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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 18 minutes ago* (last edited 16 minutes ago) (1 children)
 

locals started to mockingly refer to the 149-year-old institution as “PhArt,” instead of its suggested nickname, “PhAM.”

 

Trump told a group of GOP leaders gathered at the White House on Wednesday that if Republicans end the Senate filibuster, “it’ll be impossible to beat us.”

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If the filibuster is eliminated, it would benefit Americans enormously if Democrats ever hold power again

 

The article the lawsuit is about. Feels like a classic case of a company trying to keep people from saying bad-but-true things about them

 

Republicans asked a federal court to block newly approved maps in California that were designed to flip as many as five House seats for Democrats.

 

Republicans asked a federal court to block newly approved maps in California that were designed to flip as many as five House seats for Democrats.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Civil rights law covers district maps. If they want to invalidate it, they can pretend it discriminates against whites.

Edit: Republicans are now claiming exactly that in court

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

He thinks that courts won't have the support of police to enforce it, or that the Supreme Court will simply refuse to uphold any kind of sanction.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of people are fairly conservative. Cuomo represented that, even with his history.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 21 hours ago

Yeah, it lends a lot of credence to the early marine ice-cliff instability work

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

Archived copies of the article:

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

Yes. You can:

  • identify ICE/CBP
  • alert the rest of the team
  • blow a whistle to alert those nearby
  • ask to see warrants
  • film what is going on for accountability
[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Get trained by a local response team. You can't directly interfere, but by enabling people to exercise their legal rights, you can prevent a significant fraction of snatch and grabs and significantly slow ICE & CBP.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Depends on what temperature we stop at — 2°C keeps most of the ice. Higher temperatures won't

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The less far right types used to embrace him in private. That they're now doing it openly representa a big change in the kinds of policy they're willing to implement.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 144 points 2 days ago (16 children)

Per the article:

unnecessarily shot in the back of his right shoulder where a bullet remains lodged

He is still alive

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