usernamesAreTricky

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[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I doubt the VP and President disagree all that much about "we should give hurricane victims aid". The president can informally ask the VP to do simple tasks like "hey keep in touch with this governor and see if they need anything" when they think you'll do what they'd do. The VP can't act directly on things themselves

You also want to keep the person who might have to take over for the president at any moment to be in the loop at all times. You wouldn't want them scrambling to get caught up in the off chance they had to take over for the president

Keep in mind he's also refusing to meet with Biden

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 58 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

He's also not spoken to the president either who has attempted to call as well. Biden is not even running for president anymore

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 44 points 1 day ago

We can help make that happen

Canvass, Phone bank, Textbank, etc. for Texas Democrats:

https://www.mobilize.us/texasdemocrats/

Write letters to likely dem voters in Texas to make sure they turnout!

https://votefwd.org/campaigns

 

Separate from the article, he's also refusing to extend voter registration deadlines because of the storm unlike South Carolina. Today is still unfortunately Florida's voter registration deadline, make sure to register: https://vote.gov/register

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They'd get sued pretty immediately for that. It's very explicitly against the law to do so. It's illegal to remove voters from registration anything beyond 90 days out from the election. Voting rights groups and DOJ have sued Alabama for doing so 84 days out, they'd absolutely sue for after voter registration deadlines

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Today is the last day to register to vote in Texas. Make sure to double check your registration because of voter purges and vote!

See how to do so below. Note that there's only mail and in person registration and not online registration unlike most states. Registration by mail must be postmarked by today!

https://vote.gov/register/texas

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

She does have kids as a stepmother. They just apparently don't count that

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

George Washington did not have any children by blood either, so got to be before 1789

I encourage you to take some of the election anxiety and turn it into productive action. That could look like canvasing (door knocking) to phone banking, text banking, letter writing and more. Those all have been shown to increase voter turnout. If nothing else, it at least reduce some of the anxiety

 

Mike Brawn is running to be Indiana governor this year. The race is getting more competitive despite being in a deep red state

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 111 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)

Meanwhile Biden is considering calling a special session directly. It's not a commonly used presidential power but it is an option

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Look at their comment history, they're likely trying to be funny but alas satire is hard on the internet when people can genuinely have such takes

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago

The leads in some of the latest Florida polls are now within margin of error of those polls

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 52 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

That's actually not the full quote. The full quote show he was not talking about any of those issues at all. He was concerned with the allies being "liberal" and "communist"

It dawned on me today… The bad guys won in WWII. There were no “good guys” in that war. The controlling interests had a jump ball. If you look closely, you see the link between liberalism and communism in the Allied forces. Remember what Gen. Patton said and why they capped him.

https://xcancel.com/Highway_30/status/1596353423464611841

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