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iforgotmyinstance , to Politics in Nikki Haley walks back Civil War comments after backlash

How is it so hard to stick to the facts and truth in front of the conservative crowd? They all in their feeling about it when it’s basic history.

jonne ,

To them it’s woke history. A Republican from the north (eg. Chris Christie) might tell you it was the right answer, but if you’re from the South you can’t ever admit it.

shiveyarbles , to Politics in Nikki Haley walks back Civil War comments after backlash

She really comes off as a corporate puppet. Moreso than the usual Republicans.

newtraditionalists ,

Absolutely. It’s all so calculated, that there is suddenly a surge in popularity for a woman candidate. They can espouse all of their typical anti-social policies all while hiding behind claims of modernity. The murdochs are savvy, even if she ends up the vp on trump’s ticket, she is something they can always point to as a reason that republicans aren’t archaic monsters. And their voters will believe it and use it as their own shield.

stolid_agnostic ,

Yep. This is all a PR machine like what W had.

Powderhorn Mod , to U.S. News in Ohio GOP lawmakers vow to target state judiciary after passage of Issue 1 abortion measure
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Surely, this won’t backfire. Just like the summer election.

vinniep OP ,

That’s what confused me about this too.

Abortion is a loser for the GOP. With the passage of this ballot issue, they could take their loss, played the “aw shucks” for their base, and moved on to other issues in 2024. Instead, they’re giving the Ohio Dems their talking points for them and doubling down on a platform that’s been killing them every time citizens cast ballots.

Pandantic , to Politics in Why is the Federal Reserver trying to drive down wages?
@Pandantic@kbin.social avatar

I had the same question after watching Cathy Wood of Ark Invest’s jobs report yesterday. My thought being “isn’t higher wages a good thing, and can help people weather inflation?”

As others have said, there are better ways the fed can go about dealing with inflation than wanting the average person to have lower wages. It’s frustrating.

spacecowboy , to Texas in Texas "physically barred" Border Patrol agents from trying to rescue migrants who drowned, federal officials say

I’d just like to remind everyone that Texas sucks. Republicans suck too. They’re a pox on humanity.

Bnova , to Personal Finance in Homes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average American
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Well yeah, the average American is broke. And the average house is expensive. Give me whatever funding this study receives because this shit didn’t need one.

StringTheory , to U.S. News in 3-year-old migrant girl dies aboard bus headed from Texas to Chicago

Texas officials confirmed the bus was headed to Chicago as part of its “border bus mission.” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is one of several Republican governors in southern states who have authorized the bussing of thousands of migrants to Democratic-run cities since early 2022 as part of an ongoing political battle over immigration policies. Critics have accused GOP leaders of using migrants as political pawns.

“State-sanctioned kidnapping is not a public policy choice, it is immoral and disgusting," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said of the practice in June.

Texas sure made a point with their stunt.

Not too sure it’s the one they wanted to make.

xc2215x , to Politics in Republican attorneys general issue warning letter to Target about Pride merchandise

Pride merchandise is sold many places.

Afkargh ,
@Afkargh@kbin.social avatar

I saw a full end cap of pride merchandise at a Walgreens, and we know who they support.

Omega_Haxors , to Politics in Nikki Haley walks back Civil War comments after backlash

States’ rights to what-!? [bwah wawa wawa, wawa wawa]

HandsHurtLoL , to Politics in Republican attorneys general issue warning letter to Target about Pride merchandise

There go ultra-MAGAs and their anti-business platform.

HandsHurtLoL , to Politics in Trump says he'd bring back "travel ban" that's "even bigger than before"

IT Crowd joke: You wouldn't steal a farm.

nieceandtows , to Texas in Texas man gets jail time for drugging wife's drinks to induce an abortion

Why, to avoid child support?

Telorand ,

Motive isn’t given in the article, but I would imagine finances were at least a component of it.

Pandantic , to U.S. News in 3-year-old migrant girl dies aboard bus headed from Texas to Chicago
@Pandantic@midwest.social avatar

Thanks OP for un-burying the lead!

PatFussy , (edited ) to Politics in In Tuesday's special election, Ohioans overwhelmingly vote against requiring a supermajority to change their state constitution

Can someone explain how 50% is more “democratic”? I feel like it would be more democratic to require supermajority to change laws in this stupid hyper partisan world. In this case it felt like the people agreed so it was bipartisan super majority. Why cant this apply to the rest of constitutional changes?

Edit: im glad i get downvoted for asking for clarification.

AnonTwo ,

The problem is the stipulation was added very deliberately before an abortion rights issue. It was an attempt to kill a more important issue.

Even if you feel it should require a stronger majority the issue was not put out with the hope of making things "more democratic".

And yes, the results show they could actually have succeeded even on a supermajority, but neither party knew that at the time.

taladar ,

56.6% to 43.4%

the results show they could actually have succeeded even on a supermajority

How does that result show that they could have succeeded with a 60% supermajority?

AnonTwo ,

At the time of that post, people said it was at 60-70.

GrimChaos , (edited )

As the only other person said they are doing this right before a big vote.

The real problem is that they are trying to raise the current number of signatures for citizens to amend the Ohio Constitution from the requirement that they need to be gathered in 44 out of the state’s 88 counties, to the new version they would need all 88 counties. And getting rid of a 10 day grace period. This would make it nearly impossible to get anything on the ballot for a vote.

Edit: made it more clear that they would need all 88 counties instead of 44

Double edit: you got an up vote from me because it seemed like a sincere question

sanguinepar ,
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50% is more democratic, because it means 41% doesn’t beat 59%.

HairHeel , to Texas in [CBS] Electricity rates in Texas skyrocket amid statewide heat wave
@HairHeel@programming.dev avatar

This is a misleading article quoting the wholesale market rates that are normally paid by factories, utility providers, etc. The vast majority of Texans pay a set rate every month to their utility provider, who ideally generates enough to cover demand, but has to buy from the wholesale market if they fall short (or can sell back to the wholesale market if they over-produce).

There’s a small number of people who pay wholesale rates for their residential service, but many of them learned their lesson after that big freeze a few years back. Generally that kind of plan is geared to people who have their own generator, solar, etc and only buy from the grid in rare situations.

btaf45 OP , (edited )

This is a misleading article quoting the wholesale market rates that are normally paid by factories, utility providers, etc.

Of course they are the wholesale rates. Nobody thinks they are retail rates because we all know our retail rates are fixed. Not “misleading” to anybody. But the retail rates obviously depend on the wholesale rates, so goodluck when you have to renew your rates.

HairHeel ,
@HairHeel@programming.dev avatar

Hopefully the lemmy user base is smarter about this than Reddit was, anyhow. God knows enough people over there got confused every time a story like this was posted.

I get the feeling the author of this article, who described it as “The rate Texas residents pay for energy” might be confused on the difference between wholesale and residential rates though.

btaf45 OP ,

Okay I see what you mean. That is a weird way to describe wholesale rates.

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