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  • US abruptly turns off funding for CVE program

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  • What an astoundingly stupid idea. I can't think of many programs that deliver more value per dollar for everyone who develops or uses technology than the CVE program. This administration keeps raising the bar for stupidity.

  • Homeland security told US-born immigration lawyer to leave country

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  • So, there are a few of scenarios here:

    1. They knowingly sent this to her and intend to follow through (least likely IMO)
    2. They knowingly sent this in an attempt to scare an immigration attorney (somewhat likely)
    3. They accidentally sent this because they are negligently sending these notices without any checks or due process (most likely)

    The most likely option, while less scary than #1 and #2 is still supremely frightening. They are simply removing due process from the process. It is just a process now without any due diligence involved.

  • The Tesla Takedown Shows How We Can Make Oligarchs Feel the Pain

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  • I'm not sure that Elon is feeling that much pain. His investors are, but he's so rich he barely notices. That, or it might be the ketamine.

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  • So, the teriffs will also cause Amazon deforestation to accelerate as land is clear cut to grow soy beans.

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  • I don't think that's it. I think that this article is missing the point. Trump is manipulating the market in the most blatant of ways. He is intentionally crashing the market, telling people who listen to him when to sell and when to buy, then recinding the order that crashed the market.

    He literally posted on truth social today to say that it is a great time to buy. Then, four hours later he rescinded the teriffs.

    He is not caving to Wall Street. He is aiding insider trading at the largest scale ever seen.

  • Trump Orders Four Mile Military Parade for His 79th Birthday

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  • Trump doesn't give a shit about anyone but him. They just cut $55M intended to fund training for rural teachers (because who wants educated educators?) and now he wants to spend more than that on a mile long military parade celebrating his birthday. And it's not even a milestone birthday, just a birthday.

    From the article, Trump wanted to do something similar but, presumably smaller, in his first term but backed off after the price tag came to $92M. He instead opted for an event that ONLY cost $13M. How much do you think this one will cost? What will get cut to fund it?

    Fucking narcissistic traitor... He'll probably figure out how to grift a few tens of millions from this by selling tickets, too.

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

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  • Sorry, the hostility wasn't really aed at you. It was more intended to be aimed at the media. I'm just a little tired of people believing that protests weren't happening before now. They were happening but the media wasn't covering them.

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

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  • Finally what? Finally the media is covering the protests that have been going on the entire time? They're growing but they weren't small even a month or two ago.

  • Based on a true story

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  • Jesus... Are the prices low due to the interest rate? Or is all property owned by people who can buy cash?

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    Attorney General Pam Bondi directs prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione

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  • Nearly 26.6 million people in the U.S. rely on UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual through insured and self-funded plans. In addition, we serve more than 7.5 million people with care and benefits services outside of the United States.

    Rather than hundreds to thousands, I'm going to go with thousands to tens of thousands.

  • Pete Hegseth’s wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials

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  • I don't think that's the point. The point is that Pete is sharing classified information with someone who doesn't have clearances. "Who knows who she shared it with afterwards" is an indictment of Pete's decision making and criminality, not an indictment of his wife. She could bear some responsibility, though, if she knowingly spread classified information after receiving it. But that is definitely the secondary point here.

  • 'Strange': Experts flummoxed as Pete Hegseth brings wife to sensitive meetings

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  • Soon, Mike Johnson will bringing his son to classified congressional briefings to make absolutely sure they don't miss any of one another's porn usage.

  • Charlie was a brave boy

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  • I have three quick stories about the westie we had when I was a kid. For context, she was about 16 inches at the shoulders, so a large westy but hardly a large dog.

    1. We were out walking when I was about 12 y/o. She always thought she was the biggest dog in the room. A black lab started barking in what I took to be a threatening way. He charged his buried invisible fence and just yipped as he went through it and his collar shocked him. He charged straight towards us, barking and growling. My little girl ran up under his chest, clamped down with her teeth, and held on, shaking her head like she'd caught a rodent. The lab freaked out, running in circles until he finally shook my dog off, then went barreling back into his yard.
    2. The same westie acted like a cat lot of the time. Very independent and only wanted attention on her terms. When I had my wisdom teeth out and was doped up on pain killers, she just laid with me on the couch for a full day, very out of character for her.
    3. She understood very well when she had done something that she shouldn't. When we'd get home, if she'd gotten into the trash or left us a "present" somewhere (after we left her home along too long), she would strike a very guilty pose and show us where she'd done the bad thing. One day we got home and she was telling us she'd done something wrong. She took me to the bathroom to show me but I couldn't find any evidence of what she'd done. She was upset that I couldn't find it but, eventually, we gave up and went to do something else. The following morning I discovered that she had managed to clamber into the bath tub and left her "present" in the tub. She was a very smart girl, figured out that the tub was the best place for that, and went through the effort of climbing in before doing her business. I brought her to the bathroom to see if she remembered. She started to whine and look guilty again so I told her she was a very good girl and did exactly the right thing. She rarely pooped in the house but, from then on, when she did, she would go do it in the bath tub.

  • Dodge Chargers Now Have Pop-Up Ads at Every Stoplight

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  • It seems like displaying an ad at a stop light would be a safety issue since it makes it so you can onky look at the screen while moving.

  • Dodge Chargers Now Have Pop-Up Ads at Every Stoplight

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  • You know, I was annoyed by that when I had to pay for an out-of-warranty update but now I'm pretty happy that my car is one year too old for automatic updates.

  • List of American companies that support President Donald Trump

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  • I agree, but I do wonder how many additional companies have quietly "donated" by buying up his meme coin.

  • RFK Jr.: It Would Be Better if ‘Everybody Got Measles’

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  • The vaccine isn't 100% effective. If we inject him enough times, he'll get measles eventually.

  • DHS has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to find leakers

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  • It's in their contract that the results of a polygraph are grounds for dismissal alone. They have no grounds to sue.

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    TIL: In 2004, a meme map was created that satirizes the red/blue states scheme by dividing the United States and Canada into "The United States of Canada" and "Jesusland."

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  • As a Coloradan, I agree. Also, New Mexico and Virginia. Probably should also leave PA to Jesus Land.