They only care about owning the libs now, it’s about winning and being right, not about doing what’s best for the country. Nobody gives a fuck about the country anymore it’s just something they use as a bargaining chip here and there.
The United States’ poverty rate experienced its largest one-year jump on record last year, with the rate among children more than doubling from 2021’s historic low of 5.2 percent to 12.4 percent according to new numbers from the US Census Bureau out today. They’re the latest data to reflect the devastating effects...
You do realize using the word bourgeois instantly lets people know that you aren’t to be listened to, right? I’m going to call it a cat whistle because it’s the opposite of a dog whistle.
Can we fucking defederate from hexbear already? I’m so tired of these tween shitheads having the worst informed hot takes and trolling. Generally, I don’t mind a good trolling, I can appreciate the humor of it, but these guys don’t have any. They’re just fucking Edge Lords for the sake of it. Be gone
Your feeble attempts to take a stab at the motivation behind my comment has failed you miserably sorry. My concern is the users are severely degrading the overall content quality every time they show up. It’s not that I care about their descending opinions, it’s the fact that their childish and don’t have good arguments and act like absolute cunts everywhere they go. I don’t give a fuck what anybody believes, but don’t be a fucking idiot about it.
Tbh my comments seem to be showing up in the wrong areas and idk if it’s a lemmy issue or an app issue but it’s happened in a few spots today. I’ll delete the comment contents because at this point idk where it was supposed to be.
Ever since the linked clip was posted, when this time of year comes round I think about the people in that video and the sound of all of those PASS devices going off....
I dropped out of college and eventually wound up with a job that pays as good as the job I was previously going to college for, with room to suceed more still.
The Biden administration took steps to set aside millions of acres of undeveloped land and vital habitat for migratory birds, grizzly and polar bears, and caribou in the Arctic on Wednesday, announcing plans to prevent drilling in some areas and cancel all remaining oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — a...
The Environmental Protection Agency removed federal protections for a majority of the country’s wetlands on Tuesday to comply with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling....
Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore ® said on Tuesday a civil war might break out when former President Donald Trump goes to trial for his efforts to overturn the state’s presidential election results in 2020....
Red states are suffering brain drain, and not just in Idaho. Doctors are packing up and leaving states like Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia, and more....
According to Vox, the judge who listened to Meadows’ argument on Monday “appeared skeptical.” There are many problems with the case, but part of the gist is that White House employees are prohibited by law from attempting to influence the outcome of elections, and Meadows can be shown to have known that. As such, one of...
I was just following orders how would I have been expected to understand the implications
It’s funny how these people are all complete and absolute morons whenever “common sense” is the baseline denominator to hold them against… these people do not represent us if they don’t understand the scope of thier positions.
So which is it? Either you know full well what you did, or: you shouldn’t have been in the office in the first place? Both are issues.
Comcast and other ISPs objected to a requirement that ISPs “list all recurring monthly fees” including “all charges that providers impose at their discretion, i.e., charges not mandated by a government.” They complained that the rule will force them “to display the pass-through of fees imposed by federal, state, or...
I’ve never bothered to check out the King5 website before now and let me tell you, I wont be back. Shit website giving me popups even with ublock and adblock. Guess i don’t need to read it.
Here’s a video of the troll being built, to counteract my saltiness about the shitty website:
Here’s the scary thing that ensures this rhetoric will only escalate: By labeling his multiple indictments “election interference” (the very crime of which he is charged by both federal and state prosecutors), Trump has now made his “rigged election” claim for 2024 well over a year in advance. If and when he loses the...
Five House Democrats led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York wrote to the US attorney general, Merrick Garland, to demand a federal investigation of the conservative supreme court justice Clarence Thomas, over his acceptance of undeclared gifts from billionaire rightwing donors....
They can request a hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee or the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss the matter, or they can attempt to introduce new legislation which creates an independent committee to investigate.
Argentina’s leading presidential candidate Javier Milei pledged to close the nation’s central bank while saying he would make every effort to avoid a default on the country’s sovereign debt if he wins the October vote.
There’s a billion quizzes online that say they can help you choose your first pet, and my 45 minutes of googling before posting this did turn up a single blog that suggested that owners of a class of pet share certain personality traits and lifestyles (although they frustratingly seemed to forget that people own things like...
Economic analyst Steven Rattner on Monday shared a pie chart showing that all but 1% of the $3 billion in investments in former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner’s private equity firm Affinity Partners came from foreign sources after he “spent much of his White House tenure cozying up” to Saudi Arabia and...
Alternatively: file that fucker down then hit it with some sandpaper then a scouting pad, and worry less overall about it. Nail files would be fine even, just clean them with a hard bristled brush after. That metal should be pretty soft.
The Trump administration touted him as a victim of #MeToo. Now he’s accused of dismembering a girlfriend ( www.sfchronicle.com )
archive...
[Opinion] An out-of-control GOP is the party of nonstop national crisis - ( thehill.com )
Stop me if you’ve heard this one, but congressional Republicans are once again careening toward internal crisis and a damaging government shutdown....
Child poverty in the United States just more than doubled. You can thank Joe Manchin. ( www.motherjones.com )
The United States’ poverty rate experienced its largest one-year jump on record last year, with the rate among children more than doubling from 2021’s historic low of 5.2 percent to 12.4 percent according to new numbers from the US Census Bureau out today. They’re the latest data to reflect the devastating effects...
[ARCHIVAL VIDEO] Cameraman caught in aftermath of Twin Towers collapse on 9/11 ( www.youtube.com )
Ever since the linked clip was posted, when this time of year comes round I think about the people in that video and the sound of all of those PASS devices going off....
Americans Are Losing Faith in the Value of College. Whose Fault Is That? ( www.nytimes.com )
Non-paywalled link...
Biden bars oil drilling across a wide swath of Alaska's Arctic ( grist.org )
The Biden administration took steps to set aside millions of acres of undeveloped land and vital habitat for migratory birds, grizzly and polar bears, and caribou in the Arctic on Wednesday, announcing plans to prevent drilling in some areas and cancel all remaining oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — a...
Life
You work, you feed.
The EPA removes federal protections for most of the country's wetlands to comply with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. ( www.npr.org )
The Environmental Protection Agency removed federal protections for a majority of the country’s wetlands on Tuesday to comply with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling....
Sitting Georgia State Senator Nods At Violence In Response To Trump Fulton County Charges ( talkingpointsmemo.com )
Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore ® said on Tuesday a civil war might break out when former President Donald Trump goes to trial for his efforts to overturn the state’s presidential election results in 2020....
The lights are flickering in Red America ( onlysky.media )
Red states are suffering brain drain, and not just in Idaho. Doctors are packing up and leaving states like Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia, and more....
Trump Defenses of Georgia Phone Call Are Strong Arguments Against Trump 2024 Campaign ( slate.com )
According to Vox, the judge who listened to Meadows’ argument on Monday “appeared skeptical.” There are many problems with the case, but part of the gist is that White House employees are prohibited by law from attempting to influence the outcome of elections, and Meadows can be shown to have known that. As such, one of...
FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard ( arstechnica.com )
Comcast and other ISPs objected to a requirement that ISPs “list all recurring monthly fees” including “all charges that providers impose at their discretion, i.e., charges not mandated by a government.” They complained that the rule will force them “to display the pass-through of fees imposed by federal, state, or...
'Devastating' death of Seattle woman stabbed over 100 times highlights domestic violence statistics ( www.king5.com )
Palin’s Civil War Threat a Sign of Very Bad Things to Come ( nymag.com )
Here’s the scary thing that ensures this rhetoric will only escalate: By labeling his multiple indictments “election interference” (the very crime of which he is charged by both federal and state prosecutors), Trump has now made his “rigged election” claim for 2024 well over a year in advance. If and when he loses the...
AOC leads call for federal ethics investigation into Clarence Thomas ( www.theguardian.com )
Five House Democrats led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York wrote to the US attorney general, Merrick Garland, to demand a federal investigation of the conservative supreme court justice Clarence Thomas, over his acceptance of undeclared gifts from billionaire rightwing donors....
Argentina’s Milei Vows to Pay Country’s Debt While Shuttering the Central Bank ( archive.is )
Has there been any psych research about why some people prefer certain kinds of pets over others?
There’s a billion quizzes online that say they can help you choose your first pet, and my 45 minutes of googling before posting this did turn up a single blog that suggested that owners of a class of pet share certain personality traits and lifestyles (although they frustratingly seemed to forget that people own things like...
"I've never seen anything like it": Economic analyst stunned at sources of Jared Kushner's funds ( www.salon.com )
Economic analyst Steven Rattner on Monday shared a pie chart showing that all but 1% of the $3 billion in investments in former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner’s private equity firm Affinity Partners came from foreign sources after he “spent much of his White House tenure cozying up” to Saudi Arabia and...
Our tee stove is wearing slippers now. Its toenails are so sharp that it scratches the table its standing on. Not anymore, sir! ( feddit.de )