He ran on the platform the Democratic Party ran on for 2020, which still held appeal regardless of his track record. But honestly after his stroke his spouse really helped carry him across the general. In the end though she isn’t the senator.

But now there’s no platform at all so he’s just doing whatever he wants, including being a total shitbag. He’s a senator for a failed party, after all.

The coordinated political hit job on Corbyn was so ugly and blatant.

After his stroke his spouse became a strong component of his campaign. She seemed more progressive speaking on his behalf.

At that point though it was all hands on deck to prevent Oz and the GOP winning.

I gauge things through his spouse and how she was a large part of his popularity and momentum on the campaign trail, especially after the stroke and the primary.

So on some level people were kind of voting for her. And she’s pretty much disappeared.

They don’t so much ‘change sex’ as they grow reproductive organs in response to conditions and blast sperm and/or eggs everywhere, sometimes both at the same time.

They don’t want his actual response, opinion, or policy. The desired outcome is obedience, and obedience alone.

I’d rather AOC knock Schumer out of the Senate in 2028. (Or a special election if he for whatever reason is unable to complete his term.) Congress needs as much replacement as the White House.

But it is really frustrating framing how the article is already conceding Trump will be the dominant candidate for a third term in 2028. That’s a long way off.

You’ve already got him beat for my vote if it came down to it.

Now, my comment’s intent was more jovial than that. I was noting it because of the volume of cars and multiple lanes juxtaposed nicely with the empty bus lane. It’s a long view down an 8-9 lane road. There’s not a bus to be seen on the horizon. A snapshot that provided unintended commentary.

Extremely triggering commentary, apparently, for which I do fully regret.

Democracy and Capitalism are inextricably linked in American politics. ‘Democratic Capitalism’ is the predominant social and economic culture.

Changing the capitalism part is as revolting as changing the democracy part.

And that’s without trying to disambiguate Social Democracy from Democratic Socialism.

BUS ONLY

No busses.

She called for Cuomo resign in disgrace as governor and then endorsed him for mayor.

These ghouls don’t believe in anything.

It’s also double funny that he’s calling fucking Schumer a Palestinian, it’s like calling Biden a communist, which he also probably said.

Plenty of times. The point of making the absurd claim is because the correction to the error contributes nothing but a deflection from the initial claim.

Trump tweets are pure, unadulterated gish gallup.

They do tend to passively address the American Overton window in their articles. I think it’s pretty easy to navigate as an American because they do it mostly in the same style of our mainstream media.

The overall dynamics of American political language I think can be pretty jarring to both Europeans and any American trying to first learn about socialism.

I get what you mean, and it’s a common thought and strategy. It just doesn’t work as well as one might think. Unless there is a union, employees are at a significant disadvantage. Forming a union would be FAR more effective than quoting OSHA regs.

The main thing is regulatory violations aren’t (usually) criminal so there’s a long administrative process to most enforcement actions. Companies overwhelmingly have the resources to litigate beyond their employees means. So if they have the resources to have legal council or a compliance officer, there likely needs to be a well documented paper trail of concealment or otherwise flagrant disregard or denial of improved conditions.

There not being A/C isn’t enough. Refusing requests to install A/C is better. The company removing workers fans to make a point goes further in a case. Then putting out an internal memo requiring zero ventilation and to lie to investigators is a strong case.

The fear of god isn’t enforceable. The main thing you do in referencing OSHA is to demonstrate a level of knowledge, commitment, or at least interest in the issue. And most of the time it is the appearance of concealing a condition that is the enforced violation. This is usually what companies are actually sensitive to.

So while an OSHA violation is a serious thing, the conditions in question here (heat) are not a regulation that can be violated and therefore enforced in the same way.

Yep, and precisely why there is the need to develop an argument in defining ‘reasonable’ instead of just citing the applicable law or regulation. The OSHA recommendation provides a less arbitrary foundation for defining a reasonable temperature.

The OSHA recommendation is 68-76F, which isn’t a direct link to ‘reasonable’ but provides a suitable context to frame workplace conditions.

If people’s body temperatures can be measured exceeding 100F a link to heat stress and increasing risk of injury in the workplace can also be drawn as it’s generally the equivalent of working with a fever.

How does piefed handle when communities have the same name but different purposes? Like ‘conservative’ being a ‘satire’ community on one instance and a breitbart repost community on another?