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  • Republicans admit they plan to implement Project 2025

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  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnEH9MAgSGA

    There are trends - this video explains it well. Trump will reshape America, he will cement power and make sure it's much easier for MAGA to succeed in future (making it easy, rigging the system, for them to be re-elected).

    You are entering a new authoritarian regime in the USA.

    Many folks voted Trump because they don't trust politicians, they don't trust Democracy, and now they get what they want - Democracy takes the biggest hit in history - and it's not because of Trump, it's a worldwide trend - there have been no new Democracies for a good many years already.

    Project 2025 (which Trump laughably kept saying 'I never heard of it, I never read it' - he's laughing his tits off, he loves the lower class working Americans, he loves Americans with low education... because they just signed him into power thinking he gives a toss about them - he doesn't.

    He hates them, he hates women, he's racist, misogynistic, a criminal and a liar.

    Project 2025 is a right wing manifesto - opposing abortion and reproductive rights, even outlawing FDA approved safe drugs used in medical abortion... reviving 19th century extreme right wing laws.

    Also opposing LGBTQ rights, opposing immigrants' rights, a racial manual for reorganising the entire federal government to serve a right wing agenda.

    You will see now mass raids, deportations, an end to birthright citizenship, breaking up families and dismantling asylum.

    Trump will also work to bring in power of warrantless surveillance - to be exploited to spy on Americans and their data... radically expanding executive power and making a mockery of American's idea of having freedom.

    Trump will also use executive authority to limit First Amendment freedoms, he will have power to mute the press, also damaging fair replresentation in the voting process (he said - you won't have to vote again, with a wry grin on his face).

    Watching Trump you can see he's TELLING YOU what he plans to do, laughing at you for being stupid, because he knows you don't take it seriously.

    Basically, it's the fascist's playbook - and you voted this POS into power.

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/11/07/will-project-2025-help-trump-or-prove-assault-on-democracy/

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  • So what is the answer?

    Maybe push for laws - the purchase of a plastic bottle include 25 cents surcharge on the bottle.

    Then you can toss the bottle in the street, and the homeless can scavenge for bottles and make a decent wage for a day's work - and still there's enough left over to deal with the plastic.

  • A third of Americans agree with Trump that immigrants ‘poison the blood’ of US

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  • When 33% of the population agree that immigrants 'poison the blood' - what's your take on that?

    Should we assume that some very well balanced people believe that foreigners have poisonous blood?

  • A third of Americans agree with Trump that immigrants ‘poison the blood’ of US

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  • So all the Caucasians must leave? How dumb are you?

  • A third of Americans agree with Trump that immigrants ‘poison the blood’ of US

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  • I'm struggling here to avoid being offensive - but really, Americans often appear to me to be averaging subhuman intelligence.

    Yesterday I was reading about Latino MAGA's who just assume Trump isn't talking about them...

  • Music was better when ugly people were allowed to make it

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  • For sure, as a teenager - interest in music switched from interest in music to finding music videos that got girls in 'em'.

  • Harris accepts CNN debate invitation for October 23, again challenging Trump to another showdown

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  • I talked to a guy from Springfield - and he says personally he doesn't think it will make any difference to him whichever one gets in, because right now it's just talk.

    So his idea basically is that whoever he votes for, he'd gonna get screwed over again... this is the decline of democracy and the rise of the post-truth politicians... in many ways, watching Trump is like watching Putin's mill putting out news - all fake and contradictory news helping to convince that all news and politicians are fake.

  • Harris accepts CNN debate invitation for October 23, again challenging Trump to another showdown

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  • I'd agree with this - for Trump, it's basically just a personality thing and his policies and what he says are less relevant (everyone knows he's just a joker that talks crap... so you should ignore what he ACTUALLY says and trust that he will deliver... sth like that) whereas for Harris, people listen to what she doesn't say and expect that she's hiding the fact that she'll install surgeries in schools to do stealthy operations so she can send Harry home as Harriette...

    I do feel more optimistic that the world can be saved from more Trump - but it's not yet guaranteed.

  • Voyager (fka wefwef) now available at m.lemmy.world

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  • First step to log in is to paste some URL - and https://lemmy.world/ doesn't work for that... another hurdle to exclude anyone not advanced enough?

  • Got permanent ban in r/LGBT and when i asked why I got a 3 day ban for promoting hate.

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  • ROFLMAO - looks like they had a hissy fit.

    The main issues (as my best lesbian friend once chimed in with me) are the people who are rather too quick to find offence, in an aggressive way, rather than offer a correction or an explanation, or simply engage in some discussion to confirm their initial suspicions.

  • Discover - possible to limit download speed?

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  • On a limited connection, I'd advise not updating whilst watching a video. It's also possible to download a video and watch it whilst updating.

    Beyond that it's not easy to answer - as I don't use discover, but also never do updates without paying attention, so that watching a video at the same time isn't something I'd contemplate.

  • YouTube: 5 ads the norm now?

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  • There seem to be many 'sources'. Youtube have a policy where you can show explosions, you can show guns shooting as long as you can't see the targets - it's clearly written. Yet several people are demonetised for showing clips related to Ukraine for a start - and YouTube doesn't respond to requests to explain, it's a secretive policy that doesn't follow the written policy.

    It's also very easy to find other videos which would more clearly break the actual rules as they are written. Basically, they do have an agenda - it applies to many similar channels - and they keep very quiet about real reasons for doing so, instead quoting some bullshit rule which isn't true, and doesn't apply, both at the same time.

  • YouTube: 5 ads the norm now?

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  • I think YouTube is dying.

    Already, I see many of my favourite channels being restricted (one Ukrainian blogger) whilst the completely moronic, yet dangerous conspiracy theory/Flat-Earthers flourish.

    Meanwhile, the most common thing we see is the push to sign up and pay them - yet with all the censorship (not simply censored for non-paying customers to allow the advertisements) it is not a viable option.

    Thankfully I still use a Desktop - with Firefox and decent extras the actual ads are still not affecting me at all, but YouTube's policies really are.

    They are completely above the law - they don't need to respect their own TOS (the reasons many people are blocked is more related to some secret narrative, and it goes against their own stated terms).

    There is no way to appeal outside YouTube, and good luck with any idea of taking them to court for removing your income stream, or censoring a very useful source of information whilst spamming you with algorithms that treat you like Spongebob, and expect you to watch completely moronic content.

    I suggest YouTube is a conspiracy to destroy the world, starting with the world population's ability to think.

    Convince me I'm wrong ;)

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  • Haha Pornhub - proof that most visitors use Windows, and they're a bunch of wankers.

  • what are great webapps that you can use with firefox?

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  • what are great webapps that you can use with firefox?

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  • I was under the impression that ALL websites are basically a kind of webapp. Some (like Lazada) are what you'd call 'Progressive Web Applications'.

    I use Webapp-Manager on Linux, which will set up a shortcut to launch any website/url as a Webapp... at the time of creation, you can choose Firefox or some other browser as the backend (works well for sites that dont work in Firefox).

    So for me, the BBC Radio website is a webapp, Overseerr and Sonarr are webapps too.

  • Under Scrutiny Over Gaza, Israel Points to Civilian Toll of U.S. Wars - The New York Times

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  • Yup, after seeing a University student trying to point out the Civilian toll, I remember WWII - did everyone forget Dresden?

    Laws of war are designed to make it somehow more civilised - but the more we see war, the more we see that it really cannot be 'more civilised' and that the 'fog of war' is a bitch.

  • Under Scrutiny Over Gaza, Israel Points to Civilian Toll of U.S. Wars - The New York Times

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  • For sure, if someone shoots your kid, you must turn the other cheek because they're gonna dress in civilian clothes and pretend to be innocent when you shoot back. It's what these pricks have been doing to U.S. troops for years and it's the reason that civilians are more at risk when fighting animals like this.

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    What did you do to survive the night of/after a breakup?

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  • There are a couple of things here... firstly you're thinking about him being with someone else - that's not just a 'breakup', that's worse.

    Anyway, I found relaxing to be difficult so I went out and did stuff - also I just met lots of friends and tried not to be on my own. During my last breakup, I had someone to meet every day after work for a week - and that put some distance which made it easier.

  • The Lemmy.World Terms of Service now in effect

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  • Should there also be entries to cover Ginger, Blonde, Black, or a million other specific labels which could be targeted?

    Isn't singling out Transphobia a form of predjudice? Shouild we also add to the list a few thousand other terms which some people find 'edgy'?

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    Clever crows...

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    Whilst thinking about Reddit...

    www.reddit.com /r/FirefoxCSS/comments/14k7jj5/future_of_rfirefoxcss/
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    Endless posting...

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    Across the Fediverse

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    I told my friend I do a super Batman impression...

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