They actually brought in somebody who isn’t a regular columnist to make this claim; even Dowd isn’t this bonkers.
It’s not meant to be a demonstration of belief, it’s about a demonstration of subservience. Getting people to say something that everybody knows to be a lie, and do it in public, is a way of getting them to demonstrate that loyalty is more important than anything else.
Yeah, kbin has a couple of nasty bugs:
There are better replacements, but they tend to look like a fully government-run system, ending the profits of private insurers and major hospital operators. Those are ideologically unacceptable to the Republicans.
We could have that if we had more and better Democrats; Joe Machin, bought off by the coal industry, insisted on almost-all-carrots legislation, and no Republican would step up to replace his vote.
The survey compared those who watch Fox with those who watch neutral outlets like CNN. Those getting news from Fox were 100% planning to vote for Trump. Those watching neutral outlets had a minority who would not.
Changing media diet makes a really big difference
If we want zero emissions, it’s going to mean no fossil fuels. Every new hookup means decades of burning fossil gas.
Not hooking up new buildings is one step along the way; a full retrofit of existing buildings and decommissioning of the gas pipeline network, like Ithaca is already doing, is necessary as well.
Problem is that a big chunk of new vehicle buyers never run their old cars into the ground like that; they treat ‘new car every few years’ as a status symbol. And a big chunk of vehicle buyers can only ever afford used cars. So it’s important that new vehicles all be electric, and not just some random subset.
That’s a really close thing. I recommend spending some time canvassing in a swing district near you if you’re able.
Prices have been dropping for years, and continue to do so. It’ll happen.
Getting real money for those means getting Congress on board to appropriate it.
Definitely want a hard block like other platforms. The fact that ‘block’ is treated as ‘mute’ is really damaging in terms of enabling harassment.
I wouldn’t be surprised if that was true in some states. Look up the rules where you are.
No. A lot of those uses aren’t particularly dangerous unless you start doing things like drilling holes in it or otherwise producing dust. If it needs to be replaced, you’re on the hook for hiring somebody to remove it safely. Its use in new construction has been banned for decades.
This is just a ban on the last few uses of it.
The US government is designed to split power across multiple individials and institutions. So no, he can’t just do some things. And changing the tax code is one of them.
His power has been limited because people who fully share his views are a minority of the Senate and of the Democratic Party primary voters. You want something like what he wants? Then you need to organize to elect people who are willing to do it.
He was. He changed registration to run for President a few years back, and caucuses with the Democrats.
Who wins a primary is up to the voters.
Examples include Sen. Sanders. It’s not hard.
It’s more that the owning family is incredibly wealthy, and believes in regularly presenting their viewers with right-wing views.