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Sonicpharmacist
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Montana had a “Born Alive“ bill on their ballot that would have forced providers to perform life-saving measures on any infant born alive, viable or not, with punishment of jail time and a huge fine to anyone who didn’t provide that care. A bunch of healthcare providers across the state signed a letter stating our HUGE concerns about this bill. The Bozeman newspaper ran this letter in a full page, which was very cool. Anyways, being in a red state, I thought it was a foregone conclusion that this bill would pass and we would lose providers. Much to my surprise, Montana voted NO 52/48, even though every senator/house rep elected was Republican. I am very proud that I was one of the co-signers on this letter, and have to think that our campaign against it was instrumental in getting it shot down.
I’m 4th column, 3rd down
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folsom_lives
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Go on, geezer.
It looks that way. Our incumbent Governor conceded today. The sheriff(R) in Las Vegas
won, but as long as the Congress remains D, he’ll probably be a lame duck.
ayayrawn
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I don't even want to know how the far right is trolling the verification checkmark on Twitter. If these are that bad, I'm sure there are some much worse examples out there.
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Turbo
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Ok, just looking at the current counts and what's outstanding, I have the DEM's at 218 now, with possibly another flip. They're going to hold the house by a squeaker. Are the media outlets talking about this? It seems like the conversation was about how there was no red wave but that the REPs were taking over. This is almost certainly not going to be the case. Even if they want to be conservative and not make a call, they should be talking about the possibility that the DEMs are holding the house as well.
At this point, most every media outlet is not making a call yet. At least from what I have watched. The discussion is still on why there wasn't a red wave.
Turbo
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That's what I'm saying. Not only is it not a red wave, but the house is very probably staying blue. I'm wondering why that doesn't seem to be part of the conversation even if there's no call (I understand why they want to wait before calling so no issue there).
If I can see just sitting at my desk and counting on my fingers that the seat math is almost inevitably DEM 218-219, it seems like this should be part of the conversation.
Attractive female students no longer earned higher grades when classes moved online during COVID-19
New psychology findings suggest that attractive students earn higher grades in school, but for female students, this beauty premium disappears when classes are taught remotely. The findings were published in the journal Economic Letters.
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Wasn't sure where to post this, but this thread I guess is as good as a place as any.
This just goes to show that dimiscration is ingrained in our society in many different ways.
Because it proves they never had solid data to back their projections. No one wants the egg on their face.
Turbo
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Yeah, I realized after reading pundits after the election that a lot of talk in media was centered around the NYT poll that showed a shift in momentum towards the republicans and that women swung wildly from caring about abortion rights towards inflation and the economy. Problem was other polls weren't showing that and somehow got drowned out. Plus the data from women was based on very low N's with an error rate above 10%. That one poll drove the entire narrative prior to the election. Plus it looks like aggregators were pulled by a lot of partisan republican polls while the democrats ordered few. So there was this illusion of a red wave that was never there in the population. Except maybe the state of New York.
But now there's no excuse. There are actual vote counts and projections can easily be made from the places where outstanding votes remain.
Sonicpharmacist
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MSNBC and CNN keep saying that it looks like the GOP will take the House, but I don’t see it that way. As far as I can tell, there are quite a few undecided seats that should swing to the Dems, but maybe I’m reading it wrong?
There are now 8 billion of us — but soon we'll hit a decline we'll never reverse
This week, the world's population ticks over a historic milestone. But in the next century, society will be reshaped dramatically — and soon we'll hit a decline we'll never reverse.
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Keep in mind they also thought there was no way in hell Trump would win in 2016 until it happened.
Borrowers Worry About Student Loan Forgiveness After the Program Is Halted Again — TIME
The Texas ruling is the second major attempt to strike down the program
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Sighs, why is the GOP on an all out war to stop student loan forgiveness.
They keep talking about the unfairness of it. But isn't it unfair they on multiple occasions supported bailing out large corporations because they were "to big to fail". People don't matter, corporations do.
Student loan forgiveness will help the economy more than bailing out a corporation that is on the verge of failing due to making the wrong decisions.
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ayayrawn
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These are entirely different situations.
And besides, not to discount future what-ifs, but the further we get from it, the more I think 2016 was a fluke. If he had been up against anyone else besides Clinton, I think he would've been destroyed.
‘What if Yale finds out?’ — The Washington Post
At Yale, suicidal students are pressured to withdraw, then must apply to get back into the university -- an approach under increasing attack from mental health activists and alumni
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