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So, Gattica?

Meanwhile, everyone on tumblr is relieved that Matt has something to distract him from harassing trans women for existing

Girl the fit is excellent but can we talk about how good your hair looks?? Truly fairytale princess hair, 10/10, no notes

I hate to be pedantic but that's almost exactly the definition of a centrist, someone who collaborates with both sides (even if one of those sides is fascist, genocidal, racist, etc.). And again, I don't disagree, it's a bad thing to be for exactly that reason. But it's also a different thing than being explicitly a right wing authoritarian fascist like Trump is.

Don't mistake me for a Kamala Harris apologist- she is absolutely a huge centrist in her presidential campaign. I am tired of this false equivalency with the total fascist ilk she's running against. It's not useful and it's dishonest.

Bruh I know the Overton window in the US is megafucked but she's literally one of our most liberal politicians by voting record, she is not "firmly right wing" by any reasonable standard

Are we talking gross or net income as the baseline? Before taxes, $7k a month is still under $100k annually.

The comments on that website are complete garbage. The passenger filled out Delta's assistance form in advance like required and reminded them on the flight of her allergy. Delta seriously dropped the ball by not modifying the meal on her flight or contacting her in advance about how best to accommodate her. Even if they couldn't accommodate her day-of they should at least refund her ticket if they couldn't make appropriate arrangements for her.

Unlike Norway, we don't have a parliamentary system, so there's no multi-party viability, only first-past-the-post which promotes a 2-party system. We do have state based representation in the Senate, which allows equal representation by state, and district level representation in the House. So ultimately any legislation has to go through both those to pass, removing any "tyranny" those of us who live in populous areas might have on the rest of the country.

Yes, the compact is definitely a way to get around the current system, not to overhaul it (which it desperately needs but would require 2/3 approval instead of >50% of the electoral college). I agree that if we are able to get constitutional amendments on the table, we should be looking at ranked choice or approval voting systems! But one of the big issues right now is unfamiliarity with either of those systems, and a lot of familiarity with popular choice. That's why it's so important that the many, many local and statewide initiatives for ranked choice get support!

Completely agree!

It's easy to say and harder to do anything about. I believe it would take a constitutional amendment to fix on the national scale, or "opt-in" from enough states on the state level.