I think people who praise Singapore just want an example of dictatorship that isn't a complete nightmare.
09.10.2025 04:12 โ ๐ 33 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0@davidjorgonson.bsky.social
In the southern USA. He/him Interested in world events, US politics, science, music
I think people who praise Singapore just want an example of dictatorship that isn't a complete nightmare.
09.10.2025 04:12 โ ๐ 33 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Not to Trump anyway. The pre-Trump pattern was that presidents generally win them
09.10.2025 03:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I gotcha. I hope someone has FOIA'd the autopsy report then
09.10.2025 03:12 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Probably better to see if you can find the autopsy report, or failing that a well informed analysis of the video, than try to do forensics yourself
I remember the MythBusters using ballistics gel a lot - but it's an approximation. Of muscle, not bone
People in surveys bend all their guesses toward 50%
09.10.2025 01:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Then again Civil Rights Act has some religion exceptions
09.10.2025 01:31 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0If religious colleges had more leeway than non-religious, that would be an establishment clause violation IMO.
First Amendment only binds the government - private business violates it all the time
Lots of private universities have clearly anti-free speech and anti-freedom of religion rules already: Liberty, Bob Jones, etc etc
09.10.2025 01:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Could, but would the SC strike down the injunction using the shadow docket? Probably IMO
09.10.2025 00:49 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0CBS is owned by a larger corporation that wants governmental special treatment. CBS as a business is smaller and less important to them
This is also how media in Hungary, Turkey & some other places works
Anybody who grabs Trump's phone can give orders to the whole executive branch
09.10.2025 00:28 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Most were Trump officials (except Brennan)
It's like Putin being more likely to poison traitors (eg defecting Russian spies) than enemies
Trump's very focused on keeping his followers in line
Not just Trump says anymore - apparently. The article reports statements from Netanyahu & Hamas. I hope the end of the fighting holds - and food is let into Gaza
apnews.com/article/egyp...
All I know is workers who lost high-paying industrial jobs in major layoffs usually ended up in significantly lower-paying jobs later
Whether that's insufficient training opportunities or because training is ineffective, IDK
NEW: A copy of the arrangement with Eswatini that Mother Jones reviewed shows that the US has agreed to pay the only absolute monarchy in Africa $5.1 million to take in up to 160 ICE detainees.
09.10.2025 00:08 โ ๐ 266 ๐ 189 ๐ฌ 17 ๐ 15but....all frogs go to heaven
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The weaker Trump gets, the more the Ediths Wilson will fight over him
08.10.2025 23:34 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Reality is that Trump hasn't been deporting that many farmworkers. ICE is focusing on cities.
Because they know ICE raids hurt whatever community they're aimed at
Opposite of the jobs-and-wages argument against immigration.
08.10.2025 23:18 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0So far, every partial filibuster removal has been mirrored by the opposing party when it has Congressional control
08.10.2025 23:17 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Yeah one thing todayโs posting adventure has made very clear is how the โtax creditsโ framing that people say they hate and is wonkily needlessly complex became the norm lmao
08.10.2025 19:11 โ ๐ 191 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 2These mercs are fighting for the RSF (Janjaweed) and paid by the Emirates
08.10.2025 12:14 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0...twist: it's Bruno Mars
08.10.2025 04:38 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Checking into a Russian hospital is a good way to pick up antibiotic resistant bacteria
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29537739/
He voluntarily went to Russia for medical care
08.10.2025 02:58 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Zero doing the job as previously defined. Bari is political commissar
08.10.2025 02:51 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0They're all Feds - their leader is Trump, head of the feds
08.10.2025 02:41 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0To the end of taking away the court's legitimacy and power. They only have power because people obey their Calvinball rulings for some reason - out of habit, I guess
08.10.2025 02:19 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.
For the crime of โฆ complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, theyโre sniping priests for sport.