GiddyGap

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[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Unless Republicans choose to abolish the filibuster, they can't do it. Takes 60 votes in the Senate.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

Won't this just get the orange to push even more for drilling and further harm the environment and climate?

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

how the fuck does anyone have a magazine-fed gun and not know that removing the magazine doesn't unload the chamber

A child who finds a firearm in an unlocked safe that the parent thought was locked may not know. Or many other scenarios.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

We need a single-payer, universal healthcare system like they have in every other developed country. It's the only way to control cost and make sure that everyone is covered.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee -2 points 3 weeks ago

And hundreds of thousands of times in criminal situations, including more than 10,000 gun-related homicides.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It seems Trump has no problem advocating for undoing the 14th Amendment to ban birthright citizenship. If he does that, I see no problem undoing the 2nd Amendment.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They are for sure in trouble somewhere. The Europeans will definitely be offended.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Seat belts are designed specifically to save people's lives. In action, they prevent a lot more deaths than they cause. Firearms are designed specifically to take people's lives. In action, they cause a lot more deaths than they prevent.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee -1 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

It's perfectly preventable in other countries. In the western world, this is pretty much a uniquely American experience.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee -4 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

A child dying from something that could have been prevented cannot be dismissed as a simple statistical insignificance. That's the most cynical thing I've heard in a while.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

It doesn't really matter if it's an edge case or not. 277 people died because of it, many children. That's not ok. I understand that people will go to great lengths to defend (often illogically) what they feel is their right, but your rights end where someone else's rights begin. 277 lives, even if it's over 25 years, is not worth an unsecured bullet in the chamber. It's not even worth one life.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What a non-story.

These 277 deaths could have been prevented with magazine disconnects. Not a non-story.

 

Historically, voters from smaller and more rural counties tend to cast their ballots on Election Day, per an analysis of the 2020 election from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab.

If that trend holds, it could create the appearance that Trump and Republicans are in the lead — the so-called "red mirage."

However, as absentee and mail-in ballots, typically originating from denser, more urban precincts that lean Democratic, are tabulated, the outcome in certain states could change — leading to a "blue shift" on the electoral map.

 

Vice President Harris has a 50-point lead over former President Trump among two- and four-year college students in the seven swing states: Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada, according to a new Generation Lab poll.

Why it matters: It’s a commanding lead that could even swing the results in some of these key states, depending on turnout among this youngest contingent of voters.

 

Vice President Harris has jumped to a three percentage point lead over former President Trump in Iowa, according to the final Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll of the cycle.

 

Gen Z and Millennial voters are more skeptical about ballot-counting machines than older Americans, who by a clear majority trust machines more than people when it comes to counting votes, according to the latest Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll.

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A new internal memo by Tony Fabrizio, chief pollster for all three of Donald Trump's presidential campaigns, tells the former president he's in a radically better position than he was right before the 2020 election.

Why it matters: The memo reflects the exuberance that Trump staffers and allies exude in interviews and behind-the-scenes conversations. The optimistic framing could make it even more difficult for Trump followers to accept a loss as legitimate.

The memo, addressed to "TEAM TRUMP," has the subject line: "PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON THE VERGE."

 

Half of Gen Z voters — and 1 in 4 U.S. voters overall — have lied to people close to them about who they're voting for, according to the latest Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll.

The findings raise big questions about the limits and future of polling, which relies on voters giving responses reflecting their real-life political behavior.

 

Weekly church attendees who are white largely favor Donald Trump, while Black churchgoers tend to back Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a new survey.

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