He also discouraged masking, which killed off people who would have elected him.

I’m beginning to think that everything Doctorow types is gold. He always brings a box full of receipts, too.

I’m a proud Hoosier, too - lived here my whole life. I’m sick to my stomach of what it’s become.

You could also use a non-Reddit mirror like http://www.scrolldit.com/ which works… for now…

Can we please replicate Gretchen Whitmer in about 3 or 4 other midwestern states? The way she turned Michigan around to progressive, smart legislation from what it was like 10 years ago was nothing short of miraculous.

What helped her was a political realignment due to the Dobb’s decision. Now seeing the Republicans going full anti-women’s-healthcare in 2023 - so 2024 may be Democrats’ best chance in a long time.

“Right-wing (blank)” is almost always a failure. Like the “right wing dating sites” that are mostly sausage fests looking for brood mares, from what I’ve heard. LOL

That seems like it is coming soon, with the news that dropped yesterday.

That needs to change, full stop!

America’s system of voting “first past the post” ensures that one of the top two candidates will win. It pretty much guarantees a two-party system will win.

So, the strategy would be:

• 1. Try to get an alternative voting system like “Ranked Choice Voting” in place. This has been done successfully in Maine and Alaska, I think. We need more of it. [Yes, I know Ranked Choice is not perfect, but it’s definitely better than we have.]
• 2. Until then, your best vote (mathematically) is to vote for one of the top two candidates that is closest to what you want. Yes, you’ll have to hold your nose a few times to vote for the “least worst” of the two, but honestly, it’s better than the alternative, of having the “worst worst” of the two.

Hope this helps.

Neanderthals were better tool-makers, with bigger brains, bigger bodies, and stronger.

But they bred with the dumb, sexy Sapiens, and here we are.

It’s kinda hilarious that the one Trump supporter and Trump-supporting legal expert in this conversation is on an Australian server.