Heās never achieved a majority vote in any election, FWIW. His claim of a mandate was just as brazen as all the other litany of lies - heās a lame duck lame duck. The true shame is on the congressional republicans for letting him sully them so deeply and follow him in his self immolation of the entire government and America in the world. The rebuilding will be a major test of the successor, and itāll be fascinating to see if the Goldwater republicans can become the party of reason again rather than this reality TV idiocracy.
And won via a plurality after losing the popular vote in the last election. The least popular president in history canāt win a majority of popular vote. Itās not shocking heās deeply unpopular, he never was popular. Heās a won twice on a technicality of the republic created to ensure the rural states wouldnāt be dominated by Virginia in the original establishment of the union.
Heās a pariah everywhere on earth, most especially at home. The sad part is the democrats couldnāt mount a successful campaign against someone so unfit to lead. Now thereās nothing left to do but clean up the mess and undo the terrible harm he has caused and repair what can be once heās finally out of our hair.
Itās not. Itās because he took inflation to the Moon. If he hadnāt had Hegseth at his side, and hadnāt gone into Iran, heād probably still be treading water.
Again, let's think of two children fighting over their shares of a cookie. Child A says he should get all of the cookie. Child B says that wouldn't be fair, the cookie should be split evenly, half and half.
The adult in the room decides to promote common ground, and gives 75% of the cookie to A and 25% to B.
I am not so sure people started saying "this is fine"
more like he started 1000 other fires, several each week if not a new one each day to make far worse problems
It's not just the most corrupt administration, it's the most chaos and definitely by design
btw all investigations dropped for the execution of two citizens, I mean that's definitely not fine with anyone, just way too many other problems going on now at the same time
well there's no statute of limitations on murder at least, so 800 more days
> well there's no statute of limitations on murder at least, so 800 more days
This assumes The Other Side will do anything if they do get into power. My prediction: A milquetoast moderate leads the (D)'s and declares: "In the interest of unity and moving forward, we will not go after anyone in the previous administration. Let us all hold hands and get past this with minimal drama... They have pinkey promised they will never behave this way again when they get to power, and we believe them."
Anytime I see one I canāt shake off the feeling I got when I first saw Watchmen. I thought āthis is so dystopian and bizarre; so out thereā. Didnāt have this in my bingo card for the decade.
The Senate can hold people in contempt with a 50% vote. So they could do something to reign in the fascists starting January, but I'm not holding my breath. And that's still a long road.
That opens a can of worms that you're never going to close.
Maybe this is such an emergency that it's worth the risk. But the risk is extremely high; if you do it to them, even with the best of reasons, they are going to do it back to you for any reason they can think of.
It's my understanding they can detain under the inherent contempt power, it's been reported [0] that the House has a jail that can be readied if needed.
Many will say that they wouldnāt need to protect their safety and privacy if they werent doing something wrong.
But in terms of if its ever appropriate for law enforcement to wear masks, isnt the question if its ever possible to threaten a law enforcement officers safety who isnt doing something wrong?
The FEDs wear masks in cartel operations all the time and that seems fine.
Per dang in many previous comments, it's not a dupe. Multiple submissions of the same topic are fine, it's only (maybe) a dupe when a discussion starts or it's actually the same submission. You linked to a submission with 0 comments submitted a whopping 15 minutes earlier. This one is the one that got traction, neither is a dupe. If someone submits it again, now that there is a discussion, or submits the same Wired article, then those would be dupes.
Can you search for agents near me?
Local agents want to meet you.
what was the okta config error?
In a note with the files, the hackers wrote, āThey have our information, so it's only fair that we have theirs.ā
I mean, theyāre not wrongā¦
Sucked in
This should already be public information imo.
Yes, why do we have undercover domestic spies and enforcers? Is that something we want? Vote!
We did vote, we voted for this and got what we voted for.
Eligible voter turnout in 2024 was <50% for 18-24 year olds, and <65% for 25-44 year olds in the US.
Unless 100% of people vote it doesnt count as voting?
Any idea is worth entertaining, to avoid the realization the purity spiraling ideology is just as reviled by 90 % of the people as is racism.
Because people in safe demographics (non minority, no care about reproductive rights) love to broadcast 'both sides are the same'.
That's definitely why Trump is -27 net approval.
That's just buyers remorse. He told us how he intended to govern. His opponent told us how he intended to govern. The voters were not mislead.
(and his approval would be the same mid 40s it always was if gas prices were reasonable)
Heās never achieved a majority vote in any election, FWIW. His claim of a mandate was just as brazen as all the other litany of lies - heās a lame duck lame duck. The true shame is on the congressional republicans for letting him sully them so deeply and follow him in his self immolation of the entire government and America in the world. The rebuilding will be a major test of the successor, and itāll be fascinating to see if the Goldwater republicans can become the party of reason again rather than this reality TV idiocracy.
This is not idiocracy. It's the prequel. In idiocracy, they understood that they were dumb and put the smart guy in charge.
And won via a plurality after losing the popular vote in the last election. The least popular president in history canāt win a majority of popular vote. Itās not shocking heās deeply unpopular, he never was popular. Heās a won twice on a technicality of the republic created to ensure the rural states wouldnāt be dominated by Virginia in the original establishment of the union.
Heās a pariah everywhere on earth, most especially at home. The sad part is the democrats couldnāt mount a successful campaign against someone so unfit to lead. Now thereās nothing left to do but clean up the mess and undo the terrible harm he has caused and repair what can be once heās finally out of our hair.
Itās not. Itās because he took inflation to the Moon. If he hadnāt had Hegseth at his side, and hadnāt gone into Iran, heād probably still be treading water.
Not sure how I feel about this but I am sure about one thing
There should never ever be a masked police force in this country, it's disgusting
Think about all the things we've written off in the past two years and faded from the news
Like military helicopters landing on a city building and them blowing the doors off all the apartments dragging everyone from their apartments
And all bets are off for the next two years, looks like Dems will get the Senate but even then they can't stop the scorched-earth that is coming
Remember when these people had issues wearing masks (Covid). Now all of a sudden its not a problem.
It feels more like a reverse psyop, like ālook we are wearing masks now, isnāt this what you wantedā?
As long as the sides keep reducing common ground, the farther away from government for the people, by the people we go.
Again, let's think of two children fighting over their shares of a cookie. Child A says he should get all of the cookie. Child B says that wouldn't be fair, the cookie should be split evenly, half and half.
The adult in the room decides to promote common ground, and gives 75% of the cookie to A and 25% to B.
who exactly is the adult in the room supposed to be in this analogy? There _is_ no adult in the room, just the two children.
I am not so sure people started saying "this is fine"
more like he started 1000 other fires, several each week if not a new one each day to make far worse problems
It's not just the most corrupt administration, it's the most chaos and definitely by design
btw all investigations dropped for the execution of two citizens, I mean that's definitely not fine with anyone, just way too many other problems going on now at the same time
well there's no statute of limitations on murder at least, so 800 more days
> well there's no statute of limitations on murder at least, so 800 more days
This assumes The Other Side will do anything if they do get into power. My prediction: A milquetoast moderate leads the (D)'s and declares: "In the interest of unity and moving forward, we will not go after anyone in the previous administration. Let us all hold hands and get past this with minimal drama... They have pinkey promised they will never behave this way again when they get to power, and we believe them."
It's wrong when they feel like it infringes on them, it's okay when it empowers and emboldens them to cause harm to others without repercussions.
Anytime I see one I canāt shake off the feeling I got when I first saw Watchmen. I thought āthis is so dystopian and bizarre; so out thereā. Didnāt have this in my bingo card for the decade.
The Senate can hold people in contempt with a 50% vote. So they could do something to reign in the fascists starting January, but I'm not holding my breath. And that's still a long road.
That opens a can of worms that you're never going to close.
Maybe this is such an emergency that it's worth the risk. But the risk is extremely high; if you do it to them, even with the best of reasons, they are going to do it back to you for any reason they can think of.
Hence why it is important to be thorough.
Plus they will do it anyway. There is no shame or honor regulating their behavior.
Accountability is what was missed last time and is the only way forward.
Senate has no mechanism to prosecute contempt charges
That goes to the DOJ, which of course means nothing happens, at least for next 800 days
It's my understanding they can detain under the inherent contempt power, it's been reported [0] that the House has a jail that can be readied if needed.
[0] https://rollcall.com/2019/05/08/just-where-is-this-secret-ho...
I doubt the Dems in office want to stop any of it
Many will say that they wouldnāt need to protect their safety and privacy if they werent doing something wrong.
But in terms of if its ever appropriate for law enforcement to wear masks, isnt the question if its ever possible to threaten a law enforcement officers safety who isnt doing something wrong?
The FEDs wear masks in cartel operations all the time and that seems fine.
This is a dupe. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50280691
The Techdirt article also links to the searchable front end to the dump.
https://icepi.cx/
Not really
Yes really.
Per dang in many previous comments, it's not a dupe. Multiple submissions of the same topic are fine, it's only (maybe) a dupe when a discussion starts or it's actually the same submission. You linked to a submission with 0 comments submitted a whopping 15 minutes earlier. This one is the one that got traction, neither is a dupe. If someone submits it again, now that there is a discussion, or submits the same Wired article, then those would be dupes.
wired vs something I've personally never heard before article vs a few paragraphs + image
Not really.
Maybe really.