The religious block is who keeps them in power, that power is where the money comes from. This same Texas AG kept the FBI from prosecuting him by getting friendly judges to keep pushing his case out for 9 years while he kept getting re-elected. There is a lot of power in being a religious fanatic.

Being staunchly anti-abortion is probably the most important foundation to winning a GOP primary. The only reason it was pulled back this cycle is because the red wave that should have happened in 2022 ended up being a dud while every individual pro-abortion measure that has made it ballot succeeded, including deep…

Google (probably) isn’t selling it specifically to people with the means of tracking people receiving medical care. Google is most likely selling the collective of data versus specific data of women travelling between anti-abortion states and other states. 

I think people who know what a CVT is have grown accustomed to associating them with bland economy cars. 

Arkansas is underrated as a nature destination. A few really nice national forests in the northwest of the state.

At best, it is a gray area that simply hasn’t been legally tested on this scale and outcome will be based on which court it goes through. Just because he says it is for anyone, does not mean he is acting legally by running it through a pro-trump PAC, showing up at Trump rallies, and telling everyone they should vote…

True that it doesn’t necessarily align exactly with that personality. I was more using it to reference a broad swing in what the VW bus was versus what it is. 

The old VW bus was especially known for being cheap and usable. This is like the car version of a 70s hippie that became a curmudgeon boomer executive.

It will remain a failure if Nissan is trying to get $45k+ for these things. Way too many better options in that $40k-$50k arena. 

but there is no great gas station food IMO

Hyundai in Alabama and recent child labor law reductions in Arkansas have been doing their best to prove that true.

It’s called Project 2025. Republicans have never been quiet about their determination to dismantle government oversight so for-profit companies get free reign and their determination to treat their watered-down version of the bible as the new constitution.

The Plymouth Prowler. I was young and knew nothing about cars, so how cool it looked was all I needed to imagine drag racing one of them.

I think those are transformers, based on an Egyptian documentary I saw a while back. 

Airports are usually when I get the best options, but rarely use them. I have a small Enterprise ~1/3 mile from house that I can walk to and I have a good relationship with the manager there, but they’re pretty slim on regular choices. Also, when my rentals are too nice, it can become an annoying conversation piece…

This is exactly the case. It is painfully slow, gets terrible MPGs, and it is very compact. Literally no good qualities. 

If We Can Figure Out How to Make Them

The Ford EcoSport was probably too boring for anyone to remember to put on this list. For reference, when getting rentals, I preferred the Trax, Mirage, Versa, and Sonic over an EcoSport. 

It stretched when you sat down, so more like a conforming leather. 

If Acura and Volvo get to be average, then Alfa should too. The Quadrifoglio definitely pushes that, but the low-level trims of the Gulia are fairly average cars that have a worse reputation than Volvo/Acura.