Hard Pass

cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/us_politics@piefed.blahaj.zone/p/1031536/frustrated-with-trump-voters-overwhelmingly-want-change-in-washington-an-ap-norc-p

A strong majority of voters believe that President Donald Trump is falling short at home and abroad, and they want major change in the upcoming midterm elections, according to a new AP-NORC poll that raises serious warning signs for the Republican Party at a critical moment.

The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, conducted less than four weeks before Election Day, finds that registered voters who identify as Democrats are more enthusiastic than Republican voters about casting a ballot. More voters want Democrats to win control of Congress and have a more negative view of Republicans.

The Democratic advantage is small in some cases, but, taken together, the findings paint a challenging picture for Republicans, who are clinging to control of Congress under the weight of an unpopular war with Iran and surging prices at home.

About 8 in 10 voters overall say the economy or the cost of living is among their top issues for the upcoming election, while about two-thirds say this about healthcare and the war in Iran. Other issues that are stronger for Trump — like immigration or crime — are lower priorities.

Much more in the article.

Respectful your waiters, folks

I meant to post this on rules-day. Oops. It's thursday my ladies!

not me unfortunately but if I could be a fire breathing lesbian bartender I would (no offense to Barts)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53167277

The early voting for the Midterms is now available in many places. You can early vote at a polling place: https://www.eac.gov/voters/register-and-vote-in-your-state

Or you can use mail-in voting: https://www.eac.gov/voters/national-mail-voter-registration-form

It's highly recommended to avoid election day voting in person, and vote early.

“But remember, I’m the only one who took the test. You know, the aptitude test or whatever the hell they call it. I took it— when I did— every time I do a physical— I take a mental test. And I’ve aced it. WHERE’S MY DOCTOR? Is he around, I travel with more doctors than any human. If people get sick in the audience, they don’t— do— they leave him alone. You know what they call him? Collateral damage. If that person right over there, he looks like shit actually. He looks— he looks like he’s ready to have a heart attack. If he actually had a heart attack, you know what they would do? They would leave him alone.” 

The stupid shit thinks he’s been taking an ‘aptitude’ test. He’s not — it’s a brain damage test. And if you’re being asked to take one every time you have a checkup, it’s because your doctor has an excellent reason to suspect you have brain damage.

Don’t you love the way Donny boasts about acing his dementia test, and then careens wildly into the kind of incoherent anecdote that only a dementia sufferer would tell? Way to connect with your audience, you rotting dumbfuck. People can’t afford food. They can’t afford housing. They can’t afford basic goods and services. 

Above all, no one can afford healthcare — and this out-of-touch nincompoop is bragging about how he has all the doctors in the world, and you don’t. What in the actual fuck?

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.online/c/politics@piefed.world/p/2030244/more-americans-say-trump-has-prioritized-his-personal-business-interests-than-the-count

cross-posted from: https://feddit.online/c/politics@piefed.world/p/2031634/so-far-the-119th-congress-is-among-the-least-productive-of-the-past-40-years

DoJ had demanded that LA county confirm citizenship of people on list in thumb drive, but officials refused

The US Department of Justice sued California on Thursday, seeking a court order to prevent the state from tabulating certain ballots cast in the midterm elections.

The suit came two days after the department made a specious demand to the state. On Tuesday, the department sent election officials in Los Angeles county a thumb drive with a handwritten password purporting to contain the names of noncitizens registered to vote. The department asked officials to confirm the citizenship of anyone on the list and set aside ballots from those whose status could not be confirmed. It gave the state 48 hours – an extremely narrow window – to take action. It did not provide details on how it came up with the names on the list. In its lawsuit, filed in federal court in the central district of California, the justice department said it had provided the state with more than 20,000 names of likely noncitizens.

The Los Angeles county clerk and recorder, Dean Logan, said his office would not review the list, in part because it didn’t consider the USB drive secure.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.online/c/tech@piefed.world/p/2031310/mychart-and-a-major-hospital-said-i-could-opt-out-of-sharing-my-health-data-but-they-di

I wish there was a way to know you're in 'the good old Miisha days', before you've actually left them. Thanks for everything, girl! 🫡

AI is, frankly, less a superintelligence than a form of super-stupidity with enormous power and no capacity for remorse or learning from previous harm caused.

Some of us think that AI should probably go down in history as the biggest boondoggle ever, the greatest scam avoided, the greatest corporate disaster missed and/or the greatest social crisis averted. We don’t have to go through every door that opens.

You opened doors to make money for yourselves. You even joke about killing humanity.

Arabian Gulf monarchies have “suppressed” information about the extent of damage done to their physical infrastructure by attacks from Iran and its allies, Reuters reported on Thursday.

Reuters' assessment is likely to cast new doubt on how Gulf states describe strikes on their territories. For example, Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry said that a Houthi drone strike caused a "limited fire" at the headquarters of the kingdom's national oil company, Aramco, in Dhahran.

But Reuters reported on Wednesday that the headquarters suffered “extensive damage”.

One source said the top three floors of Aramco’s headquarters, including the office of Aramco CEO Amin Nasser, were severely damaged, with part of the ceiling caved in and windows and doors blown out.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/49243592