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   Alfie Kohn (alfiekohn@sciences.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 08:05:58 JST Alfie Kohn

   Apart from what it says about our country that the election could even be this close, notice the difference in the kinds of developments that are tilting it one way vs. the other.
   Toward her: strong debate performance, Taylor Swift's endorsement, etc.
   Toward him: stuff like this (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/18/trump-election-georgia). And this:

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     Alfie Kohn (alfiekohn@sciences.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 08:06:02 JST Alfie Kohn

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     There's a similar divergence with abortion-rights measures that are coming up for a vote in multiple states:
     Proponents try to prevail by offering substantive arguments in favor.
     Opponents use the power of the state "to keep these measures off the ballot or make them hard to pass" (NYT).
     This is one more example of a far-right minority imposing its will on the majority. And it's only going to get worse.