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[–] Atom 6 points 6 months ago

You're absolutely right, it's absurd and that's the point. For the GOP court to say the FTC can do that, they will expect Congress to pass a law saying "the FTC has the authority to ban non-compete agreements of every kind" but that's dumb and defeats the purpose of executive agencies, we agree. But that's the point. Congress will rarely if ever be that specific, so anyone can argue a law is not what they meant and the agencies have no deference.

The end goal is agencies are powerless and Congress is paralyzed, so the judiciary has all of the authority to decide what everything means.

[–] Atom 42 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Just the begining after striking down Chevron Deference. Sure, common sense says that is well within the purview of the FTC granted by Congress. But now, without chevron in place, the court is going to say anything that is not word for word directed by congress, is outside of an agency's jurisdiction.

[–] Atom 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Minor note, he recently said the president should be able to tell the Fed what interest rates are. He won't have to do much raging, he can just tell them money is free for Vance and his venture capitalist friends.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/08/trump-fed-powell-bank-2024-elections-00173299

[–] Atom 5 points 6 months ago

Allegedly 77% in 2020 according to the FL government. I assume that's among registered voters though, not all eligible.

https://dos.fl.gov/elections/data-statistics/elections-data/voter-turnout/

[–] Atom 4 points 7 months ago

Along with the points already made, selling energy back to the grid further complicates things. Selling energy as a non-utility is not allowed or practically worthless in a lot of states. So it's really only valuable to the commercial space that can use it. Couple that with retail space like stip malls that rent their locations and there's little incentive for the property owner to provide solar energy to the renter.

[–] Atom 143 points 7 months ago (15 children)

InB4 "WhY DiDn't hE Do iT WhEn hE HaD ThE MaJoRiTy?" Because he's calling for constitutional amendments that require a 2/3rds support in Congress and the SCOTUS may finally be disliked enough to get some GOP members to support reform, especially if it comes with limiting Biden's own immunity.

[–] Atom 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I thought the same, but AZ law says that if a Senate seat is vacated, the Governor, currently Dem, will appoint a replacement to fullfil the rest of the term. So, good news, the seat will not be up for grabs.

Not so good news, the appointed will have incumbency advantage and more than likely never be seriously primaried.

[–] Atom 15 points 7 months ago

He endorsed Biden in 2020, so it stands to reason he will endorse Harris post-nomination. It's not like Trump has gotten less crazy or more likeable since then.

[–] Atom 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

That's an average contribution of $91....Go back to upvoting yourself on c/JillStein

[–] Atom 85 points 7 months ago

Ah yes Tulsi Gabbard. An obvious GOP plant in the 2020 primary that...Oh, would you look at that, left the democratic party citing wokeness and now campaigns for the GOP. I guess we have to trust her motives when she 'Rips' a prosecutor for doing prosecutor things.

[–] Atom 2 points 7 months ago

He retired a couple years ago and was replaced by Mark-wayne "I don't want reality" Mullin.

[–] Atom 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

This can also work against him and Democrats though. NYT had an article about it recently. They interviewed a Trump supporter in AZ who believed abortion was a right, but wanted to vote for Trump. She hoped this abortion measure would get on the ballot so she could vote for abortion, while voting for Trump. Despite the obvious and very public campaign pomise to severely limit abortion and Project 2025's goal to ban it federally.

An abortion ballot initiative will drive voters to the polls, but if they feel they are safe from losing abortion access, they may not feel like they need to support Dem candidates.

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