Pritzker. Easy. And?

Pretty much any blue state governor would’ve been a strong option about a year ago is Biden had endorsed them during the presidential primary.

I feel like a rational and sane society would recognize the one on the right isn’t worth elevating for a comparison.

Or it wouldn’t brook anyone willing to compromise with it.

I don’t think any third party has the power to choose their visibility, which is kind of my point. If they had the resources of influence (capital) to spend on media exposure they probably would.

Third parties have been trying to gain visibility through presidential elections for decades, and it’s been completely unsuccessful.

My view is most third parties are not fielding presidential candidates specifically because you’re not wrong: it is not a successful strategy to campaign for that office as a third party.

But moreso, I would refer back to what I said about how most end up as a caucus within the two major parties. In a sense third party politicians have to actively obscure any willingness they have to break from the status quo.

I wager a viable third party would absorb existing key caucuses from the existing two parties, rather than fully challenging and replacing everyone.

Third party doesn’t have to be just for the presidency. It generally is anything but that.

I disagree: The Democratic Party does not care about its power. In fact many of the still current leaders of the party actively believe in a strong Republican Party.

I am specifically quoting Biden with that.

“We need a Republican Party. We need an opposition that’s principled and strong.”

I love how mouseover text doesn’t quite display correctly on my mobile browser, especially with that one.

Because the sentiment you’re expressing there in parentheses was obvious enough.

The military industrial complex is a pretty bipartisan issue. It is probably the most bipartisan issue in American politics.

They’re not simply ‘third parties’. They are political parties organizing around every kind of issue, local or not, without any support or exposure and against the two major parties. What happens is they typically have to caucus with one of two parties anyway to not be fighting both.

Third party candidates and their voters are some of the most engaged political operatives out there.

Presidential elections are the only times the vast majority of people even look or engage in politics whatsoever. That’s actually the rare point in time every four years where there is enough visibility for any party, even the two major ones.

I established they were held legally liable, which they were, in response to a comment that stated the government was the one who fucked up.

Ain’t no zero-sum binary brained scenario.

More importantly it was the 1950s before the Clean Water Act. Where both entities involved existed under the framework of industry self-regulation that is being directly criticized here.

The issue isn’t a company or government is responsible: it is that the system of self regulation results in failures with significant collateral damage.

Regulation also binds government, believe it or not.

The default mentality necessary for entering a political thread.

The company did the dumping and then sold it off for $1 for a school to be built upon it. They were held liable. They also created other environmental disasters elsewhere. White Lake Michigan, for instance.

Hooker Chemical Company gave no fucks, and should not be given tacit approval or any credit.

More importantly than president: Down ballot. Start with your local representative and non federal positions. Local elections usually have less party lines and you may find political alignment there.

The Presidency is mostly a sock puppet for the military industrial complex. We aren’t catching lightning in a bottle there.

Outcomes, mostly, regarding fascism.

The consistent argument has been despite the siimilar trajectory the rate is different.

I guess this comparison sort of demonstrates whether it’ll be a legal or illegal implementation.

Open any random page and start reading. Spiral time.

“AI” image generation actually takes a lot of human knowledge and understanding of the models to manipulate outcomes. It is a different kind of effort, but the issues with it are based in human use of the tool.

The ‘next’ problems are concurrent, unfortunately.

The GOP may very well wind up with a veto proof Congress at this rate and it will all be for nought.

Pritzker is the only name on there with the chops for it. Maybe Walz, but he is DFL so I can’t see the DNC even looking at him.

A year ago almost anyone with the endorsement of Biden would’ve coasted.

The fact the office of the president has to be likened to Alfred to make sense is quite underhanded and indicative of a greater issue.