Keep right except to pass. The passing lane is for passing.

It amazes me how profoundly stupid these people are. This is almost too dumb to believe. The Strait of Hormuz risk has been talked about for decades, no one at the Pentagon or NSC should be surprised right now.

The supply chain risk designation and threats of imprisonment are completely insane. It’s effectively the corporate death penalty for Anthropic. I expect the stock market would be crashing right now if it were open.

Definitely suspicious behavior. It’s plausible she didn’t notice them, or that she noticed them but had some other intent besides theft. I wouldn’t jump to any conclusions without further evidence.

Another one I saw mentioned by the NYT is his missing tattoo. Epstein apparently testified in a deposition that he had a tattoo of barbed wire on his upper arm, except it is not visible in pictures of his corpse. Not sure what to make of that but it’s odd and hasn’t been explained yet.

When I first saw this headline I thought it meant he was going to make them compete in the Olympics.

The Republican party has not been a traditional political party in quite awhile now, Trumpism has fully transformed it into a dangerous cult. Continued affiliation with the Republican party in the current political context is plenty of evidence to know someone is deeply biased and poses a threat the rule of the law.

No. They have access to a variety of things (e.g. Epstein’s estate provided them with a bunch of his emails) but they just voted to force the DOJ to release the Epstein files, it has not happened yet.

I don’t understand this line of thinking. The Epstein files are the product of criminal investigations. The DOJ has the files and so anyone who has seen them thus far would be authorized to access them by the DOJ (primarily FBI agents and DOJ lawyers). There isn’t any scenario where people like that would be obligated to publicly report incriminating information in the Epstein files. That’s exactly why the DOJ created the Epstein files, to gather incriminating information that can potentially be used in court by Federal prosecutors. If you are under the impression that Democratic politicians have access to the Epstein files, that is not correct.

It’s common advice but not necessarily common practice. A huge number of people live paycheck to paycheck, including those with higher incomes.

Hochul has been at campaign events with Mamdani within just the past several days, it doesn’t really look like she is distancing herself from him when you can find them literally on a stage together. I do agree about Jeffries, I think he is trying to be strategic because of his role in the House, but he sucks too much to pull it off so instead he just looks like an ass. If he was a better politician he could have threaded the needle. In some ways his non-endorsement may have ultimately benefited Mamdani, Democratic leadership is very unpopular right now and having obvious disagreement within the party over Mamdani validates his outsider image.

There’s been Speakers of the House who raped kids so that is really saying a lot about Mike Johnson to call him the worst.

Intent matters. Did he knowingly choose a Nazi tattoo? All of the evidence suggests he did not, and that as soon as he found out it was associated with Nazis he immediately took action to get rid of it.

Probably and yes. From what I have seen there’s too much incriminating evidence for it to all be faked without assuming a level of competence from those involved that is very improbable.

That’s about half the plane bribe, it’s actually estimated to be around $400 million. There’s also several billion more in Qatari bribes transferred via sketchy business deals involving Trump’s crypto scams, golf courses, hotels, etc.

I’m not familiar with Florida laws but in much of the US anyone can legally be topless under certain conditions. I think it’s usually exposed genitalia and sexual intent that are specifically illegal but general toplessness without sexual intent that isn’t creating public disorder isn’t something you are likely to be prosecuted for. You could get harassed and possibly arrested but it’s unlikely to go further than that. If you really want to do this you should consult with an attorney to get prepared ahead of time.

Secretary Kegsbreath seems more fitting if you are going for a cutting and humorous nickname.

Something truly ridiculous is Hesgeth lectured these generals on grooming and hygiene but he is actually on the record as a filthy weirdo who doesn’t believe in washing his own hands: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47201923

That is a good comparison. To me it comes across like the usual vague shit people post on social media to get sympathy or attention. She is pissed at someone and likely used some AI tool to whip up this diatribe. She could be referring to anyone at all, it could be even no one at all and this is just some nonsense she made up.

I realize now how uninterested I am in involving myself here and have deleted my comments. Good luck to both of you.