This is 100% political theater. It’ll never get through the House. And it’s meaningless anyway:

• The CIA never needed a declaration of war to fuck around in other Latin American countries. They are already at work in Venezuela.

• The 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force is still active. It gives the president broad authority to unilaterally launch military operations against any group they label as “terrorists.” No declaration of war is needed there, either.

And it’s nothing new. The Young Republicans group at my university were all equally shitty people. The only difference now is that they don’t feel the need to be as cautious and guarded.

Statistics are just numbers. What matters is how they are used. Anyone who has studied stats knows that it’s common to craft misleading conclusions from real data.

Mr. Arrington, reached by telephone on Thursday, confirmed that he had been pressured to resign. He said that he had been told that he “could no longer be trusted with confidential information.” No other explanation was provided, he said, and he added that he had not received any noticeable pushback after his refusal to provide a sword.
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Three other people with knowledge of the situation described the conflict over the sword. Two said that Mr. Arrington had also angered officials at the National Archives and Records Administration, which oversees the presidential library system, by sharing information with his staff about changes to longstanding plans for a new education center, which may have contributed to his ouster.

Sounds like a bullshit reason to fire him.

This fucking note at the end:

Update: As of September 19, Variety reported that insiders say Jimmy Kimmel’s representatives are in active talks with ABC executives to bring Jimmy Kimmel Live back to late-night television after it was pulled from its timeslot on September 17. While no agreement has been finalized, sources indicate that Kimmel and Disney are working toward a compromise.

Compromise? There should be no compromise from Kimmel and his crew.

I love putting my feet up.

land registry

Yes! No more need for title insurance if ownership records are clear and public.

Ah, there it is. A few weeks ago Powell showed he wouldn’t fall in line and kiss Trump’s ring. A response like this was inevitable.

Bill Nye the dope motherfucker

Sweat baby, sweat baby

That Four Corners sign leaves so many questions unanswered.

Or hold people for months even after they agreed to deportation. You know, to maximize cruelty.

https://lemmy.world/post/32998905

Some ICE employees believe that the shift in priorities is driven by a political preoccupation with deportation numbers rather than keeping communities safe.

“Some … believe.” Are the ICE agents clueless about what they are being asked to do, or is The Atlantic purposefully trying to be as soft as possible in its phrasing? The administration has been explicit that mass deportation is the goal.

We can’t keep giving up historical symbols and flags each time some assholes decide to adopt them. The pine tree flag is objectively cool and a part of Americans’ shared history. It should not be allowed to become an exclusively right-wing nationalist symbol.

Grit teeth for 4 years.
'28 he leaves. If not?
Shit gets ugly fast.

Richest man on earth
could be the hero we need.
Does this shit instead.