Just want to highlight this channel, it's a great resource and his group does a free weekly newsletter you can sign up for as well as the video version on his channel. He covers users questions on live streams a lot of times and goes in-depth with interviews and space topics covering just about everything.
There is a sale this weekend at a nearby store, 2/10$ and It felt like the soda apocalypse in there with everyone running around grabbing up case after case. I don't get it, one can and my mouth feels nasty while my body is demanding water to wash it down. I guess if your body is addicted to it you get a different reaction.
The really disturbing part was seeing all the kids gleefully freaking out as they helped carry case after case (some could barely carry one case because they were so young). I have addictions myself and the parent's purchase is their own prerogative, but I would never let my kid participate in my bad habits.
Seriously, thank you for taking the time to read and respond. The 3rd link is a long word salad of an article they probably could've done better with, some highlights:
Another long, contentious new calendar process then might mean uncertainty with real electoral consequences — perhaps even making it difficult for Democrats running in a competitive presidential primary to know where to campaign, hire staff and advertise.
“These early states really do condition the campaign. The early states don’t guarantee a winner, but they tell us who is going to lose, at least in the first rounds,” Redlawsk said. “The winnowing is very likely to be different if the first state is South Carolina, or Nevada, or some combination, than if it were Iowa or New Hampshire.”
The party can try and mitigate that by starting its 2028 calendar discussions early, potentially even weeks after next year’s election. (we'll see if this come to fruition)
It's effective when you take into consideration what DNC spokesmen require, "they did not reach the standards for their nomination: a candidacy that is "generally advocated and recognized in the news media,".
I can link articles and interviews by Bernie if you wish but I'm going to assume you know of the legal battles and statements made by him during the campaigning and after. "fall-in-line" is definitely my words, but then you go on to describe exactly what fall in line means. The term does come across as negative but the reality is he made declarative statements beforehand and has now changed his position in favor of what the DNC wishes to do... there are other terms I could use I guess but the general description is the same.
I incorrectly assumed you were using the "this is a foreign bot" defense and were telling other people to not drink the kool-aid that I see used all the time so actual conversations can't develop. It's why I included the you and I part so I do apologize for that.
I can't come to the same conclusion you have with the data, I've pointed out just a few of the ways in which the DNC jerryrigs their primaries and candidates. We see the manipulation of media and the cost of running a candidacy which completely undermines any contender. We aren't seeing any "viable challengers" because of decades of hurdles and organizations (both local and national) that limit those who are highlighted, which in turn allows the DNC to say "well we don't think they have a chance so they're not allowed to run". It's like a boxing match where every opponent of Biden's has to wear weights and have their hands tied but "Biden would've won anyways because he's the better boxer".
Article about the performance of Biden and the Democrats response
But But it's unfair because they didn't talk about Trump! This is exactly why we are in this mess to begin with.
AIPAC Unleashes a Record $14.5 Million Bid to Defeat a Critic of Israel
Democratic officials keep other competitors off North Carolina ballot, leaving Biden the only choice
The Democratic Party promised to overhaul its primaries. Doing that has been anything but simple
Biden's Democratic challengers hit ballot access roadblocks
jfc, stop falling back to the easiest and lowest form of defense because of "rightwing and foreign operatives". This is a conversation between you and I. Bernie Sanders understands the game better than anyone here, and had to fall in line... how is that not a statement against what you're proposing here?
more hand-waving, "anyone can make a video platform". No, you need infrastructure, SEO attention, Creators, etc etc. You don't just "decide" to run in elections, the bar for entry is beyond anything a citizen or even most politicians can accrue. Bernie Sanders fell in line a long time ago with the same party he openly said was unfairly treating elections. Vote Biden if that's your choice and I fully support that, but we need to stop sugar coating and pretending everything is A-ok in the DNC if we ever want an elected official who represents the average voter in the party.
could you reference one better understanding of a policy you got out of it? Looking at it from the lens of undecided/independent voters, I didn't get any information out of it but an upcoming golf game.
"roll out voting rights", definitely agree with your other statement about the other party taking voting rights but I haven't seen sources for "rolling out" voting rights from the Dems. They may fight gerrymandering which hurts their election chances but I don't see actual democracy being expedited.
I get so tired of seeing people hand-wave away democracy like it's some kind of amateur sport. This is not how fair and impartial primaries are ran. We can recognize the tech-monopolies and the unfair practices (and untold wealth) they use to squash competition but when it comes to elections? shrug
something doesn''t feel right....
Holy fuck why is that so beautiful. You've unlocked something in me I didn't know was there and must pursue now.
I've been watching Majority Report with Sam Seder. Watched Breaking points since they were on the Rising with The Hill. Something just started to slowly change with them when they broke off. There's the constant Ad's (which is understandable, but was excessive), segments hidden behind a paywall, personalities started to change after surgery then Kyle Kulinski got heavily into the mix including romantically. I don't know, just seemed the show started to take over the lives of the hosts, Sam and Emma have been a breathe of fresh air on Majority (even when Emma drinks a little too much lol). The show is their job and Sam is pretty professional, decent daily live show with clips of segments also being uploaded.