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It would go in with the ostensible reason of diminishing “frivolous” lawsuits. But contact your senators to bring it up as a point of order; that will make it more likely to be excised from the Big Ugly Bill.
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Further explaining, it “only” bars contempt if a bond is not put forth by the plaintiff. So it doesn’t forbid contempt so much as narrow who can utilize it.
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Fortunately, that provision runs afoul of the Byrd Rule (it’s not actually germane to the budget), so there’s a good chance of it being excised by the parliamentarian.
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Especially if tomorrow’s court ruling dispels the tariffs outright.
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Mm, I didn’t remember Pakistani claims to that effect. I’m now even more confused about where the misinfo sources are (e.g. whether or not a Pakistani cyberattack disabled 70% of India’s electricity for a time; the PIB that debunked it is itself Indian, so I’m not sure which side to take there).
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NOTE: I didn’t realize I’d stopped prematurely. While I can see the resemblance to game footage with the tracer shots, I’m not convinced the camera angling belongs to a game.
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Um, evidence that it was faked? I realize the low resolution can be cover, but I think I saw that pattern of bomb lights in another post elsewhere. Just not sure in either direction right now.
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Given that someone breached the ceasefire—each side blames the other—I’m not convinced it’s winding down.
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There’s a question of if he was even telling the truth, given what we’re hearing about no third parties involved in the ceasefire talks.
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I suppose the question is whether Pakistan’s military is actually in “we must assail Gujarat” mode, or “just” getting nukes ready for deployment if that point is clearly reached.
I just don’t want an actual exchange. It wouldn’t just desolate S.Asia, but also dim the sun and bring world famine.
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While China may be looking to fill the de-escalation void.
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I’m under the impression neither side is particularly nuke-happy, at least, although I have no idea how much debate each side had over nuke bombs in 1999. The main question is whether Modi will consider trying to fully invade Pakistan—Pakistan’s nuke condition.
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It DOES sound like they’re walking the plan back, saying no final decisions have been made, at least. Even if that sounds more like deprioritization than cancellation.
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Some are questioning if tariffing films is even possible, given how they’re now digital in nature, even in cinemas. I don’t think that’ll stop him from trying, mind, and just the announcement might begin chilling the film industry.
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He probably thinks “deficit” is bad No Matter What.
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Which makes one wonder what he thinks money is good for, besides showing off.
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At least it seems there’s pushback from the military itself.
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They have yet to explain why diminishing taxes for The Rich out-prioritizes all else. Are they afraid they’ll abscond to Fiji or such in response to proper taxation?
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How do they make such an idol out of Freedom in the first place? Never mind that their Freedom fantasy probably posits much greater strength and luck than most any could reasonably expect.
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There’s some saying that the “pro bono” applies more to compelling law firms—probably the ones who gave in to Trump—to do their courtwork. It IS an odd term to use with regard to Blackwater et al., and I’m genuinely unsure which way it makes sense for militias.
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This must be Trump trying to circumvent the non-suggestion of the Insurrection Act last week.
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Just have to figure out how to do it. We at least know he’s already drawn a lot of ire over his autism position, but the question becomes if public disapproval is enough to compel an ejection.
Never mind we’d still need to compel a rehiring of everyone terminated from their positions.
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Meanwhile, it seems he was talking about dyes in connection to lessened sperm counts?? If so, then this is yet another eugenics-related complaint.
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Talk about straining out gnats while swallowing camels. Why is Kennedy so nonchalant about E. coli in the first place? An inspection mishap is probably how he got the brain worm in the first place, and he wants to make inspection WORSE?!
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I suspect they’ve given up on GenAI being profitable by itself, and are now focusing on beguiling every investor they can into funding them.
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I somewhat have a sense that he’s trying to maintain ground for yet another bout of insider trading. Wait for him to drop tariffs yet further in 2-3 weeks.
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But the model is insensate, knowing only average adjacencies. It’s useless for anomalies, which are a lot more profuse than OpenAI et al. will admit. (They’re just trying to beguile more investors in, anyway.)
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Do we have suspects for who’s buoying the stock price? Thiel comes to mind for having motive, at least (a margin call would likely force Musk to jettison *some* company of his to be able to pay up).
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And important point is what they want even more badly to believe in—white supremacy. They follow Trump almost entirely (if not flatly entirely) for giving authorization for their bigotries.
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What about Modi?
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My prediction for the next title (assuming we get someone of the same general mien as Francis) is Agapetus III.
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Probably seeing domestic troop deployment AS martial law. That’s still not a fun prospect, especially if he intends to give “assistance” to sanctuary cities.
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More the due date for the report proper. It evidently does not recommend invocation (Noem and Hegseth not thinking border crossings are profuse enough to “need” it), but I still want to see what happens tomorrow, on a non-holiday.
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Noem and Hegseth evidently are not recommending the Insurrection Act—not enough border crossings happening, to them. But that’s certainly not the same as fully precluding it for his term.
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Ninety days sounds standard enough that I can believe it’s “just” an irksome coincidence. But depending on who wrote the EO (not always Trump himself), I can imagine that it was offered for signing to align the ninety days WITH Hitler’s birthday.
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Still the issue of the states, not the gestalt union, holding the elections. But I can see, for instance, military presence being used for voter suppression/intimidation.
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We still have a few hours left, and he’s spiteful enough that he might invoke the IA despite Noem and Hegseth evidently not recommending it.
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To be sure, who’s being referred to? Trump? Musk? Thiel? Other?
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This is more “Can’t you imagine a life without exploitation in either direction?”.
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That won’t do much for minimizing suffering, not when it’s so clearly vampiric. How would they react to the idea of exploitation being innately evil?
I just can’t wrap my head around the idea of power being its own purpose. Happiness, yes. Power, no.
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Now to get him out.
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I feel more like this is going to be akin to Putin’s Russia. Do people claim HE isn’t a fascist, “just” an authoritarian? Although I don’t know what his equivalent to Latinos is, if any.
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Never mind that weakness isn’t blameworthy—it’s not a thing of choice. Besides, what’s the point of society, let alone civilization, if not to protect the weak?
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Well before—like the Senate and 3/5 compromise, it was advocated by the slave states expressly to try to keep the more free-populous North from voting slavery away. It should never have existed.
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Let me guess. He thinks he’s Aragorn or Gandalf. (Or even worse, Iluvatar!)
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Nor the taxpayer-sourced funds being used to keep the rendered imprisoned to begin with.
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And Vance would be his own issue, given his greater alignment with the Butterfly Revolution. At least Congress would be more likely to push back on him.
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Which makes me wonder if not only is García dead, but also all the other rendered. Was immediate execution of the rendered part of the deal?
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And yet not all of us CAN flee. I know I’m looking at a separatist movement, but that could take months/years.