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I'm not a lawyer and I'm very tired, so excuse me if this is a stupid question: But if the principles of birthright citizenship *were* ever dismantled ... what's the theory for how citizenship would be determined?

submitted 1 day ago • 1089 comments

So most of this is racism, obviously, but why do we think Data Analytics is on here? *touches earpiece* What's that? Oh, also racism? You don't say...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

This is on the heels of a terrible, terrible earnings report. People seem to think this will correct itself if Elon abandons gutting the government and returns to his role at Tesla but A) He's not gonna do that B) He never did much there anyway C) People HATE him now, why would him leading help?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

"Business owner who replaces executive with a chat bot he wants to have sex with" is maybe the most on-the-nose example of our current economic system, and perhaps the best argument for socialism out there.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Welcome to the revolution...David Brooks?!?

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

the bulls after a third straight play-in appearance and elimination

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Then quit. I'm sorry but if you are too afraid to do your job, step aside for someone who's not. Otherwise this is just theater. She is actively abetting the unconscionable.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

the american electoral system is basically 500,000 information-resistant people across a handful of states taking a guess and then going "haha! oops!" every two years. this process takes 18 months and costs four trillion dollars every time

submitted 9 days ago • 278 comments

I have every confidence that Harvard will win every court case about this and the IRS will revoke their exemption anyway.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

The bar for "should this person be in one of the highest offices in the land" is apparently "can they still feed themselves". Very comforting.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

This is such a funny thing for someone who turned 40 40 years ago, and was very recently the oldest president in US history, to say. "Life is suffering, and of course I'm fit to lead a nation."

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

We have never been more fucked.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

A) We already can't buy them, hence why you've never even seen one B) They would be tariffed into oblivion anyway C) If you cared about protecting personal data you would pass a law about protecting personal data, not this anti-China shit D) This is essentially admitting American made cars are crap

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

True, it should be much earlier.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Fascists justifying sending dissidents to concentration camps as a defense against anti-Semitism is proof we live in the worst and dumbest of times.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

That this is even framed as a difficult choice, let alone an impossible one, is the actual problem.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Conservatives do bits like this all but equating masculinity to suffering, and then spend no small amount of time wondering why "no one wants to be a man anymore".

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

So "derangement" is just "being correct".

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submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

She is literally standing at a campaign rally for Schimel, who had the world's richest man handing out million dollar checks to get people to vote for him, and still lost. You've never seen bigger losers than this in your life.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

So 29% of people are ok with deporting legal residents.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment