usernamesAreTricky

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[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 21 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

Rules of this community says posts must be articles

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 19 points 9 hours ago

Here's it on threads instead of Twitter as well

https://www.threads.net/@kamalahq/post/DAECgJCNs_7

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 65 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

this time the SC is on their side

Not to dismiss how insane the current court is, but the US supreme court was also on enslaver's side before the civil war. They were famous for making the terrible dred scott ruling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford

 
[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 33 points 3 days ago (6 children)

It's based on the quote he said where he said he "created stories"

"If I have to create stories so that the American media actually has to pay attention to the suffering of American people, then that’s what I’m going to do,” said Vance, a U.S. Senator representing Ohio

 
 
[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I want to know how someone figured this out. Were they accidentally playing it at the same time or just noticed something was rhythmic and then tried different songs?

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 days ago

Tells you how they value conformity above all else

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 13 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Your number will almost certainly be given to a variety of republican campaigns and see spam from many different numbers. Good luck blocking all of them

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 28 points 5 days ago (9 children)

Realistically, it most likely signs you up for a deluge of spam texts about donations and the like to trump

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"Concepts of a plan" is probably the best quote imo

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 days ago

There already sort of is one in the US for candidates who exceed a certain threshold of the vote. It comes with spending limits that could be exceeded by a lot by raising money outside it, so parties stopped taking it. Plus tax payers have to opt into doing it, and the rates of people doing so have dropped over time

If you've ever filed US income taxes and seen the question

"Do you want $3 of your federal tax to go to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund"

That's what it's referring to

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I think you forgot a zero there or added an extra one to the dollar amount. 47 million / 600 thousand = $78.3333 per person

Average is much more reasonable

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

* the biggest reason being that the Supreme Court overturned a prior law to stop super pacs from having unlimited spending in Citizen United. Sure, maybe Congress could pass the same law again only for the court to overturn it 6-3

You have to fix the Supreme Court for that. It'd be difficult to regulate spending in primaries either because money is "free speech" according to them

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