Any time I’ve brought it up everybody glazes over the first time I say the words “instance” or “federated.” I’ve tried the email analogy, but they lose interest immediately.

California might as well be in the G7. So go right ahead Johnson, be petty and watch what happens when we stop paying federal taxes. You better believe we’ll be able to fund this kind of shit ourselves if we don’t have to share…

For fucks sake, what a willfully blind genocide apologist.

“There have been times when actions that Israel has taken have, yes, made it more difficult. But there’s been a rationale for those actions, even if they’ve sometimes made getting to a conclusion more difficult.”

There’s been a rationale?! Seriously? There hasn’t been a real rationale other than terror and ethnic cleansing for a long time. Blinken continuing to try to justify Israel’s atrocities makes me sick.

Will do, I’m curious about it now. Tbh I’ve never found Stallone particularly compelling, but the more I think about it, the more I’m sure I only saw bits and pieces when I was young. Deserves a full watch.

Yeah that struck me, it’s literally the first time I’ve ever heard someone referred to as a “Rambo-type.”

I maybe saw parts of the first Rambo 30 years ago, but I honestly can’t remember. This reference means very little to me other than “jacked mumbling idiot with a big machine gun.”

Makes sense when you unapologetically commit genocide, deny it at every turn, while endangering entire populations of Palestinians and Jews all over the world in the process.

So maybe stop killing children? It’ll do wonders.

Sorry Catholics, but every time I see the depiction of a person tortured, bloodied, and nailed to a piece of wood, my automatic gut reaction is revulsion and disgust. First at the imagery itself, and then more deeply at the fact that otherwise sane people feel like this a completely normal thing to adorn their houses and bodies with. This is no different, people are just not accustomed to seeing Satanic imagery and symbolism in public, which is the whole fucking point.

I’m glad he did this, but if you’re against the death penalty, then there is no reason for there to be any exceptions. Leaving those three men on death row is the epitome of hypocrisy.

It’s also not well known that there are currently four men on a different death row for the US military.

I saw this out of the corner of my eye and thought the headline was about getting a Human Labeled for Meat.

It’s okay to let people be angry about things that should enrage everyone with a pulse. Their sentiment is 100% accurate even if their words aren’t perfectly precise.

Yeah the Capitol and the Mall are on Federal land, but there are always exceptions to shutdowns, so they’d find a way to get the permits in time. Republicans will be in power regardless, so there’s no way they’ll let a shutdown impact Trump’s inauguration.

Well, Congress certifies the presidential election, and inaugurations are organized by a non-governmental committee appointed by the president-elect.

If the government shuts down, you can be damn sure they’ll still certify Trump’s victory, and the inauguration will go forward regardless, though it may be a bit rougher and less safe than usual. A shutdown wont help us the way you’re hoping.

Edit: here’s some info on how inaugurations are funded and organized.

The calm before the shitstorm.

I barely recognized him from the thumbnail, thought it was an impersonator. That man does not look well.

Your title is pretty misleading. Trump isn’t the president yet, so he hasn’t fired anyone. The original headline makes much more sense: ‘A Gift to the Oligarchs’: Trump Pick to Replace Lina Khan Vowed to End ‘War on Mergers’

I’m not defending the article, because it’s some serious bullshit, but not having a byline is standard practice at the Economist. It’s one of their gimmicks which is supposed to imply objectivity and represent a “collective voice,” but I think it causes more harm and confusion than anything else.