And yet it is always amusing that "the left" is constantly devaluing "fascism" by calling every government action fascist, and "the right" is constantly devaluing "socialism" by calling any government action socialist. Pretty broken political discourse in general.

I expect there are many variables, but given that there are 813 billionaires in USA and I am aware of at least two (Melinda Gates and Mackenzie Bezos) *don't* seem to be horrible people, I choose not to generalize about "billionaires" any more than any other group sharing a common attribute.

Perhaps the fear that in a functioning democracy "they" might take their money away and they would have to go back to being less wealthy. I think of it as Antionette syndrome.

I cannot believe he really posted that.

I just want hackers to use the back door DOGE installed to delete his login credentials, the rest will follow.

yup, and 50 MHz is high frequency

One wonders how many campaign donations never get made because the only way to donate is through a conglomerate like Actblue.

Can I send a check to your campaign? I no longer trust nor use Actblue for any campaign contributions.

We're gonna have the Hormuz airlift aren't we.

Fediverse still working great. :-)

"That's right Maria, while we're talking Seal Team 6 is over visiting the soon to be former Senator."

Please don't do this. Your age is often one of the security questions when proving your identity over the phone.

Next up, getting rebarred 😉 As in "I got smashed in dis bar, dis bar, and dis bar. "

Can you guys move off Substack please. Pretty please!

I keep hoping the folks at @thebulwark.com will take the hint.

The subtext here is "See if you just submitted to slavery the plantation owner would take care of your husband."

Your vote matters.

Yeah, I think this is 100% correct. Trump blockades the Straight because Iran wasn't cutting him in on the toll. Probably trying to set up a system where they pay the US toll, then they pay the Iran toll, and THEN they can pass. All grift all the time.

Also it pisses off Putin if there are people in office he cannot blackmail effectively.

I long to feel what the citizens of Hungary are feeling.

I think he'll be staying at the Assad suite in the Moscow Hilton.

Oh that looks like fun.

Oh no! Where are they going to hold CPAC next year?!? I'm guessing Stalingrad.

I would love to be the citizen of a country where my neighbors are willing to help me do the hard work of getting out the vote and overthrowing an authoritarian using democracy!

I am gonna fly a Hungarian flag outside of my house, damn good job people! We need your inspiration to kick the current a*holes to the curb.

Next up, send JD to campaign for Putin in the next election!!

"cannot"? I mean the President can order the Navy to fire on ships attempting to enter right? (the order itself may be illegal but so is blowing up boats in the Caribbean) So what are a few reasons why can they not blockade the straight?

Your take on Porter?

Interesting reasoning in that opinion. Somehow I don't think it survives to the Supreme court but hey it could.

Yeah, I built robots with the one where the computer was a "giant" brick (Mindstorms). This is definitely next level though.