Because when you rise to that level of power to be in the NYT editorial board…

The only non-millionaires you interact with are employees, and then it’s just a handful that talk to the rest.

You can’t compensate for this level of wealth inequality. The powerful will always side with themselves, because that’s their social circle and how the human brain is wired.

It’s the entire problem with neoliberalism.

Daniel Vávra, Warhorse Studios’ co-founder, appears to be fully on board with the controversial technology and recently took to X to support Nvidia’s DLSS 5 AI-slop filter tech. “This is just a little uncanny beginning,” Vávra stated in his post. “No way haters will stop this.”

On the plus side we got two amazing games out of Warhouse…

But I doubt I’ll ever buy another game from them now. Not even as a boycott thing, if they’re embracing the slop this hard at all levels, I’m just not gonna want anything they make

“I have not been able to spend enough time on this to understand it. But, trust me, I’m obsessed with this,” Vance said. “I’ve already had a couple of times where I’ve said, ‘All right, we’re going to Area 51, we’re going out to New Mexico, we’re going to sort of get to the bottom of this.’ And then the timing of the trip didn’t work out. But, trust me, anybody who’s curious about this — I’m more curious than anybody. And I’ve got three years at the very tippy top of the classification. I’m going to get to the bottom of it.”

Translation:

“Could this be a distraction from the child rape, coverup, civil rights abuses, and illegal wars?”

I don’t know why people want to keep saying “Democrats” and acting like a bunch of independent groups are a single entity…

The Democrats have set a new record for single-month lobbyist fundraising. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee reported

I don’t see the point in referring to something whose leader isn’t democratically elected as “the Democrats”

For the 2020 and 2022 election cycles, DCCC chairs were elected by the caucus, rather than selected by the party leader.[5][6] After the 2022 election cycle, the Democratic caucus voted to return to having the position be appointed by the leader.[7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee

If you have a problem with that organization, blame their neoliberal leader, not the party

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzan_DelBene

“unanimously”

The vote was held at 02:20…

Considering the age of the average senator, I really want to see the actual votes and how many were even there.

This is like the one good use for AI…

Just trick all these geriatric fucks a war is actually happening, they’re the only ones that never question AI anyways.

Because the reason the TSA isn’t getting paid isn’t because there’s no money…

It’s because the money has to appropriated to the TSA first.

Like, that’s just the basics of how our government works…

He should pay his taxes, the vast majority of his wealth should go to taxes, but that wouldn’t change a single thing about this.

He can’t pay them wages…

But if he wanted to, he could just give them money.

Set up a website with embedded id.me and any TSA agent can get verified and get $X sent to whatever payment method they enter.

For the guy who claims to have personally built PayPal, should be able to knock it out in an afternoon.

Never forget with billionaires:

They all claim to be economic geniuses about making money, but when it’s time to hand out money, suddenly their hands are tied by the letter or spirit of the law and there’s nothing they can do.

Because it’s a lie both times.

but obviously going nowhere.

If the only battles we fight are ones we’re guaranteed to win, we’ll never win the war.

Bring this shit up, even if it’ll never get to a vote.

It shows America that some will fight, but that they need the numbers.

Being correct too early

That only makes sense if by “too early” you mean “before the majority”.

And if no one pushed for progress until the majority of Congress wants it, we’d never get it.

80+ years ago Congress told FDR he had to wait “one more term” before they’d support universal healthcare which the majority of voters wanted and elected FDR to enact.

Stop fucking catering to the majority of congress, and start catering to voters.

That’s how we win elections and make progress.

Changing politicians to match voters. Changing voters to match politicians doesn’t work

Quick edit:

Sometimes changing voters to match a politician “works” as in winning election…

But we just saw how that works out. The politician doesn’t do enough, that party’s voters disengage, and the opposing party captures the entire federal government.

It’s a bandaid that can work every once and a while, but even when it does there’s no pay off. So turnout plummets in the next couple elections.

This shit ain’t complicated, it’s basic sociology

Heinrich, in a statement released Sunday: “This is going to surprise some people, but I consider Markwayne Mullin a friend. We have a very honest and constructive working relationship. We have authored legislation together, such as the Tribal Buffalo Management Act, and we crafted the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill together this year. We often disagree and when we do, we work to find whatever common ground we share.”

Same shit Biden used to fall for.

They’re only your friend when they’re weak enough to need your help.

How is the US president, who resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave in Washington DC voting in Florida elections?

Is he really the first US president using anything else as his legal address, or did he really just commit voting fraud?

The dead asshole basically created a “competitive” version.

So while the people in this might start out doing a school team, they’ll using go “competitive” as soon as able and work really hard at it and often quit normal cheer.

It’s essentially the same as the “dance moms” shit. It becomes the central aspect of these kids lives. I don’t know what age ranges they have, but it’s like jr high or even younger.

But the existence of “competitive” makes traditional cheer try to emulate it. There’s been like a 500% increase in serious injury because everyone is trying to do crazy shit

what it means for it to be modern a cheerleading.

The two big things you’d see on court/field is:

1. “Stunts” where people are thrown which is very dangerous.

2. The outfit change to sports bras and booty shorts.

Both direct results of “competitive” cheer ran by this guy filtering down to actual cheerleading done along with a sport.

Culturally off the field…

A bunch of impressionable and attractive cheerleaders went from having school employees responsible for them, to any random person with the money to cut a check to Varsity (this guy’s company).

Even if not to groom them for abuse, a lot of people want to be seen as “cool” and create an environment for drinking and drug use, blurring the lines between adult and child in the process.

It’s incredibly problematic but since it’s also so cult like, very few people have spoken out about it. By the time you see the bad parts, you’re already “hazed in” and don’t understand how fuckendup shit is.

There’s a lot of bitter sentiment toward Talarico among Black voters in Texas who don’t think their interests can be represented by anyone but Crockett. Lots of “he hasn’t done anything to deserve my vote” kind of talk, if that sounds familiar.

And that is legitimately the result of Republican propaganda…

They haven’t been shy about it, it’s open information now.

https://www.notus.org/senate/jasmine-crockett-nrsc-texas-senate

That’s why I’m saying what a good Dem politician would do (even for purely selfish reasons) would be to campaign for Talarico.

But I don’t think she will, I think best case she never mentions the Senate race again. But I could see her doing some truly stupid shit too. I legitimately don’t understand why people like her.

For most people just knowing how she got her current seat would be enough for them to want her primaried…

On November 20, 2021, incumbent representative Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas’s 30th congressional district announced she would not seek reelection in 2022.[21] Four days later, Crockett declared her candidacy for the seat. Johnson simultaneously announced that she was backing Crockett.[22][23] Crockett also received extensive financial support from Super PACs aligned with the cryptocurrency industry, with Sam Bankman-Fried’s Protect Our Future PAC giving $1 million in support of her campaign.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine_Crockett

If she ever be ame a Senator, shed likely pull a Sinema. The only excuse is she’s easily manipulated and just keeps getting played. Which itself is a reason to stop fucking electing her.

inb4

Nope, four years too late:

Specifically, Varsity Spirit took issue with a recent court filing in which Sellers alleged the company served “as a central player in the scheme to host exploitative events where minor athletes were subjected to sexual abuse and assault under the influence of drugs and alcohol.” Clare also took issue with another allegation in the court filing that Varsity Spirit’s environment “promoting free access to underage minors for the purpose of sexual solicitation was the method by which Defendants recruited new gym owners, coaches, choreographers, videographers, and other affiliated personnel.”

https://apnews.com/article/sports-lawsuits-business-tennessee-sexual-abuse-5095b649ad29005c84aaa06c6dc107bb

All a creep has to do is cut Webb a check, and you could open a team that young girls and their parents would do anything to be a part of.

A lot of those coaches were just randos in their 20s/30s who wanted access to athletic kids with zero oversights and frequent hotel trips.

There’s been a bunch of lawsuits, but Varsity tries to hold zero accountability despite being the oversight body that’s actediting the coaches/gyms.

To think that as these children “filter up” to the more elite teams the behavior stops would be incredibly naive. Hell, even just the social media pipeline from it is bad, but absolutely no one is looking out for these kids in real life either.

Yeah…

Giant absolute piece of shit and 99.99% of the reason it’s such a giant grift that systematically cover up sexual abuse…

I think the problem is, you think “modern cheerleading” has been a good thing for the decades that this one piece of shit controlled everything tangentially associated to it.

The article likens Webb’s influence to a scenario where the inventor of basketball not only held camps but also owned Nike, hosted the NBA Finals, commentated on games, and ran USA Basketball.

And:

Understanding Varsity’s market dominance can be challenging, even for those invested in cheerleading. Many may not even realize the extent of their involvement with Varsity and its sub-brands, as reports suggest that Varsity controls over 80% of the cheerleading market.

One significant quote from the article states, “As it snapped up rivals, Varsity did not rename its new acquisitions. Rather, it maintained existing brands in order to keep parents in the dark about how much of their money was now flowing to the company, according to a draft version of a 2018 presentation prepared by investment banks working on behalf of Varsity.”

https://www.thecheerbuzz.com/the-dark-side-of-cheerleading-new-york-times-investigates-varsity-spirit/

But I do want to applaud you for actually using a question mark, even if it seems to have been rhetorical.

It’s ok as long as we do it but not when others do.

and most Americans don’t consider “we” to include trump…

Like, this is a legit thing with how group think works.

It’s normalizing an in-group putting themselves first despite what’s fair, and other ingroups get used to that being a normal part of life rather than striving for equality.

Which eventually leads to a populist revolt.

There’s nothing new about any of this, and no reason to expect it to go differently.

Normalizing the overthrow of a society just makes people realize that 2-3 centuries isn’t really that long and societies lasting longer than that is the exception not the norm.

Sometimes we’re better off with a restart, and that single, small, easily arrived at realization, leads to further thoughts about political action they all different manners.

What all these fascists dont realize when they celebrate colonizers who “settled” occupied lands, is they’re just normalizing someone doing it to them too.

If might makes right, fascists are still a weak minority.

If they’re in charge and making the rules, it seems naive not to use those rules against them.

“Some stood with Jasmine, others stood with Talarico, and that’s exactly how democracy is supposed to work,” Williams said. “Primaries are where we compete, but November is where we decide. And if you don’t make that shift from competition to coalition, we lose more than an election. We lose momentum. We lose representation.”

The entire reason she ran, by her own admission, was the polls the NSRC were pushing, they were the ones that started including her name because they hoped to fracture the Dem base and get a weaker opponent. There’s no reason to expect Republicans will stop using her to divide the base in Texas, and she’s shown over and over that she’s easily manipulated by liars and grifters.

I really don’t think Crockett is mature enough to understand her best move now is tying her wagon to Talarico. If she wants a higher office (and she clearly does) then that’s the move to keep her name in the public.

Not to mention it showing voters that she’s willing to keep fighting despite no chance for personal gain out of it.

But I fully expect her to go back to her best MTG impression in the house.

Love for her to prove me wrong and keep fighting to get a D texas senator even tho it’s not her. I just can’t see any logical reason to expect it

Look man, I did not ask for a source.

Obviously…

I’m saying that’s how a rational person would have handled this…

Something like:

Hey man, im not aware of any of that and couldn’t find anything on a search. Could you elaborate or point me in the right direction?

Super basic stuff.