The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled yesterday that portions of Texas Senate Bill 1, adopted in September 2021, violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The court found that parts of S.B. 1 require officials to reject mail-in ballot applications and mail-in ballots based on errors or omissions that are...
I’m sure the taxpayers of TX are happy that their money is going to legal defense in lawsuits that end up overturning unconstitutional laws that passed by some of the same people that get paid to defend (and lose) in the courts.
When attorneys for the state write laws that are found unconstitutional they should have their pay revoked.
I use a credit card for everything, especially large purchases that don't charge an additional transaction fee to use the card. I also pay it off each month. I get 3-5% back when I use it. It would be quite stupid/lazy not to take free money, while also keeping my credit score at 847 (last I checked).
A lot of the stuff Ramsey says is good for Ramsey; not anyone else, and certainly not the public. I 100% agree with him that (most) debt is bad, but having no credit is worse than bad credit. If you want a strain on the system (what we have now), you deny credit to people that aren't credit worthy (*people without credit) so that they cannot afford to purchase homes. A mortgage is debt, but it's not "bad-debt."
Consider downloading some kind of checkbook ledger app. Anytime you get paid, re-balance it and make sure it's correct. Then, use it for EVERY purchase that isn't cash. Once you get into the habit of not needing to re-balance it, switch 100% of your purchases to credit card, and keep the habit up. When it comes time to pay your credit card bill, you will have the cash you need to pay it off, and you will also be building credit which will give you more purchasing power down the road.
You clearly listen to too much Ramsey. No credit is a credit score of 0. Bad credit is 580. It is going to take time to repair either one but if you’re running a race, do you want to start at 0, or 2/3 of the way to the finish line?
Even if rates are 10%, ownership is better than paying a landlord rent. Equity, equity, equity… High interest rates are when you upgrade or purchase more property to build wealth. Just ride it out and refinance when the rates come down.
Having a high credit score makes everything easier. A high credit score is also something required for certain jobs. Ramsey comes up with “workarounds” for when his advice about not having credit doesn’t work out.
Yea I mean, I don’t want to entirely shit on everything Ramsey says, it’s just incredibly rudimentary. Great for people starting out… but if his listeners continue to listen to him forever they are doing themselves a disservice.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that he will be skipping Wednesday’s first Republican presidential primary debate — and others as well....
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters on Tuesday resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution, setting up a fall campaign that will become the nation’s latest referendum on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nationwide...
Are you using kbin on mobile? I'm thinking maybe you're not able to see the side bar. I'll copy and paste the section regarding lables over here so you can take a look:
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Republican senators say they’re worried that conservative populism, though always a part of the GOP, is beginning to take over the party, becoming more radical and threatening to cause them signifi…
At Joint Base Lewis-McChord's air show just outside of Tacoma, Washington, this past weekend, onlookers and families saw tactical military jets, high-performance sports cars and risqué models dancing on stage in skintight red, white and blue bikinis, part of what organizers described as a "way to thank the Puget Sound...
The 1776 Gastonia housing development promises to blend patriotism and freedom, honoring the ideals that built this country. Developer Brock Fankhauser calls it a movement. Specifically, 1776 Gastonia is a planned community for people — or rather, "patriots" — 55 and up.
I’m all for it. Put them all in the same neighborhood. Makes every other neighborhood in the area nicer by default, and easier for everyone to know which neighborhood not to spend money in.
If you’re the only doctor on staff when this ends up happening, and they both knock each other out, which DC restaurant do you plan on ordering a sandwich from? I’m a big fan of ham and turkey, with lettuce and tomato. Who makes the best Turkey Club in DC?
Adam Frisch, the Democrat who came close to beating Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) in last year’s midterms, raised three times more than the incumbent in second-quarter fundraising as he seeks a 2024 rematch.
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy (Conn.) on Monday warned about “the stakes” of the 2024 election, arguing Republicans will push to approve a national abortion ban if they win Congress next…
The entire history of tipping has roots in slavery. It’s also not as common most other places in the world. People in some countries would take great offense to being offered a tip, as it would suggest they’re needing extra help.
Tipping is not guaranteed income; yet “income,” is the entire purpose of having a job. If you go to work to earn $X as to be able to pay your bills and just have any standard of living at all, you need to have a certain minimum in order to continue meeting that standard.
We’ve passed too many business owner friendly laws in this country. The fact that “tipped employees” have a lower minimum wage is why business owners have been implementing payment systems that offer an option to tip. It’s the business owner NOT paying fair wages. They try to pass the responsibility off to customers.
Business owners that are doing this are taking advantage of everyone in the cycle. The only way to break the cycle is to break the system. Don’t tip unless you’re getting service where someone actually brings you something. Walking something up to the counter you’re standing at should not justify tipped wages.
Sometimes you need to burn some clock before getting the TD. I understand what you’re getting at with your analogy, but felt like being slightly ornery for my own amusement. 😏
As much as I abhor everything about DeSantis and FL politics in general, I have a hard time believing this is a surprise to people that are active voters, or otherwise are paying even the smallest bit of attention to their surroundings. I was informed this would happen when I went to vote in 2022. I’ve received two different notices in the mail to re-apply for vote by mail (which I actually prefer not to do). I’ve gotten text messages about it from interest groups within the state. It’s been mentioned on the news. It was mentioned by other neighbors on nextdoor. I got an email from the Seminole County Democratic Party about it. Short of coming and ringing my doorbell, or sending a raven with a message to my house… they’ve done everything they can to let people know they need to re-register for vote by mail if they prefer to do voting by mail.
The amendment to the defense authorization bill would forbid service members from contacting the Military Religious Freedom Foundation or its leadership.
Investigators from the House Ethics Committee have begun reaching out to witnesses as part of a recently revived investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, focused on allegations that he may have engaged in sexual misconduct, illicit drug use or other misconduct.
They need to ask Joel Greenberg and Jason Brodeur what they know about it too. Pretty sure they both had a part in laundering the money he used for that through Seminole county elections.
Americans learned Wednesday morning the rate of inflation nationally has dropped dramatically, to just 3% annually, down from over 9% one year ago.But not in Florida, which MarketWatch reports “has the highest inflation in the U.S.”For much of the year, even before his presidential campaign official...
I like to tell everyone outside of FL about my insurance cost increases. When I purchased my home in 2017, $990 was the price tag for very good insurance on my home. Today, my insurance is $4200, and it also had a “roof exclusion,” until I recently replaced the roof to the tune of $10k.
I really want to get out of here but I am not sure where I would want to go. I always just assumed that one day my career would force me to move. Well, most of the good positions within my career field are fully remote now, so I don’t expect that I’ll ever be forced to move somewhere either.
Are the same petty mods running this show? If so, please ban me immediately. I don’t see how you can reconcile claiming to fight labor exploitation while at the same time giving away your labor for free to a billion dollar company.
Ha! He's probably going to write off the Visa giftcards as an operational expense on his taxes too. However... maybe it's also worth $1 to me to get anyone else from the GOP involved that isn't Trump or DeSantis. This is my first time hearing of this guy, that's kinda unique for the GOP. Usually their mantra is something more similar to "loud and crazy to the front!" Do they have anyone left?
The Supreme Court justice’s rich friends at the Horatio Alger Association have showered him with benefits, including lavish vacations and funds for a fawning documentary about his life
At this point, the DOJ can investigate, find evidence for 1,000 separate instances of Thomas taking bribes from Russia, and he’ll still be sitting on the bench unless the GQP decides that the laws of the land are more important than their team. Don’t hold your breath.
Hello everyone! If you have not yet seen it, @ernest has handed over moderation to @Drusas @Entropywins @ Frog-Brawler (the tag system consistently messes up the link to FB's username lol) and myself here in !politics....
I meant to reply yesterday but I got distracted. I have a pretty large bias against nazis / white supremacists and fascists. Unfortunately, on the fediverse, we're not going to be able to "out now!" them at the door, simply because we're not going to be able to tell if they're sitting behind their keyboard (or phone) wearing a vest with iron crosses, nor will we be able to tell if they have either red or white laces in their Doc Martens.
I think that posting content (or in support of content) that falls into the categories you mentioned should equate to getting the boot though.
Florida Democrats ended their annual summer fundraising dinner with a drag show, a move designed to highlight what the party said is intolerance by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans.
The electric car bill, SB 284, sponsored by Sen. Jason Brodeur, R-Lake Mary, would have required all state and local governments, colleges and universities to buy vehicles based on their lowest lif…
Coincidentally, Brodeur is a piece of shit in his own right. He’s the scum bag that had a ghost “independent” candidate sending out mailers to split likely democratic voters. Just google “Brodeur ghost candidate.” He’s tied into Joel Greenberg and all of the other insane corruption happening in FL.
President Biden said he won’t expand the Supreme Court because doing so would “politicize” the court in an unhealthy way. But it’s a political institution by its nature — and a disturbingly undemocratic one.
I’d bet $1 on Trump winning the next election and then expanding the court. Just think about whatever the worst likely scenario is; that’s also the most probable. The Republicants have spent 30 years de-educating and numbing America.
Stephanie Grisham, former Trump White House Press Secretary and Communications Director, joins Alex Witt to discuss new reports that Trump's 2024 campaign aide Susie Wiles has been identified as the key witness in classified docs indictment and why the former president's lack of respect for classified information is so...
Court Finds that Texas Law Requiring the Rejection of Mail Ballots and Applications Violates the Civil Rights Act ( www.justice.gov )
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled yesterday that portions of Texas Senate Bill 1, adopted in September 2021, violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The court found that parts of S.B. 1 require officials to reject mail-in ballot applications and mail-in ballots based on errors or omissions that are...
Do you use a credit card? Why or why not?
I know this might just reflect financial culture differences across countries, but let’s give it a try...
[News] Trump says he will skip GOP presidential primary debates ( apnews.com )
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that he will be skipping Wednesday’s first Republican presidential primary debate — and others as well....
[News] Voters in Ohio reject GOP-backed proposal that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights ( apnews.com )
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters on Tuesday resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution, setting up a fall campaign that will become the nation’s latest referendum on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nationwide...
Judge orders Trump response to DOJ request for protective order in 2020 election case ( thehill.com )
GOP senators rattled by radical conservative populism ( thehill.com )
Republican senators say they’re worried that conservative populism, though always a part of the GOP, is beginning to take over the party, becoming more radical and threatening to cause them signifi…
Base Air Show Featuring Scantily Clad Models Raises Questions About Justification for Drag Show Ban ( www.military.com )
At Joint Base Lewis-McChord's air show just outside of Tacoma, Washington, this past weekend, onlookers and families saw tactical military jets, high-performance sports cars and risqué models dancing on stage in skintight red, white and blue bikinis, part of what organizers described as a "way to thank the Puget Sound...
New housing development in Gastonia requires ‘patriots’ to fly American flag ( www.wfae.org )
The 1776 Gastonia housing development promises to blend patriotism and freedom, honoring the ideals that built this country. Developer Brock Fankhauser calls it a movement. Specifically, 1776 Gastonia is a planned community for people — or rather, "patriots" — 55 and up.
GOP lawmakers predict ‘fistfight’ between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert ( www.independent.co.uk )
Tension between the two congresswomen has been rising in recent weeks
Trump Really Let His Freak Flag Fly at the Turning Point USA Conference ( www.esquire.com )
It was a pure statement of fascist ambition.
Boebert’s Democratic challenger raises three times more than her ( thehill.com )
Adam Frisch, the Democrat who came close to beating Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) in last year’s midterms, raised three times more than the incumbent in second-quarter fundraising as he seeks a 2024 rematch.
Why Isn't Clarence Thomas Facing Impeachment Hearings? ( www.theroot.com )
The disgraceful Supreme Court justice should be held accountable for his actions but probably won't.
Democratic senator: GOP will ‘100 percent’ pass national abortion ban with control of Congress ( thehill.com )
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy (Conn.) on Monday warned about “the stakes” of the 2024 election, arguing Republicans will push to approve a national abortion ban if they win Congress next…
Got tipping rage? This barista reveals what it's like to be behind the tip screen ( www.npr.org )
Excerpt from the article:...
Hundreds of thousands of vote-by-mail requests erased from Florida's system ( nbc-2.com )
Most everything has an expiration date, but one thing you may not have expected to expire was your vote-by-mail ballot.
Ban on troops communicating with religious freedom group clears House ( www.armytimes.com )
The amendment to the defense authorization bill would forbid service members from contacting the Military Religious Freedom Foundation or its leadership.
House Ethics Committee reaching out to witnesses in revived Matt Gaetz probe ( www.cnn.com )
Investigators from the House Ethics Committee have begun reaching out to witnesses as part of a recently revived investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, focused on allegations that he may have engaged in sexual misconduct, illicit drug use or other misconduct.
Inflation is plummeting across America except in Ron DeSantis’ Florida ( www.alternet.org )
Americans learned Wednesday morning the rate of inflation nationally has dropped dramatically, to just 3% annually, down from over 9% one year ago.But not in Florida, which MarketWatch reports “has the highest inflation in the U.S.”For much of the year, even before his presidential campaign official...
I got banned from the Reddit sub for asking about union related materials for distribution.
Are the same petty mods running this show? If so, please ban me immediately. I don’t see how you can reconcile claiming to fight labor exploitation while at the same time giving away your labor for free to a billion dollar company.
Doug Burgum is offering $20 to people donating $1 to his presidential campaign. Is that legal? ( www.npr.org )
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Investigation Uncovers More of Clarence Thomas’ Undisclosed Freebies from Wealthy Pals ( www.rollingstone.com )
The Supreme Court justice’s rich friends at the Horatio Alger Association have showered him with benefits, including lavish vacations and funds for a fawning documentary about his life
Speak up now: What should our community guidelines be? ( kbin.social )
Hello everyone! If you have not yet seen it, @ernest has handed over moderation to @Drusas @Entropywins @ Frog-Brawler (the tag system consistently messes up the link to FB's username lol) and myself here in !politics....
In jab at DeSantis, Florida Democrats cap fundraising dinner with raucous drag show ( www.sun-sentinel.com )
Florida Democrats ended their annual summer fundraising dinner with a drag show, a move designed to highlight what the party said is intolerance by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans.
‘This is a death sentence for me’: Florida Republican women say they will switch parties after DeSantis approves alimony law ( www.orlandoweekly.com )
'My fears are that they can take you back to court, and I don’t have the money for an attorney.'
Trump says he'd bring back "travel ban" that's "even bigger than before" ( www.cbsnews.com )
"We don't want people blowing up our cities and we don't want people stealing our farms," the former president said.
Has anyone stepped up to take over moderation of this magazine? ( kbin.social )
I cannot personally dedicate the time to moderation, but I do want to be active in this magazine....
kbin should correct its "+18" label to be "18+" ( kbin.social )
The first few times I saw "+18", I didn't even know what it meant because it was backwards and the threads weren't particularly NSFW.
DeSantis’ veto of electric cars bill cost taxpayers $277 million, critics say ( www.orlandosentinel.com )
The electric car bill, SB 284, sponsored by Sen. Jason Brodeur, R-Lake Mary, would have required all state and local governments, colleges and universities to buy vehicles based on their lowest lif…
The cringiest presidential campaign ad video you will ever see, courtesy of Ron DeSantis ( twitter.com )
Few days old so you may have already seen it but what the fuck is this lmfao
Biden Is Wrong. The Supreme Court Is Already “Politicized.” ( jacobin.com )
President Biden said he won’t expand the Supreme Court because doing so would “politicize” the court in an unhealthy way. But it’s a political institution by its nature — and a disturbingly undemocratic one.
Fmr. Trump Press Secretary: I watched him show documents to people at Mar-a-Lago ( www.msnbc.com )
Stephanie Grisham, former Trump White House Press Secretary and Communications Director, joins Alex Witt to discuss new reports that Trump's 2024 campaign aide Susie Wiles has been identified as the key witness in classified docs indictment and why the former president's lack of respect for classified information is so...