ChiGoose
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Just now, Motorin' said:
Dems 18-44, + 32%
Reps 45 & Over, + 22%
High young voter turnout slowed the red wave.
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32 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:
Something tells me @ChiGoose much preferred the pre Elon twitter when accounts and voices from the right were unquestionably silenced.
I wonder why that is?
Well, that’s not the reason I think Elon buying Twitter is bad and dumb.
I don’t have strong opinions on the twitter content moderation debate. You can curate your Twitter experience and if you find something objectionable, you can block that account. That worked fine for me.
The issue I’m pointing out here is that he seems to think that the Checkmark was a product for those who received them. It’s more important as an indication to other users that the person is who they say they are.
That is no longer the case. Anyone pay for a checkmark without validating their identity.
Brands are small-c conservative with decisions like ad buys. Why would a brand pay money to advertise on a platform where anyone can convincingly impersonate them and harm their reputation?
Revamping content moderation is fine. Combining the blue check with twitter blue and removing the validation requirement likely just killed the platform.
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1 minute ago, SCBills said:
You realize you don’t need to defend incompetence just because Republicans are annoyed by it, correct?I'm not defending incompetence. I'm pushing back on misinformation. If people actually read the article, there was no issue with the voting machines.
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5 minutes ago, B-Man said:
AP: Stop talking about the Maricopa voting machines, peasants
I mean, the issue was with the printers, not the vote tabulation machines. It was resolved by officials changing the printer settings. But you do you, buddy.
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34 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:
Sources both right and left. NYT and Federalist.
Insurrection!
So is the problem here that the FBI had an informant in a violent domestic terror group? Or that they wouldn't disclose that publicly during an ongoing investigation?
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LOL. Can't wait to see what the results of the super secret 3D chess plan are after lighting about $100 billion on fire and hinting about bankruptcy mere weeks into Twitter ownership.
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51 minutes ago, HomeskillitMoorman said:
What happens if Warnock gets over 50% with the runoff already announced?
It doesn't go to runoff, then. Though it may trigger a recount. And would look bad for the outlets that called the run off.
Remember that it is not the states or election agencies calling the races right now, it's the media. Media outlets using their models based on turnout, exit polls and vote tallies "call" the elections at this stage. Nothing is legally official until the states complete their counts..
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8 minutes ago, B-Man said:
True.
That's why I am hoping that the GOP takes over the Senate by one and the House by just a few.
Adults in both parties (sadly a minority) may finally take this opportunity to work together to pass some bills that actually address problems.
Rather than mis-titled bills that only reward the ruling classes.
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Given our current electoral system, partisan media environment, and geographic sorting, there is no fixing this without electoral reform and getting rid of FPTP. Only then can people successfully challenge the status quo and two-party dominance.
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Just now, wnyguy said:
By gosh you might be onto something here. And what if Paul Pelosi knew about this and all three of them hired DePape to take him out?
Well there's a thought. Hire a crazy person with a crunchy granola history who had more recently bought into QAnon type conspiracies to take out the witness. That way, liberals will blame him as a right wing crazy person and conservatives will say he was a left wing hippie and nobody will be talking about who hired him to take out Pelosi.
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1 minute ago, wnyguy said:
Well you know they showered together since she was a little girl. Oh wait, that was Biden who showered with the young girls, never mind.
Interesting. What if it was a Trump-Ivanka-Biden love triangle? While all three are life-long Dems, Ivanka is much more liberal than her father, maybe she saw something in Joe. That might explain Trumps seeming hatred of Biden, he sees him as a rival not just professionally, but romantically.
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1 minute ago, Orlando Tim said:
Thank you for admitting that what I wrote is true and you can't dispute it. Your entire point is that I did not quote him verbatim, and you intentionally ignored the quote about "having the working knowledge". But if I am wrong what is correct?
Wasn't it weird when Trump called his daughter hot? That's not a word normally used in a father-daughter relationship. But it is used in other types of relationships.
Makes you think, right?
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2 minutes ago, Brueggs said:
People have a tendency to follow marching orders, especially when there livelihood depends upon it. That being said, why not just answer the questions?
Trying to give the benefit of the doubt ...
The government wouldn't cover up voting mistakes. It's why states don't often certify the official election results for weeks (even after the media has called races) . Many states also conduct audits to verify the results before certification.
And it's highly unlikely that an attempted coverup would be possible or successful given the strict controls around how elections are conducted.
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1 minute ago, Brueggs said:
Well, there were two questions. Answering "no" to both is conflicting...
The very idea that "the government" which is comprised of thousands and thousands of people operating at a variety of levels of government in a myriad of roles with a diversity of incentives, beliefs and opinions, is a singular entity that would decide whether or not to cover up voter fraud.
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1 minute ago, Brueggs said:
Which question are you answering "no" to. Please elaborate.
The entire premise of the question
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9 minutes ago, Chef Jim said:
There will always be fraud. Make it easy for people to vote. I think online voting would be fantastic. It’s not the 19th century.Online voting is a terrible idea. There should always be a paper ballot for auditing.
2 minutes ago, Brueggs said:And, if the results were the opposite, the same thing would have happened.
Hypothetically, if the government did have evidence of widespread fraud that swayed an election, do you think they would let the public know? Or do you think that it would be far less damaging to cover it up?
No.
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1 minute ago, Brueggs said:
Here is the thing about voter fraud. The circumstances leading up to the 2020 election were ripe for committing fraud, and the statistical anomalies that followed reinforced it. The Covid policies had plausible deniability built into it from the start. If your guy won, you were fine with it. If your guy lost, you see it as cheating. If the results were different, you could just flip the script. The problem either way is that it wasn't normal, and the optics cast doubt on the integrity of our elections.
What is the single biggest thing that our government wants its citizens to think? I would think it is that our elections are free and fair.
Well, the last election cast doubt upon that. Agree, or disagree, million of Americans see it that way, and that is a problem. The only way to fix that problem is transparency, and less game playing, but that's not going to happen.
Think of how damaging it would be to confirm that an election was rigged. No one wants to go down that rabbit hole because it could never be undone. Does anyone really believe that the powers that be would ever allow that to happen?
The real problem was that it was different than normal so bad actors started spewing false stories of fraud and the gullible ate it up because they couldn't accept that their candidate lost.
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Some surprising good news. Hopefully this trend continues:
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1 minute ago, KDIGGZ said:
I've seen voter fraud with my own eyes. So then the argument is if there is enough to sway an election. The election in Arizona was a difference of 62 votes I believe. You don't think out of thousands of people there aren't 62 people that filled out mail in ballots for other people? ANY voter fraud can sway an election so why not close that loophole?
Even if you were correct, and you're not, the voter ID laws being crafted are not designed to close this loophole. They're designed to make it harder for certain people to vote. You have states that say a hunting license is good but a state-issued school ID is not. You have states that require an ID from the DMV and then close the DMVs in areas with large minority populations.
The fraud and voter ID narrative being pushed has nothing to do with actually combating widespread fraud (because it doesn't exist).
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3 minutes ago, Sundancer said:
This part: “Police caught on hot mic stating that they will not correct the perception he is a right winger by stating fact that he is an illegal alien nudist activist. "
Police did not say "they will not correct the perception he is a right winger."
Police did not say "they will not correct the perception he is a right winger by stating fact that he is an illegal alien."
Police did not say, "they will not correct the perception he is a right winger by stating fact that he is an illegal alien nudist activist."
What some voice on the video did say: "Hey so is this the dude that is a former nudist dude?...Yea okay, is it okay to say any of that stuff? ... Nope?"
And another question I have is, why would Ivanka want to be in such a relationship? It's creepy and according to Stormy Daniels, he's not working with much downstairs. But then I remembered that picture and maybe he's groomed her for it and she either doesn't realize it's wrong or she feels trapped at this point.
Just asking questions, but it makes you think.
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1 minute ago, KDIGGZ said:
You just said above there is almost no vote fraud. So you are admitting there is voter fraud and then the argument is if there is enough to make a difference. I know for a fact there is voter fraud because I've witnessed someone filling out mail in ballots for other people. And if that happens in front of me by good law abiding citizens then it happens elsewhere.
There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud or any amount of voter fraud that would impact the outcome of an election.
Kris Kobach has been a huge advocate of the position you're currently espousing and was put in charge of a taskforce by President Trump to find and prosecute voter fraud across the country. You should go look up how that went.
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Just now, Orlando Tim said:
So which part of the statement is untrue? Did the police know who he was or was the perception at the time something other then he was right winger? Those are the two parts of the statement- which is not true?
And why would Trump allow Ivanka to marry a (((globalist))) like Kushner? Was it because of his wealthy dad? Or was it because she agreed to keep their relationship going even after she got married?
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1 minute ago, KDIGGZ said:
No simply stating that people cheat when given the opportunity so why not close those loopholes?
Except there is no evidence for widespread fraud in any election.
You also seem to be making the incorrect assumption that there is no verification system in place for elections. Unless you think the only way a person's identity can be verified is through photo ID, which is very wrong.
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I see we're still playing the insanity game. Maybe I'll just join in the fun.
Something is fishy about Trump's relationship with Ivanka. They seem a bit *too* close, if you get what I'm saying. Corporatist media isn't looking into it, but does this look normal?
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Republicans need a reasonable abortion policy
in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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The comparison to Europe is a bit more nuanced. They have a lot more exceptions than American laws have. Also, since they also have universal healthcare, there is a lot easier access to medical care generally.
Here, if you have a positive pregnancy test, you’re basically already four weeks into pregnancy and you may not have regular access to a doctor. If you’re someone with an irregular period, you may be at 6, 8 or more weeks before you take a test.
If we really want to reduce elective abortions, we should actually focus on the root cause instead of trying to put the government into the hospital room.