[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 351 points 1 day ago

At the time, Carlson says, he was asleep in bed with his wife – and four dogs.

I have an alternate theory about those claw marks...

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 85 points 2 days ago

Doesn't matter. Don't let them make you complacent. Go vote!

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago

It's not even taken out of context. He literally said, “I said, well, I’m going to do it whether the women like it or not. I am going to protect them.”

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

the Supreme Court didn’t explain the reason for the decision

What could they say, though? "We know you're breaking federal law and all that but carry on. Those votes won't suppress themselves."

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

He says the fact that the court got involved on a case like this at the last minute means they don’t plan to be sitting on the sidelines. It shows they’re willing to be involved in some of the minutia of running an election. And we know a lot of litigation is headed their way this election season.

I have long been saying that the plan is for SCOTUS to step in and declare the winner after Trump and his agents sew enough chaos, so it's frankly terrifying to hear this comment from an election law expert. I've really been hoping I am wrong.

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

Considering the apparently unbreakable rule that every conservative accusation is really a confession, does this mean Musk voted when he was still an illegal immigrant in the USA?

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

Trump in a garbage truck? Right where he belongs, well almost. He should be in the back. How did his handlers miss the symbolism here?

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Stop trying to sanewash his lunacy.

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

This is a very good point. That line of my post above was a visceral reaction to the whole both-sides are the same argument he's using, but as you say, whatever it takes to get people to feel okay about vote=ing for Harris is worth it.

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 313 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.

Spoken like a true republican.

Democratic administrations are better with the economy than republican administrations in virtually every case for the last 75 years. Plus, don't forget that Clinton not only balanced the budget during his term, he left office with a projected budget surplus that Gee Dubya threw away with his tax cuts for the rich and unfunded wars.

As for crime, crime rates have been steadily dropping for decades and continued to drop under the Biden administration. In fact, violent crime rates are near a 50-year low!

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 113 points 4 days ago

Good. I hope that sends a message to the rest of the MAGA terrorists out there, but I doubt it.

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 38 points 4 days ago

I think that she was the last surviving actor from Young Frankenstein. Everyone else in that movie is gone now except the director. Mel Brooks is still kicking around at 98 years old.

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No video released yet but the right wing blog-sphere is already claiming it's AI. Put on your seat-belts and keep your hands inside the car at all times.

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Forgot to include the [OC] in the title.

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Alternative headline: Trump finally tells the truth about something.

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Republicans, in one of the more moronic takes of the election season, say that if Biden is too old to run for office, then he's too old to hold the office and should resign.

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Fulton County prosecutors filed an emergency request for a protective order in the Georgia election subversion case on Tuesday after recorded statements made by multiple defendants as part of their plea deals were made public.

On Monday, ABC News and The Washington Post published footage of the proffer sessions, which showed the four defendants who pleaded guilty being questioned by prosecutors about their involvement in various efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

Prosecutors said the footage was turned over to the remaining defendants as part of discovery, urging the court to impose restrictions on how the defendants can disclose the materials.

“The release of these confidential video recordings is clearly intended to intimidate witnesses in this case, subjecting them to harassment and threats prior to trial, constitutes indirect communication about the facts of this case with codefendants and witnesses, and obstructs the administration of justice, in violation of the conditions of release imposed on each defendant,” prosecutors wrote in their motion.

To prevent further disclosure, prosecutors said they will not provide videos of any proffer sessions to defendants moving forward.

“Instead, defendants must come to the District Attorney’s Office to view confidential video recordings of proffers. They may take notes, but they will be prohibited from creating any recordings or reproductions,” prosecutors wrote in the filing.

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Last weekend, an auction held at his Florida home saw the item, described as "a one of a kind Trump Glock from the 45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump," go up for bidding during a charity event. Pictures circulating on social media show the gun being presented at the auction, with news website Meidas Touch saying that bidding for the item began at $10,000.

However, the transaction could land the former U.S. president in considerable trouble, given that federal law prohibits those under indictment from transacting firearms. Trump is embroiled in active legal proceedings, having testified at a civil trial over the New York investigation into financial fraud at the Trump Organization. The former president has denied all wrongdoing and repeatedly said that the ongoing federal and civil cases against him are part of a political witch hunt.

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