Unless they’re actually able and willing to hold her in contempt when she inevitably throws a tantrum and refuses to directly answer “Yes” or “No” to simple questions under oath, what’s the point?

They need to be absolutely willing to sic the Marshall on her if necessary and frog-march her to the Capitol Jail or whatever it is. Rules need TEETH. I am so sick of hearing how the US has ‘guardrails’. Bullshit.

He’ll use this as an excuse to push again to leave NATO. I say, fine – we’re already organizing new alliances so go pound sand, USA.

TheSpiffingBrit would’ve figured out a way to do it without console commands though, I bet :)

Given Schumer’s record, Dems will cave in about 2 weeks. Sigh. Kiss your voting rights goodbye, US married women, and so many others.

By the way, look at that horribly mangled, blown-off and then reconstructed ear following the assassination attempt. Why, that bandage he wore for a few days must’ve been truly miraculous. Amazing /s

The bar for ruling ‘barratry’ or SLAPP should be a LOT lower in the US legal system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barratry_(common_law)?wprov=sfla1

…of course first all of the King-like blanket immunity BS needs tp be repealed first…

No electronic devices? OK, stock up on old 35mm cameras and film. And carbon paper / rubbings or whatever, copy as much as possible using non-electronic means.

Bring in a big box of silly putty, take transfers of as much as they can.

Might be a good post for /c/LeopardsAteMyFace

How did religious people ever think he wasn’t just wrapping himself in the garb of piety to get elected? He was on tape talking about grabbing women by the pussy because ‘when you are famous they just let you do it’! Before the LAST time he was elected. Sheesh.

And… Scientology, on the issue of tax exempt status, really? Wow. Criminals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Snow_White

Let everyone you know that mail-in ballots are still an option… but educate them that they must bring the ballot to the post office IN PERSON, and ask the postal staff to post-mark it IN FRONT OF THEM. I have read (please correct me if I’m wrong!) that works around the recent regulation change that allows dropped-off post to be stamped when it’s delivered, instead of when it’s first dropped off, which is a rat-fucking tactic to increase the likelihood of ballots being marked late, knowing they’ll probably take many days from drop-off to delivery.

Good point. Sigh.

No argument there. :(

To those putting on their dancing shoes… there’s no point. He already did all the damage. Short of going back in time nothing will fix what he’s done. Unfortunately.

The NRA needs to STFU at this point. They enabled this. Their followers are either collaborators (being ICE), or cowards who cosplayed defending against Authoritarianism; the time they could have mobilized to assert their Holy 2nd Amendment is already long past.

Of course it’s neither and both – they just wanted the money.

Archive: https://archive.is/ivmTa

Edit: seems the capture didn’t fully work. Hope someone got it all.

Qualcomm has historically been one of the most closed chip vendors. Unless they publish full specs, datasheets and open drivers, that’ll be a hard ‘no’ for me.

Oh, I didn’t mean to excuse or minimise in any way the GOP’s own failures and malice in all of this. They were/are certainly the primary ones responsible…

Never forget how Merrick Garland and those who enabled him slow-walked all of this. They could have let Smith loose in the summer of 2024 but, oh Noes, the ‘perception!’ of it all. /s

There may be a point, in hindsight, where inaction is viewed by history as complicity. Fuck all the enablers.

Hell they’re doing it again with the DOJ/FBI’s blatant violation of the Epstein Files transparency act… talking about ‘writing up this, censuring that’ and the talk of allowing up to a full YEAR more to comply before impeaching Bondi. More slow-walking.

Thanks, I keep forgetting that the archiver there bypasses paywalls ;)

Full article is paywalled, but the attempt at shaming in the first paragraph I could read – that Conservatives in the US have any sense or concern about hypocrisy, is woefully naive. They don’t care that they apply standards to others but not themselves. There is no ‘pressure’ applied to them in pointing this out, either.

I also suspect none of the people that matter even read The Atlantic either. Words haven’t been enough to stop these fascists for a long time.

Has that unredact tool that was posted on reddit last night been run on this particular PDF yet?