Trump and Vance have a new phrase for national abortion ban, which is “national minimum standard.” That’s just an abortion ban. They’re using it to claim Trump doesn’t support an abortion ban when he does, and much of the media is falling for it www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Trump and Vance Are Calling Their Abortion Ban Something New

Don’t be confused by Trump and Vance’s word games.

i think i mentioned giving a talk recently. an audience member asked a very aggressive question about why my examples of bad behavior were all republicans. “why didn’t i present any democrats?” well, this is why! there is nothing comparable!

republicans lying about an active disaster zone in a way that may keep people from getting needed help is going to blackpill me

Laws are fake but this is a great point.

You ever think of how hard it is for rich people to lose money?

Millions of people will ALWAYS opt out of voting. And their reasons will be varied and illegible to you. If you think that voting is in fact important than work to persuade the persuadable to your position.

Some people honestly believe that voting is a tactic and doesn't matter in the larger scheme. Others do believe that it matters. I do find it strange when people attach morality to it in either direction. Fetishizing the vote strikes me as unproductive.

There are hardly any educators or researchers on university boards either. One of my recent service responsibilities involved interacting with a library board composed almost entirely of investment bankers, pharmaceutical + biotech executives, and real estate developers.

SMshannonmattern.bsky.socialOct 5, 2024 7:28pm

“There aren’t any pilots on the Boeing board, and the only engineer in the C-suites is CEO Dennis Muilenburg—and pilots and engineers were the ones who found the crash unnerving.”

Crash Course

How Boeing's managerial revolution created the 737 MAX disaster

Exactly. They are laying the infrastructure to generate an endless stream of "evidence" that can be twisted into their false claims of a "rigged election". Social and partisan media dynamics are already optimized to quickly assemble, synthesize, and amplify this content.

DNdavid.noll.orgOct 5, 2024 3:16pm

"Trump has told his strategists to focus not just on canvassing efforts but on a 175,000-volunteer 'election integrity' monitoring program that does not directly drive voters to the polls." wapo.st/3XQJDZD

Harris is running a much bigger campaign than Trump. Will it matter?

She spends three times as much, employs hundreds more staff and dominates the ad war. But the race is effectively tied.

this is the thing that really keeps me up at night, speaking of “danger to the rest of the world from a completely unleashed second Trump administration”