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Acronymesis

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He/Him. Political junkie. Hater of injustice. Fighter for democracy. Pissed at the supposed "adults in the room". Veteran of the Dark Brandon 3rd Keyboard Regiment.

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TonyStark, to random
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If there aren’t 9 Republicans in the Senate who want to put their money where their mouth is and show Tuberville he’s out of his league, they ought to fold up as a party once and for all.

Senate Dems take major step towards ending Tuberville's military holds -
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/11/14/congress/tuberville-nominations-rules-committee-change-senate-00127031

Acronymesis,
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@TonyStark

Tony: Just need 9 of you dumb dumbs to put up or shut up, c’mom guys, it’s the troops for the sake of fuck!

GOP: Sorry, all we have is a few senators fist bumping over denying benefits for veterans. 🤷🏻‍♂️

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/07/29/ted-cruz-fist-bump-upsets-backers-of-bill-to-help-veterans-sickened-by-burn-pits/?outputType=amp

TonyStark, to random
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#OnePersonOneVote could seriously increase turnout for presidential elections in all areas. Democrats in deep red states would have a better motivation to vote for President, same as Republicans in blue strongholds.

It needs to be talked about more seriously.

Eliminating Electoral College favored by majority of Americans |
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/25/majority-of-americans-continue-to-favor-moving-away-from-electoral-college/

Acronymesis,
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@TonyStark

The electoral college is inherently anti-democratic and is a vestige of the post-civil war era that essentially allows for states with vast uninhabited land more voting power than ones with large cities/millions of people.

It's so easy to forget; while Trump "won" the election in 2016, 2,868,519 more people voted for the other candidate.

It's long past time for

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GottaLaff, to random
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“A far-right figure who is involved in a secretive invitation-only fraternal organization, whose founder has spoken of being at war with the US government, is also part-owner of an ammunition company that has contracts with the federal government and law enforcement, the Guardian can reveal.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/13/far-right-nate-fischer-ammunition-us-government-contract?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Acronymesis,
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@GottaLaff

I ain’t no Defense Scientist, but one would think relying on ammunition supplies from a potential insurrectionist would be not so great for national security, no? 🤔

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