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The US Department of Justice has now authorized retaliation to criticism of law enforcement

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  • Good luck. You're going to need it.

    • The US Department of Justice has now authorized retaliation to criticism of law enforcement

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  • Being ineffective at stopping something isn’t the same thing as enabling.

    Lol.

    You've got your fingernails dug into a hair-thin crack here.

    You might do well to stand back a bit and ask yourself why you're so desperate to absolve the Democrats of blame.

    • What's your opinion on people who say they don't judge people for voting for Trump, while claiming they themselves aren't pro Trump?

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  • I think they're analogous to people who would stand and watch a stoning, then congratulate themselves on not having thrown any rocks themselves.

    • How is the US occupation of Gaza a solution to ANYTHING???

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  • You got the first half right, but the second wrong.

    Netanyahu's government doesn't give a shit about Hamas. They never have. Hamas is just a convenient excuse for them to pursue their real goal, which is and has been all along to kill, drive out or subjugate every single Palestinian, because they believe that Palestine has no right to exist at all and that everything from the river to the sea should be theirs, no matter how many lives they have to destroy along the way.

    • How is the US occupation of Gaza a solution to ANYTHING???

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  • It's a solution to the problem of the Trump family not owning enough waterfront real estate.

    • Trump says he's revoking Biden's security clearance, ending intelligence briefings in payback move

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  • The Toddler-in-chief.

    • Elon Musk says former DOGE staffer who made 'inappropriate' remarks will be rehired after polling X users

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  • It doesn't get much more Musk than, "I polled the racists and they said racism is okay, so racism is okay "

    • We do not know what exactly Elon Musk is doing to the federal government

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  • Yes we do.

    He's leading a coup.

    On behalf of the would-be US dictator Donald Trump, he and his mercenaries are taking control of vital government functions away from the duly appointed authorities and claiming it as their own.

    • The Democratic National Committee Is Undemocratic. That’s by Design.

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  • I read about half of that and knew who wrote it.

    ...arguing in bad faith?

    I love unintentional irony.

    • Elon Musk’s team has gotten access to the Treasury Department’s payments system.

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  • This is a coup.

    • The Democratic National Committee Is Undemocratic. That’s by Design.

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  • Yes, because if it was more open, there would be a risk of leftists gaining influence.

    • Democrats’ brutal poll problem - The Democratic Party is now at 31% Favorability

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  • Huh - apparently just being not-the-Republicans isn't enough.

    The important question is, will the DNC learn anything from this?

    I'm guessing no.

    It'd be bad enough if that just meant that the US is for all intents a one-party system, but at this particular point in history, the future of the country and the lives of millions depend on effective opposition to those who are building a plutocratic/fascist oligarchy, and the exact institution that should be the vanguard for opposition is just a bunch of greedy pigs and cowards.

    • Kansas Tuberculosis Outbreak

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  • I sincerely expect future historians (if there are any) to have a specific name for this particular period in American history - something like "The idiot Age" or "The Faceplant Years."

    • ‘Your poll made Trump mad’ is not a valid basis for a lawsuit

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  • Broadly, this is just the sort of thing that can be expected when we allow positions of power to be held by people who are mentally ill.

    • How can the Fediverse protect against AI slop?

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  • I don't have the foggiest idea.

    And really, if I did have a good idea, I wouldn't post it publicly anyway. That'd just be tipping my hand to the astroturfers.

    • How can the Fediverse protect against AI slop?

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  • "The fediverse" really can't. That's just the reality of a decentralized system. It's going to be up to individual instances to sort it out.

    But that's a good thing, because what it means is that different instances can and will try different approaches, and between them, they'll sooner or later hit on the one(s) that will be most effective.