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  • Stephen Colbert says CBS didn't air Rep. James Talarico interview out of fear of FCC

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  • Well not taking anything from him, but with so many people involved in a TV production I think it would have come out in some form that dissent was being suppressed.

  • Stephen Colbert says CBS didn't air Rep. James Talarico interview out of fear of FCC

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  • Banning something is a sure fire way to give it oxygen. Streisand effect

    The problem Trump has in doing this type of suppression is that it gains more attention and riles people up more than if he had let the interview air. Sure the interview might have said things he didn't want to be said, but now he has made this a much bigger issue and he looks weak because he is scared at the mere prospect of some words being uttered.

  • Your GF has always wanted to know the answer

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  • "To impress a chick..."

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    America is rotting, with or without Trump

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  • It's about permission. These guys have always been there harbouring their evil thoughts but the system never allowed them to indulge.

    Now they have permission.

  • Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – MIT Media Lab

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  • Maybe I was not eloquent enough, but I don't object to the research being done. I think though that the result is the expected one and therefore it is not noteworthy enough to post on here. Doubtless this paper with end up highly cited.

  • Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – MIT Media Lab

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  • I mean this feels like an obvious result. Are we thinking this is ground breaking?

    Like comparing 3 ways of making a table, hand tools, power tools or paying someone to make it for you. Then asking which required the most effort.

    I mean I know it's important to confirm even expected results but this feels so intuitive.

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    Why does the US military obey an order to go to war despite Congress not having given their consent?

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  • Now this is a proper answer, thank you.

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    Why does the US military obey an order to go to war despite Congress not having given their consent?

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  • I'm not assuming anything. I'm asking a question about why the official, legal route can be bypassed.

  • me_irl

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  • I've been thinking about those guys a lot lately. Especially when the articles about AI making us dumber started coming out.

    It was actually a very insightful depiction of future humans

  • Bill Clinton spokesperson says White House is using him as scapegoat after Epstein files release

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  • Of course they are. They want to shine a spotlight on the most prominent Democrat in the files so that he becomes associated with the files. They either hope the association changes from trump to Clinton or that the Democrats will see one of their idols in the cross hairs and back down.

    We all know though that the Democrats stated position though is if anyone did wrong, prosecute regardless of politics.

    Trump doesn't seem to realise his documented close association with Epstein makes his absence from the files that are released highly suspicious. If it really is innocent, then realising all of the evidence would clear Trump. Instead he is releasing non incriminating things about Clinton and redacting everyone else. I mean they really do not respect the American people at all, they think they are dumb and can be manipulated into believing whatever they want. Except it isn't working this time...

  • “This is a fucking disaster”: Generational Republican family loses 95-year-old mill to Trump’s tariff mess - WTF Detective

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  • It is brain washing. They have been convinced that Democrats are so much worse for so long that they think of they had voted another way, somehow they would be having an even harder time.

    It has become a matter of faith not logic. This is just a test of their faith and it will all come good in the end.

  • I think they're bffs

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  • I think they are more like cell mates. Stuck in the same small room. Can't leave. Warden checks on them periodically and gives them terrible food to eat....

  • Ending wokeness, 1 nap at a time

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  • When you shit your pants regularly, having lots of the same suit makes it easier to do a quick change and not have it noticed.

  • I voted for Trump!

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  • Yeah the logic always stuns me.

    "If I vote for a Democrat they'll probably take some of my money through taxes and I'll be poor"

    Trump wins and ruins their business, they lose all of their money.

    "At least I'm not poor because of evil Democrat taxes"

    They have truly been brainwashed. Whatever bad shit republicans do they still believe the Democrats must be worse, because the republicans told them so. Even though the republicans have provably been lying to them for years.

  • ‘Humbly, I’m sorry’: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s turning a new leaf after years of divisive comments

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  • If you give people no credit for admitting they were wrong or give them no chance to atone, then you give them no reason to do it and they will continue down the path they are on. To me it is preferable that she stops being toxic vs her continuing if those are the two choices.

    I am not saying she should be forgiven, but if she is genuine, and that remains to be seen (she has a lot of work to do to prove that), then continuing to punish or otherwise vilify her, sends her the message that she's damned is she does and she's damned if she doesn't so why not continue being toxic. Why should she try to be better?

    If she continues to atone and does some very positive things in future (again doubtful) there should at least be some consideration given that she may have changed.

  • ‘Humbly, I’m sorry’: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s turning a new leaf after years of divisive comments

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  • I didn't actually say she was deprogramming anyone, just that she is in a position where she could.

    That said, the fact that she is speaking out against him has unquestionably lead other people to doubt him.

    Whether she is trying to take his place is not a point I tried to address directly, but I do believe she is behaving this way because she sees it as a way to further her own political career.

  • ‘Humbly, I’m sorry’: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s turning a new leaf after years of divisive comments

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  • My most charitable thinking about this is that she s always just playing to win. The way she acted was just that, an act. She did it because she knew it appealed to a particular segment of society that could get her elected. Now there is a sea change she is smart enough to know MAGA is doomed and she had jumped ship early because she thinks it will be more politically advantageous in the long run.

    She may be genuinely remorseful if she is good for her, but it doesn't erase the things she had voted for, against, and the things she said that harmed people or incited violence deliberately or accidentally.

    That said, she is somewhat uniquely positioned to assist in the deprogramming of MAGA members so, though I don't trust her, the things she is doing and saying today are leading people away from Trump, and that is the most vital mission right now.

  • Michelle Obama says US ‘not ready for a woman’ to be president: ‘Don’t even look at me about running’

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  • You don't think it's progressive that the USA has its first black president closely followed by it's first orange president? I'd say that's a society that is closer to saying it doesn't see colour.

    Seriously though, I think the fact America hasn't had a female leader is strange for a country that used to claim to be the greatest nation on earth.

  • Trump, 79, Struggles with Basic Math on Refund Checks

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  • Well maybe I am, but I also think there is a tendancy to dismiss a lot of trump's behaviour as delusional, or dumb when I see it as intentional malice with moments of dementia woven in.

    I do think he is not very bright, but not so dumb as many want to believe. It feels good to think of him as dumb, but the fact of the matter is he convinced tens of millions of people to vote for him. He has steam rollered the USA and imposed his will. He is clever enough to have understood his to manipulate the public masterfully up to his second election, despite being a convicted felon by that point. To say he is stupid and somehow lucked his way into all of that is not impossible but improbable. I think his issue now is that he underestimated how the public would respond as he got positive reinforcement for many years even when doing harmful things because of his blind support from MAGA. He underestimated how much they would put up with.

    It is entirely possible that he pulled the number out of the air but I don't think that's how he works. Some of what he says is rooted in a truth that he then distorts and exaggerates to serve him, which is why I think the number comes from his deliberate misunderstanding than from nowhere.

    The deception doesn't require him to accept he was wrong. It requires mental gymnastics. Something he has proven to be an Olympic gold medalist at.

    Just to be clear I am not defending him I am advising caution. Writing him off as stupid means you are in some way excusing his actions as being accidental and leads to the "of its just trump being trump" rhetoric that has let him get away with so much. He is a dangerous, dangerous man. I can't decide if he believes the things he says or simply wants you to believe the things he says. I lean towards the latter.

    As I wrote this I am reminded of Boris Johnson who is someone who spent a great deal of time convincing the UK public he was a harmless, likeable idiot. He was not. He was an intelligent, deceptive man who wore his public image like a mask to hide his nefarious intent. Boris is not trump of course, but I see Boris as a cautionary tale and it makes me view Trump differently than I perhaps would if Boris had not existed.

    Fully accept I may be wrong about all of this, but just want to share my opinion.

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    Reaching across the aisle

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    What characterises the musical style of the 2020s, 2010s and 2000s?

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    Supporters of Israel's actions in Gaza - why do you think the Geneva convention should not apply?