Biden isn’t quite as bad as the soundbites make him seem, but he is slowing down (physically and mentally) in his old age and was just generally an extremely uninspiring candidate. Trump, if anything is worse than you portray. He’s way more senile than Biden, in addition to the blatant corruption, rulebreaking, childishness, and being horrifically and openly racist and sexist. He has literally quoted Hitler! No decent and reasonable person who is paying the slightest attention to what he says and does would think he is remotely qualified for any position of authority. The fact that he is polling roughly evenly with an extremely qualified and intelligent person like Kamala Harris is indeed an absolute clownshow.

This is NOT a purity spiral

Right, because that’s exactly what people who are not in a purity spiral say.

Of course they saw it coming, that’s why they banned abortion in the first place. It’s all about control.

Israel DOESN’T dictate American domestic policy, evangelical Christians do. They believe that the existence of the state of Israel is a necessary step to bring about the Second Coming of Jesus, so they’re all in and absolutely nothing can sway them.

The owner is gambling that Trump wins the election and pardons himself. Then the fuhrer will owe his friend a favor for the help.

This is an important part of it. The other part is the fact that success in politics is very hard without money, and most rich people aren’t progressives.

We’ll see how it works out, I guess. I voted against it, personally, because it adds a bunch of extra responsibilities to existing programs without any extra long-term funding to go along with it. I’m concerned that stretching limited resources even thinner may not be the best strategy.

It’s still censorship. The distinction is that most private entities can’t enforce their censorship with violence.

Seriously? Anyone voting for mister “grab them by the pussy” has zero right to criticize a married man for talking about having sex with his wife. What an absolute nothing of a story.

“Please be aware of the power dynamics in your group and ensure that everyone in your meeting feels able to express themselves and has an equal chance to be heard.”

That seems extremely reasonable, actually?

“If you stick a knife in my back 9 inches and pull it out 6 inches, there’s no progress. If you pull it all the way out, that’s not progress. The progress is healing the wound that the blow made… And they won’t even admit the knife is there.” - Malcolm X.

Trump’s supposed wealth was always mostly marketing. Being a billionaire was literally his brand image.

Yes, the ones here (California) can be set to keep pumping automatically until the tank is full and then stop.

Giving a for-profit corporation direct access to your brain sounds like a great idea with no downsides whatsoever. I love the thought of worrying about my brain implant having a glitch or facing planned obsolescence.

Edit: OH God I actually read the article and this thing connects to exterior devices. Imagine your brain literally being hacked.

To be specific, this is a pilot program, with the full launch coming later.

Everyone knows pro wrestling is all staged performances but I’ve never heard that said of boxing. As far as I know those are real.

Find a way to work a small amount of exercise into your daily routine. Walk places instead of driving, do some jumping jacks in the morning or before bed, something simple that you can get yourself to do without much stress or planning. If you do it consistently, even 10-20 minutes of exercise a day can make a big difference in the long run.

If you google “electric lighter” you can see a wide variety of lighters that work by either making an arc of electricity or just getting really hot.

We have it the same as you. I never really gave it any thought.

Historically, voters have always blamed the ones making extra demands for shutdowns.