osxmatt

I saw an excellent comment on Reddit which sums up my thoughts perfectly:

Even if they ran multiple high profile articles, it wouldn't matter. The purpose of right-wing media is to introduce talking points and narratives. The introduction of the talking points themselves is to them, evidence of their actuality. It's why, over 10 years later, if you mention the words "IRS" around conservatives they have an almost Pavlovian response that Obama weaponized the IRS against conservatives.

Former advisers sound the alarm that Trump praises despots in private and on the campaign trail | CNN Politics WWW.CNN.COM To Donald Trump, Hungarian strongman Viktor Orban is “fantastic”, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is “brilliant”, North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is “an okay guy”, and most alarmingly he allegedly said Adolf Hitler “did some good things,” a worldview that would reverse decades-old US foreign policy in a second term should he win November’s presidential election, multiple former senior advisers tell CNN.

Scarlett Johansson absolutely nailed Katie Britt

This is serious school board energy

Good luck Mike https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4514306-speaker-johnson-urges-gop-lawmakers-to-maintain-decorum-at-state-of-the-union/

I typically hate the faux importance the media and political class put on SOTU, but this one actually feels important?

Bye Felicia

Although they agreed with the ruling, it's worth reading the 3 liberal judges concurring opinion. They excoriate the 6 conservative justices for creating new constitutional provisions out of whole cloth.

News media: Biden accidentally referred to the president of Egypt as the president of Mexico. Here’s 4 days of continuous coverage. News media: Trump thinks the country of Argentina is an actual human being. Here’s a niche tweet about it.

Lauren Boebert's son made sex tape with fellow suspect: affidavit WWW.NEWSWEEK.COM Lauren Boebert's son allegedly made a sex tape with a fellow suspect, according to a police affidavit.

Even the water wants out of Utah

A man whose tenure will be remembered by making the lives of American’s worse every chance he was given. A true Republican hero!

I’m still waiting for the value of my Trump NFT to take off. Should be any day now!!

Frozen embryos are ‘children,’ Alabama Supreme Court rules in couples’ wrongful death suits WWW.AL.COM The state's highest court reversed a judge's dismissal of the case involving embryos destroyed by a wandering Mobile hospital patient.

The Justice (D)epartment has been weaponized!!

White House Clashed With Justice Dept. Over Special Counsel Report - The New York Times WWW.NYTIMES.COM Previously undisclosed letters show a testy exchange over whether the Justice Department violated its own guidelines in releasing a report with comments disparaging President Biden.

Has Russian finally achieved their space laser?

The projected 3-5% decline in 2024 for WOTC makes sense given the fact they’ll be comping against LOTR.

I think there’s too much focus on the term ‘insurrectionist’ in the 14th amendment, which has unfortunately become a loaded political term. I think there should have been more focus on ‘rebellion against’ the government. I’m no JD, but I feel like it’s a pretty easy argument to make, and these facts aren’t disputed by Trump’s legal team. 1. The 14th Amendment bars people from serving who rebelled against the US government 2. The counting of electoral votes is government function required by the constitution 3. Trump told Pence not to count the electoral votes, which is required by the constitution 4. This is a rebellion against the required constitutional function of the government and the role of vice president Because these 4 facts are not in dispute by Colorado or by Trump, he is barred from serving via the 14th amendment.

Redeemed. Thank you!

I'm having trouble finding details of the 'expanded' Child Tax Credit. Does this return it to 2021 where you can receive half of the credit as monthly cash payments and the remaining half as a deduction when filing your taxes?

I mean, this was always going to be the outcome, right? This is what happens when you have a system no other presidential democracy in the world has. It’s a relic of slavery and was a concession made to southern slave holders.