if it prohibits voluntary cooperation, probably ok. Involuntary cooperation (subpoena, etc) is compelled no matter what you signed - but I am not sure if an NDA prohibiting it is unlawful. (Though it’s definitely unenforceable)
yeah, because if you don’t like one position Biden holds, you should throw away your vote or vote for Trump… Even though Trump holds a much more extreme position regarding that one thing.
The “Second Reich” referred to the German Empire. After WWI, “The Weimar Republic,[b] officially known as the German Reich,[c] was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.”
The “Second Reich” referred to the German Empire. After WWI, “The Weimar Republic,[b] officially known as the German Reich,[c] was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.”
Is there another explanation for Biden’s typical-for-a-professional-80yo net worth that may be more likely than webs of deceit, bribes, international money laundering, and influence peddling?
Like, what if he just wasn’t that corrupt? And he has mostly worked as a public servant with a working-class background?
and you seem like you’re at about a 14 to 16-year-old level of maturity regarding politics; railing-against-the-world, “my eyes are open, don’t you see what I see??”, polarized opinion and discourse untempered by personal experience of compromise or impossible situations, lack of empathy, and insistence on unrealistic all-or-nothing outcomes delivered immediately versus consistent, incremental improvement that takes hard work and nuanced understanding.
Many still have notable gaps in voter verification - for example, the ballots are tallied by reading a printed QR code, which the voter has no means to verify. So close to voter-verifiable, yet not voter-verifiable.
In addition, polling places are often bottlenecked by the limited number of expensive machines, which local precincts have no power to remedy - especially in dense urban areas.
I have to wonder why bubble (scantron) forms, which are simple, cheap, low-infrastructure, and present vastly less software surface area (they can be counted by an array of photosensors and discrete flip-flop registers) were not the preferred choice. And, it’s always possible to have a touchscreen machine which prints a filled bubble form - which the voter can actually verify.
Anyone with a retirement plan benefits from it, which, according to census.gov, is at least half of the population over age 24. You should open one - it’s easy!
Biden is not exactly “rich”, with a total net worth of about $10 million, mostly due to two homes he’s owned for decades. He and his wife’s AGI is about $580,000 - in line with an upper middle class doctor or lawyer.
Regarding Palestine, Biden is undeniably the better choice when it comes to supporting Palestinians. It’s not hard to imagine what Trump would have done given his sentiment that Israel should “finish the job”.
If you would have voted for Biden, and you’re choosing not to vote or you vote third-party, you are effectively voting for Trump. That’s the worse choice, ethically.
You are not giving a rational argument - you are describing a course of action that will result in the less moral outcome.
Apathy/“checking out” is an intended consequence of amped-up propaganda. In Russia, it’s deployed so the “ruling elite” have even less oversight.
To make things better, you have to help steer - saying you’re not going to participate unless everything is perfect nullifies your impact.
And, to be sure, “burning it down” will almost certainly not result in things aligning to your moral stance - opportunistic, evil actors thrive in chaos.
“For example, the boxes contain items smaller than standard paper such as index cards, books, and stationary, which shift easily when the boxes are carried, especially because many of the boxes are not full,” Smith’s team wrote.
Of course, not enough information from Newsweek to understand what has supposedly moved or what the actual complaint is - but all of Donald Trump’s ranting accusations are quoted in full and without comment.
However, the reporting often treats protests on elite college campuses, or social media posts from articulate activists, as though they’re a proxy for the youth vote overall. Young voters do differ from older ones on some issues, including Israel-Palestine and free speech. But they do not care about these issues nearly as much...
Americans who get their news primarily from cable are the only people who believe that Israel is not committing a genocide in Gaza, according to according to a new survey that examined the relationship between attitudes toward the war and news consumption habits....
Younger viewers attend to social media, which amplifies outrage and doesn’t have the benefit of an editor or trained journalist staff doing fact checking; only fringe TV outlets run with the loaded/emotional slant that is seen in typical short-form social media content.
Additionally, social media is chock full of (and, in TikTok’s case, controlled by) propaganda actors - usually operating on behalf of regimes such as the CCP and Russian government, who field well-known efforts to tarnish the reputation of the US and its allies.
For example, here on Lemmy, posters like Linkerbaan submit sometimes 20 or more anti-US and anti-Israel articles a week from anywhere they can find them - often comprising their sole activity on the network. There is little balance there.
Another thing - cable TV news viewership is dominated by Fox News, with almost double the ratings of MSNBC and triple the ratings of CNN. Any analysis that lumps all cable viewers together will be describing mostly Fox News viewers.
The big issue other than data collection is the platform’s censorship of topics the CCP doesn’t want discussed (Taiwan/Hong Kong independence, Uighur genocide, CCP corruption, widespread industrial espionage) and the amplification of topics seen as divisive/polarizing/destabilizing to western nations as part of the CCP’s propaganda policy.
Foreign ownership of broadcast media is already restricted (see fcc.gov/…/foreign-ownership-rules-and-policies-co… ), and I am not aware of any other foreign owned social media outlets with significant market penetration into the US. Are you?
Also, “can” is substantially different from “is currently, as supported by evidence, outlined as part of a documented propaganda plan by a known bad-faith strategic opponent”
Since it was unclear to people at the time: remember that net neutrality does not have anything to do with content or viewpoint.
It means that AT&T or Comcast cannot cap Netflix data while letting their own streaming service be “unlimited” - networks must be neutral to the source and destination of the data.
China’s propaganda strategy is more of a concern than privacy (the motivation is Bejing’s control/amplification/censorship of content, not data gathering)
China is also a crony capitalist state - they don’t exactly distribute the wealth obtained from leasing public land and operating businesses.
They and Russia share a goal - destabilizing the west, especially the US, to gain geopolitical importance and to stifle calls for democracy and human rights.
one doesn’t have much to do with the other - shadowbanning clips mentioning taiwan, while amplifying clips that divide and inflame Americans, can be done without any private user data.
Having raw, fined grained telemetry about virtually every action you take and that can be upgraded to collect more details at will with a new app version push is way, way different than being able to say “show this ad to people in ZIP code 12345”
you hold a very hard line position, which begs the questions… Are those accusations true or are they amped up memes?
like, how can anyone who is paying any attention at all to US foreign relations not be aware of the US support for Israel and the ongoing Palestinian situation ?
It has been a known issue for decades, well before TikTok - not hidden or censored; openly discussed in media outlets formal and informal.
If you held US stocks instead of dollars in that time, it would have returned 114,629% , beating inflation (dollar devaluation) by about 7.5% per year.
Part of the point of a deflationary fiscal policy is to increase the velocity of money and get it working for economic growth and innovation, versus being stuffed in a mattress for 100 years.
Biden warns China's economy is on the brink (www.axios.com)
Report: Donald Trump has spent millions in possible witness tampering (www.nj.com)
The Social Security Fix Nobody Wants to Talk About | A small tax increase would make the essential national retirement program secure for decades, our columnist says, but lawmakers would have to act (www.nytimes.com)
Biden Expected to Sign Executive Order Restricting Asylum (www.nytimes.com)
Bipartisan leaders officially invite Netanyahu to address Congress [Mychael Schnell | 05/31/24 | The Hill] (thehill.com)
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Trump's social media account shares a campaign video with a headline about a 'unified Reich' (apnews.com)
Trump's social media account shares a campaign video with a headline about a 'unified Reich' (apnews.com)
Trump has a very long history of using this kind of thing to say what the campaign is thinking about doing....
Trump flattened for talking about executing Biden before gun owners (www.rawstory.com)
Don't fall for MAGA's "election integrity" con job (www.salon.com)
Stop Arming Cartels Act makes it unlawful to make, sell, possess a rifle ‘capable of firing .50-caliber ammunition’ (www.wavy.com)
Dow Jones Industrial Average hits 40,000 amid renewed hopes for U.S. economy (www.nbcnews.com)
Biden says he’s accepted an invitation from CNN to debate Trump on June 27 (www.cnn.com)
Donald Trump demands Jack Smith be arrested after document revelation (www.newsweek.com)
Automakers Want AM Radios Out of Cars. Congress Is About to Require Them (www.wired.com)
Israel/Palestine concerns rate 2nd botttom in Harvard poll of 18-29 year olds. (www.natesilver.net)
However, the reporting often treats protests on elite college campuses, or social media posts from articulate activists, as though they’re a proxy for the youth vote overall. Young voters do differ from older ones on some issues, including Israel-Palestine and free speech. But they do not care about these issues nearly as much...
Cable News Viewers Have a Skewed Attitude Toward Gaza War, Survey Finds (theintercept.com)
Americans who get their news primarily from cable are the only people who believe that Israel is not committing a genocide in Gaza, according to according to a new survey that examined the relationship between attitudes toward the war and news consumption habits....
‘Stormy weather’: Biden skewers Trump at White House correspondents’ dinner (www.theguardian.com)
TikTok parent company says it won't sell, despite possible U.S. ban (www.cbc.ca)
Biden's 13th-Quarter Approval Average Lowest Historically (news.gallup.com)
Blinken tells CNN the US has seen evidence of China attempting to influence upcoming US elections | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers (apnews.com)
Biden signs Ukraine aid, TikTok ban bills after Republican battle (www.reuters.com)
Liz Cheney Nukes the Supreme Court—With an Urgent Warning About Trump (newrepublic.com)
Some ex-TikTok employees say the social media service worked closely with its China-based parent despite claims of independence (fortune.com)
Former TikTok senior data scientist:...
Bill that could ban TikTok has been attached to the House foreign aid package. What next? (apnews.com)
Columbia disciplined professors over Gaza views (mondoweiss.net)
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Trump advisers are plotting to deliberately devalue the dollar if he’s re-elected, report says (www.independent.co.uk)