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khepri

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  • Trump administration says states must "immediately undo any steps" to send full SNAP benefits

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  • Yeah, good luck with that. People were sent their full SNAP in my state because a judge ordered those benefits to be paid. I get a case for stopping further States' distributions given the more recent judgement, but the idea that they'll be able to claw back money from the States that have already distributed the full amount seems insane. People got sent what they were entitled to, in the amount they were entitled to, after a judge's order saying to do that and before another judge's order saying not to do that. So I just don't conceive of an argument that a court would accept that would retroactively claw that money back from people.

  • Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave?

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  • He wants the good old days back, when both parties shared equally in the grift and everyone in the political elite understood what the game was and how to keep it running. Schumer gets that to keep the machine running (that has made them all very wealthy and powerful while working about 85 days a year) he's going to have to go under the boot and take us all with him.

  • Trump administration tells states to ‘undo’ full SNAP benefits

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  • I'm sure that's all correct, but in this case my State funded things as they were supposed to, when they were allowed to. The fact that window was narrow really has no impact. I get that there are was to get people's money back if there is a reason to do so, I just don't think that "Trump demands it" is on that list of reasons.

  • Trump administration tells states to ‘undo’ full SNAP benefits

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  • My state fully funded everyone's cards the instant they were allowed to a couple days ago, which almost no other states were fast enough to do before the SC stepped in. There is no practical way to "claw back" these payments and even if there was, no local or state level politician would survive the next cycle if they did try to pull all that money off people's cards and they know that.

  • I voted for Trump. I feel completely swindled.

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  • That's weird, because libertarians hate handouts, welfare, regulations, and the Fed in general. All things which Trump is doing a fantastic job of burning down so him and his buddies can loot the corpse of our dying empire. Seem like the libertarian dream actually, where all that matters is how much can you snag for yourself before someone else does. If you can't compete in an open free market, then just kindly die and reduce the surplus population.

  • Border Patrol commander admitted he lied about tear gas incident, judge says, as she restricts use of force by immigration agents in Chicago

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  • Gee, what is it called again when you get caught lying to a judge? Probably not something where we have a special name and crime just for that...

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  • There are always going to be monsters in the world, but they don't have to be in power over us unless we never reform the systems that allowed them to come to power in the first place.

  • In 'Fight Oligarchy,' Sen. Bernie Sanders calls for a political revolution

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  • It's the same thing he's be saying for 50 years... we came so very very close to finally listening in 2016...

  • Graham Platner’s claims that he didn’t know tattoo was Nazi-linked undercut by new evidence | CNN Politics

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  • That does all make sense. It's just insane that someone would get a big chest tattoo, literally in the exact spot that Ed Norton had his giant swastika in American History X, and it would be specifically and famously the symbol of the elite Nazi SS group that ran the death camps, and he'd just be utterly clueless about it for years and years. It's just so hard to believe that never in that guys life was he at a pool party or in the gym or whatever, and never once did someone call out his giant tattoo of what is arguably the 3rd most recognizable Nazi symbol behind the swastika and the bolts. I like the guy's platform, and I could forgive getting some tattoo you don't understand as part of a unit thing, it just boggles my mind who this guy's close friends and family must be that they all thought this was perfectly cool as well until he wanted to get elected to something...

  • No Kings Day Needs to Remove Democratic Party Influence in Future Events

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  • Well I'll take any allies we can get. I'm not a communist, but I'm thrilled to see them show up, I'm not a libertarian, but I'm thrilled to see them show up... nor am I a democrat, green, or an anarchist, but I saw them all out together. No one needs to pass a purity test or be thrown out of the movement before it has even begun in earnest.

  • No Kings Day Needs to Remove Democratic Party Influence in Future Events

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  • I saw nothing whatever to do with the Democratic party at any of the protests I went to.

  • Graham Platner’s claims that he didn’t know tattoo was Nazi-linked undercut by new evidence | CNN Politics

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  • I sure would love to see some of the "many black and brown" military members who he claims are casually rocking SS lighting bolt tattoos lol

  • How do you work at a job where you fundamentally disagree with the company's ethics?

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  • ITT: Some people would rather face privation than compromise their morals, some would not. Saved you some time.

  • How do you work at a job where you fundamentally disagree with the company's ethics?

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  • I've always thought it was funny how much of this list is basically like good governance and double-checking things and involving multiple people when decisions are made. You can really read between the lines that the writers believe a strongman CEO type who just does shit is vastly more dangerous than a group of individuals who have to find consensus before acting.

  • Facebook Pushes Its Llama 4 AI Model to the Right, Wants to Present “Both Sides”

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  • Yes, if there's something every good scientist knows, its to present the best current understanding of something, and then the exact opposite of that, framed as being equally valid. For sure this is the way forward and good on you Zuck!

  • To hand power 'back to the people,' House Dems propose amendment to reverse Citizens United

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  • Or trying to look like they are trying. "Trying" kind of implies at least a tiny sliver of a chance of actually succeeding, which this, at the current political moment, absolutely does not have. Believe me, I'm all for them trying stuff, but this might as well be proposing eliminating the electoral collage, electing Senators based on population, or passing the ERA. I'm all for all of those things, but they are a total pipedream from our current position. I just really really don't think there is an appreciable number of voters out there who think that now is the time for democrats to be showing off their impossible Christmas wish list because "people will complain if we don't". What people are complaining about is Dems puttering around having meetings and proposing non-starter solutions rather than owning the fact that they got stomped this time and should now switch to organizing the type of ground-level resistance that worked such wonders for the republicans the last 10 years.

  • To hand power 'back to the people,' House Dems propose amendment to reverse Citizens United

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  • True. I really wish they would focus on things they can actually do as the minority. Like, this is performative, but I'm not even sure for who it's supposed to be performative. Do dems honestly think there's even a single voter out there with the attitude of "well I wasn't going to vote next year, but after seeing dems moonshot yet another dead-on-arrival amendment about a 15-year old court ruling I'm on board!"

    Look at what republicans were able to accomplish on the level of school boards, counties, churches, state houses, election commissions, etc while they were out of power and steal their playbook for goodness sake 😒

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  • Yeah, that was my first thought when I read this too. There were plenty of people for whom the internet in general, or later social media, was too complex for them to bother with. I think each generation of technology leaves behind a certain % of people who are past the point of being willing or able to learn how to use something new, and that isn't really a bad thing.

    Yes, you have to have some notion of what "federated" means and how it works to make full use of federated sites. But it's just asking people to learn a little bit about a couple new terms, and spending a few minutes outside of their comfort zone while they orient to a new environment, just like when the internet itself or social media started. And I think we obviate the entire point of building something new by trying to make it completely familiar and friction-less for people. If that was the best way to build community, then the internet would just be the phone book and social media would just be the personals section of a newspaper.

  • Trump Has Crossed a Truly Unacceptable Line

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  • Yeah, I wish the legal system didn’t have this deference to “the voters will decide” when it reaches the level of actual criminal activity. Like the fact that you are running for or currently hold some office should have no impact at all on whether we are all equal before the law or how the law treats us. Yet every court and law enforcement agency seems terrified of the appearance of influencing the outcome of an election to the point that as long as you are running for something you are essentially legally bulletproof if the election is coming up soon.