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Trump signs executive order that will upend US voter registration processes
  • But... why?

    Voter fraud isn't an issue that needs solving. Yes, we could (should) make an ID easier to get, but not for this. Conservatives would just move the goalposts again and add more roadblocks for the voters they don't like.

    If you give a fascist a cookie...

  • No, Elon Musk, Social Security Isn’t a “Ponzi Scheme”
  • Social Security is an investment in the health of our society, it's not a financial instrument. You can't pool risk and get predictable returns without cutting corners & dropping high-risk members (hello health insurance industry).

    It's not a Ponzi Scheme by definition.

  • No, Elon Musk, Social Security Isn’t a “Ponzi Scheme”
  • It IS a scheme, in that it's a system, plan, or action.

    It is NOT a Ponzi Scheme because it does not promise investment returns or exaggerate profitability.

    It's there to keep retirees & the disabled out of abject poverty, which does not provide returns you can usually see on a balance sheet. Greater good & all that...

  • Fought the Nazis, You Say
  • 6 years ago when this article was written, yeah, there was some trepidation because this phrase was being used by the OUN. But they didn't create it, don't own it, it's not theirs. It's a slogan for broad Ukrainian support.

    Hitler drank milk, but calcium is not just for fascists

  • US supreme court weakens rules on discharge of raw sewage into water supplies
  • In a 5-4 ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito, the court blocked the EPA from issuing permits that make a permittee responsible for surface water quality, or “end result” permits – a new term coined by the court.

    I also don't know, but get really suspicious if Alito needs to invent a "new term" to frame the case with

  • "Trump is trying to collapse our economy": War on "woke" revealed as a war on all Americans
  • But there are way, way more comments, posts, and articles about how he's reneged on his promises & will continue to hurt people for the sake of hurting people... In the face of authoritarianism, you're worried about decorum?

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