Even Maine Democrat voters were confused by 'Rank Choice Voting' - multiple graphics were produced to try to to help the public understand the 10 day +/- process.
*One of the key features to RCV is to create an alliance of candidates that cannot win on their own. Collectively they can pull enough votes from the candidate that would normally win - forcing multiple rounds of RCV. The 'alliance' candidates convince their supporters to vote rank choice their friends.
@LeaderJohnThune has to go. Watching this weak man on Fox. What a sad excuse for a leader. He needs to be replaced now or Republicans may find themselves very short on votes this Fall.
@ScottPresler I really don’t think the Republicans understand. How much is at risk if they do not pass this. Their supporters, that they count on in November, might not be there for them.
@Kia never by a vehicle from this company.
They strung me along for a month, ordering more and more tests and charging me more and more money and then at the end of the day just said yeah we’re not covering it. No explanation as to why they’re not covering it. Just no, we’re not gonna cover it. Zero customer service from this company. Stay away from them at all costs. By the way, this is a known engine recall issue that they’re refusing to cover because they miraculously told me it’s not related but can’t tell me why it’s not related. Give the customers the runaround until they give up right?
@LauraLoomer Had anyone produced evidence of these slaughters? We must have satellite images? Or is this another “they have WMDs” scenario?
We have plenty of Americans to feel sad for…
Can we debunk this nonsense?
Elon Musk was awarded (note: not given) cost-per-result contracts to perform a service for the US government. The total of those for SpaceX specifically is ~$22B, which includes repaid loans, state tax incentives, etc.
The deal was simple: put stuff into LEO at or below a set cost. If SpaceX does it below the set cost, SpaceX keeps the difference. If it doesn’t, the company is responsible for the overrun.
End result? SpaceX & Elon lowered the cost of getting 1 kg into LEO by 95-97% vs what NASA was paying previously.
And for the record, every other company around at the time was offered the same opportunity to bid on the contract - Musk/SpaceX just took it.
The handout narrative implies the taxpayer is the patron and SpaceX the dependent. The cost data shows the opposite: before SpaceX, NASA paid Russia’s Soyuz $80-86M per seat; SpaceX delivered at ~$55 million. SpaceX saved the US taxpayer $300M-$465M each year on that alone (the US sends 12-15 astronauts to space each year)
On the lunar lander, NASA estimated SpaceX’s fixed-price bid saved $20B-$30B vs the Boeing-preferred cost-plus approach.
So: SpaceX saved the US taxpayer more than the total value of contracts it earned on a single project, PLUS provided the US government with the requested services (put stuff in LEO) at the best possible price.
Following intensive talks, we are pleased to announce that the Peace Deal between the United States of America and Islamic Republic of Iran has been REACHED. Both sides have declared the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.
The official signing ceremony will be on Friday, 19 June in Switzerland.
We would like to thank the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran for their commitment to finding a diplomatic solution to the conflict. We would also like to extend our sincere appreciation to our brothers in this mediation effort, the great leadership of State of Qatar, for their support in reaching this agreement. I would also especially thank the visionary leadership of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Republic of Türkiye for their immense contributions in this regard.
With the agreement now in place, mediators will facilitate a series of meetings this week. These pre-implementation discussions will lay the foundation for the technical talks and the official signing ceremony.
@realDonaldTrump@JDVance@SecRubio@SteveWitkoff@SEPeaceMissions@drpezeshkian@mb_ghalibaf@araghchi
The government created over $37 trillion in debt.
Yet people believe that if the gov’t only had Elon‘s trillion, hunger would be solved and everyone would have healthcare.
Hard to get much more stupid than that.