Ballot measures have an “arguments for” and “arguments against” sections in the voter guide. I’d say over 95% of measures have an argument logged for both sides.

If one side of an issue decides not to log an argument, it’s my personal opinion that that’s a strong indicator I shouldn’t be taking that position.

There was a long argument as to why we should amend the state constitution to eliminate involuntary servitude as punishment, but no one bothered to defend keeping it as is….

Don’t blame me! I voted Yes!

The baffling thing is that the other side didn’t even file an argument against the measure in the voter guide… and it still lost!

Like, if your side can’t even be bothered to come up with an argument for or against particular legislation, I’m voting with the other side, full stop.

Wait… only 38% of voters in Texas are registered republican, yet they win every single time?!

Secret ballot helped I guess. Hard for Trump to tell who defied him and didn’t vote for his candidate of choice.

Watching TNG reruns nightly as an 8 year old really gave me some hope for humanity’s potential.

Maybe if cops didn’t break traffic laws all the time, civilians wouldn’t try to follow suit.

People in those kinds of positions of power should be leading by example, not running around like they’re above the law.

Nah, DJT is real AF.

He said he’s gonna round up 20+ Million immigrants, I believe it. He says he’s gonna send the military after the enemy within, like Pelosi and Schiff, I believe it. He says don’t worry, no one’s ever going to need to vote again, to keep him in power, I definitely believe it.

I wonder how they taste sautéed in butter and garlic…

Nah, I’m all for auditing the results, and ensuring no fuckery went down. But when I see a bunch of commenters come out of now where and say that their vote wasn’t yet counted, I get skeptical. Especially when that’s the exact thing the other side was saying 4 years ago.

Russias goal is to spark a civil war. They’ll come in and say whatever in favor of either side if they think it’ll increase the anger between them. Just be careful what you read.

Even if they turn out to be a Russian troll, just trying to sow discord among the American public?

So what I’m hearing is… Bluesky is the only one that actually has a chance of going mainstream

South Korea has as a staggeringly low birth rate, well below the replacement rate. Even if it doesn’t change the minds of men today, in the long run it will help shape the population in significant says.

Haagen Daaz has been the only brand worth buying for at least a decade now.

Beach patrol. Says City of Oceanside and there’s an ocean / pier in the background. So this is a beach parking lot.

Who says it needs to be government employees?

I’m sure there’s plenty of militias out there who would be happy to do all this rounding up for Trump, once he gives them a wink and a nod. Wouldn’t even need to pay them.

Oh, we’re all gonna get bit.

I mean, he’s an ex-pat who was living in Hong Kong, S Korea, and Vietnam for most of Trumps first term… so I’m sure he didn’t feel it as hard as most of us who were here for it.

Yeah, I am definitely in the camp that Trump part 2 will be worse…. but we don’t know for sure yet

Yes, my friend was one of them. I was shocked when 2 weeks before election he told me he was planning on not voting.

I asked why and he cited holding the same position Isreal as Biden, and courting republicans like Cheney, saying that was not a good look for the party at all.

I told him it’s not ideal, but we need to vote to keep Trump out…. Sometimes we just have to be pragmatic.

He responded saying it’s the Dem establishment that keeps allowing a boogey man like Trump to rise so they can shove center right corporatists down our throats. He said he was abstaining from voting to send a message to the DNC, and followed it up with, “we survived a first Trump term, I’m sure we can survive a second.”

Walls require a lot more effort. Experts and architects to design the thing, land which is both expensive and sometimes tricky to acquire, and materials and hard physical labor which is also costly.

Rounding up illegals just requires some willing thugs, some weapons, vehicles, and maybe a dumpy place to drop them while you wait for them to be cleared across the border. I’m willing to bet there’s plenty out there who would do this for free, and even happily provide their own equipment.