After Donald Trump posted a bond of nearly $92 million on Friday as he appealed the jury’s verdict in E. Jean Carroll’s civil defamation case, legal analyst Andrew Weissmann warned on Sunday that the former president may be “beholden” to people behind the bond....
plspls_pls_ stop calling each other fascists or astroturfers unless you have a thorough understanding of the uncommitted movement and what u.s. primaries are. there is so much blatant misunderstanding and misinfo going on it’s bad....
No way dude. Biden’s always had the speech thing. Trump has recently gotten even worse than usual. Called his wife Mercedes. Called Biden Obama. Decided to run for president.
So this is a “I’ve decided I hate you and there’s nothing you can say to change that” situation? You know you’d have an easier time if you stuck to attacking your enemies?
I feel like when you see some people being evil, and your conclusion is that everyone would be evil if given the chance, you kind of have to also be evil to come to that conclusion. Good people don’t “turn evil” easily. If you suddenly “become evil” as soon as the opportunity presents itself, were you ever truly good?
I’ve heard the phrase, but that doesn’t make it true. Power attracts bad people and gives them the opportunity to be more bad. This doesn’t mean it turns good people bad.
a youtuber that earns his money by being “good” and is literally living off this “making news” isn’t really counting in my book.
Why not? He’s basically a walking nonprofit organization. He makes videos of spending the money to make more money through ad revenue and merch sales, but that earned money is reinvested into future charity. I wasn’t able to find specifics, but it’s a significant amount (several million, multiple times). Is he also enjoying being a celebrity? Yeah, probably. But that doesn’t mean he’s not both good and powerful.
Sanders won’t get in power
I mean, he was fairly close to being the democratic presidential nominee, and he’s a pretty productive government member even now. He’s always had a very clear positive stance on things like gay marriage and other democratic policies, even far back into his early career when those were much less popular.
Why people want Trump in office is just as baffling to us 😔
I don’t think it’s fair to discount goodness just because it’s also beneficial to the person doing it. How would you ever be good full-time if it didn’t? Aren’t good politicians doing the same thing? What about the people working for charities that pay them? Anyone inventing something actually useful for the common person while getting a paycheck? You’re restricting “good” to be only charity.
The U.S. informed its NATO and Asian allies that Russia could deploy a nuclear weapon into space this year after details of American intelligence assessments of its ambitions circulated last week, according to The New York Times....
Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) include chemical, biological, and radiological agents with the potential to cause death at low doses and with serious long term health effects in survivors.
The lethal dose of white phosphorus after oral ingestion is 1 mg/kg of body weight, although small amounts as little as 15 mg have resulted in death.
That’s about 0.000137 lbs per person, so yeah I think it counts. I’d assume the health effects can’t be good for survivors.
The NYPD Spent $150 Million to Catch Farebeaters Who Cost the MTA $104,000 (hellgatenyc.com)
Donald Trump may be "beholden" to people behind bond: Legal analyst (www.newsweek.com)
After Donald Trump posted a bond of nearly $92 million on Friday as he appealed the jury’s verdict in E. Jean Carroll’s civil defamation case, legal analyst Andrew Weissmann warned on Sunday that the former president may be “beholden” to people behind the bond....
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Republicans complain Joe Biden had too much energy at SOTU (www.newsweek.com)
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plspls_pls_ stop calling each other fascists or astroturfers unless you have a thorough understanding of the uncommitted movement and what u.s. primaries are. there is so much blatant misunderstanding and misinfo going on it’s bad....
Biden to propose new $5000 tax credit for first-time home buyers (www.washingtonpost.com)
Trump Claims He Will Debate Biden 'ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANYPLACE' (www.rollingstone.com)
Giuliani doesn’t want to sue Trump for $2m. His creditors might make him do it anyway (www.independent.co.uk)
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Warner Bros. Discovery Shuts Down Rooster Teeth After 21 Years (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Trump Backs Israel Bombarding Gaza: 'Gotta Finish the Problem' (www.rollingstone.com)
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US tells allies Russia could launch space nuke this year: NYT (thehill.com)
The U.S. informed its NATO and Asian allies that Russia could deploy a nuclear weapon into space this year after details of American intelligence assessments of its ambitions circulated last week, according to The New York Times....
With everyone seemingly getting laid off or killed in the news lately, I thought we should celebrate some good news!
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