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Awkwardly_Frank

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  • Federal judge reverses rule that removed medical debt from credit reports

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  • Trump v CASA ruled universal injunctions beyond the power of the courts. That means that the ruling can only offer relief to the parties in the individual case. As credit reporting agencies are nationwide entities this case would, by nature, apply to those agencies across the whole nation. I will imagine that this ruling applies only to those agencies party to this lawsuit. Even if that's not all of the big three, this suit will still signal to the executive that action against other agencies won't hold up in court and the CFPB will likely just give up on the rule.

    This is my understanding. I'm not a lawyer. This is not legal advice (tm).

  • Alabama Senator: “These inner-city rats, they live off the federal government. That’s one reason we are $37 trillion in debt"

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  • Says the senator of a state that takes $40 billion more in federal money than they contribute annually.

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    Trump Wants Democracy Spread At Gunpoint

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  • Don’t get me wrong, I believe little donny debt-co wants to use the military to force compliance with his will, but I don’t think that clip says what you think it does. He states that the military isn’t for organizing drag shows “or spreading democracy at the point of a run.”

    What the great Orange meme-cicle seems to be saying is much worse. He seems, to me, to be saying that the military shouldn’t be concerned with ethics or morality, but rather with raw strength of arms and the exercise of power to whatever ends the president sees fit.

  • Cinnamon Rolls

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  • If you have room in the pan, try pouring a cup of cream into the bottom just before baking. It will keep the rolls nice and soft and moist.

  • Remember in the hunger games when Katniss unvolunteered and let Prim die because Snow was mean to her.

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  • I hear you. There’s a serious lack of grand scale organizing, and with all three branches of government captured there’s not even the consolation prize of legislative or judicial obstructionism.

    That said, there is resistance at the local level, and it needs people badly. Those hands off protests aren’t being organized at the national level. The national org is calling for protests on a specific day and unaffiliated local groups are organizing the individual events. Those local groups could really use your support in whatever form you can give it. They’re almost always handing out flyers and info on their projects at protests. Most don’t require membership to help out and you almost never have to rsvp to just attend. Odds are there’s an organization or two near you that you can support, and if not most of the national orgs have organizing instructional materials on their websites for free.

    It’s easy to be so worried by what’s happening nationally that we forget the difference that local orgs make. I was a part of a canvassing effort for an abortion rights amendment last year that knocked on over three thousand doors with no more than ten people every Saturday. We didn’t get the amendment passed, but it did get majority support and we saw a huge surge in new members. We’re now using our newfound numbers to help push for a city council recall and explore candidates for school board. Ours isn’t even the most well established organization in our city either. We regularly collaborate with four, more established, orgs and we’re working to build relationships with three more.

    This knitting together of smaller orgs is the process of resistance building. It is unfortunately slow, but it is happening, and I promise it isn’t just happening here. Even in the middle of nowhere I have a friend in a town of two hundred who’s been auditing the town budget to show the incompetence of the “maga moms” on their town council in an attempt to get them removed. You’re right to be frustrated, but for all our sakes I hope you find something to do with that frustration.

  • [Video] People unfurl pro-Palestine banner at Bernie Sanders rally. Get Booed and removed by security.

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  • My friend, I literally just finished the paragraph you were quoting directly from the source you provided.

    I’ve seen too much of the mud you call argumentation to want to roll around in it with you.

  • [Video] People unfurl pro-Palestine banner at Bernie Sanders rally. Get Booed and removed by security.

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  • It is. I’ve noticed industry on here several times. At least on this issue they seem more interested in stirring the pot than genuine discussion. They consistently clip quotes and videos just outside of relevant context then deny there is any when others call for it. When confronted with the context by others they deny that it changes anything at all.

  • [Video] People unfurl pro-Palestine banner at Bernie Sanders rally. Get Booed and removed by security.

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  • to declare that Israel "has the right to defend itself" but "does not have the right to wage all-out war against the Palestinian people."

    FTFY

  • The Pentagon's DEI purge: Officials describe a scramble to remove and then restore online content

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  • They spelled “out of racism” wrong. “In error” isn’t even close.

  • Instead of paying for a therapist every week I'd be willing to pay like $100 a month for someone to harass me into going to social events.

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  • My brother in Christ, that is just a club! You pay dues to belong and everyone elects the few most organized and functional people to plan events that everyone can enjoy. You can even kick it up a notch and make it a civil organization so that you’re accomplishing good works while hanging out with likeminded people. Society used to be full of such organizations, and it’s time we brought them back.

  • ‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert

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  • I don’t think it’s a cop out at all. It’s a very good start and I appreciate the work and the quote. It sets me to thinking of a monstrous demigod by the name of Na’scrivas I’ve had rattling around for some time (I made an anagram of scrivener and changed a few letters. Plus, who doesn’t enjoy a good apostrophe in a fantasy setting.). It’s takes the form of a journal that makes its contents a reality at the cost of slowly detaching the writer further and further from reality. The idea is that by the end of the story the reader should question how much of it actually happened, and how much was simply the protagonist going mad.

  • A majority-Black town starts armed protection group after neo-Nazi rally

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  • ‘Twas ever thus.

  • A majority-Black town starts armed protection group after neo-Nazi rally

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  • If Reagan were around to see this we might stand a chance at getting some kind of gun control.

  • ‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert

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  • It’s certainly a beer in its own right, but that’s simply a matter of definition and production. I know it has a history of being served mixed, but I’ve certainly come across it served on its own a non-trivial number of times.

  • ‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert

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  • I was just looking to express my penchant for collecting pseudo-historical stories that I don’t feel compelled to check the accuracy of because they don’t purport to express anything important. Ngl though, I would play the fuck out of that encounter if you made it.

  • New Reddit controls let you block your most-hated advertisers for a year

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  • Xitter* (pronounced shitter)

  • ‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert

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  • I once ran across a Berliner Weisse at a brewer’s festival that made excellent use of pickle juice. I had to try it out of curiosity, and while it was too much on the palate to drink many more than one, had a lived in the area I would have had one every evening. I wish I remembered the brewery so I could recommend it.

  • ‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert

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  • Iirc, Tchaikovsky wrote his 1812 Overture rather quickly to commemorate the defense of Russia against Napoleon and wasn’t too thrilled with it himself. I believe he called it noisy and without artistry, but I’m prone to collecting myths, so please do check my work.

  • Meta: How do we create a Progressive Party in America?

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  • Just because you don’t agree with criticism doesn’t mean It’s not constructive. You asked how a progressive party would work, the type of local grassroots activism and organizing cutthroat describes is exactly how many nascent parties form. You grow your influence where you can when you can as a bloc that others have to win the support of if they want to win. Once your movement is big enough you either capture the party that has become dependent on you or take your base of power and start your own.