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@ronrule @KellyAyotte @NHGOP Parts for a power plant are backlog for more than a year.

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@emmasteuer1 I thought that was a relict of the past due to COVID .

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@KatieMiller That won’t clean windows as well as a window cleaner. Do know what happens when water evaporates?

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@wesbos Ha , the capacitor is what can kill you if you don’t discharge it .

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@RebeccaSlatkin I like this one better

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@RebeccaSlatkin Maybe migrating pictures from a thumb drive .

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@oraclebase First floor equal turf level , LL is below that . But if you walk in and it goes below turf level then you are at LL .

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@EmeraldRobinson They may have sold their x handle to someone else .

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@realJennaEllis Number of bills out since last year

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From Grok: “Under the original U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 3), U.S. Senators were chosen by their state legislatures, not by direct popular vote. This design was deliberate: the framers wanted the Senate to represent the states as sovereign entities in the federal system, acting as a more deliberative, stable check on the directly elected House of Representatives (which was always meant to be the “people’s house”).
• Senators served six-year terms (staggered so only one-third were up for election every two years).
• State legislatures picked them, often through joint sessions or votes.
• The idea was to insulate the Senate from short-term popular passions and give state governments a direct voice in federal policy.
This system lasted from 1789 until 1913, when the 17th Amendment was ratified. It changed the text to: “The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof…” (with provisions for governors to make temporary appointments if needed).
Why the change happened
Progressives and reformers at the time argued that indirect election led to corruption, deadlocks in state legislatures (sometimes leaving seats vacant for years), and undue influence by party machines or big business. Direct election was sold as more democratic.
Relevance to Boebert’s tweet
Boebert’s post (“Why do so many Senate Republicans hate their own voters?”) is venting frustration that many GOP senators seem to resist aggressive Trump-aligned priorities (e.g., the recent stalling of reconciliation/budget fights over the “anti-weaponization” fund, immigration enforcement, etc.). Your point highlights a structural reality: senators were never originally designed to be direct mouthpieces of “the voters” in the same way House members are. The pre-17th Amendment system tied them more closely to state-level political institutions and legislatures, which some conservatives today argue better protected federalism and prevented the Senate from becoming just another populist body beholden to national donors, media, or special interests.
Critics of the 17th Amendment (including some modern conservative groups) say the switch helped turn senators into national celebrities who chase big-money fundraising and D.C. insider status rather than faithfully representing their states’ interests. Supporters counter that it reduced corruption and made the Senate more accountable to ordinary people.
So in the context of Boebert’s complaint, your observation is spot-on: the Senate’s original design was intentionally less about chasing the immediate whims of the electorate and more about state sovereignty. Whether that makes today’s senators “out of touch” or properly insulated is the ongoing debate.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​“

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@MaryBowdenMD @US_FDA Why do they only test for Lyme and never the other tick related diseases? It seems it would be necessary.

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@RebeccaSlatkin If you avoid tall grass and brush I think you will be okay.

My dog used to lay down on the lawn so not sure how you would completely avoid it unless you regularly burn your yard .

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@ScubaKim13 They had tolls back in the day for the bridges .

Some towns in NH have blocked beaches to only locals so it is possible . Not sure how you would enforce that on a state road if that is a state road.

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@connor_mc_d Really your dog doesn’t get you up at 5am. My dog would give me CPR if I didn’t get up . Lol

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@connor_mc_d @onedrive It screws up with the long named Java files . I have to renamed them otherwise they won’t upload .

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@oraclebase Well in that case it must be a kitty cat

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@connor_mc_d Probably have dry eyes from all your flights and they gave you glasses anyway .

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@connor_mc_d Googles with precription lenses ?

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@connor_mc_d I am not sure that is as bad as not having Closed Captions enabled or using default Zoom CC which are not great or using the laptop microphone which is terrible .

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@WallStreetApes Blind is not blind . There is a spectrum .