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You Don’t Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, US Court Rules (www.motherjones.com)

submitted 11 hours ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 points 28 minutes ago

That whole "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" thing should apply here, I think, but even the founders didn't really believe in that bullshit, given the fact that Washington immediately turned the US military on a bunch of farmers when they objected to regressive taxes by the supposedly anti-tax founders after the war.

[–] stumu415@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 hours ago

It's not a crisis now and every single member of the current US regime are lying their tits off.

[–] savvie@lemmy.zip 21 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Water? Who needs water to live???

(/s)

[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 17 points 11 hours ago

AI data centers!

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 9 points 10 hours ago

Do not, my friends, become addicted to water. It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence!

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 15 points 10 hours ago

I don't think politicians need oxygen to live.

[–] MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

Water, like from the toilet?