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Banning it was his administration's idea. Not saying I'm for or against banning TikTok, I don't really have any skin in the game because I don't even use the service so it makes no difference to me, but ffs hold this dude accountable for one fucking thing for a change. Why do so many people let him get away with saying whatever convenient lie that pops into his mind?

smdh Chess hasn't had a balance patch in like 200 years.

nerf knights plz chess.com

Alpha males ain't shit. I'm a Neutrino male. Highest penetration power 😤

I want someone to drink mead out of my skull after I die and absorb my power. This is my fondest wish.

Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia ✅💯

Social media is probably a very poorly or very narrowly defined term. Either they called out Facebook, Reddit, Snapchat, etc by name or they gave some broad description of social media that could apply to everything from Facebook all the way down to somebody's Vbulletin forum and this will be unenforceable for the vast majority of websites. Compliance is likely voluntary for the little fish in social media. I imagine that they aren't even aware that Lemmy exists.

The one thing that just about anybody inside or outside the U.S. can agree on is that we have the best national parks, and the most unspoiled natural beauty across entire swathes of land. This doesn't happen by accident. A love of nature transcends political affiliations. If anything I would say despite the social stigma of Democrats being "tree-huggers", it's actually conservatives and Republicans who have a vested interest in preserving and maintaining national parks and nature conservatories. Hunting and fishing in particular are big pass times in red states, so it makes sense that Republicans care deeply about the environment.

Climate change denialism only takes root in conservative circles because it's abstract enough to not be directly observable and is at direct odds with things like fossil fuels production that are major economic drivers in predominantly Republican controlled states. Although I think conservatives are finally waking up to that fact and are refusing to be spoon fed bullshit anymore. Hopefully not too late to reverse course.

Bruddah... 🤜🤛 Respect.

Republicans are going to claim that anyway. The key is that they never, ever provide even a scrap of evidence to back it up, so ultimately it will end up being a nothingburger.

I don't think you understand how government works.

Nobody is forcing this mythical Republican to accept the nomination. They'll accept it voluntarily or she'll move on to another qualified individual.

You can't maintain your previous job in Congress while simultaneously serving in the President's cabinet, so if they resign they forfeit all of their power and go back to being a private citizen.

That's why is would be a career ending move for some to accept an appointment to the presidential cabinet only to resign in some vain effort to kowtow to Trump or spite the Democratic establishment. It's silly.

After election season dies down, so too does the rhetoric that both sides fling at each other. Democrats and Republicans, even MAGA Republicans, are capable of reaching across the aisle when required.

Picking someone from the opposition is not just to keep up appearances of bipartisanship. It's strategic. That person will have intimate knowledge of which Republicans are willing to play ball and which ones want concessions. It's essentially like having an informant or spy on your side feeding you crucial intel about how the opposition is planning their next move, or what policies will resonate with their constituents.

If Zuck's cheating keeps Trump out of the oval office, he won't have the authority to send him to prison, now would he? Unless Trump is so delusional that he thinks he can win despite "cheating", which of course he would.

But if Trump loses, it can only be because of cheating or election interference, it can't possibly be because the American people opted not to chose him. Totally not the delusions of a sore loser, nope.

God, sometimes I wish he had his head blown off back in July. Not having to listen to this moron spew off nonsense day in and day out would have been nice.

The only people who are hurt by that stunt are Republicans who will then have no say in the matters of that aspect of government. Harris would instantly fill the position with a Democrat who wants the job and be no worse for wear.

If a Republican cabinet member wants to blow up their whole career to spite Harris, let them.

It doesn't mean she has to listen to them. A cabinet member is someone who serves at the pleasure of the chief executive, so I wouldn't expect some rogue Republican to do much damage on their own.

As for why, sometimes having someone from the opposition on your team can give you valuable insight on how to get shit done so it passes by party hardliners on congress.

Mine is Magic: The Gathering, except I fully realize that I am pulling away from it and why.

The game sparked an immense amount of joy when I picked it up in high school. Now I barely recognize the game anymore. It doesn't truly have an identity of its own and exists in this permanent state of limbo where 3rd party IPs are taking over the demand for new product and the rules are becoming so bloated that they can't fit them on cards anymore.

This is such an "old man yelling at clouds" moment for me, because I heard just about every reason under the sun for why people quit the game when I was playing from power creep to changing art styles to just getting priced out of the hobby in general. I realize now that those people were not wrong, they were just not the target audience anymore. I am no longer a profitable demographic to pander to. I never buy packs anymore, and I've even stopped buying singles and I don't attend tournaments or collect anymore, so why would Hasbro/WotC make products for me? Especially when there are deep pocketed whales out there who will pay top dollar for their favorite crossover set, no matter how silly or out of place it might seem.

I wish I could enjoy the game the way I used to, but I just can't be bothered to hop back in when it doesn't feel the same anymore.

If his team were actually smart they'd realize that lightning won't strike twice and keep Trump's mouth shut and keep him far away from the debate stage. Kamala will rip him apart in September, no doubt in my mind.

The only reason he didn't get a ton of criticism for his insanity at the last debate is because Biden was somehow worse and distracted everybody from Trump's failing mental health and complete lack of a plan of action to fix the problems he rants and raves about all day and night.

This is the only word I know of whose meaning can be redefined by majority consensus.

Case in point, my workplace wanted a bi-weekly committee meeting for our team to work on stuff over a zoom call. I asked what days these meetings would be held and they all agreed "Just Thursdays". When I tried to argue that a bi-weekly meeting necessarily means that there must be two distinct dates per week, they all agreed that bi-weekly obviously means every other Thursday and that I didn't understand what the word bi-weekly meant 😒

Hearing this word for the first time in the GoT audiobooks was a real surprise to say the least.

Good riddance.

The donor had the same name as the shooter, but was not the same person.

We need more than just that. I'm continuing to email the Biden administration monthly about implementing a vacancy tax for private owners with 3 or more single family dwellings. I'll continue to do so under the Harris administration.

My only shot at every being able to afford a house is if the billionaires and real estate corporations get taken out of the equation. Taxing them for sitting on empty properties is much better than building more for them to snap up because they won't be priced fairly to begin with due to market manipulation.