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@ leadore @lemmy.world

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  • US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada

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  • Atallah is planning to leave for Lebanon in a few days, and he is not sure what will happen when he tries to return.

    raises one eyebrow How strong a mental block can people have, that even after this experience returning from Canada, he's "not sure what will happen" when he returns from Lebanon?

  • El Salvador won’t return wrongly deported Maryland man

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  • You beat me to it, declaring this is the day that will be marked in history.

  • El Salvador won’t return wrongly deported Maryland man

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  • I'm calling today, with the conclusive fall of the Judicial branch, the day that the US officially became a dictatorship by definition.

    The day when no one can still pretend there's any gray area left. Courts, the last remaining "check and balance", officially no longer have any say in what the regime does.

  • Mike Johnson says men need to stop ‘playing video games all day’ and get to work: ‘They’re draining resources’

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  • 'They're Draining Resources'

    "Building new power plants and taking all the water just to service broligarchs' AI businesses is fine, though."

  • 'Build your own manufacturing': Trump-voting business owner stung by tariffs savaged after asking for ways to keep company afloat

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  • “Damn that’s wild because I voted for you to have zero tariffs and a $50K tax break as a small business owner under Kamala,” reads the top comment under the video.

    One of the best comments because it's true and he can't dismiss it as people being mean or reveling in his pain, just stating reality.

  • DOGE goons physically drag social security worker from desk

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  • She hasn't seen a dime from him and never will in the remainder of her lifetime. If she was much younger and trump hadn't won again she might have had a chance, but her victory is basically symbolic only. I'm sure you know that the rich can just keep appealing what amounts to forever since the legal system crawls at the speed of a sloth. Legal, and especially financial consequences do not apply to oligarchs.

  • DOGE goons physically drag social security worker from desk

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  • Elon will just pay the settlement for them with $DOGE or $TRUMP.

    Or he just won't. What's anyone going to do about it?

  • What were you surprised to learn wasn't actually normal?

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  • Just to clarify, since I don't know if my experience is what you all are describing: this sounds kind of like what I hear if I start a yawn. Is the rumbling sound just for a second or can you make it indefinitely? And can you also make a short click or series of clicks?

    I can get those sounds if I tense up some muscle(s) that you would also use to start a deliberate yawn. The clicks are easy to make, with less tension, and the rumble happens with more tension and it's only for about a second or so. Also I definitely hear the rumble during a yawn. Does that sound like what you mean or am I describing something completely different?

  • Violence

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  • That's my point and why I say they didn't do the cartoon right. If they wanted to say what you explained, we'd have to see the first person answering "no". As it is, the cartoon implies that anyone who says violence isn't the answer is lying/hypocritical.

  • Violence

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  • I understand what the cartoonist is trying to imply--that there are no true pacifists and people who say they're against violence are hypocrites who actually like violence when it's used to protect their privileged position. They just didn't do it right.

    First, true pacifists do exist, who would answer "yes" to the first two questions--and which would make the last question ridiculous. So if the cartoonist's goal was to criticize the hypocrites, they just needed to show the first person answering the first two questions with an unqualified "no" to show they didn't really mean what they said in the first panel.

  • Violence

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  • First panel: I agree with the aspiration to avoid violence but allow for circumstances like self-defense or defense of a vulnerable party.

    Second panel: I do agree we shouldn't give them weapons, at the least not lethal weapons, certainly not military-grade weapons.

    Third panel: If you want to be capable of preserving your national sovereignty, having a military is required, therefore justified in that context.

    Fourth panel: While the two previous questions logically follow from the position stated in the first panel, the last question makes no sense and is a complete non-sequitur from the stated position. [i.e. "Violence is never a solution" --> "oh, so do you mean it's a solution in this one case? !? !" <--non-sequitur]

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    After the market closed, Trump brags that some businessman made 900 millions

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  • Oh, definitely.

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    After the market closed, Trump brags that some businessman made 900 millions

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  • Two hours before he paused them he tweeted (or whatever you call it) "NOW is a good time to buy"

  • You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.

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  • It was projected from the beginning there would be short-term financial struggles, and here we are, but it’s necessary to stop getting fleeced by these other countries.

    No it wasn't. Trump's whole campaign he touted how he was going to lower prices on Day One, end the war in Ukraine in 48 hours, stop the war in Gaza and blah blah blah. Only when he started fucking around with his on-again off-again tariffs and the undeniable resulting economic damage did they start throwing out the "there will be some temporary pain" messaging.

    And the whole story that we were being "fleeced" by other countries is bullshit. He's so stupid. He went on and on about what a "stupid" trade agreement we had with Canada and Mexico but he was the one who negotiated that trade agreement, in his first term. But he apparently can't remember because of his dementia.

  • You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.

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  • Very good, take large potato from bin.

  • Transcript: Trump Voters Suddenly Shocked at How Badly He Screwed Them

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  • Nope, they're still full-on MAGATizing out there. If they realize anything yet, it's only subconsciously and they'll never admit it, even to themselves.

  • Huge crowds gather in 'Hands Off' rallies nationwide in protest of Trump administration

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  • MAGA clown sees her retirement disappearing (more in comments)

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  • Dry Don't cry, clown lady. Your retirement savings may be gone, but at least prices will skyrocket.

    edit: dry cry? what happened, brain?

  • Trump says things are 'going very well' after worst stock market drop in years over tariffs

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  • It takes less mental effort for them.