Irritatingly, the Democrats have done their job for them and gone after ranked choice voting when it comes up. Here in Colorado it was on the ballot last year and the Democrats sent out mailers with voting recommendations, in favor of every progressive policy on the ballot except ranked choice voting… and it worked. People had the chance to finally have a real voice in politics independent of the two party system, and they threw it away because the Dems told them to.
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An Australian who was recently denied entry is pretty sure that’s exactly how they targeted him.
Fearing issues due to previous reports of similar detainments, Kitchen admitted he had deleted online content before travelling, including posts supporting Palestinian protests. However, he believes CBP had already linked those posts to his Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (ESTA).
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It can be done, but it’s not something to be taken lightly.
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BBS isn’t social media. There are similarities, but they are categorically not the same. No need to give up your info or even admit you are on any social media.
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The Trump administration rejected the visa application of one half of Two Set Violin, so they’ve had to cancel the American leg of their tour.
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TBH if it becomes necessary for me to do so, it is comforting to know that it is in the realm of possibility here.
My soc med footprint is minimal; arguably, the U.S. gummint doesn’t probably make much distinction between a (or this) bbs and sOc1aL mEdiA!!1!! per se. It’s all data, to them. To Palantir. Whatever.
Thanks for your clarity here. And yeah, it is not to be taken lightly.
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Ugh
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I was wrong, this is the wtf moment of the day but the day isn’t over.
BREAKING NEWS…I was shocked to hear that the State of Israel, which has just had one of its Greatest Moments in History, and is strongly led by Bibi Netanyahu, is continuing its ridiculous Witch Hunt against their Great War Time Prime Minister! Bibi and I just went through HELL together, fighting a very tough and brilliant longtime enemy of Israel, Iran, and Bibi could not have been better, sharper, or stronger in his LOVE for the incredible Holy Land. Anybody else would have suffered losses, embarrassment, and chaos! Bibi Netanyahu was a WARRIOR, like perhaps no other Warrior in the History of Israel, and the result was something that nobody thought was possible, a complete elimination of potentially one of the biggest and most powerful Nuclear Weapons anywhere in the World, and it was going to happen, SOON! We were fighting, literally, for the Survival of Israel, and there is nobody in Israel’s History that fought harder or more competently than Bibi Netanyahu. Despite all of this, I just learned that Bibi has been summoned to Court on Monday for the continuation of this long running, (He has been going through this “Horror Show” since May of 2020 – Unheard of! This is the first time a sitting Israeli Prime Minister has ever been on trial.), politically motivated case, “concerning cigars, a Bugs Bunny doll, and numerous other unfair charges” in order to do him great harm. Such a WITCH HUNT, for a man who has given so much, is unthinkable to me. He deserves much better than this, and so does the State of Israel. Bibi Netanyahu’s trial should be CANCELLED, IMMEDIATELY, or a Pardon given to a Great Hero, who has done so much for the State. Perhaps there is no one that I know who could have worked in better harmony with the President of the United States, ME, than Bibi Netanyahu. It was the United States of America that saved Israel, and now it is going to be the United States of America that saves Bibi Netanyahu. THIS TRAVESTY OF “JUSTICE” CAN NOT BE ALLOWED!
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Such pearl clutching! Never has the world seen such pearls being clutched!
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ah the mutual ‘brotherhood’ of autocrats who have to stay in power, or even at war, to avoid being investigated for the crimes that they committed on the way to becoming autocrats. it’s become a 21st century leitmotif. wouldn’t a brave/separation of governmental powers come in handy now? they even could take courage from the abundant public protests…? @#$!!
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“Bibi”…what, is he actually a bloody WASP? Because that sure sounds like a preppy/Protestant nickname. How um, dignified? Does BN call him “Donnie”?
Addendum: How different today is from the mid/late 1970s when 'Bomb Iran" was a hit in the US!
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Biden called him Bibi, too. It always struck me as weird.
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Why doesn’t he call him “Bubbeleh”, I wonder? or Bubby, even.
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I’ve just discovered a possible reason that Trump is so fond of Netanyahu (and maybe this is common knowledge; I don’t know), but Netanyahu was friends with Fred Trump, who he met in the 1980s, so Wikipedia tells me, so Trump and Netanyahu have known each other on a personal level for a very long time.
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I’m against calling him “Bubby”. When I was a kid, we had a sweet Cocker Spaniel named Bubby.
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Holy shit, this is wildly inappropriate.
If you don’t agree with a decision of a lower court, you appeal the decision. You don’t sue the entire federal bench in Maryland. If this case isn’t immediately dismissed, I’ll be shocked. Judges, like most government officials, have immunity from lawsuits over just conducting the normal business of their job. This suit is against all 15 judges of the federal District Court for the District of Maryland, the court clerk, and the District Court for the District of Maryland itself. This is insane.
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Okay, that’s a great reason!
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do i REALLY need to make a doll out of him? just wond’ring.
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