gAlienLifeform

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[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

CNN found corroboration for key elements of each of the women’s claims, including the former staffer who said she was sexually assaulted.

I think that part's the exclusive

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I feel like if this was just a GOP plot they would hold off until Swalwell won the primary and the Dems were stuck with him

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hasn't he taken AIPAC money?

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Not really, could be that this person just hoped this would go away and tried to forget about it but when they saw his name in the news and realized he could become governor and do what they claimed he did to someone else they felt the need to act

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Episcopals

Still, I think every schism probably had people saying "But we already have [religion]" before they went down

Whether or not there are decent evangelicals was kinda beside my point (I was just imagining historical parallels), but I agree and it's definitely worth repeating

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

there's also a bit of a difference in that voting is connected to where you live,

So just like paying taxes

Automatic voter registration that would cover 99% of eligible voters would be easy if we made that checkbox an opt out and put it on more government paperwork (e.g. tax filings, Medicaid applications, public school student registration stuff, etc.), we just lack the political will to do it

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

We're gonna get a schism and the Church of America because Trump is basically Henry VIII but somehow even more disgusting

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm kinda tempted to whip out that community meme with a "human rights violations I can stand, but I draw the line at market destabilization!", but I'm pretty sure we're imprisoning and brutalizing more Latinos and other migrants than China is Uyghurs and other marginalized communities over there at this point

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

The first step of the campaign was getting the average person to hate "politics" "the government" "Washington dc" etc., vague ideas instead of specific people and policies

Then it's easy to sell people on the basic idea that "the government is too dumb and evil to help anyone even if it tried, but it can punish your enemies pretty good"

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Would you rather they weren't concerned and talked about something else? The problem here is the god damned politicians who keep blowing off stories like this.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

demonstrators face violent crackdowns by Israeli police — while opposition lawmakers are still nowhere to be seen.

As an American that feels all too relatable

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

THE POST DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ISRAEL ITS JUST A PICTURE OF JEWS

 

OpenAI has struck a deal to acquire TBPN, a technology-focused talk show popular in Silicon Valley, making an unexpected move into broadcasting after pledging to abandon "side quests" and focus on its core business.

The ChatGPT maker had purchased the 11-person company in a "low hundreds of millions of dollars" deal, according to a person with knowledge of the terms.

Archived at https://ghostarchive.org/archive/VfGEx

 

The Senate approved a deal early Friday to reopen almost all of the Department of Homeland Security, exempting funding for immigration enforcement under ICE and Customs and Border Protection.

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Under this deal, which still needs to pass the House and be signed by President Donald Trump, Democrats don’t get the immigration enforcement changes they demanded and Republicans don’t get additional immigration enforcement funding.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20260327110500/https://www.semafor.com/article/03/27/2026/senate-agrees-deal-to-fund-most-of-dhs

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