How does the World view America these days?

[Braintree]

I voted against prop 22. Utter bullshit.

The part that hurts the most are how complicit all of these drivers were. They didn't understand the implications of the proposition.

Interestingly (but not surprising), only northern California counties voted against it: https://abc7news.com/prop-22-2020-election-san-francisco-voters/8134415/

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According to unofficial election results, 172,644 San Franciscans (or 40.5% of voters in the city) voted in favor of Prop 22 in the city, while 253,791 or 59.5% voted against it. Out of the entire state, 58.6% voted in favor of it while 41.4% voted against it.

Other counties that rejected the proposition include San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Alameda, Marin, Alpine, Mendocino and Humboldt.

As of Nov. 2, Prop 22 received the most money out of any measure on the ballot in 2020 -- and the most expensive out of any ballot measure ever -- with over $200 million donated. The Yes on 22 committee in support of the initiative received about 10 times the amount in donations compared to committees opposing it. Uber, Doordash and Lyft donated a total sum of over $150 million.

 

Edited January 5, 2021 by Braintree

[Braintree]

In other news...

FBI Questioned a Michigan Senate Staffer After Zoom Call About Banning Tear Gas

https://theintercept.com/2021/01/04/michigan-fbi-zoom-tear-gas/

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The incident happened in Southfield, a suburb north of Detroit, on October 29, days before the presidential election and less than a month after the FBI had foiled a terror plot by far-right violent extremists to kidnap Michigan’s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and seize control of the Capitol building. The men, an FBI special agent and a local police officer assigned to the task force, knocked on the door of Katie Reiter, chief of staff to state Sen. Rosemary Bayer, a Democrat. They told her that they had received a “report” about an online conversation she had participated in from her home 10 days earlier, in which she had discussed “the use of tear gas during the election,” Reiter told The Intercept. They then pressed her to answer questions about the bill’s substance and timing even after she had told them what her job was and repeatedly warned that the content of the draft legislation was confidential.

Your federal tax dollars at work.

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[Nebraska]

[ambermonk]

[prdctvsm]

[hijexx]

Was expecting more in this thread honestly. All this rich material yesterday and only two memes? 

This is the harbinger of the US decline. Capitol stormed and only two memes about it. Sad dayz

[Braintree]

They're in the Trump thread since he basically incited it.

[Nebraska]

1 hour ago, hijexx said:

Was expecting more in this thread honestly. All this rich material yesterday and only two memes? 

sorry to disappoint. but that's how america operates. expect more- get less

 

[Extralife]

14 minutes ago, Nebraska said:

sorry to disappoint. but that's how america operates. expect more- get less

 

That comment section

[hijexx]

This is a new mutation of the Juggalo

[kloffy]

[ignatius]

6 hours ago, hijexx said:

This is a new mutation of the Juggalo

juggalos seem less dangerous

[ignatius]

this right here.. holy shit

 

[Braintree]

That's an old one, but yeah. Intense shit.

[Enthusiast]

Guys, did somebody’s dad taser themselves in the balls and die?

[cichlisuite]

2 hours ago, ignatius said:

this right here.. holy shit

 

incredible. those two make a very effective team, i mean how fast they communicated the distraction and the attack on the armed robber. then just give the shotgun to the shop owner like "here buddy, deal with it."
that shop owner sure had his nerves tested there

[Zephyr_Nova]

Consensus on the twitter comments seem to be that it was staged, but I can't tell how that conclusion was reached (other than it looks to good to be true).

[prdctvsm]

[mister miller]

5 hours ago, ignatius said:

this right here.. holy shit

 

hoooly shit...what's the backstory?

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[prdctvsm]

[TubularCorporation]

On 1/7/2021 at 12:57 PM, hijexx said:

This is a new mutation of the Juggalo

Juggalos are anti-racist.

[Zephyr_Nova]

But they are pro-Monster Energy drink, which cancels out anti-racism.