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  • Democrats are campaigning as if the 2026 election will be fair. That’s a mistake | Austin Sarat

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  • Democrats slowly move things to the left while carefully following the law.

    Are you looking at the same country I'm looking at? From the outside it looks like they're a right wing party being dragged gradually rightwards by a far right wing party.

  • The White House Confirms It Altered Photo of Arrested Protester to Depict Her Sobbing: ‘The Memes Will Continue’

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  • So yeah, I'll keep talking shit about the Dems because they're supposed to represent my views, since we live in a Representative Democracy.

    Not really, they're supposed to represent the views they said they'd represent. If you disagree you should have voted for one of the other options. The real issue is that this "democracy" only gives you two valid options: right and far right.

  • Grumpy Trump Sues Poll Because His Popularity Is Plummeting

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  • Covid fucked the economy, not Trump.

    It's hard to argue against because the first part is undeniably true. It's just that the second bit is bullshit, and you can absolutely double-fuck an economy.

  • Trump’s Insane New Threat Leaves No Doubt: It’s Time for the 25th Amendment

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  • At least the Americans have something to resist.

    Just so I understand properly, are you saying Americans are better than Canadians because your president is so appalling that he requires armed resistance?

    Genuinely, I don't understand what the argument is here. How is having "something to resist" a good thing?

  • ‘Completely lost his mind’: Trump's 'deranged' letter sends shockwaves across the globe

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  • I genuinely think there's a chance that everyone is completely missing his motivation here.

    Trump turns 80 on 14th June 2026. He wants someone, be it Denmark or the US Army, to give him a country for his birthday.

    What better gift is there?

  • ‘Completely lost his mind’: Trump's 'deranged' letter sends shockwaves across the globe

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  • The population of Greenland is nearly 90% Inuit, you wouldn't normally class them as "white".

  • Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw

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  • To paraphrase a cool movie: There is no winning move, except not to play

    It depends what you count as winning. There are some who might consider "give yourself a country for your 80th birthday" the ultimate win, and not give much of a shit beyond that. As an example.

  • UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows

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  • It's not meant to be a single digit multiple of the UK tax, I don't know where you're getting that from. The things which the article mentions as being single digit multiples are:

    In 13 countries, acquisition taxes for such an SUV are more than three times higher than the UK’s

    £3,200 in the UK, but the sale would incur taxes of £66,600 in France – driving UK SUV sales to four times the level in France.

    And the headline figure is "up to 20 times", which roughly matches the £66k.

  • UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows

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  • I'm not sure what the mistake is? France charge a £50k premium, so £66k tax doesn't sound unreasonable.

    It doesn't say that that £66k is 3 times the cost, it says there are 13 countries which have a greater acquisition tax than 3x the UK rate. As far as I can see, it doesn't mention the relative costs between the UK and France.