givesomefucks @ givesomefucks @lemmy.world

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Good.

Silwa, Adams, and Cuomo will split the vote of all the idiots.

Two neoliberals having to run as independents in a general because they can no longer win a Dem primary is a good thing.

They're no longer to buy their way thru the primary.

Eh, that's over the estimated life of the universe.

Our solar system is likely a third that age.

It was just the first example I got when googling it, and I didn't want to break it down and convert it to make it more accurate.

Even then, pole reversal are common (speaking of, were like 100k years overdue and inexplicable shit is going on under the antarctic right now...) so even over the life of the Earth you'd have to keep teleporting to each new North Pole.

But it's a good example of relativity.

Fair, I always want turnout by percentage of total voters, because percent of total voters in each party is a big part of it.

A candidate that grows the party shouldn't have their accomplishments reduced because they drive turnout.

We don't live in an ideal word, most people don't even vote in generals.

Ironically enough he was arrested in Florida which is far enough away there's likely a real difference over that long of time.

Like "real" as in there is a difference. Not that it is in anyway significant.

I googled and apparently in the ~14 billion years we think the universe has existed, the north pole has experienced about four more days of time than the equator.

So like 37 American years or 37.000000000000000000000001 Canadian years.

I'm assuming American.

Around 1 million New York Democrats showed up to vote, the highest raw total in a city primary since 1989, before Mamdani was born.

Weird...

Almost like giving people a candidate they agree with, makes them more likely to vote...

Well, yeah but he probably just got here...

Checks notes

ICE noted Noviello had been a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. since 1991, after entering the country through legal visa status in 1988. However, it also said he was facing removal for being convicted of drug charges “as a non-immigrant overstay.”

37 years ago

I left /microblogmemes and /political memes

If there's anymore left they're just flying under the radar.

But those are "memes" by the Richard Dawkins original meaning of the term. Not "memes" as in "haha, guys like how stupid I am, don't you think I'm stupid" humor.

Memes aren't just shitty jokes, but thats all that's in the shitty meme communities.

Or if you good mateys know of any tricks one could apply, cause every other post here is about the US

A very simple method would just be blocking those as you see them.

And then keep blocking them.

It's not exactly difficult, I do it with all the AI and most of the meme communities.

Every once and a while someone makes a new one, but you just block it when you see it.

I'm confused...

Your "business" is asking people to follow you on social media?

That's...

That's not a business. That's not even a job

It's one of those things where we shortened a phrase and then it stopped making logical sense.

"The three musketeers" werent just musketeers who carried muskets.

They were "the king's musketeers". They were elite special forces as well as the personal bodyguard for the King. The best of the best. The "musketeer" part was the common bit, it just sounds fancy centuries later.

But the book might as well be called "The Kingsguard"

“This election is a choice between a candidate with a blue collar and one with a silver spoon,” Adams said. “A choice between dirty fingernails and manicured nails.”

An ex-cop with international corruption charges...

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/nyregion/eric-adams-charges.html

Who got the federal charges dropped by sucking up to a literal fascist...

Yeah, Eric...

I don't think you need to worry about doubting your fucking hands are dirty

On the plus said him and JoJo's crazy violent uncle are going to basically hand Mamdaninthe general by splitting the asshole vote. The only danger is if one of them pulls an RFK and drops lastinute to endorse the other.

But I'm still confident Mamdani would be a that

He gave people something to vote for...

It was a stupid hateful thing, but it was a thing his base wanted.

Biden/Kamala didn't, at every opportunity they'd talk about their similarities to trump on things like Palestine, the border, healthcare, fracking, pretty much any question they asked they'd say they mostly agree with trump, but have slight differences.

That was trying to get people to vote against trump due to a slight difference, still voting against trump because the difference made trump worse.

So yeah...

That's the largest reason trump is president again.

Give people something to vote for and people will vote.

Gotta build it before people show up, even Kevin Costner knew that 35 years ago

https://youtu.be/t1T72wuj0o8?t=15

The other day I tried to find out if we've ever lapped a budget before.

CRs have become the norm, and get later and later.

But I think 2025 might be the first fiscal year America doesn't have a budget, we've only got 4 more months before the next budget is due lmao

People keep writing words on posters like fascist can't help but read something they see...

Their brains aren't even recognizing it's text.

But pictures of their leaders edited to exacerbate their worst physical features?

That hits them where it hurts.

After the agents looked through his phone, he said he was denied entry to the United States and was sent back to Norway.

People keep acting like this is new, it's been like this since 9/11...

If they "suspect" someone, they don't want to just let them walk away if they're right.

So if you don't comply, they assume the worse and detain you and throw some trumped up charges about obstructing. But they don't even have to do that, they literally can (and likely have) ship you straight to Gitmo for life. Hell, cops even make these kinds of threats to US citizens during traffic stops. Law enforcement has been able to just make wild threats to get people to comply for like, forever

Silver lining at least, people are finally realizing this is an insane process and hopefully it's one of the things we get to fix.

Because we sure as shit can't just spend four years discussing if we need to limit all these govermental powers that have been racking up again. If we get the chance to fix shit we have to actually fix it.

with that appearance, that demeanor, that expression, that posture…

Obviously I think Schumer is a piece of shit, but what are you talking about?

Fuck Chuck.

He's like one of those "protest police" that just shot a guy for legally carrying a rifle, and in the process murdered a bystander.

In their heads they're are heroes and the only ones smart enough to decide how every one else should act. In reality we'd all be better off if they just stay at home and watched CNN.

We're the minority party in a country ran by fascists...

We can't afford to have someone as cowardly as him leading the Senate.

The best way to have a Dem win the general, is a healthy primary.

If it's not then the only way shitty Dems get out of office, is giving the seat to a Republican.

The myth that primaries hurt in the general is a lie spread by neoliberals. It's bad for them because if you compare a neoliberl to literally anyone that's not a Republican, they look like a turd sandwich.