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Here's another entry into a weird car wreck. Saw this in the morning and figured it was a Donnie true believer wrecking the Colorado Supreme Court, but nope! https://www.denverpost.com/2024/01/02/colorado-supreme-court-breakin-denver-police/ Looks like a dude wrecked in the neighborhood, then threatened the other wrecked car with a gun. Then he went into a nearby building, which just so happened to be the supreme court building, held up a guard for the keys, then went in and hosed poo poo up for some reason. Even shot out the window at the cops! ... Then surrendered. A weird one.
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Jan 2, 2024 19:53
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A follow-up to some days ago - the DEA is finally confirming that they're doing their part of The Weed Review https://twitter.com/natsfert/status/1742624205521265141?t=SGhYXXXwC9dyOni_vYODfw&s=19
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Jan 3, 2024 20:52
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:legally is there anything preventing Biden from forcing the changes through or ordering the people running DEA to do so under threat of dismissal? I believe the answer is "it depends", like most dumb legal poo poo. Donnie really, really liked to do things this way, by declaring what to do with government regulations, telling his appointees what to do, then they'd do it. Then it would be reversed by the courts due to Administrative Procedure Act violations. A lot like the Census's citizenship question that was pushed through, then killed by the courts because Donnie and his fuckers skipped steps. So foot-dragging is a component, as is an unwillingness to use federal executive power. But, another component is doing things the "correct" way according to usual procedure so the rescheduling wouldn't get overturned. I tend to think it's more foot-dragging though!
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Jan 3, 2024 22:32
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Jan 4, 2024 16:10
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Looking like the Soleimani funeral site bombing was ISIS and not Israel! https://twitter.com/semafor/status/1742949054382743619?t=DveCJctqQFjvctgMHMnoxg&s=19
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Jan 4, 2024 17:56
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ASAPI posted:Help me out here legal goons. NBC says you're right and Donnie's full of poo poo: quote:But in that order, Chutkan made clear that the deadlines were merely "held in abeyance" rather than permanently vacated and noted that the purpose of the stay was for the benefit of Trump's team, so as not to "impose additional burdens of litigation" on Trump as he pursued the appeal.
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Jan 4, 2024 20:27
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:All that said, even if your personal financial situation isn’t great, taking a step back and deciding that voting trump is the solution is some seriously deranged thinking. And that’s where tens of millions of americans stand today. That's kind of the struggle with the Biden/Democratic argument that they haven't quite figured out how to make yet. I still think this is all post-pandemic supply/demand effects (plus gouging). Having basically two years of 0% cost increases, then having one around 10-15% when demand shot way the gently caress up has really hosed with the national mood. Biden / Fed Reserve got things back to the usual 2% only recently, people are still hurting from that 10-15% year. And outside of the other stuff mentioned (like one sickness away from bankruptcy), voters vote on vibes and probably won't advance to the "trump worse" part of the argument. Or they're tired of the argument that Trump would be worse and get angry at even the suggestion of the argument. Lots and lots of that going on with the Israeli poo poo now.
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Jan 5, 2024 18:53
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hobbesmaster posted:And if anyone has seen that door, please email the ntsb, thanks! poo poo like this is really fuckin freaky: https://twitter.com/SeanSafyre/status/1744138937239822685
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Jan 8, 2024 03:22
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Grip it and rip it posted:Stopping interstate traffic seems like a really bad way to try and shift public opinion on a topic. I can't think of a single time it was ever helpful in the US. I think it only works for a topic that people already have majority-hardened opinions about and didn't know it was a thing going on. So it works for the German farm subsidy topic - vast majority might be in favor of it and didn't know it was going away. Those people are willing to ignore the assholeishness of the traffic blockade. Anything that doesn't have that large majority won't get that benefit of the doubt. Example: Biden gave a speech today at Mother Emanuel AME in Charleston, SC, a historically black church. The pastor specifically said at the start to hold any commentaries and protests about anything else because it wasn't the time/place for them. Two white people interrupted Biden's speech yelling about the Israeli war. (Edit: looks like there was a third protestor, a black woman, so not just white protestors) facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 21:44 on Jan 8, 2024 |
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Jan 8, 2024 21:22
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uh this doesn't sound good for Boeing's QA: https://twitter.com/jonostrower/status/1744455383584997603 quote:United Airlines has found loose bolts and other parts on 737 Max 9 plug doors as it inspects its fleet of Boeing jets following the Friday rapid depressurization aboard an Alaska Airlines jet of the same make, according to three people familiar with the findings.
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ALAN WAKE II DLC (2024): THE SEARCH FOR MR. DOOR https://twitter.com/NTSB_Newsroom/status/1744442166116831560
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Handsome Ralph posted:Huh, well I wonder if my flight getting back to DC in a few weeks will still be on a Max or not. Here's to hoping I get to fly on the Dreamliner again. If I'm FAA I'm grounding the fleet https://twitter.com/jonostrower/status/1744548214530084986?t=qLKewEZcwmYVKcSvJb6yKQ&s=19
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Jan 9, 2024 03:41
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Bottom line from the hearing today is that Donnie is basically hosed, they're just debating the method. Appeals court could outright terminate the appeal as improperly granted, rule on narrow grounds, rule on wide grounds, make new policy, etc etc. Granted, Donnie's lawyers are going for maximum delay, but there's merit to giving appellate justices excuses to rule for you, but they didn't even bother.
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Jan 9, 2024 17:24
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SecDef's problems were just released: butt and pee stuff https://twitter.com/weijia/status/1744802009729970275?t=SSi29fzEFw62RAQpaMyCRg&s=19 Prostate cancer detected and cut out, then a weird UTI that needed a nose tube to drain his stomach with some additional drains. Woof.
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Jan 9, 2024 20:30
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Midjack posted:That sucks rear end for him but doesn't really explain the secrecy. Supposedly, he's been a secretive dude all the way back in his military days. Barely talked to press, etc. We didn't even get basics when they outright said he had an elective surgery. So it's all still highly suspicious, and pretty drat dumb, but supposedly how he's operated even as a general.
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Jan 9, 2024 21:36
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Fivemarks posted:Are we going to talk about the secret Messianic Ultraorthodox Jewish Tunnels discovered under New York City? Because I swear I'm not making it up. That's the most comprehensive link I've seen because it was usually just linked with the video of one of the hasidic Jews just popping up out of the drat sewer grate. One thing not in that link: https://twitter.com/nkulw/status/1744723929145717055?t=2qX94si5IdOClm75vv1URg&s=19 It didn't penetrate my brain why those tunnels would be a big deal, until I thought "hmm gravity might override a hasidic belief that pillars and walls of a building are haram"
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Jan 9, 2024 21:53
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Midjack posted:"no telling how deep this rabbi hole goes" Thread title please! But that general hasidic community was making a lot of noise with COVID restrictions and etc, because it's not just republicanism where dying is part of the religion: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/when-covid-19-rules-are-flouted-ultra-orthodox-jews-it-ncna1243590
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Jan 9, 2024 23:06
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ASAPI posted:So Hunter Biden showed up at a oversight hearing today. Yeah Hunter's pretty hosed on both the merits of the California tax case and the contempt charge. So his lawyers are being maximum petty and trying to prove it's all politically motivated. Republicans should've just called his bluff to make him testify in public, which he would then either weasel out of, or plead the 5th. But Comer wants testimony behind closed doors so he can pull random lines from the transcript before his next Fox News hit. On the Speaker poo poo, it's coming up to needing another CR as the budget toplines were only just finalized over the weekend. So the chuddy types are like BORDER SHUTDOWN OR WE SHUTDOWN, which others are like "yeah the 1% cut is good actually, partially shut down plz" as Senate GOP is like WTF NO They elevated a noname religious whack job backbencher and are suddenly surprised that he can't make Biden / mixed Senate suddenly roll over when he has a three-vote margin in the House.
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Jan 10, 2024 19:23
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Tiny posted:How is this level of batshittery still accepted by the public? Whose truth? For most of the public, this nonsense is what they want (possibly due to said television news). https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1745164295820763339?t=t0jhHBi3Tw-9gyBZ7H8iiQ&s=19 When people in primaries go I WANT THE LOUD rear end in a top hat THAT BREAKS THINGS, and nearly no seats are competitive in general elections, you get the dipshits that break things. And with most objective sources of truth getting buried under mounds of bullshit, the general public quit hunting for the truth and stuck with their preferred bullshit flavor. A lot of that is by design!
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**SCENE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3RD** Donnie: I want to give a closing statement at the Trump Org civil trial NYAG: Uh... I don't think this is allowed Judge: So from my research, it's in my discretion Donnie lawyer: HE WILL DO IT! Judge: Ok, but since he didn't testify, he can't introduce new evidence, attack prosecutors, or act like he's testifying in his closing statement. I need to know by noon on the 10th if he agrees or not. Donnie Lawyer: this is absurd hurf blurf **SCENE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 9TH" Judge: yo it's getting close and I didn't get your answer Donnie Lawyer: whoops I didn't see the deadline, but my client's mother died and he's in the air and we can't talk **SCENE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10TH** Judge: Tell Donnie I'm sorry for his loss, but I still need your answer Donnie Lawyer: he wants to, but can't make it, btw it was his mother-in-law and we want to instead close on the 29th Judge: You have until noon, seven minutes from now, to give me a yes or no. **SCENE: TWENTY MINUTES LATER** Judge: Request denied. https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=_PLUS_cASZsP0hNiBQOHYbw_PLUS_TPQ== https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-denies-trump-request-to-speak-at-close-of-fraud-trial/ facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Jan 10, 2024 |
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Lake of Methane posted:Did they solve the next government funding deadline already? Nope, that's why they're going to probably kick out the speaker again. Partial shutdown on the 19th, full on the 2nd. But Congress is being productive! https://twitter.com/kristin__wilson/status/1745186865555128505?t=TeHTdqXTArSWELgxQcRgYQ&s=19 ... with their hog farming https://twitter.com/ArthurDelaneyHP/status/1745170399015379073?t=4R0PrrFoKciaH3RQ6kIqkg&s=19
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Christie's dropping out in a few minutes and hosed up on a hot mic: https://twitter.com/ChrisMaidmentNH/status/1745208067006836774?t=zTnlQMCTmejc-NsUZ3Wy5g&s=19 “She’s gonna get smoked. And you and I both know it, she’s not up to this.”- Christie on a hot mic
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Mr. Nice! posted:kise is just an old school shitposter. bahah I didn't notice that he suddenly went all formal when Donnie either dictated it or demanded to read it
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Crab Dad posted:Why do they constantly refer to him as “President” in legal filings? It's part of the "he never lost" thing and likely a demand from Donnie himself. It's not just in the legal filings, basically anyone at all on the conservative side will refer to him as "President Trump". If I remember right, he really, really, really hates the "former" thing and will get mad at anyone who says/writes it.
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Jan 11, 2024 16:46
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Judge let Donnie talk anyways and he predictably shat all over everything: https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1745510360113647857?t=I9gHGtjtAP9nu6RMay8SBg&s=19 Judge then called a lunch break, so we'll see if sanctions come up or whatever. May be that the judge is exhausted and just wanted it over after another bomb threat to his house last night.
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Arrath posted:drat I had really hoped the judge would tell him to shut the gently caress up. From the article, he basically did. Per RollingStone, the speech was apparently rehearsed https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-rehearsed-fraud-trial-closing-argument-denied-1234944721/ quote:Sources told Rolling Stone that Trump had been rehearsing what he thought would be a blistering, dramatic conclusion to the case that will determine the fate of his business empire.
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Soylent Pudding posted:I feel like the judge going "that's nice, time for lunch" is probably far more infuriating to Trump than yelling back at him. A popehat quote: quote:Look, it’s perfectly clear Judge Engoron is going to hammer the Trump organizations based on the law and the facts and his past rulings. What does Trump really have to lose by monologuing? He sees himself as the hero giving a dying one-liner to the supervillain. Also a moment that happened: [interrupting Trump] "You said you never had a problem. Haven’t you been sued before?" the judge asked. "I’ve been sued," Trump replied "Isn’t that a problem?" Engoron shot back. Then Donnie did just stammering hurf blurf thing and that was that.
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At least here, the coalition is the big countries instead of George W. Bush's randos https://twitter.com/lrozen/status/1745615654781096007 CommieGIR posted:Its unlikely they are going to revisit it anytime soon. What's funny is that conservatives are pinning their hopes of a rehearing on this loving oval office (I think that insult is earned): https://twitter.com/gabrielmalor/status/1744238202020352124
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Jan 12, 2024 02:37
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Yeah it's probably not exactly stabilizing that it was a 5-4, and two of those five are gone and replaced by Kavanaugh (who probably doesn't care) and Barrett (religious zealot).
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I'm not familiar with this repayment plan - but any of y'all qualify? https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...rolled-in-save/ quote:Starting next month, borrowers enrolled in SAVE who took out less than $12,000 in loans and have been in repayment for 10 years will get their remaining student debt cancelled immediately. This action will particularly help community college borrowers, low-income borrowers, and those struggling to repay their loans. Apparently SAVE replaced the Revised Pay As You Earn (REPAYE) repayment plan and I remember seeing that option a long while back.
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Also, Donnie sued the New York Times and others at the paper, and just got charged $392,638.69 for sucking at it. Usually, judges will take a bite out of the defendants' attorney fees claims, but the judge didn't even bother. https://twitter.com/susannecraig/status/1745875236149440586
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Platystemon posted:The Two Chinas situation has been such a joke for so long that ¡Jeb!, who is not a young man, grew up hearing his dad refer to his tennis serve as “unleashing Chang”. Yeah it's a dumb diplomatic dance, but supposedly per Bloomberg business, it's a $10T hit to the global economy in a Taiwan war situation. And it's pretty clear Taiwan isn't going to eventually roll over like Hong Kong was forced to, so worth keeping the peace (and independent Taiwan) for as long as possible. But America can't exactly say that out loud. Diplomacy!
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lightpole posted:How was Hong Kong forced? The UK had a 99 year lease. 1997 was the end of that lease and reverted back to China. Until ~2019-ish, China let Hong Kong basically self-rule itself. Then they didn't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests https://apnews.com/article/china-hong-kong-beijing-democracy-national-security-9e3c405923c24b6889c1bcf171f6def4
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Before the law mandating back pay was signed, there were a lot of feds around me that were a tad leveraged and absolutely wanted to be the ones still working just for the pay guarantee. Also, not just House GOP losing their minds: https://twitter.com/AricToler/status/1746680874534416540?t=RUEYsL9UGk9g1zOXMGPrew&s=19 It appears that the dude gave up so no killdozering, just some weird skid steering. https://twitter.com/JeffMcRichards/status/1746680710033789383?t=u1WDFhFC5lr5rU-7awV54w&s=19
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Mr. Nice! posted:Donald Trump wins the Iowa caucus. He's getting more than 70% of the total votes. Kind of a telling anecdote: https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1747069512359580139 Leave posted:That's not a surprise, though, is it? Depends on what you listened to. Polls and on-the-ground reporting essentially agreed (reports like 1:1 reporter:ratio at DeSantis events). Pundits, opinion columnists, and TV news sources hurfed and blurfed a lot. Also it still hasn't connected for a lot of normies that it's a Biden vs. Trump general election. They're still making up random poo poo about either one of them dropping out for nonsensical reasons.
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maffew buildings posted:yeah I don't have much faith in the DNC to actually have an effective campaign against him. I do have faith they will again talk about him and his followers like they are big idiots, though good thing the DNC isn't really a functional thing that exists outside of an extension of the Biden campaign if you're going to do the doomer thing, please doomer correctly Edit: mainly this is my frustration with the concept of the DNC as this all-powerful thing when it's loving nothing Also, part of the whole "expectation" thing is that "the media" wants this primary season to continue on for weeks/months to juice ratings. It's not really competitive though, it's basically been Donnie's since the indictments came in. The base is pro-insurrectionist anyways and the other candidates didn't even really run against him.
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maffew buildings posted:whoops used DNC as a stand in for "whoever the gently caress is supposed to have a plan to counter a Trump presidential run and get battleground state voters to vote Biden" The Biden Campaign! Yell about him and I will have zero complaints about your choice of target (outside of the doomerism). Kazinsal posted:The whole world is. To some extent, horseshoe lefties haven't quite grasped the binary choice involved here because either NEVER VOTING FOR GENOCIDE JOE or "lol DNC gonna pick someone else". Still not being fully grasped that the nominees are going to be the nominees and a lot will happen before November. But a solid, worrying point is being made by some commentators. If democracy/society is dependant on Biden getting reelected, but the Republican party is going full donnieloony, it's not exactly viable that we basically need nothing but democratic presidents. Other countries have kinda noticed too: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/15/what-foreign-diplomats-say-about-u-s-politics-behind-closed-doors-00135326
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Platystemon posted:Voter perceptions will align with “the metrics” that say that the economy is doing great any day now. Voter perceptions are basically: the economy sucks but it's doing great for me! It's essentially decoupled from actual truth and has become a vibes/polarized question, or just a question about gas prices. The respondents aren't caring about increasing poverty or discontinuation of enhanced child credits and so on - it's just dumb vibes poo poo. Donnie's favorite campaign line lately has been screaming about $7/$8 gallon gas that he's mythically seen somewhere. And surprise - gas prices are going down and the economic outlook polling is going up! Voters!
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