Rural Anarchy

I think missing Harry Reid as a leader is one of the signs of the Apocalypse in the Bible. 😭

Yeah, that was a choice.

I'm not convinced the dude is an out and out *full* Nazi. But he seems sure as hell influenced by their outreach online and far too familiar with the iconography.

Schumer can't hold the party together on this, but he has to be on record trying so he can save face. He's hardly the bully leader Pelosi was in the House, not to hand it to Nancy Pelosi. But she at least knew how to rally her house members.

One claim or the other is bullshit. Both not possible.

OP would 100% defend a 12" wide swastika chest tattoo as "My friend is just a fan of Buddhism and had no idea there were other meanings when he got that tattoo at the age of 30 when he was a kid!"

You have not "studied" WWII for years if you can't recognize the insignia of the SS. Holy shit, even movies with HORRIBLE history consultants always get that right. You watched some documentary once and fancy yourself a "researcher". This is a clown take.

Very much this! That can be compared to other data points to nail down other info they have. And everyone should assume they have other info from other sources!

100% digital hygiene is all but impossible if you do ANYTHING online.

Not the entire Democratic party at all. But there is always a subset that outright support shit like war in Iran or want to appear Centrist to their district voters that they caucus together to kill stuff like this. We just don't know how many because they only have certain members cast the vote.

"Too much sugar is bad" is not some brilliant insight from RFK Jr that anyone should hand it to him for. My kids knew that at 4 years old, even if they opposed it. Our media landscape is so awesome.

But here's your 4. The usual suspects.

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"...as there was a clear desire among many democrats for this to pass..."

It takes ALL democrats and at least some GOP defection to pass. At least 4 obviously voted it down. So like, I'm not sure what you're saying either at this point if you reject that "most" isn't "all".

With a 218 GOP to 214 Democrat split, It always takes just 4 that agree with what's happening, or want to appear "moderate" enough to their district to scuttle anything "most Democrats" want to get done. And they're always there.

All it takes is, in this case, at least 4 hawkish Democrats to scuttle it. There might not be dozens or a hundred. But thinking that the Democratic House caucus is a monolith will leave you disappointed every time. Especially when it comes to war in the Middle East.

The real number of Democrats that want this war? We'll never know. Because they plan it out so that only the folks not running for reelection are the only ones on record.

There are always *just enough* Democrats to do this every time. There are a lot more than just 4 that support war with Iran, but they all talk and the 4 or 5 or however many needed that are least vulnerable electorally or retiring cast the actual votes needed.

The only people prone to getting a Nazi tattoo in their 20s? Fucking Nazis, that's who.

And so many shitty Globe and Anchor tattoos for my Marine friends. Some of them are just cartoonish! But... ZERO Nazi shit.

Several friends and like half the dudes I graduated high school with weren't just military dudes, they are combat vets from the early days of Iraq and Afghanistan.

And ZERO got Nazi tattoos. They got some dumb tattoos, but it was just barbed wire bands or the dumb "tribal" stuff.

No, he only had it for more than 20 years and only covered it when it was outed as he was running the the US SENATE.

What is wrong with you that you would cover for someone that spent literally half their life with an SS tattoo on their chest. Not just Nazi, actual SS.

And the Swiss government is pretty skeptical of foreign requests because they have some very strict privacy laws. But they aren't ironclad and they do approve some requests.

Absolutely. The Swiss government was convinced by the FBI request and demanded Proton provide the info to them. Proton reviewed the order to make sure they had to comply and decided they did.

It's not like Proton gave the FBI anything.

The actual content of your email addresses, assuming it is sent to another Proton email address? That's like dust in the wind. It's gone forever. To a non-encrypted email? That can be found by cops other ways.

Payment info with your name on it? That's wide open.

I don't know the exact treaty law, but the Swiss don't just rubber stamp every FBI request for a Swiss court order. The Swiss take their privacy laws seriously. But for your safety, assume the Swiss will comply and order Proton to provide any data they actually have.

Proton offers various ways to pay for their premium services that can be anonymous. But it is on YOU to make sure to use one.

Anything you use your debit card or bank account is going to be available if the the FBI convinces the Swiss "DOJ" to request.

Proton is honest in their user agreement and FAQ that they have to comply with Swiss government legal requests.

The Swiss Government DOES cooperate with the FBI in limited ways.

If you use your personal debit card to pay for Proton, they have to save that info. And can provide it if ordered.

Exactly. Proton is honest about the limitations to privacy they can offer. People just assume (incorrectly) that Proton saves no data that could be useful to investigators, and that's just not really possible if you pay for an account with your debit card tied to your name.

If you *pay* for Proton, they have to retain your payment data. It's on us to make sure that payment data is anonymous. Proton can't provide the contents of emails to law enforcement, but can be forced to share payment data on premium accounts.

Anyone expecting 100% privacy is being naive. Proton is honest in the user agreement that they have to comply with legal requests from the Swiss government and that the Swiss have agreements with other countries.

From some of the reading I've done on the rise of the Nazi Party in the 1930s, yeah, they said it pretty often.

He owned a plumbing company, and the first thing plumbers know is "shit runs downhill". Giving up what is basically a lifetime appointment to the US Senate to be the septic tank Trump's shit flows into is not the move a smart man would make.