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Even ”closed” primaries are barely that. In Florida, as long as you update your registration in advance you can vote in whichever primary you wish. Nobody in the actual parties has any control over that.
December 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Even ”closed” primaries are barely that. In Florida, as long as you update your registration in advance you can vote in whichever primary you wish. Nobody in the actual parties has any control over that.
Reagan also followed a typical path to the presidency through a governorship. As far as I’m aware, Trump is unique in having no government experience prior to the presidency.
December 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Reagan also followed a typical path to the presidency through a governorship. As far as I’m aware, Trump is unique in having no government experience prior to the presidency.
An armory full swords that look like Christmas lights. Powerful but if any one of them breaks they all lose their magic.
December 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
An armory full swords that look like Christmas lights. Powerful but if any one of them breaks they all lose their magic.
Turn on for opening a valve to activate something. It still applies literally in a few rare cases but it’s mostly generic.
December 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Turn on for opening a valve to activate something. It still applies literally in a few rare cases but it’s mostly generic.
That said, this is a reply to a post that had attention from the Will Stancil hate brigade, so he was never going to get a charitable reading anyway
December 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
That said, this is a reply to a post that had attention from the Will Stancil hate brigade, so he was never going to get a charitable reading anyway
People have been primed by Vance’s rhetoric that immigrants are taking people’s homes. Matt probably could have been a bit more explicit that he was talking about immigrant homelessness.
December 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
People have been primed by Vance’s rhetoric that immigrants are taking people’s homes. Matt probably could have been a bit more explicit that he was talking about immigrant homelessness.
Comparing the two, it almost seems intentional that there’s a hole in the middle of Trump‘s team where the president should be.
December 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Comparing the two, it almost seems intentional that there’s a hole in the middle of Trump‘s team where the president should be.
It’s there. The Gulf of California is just colored in the same way the Irish Sea and Persian Gulf are.
December 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It’s there. The Gulf of California is just colored in the same way the Irish Sea and Persian Gulf are.
He’s not a guaranteed swing vote anymore. If the other 5 conservatives want to be aggressive he’s incentivized to vote with them to maintain some influence.
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
He’s not a guaranteed swing vote anymore. If the other 5 conservatives want to be aggressive he’s incentivized to vote with them to maintain some influence.
At some point, wanting to retake lost territory switches from justified righting of a historical wrong to unjustified nationalist nonsense. I don't know exactly where that threshold is, but Ukraine regaining Crimea is pretty clearly on the right side of it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
At some point, wanting to retake lost territory switches from justified righting of a historical wrong to unjustified nationalist nonsense. I don't know exactly where that threshold is, but Ukraine regaining Crimea is pretty clearly on the right side of it.
I love that it turns into an elevation drawing below the family room. Like those doors and windows must be above a pit in the ground or something.
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I love that it turns into an elevation drawing below the family room. Like those doors and windows must be above a pit in the ground or something.
The powerful have always been in danger of that kind of epistemic degeneration though. Yes men are a perennial problem. AI will exacerbate it, but it was already present. For the average person it’s a much more novel issue.
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The powerful have always been in danger of that kind of epistemic degeneration though. Yes men are a perennial problem. AI will exacerbate it, but it was already present. For the average person it’s a much more novel issue.
Yes, depth perception is also why primates have them despite being largely herbivorous. It really helps when moving around the treetops.
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Yes, depth perception is also why primates have them despite being largely herbivorous. It really helps when moving around the treetops.
If he doesn’t vote it fails at 59 of 60 needed
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
If he doesn’t vote it fails at 59 of 60 needed
I already feel like I‘m trying to control Air Ride’s Hydra at the end of some of these runs. I am not ready Riders version
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I already feel like I‘m trying to control Air Ride’s Hydra at the end of some of these runs. I am not ready Riders version
They’re planning to cancel elections, the same way a student who missed half the lectures is planning to ace the final without studying
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
They’re planning to cancel elections, the same way a student who missed half the lectures is planning to ace the final without studying
If we’d called them the perpendicular numbers or basically anything other than imaginary we wouldn‘t have this problem.
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
If we’d called them the perpendicular numbers or basically anything other than imaginary we wouldn‘t have this problem.
The Flood is an alien parasite that can infect people and turn them into zombies and other horrors . Basically they’re saying immigrants are a plague that needs to be destroyed.
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The Flood is an alien parasite that can infect people and turn them into zombies and other horrors . Basically they’re saying immigrants are a plague that needs to be destroyed.