Now you’ve done it, you pissed off all three Mormons on Lemmy

The Mormons would have a different opinion on that last point…

That link doesn’t go to the right place. I found the real link to the article here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15610059/white-house-maga-influencers-flee-middle-east-private-jet.html

I was looking for information on how you could become a “famous dogealker”, but left disappointed.

Doubtful. If Jesus has returned to earth, Trump has already sent Him to CECOT…

“Oops, something happened to the Constitution. Oh well, I guess it’s gone now. We should make a new one!”

Communism

The developers said they did not believe they made any “obvious” operational mistake. After discovering the compromised key, they attempted to secure their system by deleting exposed keys, disabling Google Gemini API access, and enabling two-factor authentication across their accounts.

I’m no “cloud developer”, but there seem to be a few obvious operational mistakes described just in that paragraph alone…

Well, he did say that if I voted for Harris we would get endless wars. So I guess it was all my fault…

168 hour policy

Must be that bullshit-resistant strain, to have been able to grow so close to his talking hole

There are only 535 Americans’ opinions that might matter, and only if they have enough support to not only pass a law revoking the President’s war authority, but upholding the inevitable veto. I’m not holding my breath.

In this case, its more than just a distraction from the Epstein files. Trump was captivated with the idea that Ukraine had to suspend elections while engaged in war. He is going to try and pull that same shit here, just watch.

Just looking at the picture in the article, though, shows that he is either quite tall, or his security detail are dwarves.

… wait, what? Next are you gonna me that the “cocksucking” badge I got from that one scoutmaster is fake?

Maybe they’ll start a new organization, not only for Trump fans, but specifically for the Youth. Where have I heard that idea before?

Doesn’t the SecDef have more important things to do right now? Like fight a war no one but his boss wanted?

Sort of. US citizens owe US taxes on their worldwide income, no matter the source. US citizens working abroad also owe taxes to the country they work in. However, the US has tax treaties with many countries that cover how each countries’ citizens are taxed.

If a US citizen earns income in these countries, they may be able to deduct any taxes paid out to the other country against their US tax bill. (And since US tax rates are low compared to many of these other countries, this often results in zero US taxes owed.)

This article is paywalled for me, but it’s very important to understand that these people who are leaving are still citizens. It is very difficult (and expensive) to renounce US citizenship.

So, they are moving abroad, while still retaining their US citizenship. Which includes their right to vote, which can be exercised in the last district they resided in within the US. But Trump sees mail-in voting as a threat, so expect his illegal Executive Ordersto not even recognize that ex-pats have a right to vote at all.

But if the President does it, it’s not illegal…

I have always felt that the only arbiter of academic qualifications should be the voters. If someone can make their case to voters directly, the it shouldn’t matter how formally educated they are.

However, this assumes that voters actually determine who gets those seats. More than 90% of House seats are in districts that are drawn to be so safe for one side or the other that the general election is a formality. A politician who can fend off primary challenges can essentially hold on to that seat forever, regardless of qualifications.

That’s why we keep electing dumbasses to Congress. They know how to game the system. How do we fix that? I don’t see any way out as long as parties can game districts like that.