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Yeah. I agree with the sentiment, but the cartoon is not at all clever or subversive.

She drinks wine while playing with her niece. He steals from cancer patients. It all evens out. /s

The DNC is working for their rich donors and doing a pretty decent job for them. They shouldn't act so surprised that people who aren't benefiting from the economy don't come out to support them.

Most restaurants keep reservations in a $2.75 spiral notebook.

I doubt an online reservation calendar would be $10k for a single restaurant, but still...the only profit is marginal: the people who eat there who would have without the online calendar, and I doubt it would recoup the costs in a quarter or two. Especially considering that the wealth gap and tech gap mean that the number of people who want to schedule online is inversely related to the people who can afford to eat out a lot.

His parole officer would have to allow it. 😆

(Not going to happen, but it would be SO funny if it did.)

The people who have tried so far seem to be right wingers more interested in making a name for themselves than any ideological motive.

Those of us who already have dancing shoes for whenever his arteries finally finish the job aren't exactly looking forward to making him a martyr for President Vance to use either.

When I said "more data than is publicly available now", did you think I was referring to a title on Lemmy?

The article includes someone they refer to as a "whistleblower". The analogy with ACORN would be noted liar Jacob Wohl.

The article also includes a statement from FEMA Agency head, Deanne Criswell. I was talking about her when I said "idiot Democrats who fired the accused without even the slightest inquiry".

On second thought, I'm not sure she's a Democrat. I assume she was appointed by Biden. But the article does not indicate any sort of inquiry or have a statement from the manager involved.

Are you under the impression that only NC Republicans hate FEMA? This conspiracy theory is decades old. I suspect you are referring to Helene because you are ignorant of the long standing antipathy between Republicans and FEMA.

If you have any reason to believe Republicans aren't threatening FEMA workers after Milton, feel free to share it. Otherwise, maybe wait for an investigation before jumping to conclusions.

No, you should not have any "takeaway" without way more information than is publicly available now. This is the same thing that happened with ACORN: Republicans made a bunch of false accusations and idiot Democrats were way too fast about accepting their premise and firing the accused without even the slightest inquiry into what actually happens. I see we have learned nothing.

My money says this was entirely about keeping their crews safe. It doesn't make sense for them to just arbitrarily not help Republicans, so I want to hear from the manager before they are pilloried.

Democrats spend far too much time and energy pretending everyone to the left of the Democrats are anti-electoralist anarchists.

getting that to happen isn't as simple as just saying you're against the genocide, because Harris did that and it wasn't enough. It isn't as simple as supporting unions, because she did that and it wasn't enough. It isn't as simple as supporting rights for women, minorities, and LGBTQ, because she did that and it wasn't enough.

Yes. You're absolutely correct that what the Democrats are doing is not enough. If the DNC can get that through their thick skulls, maybe we have a chance next time.

You can't just say you support unions.

You can't just say you're against genocide.

You have to make people's lives materially better, and until the Dems choose to do that, we're in trouble.

Since 2020, they've gone mask off.

I get where you're coming from, but the reason I disagree is because you're assuming these people are acting in good faith. Why do they need a title?

Queer folk have always used symbols to distinguish ourselves and find others. We're ~10% of the population and it's necessary. Straight people do not commonly do so, and 100% of the people who feel the need to wear it like a badge are actually signaling their refusal to let the rest of us exist.

I, for one, would feel perfectly comfortable in an MMO with 90% straight people. (This is just called existing in public.) I would leave immediately if 90% of people wore a "Straight" title for no discernable reason.

Leftists are so insignificant that we don't need to make any concessions to them but so powerful that they are responsible for any Democratic loss.