I’ll copy something I wrote up in another thread.

This is one of those things that needs some context. Lots of nations have ID requirements similar to this, and people from outside the United States are often confused as to why it’s a problem. The issue is that it’s a backdoor to voter disenfranchisement.

Not everyone drives, and therefore, doesn’t need a state-issued ID. But now you need one to vote. So you have to go to the DMV to get an ID that’s not a drivers license but functions the same way for ID purposes. Except the DMV is only open during working hours, has long lines, and the nearest one may not have public transportation going to it.

It’s often minorities who don’t have drivers licenses to begin with, and they tend to vote for Democrats.

In practice, there was never significant voter fraud at all. Not enough to change the outcome of any race. Even on the surface, it’s solving a non-problem.

Here’s the thing about that email server: it was standard operating procedure for the White House at the time.

Email starts to be used for official communication under Bill’s administration, but everyone is still trying to figure out this Internet thing back then. It was standard for the Secretary of State to run their own email server all through the Bush II administration. Hillary was simply following what was already established. It was only when John Kerry took the office that this was changed to bring their email server under White House IT staff control.

Which is what should have happened within a few years of Bush II’s first term. As someone who has managed their own email server before, it’s hard to setup an email server that works correctly. It’s even harder to set it up in a way that doesn’t immediately become a spam gateway and security hazard. As soon as the government was getting a handle on this Internet thing, all staff email servers should have been run by government IT directly.

That isn’t on Hillary alone. It’s a decision that crossed three different Presidential administrations and both major parties.

FOIA was followed, though. The DOJ got plenty of Hillary’s emails by way of FOIA.

Why would you need to go to the Department of Motor Vehicles for an ID though?

Well, now you’re seeing the issue. You go to the DMV because that’s the only place allowed to give out state IDs. This is not an accident.

If (nearly) everyone has an ID, it cannot be used as means for voter disenfranchisment.

You’re forgetting that the entire point is to be disenfranchising. Yes, this is 100% fixable, and Republicans will fight to make sure it doesn’t get fixed.

Surely, a leftist used to studying intricate theory and picking apart the layers of capitalist control to see the rot at its center would be able to see why voter ID laws are a problem. I have it under great authority that .ml is filled with such users. Can’t think of any possible reason why they’d be for it. None at all.

It’s been part of WI state law for a while. Putting it in the state constitution makes it harder to repeal.

This is one of those things that needs some context. Lots of nations have ID requirements similar to this, and people from outside the United States are often confused as to why it’s a problem. The issue is that it’s a backdoor to voter disenfranchisement.

Not everyone drives, and therefore, doesn’t need a state-issued ID. But now you need one to vote. So you have to go to the DMV to get an ID that’s not a drivers license but functions the same way for ID purposes. Except the DMV is only open during working hours, has long lines, and the nearest one may not have public transportation going to it.

It’s often minorities who don’t have drivers licenses to begin with, and they tend to vote for Democrats.

In practice, there was never significant voter fraud at all. Not enough to change the outcome of any race. Even on the surface, it’s solving a non-problem.

Tech journalist outlets have been the best at reporting on Trump’s shit. Wired figured this out better than the New York Times.

He only looks that way.

But not really. At this level of precision, the heat from electricity passing through it would throw off the actual resistance value.

Probably. Elon fired and unfired the team for that. It’s probably the best long term plan for the company. Especially since the rest of the industry is standardizing on their connector. Problem is, it’s uninteresting, and Elon only likes showy displays.

Long term, businesses tend to be built on boring things. That doesn’t work when your CEO likes to swing around a blinged out chainsaw on stage.

On paper, companies with a high P/E ratio can be justified by expecting their profit is going to skyrocket in the future.

You could maybe sorta argue that for Tesla a few years back. Even if you did, the Cybertruck debacle, Elon firing and unfiring the supercharger network people, and other antics of his, should convince you otherwise.

There’s just no way to justify it anymore, even assuming there ever was. The fascade is gone and even if the company finds a stable footing, the stock still has a long way to drop.

Yes. Problem?

With the IRS gutted, it may be a matter of not having withholding on your paycheck, and then sending in blank tax forms every year.

We haven’t even seen the start of this opsec rocket diarrhea.

edited 26 minutes ago. My reply posted an hour ago

Fuck off. This is pathetic.

The bit you edited in afterwards? No, you don’t get credit for that, and you still don’t know what you’re talking about.

Do you understand how gerrymandering works? It doesn’t apply directly to Presidential elections.

The vote was within 2M. Yes, they changed the outcome.

It’s amusing watching Free Republic go hmm, errr, Atlantic = North Korea, err, fuck this is bad.

Nobody knows. The world economy is built around America always paying its debts.

But there is one thing: build mutual aid networks that can thrive without money being involved.