yeah but they don't need cover because they will literally just lie and say it's the democrats' fault regardless.

you are saying they're playing 4d chess to have justification to blame Dems. but they literally will just blame them anyways. they don't need or care about a justification.

they don't give a shit about seeming bipartisan. that's why they've tried to pass as much as possible as a "budget adjustment" so it doesn't need 60 votes.

they push back against killing the filibuster because they *use* it. everyone does. and senators have to be in office longer than trump.

in other news, I found a fork in my kitchen today

now, trump obviously did this by lying and tricking people, so I don't mean that the campaigns have the same integrity at all.

but when you focus on convincing people why they should go vote for you, rather than why they should *pick* you, you get "unprecedented and record breaking turnout".

mamdani did what Obama and Trump did successfully that way too many politicians don't.

most politicians ask "how can I get the voters to vote for me?" and this is reflected in analysis - people blame non voters for a loss.

they (among others) asked "how do I convince people TO VOTE, and for me?"

apparently it's actually great news for ai lmfao

bsky.app/profile/cros...

generally speaking, an appeals court could likely mandate that a different map be used unless they can prove it'd be far too burdensome, which it wouldn't be for a bit

I am happy with this decision, but don't want to count the chickens before they hatch

btw, they already voted the amendment down. it literally died the same day. great job caving for that one!

we don't have more parties because the system makes it impossible. the US used to have more than two. then people realized it split the vote.

other countries that have more than two have different voting systems to enable it.

I WANT more than two. but it can't happen with this voting system.

blaming voters for staying home instead of the politicians who couldn't convince them to vote is crazy

everyone plays like a vote is *assumed*, not *earned*. no. you have to actually justify why someone should vote for you.

and before you say it, yes, I voted for her despite this.

might wanna unpin this one, seeing as you just caved without getting any of the demands we wanted!

Agree.

Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."

This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.

i was also struck by how many people receiving SNAP are employees of wal-mart and other big corporations. almost seems like we taxpayers are subsidizing private companies 🤔

just wanna clarify, when I said "make them sound a lot worse", I meant "make them sound a lot more *frivolous*"

I was trying to say that people make lawsuits in America seem a lot more ridiculous than they actually are if you look at the details

I think I worded it poorly since you weren't the only one to think I was saying this

"spun to make it worse", I meant in terms of it being a frivolous lawsuit. as in, McDonald's spun it to make it seem like a worse (frivolous) lawsuit

she absolutely deserved all the money and more

did you read the post? I said these lawsuits are often SPUN TO MAKE THEM SEEM WORSE

people everywhere were saying it was frivolous and she sued because she spilled coffee on herself even though that's not what happened

I'm well aware of how bad it was. maybe I worded it poorly?

wow, I'm sure this wouldn't possibly be used for any racist reasons whatsoever!

I mean, it's not like recruiters already have a bias against non-white-sounding names, right? a photo couldn't possibly make that worse!

it might also be a keyword based feed (like the atproto one is/was?), which usually has questions or discussions so they saw it on there

but maybe I'm giving too much credit to a dev lol

people can sue for things, but that doesn't mean they'll *win*. but no one's going to write an article about that

in addition, often the lawsuits are spun to make them sound a lot worse (looking at you, McDonald's hot coffee suit)

especially here when the park isn't *for* adults, you won't win lol