Yeah, until something big changes, the SCOTUS is effectively theater.

TBH, this would not surprise me at all.

WHY ISN’T THAT MOTHERFUCKER WEARING A SUIT IN THE OVAL OFFICE!? How DARE he disgrace that office!?

Same. The sweep feature is great for things from online shops I haven’t unsubscribed from yet.

You kind of just highlighted the problem. Until the thing happens to them, they think it won’t. As long as that’s true, most of them are lost causes.

The fist headline I saw on this was full-on click-bait. Just said American was killed, so I think, “oh shit, things might get interesting.” Then I open and see in the first paragraph it was a Palestinian American, and immediately think “well shit, the people who matter aren’t going to care.” Honestly, I’m surprised any part of me still thought anyone who mattered might care at all.

Not to be callous, but I really have to wonder what the line is between an acceptable and unacceptable number of child deaths before someone in charge in that state actually does something. Obviously, I know the GOP playbook: the first lawmaker’s kid who dies and suddenly it will be “important,” but assuming that doesn’t happen, what’s the number?

I think we’re all aware that the threat of jail time doesn’t really need a legal reason with this administration. Seriously, people are just going to be disappeared to El Salvador.

So the argument is ICE can send people there, but we have no authority to retrieve people!? This is getting into crimes against humanity areas.

Another IT person here. Same answer as was already stated. I self-host the stuff I have to meet my requirements. I don’t need a Lemmy instance. If world goes away, I’ll set up somewhere else and continue with my life.

So 9-5, and often way more than that, is spent computering for money. Free time needs to have as little “have to do” computering as possible.

Before deleting most of my Reddit stuff, I had a good conversation with a conservative about climate change. They pulled out all the standard right wing talking points, and I tried to remain respectful as I provided sources that refuted every one. One they threw out that I hadn’t heard of at the time was “global wobbling,” which I had to look up. 10- minutes later, I responded, with sources, saying that it was yet another thing the right throws out to confuse the issue for voters, but something climate scientists are well aware of and can measure and predict. At that point, they thanked me for all the info and said they had some reading to do. That’s the best I’ve ever gotten. Don’t know if they changed their view, though.

Unless you believe [insert anny manosphere influencer here] about anything.

Right!? At this point it would be news for one of his exes to come out saying he was a “perfect gentleman,” and that her parents loved him.

The follow-on effect to all the headlines of what’s being cut is going to decimate some pretty important corners of the US economy. We’re all watching a country die here.

I can’t think of a more “American” thing than enlisting immigrants to make your fledgling country “great,” only to turn around and villainize them in an effort to make it great “again.”

I bounce between Voyager and Arctic. On iOS. Voyager on Android.

Thought I spelled it out pretty clearly: tariffs on the entirety of the US instead of just “red states.”

I’m actually not OK with this, TBH. First, it very much better than bending the knee, but if they’re going to impose tariffs, they need to be on the country. Plenty of democrats in those red states and plenty of republicans in blue states either will or won’t “get what they voted for.” In the end, we all should pay for this travesty.

worked on Trump’s pandemic response

Seems like she might be good at keeping shit off of her. That, or she’s failing upwards. I guess we’ll find out!

Completely true. Here’s a guy who’s currently bashing the North American trade agreement that was signed under his own first administration. Simply can’t be trusted to sign a car rental contract, let alone an international agreement.