Yup, that's (one of) the (many) roots of the problem. The Supreme Court is a subsidiary of the Republican Party, and they've officially declared Trump above the law. Other subsidiaries own the Senate and House, so there's nothing holding Trump back from doing everything Musk and his other handlers have always dreamed of.
Here's what I know, CNN: an endless stream of idiotic things come out of Donald Trump's mouth, and not every piece of nincompoopery he utters deserves an in-depth analysis.
The news here is that Visa and MasterCard haven't (yet) blocked all income for OnlyFans and its creators, over unproven allegations of kiddie porn. That earns a hooray from me, but I'm sure, with just a little more public panic, OnlyFans will be driven out of business, which is the endgoal here.
Reuters has a real hard-on for OnlyFans. A month ago, 2 of the same 4 bylined reporters wrote this peculiar piece: Multiple OnlyFans accounts featured suspected child sex abuse, investigator reports
The gist of that report was that, listening to an “experienced child exploitation investigator,” Reuters found 26 OnlyFans accounts featuring models who “appeared” to be underage.
Of course, at an operation the size of OnlyFans, 26 ain’t many, and "appeared underage” is an awfully low bar. They require models to show proof of age, which all the pages in question had on file, and the site took the pages down immediately anyway. I’m not seeing how OnlyFans could be more rigorous, except by getting out of the porn business. Which, again, is the endgoal here.
Like the previous article, this latest ‘news’ is only anti-porn hysteria, a gift to Republicans and righteous hypocrites.
I tried it, but gave up months ago. Decentralization is what we're all about, but without a centralized index of what's available, finding videos on PeerTube is more work than watching them is worth.
The Anti-Defamation League, a US-based pro-Israeli group which monitors anti-Semitism and hate speech, has described Musk’s gesture as “awkward” but did not say it was a Nazi salute.
That's a bit of bullshit. The ADL said specifically that it was NOT a Nazi salute. Which is the end of the ADL, for me. They're simply not credible as alleged opponents of anti-Semitism.
Pretty sure I agree with the gist of this, and it's welcome. My corner is small anyway, with not a lot of trolls and troublemakers, and I hope I'm already in line with this policy.
Well, unless I'm one of the mods who'll "receive an immediate notice with a link to this new policy."
Well, he wasn't President-elect during the prosecution. That said, seems to me that asking for no penalty is the opposite of "respectful of the office of the presidency."
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