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Ryan Routh wrote 2023 memoir advocating for killing Trump in c/[email protected]
Ryan Routh wrote 2023 memoir advocating for killing Trump in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 42 minutes ago* (last edited 41 minutes ago) (2 children)

Was a nobody. You're literally reading about it on social media and news sites and having a conversation about it with strangers now.

He was a nobody and was writing things no one was reading.

Donald Trump is openly running a Great Replacement Theory campaign in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 52 minutes ago* (last edited 46 minutes ago)

Okee doke. Flood the zone with constant "what did Trump do now" worked so well in 2016. GRT has been in the news because of Trump since 2016. Look at the vertiginous rise in Ngrams in 2016. It's just one of the many things he does to keep himself central in the news cycle.

No news is worse than bad news at this point in a presidential campaign. Especially when the "bad news" is the same stuff that didn't turn around any of his voters in the past.

Chief O'Brien at Work #22 - Busy Bee in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 53 minutes ago* (last edited 52 minutes ago)

OH MY GOD. OK, thank you. I didn't understand that. Much funnier now. And then he misses the actually request because he's screwing around. It makes way more sense now lol

Florida hospitals ask immigrants about their legal status. Texas will try it next in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 54 minutes ago

But why just that one? You'd think they'd replace it. Makes it look purposeful, like they were trying out a new funny font.

Ryan Routh wrote 2023 memoir advocating for killing Trump in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 56 minutes ago* (last edited 55 minutes ago)

It's cool, that works. He downvoted it, so I guess it served its purpose. ๐Ÿ˜„

New XEC Covid variant starting to spread in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

My arm got sore and I felt really rundown for a day, then I was fine. Most people I've talked to hand said basically the same thing: minor or no side effects. One person said they got sick for five days, but I feel like they probably just got a coincidental cold, but who knows.

Catching you up with the party of family values in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Well. He did lose weight, allegedly from Ozempic and Adderall, but that does seem like a pretty flattering picture. And his thumbs are double jointed/flexible. You can see it all the time when he plays his invisible accordion.

Chief O'Brien at Work #22 - Busy Bee in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

But he's been asked to actually do something for once!

NYPD shot four people - including two bystanders one who is in critical condition - and another cop over a $2.90 fare. in c/[email protected]
Ryan Routh wrote 2023 memoir advocating for killing Trump in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] -3 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

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Chief O'Brien at Work #22 - Busy Bee in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (5 children)

I don't get this one. Or maybe I do and I just find it less funny than usual? Is the joke that he's just messing around? I feel like in these comics he's usually so excited to get to do something, this seems out of character.

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It's Possible Harris and Trump Tie 269-269 in the Electoral College. (www.270towin.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
36 comments fedilink
 

As this recently updated article discusses, while extremely unlikely, given the way this timeline is going it's possible the electoral college ends in a tie. Nate Silver projects this as a .3% possibility.

Things to think about:

  1. Only about half of the states require their electors to vote for the person that won their state. Who are the electors? Generally no one you know.

  2. If there's a tie, the House elects a president and the Senate elects a VP. Sub-consideration: it is the composition of the House and Senate after the November election that makes those determinations.

  3. This would all technically be decided on January 6th. And you remember how that went last time.

Regardless, it's highly unlikely this will happen. Still, this would be utter and complete madness. There is literally a non-zero chance we have a Trump/Harris administration. ๐Ÿคฃ

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Knife vs. Gun Control? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
95 comments fedilink
 

Why are knife control laws so strong in the United States as opposed to gun control?

I was realizing it would be nice to have a knife with auto opening for boxes, etc., basically a switch blade or similar, and I found out that they are super illegal in my state (and/or there are length restrictions, or both sides of the blade can't be sharp, etc), but I can go into a sporting goods store and buy a pistol and ammo in under 30min.

Shooting open an Amazon box seems inefficient. What is up with restrictive knife-control laws??

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Wall Street is to blame, why are we suffering? (lemmy.world)
 

Ok, so obviously no one here has done anything to make this world what it is. Wall Street, corporations, and racist social structures are why the world is how it is, and that is just the truth.

I don't understand why I should feel bad about anything when obviously all of these rich assholes and structures of oppression exist. I didn't make them.

Until the corporations and wealthy people change, why should I feel guilty or bad about things. This literally isn't my fault, they did this, so I just feel like I should be able to live my life and not have to worry about all this. Why can't I?

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