Why would you think that people who have the courage to act on their principles would regret it?
The amount of self determination it must take to smell the gasoline and still strike the match makes me think that the people who do this are capable of living with the consequences of their actions.
If it were only a handful of people this wouldn't be happening. It usually takes an appreciative audience for people to feel emboldened to leap from rhetoric to calling in a threat or actually committing racist violence.
Given trump's persistent support, it could be that 40% of the country see this and think, like Lucille Bluth, good on her. Or that's what I worry about anyway.
The reason drug ads all say "may cause [list of terrible things]" ultimately traces back to thalidomide.
The system which requires the monitoring and reporting of potentially adverse events, even after a drug has got through trials is called pharmacovigilance. That's what generates the data those risks are based on and it was developed in the wake of the thalidomide disaster to help prevent it from happening again.
Is this singer legit nuts, or did they wheel out a dump truck of money?
This is quite reassuring - if medvedev said it you know there's no chance it could possibly happen.
In order to be able to appeal directly to the jury, the actionists then represented themselves in court and reminded the jury members of their right to acquit as a matter of conscience, regardless of legal argument.
This led to a hung jury. The state is expected to continue to pursue a conviction, with a retrial likely in February 2026. Palestine Action said this would create “another opportunity to expose who the real criminals are”.
The state didn't get the result they wanted so they're just doing it again. That's cool. Much legitimate, very justice.
Having thoughts of suicide is not the same thing as committing to an act of protest that may take your life.
I've been shocked by the amount of pushback I get when I talk about compulsory voting. I suspect it has less to do with freedom and more to do with how classist US society is.
Many people here seem to have internalized the idea that it's better for the country if 'apathetic' and 'stupid' people don't vote. Of course the bulk of non voters are working people, the poor and those who benefit most from an increased voice in society.
Voting absolutely should be compulsory, it would be such a moderating force on US politics if you couldn't get more votes just by stirring up your base.
Our town...
Do you mean Babylon, Marduk?
per 538, the last two polls of "adults" (not likely voters or registered voters) showed trump support around 40%
This feels to me like the best metric to judge 'right wing' by.
Voting for right wingers or being a Republican is not quite the same as being right wing - many people register and vote strategically. My grandparents in Alaska were left wingers who knew Democrats didn't stand a chance. I'm sure there are plenty of right wingers registered as Dems here in the PNW. Voting can also be about identity more than ideals - I've known Republicans who have mostly leftish ideals as long as you don't call them that.
But saying you personally support trump feels more unambiguously right wing to me. I've heard plenty of polls over the years putting trump's support at around 30-40%, so 40% right wing sounds believable to me.
This makes absolutely no sense. Not inclined to rank candidates? What the fuck does that mean? Humans rank things. We have preferences. Malleable voters is also absolute nonsense.
Ranked choice favors the candidate that the majority of voters support. Republicans oppose it because they want to win seats where the majority of voters don't want their candidates or policies.