Four months ago, after weeks of intense negotiation between my staff and Democrats and Republicans, we came to a clear — clear bipartisan deal that was the strongest border security agreement in decades. But then Republicans in Congress — not all, but — walked away from it. Why? Because Donald Trump told them to. He told...
He is going to the right though, and a clear issue here is that many independents are actually on the left of. democrats. We’re not a cohesive group or a “party”.
And he is fucking over the border. We know what we need to solve it- increased funding for more clerks/judges/legal aid
But that’s not funding for their salary raises/expenses, or the corporate/billionaire mega donors subsidies and tax breaks. So fuck even trying that.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will push for a breakthrough on President Joe Biden’s cease-fire proposal when he returns to the Middle East next week on his eighth diplomatic mission to the region since the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began in October, the State Department said Friday....
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel on Saturday carried out its largest hostage rescue operation since the latest war with Hamas began, taking four to safety out of central Gaza amid the military’s heavy air and ground assault. At least 210 dead Palestinians, including children, were brought to local hospitals, a health...
Speaking to ABC News on Sunday morning, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the US had “every expectation” that Israel would “say yes” to the proposed ceasefire deal if Hamas accepts....
“Today, the Court became aware of a comment that was posted on the Unified Court System’s public Facebook page and which I now bring to your attention,” Judge Juan Merchan wrote in a letter dated Friday.
“My cousin is a juror and said Trump is getting convicted,” the post stated, according to Merchan’s letter. “Thank you folks for all your hard work!!!”
Merchan said that the comment, which was attributed to a user identified as Michael Anderson, was “now labeled as one week old,” and was posted in response to a routine notice from the court posted on May 29 about oral arguments unrelated to proceedings in Trump’s case.
for anyone wondering what the comment was. elsewhere, I’ve read that the account is a common troll of the NY court system, so, probably not even an accurate statement- quite probably a nothing-hamberder.
”This helps take away votes from Joe Biden,” the activist told one person at the rally, according to a video posted to X (formerly Twitter) by a Washington Post reporter. “We’re helping the Trump team who’s trying to get him on there,” added a woman by his side.
Good question. I think a large part of the problem is there’s not a lot of progressive candidates getting out of the state level. Without party endorsements, it’s hard to get to any kind of national recognition sufficient to be a candidate.
and lets be honest, the DNC has actively been squashing any attempt at developing candidates who aren’t kowtowing to the status quo. even just being not-a-boomer is enough to make it hard.
Several of the people I’ve personally liked and thought were progressives turned out to be assholes.
I like Bernie. Warren. I can name a few others, but really don’t know enough about them to say if I like them or not. and that’s a large part of the problem. Even if we ignore the progressive label… outside of a small handful of people, nobody really has the name recognition. and at this point I assume that’s intentional to keep candidates like Biden and Hilary… relevant.
You’ll note I said ‘like’ in favor of ‘vote’… Obviously we need to be voting to defeat trump, and I doubt any credible progressive is going to be not recognizing that.
but can I ask who, if that wasn’t an issue, would you like? Or maybe better way of saying it. If we had ranked choice or similar voting system… who’d be your first pick?
If we replace a scotus judge every 2 years, they would individually have 18 year terms.
If we assume they’re experienced enough to actually be on the SC, they’ll be pretty close to retirement age anyhow. (If they’re 40, and that’s young, they’ll be 58 when they’re done.)
This doesn’t really change the slow nature of the court. What it does, is to remove unpredictable nature of appointments. Right now, we have a hyper conservative judge because McConnel played games and certain judges died at very inconvenient times. A consequence there is a SCOTUS that doesn’t reflect America at large.
(what flavor would you like? Universal voting rights; and removing the ability of asshats to gerrymander shit? universal health care? No more funding for Israel for as long as they remain an aparthied state? broad anti-corruption measures…? Congressional term limits? Locking up Trump?)
US radio host Charlamagne tha God says opinion polls suggesting black Americans may flee the Democratic party to vote for Donald Trump may be “overstated”.
Not exactly a nice guy, what with all the warmongering and forced conversion to Christianity. (Though it should be noted several social reforms including education helped spark the carolingan renaissance)
Conspiracy theorists are trying to influence European election campaigns with disinformation and lies. Much of the fabrication comes from Moscow, but plenty is homegrown....
Ma Laeng Tod (Thai street food- fried insects,) is delicious. The grub were like spicy-savory gummy bears.
As some one who’s perhaps too adventurous for their own good (I’ll eat almost anything, once.)… I find this whole idea that it’s going to be forced patently ludicrous. Even if there was a push towards it.
they had a plea deal that… politics intruded on… causing Hunter to decide to change his plea
Basically, this is the kind of charge that sees almost no major consequences for and is usually plead out to something like probation or a fine, but partisan hacks decided to try and make a name for themselves.
But don’t count Hunter short, if he was running today it could be the exact same campaign as Joe and people would use all the same talking points to support Hunter.
President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that Russia could provide long-range weapons to others to strike Western targets in response to NATO allies allowing Ukraine to use their arms to attack Russian territory....
You may have noticed a distinct lack of return2ozma. This is due to their admitting, in a public comment, that their engagement here is in bad faith:...
I propose a hypothetical- that we all ignore a guy. The only assumption that I’m making is whatever his purpose is, it requires engagement.
If nobody engages, that account at least, goes away. Either R2O is here to troll, or to push a narrative or is in some other way a bad actor. All of that requires engagement.
Because of that, there’s no point in indulging in the rest of your thought experiment.
Well then. You’re free to indulge in the block button. Cuz that’s exactly what it’s there for.
Further, it doesn’t take a lot of people blocking him to remove the value in posting. there’s a diminished return the less engagement he gets. Unless he’s just a bot spamming shit everywhere, somebody is behind that account and is wasting time and energy on it. They’re going to find something else, somewhere else, or some other way, to spread their crap when they stop getting sufficient engagement.
I blocked him simply because I found myself recognizing his name and scrolling past. at that point, it’s just simpler to actually block a person.
First, firearms carried for protection are far more likely to harm the household of the person carrying it (or keeping it in the house) than they are to harm an intruder.
Secondly, fighting near the client or whoever is being protected is like the single biggest fuck up they can make. If trump were to turn and try and fight, that just gives the attackers more opportunity to put a bullet in him (and probably get way more people dead.
No… somebody attacks him, they’re grabbing his neck, and getting him the fuck out of there and into a fortress.
Remarks by President Biden on Securing Our Border (www.whitehouse.gov)
Four months ago, after weeks of intense negotiation between my staff and Democrats and Republicans, we came to a clear — clear bipartisan deal that was the strongest border security agreement in decades. But then Republicans in Congress — not all, but — walked away from it. Why? Because Donald Trump told them to. He told...
Blinken to push cease-fire proposal in eighth urgent Mideast trip since war in Gaza erupted (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will push for a breakthrough on President Joe Biden’s cease-fire proposal when he returns to the Middle East next week on his eighth diplomatic mission to the region since the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began in October, the State Department said Friday....
Israel rescues 4 hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, and 210 Palestinians are reported killed (apnews.com)
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel on Saturday carried out its largest hostage rescue operation since the latest war with Hamas began, taking four to safety out of central Gaza amid the military’s heavy air and ground assault. At least 210 dead Palestinians, including children, were brought to local hospitals, a health...
The Supreme Court’s slow-walk on Trump immunity is playing with fire (thehill.com)
'Trump is for sale': Conservatives outraged over ex-president's TikTok flip-flop (www.rawstory.com)
US expects Israel will accept Gaza ceasefire plan if Hamas does (www.bbc.com)
Speaking to ABC News on Sunday morning, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the US had “every expectation” that Israel would “say yes” to the proposed ceasefire deal if Hamas accepts....
Judge in Trump's hush money case raises questions about social media post claiming to preview jury verdict (www.nbcnews.com)
Republican Operatives Swoop in to Help Cornel West This Election (newrepublic.com)
”This helps take away votes from Joe Biden,” the activist told one person at the rally, according to a video posted to X (formerly Twitter) by a Washington Post reporter. “We’re helping the Trump team who’s trying to get him on there,” added a woman by his side.
Tulsi Gabbard pitches a new role for herself: Trump’s defense secretary (www.independent.co.uk)
Comer blasted Biden for email aliases — after doing same to hide Chinese weed fumble (www.rawstory.com)
Justice Clarence Thomas Acknowledges He Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor (www.propublica.org)
Biden is gutting asylum. The right still called it “mass amnesty" for "illegals." (www.motherjones.com)
Black support for Trump overstated, Charlamagne tha God says (www.bbc.com)
US radio host Charlamagne tha God says opinion polls suggesting black Americans may flee the Democratic party to vote for Donald Trump may be “overstated”.
Trump to Attend Event With Group That Believes Abortion Is “Child Sacrifice” and Must Be “Eradicated Entirely” (www.vanityfair.com)
Bug meat and other fake news inundate EU voters (www.dw.com)
Conspiracy theorists are trying to influence European election campaigns with disinformation and lies. Much of the fabrication comes from Moscow, but plenty is homegrown....
Israel Has Used White Phosphorus on 17 Towns in Lebanon Since October (truthout.org)
Nicole Shanahan Is Just Getting Started (www.wired.com)
Video edited to make it appear Biden tried to sit down when there wasn’t a chair (apnews.com)
Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials citing 'friendly relations' (apnews.com)
Is Hunter Biden being prosecuted because of politics? (www.vox.com)
Tommy Tuberville Tries to Argue Putin Has No Interest in Ukraine (www.thedailybeast.com)
The Wall Street Journal’s story about Biden’s mental acuity suffers from glaring problems (www.cnn.com)
The Wall Street Journal owes its readers — and the public — better....
Yuntai: Hiker finds pipe feeding China's tallest waterfall (www.bbc.com)
A controversy over a waterfall has cascaded into a social media storm in China, even prompting an explanation from the water body itself....
Putin warns that Russia could provide long-range weapons to others to strike Western targets (apnews.com)
President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that Russia could provide long-range weapons to others to strike Western targets in response to NATO allies allowing Ukraine to use their arms to attack Russian territory....
Russia's biggest energy company says it'll take it at least 10 years to recover gas sales lost because of the Ukraine war (finance.yahoo.com)
Russia’s gas giant Gazprom won’t recover gas sales lost to the Ukraine war for at least a decade....
A quick note on the return2ozma ban:
You may have noticed a distinct lack of return2ozma. This is due to their admitting, in a public comment, that their engagement here is in bad faith:...
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s George Floyd rant condemned by Congressional Black Caucus (www.theguardian.com)
NYPD preparing to revoke convicted felon Donald Trump’s license to carry a gun after felony conviction in New York (www.cnn.com)