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You might have a bad time with all the plagues that have gone extinct since then.

That’s a dark blue suit though, matching the dress code. Trump wore a much brighter blue.

I mean, non-voters aren’t much more progressive really. They’re more likely to be independents (in the US at least). See:

They do skew a bit more D, but not massively so. They’re also largely non-white, less well educated and poorer. It’s a bit of a toss-up whether any of those demographics skew R or D.

I don’t really see much evidence that they’re more progressive, more centrist at best really. Although I suppose if you flatten political beliefs on a 1-dimensional axis, that does mean more progressive on average.

Do note that this differs per state, and voter turnout is also correlated with general results skewing harder in a certain direction. Complexities all around!

Most non-voters don’t hold significantly different beliefs than the voting population. In non-competitive states, it means motivating them to vote is unlikely to tip the scales. Why bother tipping the results from 60% to 55% by spending millions on it? Better to allocate those funds to a 53% to 48% potential flip.

In battleground states they do try to reach these people.

Yes, that’s not in dispute?

If you click through on the source on commerce sanctions (which is what would apply to possible tariffable goods) then you will find that the BIS oversees that. Not the taskforce going after Russian oligarchs, who have a different set of sanctions apply to them.

Again, there’s already a high level of tariffs on Russian trade, and they don’t have a “most favored trade nation” status anymore:

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told lawmakers there is “no effort to reinvigorate trade with Russia,” pushing back on Democrats who suspected Mr. Trump was cozying up to Russian President Vladimir Putin amid negotiations to reignite economic relations or end the war in Ukraine.

President Biden signed bills and issued decrees in 2022 that sanctioned Russia and Belarus and increased tariffs on things such as steel and aluminum, minerals and chemicals.

“They already have these high tariffs, they don’t have permanent normal trade relations,” Mr. Greer told the House Ways and Means Committee.

Sanctioned oligarchs have completely different sanctions than trade sanctions that apply to countries. Apples and oranges.

One is a sanction lifting on a fairly unimportant woman, true. Two are about “plans” a month ago (nothing was put in practice). Last one is tangentially related. But none are really about lifting sanctions on the country.

Trump hasn’t lifted any sanctions on Russia yet. He prolonged them for a year in February, and has been trying to offer the perspective of lifting them in exchange for peace negotiations. But since Putin hasn’t started negotiating in earnest yet, no sanctions have been lifted as far as I know.

They’re on a different list that allows limited trade afaik.

Yeah but that’s out of incompetence, not malice. You’re in most cases not allowed to trade with Russia due to sanctions, so what is there to tariff?

Russia is already on its own “special list” of countries that have very heavy trade restrictions. Like North Korea.

I don’t think tariffs would’ve made a difference there.

I mean honestly, why would you at this point? Damage’s already been done, drawing attention to her again would only make things worse.

I see people enter with left signal flashing and then they’ll take the 3rd exit (out of 4 total).

Pretty sure that’s how you’re supposed to signal. In most places it’s not a legal requirement but it is recommended and taught by most driving instructors.

Although I do assume they switch to their right signal before taking their exit. If they don’t, then yeah that’s wrong.

According to https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/ he still has a net positive rating.

Zelensky may not be the best, but I have zero doubts regarding him trying his best and his continued resolve to try and do whatever is best for his people.

One of the very few people in political office these days who deserve the title of “leader”. An admirable man indeed.

The earliest source I could find is this one: https://fr.apanews.net/news/rdc-plus-de-70-civils-retrouves-decapites-dans-une-eglise/

Seems to be a local news agency. There are some other outlets corroborating the story, though I can’t find any evidence (e.g. images/witness accounts) other than these stories.

This Newsweek article is a bit shit because it’s using quotes from right-wing internet trolls about this, which is quite poor when it comes to quality standards. But I’m not so sure the premise of the article is a lie, it could very well have happened, and I don’t have evidence to the contrary.

The remaining 1% doesn’t commit suicide. Suicide rates are significantly lower in groups that did do the surgery than in the groups that didn’t. And even for the very, very few that do, the stated reason is almost always the transphobia they still encounter from society.

Blanket banning will increase the suicide risk.

DoE was founded in 1867.

My very first date was a Tinder date, over five years ago. We just adopted our second cat.

Mileage may vary but to me it seemed just like any other regular date, with the benefit you could take about what you talked about over Tinder.

Now I really want to figure out that skin one 😋.

Out of the six you listed, the Without you I am incomplete-set is probably the easiest one.

I think I like the common currency one best, it’s very clever in my opinion (but not necessarily the hardest one).