Isn’t that the truth.

Canada and the USA should have a look at the British system of independent Boundary Commissions. Don't know about Canada but given the utter corruption endemic in US politics, I can't see them ever sorting it out. It would take a real democracy to get there, and this ain't it.

I think we know the answers to those questions. Same person who's sending $10B to their buddies in UAE, who aren't $39T in the red.

They would deny that. My rabbit once sent a 50,000 email mailshot 2 hours before it was meant to go out. Maybe he stepped on the Return key on purpose, maybe he didn't.

Not voting is your choice. Being moved into a district where your vote has no meaning is not.

Love how, moments after shots were fired and while they still had no clue whether the danger was past, they literally stood him up on the stage. And they made sure the shortest agent, a full head shorter than Trump, was at the front so that his face could be easily seen. Incompetent, or....

The ones that confirmed he's a useless businessman and a liar, yep. I suppose that does result in reputational harm, but only because his reputation was a lie.

We can hope a judge has a similar opinion on whether releasing Trump's actual tax returns caused him any harm, and if it did, why that would be.

Trump has been enriching himself, his family, and his backers since day one. It's not a secret. The only weird thing is that his supporters seem totally oblivious to the fact. I really don't know how many billions have to flow in his direction for them to catch up to reality.

Isn't this Taco Tuesday? I would think he should be doing this nearer the end of the week, but that's the famed unpredictability for you.

We should, but we don't.

We're in a future in which a doped-up billionaire has the ultimate say in who's allowed communications on battlefields, enables certain political movements, and allots bandwidth to criminal organizations. Having that control in the hands of the USA isn't any better, either.

Donald Trump is using a war, with thousands dead and billions in damages, to manipulate the markets and enrich his plutocratic enablers. He is a traitor to his country.

Wow:

More Corruption from the felon.

Presidents are often a handy scapegoat for many of the problems in the US, but the Trump Recession will absolutely be remembered as a Trump-inflicted wound we wouldn't have had without his personal interference.

Palantir's CEO published a manifesto arguing Western tech firms have a "moral debt" to US military dominance, that AI weapons are inevitable, and that "some cultures are dysfunctional." This isn't just a regularly evil tech or defence contractor, it’s a fascist political project.

Yet nowhere near as high in protein as cockroaches.

Chief Justice’s Wife Made $10M+ as Legal Recruiter: Report At least one of the firms reportedly had a case before Chief Justice Roberts.

The corruption is just stunning.

www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...

If AI was going to create jobs the companies promoting it wouldn't be gutting their workforces. They're not creating the new fun creative well-paid jobs they're saying AI will "give us time for". They're firing as many people as possible.

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No, in Texas she'd have been pepper sprayed, pushed to the ground and handcuffed, before being brought up in court for terrorism and assaulting an officer.

They saved some face, but their presidential immunity decision is probably the most destructive single act in the history of US democracy. To my mind, that enabled all the problems and corruption we're seeing today, and has almost certainly set us up for a Trump-led coup in the next few years.

Most European countries have multiple political parties and limited presidential/PM power, so that 30% can't easily run roughshod over democracy and the law the way MAGA has. Even with a right wing government is in power, they usually have to compromise to run the country. The SC is another US fail.

Of COURSE he's insider trading. He's a crook, he's ALWAYS been a crook, he's using the presidency to make billions.

He ran to stay out of jail, to make money and to feel powerful, because that's what a narcissist like him gets off on. It was never about helping people.

Complete solution: don't have a data center. Why shouldn't residents be able to decline the 'opportunity' if benefits are dubious, minimal, or non-existent? The claim that it won't be as disastrous as it could be is hardly a stellar selling point. Few people see AI data centers as a worthy cause.

If it's not in the interest of everyone in your area to have a data center built, why have it. Who does want it, and why? If it creates pressure on resources and provides minimal jobs, then who is asking for it? Should people not have the right to say what is built in their area?

a man in a suit and tie is on a news show ALT: a man in a suit and tie is on a news show

Montreal winning in Tampa after the Lightning fans chanted the USA chant is just... je ne sais quoi

Question is, how many men are the North Koreans prepared to sacrifice to find out?

A couple of tall visibility flags on the rear end might be safer.