protist

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[–] protist@mander.xyz -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That makes no sense. The Texas grid hasn't had any issues with balancing electricity supply and demand since the winter storm in '21 that took a bunch of generating facilities offline

[–] protist@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Harris is the only candidate who would be able to access all the money the Biden campaign has already. Anyone else would start from scratch

[–] protist@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

The problem is the convention is happening after the ballot deadline in Ohio, which has historically been waived by the Ohio legislature for both parties, but which has not this year with Republicans in charge. That's why there was going to get a virtual roll call before the convention to nominate Biden. There needs to be a nominee solidified and nominated before the convention or risk having no Democratic candidate for president on the Ohio ballot

[–] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They have a separate 501(c)(4) called "Heritage Action" that does that work, but everything "Heritage Action" does is more or less attributable to the Heritage Foundation

[–] protist@mander.xyz 16 points 1 year ago

They're a dessert, treat them like you would ice cream or a chocolate bar instead of treating them like water

[–] protist@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Despite the headline, from this interview it's apparent Erdogan's primary focus is murdering his domestic political opposition

[–] protist@mander.xyz -5 points 1 year ago

Appreciate you. Outages like this happen all over the country when there are severe weather events, especially hurricanes. Folks on here seem to have a poor grasp of electrical systems and why the power's out in parts of Houston

[–] protist@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

At the same time, let's recognize this was a hurricane, which would have similarly knocked out power in any metro area, and would've taken a few days to fix in any metro area. Centerpoint didn't pre-stage outside assistance like they should have though, but to their very small credit, Beryl's track changed dramatically from projections over the final 72 hours before landfall

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