No, but they can pass lots of bills that could fix the economy, and one by one, bring each to his desk with a big press media show, and show America what party is vetoing their pocketbook.

I’m more in the camp of someone like AOC. No aid at all if they’re continuing to be aggressor. Defensive aid can’t be unconditional.

That said, a large portion of my family is Jewish, and I know a lot of people who simultaneously want to protect family and friends over there, while also wanting to halt the genocide, apartheid, and authoritarianism over there.

I don’t know if you can do the latter while still having unconditional iron dome defense aid. If defense isn’t free, then they have less money to dump into offense.

That said, I’d rather elect politicians who agree on the problem and have disagreements on the solution. We’ve had years of politicians that were too afraid to acknowledge the state as aggressor.

Basically he’s supporting anything that stops Israel and Hamas / Iran from being able to effectively attack each other. He wants to cut off their ability to get offensive munitions, and he wants to cut off the ability for any offensive munitions to be effective.

AIPAC actively opposes him.

He supports defense, not offense. And not offensive weapons sales, or the war in Gaza. He’s also against the illegal settlements.

He wants to cut sales of bulldozers and arms to Israel, with the exception of things like defensive weapons systems that shoot down in-bound missiles.

Agreed. It’s basically chimpanzee-level morality.

That said, I’m often shocked at how many people falsely assume that the death penalty deters crime and saves money.

Given the fact that CA is getting even less back from the feds, I just don’t see why the state would shell out more money for death penalty cases.

We know that death penalty cases cost more than life in prison, and we have no evidence that the death penalty is a crime deterrent.

If you’re simply being a Vulcan about this, the death penalty is pretty illogical. At best it scratches an itch for vengeance. But I can’t pay for goods and services with vengeance.

I was looking at HHI, but that tracks too.

The expense is basically meaningless to him.

A small pinch is putting it lightly. His donation is the equivalent of the average American throwing in $40.

Homie attempted a coup to stay in power. I’ll be thinking about the next presidential election until he’s gone.

Probably all the stuff the stuff the politicians of his generation promised 3 to 5 decades ago.

I guess is depends on how busy your train system is. In my city we’re packed in like sardines during commute hours, and during those busy times those things create situations where people can’t get in and out and properly.

Technically the train conductor and police are supposed to keep an eye out for that shit and make sure bikes don’t block aisles and doors, but they don’t and the wide and long bikes often block mobility when trains are packed.

I commute with something pretty slim that easily tucks into the train racks.

Just avoid taking that on during commute time. Those things don’t fit compactly into the bike rack, and they piss everyone off during commute hours.

The high gas prices are making EVs appealing, even without subsidies.

Which was wild because a lot of the polls were Clinton around +4 with about a +/-4 margin.

I remember Silver shitting on those high 90’s models because they clearly weren’t baking in enough room for the margin of error.

IMHO, Clinton v Trump is also the perfect example of normies not understanding how statistics and probability works.

Trump had a nearly 30% chance of winning. That’s a legit possibility of winning. If powerball had a 30% chance of winning, everyone would be running to buy a ticket.

People saw Clinton at 70% and seemed to think that was a lock. 70% odd isn’t a 100% chance of winning. It’s 70%.

All of the polling institutions are pretty aligned this time around, so that kind of discredits the “fake news” argument. Too many independent sources are saying the same thing.

That said, polls are based on historical data. And polls might not do a good job of trying to account for the abnormal fuckery that has been happening this cycle. Off cycle gerrymandering, purges of democratic leaning voters, scares about mail-in voting, etc.

People shouldn’t assume this is a lock. People need to show up in high numbers.

Seems like an obvious thing to do. The stuff is already mined, and it’s super valuable. Just reclaim it.

Ok, if you’re not racist, then why do the people who like nazi salutes only march in support of your party?

Real

Exactly. 4/5 Dems voted no. Almost all republicans voted yes.