OldWoodFrame

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 16 hours ago

Not another one knight stand!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

It's honestly very funny to imagine any US Senator thinks of themselves in these action hero terms. Like Mitch McConnell heard about it and put on a bandana and got his lasso.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Text generation is Frozen Yogurt now.

Noticeably worse, but you can have so much more.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Got more toots than Mastodon.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I could see it either way. The competing visions for ancient evil: Murdering children for asking questions, or the existence of unmarried women.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

If AOC's too Capitalist for ya I got bad news about 95% of America.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 days ago (4 children)

AOC had a similar response on Pod Save America.

You win political influence by being a crucial part of a win. You lose political influence if your political opponents are in office. The best chance to have your voice heard on Israel is being a crucial part of a Harris win.

That is the calculation.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean I'll do you one better, Moodys did inflation research in 2022 and found that laws signed by Biden contributed 0.1% of the then 8.5% inflation. Basically nothing, it was all Covid supply chains and a Russian oil shock.

But, that's still the explanation for why incumbents around the world are unpopular right now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

CPI year-over-year, the common meaning of "inflation," was 9.1% in June of 2022.

https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-by-category-line-chart.htm

I assume you're using some other metric but what a bad look jumping to misinformation.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 days ago (6 children)

It's close because Trump is not a disciplined candidate and he keeps doubling down on young men instead of trying to build his appeal to new areas.

Most of the time if inflation hits 9% and wages lag behind inflation (as they always do) the incumbent party loses. Nikki Haley would be winning 60/40 right now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

There's a middle ground. The near future of the party is Ron DeSantis and JD Vance, the smoothed down versions of Trump. I don't think that works and someone new will come out fully populist with authoritarian edges, maybe a Hispanic man to help attract the working class beyond just white people, that seems to be the growth opportunity Republicans need and maybe that solidifies Arizona/Nevada/Texas for them while they put all the effort into the Blue Wall and North Carolina.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Ramanujan Aiyangar, Srinivasa, 1887-1920: (1927). Collected papers of Srinivasa Ramanujan. Cambridge [Eng.] :The University Press.

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