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And besides, it would be completely immoral (yes, I know that we're talking about the Trump administration) to deport a cannibal when, if the person was proven to be a cannibal, they should, instead, be convicted and kept away from people for a very long time.

Who decides what is "unnecessarily controversial"?

I'd argue that controversy is sometimes necessary to get a complete understanding of an issue.

A university teaching mush ....

Trump in prison means MAGA leaves! What a bonus!

At least the sex scandal made it less likely that people would think "Oh, Mountbatten-Windsor just made a mistake" - people are more likely to think that he's morally bankrupt so any allegations are likely true.

Could be that proof was more available to the British police for the charge, sex later.

As a person born in Fairbanks, Alaska, on the high school cross country ski team and now spending my later years in Vermont I'm proud of both members of the Olympic silver medal team in their cross country 'sprint'.

Why does a data center need to be anywhere near a population center? OK, you have a few people working there but the impact appears to far outweigh the advantages.

Perhaps the European airlines that are rejecting Starlink are actually rejecting Elon Musk, but don't want to be explicit that that is the reason.

Hmm, I'm a pay more kind of guy. And it may be a lot more for certain kinds of work.

But if a person can earn a decent living there's a lot they'll do if they can feel that they're providing for themselves and family.

Why would anybody feel pride in a job that does not reward you?

I'd like to see a member of Congress tell Pam Bondi which criminal charges she will face when Trump is no longer in power, the jail time she will serve, and, in addition, be told that Donald Trump will not do a thing to save her, even if he has the ability to at the time.

All that loess covering the hills came from someplace dry

And a future administration may, in fact, grant the claims of damage and injury even if the current administration is able to defeat those claims. Seems only fair.

Of course, my hope is that these damages are paid for by extracting money from the current set of thieves in the Trump government.

Trump is the most sued because the lesson he learned was to lean into cheating, not that he should avoid taking actions that would get him sued - because he never received a significant enough penalty that he couldn't avoid. No prison.

He appears to have 'friends' who helped him for what price?

If almost 1 in 4 non-federal workers in Alaska are non-residents it may be time to bring back the income tax. Those people are using Alaska roads and other services without paying for it.

By now I believe that the Supreme Court accepted California's new congressional map only because the hypocrisy of rejecting California's map and allowing the states Trump asked to redraw election maps/districts was too much a loss of credibility even for them.

A pension fund questioning Palantir sounds like due diligence to me. They have to be concerned about Palantir's exposure because of its relationship with ICS and DHS if/when the Democrats take power and cut off all business and, perhaps, take other measures that would harm Palantir's business.

Hmm, interesting that the 1700 miles from Juneau to Adak wasn't more important.

Well, it is way past time to the federal government to clean up the mess it has made of the Aleutians from World War II and the bases it had there and return the land to the original inhabitants, then.

Why is the new Icebreaker port being placed in Juneau? Is there routine need for icebreaker in Southeastern Alaska?

I would have thought a more westerly port would make more sense. Expand Kodiak, do something in the Aleutians?

Grew up in Fairbanks so know almost nothing about Southeastern Alaska

I'm a guy, never been raped, and boiling with rage at the failures of decades of administrations to deal with Epstein, etc.

It would SEEM that gathering evidence from multiple victims and presenting at once would see success?

Feds could gather info, file Color of Law violations against police?

Hmm, do we follow the 50% + 1 rule or do "we" require a greater acceptance of a path forward for Puerto Rico. Either path will frustrate somebody.

I wonder if a president can be more forceful about overcoming a filibuster by vetoing EVERYTHING until the minority caves. Hard ball. And both parties can do it.

I believe Puerto Rico should have a vote: Independence or Statehood, no 'middle' ground of being a dependent territory.

If the Puerto Rico constitution works (it should) statehood could come very quickly after a Independence/Statehood vote.

Guessing Puerto Rico a D or R tossup over time.

And totally agree that expanding the house membership significantly is a necessary change.

And those pedophile would have been prosecuted and jailed decades ago in spite of their connections, wealth, and legal representation. All administrations share the shame.

While I see "she said/he said" challenge on one complaint, but when you have many, many victims and witnesses????

Justice?!

Learned to drive during the winter in Fairbanks at 15, long time ago. Paranoid about using brakes.

Now in Vermont, shorter winter, but I drove by 5 cars off icy road one day.

Snow can hide ruts on a frozen dirt road. Too fast, suddenly backwards, car on side, no window, head inches above road.

Ah, yes. When a person has a right to speak it seems there's a corresponding OBLIGATION to not interfere - even if you don't want to or can't bear to listen.

But then you get to speak your piece - and HOPE some will listen.

Freedom of speech can be hard.

Hey, but it's SO easy to whine.

Solutions are SO hard. Especially when those ****** don't understand!

While I truly hope that the reaction to the recent killings in Milwaukee marks a real turning point my skeptical side looks at the reaction of the administration as more on the order of a cover up and remain concerned that those with power (all of us, in the end) will ease up the pressure for change

Those with FOX on all the time are in a completely different universe - their world is so strange to the reality we see and understand.

It seems many find it easier to drink the Kool-Aid of words that justify their prejudices than do the work of skeptical listening.

Can't New York State (or City) charge people even if they're charged by the Feds? You can only be charged in one jurisdiction for a crime?

Or are they guilty of something, not on the Federal charge list, that the state can charge them with?

Real estate brokers who commit sex crimes -- ???

I prefer the term 'murder', which implies wrongful killing, as opposed to the term 'public execution', which implies authority authorized killing, while apparently technically correct, because the murder was not society authorized even if the murders were authorized by political leaders.

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