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  • The Right’s Reactions to Democrats’ Big Night

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  • Ironic to warn about bread lines when many people are waiting in lines at food banks already under the current administration

  • Bernie Sanders, the token socialist 😂

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  • Multiple airports refuse to play Kristi Noem video that blames Democrats for government shutdown

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  • Well, democrats are asking to extend current discounted health insurance costs for everyone and republicans implemented massive tax cuts that gave the top 5% of earners 3-4x the tax benefit compared to the lower 40% Link.

    So no, the parties actually take substantially different views on the so-called owner class.

  • China's exports to US drop in September, while rise in global shipments hits a 6-month high

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  • Does this suggest that merchants have added an intermediary country to the China->US supply chain?

  • Dominion Voting Systems Sold to GOP Firm — Right After Settling Defamation Suits vs. OANN, Giuliani, Powell

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  • Actually votes already are even under the current system

  • US Energy Dept. Cancels Hundreds of Clean-Energy Projects, Mostly in Blue States

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  • So the Republican plan is cutting off your nose to spite your face? I'm sure voters will love that. Wonder how many of those projects are in swing states.

    Also does the executive branch actually have the power to cancel these grants? I doubt it.

  • State superintendent calls for Turning Point USA chapter at every high school in Oklahoma

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  • Spends the 3rd lowest in the country per student on k-12 education?

    ...maybe this is actually a trick to get adults they don't have to pay to watch the kids for a while

  • YSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to determine election outcomes by changing electoral maps. In most western countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United States

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  • Unfortunately whichever party is in power is incentivized to be in favor of biasing the process toward themselves, both parties choose to keep gerrymandering even though it's obviously voter suppression.

    This is also why neither of them will support ranked choice/instant run-off voting.

  • Military says it will ‘continuously’ monitor bathrooms to comply with anti-trans order

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  • Imagine the mental gymnastics required to decide continuous monitoring of yourself in intimate spaces is more private than the chance a trans person could use a stall in the same bathroom.

  • "Source code file"

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  • Ah yes, "fix" it for "free"

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  • I think most people would agree that it does matter how rare it is.

    Even if imperfect, ranked choice voting would give voters considerably more voice than they have now. That could be used to, for example, vote in another method in the future.

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  • Sanders is a rare voice for progressive, prosocial reform in the US. His policy positions resonate with many of us who feel that government should support ordinary people at least as much as the obscenely wealthy.

    But beyond that, he's genuine and his messaging has been consistent for decades. You can literally find images of him being arrested fighting for social justice in the 60's.

    Also he's sharp and nearly every time he makes a point he drops the facts to support it.

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  • White House Says Gold Reserves May Be Used to Purchase Bitcoin

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  • It goes to whoever can provide Bitcoin. So, likely an exchange. Which ultimately gives the money to people selling Bitcoin. Many of whom are in North Korea and Russia.

    Crypto investment is very risky. Too volatile. Too virtual. No protection against theft/fraud. Also a govt should really invest in companies in its own jurisdiction.

  • Man whose daughter died from measles stands by failure to vaccinate her: "The vaccination has stuff we don’t trust"

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  • I think this question could be interpreted in many ways, but typically education is correlated with more religious participation.

    For Mennonites specifically, education is one of their core values. They also did a study on what matters most to their members that you can check if you're interested: https://www.mennoniteusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MC-USA-Report-FN-compressed-1.pdf

    Personally, I think a lot of their belief system and activism efforts just make sense and appeal based on their own merits.

  • Man whose daughter died from measles stands by failure to vaccinate her: "The vaccination has stuff we don’t trust"

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  • There are many kinds of Mennonites. Most that I know are pretty scientific and well-educated.