I finally went 100% Linux and I’m never going back.

Any model year 2024+ Tesla needs to be open game for vandalism. The damn things should be uninsurable.

I love me some DNC establishment bashing, but where is all this free food supposed to come from? As far as I’m aware they still haven’t paid off the debts from the Harris campaign.

I hate that there is still this tiny little voice inside me that says I can show this article to a Trump believer and have it make some kind of difference in how they see Trump.

LOL, wut? Yeah, there aren’t any Americans fed up with the Democratic establishment. I’m just making that shit up. Haha, you got me.

BTW: Has Schumer endorsed Mamdani yet?

It’s not a binary issue. Elections have been getting more and more compromised for decades. 2026 will be even more compromised. They will not be entirely compromised, and we have to keep working from the assumption that they won’t be unwinnable, even while preparing for the possibility that we might not win them.

Honestly, I fear that Democrats are more responsible for hurting their chances than Republicans. Even as bad as things have gotten, the Democratic establishment has continued to dig in and refuse to give any ground whatsoever to progressives. It’s becoming a real mask-off moment for a lot of rank and file liberals.

And election observer observers.

Technically, I don’t think supreme Court appointments are necessarily lifetime appointments. Appointments to the federal judiciary are lifetime appointments, but the constitution doesn’t specify that federal judges can’t be rotated in and out of the supreme Court. I could be remembering that wrong though, it’s been a while since my last read through.

We aren’t talking about that money.

They aren’t “falling” for anything. They are accelerationists actively trying to help the fascists destroy America.

I guess I can wait a few more days.

You don’t think there would be an expectation of getting something in return? That’s pretty naive.

I didn’t say that. However, that’s not how it works legally. Unless there is a law specifically restricting deposits in that account, whatever ulterior motives might be involved are irrelevant. Proving bribery is also nearly impossible in our current system, without solid evidence that the transfer of funds was explicitly tied to the abuse of power.

And the separation of powers is literally one of the foundations of US law.

I didn’t question it’s existence, only it’s applicability in this circumstance. We’re talking about a private citizen making a donation to a public fund. The president isn’t even involved except that they happen to be a “friend”. The separation of powers is irrelevant.

How could there be a conflict of interest? Were money being spent then it’s pretty obvious, but putting money in? I’m not saying I don’t see a problem here, but I don’t think existing law was written to handle this situation.

I doubt separation of powers is relevant since it hardly matters who “found” the donor or who’s “friend” they are. Had the president ordered a private citizen to make the donation (perhaps as a settlement with the DOJ or something) that would be different. If Trump did any favors for the money that would also be an issue, but that would be as hard to prove as bribery in the current system.

It’s certainly possible that there is a law against someone donating money to the account from which military salaries are withdrawn, but it’s also quite possible that there isn’t. It’s one of those things that just never would have come up. Are you aware of such a law?

Exactly. This wasn’t an endorsement, it was a concession.

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Hell, a general strike in just one industry would have devastating effects. What if airlines went on strike for a day? Telecom? A national nurses strike? Waste management? Maybe we rotate, one industry per day.

People get a little bit annoyed when whiny edge lords try to get good people killed.

Except these are not the first no kings protests and the last ones were relatively peaceful. (Given their size)

The march isn’t for those institutions. It’s for the institutions that want to stand up to Trump but don’t know if the people have their back. For instance, the judges that are currently keeping the Texas National Guard off the streets of Chicago.