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Chozo , in Supreme Court Rules Trump Stays on Colorado Ballot
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Even though it may seem disappointing, this was realistically the right call. You know what they say about broken clocks, and all.

They didn't say he couldn't be removed from the ballot, just that it's a federal issue to solve and not a state one. And had they allowed it, that precedent would have been abused almost immediately and been back in the court's review all over again and would have resulted in a ton of dramatic and divisive political theater in the meantime.

Though, it does highlight some significant flaws in our electoral process. There's a lot of conflict between what the states and what the fed should be able to do for elections. The whole system needs to be revamped, IMO. Why each state sets their own rules is baffling to me in the first place; the Presidency affects the entire country, not just the states, so I don't get why we aren't going by nationwide popular vote instead of "California's electors picked Candidate A even though the majority of the voters picked Candidate B, and Iowa voters did a collective Hokey Pokey in a big expo center and decided on Candidate C", etc.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , in Supreme Court Rules Trump Stays on Colorado Ballot
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The decline continues...

PugJesus , in Supreme Court Rules Trump Stays on Colorado Ballot
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Fucking cretins.

FaceDeer , in Paramedic Sentenced to Five Years in Death of Elijah McClain

The case was a rare criminal prosecution of emergency medical personnel, and stirred outrage among paramedics and firefighters across the nation who worry that urgent decisions made as part of their jobs can be criminalized.

Maybe don't ignore the Hippocratic Oath and commit basic blatant malpractice at the behest of the police and you won't have to worry about that so much.

Grimy , in New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1bn gift

So that would be 200 schools if we liquidated one really annoying billionaire. Just sayin

kosure ,
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Expropriate or bust!

fubarx , in New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1bn gift

At $60K tuition x 500 students = $30M / yr.
Simple interest on $1B at 3% per year over 20 years = $30M / yr.

They can pay for 500 medical students, practically forever, without touching the principal.

According to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein_College_of_Medicine, in 2021, they matriculated 183 students (out of 9773 applicants). That means they can double the number of 'free tuition' students and the endowment will still keep growing.

raccoona_nongrata , in New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1bn gift
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While no individuals should ever be that wealthy to begin with, it's good to see some of them are capable of letting it go in their old age and returning it to the community rather than selfishly hording it.

apis ,

Sounds like it was her husband who hoarded the wealth, and that she gave it up once he left it to her.

So though she'd have benefitted greatly from being married to someone so rich, that money wasn't under her control until he died.

Seems her own work was worthwhile to the community.

DessertStorms ,
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rather than selfishly hording it.

Make no mistake, even those who give away sums that to us seen unimaginable, are still doing that.

BombOmOm , in Ukrainian troops pull back again as Russia's onslaught pushes ahead in eastern Ukraine
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Americans, push your House congressman to get Ukrainian lethal aid passed!

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

Reverendender , in Illinois judge who reversed rape conviction removed from bench after panel finds he circumvented law
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Good. Fuck this asshat with a rusty cheese grater. Now do the supreme court.

sndmn , in Putin: 95% of Russian Strategic Nuclear Capabilities Have Been Modernised

And 99% of that budget was just straight up stolen.

Crackhappy , in FAA Adopts Carbon Limits For Airliners
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That's great. Can we force ships to do the same?

swope OP ,
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I don't even know what the FAA counterpart for maritime is.

HubertManne ,
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I think we do but not in international waters. Many shipping ships have two engines. The dirty one it uses most of the time and the clean one it uses when getting to or leaving a port.

themeatbridge , in Many believe the founders wanted a Christian America. Some want the government to declare one now

The headline mispelled "Morons" as "Many."

MindSkipperBro12 ,

What’s the difference?

themeatbridge ,

Many don't believe that the founders intended for the USA to be a Christian nation. Morons do.

agent_flounder ,
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But unfortunately the number of morons is too many.

AFreeLarryHoover , in Study Featuring AI-Generated Giant Rat Penis Retracted, Journal Apologizes
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Talk about getting ratfucked.

alternative_factor ,
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As a scientist I can say this is the funniest thing to happen to science in years. The other AI-generated images are also hilarious because they have amazing insights into things like the JAK -> JAK -> JAK-> JAK -> JAK pathway and other total gibberish.

JamesBean ,
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I'm especially fond of the title telling you what the cell diagram is depicting: "IMMOUMINOMUDUODIUILATIUCIATON"

Whiskey_iicarus , in Shooting at Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory rally in downtown Kansas City
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Anyone taking bets on if it's the deep state or one of those damn lone wolves that got riled into a frenzy by all the ridiculous conspiracy theories but it's an isolated incident because there is only one superbowl a year and no one even actually died so there won't be any consequences for the source of this person's anger?

swope ,
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Probably all crisis actors. /s

6h0st_in_the_machin3 , in Europe must hurry to defend itself against Russia—and Donald Trump
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Correction, Europe must hurry to develop itself and don't rely on US for anything, US is lost. It's just crony capitalism and dumb people these days.

SolacefromSilence ,

I agree but surely you expected the "always has been" meme, right?

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