You cant condemn a war criminal without implicating the last 20 years of US foreign intervention he started.

I realize this is a weird thing to get caught up on, but I’m gonna guess they didnt have a car seat for that toddler, and that enrages me almost as much as their mere existence

The bigger problem IMO is the implication that a device/OS must have a defined “account holder” that is associated with an actual person with an age. Nevermind that there isn’t any verification happening that could de-anonymize a user or be breached - as an administrator, am I responsible for ensuring users only use a specific account with the correct age identified? What about google or apple? Are devices meant for children to be locked down so that new users or accounts can’t be created to circumvent restrictions?

This law is too vague to have any meaningful impact on child safety, and the implications behind it make future erosion of privacy far more likely.

Why do people keep sharing this as if it’s an achievement?

Newsom and his tech donors can go get fucked.

I’m surprised that nobody has pointed out that top speed under load is very different than top speed free-spin. Most of those motors drop probably a third of their potential speed once you actually step on them.

The american public has been told for the last 30 years that voting for democrats would prevent something like this

It’s democratic complacency that this report is pointing to that is at fault.

So much focus on the lever that nobody is trying to derail or cut power to the trolly

I’m glad we’re on the same page now.

K so Schwarzenegger? You think Schwarzenegger would be ok?

What about Obama, if we’re entertaining ineligible candidates?

Zorahn doesnt even rank right now, but he’s your guy for no reason other than his charisma?

I want you to defend their least popular policies and tell me ive missed some magic context that makes this statement true.

The very last line of the twelfthamendment states quite clearly

But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States

Keep daydreaming though

TO QUALIFY FOR VICE PRESIDENT YOU MUST BE A NATURAL BORN US CITIZEN

Democrats always have great policies.

Lmao they always have what now?

What is the point of winning anything if you don’t have any policy convictions? What is the point of people participating in democracy if you’re constantly being told that the policies you need don’t matter, you just need to vote for the candidate with the most charisma?

Why even use Mamdani if all that matters is personal affect? Democrats don’t need to stretch the limits of the constitution to do that, they could just hire Paul Rudd or Jason Mamoa, put them in a suit and tie and shove them on stage at the convention.

Why do you consider this remotely unlikely, let alone impossible?

Because Trump is saying he will run as vice president, which is explicitly allowed. Mamdani literally has no plausible/legal pathway to either vice-president or president. The loophole trump is pointing do does not apply to Zorhan. I suppose he could technically run for House Representative and then get voted in as Speaker of the House, but at that point he’d be so far removed from presidency that nobody would buy into this conspiracy that “he’s the real president so vote for this other figurehead instead.”

You can’t just copy Mamdani’s platform and have an 80 year old white guy sell it, which is what the DNC would try to do.

The DNC would also not just go along with this hypothetical illegal presidential bid where Mamdani is shadow president with a figurehead at the top of the ticket. This is what I’m saying - this isn’t just an impossible suggestion, it literally does not make sense.

Because politics is more about affect and personality than it is actual platforms

This is so much more of a self-report than I think you realize

Jesus christ this country is so fucked.

Ok so Mamdani takes control of the DNC and dictates policy to a figurehead? How does he hold any authority? He can’t be vice president either. Trump has floated the vice presidential loophole in order to serve a third term, but Mamdani doesn’t meet the requirements for that for the same reason he can’t be president.

Again - why not take what made Zorhan successful and apply it to a legitimate candidate? If the democrats are coordinating enough to somehow get Mamdani elected as a puppet-president, couldn’t they also coordinate enough to just enact the type of platform he would support anyway?

This is so ridiculous, i’m not even sure you’re being earnest. It’s not just a matter of it not being a possible scenario, it’s just not even coherent.

Why cant democrats just adopt the policies that make Zorhan so popular, rather than trying to run him as a shadow president or some fascist cult of personality bullshit?

Lmao

• Mamdani isn’t eligible to ‘run’ for president. If we’re talking about the dissolution of the constitution, then why are we talking about ‘electing’ him? It would take a coup or rebellion to install him despite being clearly constitutionally ineligible
• If we actually are talking about a legitimate election, then Democrats could simply adopt his wildly popular policy platform instead of launching some authoritarian bullshit on his bahalf
• Mamdani is a great-fucking-fit for NYC Mayor. If he ran for president instead, someone would have to take his place who would be way worse for the city. He clearly cares very deeply about NYC, why should he abandon his convictions for some crazy far-flung scenario where he takes the executive branch illegally?

Libs are so silly sometimes.

The fun thing about intersectionality is that you could also look at her as the first latina candidate

But looking at what her politics are is somehow never the consideration. In terms of platform, she could hardly be more distinct from either Clinton or Kamala. I like the odds of popular socialist policies much, much better than focus-group tested middling capitalist policies.