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  • It Can Now Be Plainly Said: Trump Is Planning a November Coup d’État

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  • I had hoped that even the maga members of Congress still had enough spine and self respect to put the rule of law over the promise of power, influence, and the ability to shape their christo-facist state. What a naive fool.

  • If this is true, then RIP

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  • I would have expected this admin to serve McDonald's and diet Coke

  • A Tesla illegally parked in the Chicago Avenue bus lane at 5pm. Chicago, Illinois.

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  • Sounds like Florida

  • A Tesla illegally parked in the Chicago Avenue bus lane at 5pm. Chicago, Illinois.

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  • Video archival provided by flock

  • All Na'll

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  • Nah yeah y'all Nah yeah y'all Hey hey hey Nah yeah y'all

  • Man posts his incorrect opinion online

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  • My dad came to visit once. He's a shoes off kind of guy. Pretty diligent about it too. Problem is, he just doesn't like wearing them anywhere. Sure go stand in my half mud yard and smoke a cigar and then walk right back into my kitchen.

    We decided to show him around the area. Drive out to the coast. Leaving the car, "Dad you might want your shoes." Get to the beach, as we're strong into the sand, he stops, "I think I should put my shoes on."

    I fucking died.

    All this to say, if you're shoes off, make sure everyone is shoes on outside.

    That last line, I'm going to leave it, but it doesn't make sense.

  • This is the guy who directed the Melania movie

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  • I was thinking his imdb profile could use a refresh.

    Did we get any pictures of him with Weinstein on the island?

  • This is the guy who directed the Melania movie

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  • That is only the 2nd expression I've ever seen her make. The other is just indifference with a touch of sadness Like the tip of an acupuncture sadness, because psychopaths don't really feel much.

    So being the second expression, it must be a smile.

  • If you catch them studdering, run.

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  • This is my reality.

  • CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant

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  • But I'm also soft and weak.

    I want to believe that they are, but they don't have to worry about working long hours sitting on their asses. They get to make millions while paying a personal trainer and traveling the world.

    I sit on my ass and eat. At this point I think my 7 year old could best me in fisticuffs.

  • Trump Always Chickens Out: Continence

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  • When you spend that much time with your nose up his ass in the first place, this is just another day.

  • Trump allegedly shits pants

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  • The way the staff reacted, this was rehearsed or at least a very well planned for event.

    I guarantee every staff member near the oval has a memo that discussed protocol for a code brown event.

  • No low ballers, I know what I have

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  • Try the gray stuff! It's delicious!

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    YSK Epstein files update: Bill Gates got STD from ‘Russian girls’; ex-wife Melinda, Musk in latest release

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  • Seems this might be the reference.

    The New Yorker story also implicated multi-billion dollar philanthropist Bill Gates. The emails between Ito and Epstein showed that Gates was “directed by Epstein” to donate $2 million to the research lab in October 2014, six years after Epstein was found guilty of soliciting prostitution from a minor.

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    YSK Epstein files update: Bill Gates got STD from ‘Russian girls’; ex-wife Melinda, Musk in latest release

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  • Of age and consenting does not equal willingness or a lack of exploration. There was a victim who has done some interviews, she was of age, and one could argue she did consent. But she was heavily pressured. She found herself being brought to the island by a girl she was on a modeling shoot with. I can't remember all of the details but essentially she was made to feel like participation was expected and everyone just did it. Eventually this led to a relationship where she was trafficked to other men.

    Hearing her speak, she sounded like she felt obligated. And when she didn't return calls or other communications, they would escalate to harassment levels of contact.

    The women who were of age were still kids. I think about where I was at 25, I didn't know shit. An 18 y/o newly on her own, in a place she's never been, without close friends or family, could easily be exploited.

  • Rachel Maddow Alleged DHS Funding Bill to Permit Deportation of US Citizens

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  • The reporting from Maddow is that an amendment to the DHS funding bill that was passed out of committee was removed at the request of the Whitehouse. This amendment included language to prevent ICE from detaining and deporting citizens which is already illegal.

    What I cannot find (with some very lose and quick research) is the actual text of the amendment. Nothing was included in the bill that would make it legal for them to detain and deport a US citizen. ICE’s authority to arrest and detain under 8 U.S.C. § 1226 and § 1231 applies only to "aliens." Once an individual is confirmed to be a U.S. citizen, ICE loses its legal basis for custody.

    IMO it seems like an empty gesture without any sort of enforcement (remember I did not find the text of the removed amendment). We are already dealing with a militia that is operating outside the rule of law.

    Actually slowing this down or putting up a road block would require laws that actually address the detainment of US citizens, as the current laws only seem to address the authority of ICE in dealing with alien residents. The would also need to be an independent watchdog and actual codified consequences for detaining US citizens in these dragnet operations.

  • What are peoples thoughts on the Mecha Comet?

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  • Just leaned about this and backed it this morning. Probably an impulse buy I'll regret.

    The idea of a phone replacement crossed my mind as an after thought.

    Mostly going for it for novelty and I thought it could be nice to have a handheld to maybe do some development on. The keyboard will likely frustrate me and the screen will probably strain my aging eyes.

    Yeah I shouldn't be able to buy things before my first cup of coffee.

  • If the 2028 United States presidential election was held today, who would you vote for?

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  • Sharp Guillotine (they/them) and their running mate Three-in-one Oil

  • How is it in Germany?

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  • I'm an American with some outdated experience from about 25 years ago.

    I loved Germany and would love to return. I've even thought about migrating there, though I know this would not be simple.

    I was there for about 3 weeks. My last name is very Italian, but apparently the family i was starting with hoped it was Spanish and expressed this with shock when I corrected them.

    During my time there I witnessed quite a bit of racism directed at Italians and Turks. As it was explained to me, post WWII Germany encouraged migrants from Italy and Turkey to rebuild the workforce. What I witnessed was that Italians and Turks were looked down on and often held to lower jobs.

    It's been 25 years. I hope things have changed.

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    Wonder how long this new position will last

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    Killing taxes on tips sounds good, but experts say it doesn’t solve the real problem

    www.pbs.org /newshour/economy/trump-and-harris-say-theyll-kill-taxes-on-tips-how-would-that-work