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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
If I didn't know better, I would say that DeSantis' goal was to convince everyone to vote against Trump by demonstrating just how disastrous his ideas are.
Like, this is gonna lead to the COVID number spiking to high heaven in mid-October. The worst possible time for the GOP, in the state they need to fight the hardest for. Biden couldn't ask for a better present.
Edited by Gilphon on Sep 25th 2020 at 4:14:37 AM
Redmess
Well, no surprises there. Endangering public health for the sake of getting votes.
China's reaction is predictable, but they do have a point: this is a heavy handed and extortionate tactic by the US.
Tim Kendall, who served as director of monetization for Facebook from 2006 through 2010, spoke to Congress today as part of a House Commerce subcommittee hearing examining how social media platforms contribute to the mainstreaming of extremist and radicalizing content.
"The social media services that I and others have built over the past 15 years have served to tear people apart with alarming speed and intensity," Kendall said in his opening testimony (PDF). "At the very least, we have eroded our collective understanding—at worst, I fear we are pushing ourselves to the brink of a civil war."
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes last year published a lengthy op-ed calling for regulators to break up the company.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg "is a good, kind person," Hughes wrote at the time. "But I'm angry that his focus on growth led him to sacrifice security and civility for clicks... The government must hold Mark accountable. It is time to break up Facebook."
Knows-Many-Things
There's not going to be a Civil War. I'm so tired of hearing that term. This shit ends the second the people waving their guns around get scared back into their holes by a higher authority. They're cowards, they'd never risk their lives by actually fighting the government.
Find the Light in the Dark
Apparently Ron Paul is recovering well already - and as disturbing as it might have been to viewers, it also made sure that he'd definitely get the medical help he needed in a timely fashion since viewers could reasonably contact authorities to alert them.
Senator Doug Jones, despite being in a deep red state and being at risk of losing his seat in November, will NOT support Trump's Supreme Court pick.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/25/politics/doug-jones-supreme-court-nominee-position/index.html
He is a better Senator than most voters in Alabama deserve...
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
The Head of the Hydra
So I actually live in Florida, what does the executive order shit mean?
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Figure of Hourai
Everyone is being told to act like there's no pandemic on and any local restrictions are cancelled.
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Redmess
Fact remains that Facebook is doing a lot of damage and putting lives in danger with their reckless business model.
Optimism is a duty.
The Head of the Hydra
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So no mask restrictions?
Like my mom & grandma both work at a salon, so they can't tell anyone to wear masks anymore?
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
I believe that businesses can make their own restrictions, but can only back it up with refusal of service. So no fines, etc.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Figure of Hourai
Basically, any legal enforcement or restrictions by local government have been cancelled. So they can tell people and refuse service, but that's just going to have the typical people bitch even more because there's now no law about it.
I can see the r/publicfreakout posts now...
"The Governor Says You Have To My Hair!"
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina have all announced that they will be moving their mail-in ballot deadlines to several days after election day itself. For Michigan, the new deadline is going to be November 17th, for Pennsylvania, it will be the 6th, for Wisconsin, it will be the 9th, and for North Carolina it will be the 12th.
Trump and the GOP: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Ooooooooooooooooooooo!
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Have to what your hair? Boil it? Mash it? Stick it in a stew?
In 2016, when did we know that Trump had won? Was it Election Night? And with all this mail in voting, do we have an estimate for when we will know the results this time?
Figure of Hourai
538 just ran an article on that. So... probably not even for a week or so after, unless Biden is also leading in in-person votes on election night. Or Texas flips or something.
Brightness
I believe Hillary conceded the election either on the night of or within 24 hours, but it was 4 years ago and I was smack dab in the middle of China at the time so I could be wrong.
We won’t have confirmed results until either after the latest ballots can be received, or until the number of mail ballots outstanding is less than the lead of a candidate.
We should be able to have a solid guess at the ballpark of the results well before that though, as the vast majority of the counting will be done on election night or soon after.
Florida is probably the one to watch on election night itself, as it might well be called on the night, and if Biden wins it then Trump should stand no chance.
Redmess
I think it was the next day, though it is a bit confusing with the different time zones.
Optimism is a duty.
This is changing the subject, but I've been thinking of the possibility of the COVID-19 vaccine that's supposedly coming out soon. Could the release of the vaccine impact the election, in that Trump will attempt to take credit for it and boost his approval?
There’s no indicator that a vaccine is coming that fast, Trump has been claiming that one will, but he’s a well known liar.
Edited by Silasw on Sep 25th 2020 at 10:58:11 AM
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Even if Trump does somehow manage to strongarm the FDA into approving a vaccine ahead of time, it's not going to be completed, distributed, and take effect in the next month.
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He wants to do that, but there won't be a vaccine before the elections. It's literally impossible.
DeSantis is going straight into negligent homicide territory all to make Trump look better.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.