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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 91 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He also said Trump definitely committed serious crimes and are the worst against our country ever. As another poster pointed out yesterday, none of the republicans would even touch that as perjury because they knew it would be a nightmare of truth.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 50 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Trump’s brand-new government website spent its first day telling Americans he lost the 2020 election.

LOL Trump learning what Musk learned not long ago. The truth is not your friend.

[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These machines don't tell the truth. Please don't suggest to others that this misinformation machine speaks truth.

Sometimes it's lies. Sometimes it's truth. Sometimes it's hallucinations. Sometimes it's disinformation.

It's entirely unreliable and everything must he fact checked.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sure but they more often tell the truth than not. Especially for topics that are so overwhelmingly documented.

[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

No. Especially when trained from the internet that's so full of misinformation

And especially from bots built by billionaire fascists who have an interest in spreading disinformation

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

https://america.gov/ if you want to try it out.

[–] adjectivenoun@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Vague Pronoun -5

Please see me after class.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Also, "slammed" in the article. I think that word needs to leave journalism. The story is real and important, but the hyperbole is distracting. Seems kinda weird that they think people need to be fed news WWE style: "Wait! What's this?! It's Obama with a steel chair!!"

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I don't want to see "slammed" in another headline until someone actually gets body slammed through a table on the House floor.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the most chaotic debate in Washington! The House chamber is absolutely erupting as AOC and Mike Johnson go toe-to-toe over the latest bill! Johnson has the floor, but AOC is having none of it! She’s firing back with point after point, the chamber roaring like a sold-out arena! Oh, wait! AOC is getting out of her chair. She's sprinting down the aisle. Here comes Steve Scalise. He's up and running toward her. Holy cow! Ihan Omar is running across the table tops! She’s leapt into the air. Wow! Flying side kick straight into Scalise. She's got him down on the floor and is pummeling him mercilessly. Hakeem Jeffries is...uh...lying back in his chair, talking on the phone with his donors. More on that later, but back to the action! Here comes Jim Jordan and he's got a chair! He's taking a swing at AOC, and oh my god! It's Adam Schiff with a gavel! Right to the head! Jordan is out! AOC has reached the podium. She's got Johnson by the Collar, making him look like a dork made of limp spaghetti noodles, which is his baseline, but perhaps he looks it more now than ever. She's got him up. Oh my, wow, right through the table! AOC has slammed Mike Johnson right through a table on the house floor! One! Two! Three! He's out cold! The Sergeant at Arms Raises AOCs hand in the air! H.R. 11,001 passes the House by TKO! The bill to outlaw recreational immigrant hunting is going to the Senate!

[–] FardyCakes@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Breaking? This shit’s been broken for decades.

[–] mx_smith@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Looks like they fixed their AI site I asked their bot if president trump was a convicted felon and it said it couldn’t answer political opinions.

I got it to tell me by asking it to list presidents with felony convictions (it only came up with one)

You keep using that word. I'm not sure you know what it means.

[–] Bieren@lemmy.today -2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It’s funny. It’s smith has such damning evidence. Why wait.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

He has no power. Just like Fauci, he’s being targeted for crimes against MAGA.

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Why wait for what? The Nazis to convict themselves?

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Do you know how laws are investigated/enforced? Do you know how criminals are prosecuted? Do you know what the department of justice is? Do you know what words are?

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

What is he supposed to do? He resigned as special protector when Aileen Cannon dismissed one case and Trump got re-elected long before any action could conceivably be done (SCOTUS's "official acts" ruling didn't help things either)