Hubris. They were up in the polls at the time and didn't think they needed to expand their appeal, so they caved and took Thiel's guy.
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There are private/paywalled Discord servers and forums out there, too, so this could replace some of those. I think the Reddit format is better than a lot of alternatives, so I don't actually hate this idea.
I'm not really into the idea of moving everything to a baby Google, even if they're currently good about privacy. They just added an AI tool to email and a crypto wallet, which could be either awful or great signs depending on your perspective.
Ron Desantis's "Weekend at Bernie's president" joke at the RNC, like every other accusation from the GOP, was just more projection.
A DA will be a nice foil to the convicted felon.
Regarding ballot eligibility- I think part of timing for this is that the Dems are about to have their "roll call" in the next week or two to officially nominate a candidate to get on ballots before the official full convention.
I'm just waiting for the moisture farmers to get landspeeders
Realistically, there's a SpaceX Dragon docked to the ISS, so that's probably their emergency shelter and ride home.
He might be right wing from a global perspective, but I'm still gonna vote for him instead of whoever has the R label. I wish we had cooler viable options, but "lesser of two evils" reigns supreme.
Welcome to the resistance... Dick Cheney?