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tzs ◴[] No.43799641[source]
> Before being named U.S. attorney, Martin appeared on Russia-backed media networks more than 150 times, The Washington Post reported last week. In one appearance on RT in 2022, he said there was no evidence of military buildup on Ukraine’s boarders only nine days before Russia invaded the country. He further criticized U.S. officials as warmongering and ignoring Russia security concerns.

This is getting ridiculous. Is there anyone associated with this administration who does not have a record of promoting Russia's positions?

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r053bud ◴[] No.43799885[source]
We voted for this! This is “democracy” at work
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candiddevmike ◴[] No.43800056[source]
Less than 30% of voter age Americans voted for this
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rchaud ◴[] No.43800437[source]
The majority that did vote, voted for this. The participation rate has always been low in rich western countries. Given the standards of media literacy and civics education, there's no evidence that a higher participation rate would have changed the outcome.
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mulmen ◴[] No.43800701{4}[source]
There’s also no evidence that increased turnout would have had the same result.

What seems to be overlooked in these conversations is the skill with which American voters have been disenfranchised by partisan forces.

It’s easy to blame people for not voting if you ignore the real difficulties in actually casting a vote for many Americans.

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rayiner ◴[] No.43800829{5}[source]
In fact there was an extensive analysis of the election by Democrat pollster David Shor, who found that 100% turnout would have resulted in an even larger Trump win, by 4.8 points: https://www.vox.com/politics/403364/tik-tok-young-voters-202...

This has been the pattern for awhile now. The pool of politically unengaged people are especially Trumpy compared to regular voters: https://abcnews.go.com/538/vote-back-trump/story?id=10909062...

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1. mulmen ◴[] No.43801472{6}[source]
This is very interesting but how would turnout and choice change if historically disenfranchised and suppressed communities had equal access to the polls?
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2. rayiner ◴[] No.43802427[source]
Such as?