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Donald Trump to be first convicted felon to hold office.

Would this be a better fit for Politics or History? "Has a world leader ever used a supersonic jet as a means of official transport?"

AfD Makes German Election History 85 Years After Nazis Started World War II

Germany: Far right leads in Thuringia exit poll, centre-right ahead in Saxony

Just voted in the 2024 United Kingdom local elections :)

To be honest I would be happy if conversation in here picked up and it was decided to move the links to another channel. In fact when the person who made that thread decided to join here the links stopped and conversation started. However they eventually left when they didn't like the way the conversation was going as well as the suggestions to fix the issues that they didn't like.

It would be nice if there was more chat in here though I think this room would just be frozen if it wasn't for the links

@uhoh I am focusing on it because that is what I see you doing, trying to change how people communicate in this chat even though you don't participate in here normally and didn't even attempt to bring it up with the people in this chat

@uhoh I am simply stating it how I see it, you are trying to change how people interact with this chat because you don't like i and I considering that attempting to dictate. You also complain about default behavior and wanting people to change how they post in here because you don't like it.

Harris should announce the Trump campaign as her pick with all the help it has done her recently

Again, if you are responding to someone on their answer they have every right to respond back. If this bothers you I suggest moving on rather then trying to get others to agree with you.

If you think that comment is bad you should flag it and move on from that question/answer

@CDJB It would be nice if activity picks up enough for other things and shifting US talk to another rooms becomes something worth considering

As we get closer to the election, it might be worth unfreezing the US Politics room (previously 2020 US Election discussion) and making it a dedicated 2024 US Election discussion room; give me a ping if anyone feels it's necessary. I think we're fine in here for now given there's not a lot of other discussion going on.

Joe Biden Endorses Kamala Harris As Democratic Presidential Nominee

Breaking: Joe Biden withdraws from presidential race following debate debacle

> Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize.

Bangladesh: Bangladesh police given ‘shoot-on-sight’ orders amid national curfew

He would for the ultra rich that don't need it

It seemed like a pretty open and shut case, but remember the Biden DOJ is only targeting Republicans and letting Democrats get away with everything.

Trump picks JD Vance as his running mate

@User1865345 The above compilation shows: Claire Hanna, Seamus Logan, Colum Eastwood, Clive Lewis.

‘He just won the election’: Hill Republicans predict Trump rally shooting will ease path to White House

Starmer confirms Rwanda deportation plan 'dead'

The New York Times: U.K. Election Turnout Set to Be Lowest in Over 20 Years

Keir Starmer’s cabinet will have most female ministers in history

Remainder: Liz Truss, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Alex Chalk, Gillian Keegan, Johnny Mercer, Penny Mordaunt and Grant Shapps were among senior Conservative figures to lose their seats on a tumultuous night.

Former PM Liz Truss loses her South West Norfolk seat to Labour by 630 votes

Nigel Farage elected as Clacton MP, winning a seat on eighth attempt

Exit poll suggests Labour has won 410 seats, and the Tories 131

Denying having sex with porn stars

@User1865345 Well it isn't that she doesn't know rather it is the audience she is talking to. How many people in the country are much happier denying parts of our history where black communities got attack for the audacity of trying to vote or doing well financially.

France: Macron dissolves national assembly, calls snap elections

And the guilty verdicts are coming in

Sunak Announces U.K. Elections for July 4, Months Earlier Than Expected

Slovakia: Slovakia's prime minister wounded in shooting

@User1865345 I think last presidential election there was enough chat/conversation to warrant a separate room - we might get to that point again over the coming year if people want to chat about debates as they happen or something... From memory, one of the goals was to have somewhere election-specific to point people towards if comments on posts on the main site got too chatty.

Overall my real problem was that someone who didn't participate in chat was looking to change the rules on how chat worked without even attempting to reach out to the few people who used it.

A good example is the attempts at getting people to change the way they post links to stop the auto previews but apparent unwillingness to make an actual effort to have that design decision revisited.

@uhoh If you don't like how they designed the chat to work you should make a post on the main meta site and explain why you don't like it. Otherwise let people use it the way it was designed to work.

House passes Ukraine aid

Hm. uhoh. I think I shouldn't have used those words in that way and if that hurt someone's sentiment, I apologize for that. And flagging is the correct way to mitigate such things.

I think it is fair to say that they trust him to be untrustworthy :P

This year's Winter Bash violates the Geneva Conventions (no, really)

@User1865345 This should happen to more rich people that steal massive amounts of money and honestly it should be even longer. How many people get longer sentences for lesser thefts that impact fewer people just because violence was used and the rich can steal it without violence and ruin many peoples lives.

It is pretty much free money at this point

Veteran British left-wing disruptor George Galloway wins a special election dominated by war in Gaza

I was actually going to ask if anyone here in the chat room had access to these exit polls: ropercenter.cornell.edu/ipoll/…