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    spider ,

    You've got that right.

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    "You're trying to take away the incentives for people to work hard," [Catsimatidis] said.

    The working class is referred to as such for a reason.

    He should stop pretending to be one of them.

    spider , (edited )

    Nobody except a billionaire wants hand outs.

    ...and gets them, usually on demand.

    Columbia’s New “Antisemitism Task Force” Won’t Say What It Thinks Antisemitism Is ( theintercept.com )

    A recent listening session hosted by Columbia University’s new Task Force on Antisemitism devolved into chaos, with a task force leader yelling at students who questioned the group’s refusal to define “antisemitism,” according to sources at the university. Meanwhile, the school is preparing to spend up to $135,000 to...

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    During a closed-door meeting last week, Professor Ester Fuchs, who is one of the chairs of the task force, invoked a Supreme Court justice’s famous line about pornography: "I know it when I see it."

    The problem is, people like Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) think they do, too, when they accuse university presidents of it who then lose their jobs...and yet, turn a blind eye to it when it involves their own.

    In this f**ked-up political environment "I know it when I see it" is highly subjective. And it's bullshit.

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    The US press didn't really notice

    They're generally more interested in chasing down the next story, vs. spending more time on a current one.

    Edit: I've apparently offended people with short attention spans.

    Father of Marine killed in 2021 suicide bomb attack at Afghanistan's Kabul airport arrested at SOTU ( www.yahoo.com )

    During Biden's speech, Nikoui could be heard yelling, "Abbey Gate, Abbey Gate" at approximately 10:15 p.m. ET. Abbey Gate is the entrance to Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, where a single explosive device was detonated by an ISIS-K terrorist. The blast killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 170...

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    The father of a U.S. Marine who was killed at Afghanistan's Kabul airport in 2021 as America pulled out of the country was arrested by U.S. Capitol Police officers for disrupting the State of the Union address

    Meanwhile, Marjorie Taylor Greene gets a pass...

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    Now I'm feeling bad about eating them for St. Paddy's Day.

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    Marjorie Taylor Greene...Jim Jordan...all our weird uncles

    If only we could find a way to lock 'em all up in the same basement.

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    It's amusing to see Weird Uncles spelled in caps, but not the church.

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    The only hope for Gaza is for Biden to change course and use his significant leverage to convince Bibi to end the blockade.

    Five months and almost 31,000 Palestinian deaths later, he's still just wagging his finger and sending even more arms to Israel.

    We might as well just wait for the Pope to shit in the woods.

    Edit: Here's the most likely reason for the downvotes.

    (NSFW - language)

    spider ,

    His position has actually evolved on that.

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    Over the past few months, Francis had to cancel a few activities and one international trip due to his fragile health, which has recently raised worries over his capacity to continue to lead the Catholic Church.

    Maybe he's having cognitive issues, too, which might explain (but not excuse) his erratic behavior.

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    because nobody in Washington trusts her

    Not trusted by the crowd that itself can't be trusted -- quite the accomplishment, ain't it?

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    The former First Couple is as deep in politics as they have been since Trump won.

    And they had a hand in that, too:

    How the Hillary Clinton campaign deliberately "elevated" Donald Trump with its "pied piper" strategy

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    Saxon - Carpe Diem (2022) is a good one.

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    I just hope they have a Plan B in case of any interference from spez.

    (And I wouldn't put it past him.)

    spider OP ,

    It would be the absolute worst thing he could do.

    Which means he would probably do it...

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    The article is paywalled, so here's an archived version.

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    Florida also has a sizable Jewish population, but the former swing state has turned red from an influx of retirees over the past several election cycles.

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    A mass migration of Northeasterners and Midwesterners into Florida, many of them conservatives leaving Democratic states, has led to the state's politics turning sharply to the right, experts say.

    "The notion of the 'Big Sort' ... is really proving itself," said Matt Isbell, a Democratic elections analyst. "That's the idea that people move based on the politics. ... For a lot of retirees, places like Florida are appealing, especially if they're already conservative."

    Many of those new residents may have been attracted to Florida because they see it as a right-leaning state, said J. Miles Coleman, associate editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, especially amid Gov. Ron DeSantis' opposition to almost all COVID-19 restrictions.

    But it also goes the other way ... "If you're a liberal retiree up in the Northeast, if you're Jewish retiree in New York City right now, you see this stuff out of Florida, the Nazis and stuff, do you really think you're going to come down here?" Isbell said.

    source: Orlando Sentinel, via Internet Archive

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    Texas prosecutor disciplined for allowing murder charge against woman who self-managed an abortion ( www.texastribune.org )

    Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez reached a settlement with the State Bar of Texas following an investigation. Ramirez agreed to pay a $1,250 fine, and his license will be held in a probated suspension for one year, ending on March 31, 2025....

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    Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez

    Ironic that his first name is one letter shy of "Gotcha".

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    Ambrosia - Holdin' on to Yesterday

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    Both Jefferson and fellow Virginian James Madison felt that state support for a particular religion or for any religion was improper.

    Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay were the three main authors of the U.S. Constitution and The Federalist Papers.

    Many of these right-wing, theocratic judges belong to The Federalist Society.

    Go figure; there are so many f**king contradictions at this point that it's hard to keep track of them all.

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    Gay Republicans

    see: oxymoron

    Let’s Thank the Alabama Supreme Court ( www.nytimes.com )

    I never thought I’d be grateful to the Alabama Supreme Court for anything, but now I am. With its decision deeming frozen embryos to be children under state law, that all-Republican court has done the impossible. It has awakened the American public, finally, to the peril of the theocratic future toward which the country has...

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    The fact that religious doctrine lay at the heart of Justice Samuel Alito's majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was perfectly clear, as I observed then.

    And don't forget, the two most radical U.S. Supreme Court justices, Alito and Clarence Thomas, were nominated by the so-called "moderate" Bush family.

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    Six by Six - The Arms of a Word, which was released in mid-February.

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    ...who would likely be winding up his second term* were it not for DNC f**kery.

    *at roughly the same age as Biden starting his

    Conservative Christian women in red states are rising up to defend IVF ( www.washingtonpost.com )

    “They were attacking my faith. It bothered me to the core,” said Sara, a Southern Baptist who identifies as pro-life. “Because I had never viewed [IVF] as wrong, as anything other than beautiful and bringing another life into the world. … I’ve actually had a lot of friends pray for me and encourage me and help me along...

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    These are the very same people who also get abortions but insist that their circumstances are somehow different.

    spider ,

    Well, the definitions have changed:

    "moderate" = right-wing

    "conservative" = off the rails batshit crazy

    And, as you can see, even the media is in on the Orwellian doublespeak.

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    Instead of liberal vs. conservative it’s democracy plutocracy vs. fascism.

    fixed that for you

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    ...and Kyrsten Sinema used to be in the Green Party.

    They have both apparently fallen on their heads.

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    still just calls it "appropriation" rather than stealing or annexing

    Same applies to "settlers" used as a euphemism for squatters and thieves.

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    Andy Murphy has won the first three county conventions

    Andy Kim

    (not to be confused with this guy)

    spider ,

    Weird how the party of sex offenders wants to ruin any meaning to the term sex offender.

    The same applies to impeachment.

    The longer Biden enables Netanyahu, the more his presidency is at risk | Mohamad Bazzi ( www.theguardian.com )

    Biden, a supposed foreign policy pragmatist, doesn’t seem bothered that the US is one of the few states that continues to wholeheartedly sustain Israel’s war on Gaza. In fact, Biden has staked his political future on his support for Netanyahu and Israel – and Biden is losing. In this year’s presidential election, where...

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    which then puts states like New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and California in play?

    Florida also has a large population of Jewish voters, although the state has been trending red in recent election cycles.

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    full version

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    And have you noticed the pattern of each GOP governor being much worse than his predecessor?

    (excluding Charlie Crist, who was between Bush and Scott)

    spider ,

    Yikes! Doesn't matter to DeSantis though; he will be term-limited out of office in 2026.

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    'Languages Are Coming Into Our Country'

    Even if you don't understand them, they're probably still more coherent than Trump's recent speeches.

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    Oh, that's easy -- they're strictly chronological adults.

    spider , (edited )

    It might be because they don’t understand the instructions.

    Hunter Biden gives House Republicans the rebuttal they didn’t want ( wapo.st )

    Republican legislators and interviewers challenging the president’s son on the House majority’s behalf would throw out an allegation, often one that’s been worn smooth after tumbling around in the right-wing media universe for the past year or two. And Biden would invariably swat it away, stripping off the layers of...

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    I wish I could be that cool and smooth in situations like this.

    Speaking of which, I miss this Joe Biden.

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    They're the real veterans "for the truth", unlike these hacks.

    Donald Trump uses the slow legal system to his advantage. The Supreme Court is helping ( www.cnn.com )

    The Supreme Court’s decision to hear Donald Trump’s claim that he should be shielded from criminal prosecution keeps the justices at the center of election-year controversy for several more months and means any verdict on Trump’s alleged subversion of the 2020 vote will not come before summer....

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    I think Biden had said long ago that he wouldn't do that no matter what; in this political environment it probably wouldn't happen anyway.

    By the way, appellate courts sit right below the U.S. Supreme Court and there are currently 13 of them.

    Some legal experts argue there should be one supreme court justice per appellate court, because that was the ratio when the appellate court system was first established in 1891 -- nine supreme court justices and nine appellate courts.

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    Netanyahu cited one poll that showed 82% of Americans support Israel.

    Sounds like an AIPAC poll.

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