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The Democratic National Committee is hiring IT people for these positions:
- Chief Security Officer
- Data Science Lead
- Full-stack Engineer
- IT Help Desk Manager
- IT Systems Administrator
- Product Designer
- Product Director
- Product Manager
The Daily Wire, a conservative blog, posted an e-mail purportedly from Madeleine Leader, the DNC's Data Services Manager, showing her announcing the openings and writing
I personally would prefer that you not forward to cisgender straight while males, since they're already in the majority.
The Daily Wire blogger posted a different screenshot of the e-mail on Twitter.
Also at The Hill
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The DNC is Hiring IT Staff. Allegedly, Cisgendered Straight White Males Need Not Apply.
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Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday November 02 2017, @03:23PM (5 children)
That sounds great in theory, but why would over-represented states like Wyoming and Rhode Island ever agree to that?
There have also been numerous efforts to have a single national primary day ... which Iowa and New Hampshire will never ever ever agree to, in part because it's just about the only time anybody who doesn't live there gives a damn about either Iowa or New Hampshire.
"Think of how stupid the average person is. Then realize half of 'em are stupider than that." - George Carlin
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday November 02 2017, @03:43PM
Oh, they wouldn't. But the thing is, we don't really need them to, since California already joined and they just need 50%+1 electoral votes. Texas, Florida, Arizona, Indiana, and Michigan would get it to exactly the magic number right now.
And actually Rhode Island has already passed it.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 02 2017, @04:21PM (3 children)
I'm from Iowa, and most people here don't like being the first caucus. Additionally, the ones that do are slowly aging out of the human race. Younger people are getting savvy to the fact that politicians show up get votes and then disappear for months, only to show up again because we are a swing state, and then disappear again until the next cycle. Plus, we also know that going early in the primary/caucus system wastes votes. Last cycle had 5 Dems and 17 GOPs on the slate, for goodness sake and many precincts were decided by 1 vote and a relatively large fraction had "nonviable" votes, which are symbolic on their face. No the only ones that want to be first in the state are the state parties, major TV stations and the Register; you really only get dissenting opinion in the media from independent pundits and IPTV political programs, probably because they aren't getting that sweet, corrupting cash.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by NewNic on Thursday November 02 2017, @04:49PM
At least they show up. Here in solid blue country (CA), politicians only show up for fund raisers.
lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday November 02 2017, @06:37PM
I'm born and raised in New Hampshire, and I never minded the quadrennial circus coming to town. It boosts business for a lot of restaurants and such, and it gives 'em way more voting power than they really should have.
Also, New Hampshire has a fairly good track record of picking wisely, mostly in who we want to not win:
- In 1992, New Hampshire voted for Paul Tsongas over Bill Clinton, mostly on the grounds that Clinton was a philandering scumbag. We were right.
- In 2000, had the rest of the country listened to New Hampshire, we would have had John McCain in charge in 2001 rather than George W Bush. Say what you will about John McCain, but he's consistently opposed torture (no surprise - he was tortured himself), and might not have been dumb enough to let Al Qaida hijack those planes in the first place.
- In 2016, New Hampshire absolutely had the right idea about Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush.
"Think of how stupid the average person is. Then realize half of 'em are stupider than that." - George Carlin
(Score: 2, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday November 02 2017, @07:12PM
Believe me, I love Iowa! I had a big rally in Cedar Rapids in June. To celebrate Karen Handel's huge victory. Amazing, amazing rally! youtu.be/H4ILRco6CNo [youtu.be] @VP Pence also paid you a visit in June. And I went to Iowa again two weeks ago. I reminded the Heritage Foundation about my commitment to Iowa's wonderful biofuel industry. To keeping the Renewable Fuel Standard exactly as it is, no changes at all. I kept my promise. Carl Icahn hates that! He could make a lot of money if I changed RFS. But Senator Grassley and Senator Ernst, who has a terrific smile, love what I did. Which was nothing at all. #TRUMP2020 🇺🇸