I can provide a bit more of a qualified answer, backed up by my own observations and my research into running for office as well as my research in elections. It became an obsession after the 2020 election. With that in mind, take this with a grain of salt.

The TL;DR of the below: Democrats fall in love and Republicans Fall in Line

Broadly speaking, the people who consistently vote for Republicans and the people who vote for Democrats (i.e. their respective base) are very different. The Republican base favors control and order whereas the Democrat base favors cooperation and liberty.

Because of this, Republican politicians can get away with shit laws that are oppressive, that restrict rights, and basically allow people to be shitty to people who are different (read: white, cis, hetro people can be assholes to non-white, trans, non-hetro people). Even the most moderate Republican voter who is open-minded will still vote Republican because being "nice" is not a higher value than "order". So even though Marjorie Taylor Greene or Donald Fucking Trump are complete assholes, because they write laws that protect them, they don't have enough motivation to not vote for a Republican.

Contrast this with the Democratic base. For a moment, assume that Donald Trump, is just as disgusting, just as racist, just as misogynistic, but consistently voted progressively. You (assuming you are on the liberal side of the spectrum) would probably either not vote for him or actively vote against him. The Democrat base is also very large in that there are a lot of pockets of people who tend to vote Democrat, but only if you speak to their specific issue.

That's why Democratic candidates often have to run a very tight, very structured, and near perfect campaign whereas Republicans can literally take a candidate who's never been to a donut shop and have a gaff of him ordering a box of "whatever makes sense".

While Republicans have a consistent base that votes, Democrats do not. Democrats have to win the "middle", i.e. people who aren't politically engaged and these people often fall into three categories:

• people who are just busy either with life, family, school, etc.
• people who feel their vote doesn't matter
• people who "don't like politics" and sees "both sides as the same"

There is a common denominator of these people: they are often privileged and have never been on the sharp end of a government action and don't think it will happen to them. So campaigns have to spend time to try to convince them that it's worth voting for them.

So, to answer your question as to why Democrats can't just give zero fucks: they literally can't do that and win elections. Democrats can't keep their base if they do.

The ole cock-thumb.

I've reached the point of absolutely hating rechargable batteries. Between their ghost discharge, and the fact that I don't go through as many batteries like I used, using normal alkaline batteries seems to be the best for me anyway.

The problem for MAGAs is that they want public executions for their enemies.

If anyone deserves the death penalty it's Trump. We have proof he sowed sedition and conspired to start an insurrection.

The fact that he's not in a supermax prison is a perversion of justice.

I think it's important to note the difference between "make a living to keep things going" vs. "I want to make 'fuck you' money."

I have no problem with people who make a good product and seek donations or sell their product at a reasonable price.

Hell, take uBlock Origin. I'd easily pay $10 / month for this but they do not want money. So I do what they request and donate to the people who make the filters.

This is the first year in perhaps a decade I won't be giving to the Mozilla Foundation because they are enshittifying their product. I wrote to them and told them why I won't be donating. I don't know if it will make a difference but I'm keeping an eye on them over the next year.

The Republicans have been so focused on grabbing power for themselves that they can't even figure out who should have power when it has to be centralized.

Please tell me you're not a writer for this coming season of Orange Turd in the White House.

Because I couldn't take the stress from the last season.

Fwiw, the people who track Santa volunteer. Not only that, there are corporate sponsors that help fund the fuel and other costs.

Source: I did NORAD duty one year.

PayPal is not a bank. Your funds are NOT FDIC insured, no matter what their docs say.

Hol up....

You can pay to subscribe to someone on Twitter?!

NYC residents:

If you are picked for a jury, I know it can be annoying and take time out of your busy life. But honestly, it is the last purely democratic area of our life. The jury has the power to ensure the laws are fairly and equally applied.

Remember that your job as jury is to not only find the facts of the case but also to make sure that the charges fit the crime.

There is one more job you have: is the law correct in this specific crime?

Judges won't tell you this. Prosecutors will make you leave this choice outside the courthouse. But you have it.

The responsibility of the jury is protected so that you cannot be held accountable or even questioned (in an official setting anyway) as to why you voted the way you did. You have the power to view the facts, know that the defendant is guilty, but vote to acquit because you believe the law is wrong in his case.

Don't let prosecutors or the judge trick you.

All in Minecraft, of course.

I remember when Physics Girl took Shell money to promote hydrogen powered cars.

It was very suspicious that they never talked about how the hydrogen was produced.