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[-] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago

“I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.”

  • John Boehner

„Everyone hates Ted“

  • Donald Trump
[-] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 28 points 1 week ago

If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you.

―Lindsey Graham

[-] felbane@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

I think this is my favorite GOP quote of all time.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 week ago

I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz.

-Al Franken

[-] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

"Here's the thing you have to understand about Ted Cruz: I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz."

  • Al Franken
[-] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"I do not like that man Ted Cruz..." - John Oliver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-wckRIrz2w

[-] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 week ago
[-] Davriellelouna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If you want to see how ignorant some voters can be, there is really no better evidence than Ted Cruz.

I followed his recent Senate race in Texas. In a campaign speech, Cruz said he was fighting the elite.

  • His father owns an oil company in Canada.
  • He attended a private prep school in Houston. His classmates were Bush family kids.
  • He attended Harvard University and Princeton
  • His wife Heidi Cruz is a top executive at Goldman Sachs

This guy is fighting the establishment? Are you kidding me? 🤦🤦🤦.

[-] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Rafael doesn't belive in preferred names. Stop calling Rafael, Ted.

[-] Shirasho@lemmings.world 8 points 1 week ago

So what I'm hearing is this is a bill to distract from more important things and to delay.

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago

I thought the 1 vote had to be ~~the Zodiac killer~~ Ted Cruz, but no:

The one vote backing moratorium on state AI laws came from Thom Tillis, not Cruz.

Did he just not get the memo, or is he that paid off?

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

So unless my math is wrong there are 100 senators. And if the only yes vote was my own lovely senator Tillis, Cruz voted against his own thing?!?

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago

Yup, even Cruz voted against it. Reality is truly stranger than fiction.

[-] fullsquare@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago

maybe check from openai didn't clear

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

And how does anyone vote for something that's 99-1 unless you happen to be the first? Some things you should make a principled stand sure, but that's not this.

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

is that the self proclaimed black Nazi?

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

But states rights? What happened to states rights?

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 week ago

states' rights to opress people was the full thought

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

States rights was never really an ideal (in general, if it's wrong to allow something in one state, it'd be wrong to allow it in the rest, after all). It was just a thing to bring out whenever the federal government disagreed with something they wanted but some states didn't. But now that they control the federal government, it becomes a liability, so they drop it.

[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The one vote backing moratorium on state AI laws came from Thom Tillis, not Cruz.

🤣🤣🤣

[-] einlander@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Why is this foreign born person still in the US? Didn't Trump say he wanted to deport naturalized citizens? Deport ~~Ted~~ Rafael Edward Cruz back to Canada! Send him back!

[-] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

After all the shit you're giving us to deal with in Canada this would be the final straw that leads to war. He's a product of your culture and his power comes from you, he's your creation.

[-] Jax@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 week ago

Yes everyone know's a Canadian's shit doesn't stink and the country definitely doesn't have it's own fascism problem.

Definitely.

[-] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

Stop your billionaires from funding right wing bullshit in my country then

[-] Jax@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 week ago

Right, because Canadians are the only victim here.

The hypocrisy is palpable.

[-] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

Canadians are, generally speaking, taking plenty of action against Trump and the United States. Travel and purchase boycotts for instance.

We're not the only victims, no, but you have to clean up your own mess. When given the choice to follow you, Canadians recently chose not to.

Instead of getting butthurt at internet comments go out into the streets

[-] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Cool whattaboutism but it doesnt change the political reality.

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 1 week ago

Rafael Cruz hates Rafael Cruz so much that he voted against his own amendment.

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 1 points 1 week ago

So how much did this cost?

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Ted Cruz can go fuck himself.

[-] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

lol he even voted against his own plan. Imagine being the schmuck who was the one dissenting vote

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 0 points 1 week ago
[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Of course. Also, thanks Obama!

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 week ago

Some nuance I read recently: The argument from above is basically that they want Ai research to continue as it has national security value. Therefore, any limitations or regulations to AI research should only happen on a federal level.

The idea is that all states should share the same playing field so that any researchers do not have to treat states differently.

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago

No, that's the rationalization. They admin wants to use palantir to collect data on American citizens, including giving ICE mobile camera installations to do face tracking. They want to do a 1984, and they don't want any speed bumps from the states

Also, AI companies gave Trump money and there's talk of restricting their power/water access to data centers to prioritize the people living nearby

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

I don’t buy it.

A diversity of regulatory approaches especially in such a complex subject really does need the 50 state laboratory.

In fact because states are smaller markets, it might encourage the development of more smaller companies. A complex regulatory landscape gives an efficiency edge to players who focus product development in specific states.

Anything to keep this shitshow happening in a more democratic way is fine by me. Anthropic and that Altman fellow seem so desperately out of touch with humanity, I welcome any disadvantages we can give them.

i honestly don't give af about states that like ai fuck them. ai should be abolished everywhere.

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