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...what did Infowars post on pinterest? DIY prepper kit instructions?

 

139 farms targeted for expropriation without compensation

Prediction: South Africa will be a net importer of food in 3-7 years.

 

I don't want the robot to have a memory that's terrifying , I would never use Alexa

 

My google home just went off without me asking a question.to tell me what day Christmas day is on this year.

Perfect timing for this post.

 

*Quits job, flies to NYC*

 

America’s electoral system gives the Republicans advantages over Democrats

The source of this discrepancy is that Democrats will win their seats with big majorities in fewer districts, whereas Republicans will prevail by narrower margins in a larger number of districts. In 2016 Democrats who beat Republican opponents won an average of 67.4% of the two-party vote in their districts, whereas Republicans who defeated Democrats received an average of 63.8%. This imbalance is partly due to deliberate attempts to create districts that provide such results, and partly just down to the fact that Democrats tend to live more tightly bunched together in cities. Together, these two factors put up quite an obstacle. According to our model, the Democrats need to win 53.5% of all votes cast for the two major parties just to have a 50/50 chance of winning a majority in the House.

If this imbalance were limited to a single chamber of the legislature, or a single election cycle, the Democrats’ frequent carping about a stacked electoral deck might sound like sour grapes. All electoral systems have their oddities. But changes in where Americans live and contradictions in their constitution — a document designed to work with many weak factions that has instead encouraged and entrenched an increasingly polarised two-party system — have opened gaps between what the voters choose and the representation they get in every arm of the federal government. In recent decades these disparities have consistently favoured the Republicans, and there is no reason to think that trend is going to change on its own.

In the past three House elections, Republicans’ share of House seats has been 4-5 percentage points greater than their share of the two-party vote. In 2012 they won a comfortable 54% of the chamber despite receiving fewer votes than their Democratic opponents; in 2014 they converted a 51% two-party-vote share into 55% of the seats.

Such comparisons are harder for the Senate, where only a third of the 100 seats are contested in any election. But adding together all the votes from the most recent election of each senator, Republicans got only 46% of them, and they hold 51 of the seats.

 

oh shut up

 

Lol...a good democrat for 2020 should just be a Republican so that I, a Republican, can not vote for a racist’

 

Think trump will get any primary challengers for 2020?

 

Kasich.

 

Kasich or Flake, I'd lean toward Kasich. I don't think either would beat him though, his approval rating among republicans is too high right now (that could change but I doubt it). They would probably do better in the states with open primaries

 

If someone does primary him, they will get so little coverage and Peter out quickly.

 

Yeah i think the only way the challenger would get coverage would be if they were a celebrity like Mark Cuban.

 

I feel like Kasich is on all the big media outlets doing interviews every couple weeks. I bet he won't be getting the invites so often when/if he runs for president.

 

So why isn’t chorus more popular

 

I disagree. I think the media will eat up a Kasich run for office.

"A moderate looking to bridge the political divides in this country? What a great, inspiring story! That is exact what this country needs!

(please ignore the fact that he is right of George W Bush. you're just seeking to cause division when what this country needs is for both sides to come together and meet in the middle)"

especially if he finds a moderate democrat willing to sell out and become his running mate... I fear he is Marcon us and its going to be very effective

 

Get out and vote, Michigan peeps. El-sayed needs some numbers tomorrow!

 

Tech Crunch headline: "Now even YouPorn has banned Alex Jones, but he's still on Twitter"

Eat shit Twitter

 

Can also confirm Castro has removed it as well - though they may just use the iTunes library for their feeds? Only thing that comes up for InfoWars now is that David Knight podcast.

Also I need to share this with anyone crying about their 1st amendment rights to be a racist asshole "being taken away":

 

I don't think he knows what radical progressive means