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  • Trump downplays Chinese election interference five days after describing breach of historic proportions

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  • Of course, China was never the problem for him. When he made allegations of Chinese election interference he wasn't targeting China, he was targeting elections.

  • Judge: Trump sought to ‘manipulate the judicial process’ with his IRS lawsuit and attempted $1.8B fund

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  • A deal which is basically worthless. The next administration can ignore it and the most Trump can do is sue. And that negates the whole point of the deal which was to avoid needing to defend the scheme in court. Since the deal is legally indefensible, he's very unlikely to win that case.

  • Supreme Court rules that broad cell phone location data sweeps require warrants

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  • In dissent, conservative Justice Samuel Alito said he would have found that no warrant is required, calling the ruling an “irresponsible escapade” that the court should never have agreed to hear.

    He accused the majority of “striking a pose as a great champion of privacy in the digital age.”

    And he says that like it's a bad thing. What an asshole.

    Not really a surprise, but worth pointing out anyway.

  • Not a meme, I just really like this interaction.

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  • The mind control parasites never got eliminated, they just got better at hiding.

  • Tesla Recalls Cybertruck Because Wheels May Fall Off

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  • Especially when it's off or has no power.

  • What is your favorite media villain?

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  • Scorpius from Farscape is a fantastic villain. He was meant to be a one off villain of the week for a clip show. By the time the episode was finished it was a two parter that had only a few seconds of clips, and instead set up the plot elements that would drive the rest of the series, with Scorpius at the heart of it all.

    He's one of the rare genius villains that's actually written well enough to seem smart. He's ruthless but not unreasonable. He's horrific, but also charming. He's a bottomless pit of hatred and vengeance, and yet he is cold and calculating, perpetually in control. I've heard him described as mirror universe spock turned up to 11 and I kind of agree.

    Plus, we also get Harvey.

    See also: David Xanatos. Imagine if Bruce Wayne put all that effort and planning into villainy, mad science and sorcery, theoretically for money but really just for the fun of it. Now give him an Iron Man suit and the voice of Jonathan Frakes. He's an evil genius that's so good at what he does that his name is literally synonymous with plans can only end in a win.

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    [UPDATED] Supreme Court Prevents Ban on Getting Abortion Pill by Mail to Take Effect

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  • "They cannot, in any legally relevant sense, be irreparably harmed by a court order that makes it more difficult for them to commit crimes,”

    Unless of course it's the Trump administration committing the crimes. Then even slowing them down and maintaining the original status quo while the courts adjudicate the case is causing irreparable harm.

  • Virginia joins a national effort to ensure only popular vote winners become president

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  • Until recently, the Wisconsin state legislature was heavily gerrymandered to give Republicans supermajorities despite it being a purple state with an almost perfect 50/50 split. They were never going to let Wisconsin join since the electoral college gives their party an advantage and gives their state extremely disproportionate influence.

  • Trump voter regret is clearly registering now

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  • Some of his supporters will accept anything with a smile as long as it's their side doing it. Some are so drowned in right wing media bullshit that they might as well be living in a parallel universe. And some will just be so averse to criticizing Trump (particularly in a poll which is likely to have political remifications) that they'll defend or ignore almost anything bad, even if they do hate it.

  • House Republicans flee Congress in record numbers amid growing dysfunction

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  • That's what happens when the party repeatedly purges anyone that has any principles beyond self-interest and blind loyalty to a corrupt leader.

  • Adventuring Gold

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  • This is why my games always run on the silver standard. Each unit of currency is 100 times the value of the previous unit Instead of 10, and the listed prices that would have been gold are now in silver.

    This makes it a lot less weird when dropping coin on watered down ale, stale bread, and a cot. And it also makes finding gold coins for the first time a lot more exciting. And when your characters start getting wealthy enough to actually carry gold and buy big ticket items with it, it actually feels like you're getting rich.

    And then there's platinum. A single platinum coin becomes an event, the kind of thing that causes the greedy to become reckless and the experienced to become paranoid. It's the perfect schmuck bait, a massive fortune in a single coin, all you have to do is pick it up. [Cue evil laugh]

  • Progressive Texas organizers hail shock win as far-right Republicans left reeling

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  • Just waiting for them to come up with a version of this bill that keeps all these same restrictions but which adds an alternative of using digital identity verification processes administered by third parties. Then they can just approve Xitter and the like as verification partners, making the easy route available through platforms their side controls, all with no transparency or accountability.

  • Missed opportunity

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  • I used to beat myself up a little for dismissing bitcoin early on and therefore missing a chance at being rich. But then I realized that it was like beating myself up for not winning the lottery just because I know now what last week's winning numbers were. I would have had to dedicate time, effort and money I couldn't easily spare into chasing an irrational long shot.

    Plus, odds are I would have sold it all the minute it was worth a little, which would be much worse. Or that someone would steal it all, as happened to a lot of people early on.

  • Trump Rx prescription drug site ‘not a solution’ for many patients, experts say

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  • No surprise there. They don't give a shit about solving the problem. They certainly weren't going to put any effort into it. This was all about being able to announce that they brought down prescription drug prices. Well, that and to slap Trump's name on yet another useless waste of time and money.

  • ‘It’s sick’: Trump administration uses mascot called ‘Coalie’ to push dirtiest fossil fuel

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  • Part of the problem is that propaganda has convinced them that solar and wind are just pipe dreams and scams which are too weak and expensive to be useful. That it's just part of an agenda being pushed by the radical leftist hippy green weenies who want your taxes to subsidize their useless toys. That renewables are all about virtue signalling and aren't practical because the sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow, etc.

    It's not just the imbeciles either. I've known otherwise intelligent people who simply never bothered to investigate the claims they heard. I have these conversations with my dad on occasion because he knows I'm interested in EVs and solar and he'll mention the bullshit articles he reads and I have to point out the flaws in those articles. The last time we talked he questioned if a solar roof really works in the northern parts of the country and he had trouble accepting it until I pointed out that all the plants outside are solar powered and they do just fine.

  • ‘It’s sick’: Trump administration uses mascot called ‘Coalie’ to push dirtiest fossil fuel

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  • And that's on a good day, when they aren't trying to figure out how to even be humorous around the horrific things they need to talk about.

  • The Real Reason ICE Agents Wear Masks | Face coverings may work less to protect federal agents from danger than to make it easier for them to do unconstitutional things.

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  • Even if they were following the law and had no agenda or ulterior motives they wouldn't be about crime. And that's part of the problem. They avoid constitutional limitations associated with all other forms of law enforcement by having only administrative authority and dealing with civil law.

    It's like giving postal workers body armor and assault rifles and letting them abduct anyone that they suspect might have used improper postage or that had thrown away junk mail addressed to someone else while claiming everyone they attack had been terrorists sending letter bombs.

  • Trump fuels cognitive health concerns with baffling 'peace' gaffe: 'His brain is fried'

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  • Greenland is Iceland.

    Bleach is medicine.

    E. Jean Carroll is Marla Maples.

  • Judge says Trump administration can’t block child care, other program money for 5 states for now

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  • Trump isn't personally running the entire federal government and showing up to court to file his own motions and answer questions from judges. Trump and his inner circle may act like they're above the law, but the people who have to carry out their instructions aren't immune to consequences.

    This is especially true in court. Lawyers aren't eager to throw their careers away by lying to judges, filing false statements, or openly defying court orders. That's why the administration has lost so many lawyers and says things in court that are wildly different than what they say everywhere else.

    Suing this administration has been a much more effective strategy than most people seem to realize. It's often a long, drawn out process that wastes time and money, and they drag things out as much as possible. And yes the Supreme Court has been blatantly corrupt in the ways they've bailed out the Trump administration. But still, they only take on a small fraction of the total number of cases (and even then, they mostly help them stall cases with temporary orders rather than deciding actual cases).

    When the Supreme Court doesn't intervene, the Trump administration loses or backs down the vast majority of the time.

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    Over 200 Gannett outlets not ‘endorsing in presidential or national races’

    thehill.com /homenews/media/4958134-300-gannett-outlets-not-endorsing-presidential-national-races/
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    It's the spooky season, what are your recommended movies (and other media) for the season that aren't gory horror or kids movies?

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    Florida poll shows Trump leading Harris by just two points

    thehill.com /homenews/campaign/4870702-florida-trump-harris-poll/