u/WhyOrangeMan

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I'm using a general example here as a reference to what I mean, but certainly this is not the only area I'm curious about.

With data centers, one of the points (among others) made is that they use a lot of water. I just saw a photo about a proposed center in Utah that would use something like the entire state's use i.e. doubling the water usage of Utah. That got me thinking about other sectors that use a substantial amount of water, such as almonds and golf courses, and I'm sure others I don't know/think about, maybe things like Nestle bottling water from public lands.

We have regulations on motor vehicles for emission standards, MPG, etc. Sometimes even state level requirements are tougher. Should we be expanding these limits to other industries, markets, sectors that use substantial amounts of limited (or slow-regeneration) resources? Water, lumber, so on?

What do you think?

As an additional question, does your answer to the question change for a local, state, or federal elections, or for any specific positions at any of the levels?

Of all the issues, concerns, problems, etc. that the USA faces at this moment, what, in your mind, is the one that is the biggest? Abortion rights, gun rights, etc.?

Hello everyone, I started thinking about this and am aware of my own biases being on the right side of the aisle, so I thought this would be a good question to ask my friends here.

One of my big pet peeves with people on the right is that they treat or perceive AOC as a big dummy airhead. I think this is completely wrong, and it bothers me when people on my side of the aisle are so reductive.

AOC may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but she is certainly cunning and very good at politically maneuvering around issues. I honestly don't think that point is up for debate. She's expanded a primary win in a democratic stronghold with 17,000 votes into a national platform, and regardless of whether you agree or disagree with positions she's taken, that shows really, just exceptional political skill.

Back to the original question, who do you think or feel is the equivalent person on the right? They don't necessarily need to be a perfect analog for AOC, but I'm talking about someone who may have shaky foundational knowledge but is able to navigate the halls of Congress so well.

As I stated above, I'm aware I have my own blind spots for those on the same side of the aisle, but frankly I'm not sure if anyone on the right is so adapt at the political function as AOC is on the left. So, I'm curious if or who anyone here thinks fits that bill. Thanks!

According to the New York times, there is fairly serious conversation with the Virginia Democratic Representatives and the national Democratic representative to, charitably, rework the Virginia supreme Court.

Applying term limits, forced retirement ages, expansion, and or packing the court seems to all be on the table over four house seats.

Certainly one could argue that these totalitarian measures are a tit for tat in response to Trump pushing for Texas to redistrict. So, how many house seats would it take for you personally to advocate the crushing of democratic representation? We've already celebrated. The fact that 51% of the voting populists can disenfranchise the other half, which is a noble pursuit in light of what another state is doing in the union.

Do you think that four house seats are worth the shattering of democracy like the DNC does? Or, maybe there needs to be a much larger benefit for the billion dollar corporation that is the DNC before you would support imposing the will of 51% of the voters on the 49%?

Personally, I probably wouldn't enter the realm of attempting to justify this type of totalitarian overreach for anything less than 20 house seats, but one of the beautiful things about America is we can absorb all different types of outlooks. Curious about your thoughts!

Are there any concrete metrics, jobs, etc that you use? I'm sure there's some variation within the community, and I'm curious what you personally mean when you say working class.