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silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Meet the Megadonors Who Have Poured $1.2 Billion Into the Midterms | The leaderboard of the top 20 donors is dominated by the tech industry and ultrawealthy Republicans.
2·3 days agoI don’t know or care what’s down in their heart or heart or innermost thoughts. It doesn’t really matter either. What matters is that they spend a huge amount of money promoting hate so that they will have a slightly lower tax rate
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•The MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler | A growing constituency on the right wants America to unlearn the lessons of World War II.
91·3 days agoIt’s not their first article on the topic.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail
5·3 days agoBasically all the crazy computer security problems start affecting ballots. You really don’t want to do this if it can possibly be avoided. Particularly not in the US where you don’t have any kind of universal way to identify people online in any kind of reliable way.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail
20·4 days agoIt’s on us.
Start asking local officials to arrange for volunteer ballot delivery and print-at-home
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•For a Thirsty American West, It’s Either Cows or Humans
7·4 days agoAll of the above, with there being a pretty wide variety of cooling designs in use. Most of the data center cooling water needs are actually in the power plants that supply them.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
5·5 days agoIt makes an absolutely huge difference actually. The presence/absence of a major right-wing propaganda outlet changes local opinion by about five percentage points.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Judge again blocks Trump mail ballot executive order in ruling that’s likely to be swiftly appealed
11·8 days agoThere’s a reason Biden was appointing as many judges as he could
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Jailed ICE Agent Wanted in Minnesota Released in Texas
49·8 days agoThis kind:
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
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politics @lemmy.world•Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms
4·11 days agoTheir plan is to block ballots before they get to voters, so you won’t have a ballot in the first place
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•How Cyclospora Evaded the U.S. Food Safety System to Sicken Thousands
2·19 days agoThe NYT now makes people register. That’s why I have an archive link above. You do need JavaScript
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Navy weighs major warship redesign to match Trump’s preferences |The president wants the new fleet of aircraft carriers to more closely resemble those from World War II. The change could cost billions
11·20 days agoI think theyve been doing that periodically since 2017. Kind of run out here. The US is going to end up with a long-term capacity degradation because of this
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•They Spoke English, Wore U.S. Flags and Attacked Fishermen. Who Were They?
3·23 days agoIf they’re like historic use of letters of marque, what’s special is that the fishermen had something of value, such as personal jewelery, which made it possible to kill them for profit
Probably written by Josh Marshall himself. He’s been around a lot longer than anything except Markov Chain generators.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Beth, the Beloved Vacuum of a 92-Year-Old Iowa Senator, Has Died
9·27 days agoSome like couches. Others prefer the suction of vacuum cleaners
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Trump Administration to Pay German Firm $1.2 Billion to Cancel Wind Leases | It was the fifth such deal struck by the administration to get companies to drop offshore wind projects.
1·29 days agoNo. They no longer have the right to put turbines in the water there. Might be able to do it in state waters where California is talking about an offshore wind deployment.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Bidenomics Was More Successful Than People Think | Conventional wisdom holds that Joe Biden’s bet on climate investment was a bust. The data suggest otherwise.
14·1 month agoThe point is that it doesn’t make sense to give up on doing the right thing here. It does make sense to market it better and reach more people
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Americans Are Turning on Trump | The president’s big gains with Black, Hispanic, and young voters in 2024 suggested a major shift. Less than two years later, he has lost those new supporters.
3·1 month agoA big chunk of the right wing press sold “reality” TV image as real










They don’t show any indication that they’re going to listen to the judge.