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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.

Zombiepirate , to Politics in Nikki Haley walks back Civil War comments after backlash
@Zombiepirate@lemmy.world avatar

My favorite part of this whole thing was when she acted like this was a hard “gotcha” question.

It’s an easy question if you’re not a cryptofascist; she just didn’t want to take a public stand that would piss off the white supremacist faction that makes up the GOP base.

Its a perfect question for exposing the game that cryptofascists like to play.

originalucifer , to Politics in Nikki Haley walks back Civil War comments after backlash
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name further 'aspects'. we'll wait.

Jaysyn , to Politics in Eligible voters are being swept up in conservative activists' efforts to purge voter rolls
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Just discovered that Florida purged my GOP mother from the voting rolls, but she doesn't know & I'm not telling her.

Jaysyn , to Politics in Eligible voters are being swept up in conservative activists' efforts to purge voter rolls
@Jaysyn@kbin.social avatar

This was the plan the whole time & the media is complicit.

They will be so shocked when they find themselves against the wall as the first victims of Donald Trump's regime.

healthetank , to Men's Liberation in How gender disparities are affecting men

Interesting article

I especially liked that they raised point like the fact that despite the fact that men earn more on average and make up more of the top CEO/Board Members spots, that those things don’t help the bottom segment of boys who are left behind in school and left unsupported.

Their program to try and pull those teens back into post secondary is helpful and I’d be excited to see their long term impacts

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.

e_t_ Admin , to U.S. News in Ohio GOP lawmakers vow to target state judiciary after passage of Issue 1 abortion measure

Ohio GOP lawmakers evince a design to reduce [Ohio] under absolute despotism.

btaf45 OP , to Personal Finance in Is Medicare supplemental insurance worth it? Here's what some experts think.

You are only guaranteed on Medigap with the best prices if you get it within 6 months of first enrolling in Medicare. That’s why it is critical to get real Medicare + Part D + Medigap when you are first eligible. If you initially get Medicare Disadvantage, and then realize how bad it is, you can switch from Part C to Part B/D during the next enrollment period, but it will be hard to add Medigap to that.

An audit done by the government’s inspector general found that Medicare Disadvantage falsely denied 18% of payments that they were supposed to approve and that real medicare would have approved. This amounts to 1.5 million times per year that Americans were shafted by illegal payment denials from those companies. There are also increased hassles and delays in getting your medical care and limited choice of doctors.

www.hsgac.senate.gov/…/Tinker-Testimony.pdf

[An estimated 18 percent of payment denials met Medicare coverage rules and MAO billing rules and therefore the provider payments should not have been denied by the MAOs. This projects to 28,949 payment denials that met Medicare coverage rules and MAO billing rules for these MAOs during the first week of June 2019.]

AnnaFrankfurter , to Personal Finance in Homes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average American

Oh I’ve a solution for this the average American can all go and try to buy home in that 1% are so it also becomes unaffordable. Problem solved.

American_Communist22 , to Personal Finance in Homes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average American
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comrades the .world comments are such libshit lol, count your lucky stars you can’t see them

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.

barrbaric , to Personal Finance in Homes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average American

If I had to move to my current area now, my rent would be around 50% of my income, and that’s with a job that used to be able to support the whole nuclear family bullshit as little as 20 years ago. I’m like $2k below median family income by myself.

Waraugh , to Personal Finance in Homes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average American

Wow, I just bought a house three months ago, I guess I’m part of the 1%.

rbos ,
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Lemmy leans tech and higher income, so yeah, I’d expect a higher proportion.

NotErisma ,
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Kiosade ,

(Coughbragcough)

Maggoty , to Personal Finance in Homes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average American

It’s worse than the headline says. The study set 71k as the average US income for a single person…

Which is the official household number. The actual single income average is 50-60k.

SendMePhotos ,

The heck? A ton of my friends are making like 40k… I guess they’re still within the bell average.

Maggoty ,

Oh that’s the fun part. Everyone discusses mean and median. Mode is in the 35-40 range last I tracked it down. (it wasn’t easy to find and I have my theories about why)

Doxatek ,

This still seems high to me, damn. In my town average household income is 30k lol. Even surrounding “nice” towns aren’t that much higher

I guess there’s places where people must make so much money

Maggoty ,

Oh definitely these are national numbers. Even just state by state starts to vary a lot

Redditgee ,

West Virginia, or something?

Doxatek ,

Lmao rural Illinois

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