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    Has anyone checked on the NRA recently? They seem to have been pretty quiet since the tyrannical government that they've been warning us about for decades came to pass. I wonder if they're ok?

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  • The TLDR version is that the old leadership was corrupted and misappropriating funds for personal uses. There were several lawsuits and the old leadership has been mostly ousted. The new leadership are trying to reform the organization to prevent abuse of the prior administration from returning.

    They are still around at a reduced role. Other groups have popped up like GOA (Gun owners of America) and FPC (Firearms Policy Coalition).

  • Gillibrand Announces Legislation To Ban Distribution Of Blueprints For 3D Printed Firearms And Curb Epidemic Of “Ghost Guns” - Kirsten Gillibrand | U.S. Senator for New York

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  • This happens all the time. The party out of the majority proposes moon-shot legislation knowing that it won't pass. Because they get to go home and complain about the bad (insert party name here)s who blocked the, probably unconstitutional, bill that they proposed. Then beg for donations so they can get a seat on an important committee.

  • Can you recommend history podcasts (or similar)?

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  • Michael Troy has the uncreatively name American Revolution Podcast which is basically a full episode per event/battle between the French Indian War beyond the signing of the Constitution. Leans more history than entertainment but there's some deadpan humor in there.

  • How high are chicken meat prices in the us?

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  • Whole Young Chicken: $1.69 / lb

    Chicken breast: $2.99 / lb

  • Why can't California and New York make their own medicare for all?

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  • They can. The issue is people want everything to be federal and ignore their own state. Most Americans can't even tell you what the first article of their own state's constitution is about. Or their own state house rep.

  • Why can't California and New York make their own medicare for all?

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  • The elderly population has greater healthcare spending per cap than the 20-30 year old population. Getting old sucks.

  • Why can't California and New York make their own medicare for all?

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  • The conservatives justices (if you buy into the whole conservative/liberal justices thing) would 100% be eager to up hold a state healthcare law if it meant getting to strike down Wickard v. Filburn and allocating more power to the states.

    But thanks for being at least one person in this thread who appreciates that Medicare and Medicaid are not synonyms.

  • TIL we can legally buy safe tritium vials as keychains

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  • Since when is it illegal to sell tritium in the US? Gun companies selling tritium glow in the dark sights all the time.

  • Non-americans, in what ways is your country better than america?

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  • Assuming you're from Canada based on the .CA and says provinces (vs oblasts, cantons, or some other regional division), I would point at the interprovincial trade barriers.

  • At the time of its founding, the United States was a timocracy.

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  • Makes a sense in a pre-industrial pre-citizenship world. The broad idea is that you establish that the people voting on things are members of the community to be impacted. That way you don't have transient people impacting the outcomes of elections.

  • Non-americans, in what ways is your country better than america?

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  • You realize that between the states the US has all of those?

  • TIL that "G.I." originally referred to galvanized iron

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  • This was my understanding as well

  • If someone were to ask you for a sign you aren't an AI, what would be the first thing about you or your existence/life that you'd cite or point to?

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  • They can think what they want. Being wrong is a them problem.

  • Connecticut teen sues former school after graduating unable to read, write

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  • Yeah, her legal counsel is doing so on her behalf. It isn't like she is actually drafting the complaint herself.

    That is presuming the idea of holding one's own government accountable via the government's mechanisms isn't the shocking thing for you. The people of Connecticut have a constitutional right to a free public education. When that right is violated they have standing to file a civil lawsuit to be heard by a judge and jury.

  • Connecticut teen sues former school after graduating unable to read, write

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  • I don't doubt she will. CT's Constitution's Article 18 provides for a free public education. She seems to have been denied that here.

  • Connecticut teen sues former school after graduating unable to read, write

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  • Paragraph 1: 1) Use proper nouns more. 2) have you been to Hartford? 3) Teachers wouldn't need to teach for a test that was so simple as to not graduate an illiterate high school senior. But I agree the standard NCLB imposed was very detrimental.

    Paragraph 2: "people like you insist that local taxes should pay most of it." Go back re read what I've written. I support a ban on any funding education from municipalities. It should be ideally all done on a state level to balance accountability with equality of outcome.

    My stance is that in practice municipal property tax pays for most education. Not that that is a good thing.

    Hartford's funding is mostly subsidized by the state with the municipality paying little. That is an issue as they receive (under the current system) what is needed from the state but not what is needed from the municipality. Because Hartford is broke. This is the fault in an education system where each town pays for a part of the educational spend with municipal property taxes.

    The idea that anyone would pay taxes to support a k-12 education that doesn't even produce literacy is not manufactured outrage. It demeans the name of the state. CT doesn't come up much and it is an embarrassment when it does because of such a failure.

    Paragraph 3: Yeah I agree. The issue is that you can't spend more on public schools when you don't have more money to do so. Which creates a circular issue.

  • Connecticut teen sues former school after graduating unable to read, write

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  • I agree it isn't about probably isn't about just Aleysha to them. And it shouldn't be. The fact that it could be truly said about anyone is an indictment of the system alone.

    But I don't agree this is a wedge issue. I've never met one human being who opposes the idea of taxes paying for a k-12 education or accepts the results of such being illiteracy.

  • Connecticut teen sues former school after graduating unable to read, write

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  • You somehow manage to willfully misread or miss the entire point. Yes of course Hartford can't match the per student municipal funding of suburban Connecticut. That is why I said that the issue is the school funding is being done on the municipal level.

    Municipal property taxes paying for schools reduces the equalizing effect that state funding should have.

    Yes, New England Republicans do tend to be much different than other states. No educational spending is not solely tied to party platform that ignores that blue states on average have higher house hold incomes and GDP due to historical & socioeconomic factors.

    This is just yelling at clouds rather than seeking meaningful solutions to resolve issue. You are complaining that senators are upset about the failure of the educational system. Btw one of those senators introduced legislation to prevent this from happening again. Link.

    They're certainly not going to admit to systemic failures.

    Did you read the article? What do you think "State Senate Minority Leader Stephen Harding and Sen. Eric Berthel said in their Dec. 19 letter. 'We continue to seek accountability as to how this student was illiterate when she graduated and how the system failed her year after year'" they meant when they wrote this.

  • Connecticut teen sues former school after graduating unable to read, write

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  • I was stating the CT Republicans had little to no impact on the outcome of this student's education because they have little impact on local politics in such a blue area. And resulting should have no reason to presume that any policy stances of their have an impact on the people of Hartford.

    If Trump stripped the Dept of Education on day one that still would be irrelevant here as this student is the victim of over a decade of the school system failing them.

    On your BTW, my point wasn't about Hartford's education costs but more on broader educational costs. In suburban CT well funded schools get nearly 70% of their expenses paid for by local property taxes. The failure of the city of Hartford to raise funds on the municipal level vs other municipalities is relevant here. Which of course stems from the difference in economics status between their citizens. Hence my critique of local funding playing such a big role.

    CT has some of the finest public schools in the nation. But they sure as hell are not the ones in Hartford.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What does your country/government do well?

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    Non-Americans of Lemmy, what does your country do to protect the rights of criminal defendants?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What Seasonal Things Should be Available Year Round?

  • HistoryMemes @lemmy.ml
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    Presidential term defining moment

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL There's a 1.7 Billion Year Old Naturally Occuring Fission Reactor in Africa

    en.m.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oklo_Mine
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    Do You Have a Fire Extinguisher in Your Home and is it Still Pressurized?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Do you know of any obscure useful websites?