[-] protist@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

The superdelegate system that caused very real controversy in 2016 was changed after that. Superdelegates no longer get to vote in the first round, so they only influence the outcome if there's a contested convention. I believe they also decreased how many superdelegates there are

[-] protist@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Yes, she wasn't picked by Democratic primary voters

[-] protist@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

Elizabeth Warren ran for the nomination and lost, and gave a full-throated endorsement of Biden after she withdrew

[-] protist@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The right has started to eat itself alive. Only the most "ideologically pure" remain, and ideological purity in MAGA terms means not trusting anything except whatever they make up in the moment, which leads them to not trust each other. This is making it really difficult for them to agree on much of anything, which is why they have no political platform and do nothing except obstruct

[-] protist@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

Thanks for the original source. One wonders what the South China Morning Post's angle might be to incorrectly phrase it like they did

[-] protist@lemmy.world 56 points 6 months ago

You'll notice only the last seven words are actually a quote. Almost certainly this is a mashup of expressing concern that Iran will attack Israel and a statement that US intelligence thinks Iran would choose military targets.

[-] protist@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

I won't be surprised if we find out he was a Scientologist all along.

[-] protist@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago

Damn, what a rollercoaster. This story is ripe for a screenplay

[-] protist@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago

Definitely this, you can drink H2O no problem, but H2O2 and you're going to have a bad time. And yes, probably no need to have brominated vegetable oil in our food at all.

Some popular drinks that contain BVO include Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Fanta Orange, Fresca, Squirt, Sunkist Pineapple, and some flavors of Powerade.

Yeah all of these are killing you with sugar, too

[-] protist@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

He confessed because he got a plea deal and immunity from prosecution. The problem was the immunity only covered one jurisdiction, and he was liable in more than one jurisdiction

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