I’m not up to speed on the discovery you linked. It appears to be a vulnerability that can’t be exploited remotely? If so, how is this the same as Intel chips causing widespread system instability?

Sure, you can do things that will supplement [state’s abortion bans]. Absolutely. And those things are pretty open, and humane, but you have to be able to have a vote, and all I want to do is give everybody a vote, and the votes are taking place right now as we speak.

Mixing in some garbled response about voting in what should otherwise be a straightforward response tells you everything you need. His addled brain betrays his real stance: “I’ll go with whatever gets me the most votes, I don’t give a shit about the actual issue”.

Deal maker Donnie really doing deals here. Looks like he’s basically caved.

Watch MAGA base desperately ignore another obvious example yet again if his tough words and weak actions not lining up.

Elon sees himself as a truth teller discovering and interpreting information that is outside the mainstream, using his deep and savvy knowledge of the world to understand what is and isn’t important or relevant and using his platform to promote it. He thinks he’s the only person with the courage to speak the truth.

In reality he’s just the 2024 equivalent of a boomer forwarding stupid email chains from his inbox without the slightest inclination to confirm what he’s posting or ability to tell the real world from obvious fakery.

This got under my skin too.

That parasite constantly refers to user content and comments and as being the property or Reddit, and his schemes to generate profit off the back of that asset are almost always to the detriment of the user base who are keeping him in business.

Like all rich assholes, he’s got this expectation that everyone will deeply respect and admire his mission to enrich himself by exploiting whatever market he has access to.

Agree 100%

In Trump terms, left = anyone he disagrees with.

Explains why he was so antagonistic toward the ABC reporter at the National Association of Black Journalists. As bad as that makes him look outside of the MAGA bubble, it lets him make the pathetic argument that ABC was mean to him so he won’t go debate there. His fragile little ego is more important to him than winning the election. Good news for democracy lovers.

Also: left leaning versus right wing mouthpiece. ABC v Fox doesn’t seem like a fair comparison.

Trump is genuinely scared he’s going to lose. He’s trying to put the stink of his conviction on someone else. He knows it’s a massive liability.

“This former AG, Senator, and VP has no idea how to run this country!” - Conservative Clowns everywhere.

Yeah that’s exactly the problem with increased partisan staff as opposed to a balance / scaled approach. It will only emphasise money and populism in what should be (and already isn’t) an official and unbiased process.

It’s super frustrating how much democracy falls into a two-party pit. That said recent UK and Australian elections show how conservative parties who leaned into hard right Trumpism bullshit shed votes to independents and parties who want conservatism with the loonies.

Good find. Some additional context later in the same article that I found interesting:

In the July meetings, conservative board members favored proposals for increasing the number of poll watchers parties and candidates could send to vote-counting centers, changing the way local election offices verify vote totals, and giving local election board members more access to election-related materials prior to verifying election results.

Partisan poll-watchers and partisan election officials something something free and fair elections (according to conservatives).

Nah, vapid.

By all means, continue to be vapid.

You’re not obliged to respond if you don’t have anything meaningful or interesting to add to this discussion.

Just because you’re bad at it doesn’t mean you’re not doing it.

All for debate, but maybe don’t go around devaluing the term fascism for fake internet points?

Very well made point, imo.

The conventions and announcements of VP picks are so late in the cycle because that’s about the point where the election is close enough that the broad population is likely to pay more attention. I’m not at all worried that there’s a mere 100 days for Harris to campaign.

Jessica Castillo, a self-described centrist from Charlotte who voted for Trump in both 2016 and 2020

If you’re consistently voting hard right, how the hell are you calling yourself centrist? These people are nuts.