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35 votes
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Huawei accused of building secret microchip factories to beat US sanctions
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Apple formally endorses right to repair US legislation after spending millions fighting it
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of August 21
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6 votes -
US Federal Emergency Management Agency funds run short - Vermont lawmakers lobby for emergency funding for flood damaged state
20 votes -
Tulsa, Oklahoma introduces on-demand "micro transit" service
36 votes -
Carbon removal should be a public good
30 votes -
A single reform that could save 100,000 lives across the USA immediately
24 votes -
Midwestern US cities become transgender health sanctuaries amid GOP legislative threats
33 votes -
Former US President Donald Trump's televised trial could rival Super Bowl viewership
50 votes -
A state official refused to release water for West Maui fires until it was too late
27 votes -
The United States can't build infrastructure. The reason: it refuses to learn from other countries.
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of August 14
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12 votes -
The US tech industry has largely co-opted the once-dreaded “patchwork” of state rules through effective lobbying— and its success is sapping momentum for federal legislation
7 votes -
Hydrogen, additionality, and US Senator Joe Manchin
5 votes -
US federal grants will replace tunnels beneath roads that let water pass but not fish
16 votes -
The hidden fee costing US doctors millions every year
22 votes -
US Special Counsel got a search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Donald Trump’s account
40 votes -
US Education Department readies latest tranche of student debt relief but faces new legal challenges to the program
18 votes -
Is keeping Donald Trump in the 2024 US election beneficial to Democrats?
Yes, Trump has a real chance of winning in 2024 and that would be dangerous for the world in many ways. On the other hand Trump seems like the easiest candidate for the presumptive nominee...
Yes, Trump has a real chance of winning in 2024 and that would be dangerous for the world in many ways.
On the other hand Trump seems like the easiest candidate for the presumptive nominee President Biden to beat.
- A lot of Americans are rightly scared shitless of Trump and will turn out to vote against him.
- Trump is likely to try to dodge debates which benefits Biden, who has a stuttering problem and a gaffe problem.
- Trump is elderly, like Biden so that somewhat neutralizes the age issue for Biden.
If Trump was removed from the election DeSantis might become the front runner or nominee
- He is young, and the age issue would be on Biden again
- He might have the debates Trump would have eschewed and do well in them
- DeSantis would likely pick up Trump's base in that situation
The worst scenario with Trump being removed from the election would if someone other than DeSantis became the nominee
- Again, the age issue would be a thing for Biden again
- The unknown nominee could be a better debater than Biden
- The unknown candidate would have neither Trump's nor DeSantis's baggage, causing more voters to stay home or swing voters picking him/her over Biden
Edit:
To clarify, I mean what would happen if Trump was kept entirely out of 2024 - no 3rd party runs, no vote splitting.
45 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of August 7
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16 votes -
US federal judge orders Southwest Airlines attorneys to attend ‘religious-liberty training’ from conservative Christian legal advocacy group
42 votes -
The cost to librarians and libraries from the US culture wars
22 votes -
White House unveils ban on US investment in Chinese tech sectors linked to the military
41 votes -
The historic Gullah-Geechee community is fighting to retain its land and culture in South Carolina
24 votes -
Private equity firms in US health insurance - the private-equity backed health insurer Friday Health Plans shut down under order by Colorado state regulators in July
27 votes -
US President Joe Biden to designate a new national monument surrounding the Grand Canyon
45 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 31
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14 votes -
Wisconsin’s dairy industry relies on undocumented immigrants, but the state won’t let them legally drive
20 votes -
This building nearly broke Taipei. The Taipei Performing Arts Center; Over budget, a decade under construction, and one of Asia's most important cultural buildings.
18 votes -
Hackers exploited a zero-day flaw in Ivanti's software undetected for at least three months, US and Norwegian cybersecurity agencies warn
14 votes -
How Big Tech rewrote the USA's first cellphone repair law
11 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 24
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13 votes -
US District Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials
50 votes -
Mastercard move at cannabis shops intensifies call for US decriminalization
42 votes -
US tax code blamed as wealthy see major retirement account gains
44 votes -
Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon says US President Biden must stop approving new fossil fuel projects
28 votes -
Could we get a formal megathread for the US President Donald Trump cases, to include both upcoming and ongoing legal action?
The legal discussion is not exactly the same as US politics. I would imagine that we have people who would like to follow it and people who prefer strongly to avoid it. For example, today we had...
The legal discussion is not exactly the same as US politics. I would imagine that we have people who would like to follow it and people who prefer strongly to avoid it.
For example, today we had these two events and I didn't even look hard.
Superceding indictment filed in Florida documents case
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"Gen Z for Change" leader interrupts US President Biden's press secretary to demand climate action
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A political gap in excess deaths in the USA widened after COVID-19 vaccines arrived, study says
36 votes -
US workers are dying in heat wave but Joe Biden administration is still working on federal standards for working in extreme heat
29 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 17
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16 votes -
New Jersey files federal lawsuit to block NYC’s congestion pricing plan; Staten Island sets up legal action
25 votes -
Michigan charges sixteen in false elector scheme to overturn former US President Donald Trump’s 2020 loss
58 votes -
Transit groups in New York call for congestion toll to be passed on to for-hire vehicle riders
19 votes -
A new bill would force internet companies in the USA to spy on their users for the Drug Enforcement Administration
45 votes -
The best way to find out if someone is a Donald Trump voter? Ask them what they think about manhood.
29 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 10
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19 votes -
2022 guidance from President Biden's administration assures doctors they’ll be protected by US federal law for providing emergency abortion care even if their state bans the procedure
40 votes -
The trillion-dollar grift: Inside the greatest scam of all time
26 votes