dhork @ dhork @lemmy.world

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Even the people who are against crypto are probably shilling something. Same song, different key.

So, basically this guy did what ICE does all the time

Haven't you heard? America is Exeptional, we are the Indispensible Nation. We never need help, because we perfected Democracy. Anyone who says otherwise will be sent to CECOT....

Yet many Catholics voted in line with the MAGA nuts, purely on abortion. The American Catholic Church has turned abortion into its defining political litmus test. Hopefully this new Pope can convince American bishops that there are other issues worth their attention.

Besides, the folks who run the US right now always need an enemy. Once they run through the immigrants, and LGBT people, who's next? It's entirely possible these christofascists start ostracizing Catholics. They never liked them anyway, they just liked their votes, and they probably think they won't need votes anymore to keep in power.

I guess if the kids want to be safe they need to quit school and work on the farm

I'd love to see him run, and I hope he gets a meaningful debate in before the DNC stacks the deck for Newsom

I'm surprised this wasn't an ex-J6er. Still, I wonder if Trump will pardon him?

There is a difference between customs and immigration. Customs cares about things (and import duties on those things), Immigration cares about people.

As a US citizen, you should be able to just enter as long as your paperwork is in order. (And if Immigration is interested in you beyond the formalities, it means you are probably on some sort of list, and good luck to you!)

Customs will care mainly that you are only bringing in personal goods, and not commercial goods you intend to sell. They will also care if you buy any goods abroad to take back, because you may owe import duties. So they will not care about your Fairphone unless you bought it while in your trip abroad. In normal times you will have an exemption that allows you to bring in some amount of goods duty-free but the world is all topsy turvy now so I would check what the duty-free allowance is before coming back.

They are used to people bringing phones, laptops, camera equipment, and other expensive personal effects with them on trips. They won't care unless you have a lot of things, and they think you are not being truthful when you say none of it was purchased abroad in that trip. Having five phones for one person would be a red flag, for instance.

Your dad is correct in that every driver gets into an accident at one point or another. You have your license, which means you passed the test. And while the test is the bare minimum, you did meet it.

Every driver starts out new, and has to learn a lot. It can take years before you are truly comfortable, and that's OK.

My recommendation would be to not give up driving cold turkey, but only drive when you are comfortable. Find an errand you need to run once or twice a week and do that route consistently. (Or, if you are working, do your work commute by a consistent route every day). Learn that route, and where all the tricky things are. You may find that after a month or two, you build enough confidence on that one drive that you are not spooked by other drives.

Fear not, MAGAs! Nature is no match for Donald Trump's Sharpie

The actual parade route is super tiny, less than a mile. NYT published a parade route map, and the troops have a longer walk to the parade start point than the parade route itself. It is just going by the National Mall, and that's it. My local town Memorial Day parade (which only had the mayor, boy/girl scouts, fire department, and school marching band) was longer.

(Edited to add: I don't want to sell the town Memorial Day parade short, it also had a bunch of cool old tractors....)

Cloudy and overcast, with sporadic bursts of fascism. Possible flood of lies in high-conservative-media areas.

That's only about 500,000 $TRUMP, I think he ought to be good for it

(Edited: I misread the price. How is one of those shitcoins worth $10?)

Reddit still publishes RSS feeds, so you can use an RSS reader to see the latest stuff. You can't interact with it, but who wants to trade shit posts with bots anyway?

This is how I keep up with my Sportsball teams since that community hasn't really taken off here yet.

Mr. Big Charges

What's RIF? I joined when BaconReader stopped working

I'm saying that States cannot have Federal referendums. States can have State Referendums. More than one state can hold a referendum at the same time if their own Constitutions allow it, but they are all still State Referendums.

The Federal government does not have the power to hold country-wide referendums, it would have to be given the power through an amendment, which would also specify the parameters (and, more importantly, the limits) of this new power the people are giving to its Federal Government.

(This all assumes the Constitution still matters, which is a matter for debate these days)

Believe it or not, the US has no mechanism for a national election. While the Federal Government sets guidelines for elections, each state runs its own. Every election is on the state level. Even the Presidential Election, thanks to the Electoral College, is really just a weighted sum of the outcome of 50 state elections (and DC).

Even Constitutional Amendments go through a state-by-state ratification process.

I think it's impossible to do any sort of true nationwide referendum without a Constitutional Amendment happening first. Remember that the Constitution explicitly states that any powers not explicitly given to the Federal Government are reserved for the States (and the People). So the power to have Federal referendums would need to be explicitly granted.

Which one? They both suck.

That seems excessive, they could have just fired him....