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  • Democrats are already preparing Trump investigations if they retake the House

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  • It is hard to go after a federal official for state crime. They have a lot of immunity around official acts. And for good reason. Imagine a right wing state criminalizing something based on their agenda, then prosecuting Democratic officials to enact a nationwide right wing agenda based on those laws. It would be chaos.

  • Democrats are already preparing Trump investigations if they retake the House

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  • Trump is 100% going to pardon himself. And I have little confidence that the courts will stop him. They will talk about history and tradition when it suits them, but I can totally see them making an exception for yet another unprecedented action.

  • The rich convinced us that taxing them is too complicated but everyday people can be taxed pretty easily

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  • In the US, the mortgage interest tax write-off goes disproportionately to the wealthy. It also inflates housing prices, so it doesn't really help affordability. Certainly not enough to justify the cost.

  • Why don't they get this?

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  • Exactly, and those take resources to grow. Water, fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide, oil, farm equipment, and so on.

  • Movies

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  • Sure, not a fascimile. Who Framed Roger Rabbit had characters from competing studios. Apparently Steven Spielberg had enough clout that he was able to get cross licensing deals made.

  • Why don't they get this?

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  • Yup, like, what is it replacing? If it's food that goes directly to humans, let's not do that. If it's corn for ethanol, that has little worth. Covering it with solar panels isn't terrible by any means.

  • Movies

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  • Need more Who Framed Roger Rabbit type work.

  • Fetterman called a ‘traitor’ after key Iran vote backing Trump

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  • Nah, timeline's off. He had a stroke before being elected.

    US Senators have no recall mechanism. Fetterman is up for reelection in 2028. We will see what happens then.

  • Dating has gotten so expensive that nearly half of U.S. singles say it’s no longer worth it, as the average night out approaches $200

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  • It's not everyone. My first date with my husband, we went to a modestly priced restaurant. Looking at their menu now, it's $20 a plate for a lot of food (plus tip). We had them cater our wedding. But that was back in 2015. Also, we're a gay couple, not sure how that has influenced dating habits.

  • American workers are tired of waiting.

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  • The framers of the Constitution had objections to parties and left them out. Completely refused to even acknowledge them. Within five years, a party duopoly formed. Even nominally one party states have hidden internal factions. It is better to acknowledge human nature and compensate than to work against it only to cause harm in failure.

  • Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender

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  • Wikipedia had to deal with this same sort of thing with the biography of living persons policy after vandalism of John Seigenthaler's article included defamatory material in 2005. With many people coming to rely on AI summaries at least for first impressions, AI companies need to lose some lawsuits until they fix their software.

  • Most of plant based leather uses a lot of polyurethane

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  • I see the point of plant based leather not as necessarily being great now, but as demonstrating that there is demand for R & D to make a product that can meet or surpass the quality of leather later.

  • TIL Amtrak will let you attach your own private car to one of their trains and they charge you per a mile

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  • From some searching, they're also available for charter. Still not something for a person of average means to do on their own, but maybe a group of upper-middle class people. Some Amtrak routes go through some incredibly scenic areas. The one that comes to mind in my neck of the woods is the Empire Builder. It would be a luxury experience for sure.

  • Azerbaijan Airlines crash sparks speculation plane ‘accidentally shot down by Russia’

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  • Sternly worded letter? Ineffective bleating? Or maybe they'll escalate to expelling a diplomat or two.

  • Diamond market

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  • The spice must flow at a cartel controlled trickle.

  • Review Written by UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting Suspect about Ted Kaczynski's "Industrial Society and it's future"

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  • In that vein, revolutions have as much of a chance to end poorly as to end well. Look at what is happening in Syria right now. There are a lot of players. The ideal arrangement would be peaceful power sharing inside of a democratic framework, but there is every chance that Assad will be replaced with another violent authoritarian regime.

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    As a human, here is my human take on unions

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  • Same at least for my union in the US. I haven't needed it, but it's there for the people who do. Most of the benefits like dental have better coverage through my employer, but I am sure it is more relevant for other bargaining units that they work with.

  • Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted?

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  • No, but people are suggesting giving his murderer a free pass because they don't like him aka he is unpopular. There's a good reason that he's unpopular, just like there's a good reason that many widely detested people are unpopular. It doesn't mean we start being a lawless nation.

  • Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted?

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  • Even after hearing how much of a total POS shit the CEO is, yes. That's just a basic part of the rule of law. You murder someone, you get prosecuted. It's a really dangerous path for a society when it's open season to outright murder people when they're unpopular.

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