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[–] Nonprophet@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Still, I'm begrudgingly impressed that someone working directly for Hegseth has the technical wherewithal to put together a database.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It'll turn out to be an Excel spreadsheet with no formatting rules.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Late night ICE visits aren't far off.

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

The US doesn't already have a troll army? Every other country is doing it. With AI shitposting it's never been easier.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org -3 points 6 days ago

Why wouldn't you track your political enemies, said the leftist.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 118 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oh look. They did another fascism.

>thisisfine.jpg

[–] BozeKnoflook@lemmy.world 75 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Meanwhile, when I ask my mother her opinion about this: "but Hunter Biden made so many corrupt deals and he was doing crack!"

[–] AfterlifeAdventures@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Kushner would be my reply as I called the old folks homes

[–] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 week ago

Trump jr definitely fits the bill too.

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

Yeah, whoever voted for that hunter guy must have been an idiot

[–] WhyDoYouThinkThat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] WhyDoYouThinkThat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] DaveyRocket@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I respect that he pays sex-workers for sex and doesn’t offer them gigs on TV shows that he never intends to deliver on in order to score a freebie by cornering a woman in a hotel room. Rape by another name in my opinion.

[–] WhyDoYouThinkThat@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

your ramble suggests trump's crimes are Hunter's, just fyi

[–] DaveyRocket@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

How? I specifically say I like that he doesn’t do those things. I didn’t say Trump’s name because his scumminess proceeds him. There’s literally no one as disgusting as Trump and the fact they go after a person who does something as pedestrian as pay a sex-worker when they back the best friend Epstein ever had just makes me draw the comparison. I worded it that way to draw the direct comparison, so I’m okay with it being a little ambiguous (though pretty clear imho).

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

MTG was obsessed with his dong.

[–] DaveyRocket@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Most sane MTG obsession.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

He didn’t.

[–] LucidNightmare@anarchist.nexus 60 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same people who looked you dead in the face and said, “It’s government overreach to require masks!” BTW

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

In all fairness they only understood 4 of the 10 words they repeated.

[–] Kyrias@lemmy.ca 57 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Isn't it pretty easy in the US?

For some reason people need to register with their government what their political affiliation is. Not sure if any other country in the world does this but it's stupid as fuck for every reason.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 6 days ago

Not all states collect political affiliations, but in any case, you don't have to register a party. I have been an Unaffiliated Independent since I first registered to vote in 1977. I can't vote in primaries, but neither party can count on my vote, and they have to earn it every election.

[–] MacAttak8@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

State of Michigan gives primary ballots with both major parties and tells you to only fill out one of the sides. Meaning your affiliation is not registered with the state.

[–] dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 2 points 6 days ago

Only some states do that. Mine doesn't

[–] deaconblackhorse@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (4 children)

You don't need to register your political affiliation in the us. You can register as independent. As far as i know it just dictates what ballot you'll get (which is silly)

[–] wedge@multiverse.soulism.net 5 points 6 days ago

You have to be registered with a party to take place in that party’s rigged primaries.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 6 days ago

Who wants to bet we'll see attempts to nullify votes that don't fit the declared affiliation before the next elections are over?

[–] Kyrias@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's still registering your political affiliation with the government.

Which is still fucked up.

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s unaffiliated. Independent is a party. Unaffiliated is no party.

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

In some states "Independent" is a party, in others it mean unaffiliated.

[–] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

It varies based on state. In Ohio, I select the ballot I want for primaries when I go to vote despite not being registered for any political party.

[–] 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Yea it never made any sense to me

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

My political affiliation is try, convict, and execute every politician, except maybe a couple dozen. With due process. Pretty sure I can say that still.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Man, this is funny, I love this guy, thanks for sharing, bookmarked.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago
[–] Techromantik@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Poison their data? Everyone change their political affiliation to NPA. Then vote however you want.

[–] spacegoat@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Many states have closed primaries

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think you can freely change affiliations in those states prior to the election, as a lot of people join the other party to vote for the guy that they think is less electable when they know their own guy already is going to get it.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

to vote for the guy that they think is less electable when they know their own guy already is going to get it.

I can't even compute why anyone would want to do that, much less imagine ‘a lot of people’ doing it. Is that, like, throwing a pity bone to the less-electable guy? Could this be how the US got Trump?

Yall's political shenanigans are fun, but you need ranked voting yesterday.

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Oh it makes a lot of sense if the ones pushing the strategy know the electorate. The democrats don't clearly. It is a part of how the prez got elected I am sure, but if done right it is quite effective.

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yep. Most states already do this and have for a long time. It’s not freely accessible and searchable, but you only need to know the information of the person to find more info on the states page.

I’m a socialist liberal who thinks Donald Trump should be struck into a conscious but unable to communicate vegetative state. Ya fuck wits, register that.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I would love for him to get locked in syndrome for a few years before he dies. It would be hell on Earth for a narcissist.

[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yes!!! This is even better. Watch him as he spends days fuming at the tv as they talk about how he was the worst president ever

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[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 3 points 1 week ago

I want the government to treat this epidemic of lead deficiency in our political and business class. With due process.

Is there a party for that? That is going to be popular-er as we go here. The fuck all the politicians to death party if you will. With due process.

[–] AfterlifeAdventures@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Vegetables don’t talk, let alone spew toxic word shit

[–] Monument@piefed.world 5 points 1 week ago

They are, technically.

Do you have confidence the government would actually give them to the public?

It never hurts unless you try, but I suspect filling a FOIA for them will land you on the list.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

GFY Drunkseth

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