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[scott drexel @SDrexel]

@Teewhyfene @BufBillsStats @grok Mmmm…no. Grok got that wrong. The joke is the caricature of modern France as being quick to surrender. Hence the white flag.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

I'm not running for office. But if I were, these are some of the lessons I'd take away from what happened in NY yesterday.

1. Authenticity is measurable. Voters can smell a focus group from a mile away.

2. Endorsements from the current Democratic leadership now read like warnings. The establishment wing of the party is no longer a sword. It's a question mark.

3. Conviction beats caution. The candidates who said hard things about rent, about who pays for what, about Gaza, they won. The triangulators lost.

4. Cost of living is everything. Everything else is wallpaper.

5. The middle is not a strategy. It's an empty room. Voters reached past the establishment to grab someone who actually believes something.

6. Don't fear the base. Court it. The Democrats who ran from their own voters lost. The ones who ran toward them won.

7. If you want to lead a party you have to be willing to fight inside it. Mamdani didn't ask permission. He took the field.

The lesson under the lessons: the country is tired of being managed. People want to be led.

[scott drexel @SDrexel]

Poetry.

[karter @karterAKA]

Look at this incredible voting district. Three voters. Three irreconcilable political opinions. One zoo. someone should write a novel about this

[scott drexel @SDrexel]

@1111Cinders @krismayes 😂 Real name, real photo, real location, tough guy. You’re 0-3. Put your phone down, go outside, get some fresh air.

[scott drexel @SDrexel]

@jaxdarbro @RoundWorldDeath @Dussyme Hawaii

[scott drexel @SDrexel]

@_DankSolo @ufc @cryptocom @RamTrucks

[scott drexel @SDrexel]

Class post.

[Jett ✷ (🏆) @JettAVFC_]

If this loss today means Tottenham Hotspur stay in the league, then we've done our part to preserve football heritage. Proper club and proper history. Some things are bigger than 3 points.

[Jett ✷ (🏆) @JettAVFC_]

If this loss today means Tottenham Hotspur stay in the league, then we've done our part to preserve football heritage. Proper club and proper history. Some things are bigger than 3 points.

[scott drexel @SDrexel]

@zkwerrell @Filmantopia @PollTracker2024 Everything I’ve said is verifiable fact.

You’re absolutely right that the EC was intended to be a deliberative body. Some states had electors run individually! I’ve heard no credible person this century say we should elect a college that goes and chooses a president for us.

[scott drexel @SDrexel]

@zkwerrell @Filmantopia @PollTracker2024 I’m playing the rules exactly as they exist, not guessing at intent. Art. II, Sec. 1 is clearly enumerated, as the courts have held. You argue about consent being required, and I’m sure that will be challenged! But as of today, the most relevant precedent says it’s not required.

[scott drexel @SDrexel]

@zkwerrell @Filmantopia @PollTracker2024 Look, you can’t say the Framers gave X power to the state, but only if they didn’t do this thing that they never expressly prohibited. That’s the exact opposite of the 10th Amendment.

Also, they didn’t “reject” a popular vote! They voted on multiple proposals and NONE prevailed!

[scott drexel @SDrexel]

@zkwerrell @Filmantopia @PollTracker2024 Maybe there are others? But you start getting really esoteric at that point.

[scott drexel @SDrexel]

@zkwerrell @Filmantopia @PollTracker2024 …4) go to a proportional system, which is way more complicated, but even if you figured out how to award someone, say, .42 of an electoral vote (and would require an amendment), it effectuates a popular vote if carried out all the way to it’s end. Those are the alternatives.

[scott drexel @SDrexel]

@zkwerrell @Filmantopia @PollTracker2024 Silly argument, chock full of logical fallacies. The current system doesn’t prevent demagogues or factionalism, ensure broad-based support, or that a president do what’s right.

Why don’t you apply your reasoning to Governor’s races? All 50 are conducted by popular vote.

[scott drexel @SDrexel]

@zkwerrell @Filmantopia @PollTracker2024 And you’re correct- went to law school, not a lawyer. But I can promise you that I’ve forgotten more about NPV than you’ll ever know.

Here’s your citation from US Steel, boss.

[scott drexel @SDrexel]

@zkwerrell @Filmantopia @PollTracker2024 Sure, valid. But say you 2x it- even if you have 870 districts and “increase the resolution of the EC”, some will be close, others won’t. You still have some districts deciding while others watch from the sidelines. At that point, why not let the person with the most votes win?

[scott drexel @SDrexel]

@zkwerrell @Filmantopia @PollTracker2024 Article II, Sec. 1 gives plenary authority to states to determine how those electoral votes are awarded. Federal elections are run by the states. Voila, no threat to federal supremacy, therefore, no consent required.

[scott drexel @SDrexel]

@zkwerrell @Filmantopia @PollTracker2024 Not quite. Virginia v. Tennessee, US Steel v. Multistate Tax Commission. Congressional consent is required only when federal supremacy is threatened. There are lots of compacts that don’t have congressional consent, because they operate within the bounds of existing state power.