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spongebue

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  • Rent is theft

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  • Clearly you are much smarter than myself. Can you tell me why renting land/a home is different than any other object that can be owned? Obviously shelter is a greater need than a chainsaw I could rent at Home Depot, but I thought the basic concepts should still apply?

    And again, maybe I'm not smart enough to understand what you're saying, but it seems like land owners (or "speculators", if that's the correct term now 🤷‍♂️) prohibit access to everyone except for tenants, and tenants instead have rights to use that property?

  • Rent is theft

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  • As mentioned elsewhere, owning isn't necessarily for everyone.

  • Rent is theft

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  • What service does the land speculator provide to the tenant?

    The ability to live somewhere that otherwise would have been reversed?

    I am lucky enough to be able to own a home. I can live here, and nobody else. But if I decided to rent my home out and they paid me rent, they could live here instead!

  • Judge says Trump administration must let lawmakers make unannounced visits to ICE detention facilities

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  • As Noem is doing now.

  • Judge says Trump administration must let lawmakers make unannounced visits to ICE detention facilities

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  • I suppose, but if you want to keep the nuance, the kid is a teenage girl, Jeremy is the boyfriend, and Jacob is hella gay and the parents have said they don't care. One kid explicitly not having a condition (the second bill specifically said it's not subject to those conditions) doesn't mean the other magically went away

  • Judge says Trump administration must let lawmakers make unannounced visits to ICE detention facilities

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  • To my understanding (not saying I agree with it, just trying to make the logic understood for awareness)...

    • Congress passed a law allocating funding, but also requiring access for Congressional inspections without notice
    • More funding was later allocated, and it explicitly was not conditioned on access for inspections
    • Noem took that to mean allowing inspections without notice were no longer required, despite the initial funding with the requirement still being in place

  • TIL: The Median Age for FOX, CNN & MSNBC Viewers is Around 70 Years Old

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  • I think CNBC's ticker is for stock prices, whereas Fox and CNN are for news headlines (although Fox will do several pieces for the same story, essentially putting a miniature article in a ticker)

  • TIL: The Median Age for FOX, CNN & MSNBC Viewers is Around 70 Years Old

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  • MSNBC hasn't had a ticker in years, if ever (I'm sure they did at one point but I had watched it for a while and noticed its absence)

  • Classmates of Liam Ramos wrote letters to ICE agents: "You're scaring schools, people and the world."

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  • Maybe the goal isn't for the letters from kids to change their mind, but to add to the public sentiment that there's some crazy shit happening and help get the adults fired up.

  • Classmates of Liam Ramos wrote letters to ICE agents: "You're scaring schools, people and the world."

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  • What do you think these preschoolers should do?

  • Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans

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  • I've been saying this for ages and is refreshing to hear it from someone else for once! I've also learned the term "dummymander"

  • 'Planned and purposeful': Case made for first-degree murder charges in Alex Pretti's death

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  • No. Grand juries are used when a prosecutor wants to bring a certain level of charges against someone. The prosecutor basically shows the evidence they have that would justify a case, and they sign off on the indictment (charges). While a trial is not a sure thing for either side, grand jury proceedings are basically a formality and it's not uncommon for a prosecutor to go their entire career without failing to get a grand jury indictment.

    If an officer-involved shooting is justified and there's no reason to bring charges, there's no reason to get a grand jury involved either.

  • Do you fall asleep listening to podcast, videos etc? Favorites to listen to?

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  • Lately I've been watching Noel Phillips videos on YouTube. He's an airline geek (as am I) and has been to some really unique places - some are interesting places on different continent, some just random remote airports in the middle of American nowhere.

  • Do you fall asleep listening to podcast, videos etc? Favorites to listen to?

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  • "thank you?"

    -that guy, probably

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  • I wouldn't consider Trump to be Christian

  • Turning Point USA Is Hosting Its Own Halftime Show Because the Super Bowl Is Too Gay

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  • Did you... Did you just type the word "slash"?

  • Pam Bondi offers to pull ICE out of Minneapolis if voter files handed over

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  • Soo, extortion?

  • ICE agents drew guns on off-duty officer in Minnesota, chief says

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  • Changing minds is meaningless if there is no systemic change.

    Sure, but systemic change is that much harder to achieve if nobody wants that change

  • Jack Smith: Trump 'Willfully Broke the Law' and Is Seeking 'Revenge' Against Those Who Uncovered It

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  • AG could be alright. Other than that his experience is amazingly in-depth in very specific areas but lacking breadth.

    Plus there can at least be a veil of nonpartisanship if he doesn't run. I don't know his political background and honestly don't care to.

  • Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world
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    Saw 3 cars in a row with the same letters on their license plates, one of which was from an entirely different state

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
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    Ender 3 V2 has gap on right side of bed, even with auto-level

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    YAML Newbie, stuck on what should be an easy question (using state attributes instead of numeric value)