That’s a good parallel - AfD like the Dixiecrats and now the GOP MAGA base have a geographical stronghold (in this case the “new states” of former East Germany)

An alternate future without German reunification is interesting to imagine, ditto one without a Aus Civil War where the south just seceded

Maybe the broligarchy currently in charge will finally disabuse people of the notion of white male superiority. Maybe…

Trump didn’t even get a majority of the popular vote - you might be thinking of the electoral college, which skewed the result by overweighting sparsely populated deep red states

https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2024presgeresults.pdf

And apparently the “new” Model Y is even worse than the old one. That’s their bread and butter.

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/tesla/model-y-suv/

Only two thirds of the senate

https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/impeachment.htm

And to start the impeachment trial you just need a normal majority in the House

Negotiations might not be fruitful but if you know that going in, and it can stave off tariffs for a while it might be worth it really. Just set expectations accordingly - and prepare for the worst. And don’t give actual concessions

I’m so sorry. And the UK is also increasingly discriminating against trans people too, ugh

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Move to a border state like Washington, get an enhanced driver license and cross into Canada? EDL functions like a passport for land crossings.

Not sure what sort of federal checks are done for issuing those and if it’s still possible, sorry

I will only travel with work devices from now on. Big tech is complicit in electing Trump, they can deal with my devices being seized by immigration

Fair point. I suspected he was putting on a brave face for investors, but either way his company is a bit screwed now

Thanks for digging that up! I’m aware it wasn’t actually her, so I intentionally didn’t use the quote, but that probably still perpetuates the quote a bit anyway if you had not posted the correction

And remember he doesn’t have to be an official asset, merely being someone useful to them effectively does the same thing - with deniability for the Russians

Marie Antoinette sounds like a paragon of compassion right about now

What sucks is on the way down, between Trump’s tariff and preference for ICEs and foreign markets retaliating, he’ll take down the other US EV players. The ones run by what seems like genuinely nice people like Rivian and Lucid.

In the greater scheme of things it wouldn’t matter so much, but quite a shame.

We need more data, but ultra-marathons could be such events

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-49284389

It is a sort of empire - Immerwahr called it a Pointilist one

https://www.historynet.com/the-invisible-empire-why-some-americans-dont-count/

Don’t forget Tesla lying about many things and saying it’s “free speech” to lie to customers, and being very obstructionist when releasing safety data