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Kind of an empty news story when DOJ is simultaneously fighting over half the states in court to even get this data in the first place and likely to lose that fight, but I'm not surprised CBS is pretending this is a done deal to scare people away from voting

Yeah, I mean on the one hand I think what Dems were theoretically asking for here was stupid (more regulations on ICE in exchange for more funding for ICE when they have already been flagrantly violating laws left and right), so in terms of actual policy coming out of this I think this is the second best outcome we could have gotten (best would have been keeping DHS shut down until Trump was impeached and removed and ICE was totally defunded or until midterms and reassessing from there).

But on the other, the fact that Dems didn't get the stupid thing they were asking for is a pretty hollow victory to campaign on for anyone paying close attention, and (assuming the House and Trump sign off on this) now we can't point to the TSA and FEMA and etc. agencies being unable to function under this administration as further evidence they need to be removed from power as quickly as possible, which is really the only logically defensible position anyone can take.

Wasted millions on cop overtime so they could arrest a bunch of protesters and not do a goddamn thing to protect cities' residences from ICE brutality

I would say "Now watch as these cities move their money around and defund actual useful public services to keep their police departments over-funded," but we probably won't get a deep dive investigation on those things like we did with this

according to some people on this platform now

But your point is well taken

total shithole

Hard to ironically quote Trump without picking up his pernicious tendencies. Like, blaming victims to distract from the real root of problems (the US government and all of its agents who did this).

What's the difference between Chuck Norris and Chuck Norris jokes? The jokes keep getting older.

The real takeaway here is that the war isn't doing anything to stop Iran's violent repression

It's not relevant until it is. Self described democracies that are unable to respond to popular sentiment get unstable.

Exactly. It's anecdotal but most people I have met in my American life are quietly good people. Their biggest problem is finding the courage to speak up when a loud jerk is doing their thing.

I know there are some members of this community who are at least as surprised that anybody living in Arkansas has a moral compass

Agreed with a lot of this, but

Yes, AI will probably not be used to replace plumbers, car mechanics, carpenters, etc.

Lots of those people did get replaced already by technology, it was just called industrialization and assembly lines. What's left now is artisan wood working and emergency repair work for plumbers and mechanics, and you can't employ all of America's blue collar workers with luxury stuff and emergencies.

Another thing that doesn't get mentioned here - if AI and self driving cars work out like they want them to, goodbye delivery work and long haul trucking, which actually is a ton of blue collar jobs. Also, self checkout machines and chatbots are eating customer service jobs that less educated workers might otherwise be doing.

The biggest portion of blue collar jobs that will be tough to automate will be everything associated with construction just because they're moving to different sites and jobs faster than it would take to get bots well trained to do that work, but if unemployment jumps and new home sales even look like they might slow down those jobs disappear fast.

My point is - if technology and labor rights get to the point the office workers are starting to feel the bite, guaranteed blue collar workers are all teeth marks by that point. Not that I would expect a CEO to talk honestly about that.