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WHARRGARBL

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  • Texas Democrats say they're ending a two-week walkout over gerrymandered US House map plan

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    • They made a stand and got the nation involved.
    • They returned when their conditions were met.
    • They had already been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars.

    What are YOU doing?

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  • Not sure what prompted it, but I have you tagged as my favorite fediverson for brilliance, kindness, and humor.

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  • Hold the fuck up. This is what everyone experiences, right? It’s not a sign of ADHD, is it? What the hell?! JFC social media is how I learned I have total aphantasia and I’m not ready for this.

  • As governments around the world are set to make the Internet more restrictive and privacy-invading, we need a solution

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  • Ew

  • 🎶 Just Sit Right Back And He'll Hide A Tale 🎶

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  • A tale of a rapeful trip

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    A man has been killed after opening fire at a U.S. Border Patrol Facility in Texas, authorities say.

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  • I agree, probably some people did downvote because of the “just working” remark. It also appears that many downvotes are an emotional reaction to feeling empathy for anyone associated with ICE. The problem here is twofold:

    1. The McAllen station isn’t ICE, and commenters here don’t seem to understand - or won’t stop feeling outrage long enough to learn - that the objectives, the methods, and the general principles between ICE and Border Patrol are vastly different. It’s like insisting that Grand Canyon and Everglades are identical because they’re both governed under the national parks system.
    2. Seeing the fediverse slide into Reddit hive mind is cringey. People here used to be more open to respectful discussion. A mention of potential humanity in a reviled federal department wouldn’t have been brigaded. On that note, I appreciate your response.
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    A man has been killed after opening fire at a U.S. Border Patrol Facility in Texas, authorities say.

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  • Perfect example of my point.

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    A man has been killed after opening fire at a U.S. Border Patrol Facility in Texas, authorities say.

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  • Judging by your downvotes, it looks like many people here neither know nor care that there is a world of difference between Border Patrol and ICE.

  • 71% of Americans say the US should spend more on "assistance to the poor". But if you use the word "welfare" that number drops to 30%

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  • Why are US americans against helping each other?

    There is no simple answer to your question. Generally speaking, the US ethic is largely built on a foundation of rogue settlers who were encouraged to take what they wanted by force and duplicity. Whether it was the attempted (and ongoing) ethnic cleansing of the tribes, or total destruction of the environment, or massacring fauna to extinction, or the brutal subjugation of African people, early americans operated at a level of entitlement, ignorance, and the absolute belief in a zero-sum competition.

    This mindset has been useful to the people in power, and it has been frequently stoked to manipulate a large minority of the population into a fearful and angry existence, effectively preventing a cultural shift that embraces social enlightenment. Even the US education system is designed to perpetuate the propaganda while preventing critical thinking skills and empathy.

    Interestingly, even the most virulent USers, on an individual basis, exhibit selective social welfare tendencies, while still maintaining their cultural bigotries. To be fair, most US americans are in favor of social welfare. The rich in the US, who are in control, will always fight reform, because it isn’t profitable to them.

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    Idaho shooting: Two firefighters dead in ambush, police say

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  • Not insane when you consider sheriff Bob fucking Norris is still in charge, even after siccing 6 of his nazi boys on a woman at a town hall meeting in February.

    This piece of shit moved to Idaho after 20 years with the LA County Sheriff’s Department, where he finagled $150k annual disability, and has been drunk with power since he became sheriff in 2020.

    https://www.kxly.com/news/no-evidence-of-investigation-into-kootenai-county-sheriff-norris-role-in-town-hall-incident/article_3a66d963-fc97-4f2c-a209-1a65f5203d82.html

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    US Catholic school fires teacher after husband’s obituary reveals his marriage to a man

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  • Impressive that the archdiocese has the bandwidth to fire a widower for his gay marriage, while simultaneously juggling their bankruptcy in order to dodge restitution to the 600 raped kids.

  • Mike Lee Tries to Sneak Public Land Sale Back Into 'Big, Ugly Bill' Ahead of Senate Vote

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  • Looking at the linked map, the raped states are:

    • New Mexico
    • Colorado
    • Wyoming
    • Montana
    • Idaho
    • Utah
    • Arizona
    • Nevada
    • California
    • Oregon
    • Washington

    If these 11 states were to secede, they would have a fiscal advantage because many of them give billions of dollars more in federal funding than the non-donor states receive.

    They would also take with them all access to West Coast ports, as well as all western USA water rights including the Columbia River and the Colorado River. Of course, Mike Lee would need to be ejected. Preferably from a canon.

    https://wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=821970f0212d46d7aa854718aac42310

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  • It had launched 4 or 5 years before I joined, so I wasn’t really legacy. I came here to the fediverse when Christian announced the Apollo fuckery, and it was like leaving a collapsing pile of flaming trash to breathing fresh air with good people. Those /r/ stories don’t need to be here.

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  • Reddit is a cesspit. The first time I posted a comment there ~ 15 years ago, someone answered by graphically describing how he would violently rape me.

  • GOP plan to sell more than 2 million acres of federal lands is found to violate Senate rules

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  • Since 2017, Utah’s Mike Lee has been on a mission - this time not Mormon - to demolish National Monuments. He began in his own backyard, targeting Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, for fossil fuel drilling. He’s been colluding with Trump for 8 years to hand over millions of acres of protected land to oil and gas.

  • What's a random line from a movie that fans of it will instantly know?

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  • Strange things are afoot at the Circle K

  • Corporate Wants You To Find The Difference

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  • Ollie North is also the face of the US government’s war on Central American democracy, the brutal consequences of which affect the Americas to this day.

  • U.S. residential solar on the brink of collapse

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  • I see you’re an APS hostage, too.

  • U.S. residential solar on the brink of collapse

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  • Currently living in the sunniest city in the world, but had to pass on solar panels. Choices are to either buy outright or lease. The lease option is predatory as hell, but the cost of buying and maintaining outweighs the eventual savings because the power company monopoly keeps juking credits. American fuckery strikes again.