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For the curious.

The boots have two layers. This boot is the inner layer.

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‘A fine line between humor and flopping’: tech summit’s rap battle is the height of corporate cringe (www.theguardian.com)

The next time you’re sitting through a company-wide meeting, half-listening to a leader drone on about updates or product launches (and hoping they don’t announce layoffs or budget cuts), remember this: at least they’re not rapping....

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Fuck Elon Musk and all, but that was pretty fucking good.

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Canva is very much trying to become another juggernaut that dominates a space, but I don’t quite get how this is an example of EEE.

They are trying to dominate the market through the good ‘ol acquisition and consolidation strategy. AKA, buy up my current and would be competitors. Is there a standard that they are actually embracing and trying to extend? Example: Meta embracing and contributing to Activity Pub.

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Big blue cities ain’t exactly running low on guns.

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I’d like to remind that News Max host that the city that convicted Donald Trump murders 400 people each year with guns.

Blue cities ain’t trying to pass gun regulations because they’re afraid of the idea of guns. They’re trying to pass gun laws because they have a fuck ton of guns.

Those aren’t fireworks we hear every night.

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People seem to forget about Obama cracking down on the border when crossings got high during his term.

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The pragmatist argument for him was that he is probably the most progressive thing you’re going to get out of state that overwhelmingly voted for Trump.

Does he suck? Yes. But when he’s gone, that state is highly likely to vote R when an incumbent isn’t on the ballot. Progressives don’t win a lot of seats in West Virgina. The state senate and house is 90+% republican.

He’s a butt in a chair that allows Dems to have a majority and caucusing with the Dems prevents the GOP from controlling the legislation that is brought to the floor in the Senate. His voting record it’s shit. It’s only about 75% in favor of the most progressive stuff brought to a vote. The other dems vote with the party over 90% of the time.

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Lemmy has a few folks that like to label anyone being pragmatic as a “centrist.”

Anyone that looks at West Virginian’s voting records for federal, state, and local offices knows that Joe Manchin’s seat is almost certainly going Republican in 2024.

I only like Manchin because his existence helps put Chuck Schumer on top of the senate.

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He’s not running, but his party will change in the senate, and he can elect to caucus with the GOP if he wanted. Which would put the Senate at 50 / 50.

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He is continuing to caucus with the Dems. The senate will remain 51 / 49 in favor of the Dems.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna154885

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I’ll say this, even if he voted against the party 100% of the time, anyone that caucuses with the DNC if a vote toward giving Chuck the gavel. That means no stupid Biden impeachment trials, no brining dumb legislation to the floor that won’t get signed, etc etc.

In 6 months Manchin is likely to be replaced with a GOP candidate who supports Trump’s coup attempt. That was always the alternative to Manchin, not some sort of West Virginian Bernie Sanders.

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If you’ve got a way to ensure that West Virginia’s newly opening seat is filled by someone more progressive than Manchin, we’re all ears. A lot of us would love that.

Right now Governor Jim Justice ®, a coup supporter who just banned abortion for all stages of pregnancy, is polling at 60 to 70% for Manchin’s seat.

I haven’t heard any alternative solutions out of you.

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I guess he could threaten to caucus with the RNC if he wanted to throw a fit. But, it’s also 5 months until the election and the senate is basically only campaigning right now. They’re not dealing with much legislation. Their schedule for the remainder of the year is kind of comical.

If this was supposed to be some sort of power play, the time for that was several months or years ago, not on his way out the door.

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Most important thing to note, he is still caucusing with the Democrats, and the Senate is not going 50 / 50. It will remain 51 / 49.

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Once again, in the spirit of an actual constructive conversation, how would you get someone more progressive into a West Virginia federal senatorial seat?

How would you pull that off in a state where the guy banning abortions is winning by massive margin in the current race?

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I would work on getting progressives elected in better states.

Exactly. And I’m just saying that it’s pragmatic to also get less extreme conservatives elected in conservative states while also getting real progressives elected in better states. You do both and take anything that moves the needle toward progress.

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His bio at 8:48pdt

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It’s for the independents

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Ghostalmedia,
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Yeah, but abortion, Muslim bans, coup attempts.

Sometimes he pulls this crap off, sometimes he doesn’t. But he’s probably going to try to significantly hurt EV sales.

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Just so people know, Mike’s doesn’t make Hard Dogs. They only make Up Dog breakfast sausages.

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Dems can make noise about it, but Mike Johnson ain’t bringing that to the floor. People need to vote in more Dems in the house while also holding the senate and the executive.

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