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You may be surprised to learn China is not doing this to be woke. They're doing it because it's the cheapest way to generate power. We're behind, and Trump will make sure we never catch up.

'Winning the race': How China plans to meet its 2030 renewables target by the end of this monthwww.abc.net.au While Australia debates the merits of going nuclear and frustration grows over the slower-than-needed switch to solar and wind power, China's renewables rollout is breaking all the records.

A perfectly reasonable alternative is the Wyoming rule. The state with the lowest population gets one representative, and every other state the same ratio of representatives to population Currently that would require 574 reps en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming...

"the House is 435 members" is from 1929! this is not The Unchanging Vision of George Washington of whatever if these things aren't working, we can change them, and we should

Wyoming Rule - Wikipediaen.m.wikipedia.org

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The crux of this is that these people feel sincerely entitled to a president who fits their personal preferences, rather than just trying to get the least fucked-up and harmful option in a busted system where bad interests have lots of power

The reason pundits like the contested convention thing is that it plays to their vanities: what if the smart people made a meritocratic decision about who’s best? This is driven, in part, by being mostly isolated from negative reactions to their opinions over the years.

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it's fucked up that in the united states there are so many jobs that require tips to make a living wage. like baristas and supreme court justices

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NYT: Joe should quit, he stutters Philly Inquirer: Trump is a fucking criminal what the fuck are we doing here

God Bless Paul Davies and the @PhillyInquirer: "The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump...There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be."

To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial Boardwww.inquirer.com Biden had a horrible night Thursday. But the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.

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ChatGPT already has “Ph.D.-level intelligence,” in that once you remove it from its extremely narrow field of expertise (assembling words into credible-sounding passages) it is wildly out of its depth, but people vastly overestimate its authority because they don’t understand what “intelligence” is.

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Of course.

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"And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them. ... If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine."

“He has also told evangelicals that he would enable them to wield ‘power at a level that you’ve never used it before.‘” wapo.st/4c1aBUh

Here’s what the Christian right wants from a second Trump termwapo.st Religious conservatives see opportunities for fresh gains after a series of victories during Trump’s first term. Rights advocates see a dangerous blurring of church and state.

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This is an excellent description of the editorial failure behind The NY Times' decision to run Alina Chan's lab leak article. What's the value proposition to the readership of presenting a one-sided argument that most scientists find lacking? Did no editor bother to ask that question?

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The Republican frontrunner for President has a meeting scheduled for tomorrow with his probation officer. That's it. That's the post.

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Would not have expected this well-reasoned rant from the smug, front-running sports shouter Colin Cowherd but right is right.

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For a few hours yesterday, more Americans were searching for information about the former president and current presidential candidate who had just been convicted of 34 felonies than for porn.

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This is why they spend a half billion a year on union busting

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New: Democrats and their media supporters are coalescing around the idea that Joe Biden should be more apologetic about his successful presidency. How about not doing that instead?

Biden Beat Trumpflation And The Trump Crime Wavewww.offmessage.net It'd be nice if Dems would just say so!

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One candidate dispatched an armed gang of Nazis to the Capitol to potentially murder his own vice president and the other scheduled a debate without using the usual nonprofit middleman, so both are Violating Norms.

Incredible DC brain on display here. An EXTRAORDINARY break with Norms to ask for a different debate schedule. Is this Biden’s January 6??

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Idk who needs to hear this but centrists are not de facto swing voters, and swing voters are not de facto centrists.

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