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Schumer’s seat is only up in 2028 but if enough of his allies - preferably in safe seats - get primaried in 26 and the new progressives hold them in the general election (and hopefully win some back from GOP) I expect he will be forced out of leadership for the next Congress

It has to have enough shift to progressives or else he will take credit and stay on. He will also be ousted if Democrats lose again but in that scenario MAGA will continue unchecked for 2 more years at least

Maybe that’s why he’s also struggling to get his message heard

That’s a good parallel - AfD like the Dixiecrats and now the GOP MAGA base have a geographical stronghold (in this case the “new states” of former East Germany)

An alternate future without German reunification is interesting to imagine, ditto one without a Aus Civil War where the south just seceded

Maybe the broligarchy currently in charge will finally disabuse people of the notion of white male superiority. Maybe…

Trump didn't even get a majority of the popular vote - you might be thinking of the electoral college, which skewed the result by overweighting sparsely populated deep red states

https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2024presgeresults.pdf

The problem is the electoral system. In a system that allows for voting for smaller parties without wasting your vote, the US would probably have 4-5 parties at least. Red state moderates would not be lumped together with progressives, and main street Republicans with the evangelical wing with MAGA

And apparently the “new” Model Y is even worse than the old one. That’s their bread and butter.

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/tesla/model-y-suv/

Only two thirds of the senate

https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/impeachment.htm

And to start the impeachment trial you just need a normal majority in the House

Yeah. I know Indonesia is cracking down on phone smuggling now by locking carrier access to registered IMEIs

If you bring one back you get a cheaper import fee if you declare it immediately

Negotiations might not be fruitful but if you know that going in, and it can stave off tariffs for a while it might be worth it really. Just set expectations accordingly - and prepare for the worst. And don’t give actual concessions

“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?” comes to mind

I'm so sorry. And the UK is also increasingly discriminating against trans people too, ugh

Move to a border state like Washington, get an enhanced driver license and cross into Canada? EDL functions like a passport for land crossings.

Not sure what sort of federal checks are done for issuing those and if it’s still possible, sorry

I will only travel with work devices from now on. Big tech is complicit in electing Trump, they can deal with my devices being seized by immigration

Fair point. I suspected he was putting on a brave face for investors, but either way his company is a bit screwed now

Thanks for digging that up! I’m aware it wasn’t actually her, so I intentionally didn’t use the quote, but that probably still perpetuates the quote a bit anyway if you had not posted the correction

And remember he doesn’t have to be an official asset, merely being someone useful to them effectively does the same thing - with deniability for the Russians

Marie Antoinette sounds like a paragon of compassion right about now

What sucks is on the way down, between Trump’s tariff and preference for ICEs and foreign markets retaliating, he’ll take down the other US EV players. The ones run by what seems like genuinely nice people like Rivian and Lucid.

In the greater scheme of things it wouldn’t matter so much, but quite a shame.