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ctkatz

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  • Kentucky governor Andy Beshear vetoes bill aimed at overturning ban on conversion therapy for minors

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  • he's done a masterful job of framing issues that the (very) conservative commonwealth can accept without outright rejecting.

    and believe it or not, he wasn't my first choice to be gov in 2019. I thought he was too centrist.

  • Kentucky governor Andy Beshear vetoes bill aimed at overturning ban on conversion therapy for minors

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  • THAT'S MY GOVERNOR

  • Bernie Sanders Has an Idea for the Left: Don’t Run as Democrats

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  • he's only saying that because he happens to live in a super liberal small rural state.

    know what happens in most ither states where you don't have name recognition or a party infrastructure behind you and you run for office? unless you have some sort of money reserve you can tap into and dollar bills come gushing out like an oil geyser, it's damn near impossible to not just win but get ballot access TO win. and if you do get ballot access, all you will do is steal votes from the registered democratic candidate (or the democratic candidate steals votes from you) and the republican wins.

    a brilliant strategy from a man who twice ran for president as a democrat but refused to change his party affiliation. he didn't even take his own damn advice, and look at what that got us. just the fact that he didn't do this his own damn self should show how stupid an idea it actually is.

    and by the way, sure he and aoc are drawing huge crowds. crowds are nothing. how many of those people vote? how many of those people get 2 more people to vote? just showing up to a rally means absolutely fuckall if you don't actually go vote and vote for viable candidates. because if your message resonates with the people enough you don't have to run unaffiliated with a major party because you would have the votes to run and win as a democratic candidate in the first place. because to be very honest, the thing that bernie is suggesting not only sounds like an exercise in liberal grifting, it also sounds like an excellent way to divide a voting bloc that when split has absolutely no chance of beating a republican ever but would absolutely lead to entrenched infighting among a group that should be united in beating republican christian nationalist fascism.

  • Automakers urge Trump administration to clear way for self-driving cars

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  • even though I do not trust self driving cars at this point in time, i would much rather trust literally every other manufacturer's version of self driving tech except tesler.

  • Judge warns of possible 'consequences' after DOJ push back on questions about deportation flights

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  • consequences?

    WHO'S GOING TO ENFORCE THEM?

  • Co-Author of "Trump Derangement" bill arrested for soliciting a minor

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  • this is my shocked face 😐

  • Trump’s Call to Annex Canada as a State Should Have Invoked the 25th Amendment

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  • i'm going to take a counter argument here. the united states should annex canada and buy greenland.

    why?

    because the population of canada is more than california.

    because there are 48 democratic senators.

    because canada and denmark are both more left leaning than california is.

    see where i'm going here? canada and greenland gives dems enough people to force through their agenda through the house and senate. and with enough backlash there's probably going to be a lot of gop senators who aren't going to be senators in 2026, probably enough to hit 69 which would be the minimum to remove trump from office. probably enough to impeach that little lickspittle vance too. and then enough votes for a democratic president (since the house would be run by democrats, 3rd in succession is the speaker of the house) to sign bills giving canada it's "independance" and return greenland to denmark.

    if trump wants it that badly, then lets give it to him.

  • Trump Lawyer Refuses to Answer Judge’s Questions in Deportation Flight Hearing

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  • when the executive branch ignores the judicial branch this is the inevitable outcome.

    it no longer matters if the executive branch can just ignore the judiciary. the only question is what mechanism does the judiciary have to enforce it's order since the federal marshals are all part of the executive branch?

  • ‘Far-reaching consequences’ for Kentucky bourbon after LCBO strips U.S. spirits off shelves

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  • we voted overwhelmingly for trump 3 times, with the exception of 2 counties. the commonwealth voted for this.

    hit us harder. this is what the commonwealth obviously wants despite jefferson (louisville) and fayette (lexington) counties knowing better.

  • Trump says in social media post he plans to pardon the late Pete Rose

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  • the credibly accused of having an underaged relationship pete rose.

  • Pardoned January 6 rioter said ‘I’m shooting myself’ before Indiana deputy fatally shot him

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  • I'm trying some aldi frozen sushi.

    it's... okay.

  • Kennedy Jr backtracks and says US measles outbreak is now a ‘top priority’ for health department

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  • and the cultists will say "SEE HE'S DOING SOMETHING HE SUPPORTS VACCINES!!!!!eleven!!!!", the media will praise the administration for this action, and the smart ones will point out that 2000 vaccine doses for a measles outbreak is a pathetically small number that might stem the tide a bit at best. this entire response has been an absolute clusterfuck and our spineless media won't call it out for fear of retaliation.

  • Kennedy Jr backtracks and says US measles outbreak is now a ‘top priority’ for health department

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  • remember back in elementary school and you thought $100 was a lot of money but when you got older you realized that $100 wasn't a whole lot? I see the same thing here, except that those people who think that's a lot of doses for this situation probably have a 7th or 8th grade understanding of, well, everything but they're older than 50.

    there needs to be at a minimum 500,000 doses for west texas.

  • Trump’s EV Rollback Could Cost Taxpayers $1 Billion

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  • more like deliberately favoring the business of one company over others to me. and with the industry voluntarily switching over to the nacs (iow, the tesla style charger), which company with an already developed dc charging infrastructure will benefit?

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  • and good luck getting those regs passed with this congress and this administration. it's likely never going to happen unless the auto industry demands them.

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  • are animated lights cool? debatable. in my opinion, kinda.

    are animated lights practical? no. I actually think they're more of a distraction. I need several use cases of where animated lights other than at car start up play an actual useful role in operating the vehicle.

    car companies are going away from the practical and into the cool factor and I don't think it's a good thing. those huge car fins on caddys looked cool but provided absolutely no practical functionality (I even believe that studies showed it made them less safe. disclosure: I'm pulling this out of my rear end but I think it's true).

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    Kash Patel May Ask UFC To Train FBI Agents

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  • I mean both are owned by the same company now.

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  • this is only believable and credible if your country is being run as a very bad reality television show.

    unfortunately the united states is the worst reality television show run by a malignant zaphod beeblebrox as the president.

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  • oh I agree. the thing is elon has explicitly said that he doesn't want a bunch of knobs in his cars and they should only have a central control screen to run everything. even the backup shift device is a touch sensor somewhere around the rear view iirc (never driven one nor do I want to). I essence, an entire continent is telling one company explicitly that your cars are not the safest on the road no matter what you claim. that's going to be a massive hit on the company's reputation and value and it couldn't happen to a more deserving induhvidual.