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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Until we get money out of Dem primaries; people willing to do shady shit will keep winning Dem primaries

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Whatever they believe...

They could say they want M4A, no more billionaires, and our college system to be fixed, then say they're a conservative because Dad said their family is conservative.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They're ignoring the people who could be convinced to vote D in favor of Trumpers who will never vote D.

It's just terrible strategy, especially it results in republicans going further right.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

“The American people deserve a president who cares more about border security than playing political games,” Harris plans to say, according to an excerpt of her remarks previewed by her campaign.

After the immigration legislation stalled, the Biden administration announced rules that bar migrants from being granted asylum when U.S. officials deem that the southern border is overwhelmed. Since then, arrests for illegal border crossings have fallen.

It might be what a plurality of Americans want, but not if we narrow it down to anyone that would ever vote D.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Some did, but the whole point of Israel was a place for European countries to send their Jewish populations.

People who even if they were also ethnically Semitic, were descended from people who voluntarily left the area generations ago.

They could have immigrated there, instead European governments just declared it was theirs now.

Like, imagine if every American with Irish heritage were granted birthright citizenship there and the people who never left are shoved down into an ever shrinking slice of land. That's what's happening

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (13 children)

Every dollar saved because of "defensive aid" gets spent on offensive weapons...

If they had to pay for their own defense, they wouldn't be able to start so many wars at once.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Oh, I'm fully aware it sucks, just not sure why that person is defending it

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I've literally never seen any person argue that forced arbitration is a good thing for consumers...

It's always corporations

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The nearly $2.5 million investment — shared first with POLITICO — aims to help break Republican supermajorities in deep-red states and strengthen voter engagement efforts across the U.S. It’s part of a broader push for increased local support by the DNC, which says it’s increased state party funding by 25 percent during Jaime Harrison’s tenure as chair.

Chump change compared to what the "victory fund" nonsense is robbing from the state parties...

This is 50k per state if split evenly, but it says 400k to Florida...

Edit:

which says it’s increased state party funding by 25 percent during Jaime Harrison’s tenure as chair.

Just highlights how much the "victory fund" has fucked over state parties ever since Hillary dreamed it up in 2015.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

It’s usually a pretty hard sell of “make the company you work at shittier to make more money”, especially since most of the employees probably know gabe personally (valve has less than 400 employees) and likely approve of his leadership.

And most of the ones with the high percent have been there since the beginning, probably close to Gabe's age, looking towards retirement. They make good money, but retirement is expensive.

I mean. That link from this year said Microsoft was thinking 16 billion. 1% of that is 160 million.

Or they may die and their kids see dollar signs when a vote comes up

Steam is great now, it's not debatable. But its naive to expect it indefinitely. 10 years, 20 years from now? It wouldn't be surprising if Valve was a lot shittier than it is today

It won't last forever

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The only way to get Israel to listen is cutting off all aid and weapons "sales".

Bibi knows Biden will never even slow down weapons and aid, so he knows he can do whatever he wants.

 

India leads the world in generating plastic pollution, producing 10.2 million tons a year (9.3 million metric tons), far more than double the next big-polluting nations, Nigeria and Indonesia. China, often villainized for pollution, ranks fourth but is making tremendous strides in reducing waste, Velis said. Other top plastic polluters are Pakistan, Bangladesh, Russia and Brazil. Those eight nations are responsible for more than half of the globe’s plastic pollution, according to the study’s data.

The United States ranks 90th in plastic pollution with more than 52,500 tons (47,600 metric tons) and the United Kingdom ranks 135th with nearly 5,100 tons (4,600 metric tons), according to the study.

 

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration last week set a hearing date to take comment on the proposed historic change in federal drug policy for Dec. 2.

The hearing date means a final decision could well come in the next administration. While it’s possible it could precede the end of President Joe Biden’s term, issuing it before Inauguration Day “would be pretty expedited,” said cannabis lawyer Brian Vicente.

 

The Democratic presidential nominee will be joined by her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in an interview with CNN anchor Dana Bash in Savannah, Georgia. The interview will air Thursday at 9 p.m. Eastern time.

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