The future is stupid, we were promised jetpacks, not planned obsolescence mobility devices.

You’re right that Stein would have very little support in Congress if she won, but that’s not in the realm of possibility, but to say that lower office runs would do better as independents misses some of the peculiarities of the American electoral system:

• Elections in the United States are longer, more burdened with minutiae and uniquely expensive compared to other democracies. Without the organizational support of a 3rd party (mostly libertarian and green parties in the US as others lack numbers and resources), candidates struggle to even get ballot access for lack of money and volunteers getting signatures and clearing regulatory steps
• Speaking of regulatory hurdles, running a presidential candidate every four years in enough states maintains ballot access for down-ticket races

So you’re right that independent runs wouldn’t have the baggage that comes with third party association, but you’re missing that there are very real benefits to that association.

Of course, if we had public campaign financing and rank choice voting, working class voters could unite and not be divided against one another… Almost like it’s that way by design 🤷‍♂️

Sigh, of course that’s happening.

The Green Party does run candidates in more left-leaning areas… Not that they do a whole lot better in those races, but they do try more than just POTUS

Mike Lindell did a Nazi dog whistle, not surprised.

Mike Lindell claimed he had no idea about how super Nazi it was: not surprised.

Yeah I’m not at all surprised it happened, I am surprised there was some sort of consequence, weak as it is.

“We’re number one! We’re number one!”

–America, failing to mention what it’s number one at

bystander was shot in the head

Police shot innocent bystander in the head.

FTFY

This would be an unprecedented win for democracy in America, but it needs an outcry of public support to have any chance.

Look up your congressional reps here: https://www.270towin.com/elected-officials/ and contact them to urge their support.

Remember, we’re not outnumbered, we’re out organized.

Now if we could just get him to give the tiniest of shits about all the innocent Palestinians being murdered.

Seriously, the last thing the Democrats need after Trump’s Musk gimmick is a billionaire gimmick of their own.

Also, you can really only 3d print the bottom half of a gun, the actual part that makes it a gun has to be made of metal and ordered online, then snapped on to the 3d printed plastic handle part.

The problem isn’t the plastic part you make at home… Literally, just make people print serial numbers on the important, metal part, and the whole problem goes away… But lazy journalists want to conjure images of people making anonymous guns at home cos it’s scary.

Get out of my head

I am a Virgo

Amazing.

That would be great but I’m not holding my breath.

Capitalism

Everything butt the kitchen sink

Let me get this straight… Joe drops out and a few hundred delegates just get to choose whoever they want? Is that really how the system works?

(I’m literally asking, I don’t have a dog in this fight, I think she’s probably as good a choice as the Democrats have, just seems like a weird system)

There is no GOP, there is only MAGA and enemies of MAGA.

5th American welcomes it.