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    Each scotus seat should be for 9 or 18 years. If someone retires or dies early, then their replacement serves the remainder of that time. This would give each president 4 (or 2) full replacements each term. and for the justices that still want to serve/earn in the govt, they’ll eligible to help out in the lower courts after this retirement plan.
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    I haven’t been following this closely. The crime was buying a gun but lying on the registration form about his illegal drug usage? I can only imagine this law is violated countless number of times per day,
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    This has always been an issue in America since Day 1. People seem to have a basic instinct to fear of others. And by people I mean assholes. i could potentially understand dislike of immigrants if they truly were overwhelming the job that you have. If you were the American citizen who worked as a day laborer on home building, you might have a legit beef that many immigrant workers are taking your job or bringing down wages. But it makes very little sense when the white collar worker is so hostile to immigrants. If anything it allows them to buy more for less.
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    Some of them are publicly proclaiming that America is for white Christians. And receiving no pushback from the right.
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    With Trump promising to end income tax on tips as a campaign gimmick, Biden should call Trump’s bluff. Publicly proclaim it a great idea and ask Mike Johnson place it for a vote immediately. see all the conservative head’s explode with a tax break only for the lower (mostly) income folks. Why would Trump not want to give tax breaks immediately for the masses by waiting until 2025?
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    Washpo has a recent article about the expected overhaul of govt with Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/08/russ-vought-trump-second-term-radical-constitutional/ while Trump personally would be a problem in the WH, the real damage will be done with the flunkies placed in power throughout the administration. They will fire or chase off good, hardworking people, and then celebrate as they reform all levels of govt.
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    Are police allowed to state that someone, especially a child, has a mental disability?
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    I wasn’t describing the trickle down economics.
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    Yes but the system will eventually adjust. Everyone with incomes already will also see a rise income, followed by a rise in prices, and that livable wage disappears. This doesn’t happen overnight but it does happen. there are livable wage+ job options for almost anyone but some dont want those jobs or for some reason they’re incapable of being trained for other jobs.
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    I'm reading how Muslim voters and non-Muslims voters are dissatisfied or even pissed with Biden's stance on the Israel-Palestinian war/conflict/genocide/whatever term. And that some are considering Trump to punish Biden and the Dems. Biden needs to start highlighting that Trump has switched to using the word Palestinian as a synonym for terrorist. And if they still want Trump after understanding his position, then they get something other than Biden.
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    Wasn't long ago that the GOP actually thought it was a good idea to be inclusive and attempt to attract minority groups that were conservative on some issues. Now those groups are called upon to be deported and soon terminated with extreme prejudice. A tweet from a candidate would have made national news and been condemned by national GOP leaders. Now its used to bring out more voters.
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    Trump must have some evidence that he's in trouble. He's basically starting to bribe people to vote for him. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/10/trump-taxes-on-tips-nevada.html Even his campaign had to respond that they know Trump cannot do this without congressional approval but the average voter will not know this. Trump really is the kid running for elementary school class president by promising more recess.
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    I don't understand how the only check or balance that Congress and the Exec branch have over the Supreme Court appears to be nomination/confirmation and impeachment. The legislature and exec branches can somewhat force each other to find compromise but the judicial appears to have zero checks. And the judicial can effectively order around the Legis and Exec branches. Makes no sense that we give the people with lifetime appointments the ability to police themselves. I assume the ultimate check could be that the Administrative branch could choose to ignore/not enforce the judicial's rulings. That would be a dangerous precedence if we went down that path.
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    The more that the GOP hurts rural communities the more they vote GOP. There are some masochistic MFers living in small towns.
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    It's definitely sad when an adult, let's say 30+ year old, only has the skill set to work minimum wage such as fast food. Short of someone having a disability (mental or physical), there are higher paying jobs out there such as house cleaning or manual/yard work. I can understand not wanting to work outside or scrub toilets but we shouldn't "incentivize" someone to effectively work in a go-nowhere job (fast food) for a pay where you squeak by. But I also get pissed when you hear about people working for these large employers, and some are receiving Medicaid or food stamps. When that occurs, the taxpayer is subsidizing McDonalds or WalMart. I don't have a better idea either.
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    orcas are smart enough to put the blame on sharks.
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    another plan is offering the best rates but the start date isn't until September. WTF. I like to think that I'm on top of electricity rates but I'm not planning out the switch 90 days in advance.
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    What's up with some plans requiring you to connect your smart thermostat to the energy provider? Failure to do so or disconnecting that connection will result in higher costs. I can't imagine giving my AC control over to a company that would be tied to ERCOT and the pricing models. One of these providers, Octopus, claim that they won't make your house uncomfortable, and that you can override the temp setting. But if you override too frequently there is a penalty. My bet is that when ERCOT requests lower usage, these types of plans enforce it. In the meantime, I'm floored by how expensive plans are now. I guess we have to pay for those expensive 2021 freeze bills. Thanks Greg.
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    I struggle on minimum wage levels. I'm not like Johnny Sack, or whatever he changed his name to when he wanted to hide his past replies, where he argued that the minimum wage should be abolished and if someone was willing to work for $1/hr, then so be it. Minimum wage should absolutely exist to prevent an employer from abusing a worker due to lack of choices or ability to understand the worth of their labor. However I'm uncertain that minimum wage should be drastically raised at once to fix previous wrongs like going 10 years without an adjustment. It's 100% criminal that the federal and therefore Texas min wage has been at $7.25 since 2009. WTF. But online inflation calculators tells me that a corresponding hourly wage in 2024 should be $10.60.
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    He’s one step away from arguing that Hitler wasn’t all bad. Let’s look and his good policies and mimic them.
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    Shark tracker. Here’s a white shark that went all over the east coast and Florida gulf coast in ‘21-‘23. The site is a good time waster. https://www.ocearch.org/tracker/detail/sable
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    The Belgian prime minister is resigning tomorrow as right and far right parties have won parliament. Strange times. Putin working overtime to flip Europe.
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    Don’t know if we have a nonUK Europe thread so why not here. far right groups performed well in the EU elections, and Macron called for snap elections in 3 weeks for the French National Assembly. Very possible that France could have a far right Congress soon. I’m ignorant of the French govt structure but this sounds bad. https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/european-election-results-06-09-24-intl/index.html
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    Weird battle to pick in saying that D-day was a failure. There can always be academic arguments about wars, how they could have been prevented, monday morning quarterbacking of a battle, but why attack d day on its 80th anniversary. Especially on a short interview. he can relatively get away with it since we’re getting down to fewer and fewer voters that have a strong attachment to ww2.
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    Johnson is an example that lying pays and how his party accepts it. In 2022, with over 2.6m votes cast, Johnson won by 27,000 votes. He probably either doesn’t plan to run again in 2028 or he’s counting on people forgetting.

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