Same thing in terms of being bought by lobbyists (although Elon’s influence is unprecedented).
Same thing in terms of refusing to reform one of the worst voting systems on the planet.
Same in terms of insider trading (Trump is more blatant and doesn’t mind if he tanks the economy in the process).
Same in terms of ignoring https://patrioticmillionaires.org/
Dems downvoting you are ignoring why Trump won. At their peril.
[Edit: I see in a later comment that you clarified and people here do get it.]
Dems laugh at his meandering speech but the MAGA’s appreciate he is not scripted and one actually can understand what he is on about. It looks demented on paper but it is actually how a lot of people speak. You don’t need to complete your sentence if you have got the message across . MAGA think we are stupid for getting confused with our comprehension.
In the GOP primaries he mocked his competitors on stage saying that he has given many donations to politicians and the favours will be returned, even the ones on stage with him. MAGA loved the openness of the corruption.
What I don’t get is why they thought he would “drain the swamp”?
Cadlillac agrees with Trump. Slave labour is what makes America great and the slaves love it apparently.
Unfortunately Americans are not reading this thread :(
So MMP solves the problem, yes?
Ranked choice with a single member is better than FPTP.
5 candidates is closer to proportional but it is flawed because it is “low resolution”.
One could theoretically have a system to vote for hundreds/all seats for finer resolution but MMP is a tried and tested way to achieve the same.
We have come full circle to my initial comment…
Ranked choice allows for coalitions like in AU.
Maybe you mean Multi Member Proportional voting like NZ and DE. That is the best system but complicated. US cannot even deal with converting to metric so MMP would result in exploding heads.
I don’t think you understand the Australian Senate voting system or Tasmanian lower house or the MMP of Scotland, UK, DE.
They all have ranked choice but are tweaked to be proportional too.
MMP makes it proportional by also giving you a party vote which determines what proportion of seats that party should hold so that you don’t get a situation like you described in Australia’s last election. Better to watch a 2 minute video on it.
MMP is the most accurate/fair proportional system but more complex.
That’s massively skewed. Even though the difference is tiny, Labour got almost a 2/3 supermajority.
One way to remedy this would be to retain ranked choice but make the electorates/districts three times as large and elect three members in each. Just like how Tasmania does but with 5 members and 5 huge districts.
The Australian Senate voting does roughly what both houses of the Tasmanian state voting do and what you are calling for.
The Senate still has ranked choice but also proportional representation because of the multiple members in each district (in the Australian Senate the “district” is the entire state, with 6 members elected each time).
Federal Labor currently cannot pass any laws without Greens support in the senate (unless the conservatives support the bill).
Districts are fair because the member can be accessed by local constituents (in theory anyhow). US Gerrymandering is unfair. Australian Gerrymandering is nowhere near as bad.
These coalitions still happen with ranked choice but only if a minor party is popular in a district.
Except for Tasmania in Australia where minor parties have an even better chance. It has only 5 districts for state elections and each district has 5 seats. Greens often get a seat because their candidate is 5th most popular in a district.
In other states they are now winning seats but fewer than Tasmania.
Ranked choice allows for coalitions like in AU.
Maybe you mean Multi Member Proportional voting like NZ and DE. That is the best system but complicated. US cannot even deal with converting to metric so MMP would result in exploding heads.
It would not have been a problem if you had ranked choice voting.
If Musk sets up his own party that would split the conservative vote so the Republicans would finally be open to ranked choice. Would probably require ⅔ majority in Congress.
But Dems might be too hungry for temporary power to support such a much needed fix.
Nerdy AF though 🤓
PS Nobody says “saw throat”, I just made that up. Or maybe everyone says it but they all write it as “sore throat” just to fuck with me.
In accidents (like shaving) a razor does not hurt as it cuts because it is such a sharp straight edge. The first thing we notice is the blood not the pain. It hurts afterwards (like any other cut does). A saw hurts as it cuts because of the serated edge. But we all know what is meant by the swallowing razorblades metaphor so I regret even mentioning it.
The aftermath of a razor cut would hurt. Like any other cut. The pain experienced by the simple act of swallowing is more of a “saw throat”.
And I asked a friend who got Covid too. She mainly had a sore throat but it was mild like mine. Sample size of two isn’t much.
Bad analogy because razor blades don’t hurt. I realize it is a common saying though.
Also I just had Covid and this time was milder than any cold. All I had was a mildly sore throat (been vaxxed 6 times though). Any of you had it recently?
The Iranian faith-based community is just as deranged.
Khomeini’s doctrines would make a major influence on the landscape of Shia Islam; which had upheld political quietism for over a thousand years. Another significant revision of tradition was on Mahdism, the messianic belief in the reappearance of their Twelfth Imam and the proper way to wait for Him. Traditional Twelver theologians urged believers to wait patiently for his return, but Khomeini and his followers called upon Shia Muslims to actively pave the way for Mahdi’s global Islamic rule.
And cookers in the West have shown us that a community doesn’t even need religion to be deranged.
The case of the person Lander was escorting (his bid for asylum) was dismissed. The guy had been “stripped of all status” by the judge.
Here is an interview with Lander after he was released, which is where I got the above from.
Lander talks about due process not being followed. Is a judicial warrant required or is the due process that the guy gets kicked out of the country when his asylum claim fails?
Or is due process that he gets to appeal, in which case his status is not totally stripped and the judge is the one not following due process?
I am not asking what we wish was the case. Does anyone here know what the actual law is?
How does this compare to when judge Dugan helped an ICE target evade arrest by getting him to evacuate via the jury door.
Dugan and another judge entered the hallway and confronted the arrest team, telling one deportation officer that he needed a judicial warrant to make an arrest instead of an “administrative warrant,” the affidavit said.
She was arrested herself and indicted by a grand jury but is now claiming the same immunity which Trump is afforded. Would be hilarious if she succeeds. See her Wikipedia entry. Lander doesn’t get to play the same “Trump card”.
Your comment contradicts the Wikipedia entry…
The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) (50 U.S.C. ch. 33) is a federal law intended to check the U.S. president’s power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. The resolution was adopted in the form of a United States congressional joint resolution. It provides that the president can send the U.S. Armed Forces into action abroad only by declaration of war by Congress, “statutory authorization”, or in case of “a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces”.
Isn’t that the core ideology of Conservatism? The current lot are radicals though.
Maximized efficiency at the expense of security. Can happen to anyone.
It is a zero sum game. The rich are addicted to power over others despite data showing that even they would be happier in a more equitable society (see TED talk by Richard Wilkinson called “Spirit Level”).