I feel that anyone who uses the word “cuck” should be removed from polite society, permanently.
Origin of cuckold
1200–1250; Middle English cukeweld, later cok ( k ) ewold, cukwold < Anglo-French *cucuald (compare Middle French cucuault ), equivalent to Old French cocu cuckoo + -ald, -alt pejorative suffix ( ribald ); apparently originally applied to an adulterer, in allusion to the cuckoo’s habit of laying its eggs in other birds’ nests
I feel the same way about people that use the word ‘woke’ as an insult.
They pretty much canned many of the queer tech support folks recently. (I was close to that group, and I’m going to have a bunch of angry tech support folks at my wedding)
Federal judge blocks a law that would have banned foreign nationals from making campaign contributions in Ohio. The state GOP was all buttmad about the citizen-led initiatives last year that led to things people actually want (abortion protections and legal recreational weed) and in a combination tantrum + attempt to block this year’s anti-gerrymandering initiative signed this new law.
The awesome twist here: after doing their best to ensure money equals speech, it’s now biting Republicans in the ass. Obviously the government can’t ban foreign nationals from spending money, because that’d be restricting their speech!
Did they not know that Peter Thiel who donated millions to Vance’s Ohio campaign bribed his way to obtaining a NZ citizenship?
[AI recreation of Alec Guinness’s voice] Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time.
Jacob Wohl is back, people. And now he’s powered by AI!
House Republicans are threatening to shut down the government next month. It’s a bold move, let’s see how it goes for them.
I honestly can’t believe the Dems didn’t force getting funding through the election the last time they did this stupid shit.
Seriously? Before an election? How do they think undecided voters who need passports or who want to visit national parks or, heaven forbid, work for the federal government will react? I mean, assuming undecided voters actually exist, I’ve always been dubious, but apparently they do.
They are cowards and Trump wants it. There are no other considerations.
Last time most people correctly blamed Republicans for the shut down. Through that lens I completely believe it. It’s shitty for those affected but good politics.
The public at large always blames the GOP for shutdowns, but it rarely has a big impact on elections… partially because the shutdowns usually occur on off-years and everyone forgets a year later.
Having it fresh in people’s minds might make this time different… I guess we’ll see.
Wait, I’m confused by this TPM piece. It’s been over 30 years since I registered to vote but didn’t I need to show some kind of ID at the time? Is that what they’re talking about here?
The math is this: There are roughly a million Federal Government employee who would potentially go without a paycheck for as long as the shutdown lasts. While that is inconvenient and may require them to put a bunch of stuff on a credit card, those folks will eventually get back-pay for that time, and it amounts to an unplanned vacation paid in arrears.
However, there are about 3 million contract workers (yours truly included) who will lose all income during the shutdown and will never get paid for the time lost. For them (us), it is a temporary layoff.
There are also some indeterminate number of people whose income are indirectly related to the Federal Government being open, like say the citizens of Jackson Hole, who get hammered when the nearby National Parks shut down, and the restaurant owners in DC who rely on the Federal workers (and contractors) to populate their establishments for lunch every day.
The GOP aren’t going to win DC, they aren’t going to win Maryland, and it doesn’t look like Virginia is too close either, so maybe the GOP isn’t too worried about the above voters. I imagine that Larry Hogan isn’t too enthused about the plan though.
Here is a decent write-up on the proposed act.
Perhaps the most important part is this bit:
The SAVE Act requires significant changes to each step of the voter registration process: how voters register, how their identities are verified, and how list maintenance is performed on an ongoing basis. These changes would be costly and time consuming, taking months–if not years–to achieve.
Despite the administrative difficulty of implementation, the SAVE Act prioritizes expediency over precision. The act becomes effective on the date of enactment, giving states no time to adjust processes. It also requires that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission offer implementation guidance to states within just 10 days of enactment.
It could effectively make elections impossible to administer before the coming election. Certainly it means many people in many states will be unable to register, while those states have to figure out how to come into compliance. Probably that’s what it is intended to do!
Also this:
This echoes research by the Brennan Center for Justice, VoteRiders, the University of Maryland Center for Civic Democracy and Engagement (CDCE), and Public Wise, which found that “more than 9 percent of American citizens of voting age, or 21.3 million people, don’t have proof of citizenship readily available.”
Most states ask for ID when you register, though that ID doesn’t prove citizenship. And they ask you to affirm that you’re a citizen, under penalty of law.
Thanks, Scott. This is good to know.
Jesus. I am getting really tired of all the GOP election interference fuckery at both the State and Federal levels. How is the media not covering the fact that the party who lies and cries about stolen elections is actively attempting to steal the coming one?
Because then someone on the Right would call them “lamestream” and accuse them of bias, so they have to try to normalize them and make both parties seem equivalent.