spaece.bsky.social
Engineer, Democratic Precinct Chair, and all around Urbanist.
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I wonder if Ben is going to hold trump’s supporters to a different standard just like he does for trump.
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Yea this is absolutely crazy. There are actual people detailing death threats to celebrities and elected officials but this is what her local police are out here doing? Any defense attorney worth their salt gets this dropped.
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That second response is honestly gold and I'm definitely stealing it.
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The most profitable businesses are Energy,finance and tech (www.lanereport.com/170700/2024/...). Annoyed to say that I'm not defending "health insurance" but if this is the claim in the meme, it's wrong.
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So other regents had a singular protest at their homes where dolls were left and I think some graffiti. Without any evidence to the contrary that the media is hiding events that happened to other members...this really just looks like antisemitism.
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...ethnicity as a Jew. When we consider racism against black people,we compare how a black person is treated in comparison to a white person. If the treatment is disproportionate,we'd easily call it racist. But y'all are out here willingly ignoring it.
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Similar vandalism is really a stretch. Yes, both people had gotten spray painted with free Palestine slogans once.
Acker was hit 3 times, had his car window broken, a jar of piss thrown and his personal firm vandalized. I'm just pointing out that Acker is facing a different reaction for his...
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Wouldn't that mean you'd have to prove that it's not antisemitism by pointing to something? 5/8 regents members are lawyers but it's just Acker that was targeted.
And on top of that the board voted to not divest. That means at least 5 voted,but again it's just Acker.
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As far as I can tell from the research I did, it didn't seem like they excluded other protests on members of the board of regents. There were protests in May, and then Acker continued to receive protests beyond those. Once in June, and again now.
With that , this seems more like antisemitism...?
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Being inequally targeted because of his ethnicity, because he's Jewish would imply that being Jewish is worthy of additional hate. Antisemitism.
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So to clarify, they protested outside of other regents which is fine, but what makes it antisemitic is that he's been targeted excessively for his ethnicity. In the article it says he's been targeted personally 3 times including actual destruction of his home and firm.
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So specifically what makes it antisemitic is that only a Jewish member of the board of regents was targeted. Why is a Jewish person in Michigan responsible for the actions of Israelis?
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I'm sorry, but WTF is this? A picture of a screen with like 14 different things that don't make sense. Article 5? Are we creating an amendment? Why would the secretary of defense announce this? And somehow it's linked to Assad?
People take a second to review what you read online...
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Woke : Not making legislation turning people into your secret police.
Broke : paying people $1000 to turn in undocumented immigrants
Bespoke :paying people $1000 to turn in people parking in bike lanes.
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It's a bit of a callous thought, but that clearly created a market failure. Train companies didn't carry appropriate insurance to cover the risk which led to them being unable to cover the costs of cleanup and restitution for people harmed.
Therefore, it shouldn't have been cut.
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Let's cut zoning regulations and minimum parking regulations that harm folks who can't afford or are unable to drive.
Regulations aren't good or bad, they're just a tool we need to use appropriately.
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Question, but what part of the pardon itself is a "faithless execution" of presidential duties? Is it because he pardoned his son
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Yea my bad. Hence the quick delete. Super sorry!
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Haha I guess I get what I get for not checking this app all day at work but that's exactly what I was saying. Thank you!
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Why does Biden pardoning his son bother you?
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I think I understand the point you're trying to make but I think there's 2 clear points that make it reasonable for Biden :
1. Trump has promised continuously during his campaign to go after his political enemies including Hunter Biden.
2. His AG picks have promised to go along with that.
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Debt reduction apparently always needs to come on the backs of those who need it the most. We ask veterans to put their lives on the line and apparently the economist thinks that after they get hurt it's just good "money moves" to hang them to dry.
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(2/2) party to implementing what we'd want. And to not encourage that at the end of the day is a fundamental ignorance of politics here in the states.
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(1/2) Nah, unlike hasan I'm an actual member of the democratic party as a precinct chair. I'm also a supporter of numerous progressive policies and would call myself one. My biggest reason to dislike him is that unless you're advocating for a communist revolution, the democrats are the closest
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Because hasan doesn't view himself as a Democrat? Or is it because of his crazy views on Tibet?
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This isn't even how people are getting in. It's visa over stays and claiming asylum.
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For people wondering what's going on, there's two outcomes. The first is that the report leaks, and Republicans in the senate attack the "leaks" instead of the claims. The second is that the report remains hidden. Both aren't good.
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I agree, but also kinda disagree with this point. I think there's a healthy way to satirize and joke about multiple different groups but the jokes can't just be used to bully. As a Jew, I'd be pissed if someone just made fun of my nose. But there's ways to joke without bullying.
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This is wild... They're still getting the McDonald's in the high rise and getting more housing? This just has to be rage bait.
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Crazy that our top cop is about to be someone under investigation for sex trafficking of minors.