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  • ‘We lose the midterms’: Republicans worry Iran might have already cost them Congress

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  • My impression is that the Fox News propaganda works because it makes the viewers want to believe that Republicans are the good guys. It is a psychological trick, brainwashing. The lies being easy to refute is irrelevant - the viewers don't want them refuted.

    My impression is that the main tool of Fox is not the factual claims, but the feeling of tribal belonging.

  • How do we reduce toxicity on the Fediverse, and on the wider internet?

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  • People here in the fediverse seems perfectly happy to downvote factually correct arguments. Or to upvote blatantly invalid or false arguments. Just because they prefer the fake conclusion. It seems much worse than on Reddit.

    So I think part of the solution could be to somehow enforce against people arguing in bad faith. Timeouts or blocks, or whatever.

  • Melania Trump says rumours linking her to Epstein 'need to stop'

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  • Some interesting comments from https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1sh66ol/comment/ofb285t/

    Its the Michael Wolff anti-SLAPP lawsuit that was filed Tuesday, Oct 21 in NY. Nearly six months ago. lines up perfectly.

    https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/DocumentList?docketId=xa7yy7bTaeiM2Y61WePLaA%3D%3D&display=all&courtType=New+York+County+Supreme+Court&resultsPageNum=1

    Not a lawyer but looks like her lawyer played every card to delay, including avoiding being served and then moving court venues. That gets us to January.

    Her counsel would have filed a motion to dismiss. Wolff's counsel would send an opposition brief that would preview the evidence they intend to present to the court (that she met Trump through Epstein, was a prostitute, etc.) So, that might be interesting if it is attached to/ included with the court's decision. NY has anti-SLAPP statutes that mandate the court needs to rule within 60 to 90 days.

    So, court ruling is due any day now. Until they rule, discovery is frozen.

    As soon as that ruling comes down, everyone in Epstein's circle is going to get subpoena'd including Melania herself. Probably Trump, too.

    and

    Melania threatened to sue author Michael Wolff for $1 billion in October claiming he was lying about her having connections to Epstein. Wolff counter sued her because she was trying to get him to shut up with the lawsuit threat and you can't do that in the US. Melania's lawyer has been delaying the lawsuit using procedural maneuvers. Those finally ran out. Soon the judge will rule if Wolff's lawsuit can move forward. If it does, the lawsuit will enter "discovery" which is when both sides gather evidence to present in court. During discovery, the court can issue subpoenas which are legal orders that require people to testify or go through an interview answering questions that will serve as evidence in the case. Wolff's attorneys will probably force Melania, Trump, and other Epstein connected individuals to testify. They don't want testify because either they'll have to admit things they don't want coming out or they'll be caught lying in court

  • Melania Trump says she did not have relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

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  • They’re trying to rewrite history in realtime.

    I just read this from CNN:

    President Trump has also denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein and has said he cut off ties with him in the early 2000s before his criminal conduct came to light. There is no evidence of wrongdoing by either of the Trumps.

    And yet, the Epstein files includes stuff like "Unnamed victim alleges Trump raped her". Testimony is evidence. How can CNN claim there is "no evidence"?

  • Justice Department says Bondi won’t appear for Epstein deposition now that she’s no longer attorney general

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  • Republicans are "governing" as if they know a Democrat will never be in power again, to hold them accountable.

  • ‘We lose the midterms’: Republicans worry Iran might have already cost them Congress

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  • In my opinion, this level of absurdity and criminality cannot even be concealed by the massive propaganda machine at the regime’s disposal

    Trump's COVID response was a total shit show. And a million other shit shows. Trump got re-elected.

    I would like to live in a world where propaganda did not work. But the propaganda seems pretty powerful.

  • ‘We lose the midterms’: Republicans worry Iran might have already cost them Congress

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  • I think you forgot to watch your mandated daily 3 hours of Fox News. After watching that, I assure you that you will think everything is going great in the USA. Well, except for those brown people causing all the crime.

  • ‘We lose the midterms’: Republicans worry Iran might have already cost them Congress

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  • Ah yes, the classic blame Democrats for Trump. Because Trump voters don't have agency.

  • ‘We lose the midterms’: Republicans worry Iran might have already cost them Congress

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  • Trump is already trying to cheat and misuse the DoJ all he can. It is not like going easy on these criminals will save Democrats.

  • Justice Department says Bondi won’t appear for Epstein deposition now that she’s no longer attorney general

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  • Congress can find someone in contempt

    Remind me which party controls Congress?

    they can direct US Marshalls to round up anyone who tries to run off.

    The United States Marshals Service is part of the executive branch, not controlled by Congress. Remind me which party controls the executive branch?

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  • Not a joke. She has said stupider things in the past.

    Tweet is real, I looked it up.

  • Justice Department says Bondi won’t appear for Epstein deposition now that she’s no longer attorney general

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  • Capitol Police

    And remind me, which party is currently in control of Congress, to order the Capitol Police to take this unprecedented action?

  • Justice Department says Bondi won’t appear for Epstein deposition now that she’s no longer attorney general

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  • But isn't it the DoJ who would have to bring the indictment leading to the arrest?

  • Lesbians Like Me Joined Forces with Conservatives. Now They’re Turning on Us.

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  • Testing suggests Google's AI Overviews tell millions of lies per hour

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  • LLMs don’t have any intentions.

    Eh. The output from LLMs is usually pretty goal-oriented, so it arguably has intentions.

    The LLM is not designed to deceive though, so in that sense it is correct that it is not lies.

  • ‘God, you’re hot’ Tennessee school board member says to student during board meeting

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  • The member would never have said it in the first place, if the school board culture was not already like that.

  • Supreme Court paves way for dismissal of Steve Bannon contempt of Congress case

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  • if the DOJ no longer wants to prosecute the case, isn’t this just the SCOTUS saying, " OK?" which was probably a foregone conclusion after the Solicitor General told them they were abandoning the case back in Feb?

    Courts can refuse to dismiss a case, though it is rare. In https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/434/22/ lower courts had refused a dismissal, though that was overridden by the Supreme Court with the argument that dismissal

    cannot fairly be characterized as "clearly contrary to manifest public interest."

    In the case of Bannon, it seems to me that it is very much contrary to public interest to dismiss. We are in extraordinary times, and this is an extraordinarily corrupt dismissal. So if we think it was a foregone conclusion, then it is only because we know SCROTUS is corrupt, right? Not because the law said so.

  • Real programmer test

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  • In some cases, it is "code as documentation". Saves me from 1) remembering the steps 2) means I actually doing the steps correctly 3) Actually remembering to do the 10 minute task when I need to.

    If I had not done the program, then I often would have to write down and maintain documentation elsewhere.

  • There's a (small) possibility we shouldn't have elected Trump

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  • Welcome to reality.