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Scientific American makes presidential endorsement for second time in 179 years (www.independent.co.uk)

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[-] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 48 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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[-] uberdroog@lemmy.world 38 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Maybe they should collectively bargain to suck my ass.

[-] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Believe it or not, they did. The members wanted Trump, so the leaders just bailed out and said, “Naw, fuck that”

Strong and competent leadership in my opinion. They clearly have the best interests of their members in mind.

Best wishes to your ass.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 35 points 7 months ago

What’s baffling to me is that they did a member poll and apparently the members break for Trump nearly 2:1.

Something something leopards and faces, I guess… but holy fuck is it dismaying to see the membership of one of the biggest unions in the goddamn world support an overt fascist by such a margin. I suppose that that ratio says something about the average intellect of their members.

[-] k0mprssd@lemmy.zip 7 points 7 months ago

it truly is a sad thing to view. I'm 100% sure if conservatives weren't reaping the benefits of the left without giving anything in return in my union we'd be so much better off wage and benefits wise. I cannot comprehend how union members can support trump, who supports project 2025 and therefore the stripping of our rights we've fought for for over 100 years to get to the place they're at now.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

they were invited to the RNC and but not to the DNC. i think that may have played a role.

[-] Godort@lemm.ee 18 points 7 months ago

I mean, it makes sense that they wont support the guy that is representing the party that's vehemently anti-union.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 23 points 7 months ago

The member poll actually broke for Trump nearly 2:1. This is the leadership being as sane as they can under the circumstances, which I admit is absolutely not the conclusion I initially jumped to when I first heard about this.

[-] bassomitron@lemmy.world 46 points 7 months ago

To save anyone else a click that is curious of the other time they endorsed someone: They endorsed Joe Biden in 2020.

[-] SattaRIP 2 points 7 months ago

So genocide isn't a dealbreaker for them either...

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 24 points 7 months ago

🙄

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

You're not so bright, eh.

[-] SattaRIP 1 points 7 months ago

No idea what you mean, nor do I care.

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