Flynn

@nerkflern.bsky.social

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Partner and Cat Daddy. Imposter Engineer. Terrible disc golfer. Trans Rights absolutist.

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"How about multimillionaires? How about eight inches and thick? How about talented? How about loving and respectful?"
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Authors David Broockman, Joshua Kalla Abstract Research finds that moderation only weakly improves candidate vote shares, which some argue indicates voters fail to vote on issues. We argue these findings can instead reflect two features of public opinion: party positions are popular on some issues, and public opinion is multidimensional. We show why, given these features, candidates’ electoral returns from moving towards the other party’s positions can be small even if all voters vote on issues. We illustrate this using a conjoint experiment (N = 6, 000) with presidential candidates and randomized policy positions. Movement towards the other party improves vote shares when party positions are unpopular, but produces null or negative effects when party positions command majority support. Candidates moving towards the other party win some voters but lose others who preferred their party’s position—producing small aggregate effects but consistent with widespread issue-based voting. Small measured effects of moderation may understate how many voters vote on issues
In 2021, Smith worked closely with then-governor Andrew Cuomo, and advised him on how to respond to the sexual harassment allegations against him. A report by New York Attorney General Letitia James showed that Smith was working behind the scenes to protect Cuomo from the allegations.[22][23][24] In 2022, Smith became a communications adviser for Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow
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Alt-right affiliations edit In early October 2014, The Daily Stormer published an article by Auernheimer in which he effectively identified himself as a white supremacist and neo-Nazi. He is known for his "extremely violent rhetoric advocating genocide of non-whites", according to the SPLC.[9][1] In incidents occurring in March and August 2016, Auernheimer sent flyers adorned with racist and anti-Semitic messages to thousands of unsecured printers across the United States; flyers bearing swastikas and promoting The Daily Stormer were sent to multiple universities.[73] He claimed responsibility for 50,000 flyers sent to printers across the U.S. by using a tool to scour the Internet for unsecured printers, and described in a blog post, finding over a million vulnerable devices.[74] In an interview with The Washington Times, founder of The Daily Stormer Andrew Anglin gave his approval of Auernheimer's actions concerning unsecured printers.[75]