I got banned years ago from r/funny because I was browsing on “new” (like I do here), responded to a post with a lame joke within minutes after it posted, then the powers that be decided the poster was a spammer, and banned me too. I asked them why they banned me, but got absolutely nothing in response. It turns out, though, that being banned from there made absolutely no difference to my Reddit experience.

Now that Reddit is a public company, and courting income from paid official subreddits, it’s only a matter of time before there is a huge class-action lawsuit over their uneven moderation policies. Especially if companies start steering a good portion of their customer interaction there. It is super unfair to be cut off from legitimate customer service because of a power-tripping mod in a totally different part of Reddit.

Besides, I hit on the best way to ensure I never get banned from Reddit: I don’t go there anymore.

Such lazy journalism. “Where’s the beef” was a Wendy’s slogan…

Maybe Cheney got an ethics transplant along with the heart transplant

I don’t think I have a viable path to any electoral votes

Helping Incarcerate Probably Pregnant Abortion-getters

(Haha, I meant to type “Provably” but I think “Probably” works better)

I like how they say “Watch the full video and you’ll clearly see that JD Vance does not say what they claim he said", knowing that the full video does the opposite, but their fans will never bother clicking on it.

Then that awesome human is doing sarcasm correctly.

Right, it’s the whole gift card scam thing, except done with Bitcoin instead of Apple gift cards. I’m surprised there are enough Bitcoin ATMs to make this a real thing.

Yes, that what they called it, I was too lazy to look it up

Biden can do it, but present it differently. He could say that “Yes, this is an abuse of power, but I have every right to do this under the Constitution, and nobody can do anything about it. If you don’t like it, pass an amendment to limit presidential powers. No one should be above the law.”

From what I have read, he was looking to avoid a trial. The last trial had some rather embarrassing details come out about his life while on drugs, and this trial might have included his kids as well.

Earlier today, it was reported that he was trying to plead to some weird condition where he still denied the charges, but admitted there was enough evidence to convict so they should just skip the trial and go straight to the sentencing. I guess the judge wasn’t having any of that.

Here’s an interesting bit:

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/05/us/trump-election-interference-hearing/jack-smith-shows-flashes-of-emotion-as-trumps-election-case-returns-to-court?smid=url-share

Sitting in a row with other Justice Department officials behind the counsel table, he [Jack Smith] smiled broadly when John Lauro, a lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump, said offhandedly that he had yet to address his plan to file a motion challenging the legality of the special counsel.

Mr. Smith emphatically nodded his head in agreement several times after the presiding judge, Tanya S. Chutkan, interrupted Mr. Lauro when he suggested that the Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had directed Mr. Trump’s lawyers to raise the issue. Judge Chutkan interrupted, and said, “He directed you to do that?”

Now, we may find that the lawyer was exaggerating a bit. But if it turns out that Thomas somehow reached out to the Trump legal team and said “Hey, I wrote this thing specifically to get you off the hook, use it”, wouldnt that be a Big Fucking Deal?

Is it just me, or does he seem to be a bit thinner? Ordinarily I would say that is a good sign for his health, but coupled with this obvious mental decline I wonder if he has really bad PTSD and isn’t eating or sleeping well.

I would have some sympathy for him as a human. Except, you know, he wouldn’t have any for anyone not named Trump.

He would have to caucus with one side or another, otherwise he would get no committee assignments. He would likely stick with Democrats, though, since Democrats ran no candidate against him and if he caucused with Republicans he would likely face a primary challenge for his next term regardless.

They don’t have a link to the actual form the counties want to distribute, but when Republicans get tweaked over this, it’s usually because they are using the Federal mail-in form. They ask on that form that people simply check a box to indicate they are US citizens and are thus eligible to vote. Since it’s a mail-in form, they don’t ask to include any other proof of citizenship (although first-time registrants do need to submit proof of residence). But, they do note on the form that submitting a form with a false declaration is a crime, and if a non-citizen does it they would be subject to deportation.

If Paxton is so sure non-citizens are registering to vote in droves, all he has to do is investigate these forms as they come in, as any non-citizen who fills it out can immediately have the book thrown at them. The fact that he doesn’t means that even he knows non-citizens are not doing this. It makes no sense to risk being kicked out of the country just to vote in a system where you can’t fully participate. The risk is just too high.

Wait, the car owner left the car, with the key fob in his pocket, and the thief was able to steal it 15 minutes later? Even if the owner left the car on, as the article suggests, would a Subaru let you drive off like that without any valid key fob in the car?

They might be doing this on purpose. They know that the filing is not going to work regardless, they are only doing it because Trump wants them to. So why put in all the effort to make it perfect? Especially when they know it is unlikely they are ever getting paid.

Plus, this gives Trump an opportunity to say “I lost on a technicality”, implying he might have won otherwise.

Well yeah, follows the traditional, conservative rules that put men at the top of the hierarchy. These uppity women are just rule-breakers who dont know their place, they’d be much happier if they just shut up and follow our rules.

We shouldn’t want any of these guys to succeed, because that’s how you get the martyr vote and end up with President JD Vance.

Donald Trump needs to die a natural death, in prison, after losing this election.

No, that’s just the only strategy they’ll admit to. They have the supplemental strategy of taking over the election apparatus in swing states like Georgia, so even if Harris wins more votes there they can ratfuck it in Trump’s favor anyway.