Probably a better thread for this but I didn’t find a recent one with a quick search so screw it, this will do. It’s a rare decent move from this administration.
Of course, this doesn’t make Pai any less a creature of the big telecoms. Just means in this case their interests align with the consumer.
My predictions found mixed success. Democrats became more fiery and successful in Congress and won the Presidency, but failed to secure a Senate majority. Outreach and voting turnout increased, but for both sides. Misinformation dug in and spread on the other side. On the bright side, I did not do a great job becoming a doomsday prepper and never fired a pistol in the last four years, not even when riots tore through my city. HumanTon was right in that comedians had to step up, though at some point all they could do was make exaggerated gestures at what was happening. If grunge did make a comeback I wasn’t hip enough to hear it.
This was a good idea for a thread. It’s a shame that Trump let it down, even before he was inaugurated.
Holy shit lol at #3. I will say that the jury’s still out on #5, #1 was true for one cycle, #2 was broadly correct and led to little being done and the GOP losing both houses, and #4 was correct as worded, but vastly underestimated how oppressive he could make immigration-related racist policies. Overall, though, wow was this overly optimistic.
I know what you mean. There were some screenshots of WaPo headlines from some of the last few weeks. If you had shown them to me in 2016 I’d never have believed it to be real, not even as pessimistic as I was about a Trump administration.
That’s one thing I can say about Trump: Despite me thinking it wasn’t possible, he continuously figured out ways to sink to new lows throughout all four years of his term.
The shenanigans the other party can get up to when you have a 51-49 majority are exactly the same ones they can get up to when you have a 51-50 majority. The Dems won the senate, full stop.
