If I'm not mistaken, I've heard stories about it being prohibitively difficult to vote (long lines, inadequate staffing & # of locations, banning vote-by-car, a COVID response) in urban areas. Can't imagine a lot of those barriers exist in more rural areas.

On the topic of American welfare programs, season 3 of The Uncertain Hour has some really good history and current coverage of issues with the system

The individual skits, monologues, and musical sets are usually up on YouTube within 24hrs after it airs

Best Scooby Doo adaptation is the Venture Bros episode with the gang, and I will die on that hill

Hell of a write up Stamets!

My wife and I constantly lament how we were born a few decades too late. For everything

Don't forget the Electoral College there too... They get electors based on a non-voting population

Good luck!

Yeah, I recall someone from the BBC saying something similar when it came to covering Brexit. It would take their producers days to find a credible, coherent voice that was pro-Brexit, while the anti-Brexit folks were basically lined up to voice their reasoning. That dichotomy was never revealed to listeners and caused some strife amongst the news team as it seemed disingenuous to present both sides as equal

We need a community for exactly this kind of content a la r/youdontsurf

Does everyone get the same widget pic every day? I had the thicc owl this morning too

Do yourself a favor and go pirate it now