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Yazarogi posted...

I guess I'm confused what that even means.

It's a pro life shirt indicating they large scale abortion is a genocide of babies

Sadly, this is the politics we deserve

Fin_Dawg_004 posted...

I'll just repost the exact same thing I posted in your other topic about this exact same thing from yesterday:

He was saying if Harris (and the dems) moved to the right on trans issues and adopted more anti-trans rhetoric to win elections, then that wouldn't be a better environment for trans people even of she won. Because you have ceded ground to false right wing framing on the issue and now there is no counter messaging. He also argues that strategy wouldn't even work electorally because transphobes would still vote for the Republicans.

Hes arguing the democratic party should not abandon the trans community as some have suggested, in an attempt to appeal to a "broader" electorate.

https://twitter.com/Awk20000/status/1973054628230046180

And this was referring to the conversation ta nahesi Coates's and ezra Klein had where Klein was defending his puff piece on Charlie Kirk by arguing the Democrats need to expand their base, while coates argued we should not do that at the detriment of marginalized groups

He's still wrong though because you can move rightwards on certain rhetoric without going to the extreme of actual policy changes that the Trump admin has done

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Don't worry. The media will make sure to correct this

I was one of the people who watched it . I've also never played a Metroid game before

Gyms that have childcare options are one of the best quality of life stuff out there. They'll watch my kid for 1-2 hours while I'm at the gym

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Lol, what kind of statement is this. It's not even refuting what Patel said

ai123 posted...

Unless you have a condition that makes it difficult to travel, I don't see why you wouldn't want to see other countries, if only out of curiosity and to have an experience.

Glob posted...

Well thats just fucking sad.

Ehh, as I've gotten older, I've found myself not really thinking that's weird anymore. Sometimes, people just don't care for international travel.

I feel guilty when I miss multiple workouts. That's always a great motivator.

But I mean, the simple answer is that people don't enjoy it or just have other shit going on. I mean, I don't enjoy it either, but I just try to think of it as a chore I have to do. Nothing to do with enjoyment

https://bsky.app/profile/whstancil.bsky.social/post/3m262ivca3c25

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Lol, good same time post

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DrizztLink posted...

Or, and bear with me on this one:

It's also a nice litmus test for how cis/straight someone is. Or how little of a shit they give about trans people.

Because I can readily fuckin' assure you, the actual LGBTQIA+ community tends to be a little more aware of it than you seem to think.

I mean...yes? Isn't that exactly what pinky is saying. The average person is not trans and has no interaction with trans people so of course they'll be ignorant to what JK believes.

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Rowling has such a fear of men that I find it weird when other men support her transphobic and quite frankly misandry opinions.

She thinks all men are waiting to prowl on women or something and that all transwomen are just men trying to do just that. So any trans rights is inherently harming women.

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Man, childhood cancer is truly horrible

It was a good conversation

I want to make a post about how I think people actually do overseason(mainly when it comes to sauces) and it overpowers the taste of the actual food...but I don't think chicken is one of those items...

Unless you're talking about like ketchup and hot sauce. I think those just overpower most foods they're on and are usually unnecessary. At that point you're eating hot sauce, not chicken or whatever you have it on

I'm guessing it was a 5k non refundable deposit?

I think focusing on illegal gun possession laws is something that can be scratch people's itch to be more "tough on crime" and would have broader concesus.

The legal possession laws is always going to be hard to push through though.

CARRRNE_ASADA posted...

Not reasonable, but totally deserved

No, not deserved

Hernandez was arrested Thursday and has been charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping. His bond for those charges has been set at $300,000. He also faces eight on-sight drug-related charges with bonds totaling $360,000.

Bond is so stupid. The guy is an obvious risk to public safety. Are we saying if he happened to place bond we would still fucking release him until trial?

Also, when is attempted murder a charge?

Lol, he actually had 2 on order. One he paid for and one he got for free as a referral bonus. He's keeping the free one on order. Which makes me question even more...why did it take you 8 years bro

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After 8 years....

https://bsky.app/profile/a4xrbj1.bsky.social/post/3m22kc4qals2k

Bro... It took you 8 years to cancel that shit?

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Compsognathus posted...

I am loath to make America's prison situation worse, but this has to be the case for gun crimes. You need to make the risk of using a gun so high that people can't ignore it.

I pretty much agree here. And untimely it should not be seen as "Republican" to want to go tough on crime for illegal gun usage.

Trumble posted...

Or in other words: Youre not saying go easier on the autos, youre saying go equally hard even if its not an auto?

Yes

No, I I get that. I just think it should be very strict tolerance for any type of illegal gun charge

I miss the steps the Biden admin had done and was making towards climate change and renewable energy.

I miss when we had USAID as a thing still.

https://youtu.be/UaeoDlLNnok?si=3n3HegUMTWayMpTw

Ezra discussion with Te-Nehisi Coates dropped

Bump

Na. I'll watch like 2 hour long retrospectives though

If you can get a good deal and you have a home charging setup, go for it.

Do you plan on doing any road tripping?

Yep, always trade-offs

I probably lean towards close to zero tolerance on illegal crime though. If someone is charged with illegal gun possession, which apparently is indicative of future violence, probably shouldn't be releasing them before trial.

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Hospy posted...

Personally, I find it odd to single out converted firearms as somehow being egregiously worse if they're getting picked up for illegal possession in the first place.

Yeah, I don't get why in this case they seemed to separate converted firearms and just any firearms

MorbidFaithless posted...

But don't they usually buy out a ton of tickets and people are forced to pay the outrageous scalper price? That's just cheating and should be a crime.

He's saying that just means that the venue should have sold it at a higher price to the scalper

uwnim posted...

Yeah, but most concerts either don't sell out or do so very slowly. And they are at like ~1000 person venues or smaller.

Ah, ok. Yeah, if certain concerts aren't even selling out then prices should be lowered

https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/09/26/cook-county-states-attorney-eileen-oneill-burke-machine-guns-switches-pretrial-detention?

Let's take this article for example

Soon after taking office Dec. 1, ONeill Burke said her prosecutors would seek pretrial detention for anyone charged with possession of a machine gun or an extended magazine asking judges to keep them in jail while they await trial.

She pointed to a 15-fold increase in recoveries of weapons with illegal machine-gun conversion devices since 2019 in Chicago. Forty of the devices had been recovered in 2019. That figure rose to 604 in 2024, according to federal statistics.
ONeill Burke is directing her prosecutors to seek pretrial jail for everyone charged with having devices that illegally turn handguns into automatic firearms.

Over the last five years, automatic weapons have become a growing problem in Chicago. Tiny devices known as switches are attached to handguns usually Glocks to cheaply, easily and illegally convert them into automatic weapons that can fire dozens of bullets in seconds. Automatic handguns have been used repeatedly in mass shootings in Chicago.

Its her position that individuals who are walking in the streets with that kind of weaponry are not doing it for self-protection, said Yvette Loizon, chief of policy for ONeill Burkes office. Those weapons are insanely dangerous.

Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell Jr. said its unfair to routinely hold people in jail pending trial on those charges. He said many people are carrying those weapons to defend themselves not to use them offensively. And those are the weapons that typically are available on the street, where people who dont have a state permit must go to buy a gun to protect themselves, he said.

Maybe they have been shot, their family member has been shot, Mitchell said. Blanket policies are really dangerous for the administration of justice.

Essentially, the DA has a zero tolerance policy for gun conversion kits and if you have one, you don't get pre-trial release. No cash bail there i believe.

Some defense attorneys though say that it can essentially ruin the lives of younger people to have such a felony on their record:

Mitchell said theres a contradiction between the blanket get-tough policy in some gun cases and a compassionate approach in others. He said one of the dangers of seeking pretrial detention for all who are accused of possessing a machine gun is that theyre far more likely to plead guilty than someone awaiting trial at home.

Its the dark, dirty secret of the criminal law system, he said.

And once they have a felony conviction on their record, chances of getting a decent job plummet, Mitchell said.

I want to do all that we can with all this money that were spending to make sure this person stays out of the criminal legal system so they dont go breaking into our cars, so they dont go out robbing, Mitchell said. Oftentimes, when we do like incarceration first, we reduce our chances of making sure that person gets it right the next time.

I have clients that are very clearly people who have the gun for protection like people with no history of being arrested, have gone to college, have a family, have a great career and its obvious theyre not someone who intended to use the gun violently, Armalas said. The states attorney is now inherently treating them like a person who intends to go out and murder somebody.

Some judges seem uncomfortable with the consequences of ONeill Burkes strict policy on machine guns and extended magazines, sources tell the Sun-Times.

In June, Cook County Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesel sentenced an 18-year-old who pleaded guilty to having a gun with an extended magazine. He didnt go to prison for long because his sentence amounted to the nearly five months hed spent in jail. But now hes got a felony on his record.

Kuriakos Ciesel said in court that she was aware of ONeill Burkes gun policy. She explained to the teenager that he would have to list his felony on most job applications and might get rejected from public housing one day because of his conviction.

And she warned him, Youre on a path of destruction.

Then, according to a transcript of the hearing, she said, I am saddened that an 18-year-old with no background is standing before me pleading guilty to a felony conviction that is going on his record thats now going to affect this young, emerging adult going forward.

Essentially, is enforcing strict illegal gun possession laws actually see by people as too conservative/tough on crime?

I'd say no, especially in a situation when we've agreed to remove cash bail. If someone is a danger to the community, they should stay in jail until trial.

Spicy hot take from someone who has almost 0 experience with live music shows

If the tickets get sold out quickly (do concerts for expensive performers get sold out? If not, ignore my take. You can ignore my take regardless tbh) and many people buy tickets from scalpers, it does tend to mean that the tickets are underpriced.

Honestly, performers should probably do more shows at the same location.

Ezra mentioned that he's going to have Coates on the Ezra Klein show in a couple weeks

YellowSUV posted...

They look terrible. Then again, I don't really like any of the World Cup mascot's besides Mexico's from 1986.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2ad979ee.jpg

Is there a weird cartoon theme they all try to follow?

emblem-man posted...

Ezra talks a bit about this at 28:50 of this
https://youtu.be/iUAGkuq48zY?si=_SRym7KeXPY8DN9Y

https://imgur.com/a/41PU4QE

I think I agree with Klein here at 28:50 to ~32

https://youtu.be/iUAGkuq48zY?si=_SRym7KeXPY8DN9Y

Ezra talks a bit about this at 28:50 of this
https://youtu.be/iUAGkuq48zY?si=_SRym7KeXPY8DN9Y

Charged151 posted...

So trying to set up a bunch of Manchin's?

I mean, I would rather have a manchin in West Virginia and Idaho or whatever,than the Republican senators we have there.

But like I said earlier I don't really think abortion is a good example since I think Dems already win on this issue.

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FIFA has confirmed Clutch, Zayu, and Maple as the mascots for the 2026 mens World Cup, with a bald eagle, a jaguar, and a moose representing the three co-hosting nations: The United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Clutch, is dressed in the U.S mens national teams blue away kit. The bald eagle is recognizable for its place at the center of the Great Seal since 1782. An act of Congress, signed by President Joe Biden in 2024, made the bald eagle the official national bird.

Maple the Moose represents Canada and is dressed in the countrys red home kit. The mascot also draws inspiration from Canadas maple leaf, which is the countrys national symbol.

Zayu the jaguar represents Mexico and is dressed in the nations green home strip. Ancient civilizations of Mexico, such as the Maya, bestowed huge significance upon the jaguar, linking it to the underworld and symbolizing strength and bravery.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6659262/2025/09/25/world-cup-2026-mascots

Regardless, still gotta get voters to win. Especially if we want to win the Senate

Either brand new voters or 2020 Biden/ 2024 Trump voters. I agree that 2/3 time Trump voters are gone.

Much of the fear of immigration is zero sum thinking and the inability to see that both immigrants and non immigrants can benefit

Feels weird to like, just give up on the possibility of even getting 2024 Trump voters and nonvoters to vote for Dems in 2026 and 2028

Umm, I'm glad you feel so strongly about something, but I'm going to disagree to this being a reason for me to boycott it