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Ukraine used to receive a lot of US aid. There hasn’t been any since Trump took office again.

https://www.kielinstitut.de/publications/news/ukraine-support-tracker-military-aid-holds-steady-as-focus-shifts-to-drones/

Hold it, is learning any history considered woke now? 🤔

There was an article a few years ago about Zwarte Piet. Someone commented that Zwarte Piet was fine, not racist at all. A person replied that they were black and lived in Holland and that they felt like Zwarte Piet was a bit racist. The original commenter told them to go back to Africa.

So anyway, that’s kind of where we’re at.

He can still veto it, right?

In principle we shouldn’t worry so much about individual consumer actions, but…

By 2020, the most recent numbers available, the E.P.A. estimated that the emissions controls had been removed from more than 550,000 diesel pickup trucks over the prior decade, or roughly 15 percent of all diesel trucks originally certified with those controls.

This seems to have become an commercial industry at scale, so is a genuine problem.

Ultimately since we have such a huge wealth gap, normal people won’t be able to compete with the rich who can buy homes as investments.

I guess it’s nice that it’s not just a handout to developers.

China is by no means perfect, but framing a country doing exactly as what every country should be doing as somehow sinister or having nefarious motives smacks of deep anti-Chinese indoctrination.

I didn’t see a single ad. I recommend getting an ad blocker!

Is she going to be able to get some of that $1,776 million slush fund for people attacked by a weaponized justice department?

Ironically Israel is late to the party this time, what with the UK having imprisoned hundreds of people for similar actions.

Along with a war chest that far exceeded Scott’s and a crowded field of newcomers, Clark’s campaign benefited from Scott’s death on 22 April at the age of 80.

We really need to normalize politicians retiring. They shouldn’t all stay in power until they literally die of old age.

It still exists.

https://www.eurail.com/en/eurail-passes

But those are unlimited travel for a limited time, not the same as buying a ticket from point A to point B by train.

Well… without Mitchell McConnell ignoring the Constitution to get two extra appointees for Trump 1, we might be at a 4-5 decision the other way…

I think the reasoning is that since black people vote like 80% Democrat, drawing maps to ensure no black people get elected is fine. There are no federal laws against purely partisan gerrymandering, after all.

And honestly with this Supreme Court, even if the state legislatures involved said very loudly “we changed the voting districts for the express purpose of limiting black representation” they would find some convoluted way of allowing it.

I don’t think this is true. I think that Europe is trying to separate its interests from the USA as quickly as it can without causing pain for European countries or inviting retaliation from the US.

Thomas has been a weird and terrible person for decades, long before MAGA.

He was one of the main pushers of Citizens United, for example. He really believes that wealth should provide more political influence.