Here’s the thing very few liberals will understand: Republicans do this performative dance to waste government money and remove things like EV chargers and solar panels because, and I cannot emphasize this enough…

it appeases and even excites their base.

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

Doing shit like this shows their base that their team is in charge. That’s it. They could have let them stay in and their base wouldn’t have been the wiser. But doing it shows them that their team won.

Liberals don’t have a similar signal. Hell, I didn’t even know the GSA installed them. Not only that but liberals don’t care as much to “win” like this.

We just want to survive whereas conservatives want to oppress.

That’s the difference.

That might have been true pre Trump. But racism knows no age.

Congress is controlled by the same party as the president. Why the fuck would they even introduce impeachment articles?

The only way out of this is through means that cannot be mentioned due to this .world instance rules.

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

We really need a public database of cops along with links to articles of their actions. Similar to the website created to track J6 rioters and their sentences.

“feeding off the dead bodies of soldiers”

Then tell Russia to stop sending soldiers. It takes two to tango.

Though, given the many sexual harassment/assault allegations against him, maybe he doesn’t.

And these people consistently vote.

“The Internet sees censorship as damage and routes around it.”

Does Amazon have permission to change what’s in your book though?

Copyright prevents them from making derivative works and if they change your text without your permission, that’s a clear copyright violation.

I don’t know how licensing deals work with Amazon but I’m guessing if they are doing this en mass, there is probably some provision in their contract.

I see this as “if I’m going to get the death penalty anyway, might as well take out as many of them as I can.”

Headline tomorrow: Trump orders FCC to settle case against himself for $420 trillion dollars

She needs to start an OnlyGrans

The general public who pays attention sees this and feels absolutely powerless because the opposition party refused to be the opposition.

The sad state of our laws are such that they could set up a S-Corp or C-Corp and act in official capacity of that corporation literally get away with murder.

I don’t get how Eric Cook can take this quid pro quo.

My limited understanding of the law is that jeopardy attaches once a jury is empaneled. So, if the case is dismissed, prosecutors can recharge him, which I imagine is exactly why Trump wants to do it this way.

Trump could just issue a pardon and make the case moot.

JFC the fact that criminals can’t even crime properly…

He only thinks of them as cannon fodder.

A bill like this doesn’t get entered unless at least one of the following are true:

• The representative in question actually believes in the bill as introduced
• The representative is looking for a payout from affected industries, or is getting a payout from companies that would benefit from the bill
• The bill aims to hurt someone other than white people

Blocking NSFW content helps with getting rid of OF creators. I have a separate lemmynsfw.com account that I rarely use these days to look at amateur content.

Didn’t the MAGA insurrection use Signal to coordinate their efforts?

Wait wait…yes, follow dear leader to an app that keeps your history and doesn’t encrypt at rest. You have nothing to hide and nothing to fear.

2 packs of 18 used to be $7 bucks. Now one pack of 18 is $8.

I’ve stopped buying eggs.