• tym@lemmy.world
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    40 minutes ago

    thenumbersarewrong2024.com

    They stole the last one, and if they don’t enact martial law for midterms, they’ll just steal that one, too. Kamala had the intel and the power to force the issue, but stood down.

    Politicians have recently admitted they’re afraid of AI-driven 25% unemployment rates and the resulting civil unrest.

    My money is literally on this being bipartisan theatre to establish infrastructure that can quell said unrest. That was before they admitted it. Do what you will with this take.

    https://fortune.com/2025/11/20/gen-z-college-grad-unemployment-could-hit-25-percent-warns-us-senator-unprecedented-disruption-ai/

    Edit: Think of it like this: If covid-era interest rates are a parachute, someone’s gotta damage the plane engines first so the parachute gets deployed…

  • 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Was north of Nashville at the inlaws for Thanksgiving. The anti-aftyn propaganda on television was amazing. So much money being dumped into that Tennessee district. Rs have to be terrified.

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    One point that I don’t think gets enough attention: gerrymandering gets more districts for a party by chipping into districts usually held by opposing parties. That dilutes the strength a party has in each district.

    Can you imagine if the R’s gerrymandering drive ends up gaining Democratic districts because they stretched their leads too thin? That may have been part of the reason Indiana didn’t move forward with it.

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      It took me awhile to understand what you were saying. So basically, you’re watering down any leads in existing locations because there are more democrats in the places the republicans are trying to take over. They might lose a bigger area. I hope this happens over and over again.

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      After so much has been lost or damaged, while good and necessary, it seems very late. We’ve got Israel destroying its neighbor and Trump about to give Putin everything he wants. I don’t know how things will actually go, but it seems like any victory now will be among the ruins.

      Edit: Not to mention all the problems at home, like the travesty ICE is.

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    6 hours ago

    “What, our policies that screw the majority of Americans and favor the extremely wealthy and corporations are unpopular? Unthinkable!”

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    Don’t get excited. This is temporary. Martial Law is coming—believe me or not idgaf—and the rest of the world intends to move away from US relations, so expect a lot of panic voting going to the right wing.

    We are about 1% into the collapse of the US. Strap in.