We're in fascism times.
Trump can legally kill people. Literally. He can point a gun in 5th Avenue and shoot someone and New York Court, SCOTUS, and his base, will all let him.
We cannot make arguments as if laws apply to this man because they simply don't.
So when he says words like "expel", we need to understand that he will try everything in his power, including things that are illegal to normal people like you and me, to accomplish his will.
The absolute best case scenario: someone wants an EV and used Teslas have hit rock bottom prices due to people selling them.
But at this point, people by a Tesla because they want to lick Musk's taint.
Which one?! I didn't know they sold bidets!
During the pandemic, we were all starved for content so I'm not going to make apologies for this:
I watched Agents of SHIELD. It was decent enough to slog through.
As the series progressed, I saw that one of the main stars was half Chinese and they used her heritage as part of the plot. As an Asian, I am so used to these things being handled poorly. It's always some shit of "ancient Chinese secret" or Buddist bullshit.
But it was actually...compelling. There was depth and substance on how they handled it.
For the first time, I felt like I was seen.
Representation matters in so many ways because it helps normalize diversity. Something that the alt-right have a huge problem with apparently.
Conservative logic be like: "It's personal responsibility. If you don't want to get an abortion, just don't have sex!"
Also Conservatives: "We can't have anyone look at porn! So we must make it as difficult as possible for people to view porn."
I believe W was booed a few times but nowhere near as much as Trump.
I agree with him in principle but the "poverty" line hasn't been raised in years. The amount needs to be in the lower middle class bracket. $75-80k is probably good so if you make that much, you won't pay income taxes.
What he and other progressives need to hammer home is that billionaire wealth doesn't help society and in fact hurts it. Money is only useful when it's used. Billionaires literally can lose a million dollars and they won't feel it.
This almost seems like a canary. If an AI bot pulls the code and submits a PR, the meow would be and indicator that AI was used.
"If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism; they will abandon democracy."
During COVID: we made record profits!!!! But we can't afford to give anyone raises
During AI: We spent too much money on tokens. So we can't afford to give anyone raises.
Headline buried the lede:
Police escort Dr. Steven Kahn out of a medical conference in New Orleans for handling out copies of an editorial critical of the Trump administration
Not sure if this belongs here but felt it was appropriate.
Edit: A few comments mention the power imbalance between Lewinsky as an intern and the president. This meme shouldn't be seen as me approving of Clinton's behavior but point out that an adult man having "sexual relations" with a child should have some bearing against a sitting president.
If Clinton is in the Epstein files, show the world.
I've started seeing more shit like this, even TVs in exam rooms with ads like this.
Behind The Bastards made a very interesting observation:
In almost every society, the rich and/or powerful get so used to not being bound by the law, that they effectively push themselves to break more laws to see what they can get away with. It inevitably ends with them being pedophiles.
Robert Evans has said that he doesn't know if powerful people are actually pedophiles or if they are simply drawn to the power that they can become pedophiles without any consequences. But he also says it's a difference without a distinction.