can you not see winning over Texas was the bigger win than holding Michigan or a NYC mayor? I like both of them. I donated to AED and Talarico.
@regularhuman0@KareemRifai I think we can hopefully move past relitigating 2024 but either due to candidate quality or lack of time she never was able to define herself. To the DSA leftist she was basically a MAGA Republican, to the Republicans she was Mao's second coming
@YouChampoReds@comrade_jeff_@_sn_n I mean you don't even have to learn the difference in their names one literally says "Republican" "incumbent" next to them. If you knew his full name or knew you wanted to vote for Republican or knew wanted to reelect the incumbent, you'd be fine.
@JustElexMaps As much as GOP likes to indict democrats with net migration to red states, I wonder if we actually did this by red vs blue county instead. I bet blue counties are winning by miles. People aren't moving to rural FL or TN.