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And while the right wing story was constantly changing, the police report and the story from the teenagers both remained consistent. The teenagers say that big balls was harassing and trying to pick up the 15-year-old girl, and when he wouldn't leave her alone the boy jumped in to defend her.
This you? Just two hours later?
By "they" Mike Lee means Groypers, right? Right?
So it sounds like you're saying the Conservative Billionaires put all their egg in one basket, and then another conservative broke that egg?
Change "Left" to "Right" and the whole thing clicks into place.
The funny thing is this headline would be accurate if you just change one word. Can you spot the one word that needs to be changed?
The funny thing is this headline would be accurate if you just change one word. Can you spot the one word that needs to be changed?
Kirk was 31, Fuentes is 27. That's not particularly much of an age difference? Is Fuentes' "Groyper Army" generally much younger than Fuentes himself? This suspect is 22, so that is getting a bit younger than both.
I wouldn't claim I knew exactly who it was going to be. . . but the odds were pretty damn good it was going to be exactly who it ended up being.
I must point out that the quote has been intentionally edited - he said from another state or another country. Removing another state, seemingly intentionally, misrepresents the quote. The quote is horrible anyhow. We don't need to edit it to make it worse.
Not Mask Off - Hoods Off. . .
I don't understand why you are saying that. . . what theory do you think I'm proposing?
Well, not necessarily an immigrant - he probably would have been happy for it to be a trans person, or a black person, or a Muslim american, or a 'radical socialist'.
Isn't it amazing what happens when the purp is found to be a young white christian conservative male? Which was the most likely outcome all along, especially in Utah.
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Wait, so the majority of the panelists at the National Federation of Press Women conference are. . . men? Do I have that right? I'm not entirely certain, but it appears to be 3 men and 2 women?
I want people with mental health issues to be able to live good lives, but that doesn't mean they are suited for all jobs. If your mental health episodes make you abusive to your staff, and you can't control it with meds, then you need to not be a boss, and especially not in Congress. I'm sorry.
The Wall Street Journal needs to issue a full retraction and apology to the trans community for this. Nothing less will suffice. They put us all in danger and recklessly put out incorrect information.
My price for HBO Max is $0/mo because I don't subscribe, and I guess it will stay that.
Is this AI gen?
It didn't end up being a left winger. The odds were always in favor of being a right-winger. But it could have been, in theory.
Well, they're claiming it's a 22 year old young man who, so far, I haven't heard he had any military, police, or intelligence training. Just informal training from friends, family, maybe gun clubs, etc. I suppose it's possible that the FBI and Utah police got the wrong person again.
...Except Jan 6, 2021 generated 200,000 tips, per ABC news reporting at the time. The FBI is erasing Jan 6th. I'm no math major, but I think 200k > 7k and 2021 is more recent than 2013. web.archive.org/web/20210127...
@meidastouch.com I'm seeing news reporting that FBI is claiming: "Law enforcement has received more than 7,000 leads and tips from the public, Cox said, noting that the FBI said it hasn't received this many digital media tips from the public since the Boston Marathon bombing." Except...
I like her, and wish her the best in her future career.
After Jan 6th, 2021, FBI received over 200,000 tips. The FBI is pretending J6 never happened.
A quote in article, from FBI official, is erasing the largest crime in US history: "Law enforcement has received more than 7,000 leads and tips from the public, Cox said, noting that the FBI said it hasn't received this many digital media tips from the public since the Boston Marathon bombing."
Well, I had my suspicions, but honestly with an event like this, it could be almost anyone - very likely a white man, but not always. . . Very likely a right-wing conservative, but not always (c.f. Luigi).
2/2 Per ABC News, after Jan 6th, 2021 Capitol riot, FBI received over 200,000 tips. I'm not a math major, but I think 200k > 7k, and 2021 is more recent than 2013. web.archive.org/web/20210127...
Trump's FBI is lying about Jan 6th, 2021. Here is a quote from an NPR article: "Law enforcement has received more than 7,000 leads and tips from the public, Cox said, noting that the FBI said it hasn't received this many digital media tips from the public since the Boston Marathon bombing." 1/2
Source for 200,000 figure: web.archive.org/web/20210127...
In the linked article, an FBI official says it's the most tips since the Boston Marathon Bombing. I'm seeing a figure that FBI received 200,000 tips after Jan 6th, 2021. Is the FBI lying to erase Jan 6th? web.archive.org/web/20210127...
Question: Didn't the FBI receive 200,000 tips after Jan 6, 2021? I don't have a college math degree, but last time I checked, isn't 200k > 7k?
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Is there somewhere other than the NYT to see this document which is now in the public record? Can someone just post it? NYT can't possibly claim copyright on a document they also claim was authored by Trump.
But I understand what you mean. If I'm particularly tired I can experience that effect too. . . I think it's just that they try to be so calm all the time. So as not to overwhelm people with anxiety. But if you're at all tired, and they calm you, well, nap time lol.
You can read NPR online.
It's called NPR. They have no Opinion section. Although they do often call upon subject matter experts, like Doctors, Lawyers, Scientists, and Engineers, to provide technical opinions on matters in the news as the average public can't interpret most data, laws, etc without help.
The fairness doctrine is clearly unconstitutional though. "Congress shall make NO LAW. . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press". A fairness doctrine tells the press what they have to publish. At the end of the day, voters have to learn to actually listen to the good journalists.
It turns out, people can and do ignore journalism that doesn't tell them what they want to hear. Good journalism can't overcome that problem. There were plenty of good journalists doing reporting before the election, and people ignored them. So here we are.
Also, this effectively has given Trump a retro-active veto. Congress negotiates and a previous President signed it into law, but now the current President is effectively vetoing Congressional Acts after the fact.
I'm sure Trump surrogate will claim it's a process that takes time and the transformation will happen in about 6 months... And they'll say that again 6 months from now.
I say as long as we're using unofficial names, it's now the "Department of Release The Epstein Files", and Hegseth is the"Secretary of Release Those Epstein Files".
How about the department of murder? Seems more honest. Especially under Trump.
Yes, this. Except, the Supreme Court ruled Presidents can't be tried for any "official acts". So we're fucked. The President can ignore the laws and constitution with absolutely no fucking consequences. As for the people below him, he can give them all pardons. Elections have consequences.
Look, the next Democratic president needs to put everybody involved, from Trump all the way down, on trial for murder. They blew up 11 civilians in broad daylight without statutory authorization.
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...which also have a lot of Dem voters, and especially, tend to have higher black and latino populations. People need to understand that with Trump. The missing word is 'Yet': He hasn't sent natG to Houston. Yet. He hasn't sent natG to New Orleans. Yet. He hasn't sent natG to Jackson, Miss. Yet.
So this backs up a point I've been meaning to make: A lot of people assume Trump is only going to send national guard into "blue state" cities, like LA, San Fran, Chicago, etc. At the same time, people keep making all these posts about how crime is higher in all these southern cities which...
Yes, this attack is not something to be celebrated. This is a crime on many levels, and Trump is just escalating his normalization of his use of deadly force. Before long it will be turned on Americans.
That's not really what human trafficking is. It's more like kidnapping people. Human trafficking is forcing people into slavery. Although, I suppose it's possible that slavery awaits them at the other end of that trip to enrich Trump. That needs some evidence though.
Yes - exactly. Smuggling drugs isn't a crime that carries the death penalty, even if it's true. The ship was in international waters, so hadn't committed a crime yet EVEN IF it was headed to US waters. Is there a reason the Coast Guard couldn't have interdicted them in US waters and arrested them?
You know, the easiest way to make a prediction be true is to make it come true. It sounds to me like possibly someone has a plan to start a race war. . . Or that poster is just a nutter. Hard to say.
Let's always remind people that Ashli Babbit is dead because of Donald Trump's lies.
This is the type of person Trump pardoned. He proudly asserts that they should have injured a US Capitol Police Officer worse than they did on January 6th (@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social) had to medically retire). But MAGA supports law enforcement? Seriously? Then show me by condemning this guy.
Well would you look at that: Trump is holding a funeral for the veteran he murdered.
Well would you look at that: Trump is holding a funeral for the veteran he murdered.
Well would you look at that: Trump is holding a funeral for the veteran he murdered.
Oh yeah, tell me that again when Trump et co use the event to get their version of the story out.
Ashli Babbit was a veteran is who is dead because of Donald Trump. I would go so far as to say that Donald Trump is guilty of Felony Murder - that is, when you get someone killed while committing a felony. Donald Trump exploited this vulnerable veteran with lies about the election and killed her.
There are facts, and then there are interpretation of facts, and myths are built on interpretations. Also, lost opportunities. I think most people in Democratic/liberal/progressive political spectrum have missed an important narrative point that should be more publicly discussed:
That's one way to look at it. Another way to look at is that Donald Trump exploited a vulnerable veteran with mental health issues by his lies for his own attempt to overthrow democracy, and is responsible for her death.
Westboro Baptist is telling people their loved ones will burn in hell. This isn't protesting the deceased. This is trying to keep Trump from turning this into unchallenged propaganda of what a hero and victim Babbitt was, while washing his hands of all responsibility. He has blood on his hands.
It's almost surprising Trump would just LET him say those things. . . Make you go hmmmm.
But it should also be noted that when Trump makes things up, Republicans in Congress usually jump to make them become true.
There is a subset of this country who view Trump as the only source of truth. They live in an alternate reality where the world is what Trump says. So if Trump says there is a crime bill, there must be a crime bill. Trump knows this, and makes statements all the time to these, the most ignorant.
I suspect a lot of recent recruits to ICE were Proud Boys, 3%ers, Oathkeepers, etc. Also quite possibly, under Trump, a lot of recruits to the military are people who would have at least been sympathetic to those 'militia' groups before. I think Trump is creating official forces from the worst men.
People should go to the funeral (or if it's at like a military base, line up outside the entrances to the military base) holding signs that say, "Ashli Babbitt is dead because of Donald Trump".
People should go to the funeral (or if it's at like a military base, line up outside the entrances to the military base) holding signs that say, "Ashli Babbitt is dead because of Donald Trump".
People should go to the funeral (or if it's at like a military base, line up outside the entrances to the military base) holding signs that say, "Ashli Babbitt is dead because of Donald Trump".
Hey look at that: Trump is throwing a funeral for the veteran he murdered.
It's almost like sometimes people who espouse very bad ideas also occasionally hit on a good idea that they found from someone else, like you.
I'm sure all these great conservative minds were saying exactly the same thing when Biden was President, amirite?
I almost said "Intel has to go back to grovel before him", but then I caught myself - they don't HAVE to - but they want the billions of dollars so they are CHOOSING to go grovel before him.
I think you are purposely ignoring the fact that Trump has asserted authority over all federal funds, even though appropriated well before his inauguration, and is stealing - excuse me, 'rescinding', funds from anyone he wants to, and so, everyone such as Intel is going back and grovel before him...
I look forward to Trump arresting and prosecuting the people responsible for this flag desecration:
Yes, let's all have an extended civil debate about children being murdered and starved and dehydrated, instead of doing something to help the children. That seems reasonable. Can't have actual protests demanding actual action on actual real world problems. WE MUST DEBATE!!
The US doesn't have votes of no confidence. It's just not a part of our political system. But we do have impeachment. That requires 60 seats in the Senate which, seems unlikely, but we can hope.
Quick question, is it bad when the dictator gets to decide who is a Jew? Iām not familiar with history, how does that usually work out for us?
Let's hope people still feel this way or even more sick of R's, come Nov '26.
When does the general strike to shutdown the economy begin? Why isn't this being organized?
Forget the subway, a high risk place for women is working in the same office as Andrew Cuomo.
Fair enough. Obviously it's to late to help your teen self. But maybe this discussion will help someone else.
Nobody should ever depend on any social media platform as the primary/only way of saving their art. For exactly this reason. Or the fact that a platform could go bust and shutdown.
You didn't download it locally for your own archive?
'A NSFW ban won't negatively affect me, I don't draw or post porn!' You sure? Here's how it went down when tumblr did it:
Yeah, people might want to change capitalism to some other system, like Democratic Socialism or whatever, but until that happens, you gotta live within the capitalist system somehow. That doesn't make you a hypocrite it just makes you alive.
... and gave the Court of Federal Claims jd on the other issue. Which could be legally correct, but still a massive clusterduck. I'm sure Congress, having seen the mistake they made, will jump right on fixing that problem. . .
So, the claim they are making, I think, is that Congress is responsible for this mess? Because Congress has Constitutional authority to specify what courts have what jurisdiction over what, and it seems they are saying their hands are tied because Congress gave the District court jd on one issue and
Even if it were true, what is so beyond comprehension of there being 55 million people with visas?
Oh the irony of Trump's FBI raiding an official's residence on charges of mishandling classified documents. Why should anyone give a duck about anyone mishandling documents anymore?
That does reflect real life, didn't it? I would say the point of that standing up for what's right will often lead to ridicule and lies, etc. Seems like the point the author was trying to make. That seems like a good lesson for kids - do what's kind and right, not what's easy and popular.
They're polite because this is Japan. In America they would be tripping disabled people and the elderly.
Are you referring to Harry? What slave does Harry own? I read the novels once, a long time ago. I recall Harry freeing a house elf, dobby. I'm not sure what you are referring to about him owning a slave. Is that from the original novels, or one of the sequels?
. . . It is then up to the reader to walk away from the book feeling uncomfortable and inspired to change the real world. If I were writing novels, I would absolutely fill them with problems, and not resolve most of them, so as not to let the reader off the hook emotionally.
That part, yes, to an extent. I agree she could have done more to have Harry, Hermoine, etc fight for reforms. But really, the point of literature isn't to write about fixes for ever problem in the world. It's to hold up a mirror to the real world, to confront readers about the problems. It is. . .
Also, if loan forgiveness is criminal bribery of voters, what was "No Tax on Tips"?