This is exactly why the OP exists! My state has been solid blue for a decade now. I trust my senators not to vote to confirm AG Gaetz, but they NEED a few Republicans to join them. It looks like Collins and Murkowski have come out against him. We need a few more, and OP is saying that calling is one of the few things that may influence them. Certainly more likely than bitching on Lemmy.

The one tradeoff to having Democrats representing me in Congress (both house district and Senate) is that I don’t have anyone to call over stuff like this because they’re already on my side… Although for some reason my governor (who has been awesome otherwise) has been praising RFK for HHS, so maybe I’ll need to call his office and my senators about that one. Anyway, PLEASE don’t fall into the opposite trap and give his office a call!

Absolutely nothing you say contradicts “credibly accused of”

If you’re going to name it after someone, maybe try the guy in Israel actually directing the damn thing?

Oooooh. My great-grandma had a clam chowder recipe that uses salt pork (similar to bacon). I bet spam would be an amazing substitute!

I don’t like soup weather all that much, but soup sure does make it bearable

Oh no, I wasn’t trying to disprove your point at all! Just showing how extreme the situation needs to be to justify a suit. From what I remember most of the guests didn’t wear a suit either, but I can totally see it being a thing on the east coast.

Also Colorado. Granted, covid didn’t give me much opportunity here but I wore a suit this summer for the first time in about 5 years. It was a wedding and I was the officiant 🙃

Assuming not-Montana US, you can be fired for any reason other than membership in a protected class (race, religion, etc). Attending an ice cream social, even a company one, is not a protected class.

Sometimes I feel out of place here 😕

There’s a difference between “I know we’re not your employer any longer, but you’re still forbidden from this thing” and “hey, I know we’re all kind of disappointed and emotions are hot right now. What people say to the media can come back to haunt us. Please don’t do that, especially if that’s not your area of expertise, as it may have implications in the next election”

Organize for what, exactly? A big reason he shouldn’t be in office is because he incited an insurrection on January 6 to overturn an election. Any kind of organization to prevent him taking office would also be an attempt to overturn an election.

If you have a different goal in mind, I’m all ears. But I’ve been crying that democracy and elections are sacred and I’ll be damned if I’m going to change my mind because it’s gone the other way.

Honestly, I’ve been kind of wondering what his tea leaves read. I’m not sure about everything he’s predicted, but he was right about Trump in 2016 and the predicted red wave in 2022 being a dud.

Are you talking about nationally, the recent Iowa poll, or something else? Because Trump has never won the national popular vote but still made his way into office

My favorite is “do you know the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire? About a billion dollars”

Like, being a millionaire is a pretty sweet spot to be in if you’re lucky enough. Not quite like a millionaire of decades ago but still good. But if you’re a billionaire, a million dollars is basically a rounding error.

Do you happen to remember the name of that documentary? I saw the Vice specials from a really long time ago, but they seem to have gone through a much more controlled experience that wouldn’t see what you describe. Heck, I think what I saw predates smartphones taking over the world.

Some of his advice (mainly the first “baby steps” of paying off debts and getting some money saved) is reasonable enough. Snowball method of paying off debt may not be the most mathematically advantageous, but it does give psychological quick wins to those who may need it most. Paying off high-interest loans first doesn’t mean much if you get frustrated and give up. Setting a budget is also important.

Once you get past that his advice is pretty awful though. Yes, I use credit cards but I pay it off. Yes, I have a car loan but its interest rate is so low I pay a rounding error’s worth of interest through the life of the loan. No, I’m not paying my mortgage off on a 15-year schedule because its interest rate is plenty low as well and I’ve got better things to do with my paycheck.

Is “breaks silence” the “slams” equivalent in headline writing when someone gives an opinion?

It’s a solution in search of a problem. And boy are they searching.

Isn’t he supposed to be banned from NY?

Honest question: huh?

Oh, I misread your comment to say that he named himself that because he’s not a god, like there was some back story or something!

Absolutely agree that what he said is more important than the stage name used when saying it