Friday Fun Off-Topic Megathread - Politics

Friday Fun Off-Topic Megathread
I’m Lessig of Harvard Law School, here to answer questions about the case EqualVotes.US want to bring to reform the Electoral College. AMA!
The Coming Trump Slump: Trump's tumultuous presidency is damaging the U.S. economy.
Rand Paul to Trump: 'I won't be bribed or bullied' into supporting Graham-Cassidy bill
Republicans to Murkowski: Nice State You Have There. Shame If Something Should Happen to It.
Trump says this is all a hoax. Mueller, Congress and Facebook disagree.
Mike Pence erroneously credits Thomas Jefferson with small government quote
Poll: only 24% of Americans approve of Graham-Cassidy
Trump: 'Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook'
The United States just hit $20 trillion in debt. Republicans have a plan to make it worse
Have no doubt, President Trump will wind up firing Robert Mueller
Tens of millions of Americans could lose Obamacare tax credits because thousands of Alaskans won't
WH Official: ‘We Really Aren’t Sure What The Impact Will Be’ Of Graham-Cassidy
Jimmy Kimmel becomes thorn in the GOP's side
All 50 state Medicaid directors oppose Obamacare repeal bill
Obama spied on Putin, not Trump
Fox News pundit says Tom Price is forced to use private jets because the left wants him dead
Why bashing Morgan Freeman, of all people, is suddenly the rage in Russia
'Blank Check to Kill With Impunity': Trump to Quietly Scrap Drone Restrictions
Trumpcare’s ‘Alaska Bribe’ has a big constitutional problem
How Tom Price decided chartered, private jets were a good use of taxpayer money
U.S. tourism declining as new report confirms predicted 'Trump Slump'
Sen. Collins says she’s leaning against voting for Graham-Cassidy health care bill
Mueller inquired about Comey and Flynn firings, Russia meeting: Sources
Ex-Obama adviser: 'God save us' if Kim Jong Un mentions Clinton winning popular vote
Jimmy Kimmel: Sen. Cassidy “either doesn’t understand his own bill or he lied to me”
Trump aides begin looking for the exits

Posted: 22 Sep 2017 03:06 AM PDT

It's Friday, so let's have some fun. Please feel free to share any political cartoons, image macros, infographics, memes, or other things that would typically be off-topic here on /r/politics. Please keep in mind that civility rules are still in place, and that meta discussion should be saved for modmail or our monthly meta thread.

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I’m Lessig of Harvard Law School, here to answer questions about the case EqualVotes.US want to bring to reform the Electoral College. AMA!

Posted: 22 Sep 2017 07:32 AM PDT

I'm Prof. Lawrence Lessig of Harvard Law School, and I'm here to discuss my plan to make our presidential elections more democratic by fixing the Electoral College. Two of the last three presidents took office after losing the popular vote. The Equal Votes campaign (equalvotes.us) will fight all the way to the Supreme Court to make our elections more democratic/equal in time for the 2020 campaign. Equal Votes has raised over $65,000 towards its $250,000 goal in its first six days. Ask me anything about this vital project to get us closer to truly being Equal Citizens.

Proof

[update I'm going to start in a bit early. Thanks for the questions. And I apologize for the trying to make EqualVotes.US into a "we" and not an "it." I realized it was too grammatically ambitious too late to fix it.]

[update #2: Ok, I'm starved and my hands are now completely broken. Thanks for the questions and comments and support. I'll try to check back later for more questions. I spend WAY too much of my life on Reddit. Happy to get to give something back.]

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The Coming Trump Slump: Trump's tumultuous presidency is damaging the U.S. economy.

Posted: 22 Sep 2017 04:04 AM PDT