I think Nancy was the one who had a relationship with the shooter…

The whole thing just feels a little hinky to me, but I agree with you in doubting that trump planned it. That said, keep an ear out for lines from ronnie’s speeches

Didn’t see this when I made my comment but yeah. Reeks of the reagan playbook

I’m not entirely surprised…

His first campaign was entirely cribbed from reagan too

Certainly not the U.S. citizens

Really just further clarification on which laws should protect, but not bind, their in-group.

As someone who appreciates your efforts in threads and is old enough to get this reference, I salute you

Overcoming someone’s apathy towards voting is a huge success, don’t let yourself get down about how many you convinced.

is not possible under the circumstances presented

Of my client’s entire history dealing with others

It’s so good! I’d love to see our neighboring states make the move to it or STAR voting

I think you made the right call, and your explanation is wonderfully eloquent. Thanks for all your efforts

@t3rmit3

I tend to vote most idealistically in local races, and most strategically in top line races. With local ones I can also have an outsized impact on the folks who are voting in those races by volunteering or even just (at minimum) talking positively about a given candidate to those who are on the fence or those who vote but don’t spend the same time I do researching positions. It’s my feeling that producing a major shift in policy is most achievable by a surge in local voting, due to the brittle nature of political strategies that rely on low engagement.

Leave your personal device and IDs at home

If you’re able, bring a burner to record and distribute evidence of civil rights infractions - be safe and don’t be obvious about recording.

Very proud. I’m desperately hoping none of my neighbors end up with new signs in the near future

It’s possible that they could introduce it after a motion to submit new evidence, though the defense’s attempts to stop it from being introduced is a foregone conclusion.

I am Jack’s mounting evidence.

It’s pretty unfortunate, Thomas said, that Republican leaders offered to give them something, legal protection, for not doing their jobs.

“Offering something of value to a public official to not perform a required duty may raise legal issues for a person doing so,” Thomas said.

This is an incredibly charitable interpretation of their comment.

I’ve met plenty of women employed in trades and manual work for whom the misogyny and likelihood of assault from their male counterparts was and still is absolutely a barrier to their equal participation.

Let me start off by saying that as a 39 year old cis white guy, I have struggled with reconciling the gender based expectations I was raised with and the reality of the world. I won’t lie - I have also grappled with the notion that I am part of the problem in part because of how some people opine on the matter.

This

Men build social order, liberal democracy, and nearly everything else women take for granted that let them live happy, healthy, and cozy lives.

and this

Without men society collapses. Who is going to do all the real dirty jobs that keep the world moving

and this

trying to get power back on when her husband dies from an early heart attack from dealing with her BS all day.

is the patriarchy. The assumption that because they have been historically barred from equal treatment, women are inadequately equipped to participate equally is an inherent part of the problem and one which you and I can change for the better. Yes, a small number of extremely wealthy people are driving many of the levers of social inequality but the solution is not to turn on another group that’s suffering under the same dehumanizing pressures. Acknowledging their struggles - like lacking bodily autonomy, or being shamed for being the victim of assault, or being punished professionally for raising a family - doesn’t diminish or delegitimize your own struggles. Railing against them only serves to drive wedge issues that divide us so we have less ability to organize against the few that profit off of our disunity - don’t do their dirty work for them.

Tl;dr - don’t say sexist shit. It’s not okay

I can’t speak to the degree that scale impacts tackling this on a state by state level, but it’s exciting to see New York’s plan. Massachusetts seems like a state that could expand existing programs to match it, and I think it’s reasonable to expect that California would make moves if NY’s bid is successful.

There’s a chance of bipartisan agreement to allow insurances across state lines if progressives are willing and able to push for their state legislatures to look for interstate compacts on insurance pools and policies. I could see smaller or less populous states getting on board with larger states to further spread costs and populations, which could bring better outcomes to rural populations as well. Once a few states band together and work out kinks in administration it could be much more attractive as an option for additional states.

I was unaware that Gosar is a size queen.