Boddhisatva

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[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 2 points 14 minutes ago

Senate rules for confirming judges were changed. It only takes a simple majority now. Dems have been dragging things out and forcing role call votes to slow everything down, but there's only so much they can do.

Citing objectionable Trump administration candidates and lawless acts by the president and his team, Senate Democrats have slowed the process to a trickle, insisting on recorded votes for every nominee in a move that has left top agency slots vacant. It has also angered Republicans who accuse them of a new level of obstruction when it comes to confirmations.

In the end though, every democratic Senator can vote no and the republicans still win and the appointment is confirmed. What exactly do you want them to do?

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 4 points 29 minutes ago* (last edited 28 minutes ago)

Many of them do. Check around and see if your local Rep or Senator is holding any town halls. Though, this year, republicans have been dodging them left and right. Trump/GOP policies have been radioactive amongst their constituents so GOP leadership has told them not to hold any town halls. Those who have gone against that suggestion have found their sessions intense.

Steil entered the Elkhorn High School auditorium on Thursday to resounding boos and faced a raucous crowd for the duration of the 80-minute session, including fierce questions on his support of Trump’s agenda, as well as frequent interruptions, chants, and jeering.

If you do have republican representation in your area, you may have the opportunity to go to a democratic run town hall. Since republicans have been hiding from their voters, a number of democratic Senators and Reps have started going into republican controlled districts and holding their own town halls there.

House Democrats are ramping up their town-hall blitz in GOP-held districts over the long summer recess. The strategy is not new, but this time they’re armed with a powerful new talking point: President Trump’s refusal to release the federal files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

One can but dream.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 12 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

Maybe have news or weather channel showing on a TV so you can prove when you took the after video. That way they can't claim that the video was taken at the beginning of your stay rather than the end.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 19 points 18 hours ago

Probably because the people making the decisions were more concerned with something else. Maybe someone should check their bank accounts.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 24 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Me too, but I've yet to see one. I can't believe that no right-wing site is willing to make one. My only thought is that when they finish and realize how comparatively short their list is compared to this one, they don't publish it. I kind of wish dailykos would do one just to show the difference.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

my first thought was “Only nine?”

Luckily, these people don't typically have great aim. From the same source there have been 256 mass shootings this year. Again, this means 4+ victims in an incident.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 100 points 19 hours ago (7 children)

Of conservative sex offenders? We do.

1,376 and counting

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

You are more right than you know. He barely knows what the word groceries even means.

The Mysteries of Donald Trump's Very Large A Brain(Daily Show clip on Youtube)

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago

I remember when saying, "America had the best government money could buy" was a joke.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 30 points 21 hours ago

Just like when you’re shaving the pubes of a bear you’ll have to draw the line somewhere.

I feel seen.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 44 points 23 hours ago (6 children)

“There are so many different things that are wrong. For instance, FEMA sucks.”

Despite what right wing media claims, FEMA, when not under the thumb of a GOP idiot, does a fine and admirable job in most cases.

 

In the video, several marked and unmarked Customs and Border Protection vehicles can be seen pulling into the parking lot as several apparently armed agents got out of the vehicles.

School officials in Pico Rivera are calling for a federal investigation after immigration enforcement officers were seen on surveillance video appearing to urinate in the campus parking lot.

The incident happened on the morning of June 17, at Ruben Salazar High School in Pico Rivera. The El Rancho Unified School District shared surveillance video from the school parking lot on YouTube on Wednesday.

Over the next few minutes, nearly a dozen agents are seen walking to a part of the parking lot, near a couple of shipping containers. The agents seem to reach for their pants while walking to covered areas, stand still for several moments, then walk away. The district says school staff saw the agents peeing.

ICE agents exposed themselves to staff in a parking lot next to a preschool playground and an in-session elementary school. These agents need to be identified and prosecuted just like anyone else would be in such circumstances.

 

Not all searches get AI answers, but Google has been steadily expanding this feature since it debuted last year. One searcher on Reddit spotted a troubling confabulation when searching for crashes involving Airbus planes. AI Overviews, apparently overwhelmed with results reporting on the Air India crash, stated confidently (and incorrectly) that it was an Airbus A330 that fell out of the sky shortly after takeoff. We've run a few similar searches—some of the AI results say Boeing, some say Airbus, and some include a strange mashup blaming both Airbus and Boeing. It's a mess.

Always remember that AI, or more accurately, LLMs are just glorified predictive text like on your phone. Don't trust them. Maybe someday they will be reliable, but that day isn't today.___

 

More than two months after the Trump administration admitted it mistakenly deported Abrego Garcia from Maryland to his native El Salvador, a federal grand jury has indicted him for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants within the United States, ABC News has learned.

A two-count indictment, which was filed under seal in federal court in Tennessee last month, alleges Abrego Garcia, 29, participated in a years-long conspiracy to haul undocumented migrants from Texas to the interior of the country, according to sources briefed on the indictment.

I can only assume this means charges will be forthcoming against Texas Governor Abbott soon for the same charges.

 

The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. on May 21 and was captured on video, showing the officers exchanging blows and shoves. One of them, visibly agitated, used her radio to request the presence of a supervisor, warning that "I need a supervisor here... immediately before I beat this girl up."

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To absolutely no one's surprise...

Marko Elez, 25, who worked for a number of companies run by Elon Musk and was part of the billionaire’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force engaged in dismantling federal offices, resigned Thursday, a White House official told The Hill.

Elez’s racist, now-deleted social media posts were uncovered and first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

“Normalize Indian hate,” the account associated with Elez posted in September, regarding people of Indian ethnicity who work in the U.S. tech sector, the Journal reported.

“You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity,” the account wrote on Elon Musk’s social media site X, the Journal reported.

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HHS has sent out letters terminating all DEI employees and programs. The letter included instructions that the email DEIAtruth@opm.gov was available to report people for non-compliance.

Personally, I am very concerned that radical elements might attempt to flood that email address. That would be a real shame if that were to happen.

 

Actual quote (video included in link):

“I dare you to try to continue your lawfare against President Trump in his second term,” he threatened. “Because listen here, sweetheart: We’re not messing around this time, and we will put your fat a-- in prison for conspiracy against rights, and I promise you that.”

Welcome to the new regime.

 

No video released yet but the right wing blog-sphere is already claiming it's AI. Put on your seat-belts and keep your hands inside the car at all times.

 

Forgot to include the [OC] in the title.

 

Alternative headline: Trump finally tells the truth about something.

 

Republicans, in one of the more moronic takes of the election season, say that if Biden is too old to run for office, then he's too old to hold the office and should resign.

 

Fulton County prosecutors filed an emergency request for a protective order in the Georgia election subversion case on Tuesday after recorded statements made by multiple defendants as part of their plea deals were made public.

On Monday, ABC News and The Washington Post published footage of the proffer sessions, which showed the four defendants who pleaded guilty being questioned by prosecutors about their involvement in various efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

Prosecutors said the footage was turned over to the remaining defendants as part of discovery, urging the court to impose restrictions on how the defendants can disclose the materials.

“The release of these confidential video recordings is clearly intended to intimidate witnesses in this case, subjecting them to harassment and threats prior to trial, constitutes indirect communication about the facts of this case with codefendants and witnesses, and obstructs the administration of justice, in violation of the conditions of release imposed on each defendant,” prosecutors wrote in their motion.

To prevent further disclosure, prosecutors said they will not provide videos of any proffer sessions to defendants moving forward.

“Instead, defendants must come to the District Attorney’s Office to view confidential video recordings of proffers. They may take notes, but they will be prohibited from creating any recordings or reproductions,” prosecutors wrote in the filing.

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