flta

joined 2 years ago
 

This is not a joke. Donald Trump is stating very plainly what he would do if reelected.

 

For decades, Republicans have had a far more robust network of conservative policy groups to push their legislative agenda. Now the States Project is aiming to fill that void on the left.

 

Brightline will make the trip in three and a half hours, with round-trip tickets starting at $158.

 

The price negotiation program, established by Democrats as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, is projected to save the government tens of billions of dollars in the coming years.

 

The initiative has 120,000 signatures more than needed — but that might not be enough to pass through the Florida Supreme Court.

 

A statewide committee is looking at doing something that hasn’t been done in Florida in more than 50 years — redrawing the boundaries of the state’s 20 circuit court districts, a projec…

 

The vote could play a big role in the future of abortion rights in Ohio. But it also raises questions about the power of ordinary citizens over elected politicians.

 

Their message: that both the Supreme Court and Legislature had rolled back rights for ethnic minorities, the LGBTQ community and women.

 

The U.S. recommended Americans reconsider traveling to China because of arbitrary law enforcement and exit bans and the risk of wrongful detentions.

 

Society is increasingly divided between a law-and-order faction and those who see racism in a pattern of police killings or mistreatment of minorities.

 

A group representing the Indigenous people has sued to regain the right, lost over a century ago, to freely fish for salmon in a Hokkaido river.

[–] flta@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Agreed. I’ll continue to post and comment on here.

[–] flta@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Hoping the Fediverse can be better synchronized so users can more easily interact between Kbin and Lemmy.

[–] flta@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I’m hoping they develop it for Kbin.

[–] flta@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was on Reddit for over 10 years and it only became a place for niche communities when they got rid of defaults. Kbin/Fediverse will get there in a few years.

[–] flta@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

I support Elon’s decision on this and hope it becomes permanent. That way, the exodus from Twitter can continue and reputable organizations will stop considering Twitter a valid platform.

[–] flta@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And stop engaging in political gamesmanship where they purposely tie their retirements to Republican Presidents among other GOP fuckery. John Roberts, if he actually cared about the integrity of the court, would resign now so Biden could appoint his replacement and try to reverse the politicization of the court.

[–] flta@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I am begging John Roberts that if he cares about the integrity of the courts, he should resign under Biden instead of engaging in same political gamesmanship that his right wing colleagues have engaged in.

[–] flta@kbin.social 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“Aides said he talked about Ivanka Trump’s breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her, remarks that once led John Kelly to remind the president that Ivanka was his daughter,” Taylor wrote, recalling an alleged exchange with Kelly, who served as Trump’s chief of staff between 2017 and 2019.

“Afterward, Kelly retold that story to me in visible disgust. Trump, he said, was ‘a very, very evil man.’”

And yet what did Kelly do at the time about it?

[–] flta@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

How can I comment on a different server (like https://fedia.io/) without creating another account?

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