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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yep. Basically the approach of last resort due to their high cost.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

The problem with news is that by convention, every future event without absolute certainty is a "might" or "maybe." Which works great for future human actions, but not when trying to communicate the urgency of getting off of fossil fuels — these things will happen if we don't, even if the timing and suddenness is uncertain.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

We are, though several of his tax returns leaked, either in full or in part

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It's more that the Inflation Reduction Act made good things happen all over the place

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Given that they're owned Axel Springer which is known for pushing right-wing causes, assessing them as left-center seems a bit bonkers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's definitely the impression I get. We've got Republicans explicitly saying that their goal is to appeal to creeps:

the Trump campaign seems stuck in the strategy they had been counting on for months against Biden: demoralize Democrat voters so they stay at home while turning out the dirtbag vote with an overtly misogynist, trolling-based campaign. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., explained the theory that they could get creepy dudes of every race with these tactics: "For every ‘Karen’ we lose, there is a ‘Julio’ and a ‘Jamal’ ready to sign up for the MAGA movement."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's a gift link. No paywall for a couple weeks

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Part of the process is screening for people like that:

When candidates responded that they had no experience fighting, the hiring officers expressed intense anxiety and wariness about their suitability for the job. In one interview, for example, after a 43-year-old white applicant said he had never been in a fight, the sergeant told her colleagues that she thought he would “crawl into himself and disengage” if a fight presented itself, adding, “He’s gonna have to get angry.”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I think they've learned from past disorganization, and are likely to be a lot better next time.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The Republican party has been making a real effort to weaken institutions and things came remarkably close to killing members of congress. They literally had a gallows outside and gave interviews saying how they planned to hang people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

They've updated the subhead, and I've updated my post to match the current headline.

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