JD Vance flew to Montana for secret meeting with Rupert Murdoch and Fox News executives
A source familiar with the trip told The Independent that the vice president spoke to both Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, as well as a group of executives from the right-wing network
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Army soldier killed and another hurt in helicopter ‘incident’ near Fort Campbell in Kentucky
The names of the soldiers have not been released
US | Shaq Signs $1.8 Million Check to End His Crypto Drama
The NBA legend’s FTX settlement signals the end of crypto’s celebrity free ride.
PSA: Widespread internet outage affects Spotify, Google, Discord, AWS, Cloudflare, more
Widespread internet outage affects Spotify, Google, AWS, more - 9to5Mac
A widespread internet outage is currently impacting a wide range of popular platforms and infrastructure providers.Marcus Mendes (9to5Mac)
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Social Media Is Now a DIY Alert System for ICE Raids
The undocumented migrant community in the United States is using social networks and other digital platforms to send alerts about raids and the presence of immigration agents around the US.
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The GOP’s New Medicaid Denialism | Unable to defend their health-care cuts on the merits, congressional Republicans have pivoted to magical thinking.
We project that implementation of the retractions outlined in the reconciliation bill would result in more than 42,500 deaths annually
The GOP’s New Medicaid Denialism
Unable to defend their health-care cuts on the merits, congressional Republicans have pivoted to magical thinking.Jonathan Chait (The Atlantic)
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Medicade is a piece of load-bearing social infrastructure that most Americans - who are not on Medicade and barely understand the difference between Medicare and Medicade - are blissfully unaware of it's ramifications for the entire healthcare system.
Put another way: The only reason we don't have hordes of people in the streets demanding universal healthcare - is because the poor have Medicade, so it's in their best-interests to behave.
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There was another article that said 1 out 4 Americans have a disability. I couldn't find a source to back that up. That is a shit ton of people.
Why we have a government and taxes:
- To take care of the least among us
- To make sure that people aren't being taken advantage of; robbed, killed, manipulated, etc.
Why the Republicans think we have a government and taxes right now:
- So they can have more money
- To be racist af and keep anyone that isn't white, out of the country.
- To make everyone a christian
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Medicade is a single-payer healthcare program that is almost entirely for the poor. (eg: People that insurance companies can't squeeze money out of.)
Without Medicade most hospitals will go bankrupt - and what few social services & charities there are for the poor will be absolutely swamped to the point where they will be ineffective.
Moreover: Medicade prevents medical bills from forcing the poor from choosing between a rent & food and medication they need to live. So if Medicade gets gutted, the US homeless population is going to blow up.
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It was meant as a joke.
Because an "ade" drink is a type of sweet, fruit-flavored beverage, typically made by diluting fruit juice with water and adding sweetness.
And it's Medicaid but you keep spelling it Medicade, like lemonade.
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*Medicaid
It was a spelling goof, it's all good. Still reading you loud and clear.
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Trump blocks California rules for greener vehicles and gas-powered car ban
State says it would challenge president’s resolution, setting up a battle over California’s environmental measures
Dozens of Palestinians killed near Gaza aid distribution point, health officials say, in third day of shooting | CNN
"third day of shooting". At an AID POINT.
Even if you're being gracious and assuming day 1 was all just a wacky misunderstanding (it wasn't), day 2 and 3 are war crimes.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/middleeast/gaza-rafah-shooting-aid-distribution-point-intl
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I dont understand. I mean, payback, sure, you got yours. Now , people who were once almost wiped off the planet....now want to wipe another race off the planet.
You would think they would have sympathy for the women and children not even involved. Just trying to survive.
Disproportionate response has been Israeli bread and butter for a few decades now.
Remember this one?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel…
"During the Second Intifada, the IDF adopted a policy of house demolition following a wave of suicide bombings. Israel justified the policy on the basis of deterrence against terrorism, and providing an incentive for families of potential suicide bombers to dissuade the bomber from attacking. Demolitions can also occur in the course of fighting. During Operation Defensive Shield, several IDF soldiers were killed early in the conflict while searching houses containing militants. In response, the IDF started employing a tactic of surrounding such houses, calling on the occupants (civilian and militant) to exit, and demolishing the house on top of the militants that do not surrender. This tactic, called nohal sir lachatz (Hebrew: נוהל סיר לחץ, lit. 'pressure pot'), is now used whenever feasible (i.e., non-multi rise building that is separated from other houses). In some heavy fighting incidents, especially in the 2002 Battle of Jenin and Operation Rainbow in Rafah 2004, heavily armored IDF Caterpillar D9 bulldozers were used to demolish houses to widen alleyways, uncover tunnels, or to secure locations for IDF troops. The result was an indiscriminate use of demolitions against civilian housing unconnected to terrorism that left 1,000 people homeless in the Rafah Refugee Camp.[11]
[33]According to a report by Amnesty International in 1999, house demolitions are usually done without prior warning and the home's inhabitants are given little time to evacuate.[34] According to a 2004 Human Rights Watch report, many families in Rafah own a "cluster of homes". For example, the family may own a "small house from earlier days in the camp, often with nothing more than an asbestos roof". Later, sons will build homes nearby when they start their own families.[35]"
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Then the argument becomes "Well, where's Palestine?"
Roll back to the 1949 borders?
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That poor boy who saw his mother shot dead queuing for aid had lost his brother in an earlier bombing.
I can totally understand why he would want revenge on these psychotic Zionist killers.
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US Senator Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in LA.
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Senator Alex Padilla is forcibly removed from Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in LA. "Hands off!," Padilla can be heard yelling. Never seen a US senator handled this way.Bluesky Social
Come visualizzarle da Mastodon e da Friendica le testate italiane che Flipboard ha finalmente federato?
Come visualizzarle da Mastodon e da Friendica le testate italiane che Flipboard ha finalmente federato?
Ora che anche diversi account italiani di Flipboard si sono uniti al Fediverso, cerchiamo di capire come seguirli al meglio, per non perderci nulla, ma anche per non farci sommergere dal flusso di informazione
Come visualizzarle da Mastodon e da Friendica le testate italiane che Flipboard ha finalmente federato?
Ora che anche diversi account italiani di Flipboard si sono uniti al Fediverso, cerchiamo di capire come seguirli al meglio, per non perderci…informapirata
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Mi sembra un'ottima notizia, nel passaggio da Facebook al Fediverso una delle cose di cui sentivo più la mancanza (a parte gli amici...) erano proprio le notizie del Post. Ho messo il "follow", vediamo com'è.
Grazie per la guida, è stata un'ottima idea.
EDIT: posso finalmente rimuovere il dubbio sul "vediamo com'è", funziona perfettamente 😁
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Canada opens war crimes probe into dual Israeli-Canadian IDF soldiers
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/31107913
The original source article: thestar.com/news/canada/rcmp-s…
Canada’s federal police have launched a criminal investigation into several IDF soldiers who also hold Canadian citizenship, on suspicion of crimes against humanity allegedly committed during their military service, Canadian media reported Tuesday.The report, first published by the Toronto Star, marks the first time Canadian authorities have formally opened a war crimes investigation against dual Israeli-Canadian nationals. The move has triggered concern and controversy within Canada’s Jewish and Israeli communities.
According to the report, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are investigating Canadian citizens who served in the IDF, whether in active duty or as reservists, during the war in Gaza. The probe reportedly began in 2024 but remained under wraps until now. It could include evidence collection, information sharing with international bodies and potentially even indictments on Canadian soil.
Canada opens war crimes probe into dual Israeli-Canadian IDF soldiers
Canada’s federal police have launched a criminal investigation into several IDF soldiers who also hold Canadian citizenship, on suspicion of crimes against humanity allegedly committed during their military service, Canadian media reported Tuesday.The report, first published by the Toronto Star, marks the first time Canadian authorities have formally opened a war crimes investigation against dual Israeli-Canadian nationals. The move has triggered concern and controversy within Canada’s Jewish and Israeli communities.
According to the report, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are investigating Canadian citizens who served in the IDF, whether in active duty or as reservists, during the war in Gaza. The probe reportedly began in 2024 but remained under wraps until now. It could include evidence collection, information sharing with international bodies and potentially even indictments on Canadian soil.
Canada opens war crimes probe into dual Israeli-Canadian IDF soldiers
Canada quietly probing citizens over alleged war crimes committed while serving in the IDF during Gaza war; launched in 2024, investigation remains unannounced; Jewish community voices concern: 'Canada is becoming more hostile toward us by the d…Itamar Eichner (ynetnews)
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Dear Jews,
Don't be that guy and start defending people of war crimes just because they are Jewish. People are not probing them because they are Jewish, they are being probed because of their war crimes.
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I wished they did something before the death toll rose above 50,000; Because to those people they did nothing.
Well they actually did something to those people: A couple of months ago Canada was still Arming the genocidal army.
And i think we should never forget that. Ever. The UN special comnittee already found Israel's methods of war consistent with genocide last year. If Canada really wants to do something about this. (And by "Canada" i mean it's people and it's government.) They should seek putting everyone complicit on selling arms to Israel on trial for crimes against humanity.
~But it's not like people in power are reading World news on lemmy for suggestions. or to get discouraged We are just talking here among ourselves.~
Yes. Yes they would. That should be obvious by this point.
Just like the people who spent last year shouting that the best way to stop the Gaza genocide is to elect the guy who said he wants Israel to "finish the problem."
Google quietly paused the rollout of its AI-powered ‘Ask Photos’ search feature
cross-posted from: rss.ponder.cat/post/197387
Google is pausing the rollout of its AI-powered “Ask Photos” feature within Google Photos, which has been slowly expanding since last fall. “Ask Photos isn’t where it needs to be,” wrote Jamie Aspinall, a product manager for Google Photos, in a post on X responding to criticism, citing three factors: latency, quality, and user experience.
The experimental feature is powered by Google’s “most capable” Gemini AI models. Specifically, it’s a specialized version of its Gemini models that are “only used for Ask Photos,” according to Google.
Aspinall said Google had paused the feature’s rollout “at very small numbers while we address these issues,” and that in about two weeks, the team would ship a better version “that brings back the speed and recall of the original search.
At the same time, Google also announced Tuesday that keyword search in Photos is getting better, allowing you to use quotes to find exact text matches within “filenames, camera models, captions, or text within photos,” or search without quotes to include visual matches too.
Google announced the feature last May at I/O 2024, and positioned it as a way to query your Photos app for common-sense questions that another human would typically have to help with — i.e., asking about which themes you’ve chosen in the past for a child’s birthday party, or which national parks you’ve visited.
“Gemini’s multimodal capabilities can help understand exactly what’s happening in each photo and can even read text in the image if required,” the company wrote in the announcement. “Ask Photos then crafts a helpful response and picks which photos and videos to return.”
It’s not the first time Google has paused the rollout of an AI-powered feature, as it competes in a quickly intensifying AI arms race against other tech giants and startups alike.
Last May, within weeks of debuting “AI Overview” in Google Search, Google paused the feature after nonsensical and inaccurate answers went viral on social media, with no way to opt out of usage. Two high-profile examples: The feature called Barack Obama the first Muslim president of the United States, and recommended users put glue on pizza to keep the cheese on.
And last February, Google rolled out Gemini’s image-generation tool with a good deal of fanfare, then paused the feature that same month after users reported historical inaccuracies, such as an AI-generated image depicting the U.S. Founding Fathers as people of color.
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Google apologizes for ‘missing the mark’ after Gemini generated racially diverse Nazis
Google says it’s aware of historically inaccurate results for its Gemini AI image generator, following criticism that it depicted historically white groups as people of color.Adi Robertson (The Verge)
Honestly Immich image search is so much better it's not even funny. Face detection too.
Like "No Google photos it's not my dog, it's a screenshot of an article with an image of a car in it."
Elon Musk derides Donald Trump’s tax bill as ‘a disgusting abomination’
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Elon Musk derides Donald Trump’s tax bill as ‘a disgusting abomination’
Billionaire lashes out just as US president urges Senate to pass his ‘big, beautiful’ fiscal plan
Elon Musk lashed out at Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill on Tuesday, describing it as a ‘disgusting abomination’© AFP/Getty Images
Elon Musk has lambasted Donald Trump’s signature tax bill, calling it “a disgusting abomination”, in an outburst that threatens to destroy the relationship between the US president and his billionaire backer.
In a series of posts on his social media site X on Tuesday, Musk, who abruptly left the administration last week, hit out at what he called a “massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill”.
He added: “Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”
Musk’s comments came just hours after Trump had criticised Republican Senator Rand Paul, a staunch fiscal conservative, for his opposition to the proposed legislation, which the president described as a “BIG GROWTH BILL” on his social media platform.
The legislation, which Trump had coined his “big, beautiful bill”, passed the House last month by one vote and is currently being considered by the Senate. It has been criticised by fiscal hawks for adding trillions to the national debt when investors are already worried about the US’s widening deficit.
Supporters of Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) have also criticised the bill, claiming it would undo some of the initiative’s savings.
Asked about Musk’s latest comments, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: “Look, the president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill. It doesn’t change the president’s opinion. This is one big, beautiful bill, and he’s sticking to it.”
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Proper headline:
“Drug Addict Desperately Lies in Attempt to Save Companies From Failing Due to His Own Actions”
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Nah don't try to discredit Musk. It's much more fun to watch the right Splinter and in-fight.
Let the tech bros believe he's super smart and let them fight it out with the MAGA cult
"How dare Trump do exactly what I supported him for???"
Too bad for Fascist #2, his reputation is already in ruins amongst the consumer base he needs to court, and no amount of backtracking will save him.
“Piracy is piracy”: Disney and Universal sue AI image generator Midjourney in a Hollywood first
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I imagine that they could find that leeching is illegal if you upload anything to any other torrent clients. I think Meta was claiming they were literally in the clear because they were being assholes and configuring their clients not to share at all.
But yeah, keep your ratio above 1, or you're a jerk.
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I guarantee they're also adding AI slop trained on other people's work into their own content, while simultaneously suing anyone who does the same with theirs.
Fuck Disney
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The argument could be made that because the image generator is essentially a regurgitator with no artistic interpretation, there is no transformative artistic value in it. It's like applying a filter with extra steps.
Also the generators charge for access, so they are profiting off of the IP. That's quite different to making something for personal use or releasing it for free.
If drawing is legal, I don't understand why Fan game's are illegal then.
Here are some images matching your request
Prompt: hitler shooting himself and splattering his brains on the wall
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Here are some images matching your request
Prompt: adolf hitler shooting himself in the head
Style: flux
Here are some images matching your request
Prompt: adolf hitler, suicide, gore, walther ppk, spatter
Style: flux
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draw Hitler holding a gun, aiming at his own head, with gore and bits coming out of a bullet hole in the head
If Disney wants to stop me from using genAI or pirating, they can pry it out of my cold, dead hands.
Intellectual property is a myth, copyright is nothing more than calling dibs, and neither have enough merit for me to give a shit about either. Once an idea exists and is released into the public, it’s mine to use however I want. And use it I will, regardless of whatever the artists or developers who made it think.
I'm their defense, given that they are massive settled business, banning ai image generations will more likely hurt younger competition rather than hurt Disney.
so far, the only AI that they use was for some trippy effect for a TV show. and it was used because it does look uncanny.
they just want less competition
Sorry for Reddit, but check this out.
old.reddit.com/r/FluxAI/commen…
No more uncanny weird shit in latest. And this one is open source.
Man arrested for handing out face shields to LA protesters - as ICE agents wear masks to cover their identities
Arrest of Alejandro Theodoro Orellana comes as federal officials have been defending ICE use of face masks against mounting criticism
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Elon Musk Rips Trump's Big Beautiful Budget: 'Abomination'
Elon Musk Absolutely Explodes on Trump’s ‘Disgusting Abomination’ of a Spending Bill
Just days after officially departing the White House, Elon Musk is going scorched earth on the signature budget legislation being championed by President Trump.Joe DePaolo (Mediaite)
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Yup. Now Trump will blame Musk for anything that went wrong in the last 5 months - including the fallout from musk’s random vandalism of government agencies.
I wonder when Musk will realize that he is probably going to die in a Salvadoran prison.
I wonder when Musk will realize that he is probably going to die in a Salvadoran prison.
Hey, some of us are working. Let's keep the boner material to a minimum.
this isn't a falling out. i swear there's been an article once a week since january pretending This Is IT between the richest man in the world and one of the most corrupt, but turns out, they have a lot to offer each other. they're talking a bunch of bullshit like they always do and news outlets are reporting their meaningless words uncritically like they always do.
wake me up when spacex loses funding.
Proper headline:
“Drug Addict Desperately Lies in Bid to Save Companies His Actions Destroyed”
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Whatever, clown. The Nazi is out of the bag now. No matter what you say or do, we know you are absolute dogshit.
Go fuck off, do your drugs, and slip in your uncontrolled piss... Maybe you'll jog a braincell.
So Nazi facing rich people consequences that no one can actually sympathize with gets angry at Nazi with power behind him?
In Nazi Germany, that usually led to the former being disappeared by the latter. I don't expect that to happen, but it would be exciting to see.
Behind the Bastards did a series on one of the oligarchs behind the rise of the Nazis who got sidelined after they got power.
Sadly it didn't end with his execution but so few of them do.
Israel’s Iran threat is familiar, but it is unlikely to attack without US backing
Israel has threatened to destroy Tehran’s nuclear programme before, ultimately holding back in absence of Washington’s support
Archived version: archive.is/newest/theguardian.…
Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Trump Education Secretary Gets Embarrassing Math Lesson in Hearing
Trump Education Secretary Gets Embarrassing Math Lesson in Hearing
Linda McMahon doesn’t seem to understand that 1 x 10 = 10.The New Republic
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For those who are not WWE fans, I would still recommend going back to the late 1990s and early 2000s and watch Linda McMahon's on-screen role in the company at the time. By all accounts, what she was like on-screen is what she was like off-screen: A completely wooden personality devoid of charisma, looking, sounding, and acting like a badly written AI reading off cue cards. Even when she was CEO of the company, her only actual duties were to just do whatever Vince told her to do while he used her as an example of how "progressive" he is for having a woman as CEO. By all accounts from interviews given by former wrestlers and employees, Vince called all the shots and made the decisions. All she ever did was sign her name.
Hmmm....she was put in a position she does not have the intelligence or qualifications for, for the sole purpose of blindly following the orders of a megalomaniac who was calling the shots backstage. Sound familiar?
She has about as much charisma as a department store mannequin, and about as much intelligence. It's always been this way.
I suspect there wasn't an error in math. My Occam's Razer here says that they had a conclusion in mind (i.e. the Education department spent trillions of dollars on a do nothing program), wanted to say it on CSPAN so that they could have the sound byte.
The correction isn't going to be aired on Fox or OAN.
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Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’ Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was unnecessary
California national guards troops and marines deployed to Los Angeles to help restore order after days of protest against the Trump administration have told friends and family members they are deeply unhappy about the assignment and worry their only meaningful role will be as pawns in a political battle they do not want to join.Three different advocacy organisations representing military families said they had heard from dozens of affected service members who expressed discomfort about being drawn into a domestic policing operation outside their normal field of operations. The groups said they have heard no countervailing opinions.
“The sentiment across the board right now is that deploying military force against our own communities isn’t the kind of national security we signed up for,” said Sarah Streyder of the Secure Families Initiative, which represents the interests of military spouses, children and veterans.
Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’
Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessaryAndrew Gumbel (The Guardian)
Report on Russia's 2016 US election meddling disappears from Senate website
Russia 2016 Election Meddling Report Webpage 'Purged': What We Know
"No results found" was the message on a webpage of the intelligence.senate.gov site which had hosted the election report.Brendan Cole (Newsweek)
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Newsweek has contacted the White House and the select committee leadership outside of office hours via email for comment.
I’m curious why they’d contact the White House—does the White House administer the Senate’s website?
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From the report:
In its review of the 2016 elections, the Committee found no evidence that vote
tallies were altered or that voter registry files were deleted or modified, though the Committee
and IC's insight into this is limited.
Georgia Destroyed Election Data Right After a Lawsuit Alleged Its Voting System Was a Mess. Why?
We’re faced once again with that age-old question: incompetence or a cover-up?Jeremy Stahl (Slate)
Democrats Are Giving Out Free Tacos to Make Fun of Trump
Let's go TACO, let's go!!!
Update: Yes, the Dems have been pretty much useless but they can't do anything when they have no majority in either the House or Senate and Don TACO is ruling by EOs.
But this is how you get him and them. Fuck the high road, hit them at their level. Call them names like weirdos and TACO. If anything induce strokes in all of them.
Democrats Are Giving Out Free Tacos to Make Fun of Trump
The Democratic National Committee is seizing on the humiliating new slogan mocking Trump.The New Republic
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What policy are the national Democrats intended to be doing with their swanky majorities of -8 in the House of Representatives and -5 in the Senate?
This is part of what the opposition is supposed to do. They criticise, make fun of, offer legislative resistance to, and draw attention to the bad policies of the government.
The story how they got to be a minority is an epic story of mismanagement, corruption and insanity that stretches over many decades.
There is nothing wrong with free tacos, but it’s like polishing a mountain high turd
They can stop 6-8 of their own members from voting in favor of fascism.
They can make tangible changes in reality instead of lip service.
They can form a coalition and physically restrict access to the senate floor so nothing else can pass.
They can do a lot better if they weren't complicit cowards
What policy are the national Democrats intended to be doing with their swanky majorities of -8 in the House of Representatives and -5 in the Senate?
Some lawmakers acknowledge that the filibuster, which has effectively set a 60-vote supermajority requirement for passing legislation in the Senate, could doom many of the proposals they have championed
The Filibuster Explained
The procedure, whose use has increased dramatically in recent decades, has troubling implications for democracy.Brennan Center for Justice
That's been the excuse since 2005, when Bill Frist dangled "Nuclear Option" over the judiciary committee and Democrats fell over one another confirming Bush judges as a result.
Thankfully, the liberals aren't living to regret any of that.
Did you not watch middle aged Korean politicians scaling fences and grabbing stormtroopers’ guns in the streets?
Why do you demand so little of your elected officials?
Also it's this type of performative bullshit that gave Trump his power. Don't underestimate the power of this type of thing.
I'd still prefer actual policy, but it's a start
I hate absolutely everything about this.
I've never been a fan of calling Trump nicknames or going low, not because I'm trying to uphold any sort of highroad Liberal ideology but because I personally find it crass and he's an abominable human being with thousands of legitimate offenses to point to. If you do it on your own time to blow off steam, whatever, I'm not gonna get on your case. But I need more from our politicians.
What's the message here? I get that it's generally to agitate him, but are you trying to goad him into not chickening out? Just fucking do it, bro. There are thousands of Americans with food insecurity right now and you're gonna give Republicans tacos?! Again, I get that it's not really comparable and those issues are on different levels, but it still maintains that glossy respectability where you can't really levy any criticism against it because they're just giving away tacos. There's no real message here at all.
And lastly, nobody is even standing up to put their name on this. The DNC is doing this? Who? Whose idea? We have so many Republicans at every level chomping at the bit to get themselves in front of any camera they can to spread their repugnant message and we can't even get one Democrat to stand up and put their name on this meager messaging. Fucking cowards, the lot of them.
I expected nothing and I'm still disappointed.
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They have nothing to offer. Tacos is an easy press win. Keeps their names in the headlines and attracts what they see as favorable attention.
The goal is status quo, but that's hard to sell. So, tacos
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In this thread there's a bunch of leftists who voted to make the democrats powerless wondering what they're powerless.
How's that progressive party coming along?
Almost ready for the 2026 midterms?
Non-voting democrats were further to the right.
thenation.com/article/politics…
You can probably drop this trope now that there’s plenty of data showing that. It was largely moderate, working class Democrats who didn’t vote, not online leftists.
What Caused Democrats’ No-Show Problem in 2024? | The Nation
New data sheds light on the policy preferences of nonvoting Democrats in the last election. It may disappoint some progressives.The Nation
No, when asked about specific policies the majority of people still support progressive policies. How the poll questions are worded are incredibly important to how people respond
Not to mention the morality side of it
::: spoiler Progressive policies that a majority of Americans support
Here Are 34 Polls That Show A Ceasefire & Weapons Embargo Help Kamala Win
Kamala Would Have Won With A Weapons Embargo
Democrats' Working-Class Failures, Analysis Finds, Are 'Why Trump Beat Harris'
2024 Post-Election Report: A retrospective and longitudinal data analysis on why Trump beat Harris
How Trump and Harris Voters See America’s Role in the World
Majority of Americans support progressive policies such as higher minimum wage, free college
Democrats should run on the popular progressive ideas, but not the unpopular ones
Here Are 7 ‘Left Wing’ Ideas (Almost) All Americans Can Get Behind
Finding common ground: 109 national policy proposals with bipartisan support
Progressive Policies Are Popular Policies
Tim Walz's Progressive Policies Popular With Republicans in Swing States
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Tim Walz's Progressive Policies Popular With Republicans in Swing States
While the Trump campaign and GOP lawmakers attack the VP candidate's record, polling suggests his policies have significant support.Jason Lemon (Newsweek)
So why did the progressives vote but the moderates didn’t?
Seems like the democrats need to move right to capture them.
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They've had all their power removed through a vote. They now can
- make noise
- wait for an opportunity to get the ability to do a-ny-thing else.
That's it. Right now they're doing both.
So you want them to do what will boil down to performative things, that will have absolutely no effect on anything?
You’re talking out of both sides of your mouth here. You want them to do something non performative… like performative things?
I get where you’re coming from, but are you actively attacking the government right now?
I think those who are part of the government have a greater chance of effecting change.
Moreover, I live in a red state (currently), and although our TST congregation is small, we do quite a bit.
Or just bitching about how other people aren’t doing enough?
Why not both?
Honestly, satire is pretty effective. Hitler was obsessed with projecting power, and humor especially the kind many Jewish people used to survive the camps was a powerful tool for undermining that illusion. Humour takes power away from a thing. It's why it's great against powerful entities but feels evil when used against the weak. If more people had mocked him early on, the myth of a strong, untouchable leader might never have taken root.
It’s always baffling when a leftist jumps in to argue that pointing this out is somehow pointless or juvenile. Maybe it’s a lack of social intuition, or just a failure to grasp the bigger picture but too often, the left underestimates the power of cultural resistance. Ridicule, art, memes, jokes these are tools that shape perception and cut authoritarianism down to size.
And these politicians you roll your eyes at? They’re not doing it for themselves. They’re calling out people like you, trying to shake you awake, trying to keep the pressure on. But instead of joining in, too many of you just sit back, waiting for someone else to fix it all.
Maybe it’s a lack of social intuition, or just a failure to grasp the bigger picture but too often, the left underestimates the power of cultural resistance. Ridicule, art, memes, jokes these are tools that shape perception and cut authoritarianism down to size.
The right certainly uses this tactic against the left.
Look at all their cringe viral memes, online propaganda targeting generation z/α, & trashy displays on their cars & clothing.
It's like saying, look at the other team playing to the crowd, getting people excited and generally captivating audiences. Don't they know they're supposed to use logic and reason.
Our desire to shit on them has only alienated us from what works to win politically. That divide is growing.
Hey can Democrats support popular leftist policy?
Can the Democrats please stop allowing this fascist administration's bills to pass?
Can they do anything that actually matters?
Hey can Democrats support popular leftist policy?
No. People don't want leftist policy. They want to go endless fundraising events where the opposition party is lightly teased.
Can the Democrats please stop allowing this fascist administration’s bills to pass?
No. The bills are actually incredibly popular (among the donor class) and Democrats don't want to risk a negative news cycle by appearing overly oppositional.
Can they do anything that actually matters?
Yes. They can rubber stamp more money for weapons to Israel.
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ICYMI Update: Rep. Al Green Files Impeachment Articles, Cites Trump as Threat to Democracy in ‘To Whom It May Concern’ Letter
(Washington, D.C.)— On Thursday, May 15, 2025, I announced on the floor of the House of Representatives that I have filed H.Res.415, to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States.Congressman Al Green
They can't do anything without a majority?
A spending bill passed last month that did not have enough Republicans to pass it ... Dems voted on it and helped pass it. This should not be happening.
AMD bets on rack-scale compute to boost AI efficiency 20x by 2030
Who'd have thunk? The bigger the iron, the more efficient it gets
AMD bets on rack-scale compute to boost AI efficiency 20x by 2030
: Who'd have thunk? The bigger the iron, the more efficient it getsTobias Mann (The Register)
Trump officials crafting rule to prevent asylum-seekers from getting work permits
Trump officials crafting rule to prevent asylum-seekers from getting work permits
The Trump administration is considering a regulation that would prevent most asylum-seekers from getting work permits.Camilo Montoya-Galvez (CBS News)
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i hear almost daily from conservative americans who voted for this piece of shit stating they are against 'illegal' immigration, but this is just more proof they were lied to and the republican party is against all non-white immigration.
legality is actually far less relevant than skin color
its racists all the way down.
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US | Officers sue to compel Congress to install a Jan. 6 riot memorial at Capitol
Two of the police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from a mob of Trump supporters have filed a lawsuit to compel Congress to follow one of its own laws and install a memorial to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
Case file: storage.courtlistener.com/reca…
https://apnews.com/article/police-memorial-capitol-riot-lawsuit-206f73f954d769b05fe512dc80e1b050
Democratic Senator Alex Padilla forcibly removed after interrupting Kristi Noem’s immigration press conference
The Democratic senator had interrupted the DHC chief during her protest press conference, only to be accosted and detained by law enforcement officials
Hamas police says it killed 12 members of Gaza’s Israeli-backed Abu Shabab militia
Gaza’s Hamas-run police force said Thursday that it killed 12 members of the Israeli-backed Abu Shabab militia in Gaza, which said its fighters had killed five Hamas operatives but made no mention of its own casualties.According to Hamas, the Abu Shabab gunmen were killed early Wednesday by the Gaza police’s Sahm unit, which Hamas says was established to combat looting. The unit released video footage showing several dead men lying in the street, saying they were Abu Shabab fighters who had been detained and killed for collaborating with Israel. It was not possible to verify the images or the claims around them.
Abu Shabab has been operating in an Israeli-controlled area of southern Gaza’s Rafah. Israel confirmed last week that it was arming the militia to bolster opposition to Hamas.
Sweden urges EU ban on Israeli ministers, despite likely Hungary veto
Sweden has renewed talk of EU visa-bans on extremist Israeli ministers, but diplomats see no chance of Hungary letting it pass.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/euobserver.c…
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Egypt blocks activists from march to Gaza to draw attention to humanitarian crisis
Egypt says its side of the Rafah crossing remains open, but access to the Strip has been blocked since Israel seized the Palestinian side as part of its war with Hamas.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/euronews.com…
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US | Judge Rules Government Can’t Detain Mahmoud Khalil Under Rubio’s Reasoning
The judge said that Khalil must be released on Friday, giving the government time to appeal.
Case file: storage.courtlistener.com/reca…
CRASH: Air India 787 Impacts Ground After Takeoff
An Air India Boeing 787 heading for the UK initially took off but subsequently crashed into a heavily built-up area in Ahmedabad, India.
Meta publishes V-Jepa 2 – an AI world model
Meta publishes V-Jepa 2 – an AI world model
V-Jepa 2 is an AI world model that works differently to large language models – it learns independently. Meta sees this as the future.Eva-Maria Weiß (heise online)
The Human Hunters of Sarajevo
Could the unthinkable be true? In the aftermath of the Bosnian War — a conflict marked by atrocities and genocide — rumors swirled of wealthy outsiders flying into war-torn Sarajevo to pay for a gruesome and forbidden thrill: hunting humans for sport.
YouTube version: youtu.be/6-9nZkdaNrQ
The Human Hunters of Sarajevo | True Crime Reports
What sort of person would take part in a human safari?Al Jazeera
Time reporters were able to use Google's AI to make convincing videos of Muslims setting fire to a Hindu temple; Chinese researchers handling a bat in a wet lab; and election workers shredding ballots
Google’s Veo 3 Can Make Deepfakes of Riots, Election Fraud, Conflict
Google’s Veo 3 lets users make hyper-realistic deepfakes—sparking fears about AI’s role in misinformation online.TIME
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Trump privately complains about Amy Coney Barrett and other Supreme Court justices he nominated
Donald Trump has privately complained that the Supreme Court justices he appointed have not sufficiently stood behind his agenda, according to multiple sources familiar with the conversations. But he has directed particular ire at Justice Amy Coney Barrett, his most recent appointee, one of the sources said.
The behind-closed-doors grievances have been wide-ranging, and while many have been about Barrett, Trump has also expressed frustration about Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, the sources familiar with the matter said. The complaints have gone on for at least a year, the sources said.
The president’s anger, sources said, has been fueled by allies on the right, who have told Trump privately that Barrett is “weak” and that her rulings have not been in line with how she presented herself in an interview before Trump nominated her to the bench in 2020.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/politics/amy-coney-barrett-justice-trump
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They're not decent, but I think some of them genuinely believe what they believe - as abhorrent as those beliefs are - and were specifically selected because those beliefs were useful at the time.
The "problem" is that they stayed where they were, ideologically speaking. Meanwhile, cult 45 came back, ripped out the Overton window, tucked it under one arm, and sprinted off to the right so fast that in Trump's demented eyes, these judges look like they've exited stage left.
He didn’t hand pick them.
The heritage foundation hand picked them. They used him to get their ideologues on the bench. Now we’re seeing the real puppet masters.
Meh, these type of infighting doss not mean anything. Trump is a miser that exerts pressure by complaining about his underlings. The supreme court has done it's job to undermine US democracy by letting a criminal run for president.
On the same note, Musk criticizing the BBB is also just Musk's style of overly criticizing his employees when things don't go his way. It is more of a disorientation tactic, the same chaotic energy that keeps producing meaningless news that overflow the working memory of adults. It's all part of the routine.
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