The USA election system is a complicated mess. Its probably likely this is true, and also likely many countries, companies, important people, their cousins and friends, all tried their hand at tipping the scales. The problem with stuff like this is that it is literally not provable.

It is impossible to prove the majority of vote counts in the USA are accurate, at the state or federal primaries or elections. So the corollary is that it is impossible to prove any specific plot exists.

All of this could be stopped by implementing the same counting system(s) as exists in most countries elsewhere. Some states do this already, most do not.

It’s frustrating

I’m not that charitable; I started to see the Texas democrats more as public relations and grifters more than anything else.

Back in the 1990s the Texas democrats were different. They used to have meetings while hog hunting and honestly make the modern GOP look feminine, and rainbow coalition. Not that feminine is bad. I only mentioned it to show it was a different group of people than now.

That party died, its power structures were transferred to the GOP, and everyone with political sense, who had ambition , converted or retired or went elsewhere.

But like a franchise, a new group of people took over the brand, and these people were timid, not wanting to cause actual conflict. And for all intents and purposes, became some kind of captured opposition.

Nobody with real power wanted anything to do with them. And the Texas democratic candidates are a weird collection of helpless idealists, trust fund babies doing it as a hobby, blue blood families keeping appearances, and professional fund raisers who make bank as underdogs.

This is semi regular.

The Texas democrats are living their best lives right now. It’s great for fund raising later. And the other party gets extra press during this mild speed bump.

Win win

It definitely does not help so many people are extorted by different intelligence agencies, of which Israel the first among many.

But, in all honesty, the corrupt arses make it so easy. I wonder if the politicians have professional services they use to prioritize the demanded actions from competing agencies. And what happens when there is a conflict of demands?

Not much has changed in Washington DC the last several generations except the average IQ. It’s dropped recently and I blame lead

Probably some of both

Bee safe everyone

This is a brilliant maneuver

The fact that Trump is reacting to Medvedev, the powerless guy who drunk posts, is mildly interesting and shows the orange devil is desperate for distractions

The person, who put out these numbers , was fired

The term confuses me in politics: it seems to have too many meanings; and even the agreed definitions are flexible.

Human reason is just an extra layer, not so important, except in its threat to existence to all life

Humans will procreate while falling into the chasm. It’s not that we are stupid, but because we are here now after 4 billion years of millions of ancestors in a row did the very same thing. It’s who we are as a group.

It seems to track the increases of the cost of living. A cost that cannot be paid so easily

This is an indicator of people becoming poorer

Alternatively, perhaps the shoes were winter boots that were meant to be worn with several pairs of socks or some kind of insulation. This theory, Penn writes, is supported by a preserved letter that refers to socks and underpants being sent to a soldier stationed there. Historians also know that archers from Syria lived at Magna, and it’s safe to assume that these men would not have been accustomed to the cold climate of northern England, he adds.

I think this is my favorite theory

I think that one downvote had a chip on their shoulder?

Historically, democracy only allowed free males who were land owners to vote. A minority.

In the last few generations the wealthy have come up with clever ideas to hold onto power while expanding the vote to the majority.

So, I think Democracy is defined by periodically changing some of the government by the voting of some people. And the votes must be counted in front of witnesses.

This is my definition of democracy only; and not me arguing for it, personally I don’t think it works well enough

Yes, as practiced it’s mostly theatrics and the working class does not take power due to many controls and mental conditioning.

Democracy gives the illusion of control.

But many of these countries are by definition democracies