Billiam
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Billiam@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander handcuffed by ICE
72·1 年前So that’s what it looks like when Gemini hallucinates!
Billiam@lemmy.worldto
United States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump cancels landmark Columbia River agreement with tribes, WA, OR
121·1 年前Most of the problems caused by Trump are for this exact reason.
Congress is too paralyzed to be effective anymore. The GOP is fully on Gingrich’s “never compromise with the Dems for any reason, and hold the government hostage until you get your way” corruption while the Dems are the party of “we’re beholden to the same corporate money as the GOP but at least the GOP doesn’t have to pretend to not be”.
Also, our eternally-increasing election cycles means that if you’re a Rep, you get maybe one full year to legislate before having to worry about the optics for your re-election.
Add in procedural bullshit like the Hastert Rule and the filibuster and the result is a government that only functions via executive order or when one party controls all the branches (and maybe not even then, depending on how extreme your caucus is or how bought your Senators are).
Billiam@lemmy.worldto
Atheism@lemmy.world•Millennials are abandoning organized religion. A new study provides insight into whyEnglish
6·1 年前When you’re actively trying to bring about the end of the world, there’s no more apt description.
Billiam@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•'Grounds for expulsion': GOP senator accused of 'mocking' the murder of two Dems
1·1 年前The actual definitions of words mean nothing to them.
Insert Sartre quote about arguing with antisemites here.
Billiam@lemmy.worldto
News@lemmy.world•Republicans Prepare Bill Declaring “Free Palestine” Is Antisemitic
111·1 年前And this isn’t even a law, it’s a resolution.
That’s literally the least thing Congress can do, after just walking into the building.
Billiam@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong AmountEnglish
651·1 年前In much the same way that Confederate memorabilia is collectable.
As in, “You should avoid anyone who collects this shit. They’re probably a white nationalist.”
Billiam@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•'Grounds for expulsion': GOP senator accused of 'mocking' the murder of two Dems
33·1 年前When you don’t know the actual definition of words, you can use them to mean anything.
Kinda like how they don’t know what Marxist, Leninist, socialist, globalist, woke, trans, leftist, liberal, or DEI actually mean, so the right just uses them all interchangeably to mean “things I don’t like or that scare me”.
Billiam@lemmy.worldto
Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca•TIL No Kings Protests were the 3rd Largest in US History
471·1 年前Because most Americans have knee-jerk reactions to labels as opposed to policies. Like how everyone supports all the protections Obamacare provides, but how they all want to get rid of Obamacare.
Billiam@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Millions across US turn out for ‘No Kings’ protests against Donald Trump
61·1 年前Contrast this with NYT, USA Today, or WaPo, who are downplaying it with headlines that say “thousands” or “tens of thousands” protesting.
Billiam@lemmy.worldto
News@lemmy.world•2 Minnesota lawmakers shot in 'targeted' incident: Officials
152·1 年前And we haven’t heard much from them in a minute.
I think you walked right into the point and missed it.
Why haven’t we heard about the Oathkeepers, the 3 Percenters, or the Proud Boys lately?
Because Trump put them in uniforms.
Billiam@lemmy.worldto
News@lemmy.world•2 Minnesota lawmakers shot in 'targeted' incident: Officials
19·1 年前In 2025, the chuds are in uniform now.
Billiam@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•We went from LEARN TO CODE to NO ONE LEARN TO CODE GET A CONSTRUCTION JOB in about a 3 year span.
143·1 年前Nah, it’s just changed from
Learn to code
to
Learn to AI prompt engineer, bro!
Billiam@lemmy.worldto
United States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump administration can keep control of California National Guard troops for now, appeals court rules
17·1 年前Essentially, yes.
The source provided by OP is lacking in details but here’s one with more.
When an appeal is filed at the Circuit Court level, it’s first heard by a panel of judges. The judges are supposed to be a random selection of three from the circuit (I don’t know if it’s ever more or less; I’ve only ever heard it as three. Someone more law-talky feel free to correct me).
In this case, the three-judge panel (consisting of two Trump appointees 🙄) granted the feds an emergency stay- meaning nothing can be done to stop the feds until the case has been heard, which they’ve set on the docket for Tuesday.
There are various reasons for an emergency stay but usually the reasoning goes like this: the panel believes that the defendant (eg, the feds) will suffer some sort of harm (in the legal sense, not necessarily the physical sense) if they allow the plaintiff (California) to get what they want. Also, they believe that the defendant is likely to succeed on the merits of their arguments. So if the defendant is likely to win their case and they would suffer legal harm if the courts allowed the plaintiff to stop them while the case was being decided, then the correct course of action is to maintain the status quo until the official ruling.
After that, the next step is to request an en banc hearing, which is where the entire circuit court hears the case. They could either affirm the panel’s decision or reverse it, and either way it’s likely this case would then be appealed to SCOTUS.
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News@lemmy.world•House votes to claw back $1.1 billion from public media
21·1 年前House votes on “takesies-backsies” cause Dear Leader told them to find him more ICE money.
Billiam@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Hegseth says the Pentagon has contingency plans to invade Greenland if necessary
13·1 年前“Contingent” on what, Kegsbreath?
Greenland making fun of Trump?
Denmark still refusing to “sell” it?
Trumpy needing yet another distraction from some stupid shit he’s doing he wants to hide?
You getting cranky from the DTs?
Billiam@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Trump Voter Gets Choked Up After ICE Detains a Third of His Staff
14·1 年前They’ve been given the go-ahead to go full mask-off racist:

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politics @lemmy.world•Trump Voter Gets Choked Up After ICE Detains a Third of His Staff
23·1 年前“This thing Trump said he was going to do isn’t what I voted for!”
Sadly, Mar-a-Lardo is on the Atlantic side. Does it matter which body of water he’s disposed in?



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