One thing I haven’t seen discussed in regards to this meeting is that Trump has apparently just recently realized (as of the election results around the U.S.) that he’s hugely unpopular and that it threatens his power / his grip on the Republicans. And that it stems in part from how he has ignored the affordability issue ever since he got elected.

Then someone like Mamdani waltzes into the picture and absolutely cleans up when running on affordability… and not just “uh yeah I will totally lower the price of eggs” either. So Trump sees an opportunity to cozy up to this affordability guy in the hopes that some of the voter goodwill that Mamdani earned on that topic rubs off on Trump. He’s desperate not to lose his grip on power.

The term you’re looking for is social murder.

Not to mention 3/4 of yourself.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument

It’s okay. I like your version of reality better… It’s really ridiculous that we can’t disable PRs there.

Issues, yes. It’s not possible to disable PRs though.

Was there a particular part of that you had in mind?

I didn’t watch a ton of the debates, but I didn’t see what you’re talking about. She seemed to be able to answer the questions just fine, although of course not at Mamdani level. Do you have any examples off the top of your head where she flubbed answers?

If you’re holding her to Mamdani campaign standards, you’re going to be disappointed no matter the candidate.

Let’s let her cook a bit and then decide how she performed.

If the GOP fail to uphold their side of the deal, they can just shut the government down again, right away, with a clear and obvious justification.

This is 100% incorrect. Come January, if the Democrats try to drag their feet on funding the government again, the Republican fascists can simply pass a continuing resolution to override the Democrats and prevent another shutdown. Those eight Democrats just gave up the only leverage they’ll ever have to bring back ACA subsidies.

(The reason the Republicans couldn’t just pass a continuing resolution now to end the shutdown is that it can only be done once a year, and they already burned it on the Big Ugly Bill.)

We’re already living in it. Professional voice actors now have the choice between vying for the dwindling number of voice acting gigs or selling their voice (via commissioned recordings) to LLM companies as training data.

Scientific Wild-Ass Guess.

"Excellent question! This isn’t just air traffic control. This is air traffic controlGPT. Here’s how to bring in your plane for a safe and effective landing:

1. The first step—and this is critical—is to check for a runway. Without a runway, your landing may be bumpier than usual.
2. …"

btw where did you find the state payroll amount? I’ve been looking around and can’t find it reported anywhere

It’s a SWAG based on number of state empoyees in a state times the median state employee salary in that state times the employer federal payroll tax rate.

You’re thinking of this from the perspective of the federal government. But also think about it from the perspective of the states. For instance, the amount that California could withhold is equal to like 10% of their yearly budget. That could pay for so many of their government programs that actually benefit people in their state. And in so doing it would make them that much less dependent on the whims of the Trump regime.

I’m not comparing to the whole. I’m comparing to states sitting on their hands and doing nothing in the face of a rogue government in D.C. that’s pulling shit like withholding disaster relief to blue states.

Federal payroll taxes for California state government workers, just using the portion that the employer pays, total ~$22 billion a year. And let’s say there’s another ~$15 billion for New York. Now imagine every blue state withholds theirs. Seems like a good chunk of change.

One rather large employer in each state is the state government…

There is a big sack of cash that gets handed over by the state: the federal payroll taxes for all the state government employees.

But what LLM wrote this?