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The Supreme Court's far-right justices did Trump's bidding in Trump v. United States.

By willfully delaying Trump's federal Jan 6 trial, they have made it virtually impossible to have a verdict before the election.

Here's what I have to say about that.

bouriquet ,
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@rbreich An accessory-after-the-fact is someone who assists 1) someone who has committed a crime, 2) after the person has committed the crime, 3) with knowledge that the person committed the crime, and 4) with the intent to help the person avoid arrest or punishment. An accessory after the fact may be held liable for, among other things, obstruction of justice.

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CerebralHawks ,
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@georgetakei Random thought, maybe let’s normalize buying our own drinks. Also helps avoid drink spiking. I never dated though. That whole scene is foreign to me. But I don’t like the concept of women being “bought” things to imply dependence. I think singles should be independent until committed, but maybe that’s too idealistic, maybe a little naive?

billyjoebowers ,
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@georgetakei

Hard to believe this a real person.
Not much of one.

georgetakei , to Random
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You're hired!

cqd_sos ,
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@georgetakei
The positive attitude is what counts.

chessert ,
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@georgetakei
Team player: bring him right in! Pay that man!

rbreich , to Random
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Trump’s tax law cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%.

What did corporations do with the money saved?

They didn’t invest it or raise wages.

They spent a record $1 trillion on stock buybacks the year after the law went into effect.

Nothing trickled down to workers.

Apan ,
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@rbreich Guess that he put the corporate tax somewhere equal to other countries such as those in the EU.

JosephSmith3130 ,

@rbreich thats why Republicans threaten violence to get the Rapist Fraudster’s recession going - more tax cuts!

rbreich , to Random
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The argument against regulation is always the same: “It stifles growth and jobs.”

But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people.

Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs.

aadriasola ,
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@rbreich growth like the crypto scammer space, jobs like online trolls payed with crypto

davidhaynz ,
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@rbreich
The economist Warren J Samuels argued the lack of regulation, or deregulation, was in itself a form of regulation.

Because regulation controls the distribution of sacrifice. E.g. if you deregulate air pollution you shift costs from polluters to people who breathe.

I suppose there could be Kafkaesque regulations that don't affect the distribution of sacrifice, or do anything useful. But I would need convincing.

georgetakei , to Random
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Would watch!

AddisonAlbright ,
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@georgetakei
I’d watch that, but I’d rather watch an event where people try to roast the ice cream man as hilariously as this little British girl: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPREqNbJe/ 😂

ethanjstark ,
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@georgetakei

Still calling to have a smattering of non-athletes participating in each event, as a point of reference.

Same for The Great British Baking Show, only with inexperienced bakers.

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nemeciii ,
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@georgetakei grounding was the least thing to do.

What I would have done would be that he'd have to come clean about the prank to the girl and apologize. Then as an apology offer money for a fine dining dinner at a central location on his expense from his monthly allowance. He wouldn't be at the dinner.

What a dimwit son, I would have made him do all the chores in addition. 😡

tony ,
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@georgetakei Boys will be boys? Retch. In the 21st century that phrase should have been banished for good.

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virtuous_sloth ,
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@georgetakei I do not see much discussion of the approach of having a conversation with the other person where you explain how their behavior (lack of initiation of social situations) make her feel and giving the other person a chance to talk.

Might be a little more productive than a more passive approach, giving the latter might verge on passive-aggresive depending on context.

rbreich , to Random
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The Supreme Court has greenlit Trump's plan to be a "dictator on Day One." Here's what that could look like.

TAI ,
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@rbreich what gave us this SCOTUS? democracy, What gave us trump: democracy. And still nobody sees anything wrong here

shanen ,
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@rbreich

The is merely correcting our misunderstanding of the Constitution. You thought "execute the Office" was about faithfully following the laws? Silly you. Execute means kill and now the can kill his office and any laws (or political opponents) he doesn't like. No idea why it took the six of them over 100 pages to explain such a silly little mistake.

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