[-] somename@hexbear.net 29 points 19 hours ago

I really don’t think that’s going to happen. This isn’t just a political accident they can bury. This is an incredibly obvious thing that’s only going to get worse. People will rediscover and remember it everytime they see him.

[-] somename@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

The Democratic leadership likes taking bribes just as much.

[-] somename@hexbear.net 28 points 1 day ago

Didn’t you say that politicians have to chase votes earlier? To shift their positions to attract voters? Why does that not apply here? Shouldn’t they be courting us by moving away from committing genocide? That would solve the issue cleanly.

[-] somename@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well, yes, the opposition might successfully wrest power back, and pack the court back in their direction. But where does that end up? Right to where we are now. There’s nothing lost by trying. The court is already reactionary. We might as well try to change something.

[-] somename@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

Considering the Supreme Court basically just legalized bribery, what do you think the odds are that we’re going to get that?

[-] somename@hexbear.net 29 points 1 day ago

Well, if we vote for the democrats anyway, we’re signaling to them that committing genocide won’t cost them votes. That it’s a free thing they can do as they please. Does that not seem like a dangerous precedent to establish? It erodes the very basis of their “lesser evil” to the Republicans. They should actually have to not be evil, and remember that. There has to be some sort of electoral cost to being incredibly psychopathic.

[-] somename@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago

If you pack the court, the point is to then ram through laws that strengthen your position so that it’s harder for the other side to feasibly challenge it, to pack the court in the other direction. You can’t change things without exerting power, and the court is a tool of authority. You gotta use and abuse that.

[-] somename@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don’t think that’s true at all. There’s no way to intercept an IBCM in its terminal phase. They are incredibly fast on reentry. You have to hit it just after launch, or not at all. They are still just as dangerous as they’ve always been.

[-] somename@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Where is AOC triangulating to, on Biden, post debate?

[-] somename@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

Yeah this is just math.

[-] somename@hexbear.net 86 points 2 days ago

In some non-Biden related news, the Supreme Court ruled that cities are allowed to make sleeping outside illegal.

This is such a giant leap in criminalizing homelessness. Like, this has been in the works for a while, and in a lot of ways municipalities have been making homelessness de-facto illegal, but now they can just ticket or arrest people for a basic part of living, a fundamental need of continuing existence.

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In the queue of about 130 people, only 20 are male. Men aged 18-60 are not allowed to leave Ukraine unless they qualify for an exemption. Four of those waiting are young lads who look close to turning 18. To avoid the risk of mobilisation, they must leave before then. Of course, some men find ways to get out anyway, legally or illegally. On August 11th President Volodymyr Zelensky announced he was sacking the heads of the country’s regional military recruitment centres, where officials were alleged to be selling travel permits for up to $10,000. “Bribery during war is treason,” Mr Zelensky railed.

In the initial period after the invasion most men trying to get across were driven by fear, says Colonel Trachuk. Now she reckons half are looking for work. But those trying to escape military service must live at risk of being apprehended by recruitment officers and press-ganged. At the beginning of the invasion Ivan, a 42-year-old musician in Uzhhorod, contemplated enlisting, but changed his mind when he saw coffins arriving. Now, he says, he is in constant fear of being called up: “I feel like I am hanging in the air.”

[-] somename@hexbear.net 94 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Cuba is a beacon of progress and humanity in the Americas. Fidel Castro was a hero. Also a pro at dodging the CIA's kill squads.

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Yehiel Indore, the man in question, was released to house arrest two days ago.

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