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Joe Biden ends re-election campaign

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From the article you linked to:

Election law expert Richard Hasen wrote that there is "no credence" to the notion that the Democratic Party could not legally replace Biden on the ticket, as he is not the nominee yet -- the nominating process generally takes place during the Democratic National Convention.

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Marine colonel who resigned because of Trump says personnel should question ‘illegal orders’

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Resigning is a way to call attention to the problem while you still have most of your credibility. There would be a smear campaign against you, but the alternative situation might be after getting fired for cause, where it would be easier to believe that you are just making excuses to save face. Especially if you are already demoralized and don't have the energy to make a stand, you may start feeding the idea that you are just unfit for the job and lose support internally.

It also adds a bit of chaos into the organization that needs to replace you and may not have somebody prepared to step into a position haunted by this politicized issue and rocky transition. It does happen because organizations are made of limited and discrete people, but it is easy to be afraid of the infinite number of sycophants that must be ready to take their place.

It might be a tactic that is useful in limited situations, but I agree in general that we want rusty cogs slowing down the fascist machine.

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Probably being able to go in bike lanes, shoulders, sidewalks, between cars, and other places where normal vehicles can't go. Generally this would be more flexible and nimble in last mile delivery.

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"I don't want to disencentivise investment into America". But that's exactly what you did and you had no thought put into your actions except to catch more "illegals" and try to make an example out of a large corporation.

Nobody thought to use any brakes. Nobody knew that we could crash. At least inside of ICE and this administration.

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Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls

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I don't think people actually knew this, especially the fans it would matter to the most. People have blinders up of confirmation bias that filters out what they hear to pick up just the words that support their pre-existing ideas. Despite this, I hope it can be one realization that penetrates through their defenses and causes them to ask important questions again.

Also I wouldn't put it past Elon to be short-sighted.