2026-04-03T14:18:34Z https://yabu.me https://yabu.me/npub17wky6k55xr5pcsm4f9fme4xmnhh7dr3p308smdzql2naddc0h9qqwgv452 https://media.social.qoto.org/accounts/avatars/001/205/958/original/8fa3ed23115d8616.png https://media.social.qoto.org/accounts/avatars/001/205/958/original/8fa3ed23115d8616.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxq638s0hfwamzk7n4sh3wm04p8wtke24r98jsnngcasugpkdxm3gzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qdgs9p3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswh8eg00wmuz3zvpmgcjf4dpg3vlmsgyw4rg99s3w5pwnf3j7s0us8en2tf'>nevent1q…n2tf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nah, You&#39;re giving Trump too much credit. <br/><br/>He just wanted some attention. That&#39;s the long and short of it. <br/><br/>Globalize? The guy doesn&#39;t know anything about the rest of the globe, nor does he care. He just wants attention. 2026-01-09T15:14:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx879vkezwxxx6nwg0gfvv5wrkwdpmtdkrjkdpyyvp9w6uxtv9fyqzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5q45xl69 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqv92u207rsvpr7csh5n9rulnur5jwkncz2crpyg3xy3pegc9ercg3tl4ff'>nevent1q…l4ff</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That description doesn&#39;t accurately capture what&#39;s going on in this case.<br/><br/>Federal law prevented Monsanto from including the warning on its label, but a state tried to preempt DC by requiring it, and that despite scientific consensus.<br/><br/>This isn&#39;t so much about shielding Monsanto from liability as it is about keeping states from undermining the EPA.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24-1068/386073/20251201170732560_24-1068%20--%20Monsanto%20v.%20Durnell.pdf">https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24-1068/386073/20251201170732560_24-1068%20--%20Monsanto%20v.%20Durnell.pdf</a> 2025-12-04T15:07:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdf3xswdmq7allm2mwanffq38e2gpxrvr7cg2su2lr8en5em64qlqzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5q23tj9u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2f0sz8z5uhshj2yrhykl24989nccunrpfauk9ncntxzdm4w34sssyxuxhj'>nevent1q…uxhj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Of two competing theories, the simpler explanation of an entity is to be preferred.&#34;<br/><br/>Trump&#39;s self-defeating incompetency, that we can observe every day, is the controlling element here, and core to the situation.<br/><br/>Sure, he can be both an idiot and corrupt and smelly, but because of the idiocy it doesn&#39;t even matter.<br/><br/>But if you go after an assumed conspiracy that doesn&#39;t exist, that&#39;s going to distract from actually addressing the problem.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1t7rr7j99rwt57zrqnfd9sxxcmpy034647rmp2k22vfk6gugm0rfqaydsf2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Dare Obasanjo</span> (<span class="italic">npub1t7r…dsf2</span>)</a></span> 2025-12-04T15:01:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspsyqgzcafh356v88vesmf79scadlg0jj52r84a2r66mqrp27t5agzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5q662dmf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2l52g0h026svddtrzn7g30jngd86zk2x6pt4h9r50sxpjxpguaugyz6pc0'>nevent1q…6pc0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know how you go from me saying it might be bad to thinking I&#39;m defending it.<br/><br/>I&#39;m just asking you if you have evidence to support your own claims. 2025-12-04T14:53:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyzz935cqcuxywlahl7a2wn85nm9clgpjm3ah8sxeckrmfpt9scjqzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qhy578g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxsrw4n8a29jmr8ezx44vetn6umxtkuy3ca6f56wgmdg6c6uz783sgpae8h'>nevent1q…ae8h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I didn&#39;t defend anything. <br/><br/>I asked if you had proof that the people who claim to be elected weren&#39;t actually elected. <br/><br/>Whether that&#39;s good or bad is a different matter. 2025-12-03T19:51:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsptfn6xvlrkj7jayvvh7yxe7muq0tw9fvkwd68n785qjyez7a0knqzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qycjey2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0cpgw4fu5mlhalj8hxfsefy3jf6h64fz6028x4kczea5cxyhsg6qs7ea7r'>nevent1q…ea7r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes! It&#39;s the simpler explanation, and Occam&#39;s Razor would have us assume it.<br/><br/>Yes, Kooky Grandpa is the explanation that simply explains all of that PLUS all of the stuff that Trump has been botching. If there really was this whole conspiracy that you&#39;re describing, chances are he wouldn&#39;t be messing up so much other stuff.<br/><br/>If Trump wasn&#39;t Kooky Grandpa then would would have to start assuming he&#39;s just really good at putting on this idiot act even though it makes his own life harder because he really is a super duper genius playing eight-dimensional chess against the rest of the world with some grand goal that we can&#39;t even imagine.<br/><br/>Or maybe he really is just an idiot. That&#39;s the much simpler explanation.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1t7rr7j99rwt57zrqnfd9sxxcmpy034647rmp2k22vfk6gugm0rfqaydsf2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Dare Obasanjo</span> (<span class="italic">npub1t7r…dsf2</span>)</a></span> 2025-12-03T19:11:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfc7f0f2gmptaky7qgpqmdgscduyft6qedlgxtg7h0mecdk44kh0szyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qgqef3e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrrqy4vvj32xggn9u8m9p43wnnvw7wsjc4f9nf9wl5kqdcu32xrks2fjuwe'>nevent1q…juwe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Y&#39;all are giving this administration too much credit.<br/><br/>TOFU: Trump Only Fucks Up, which you can see everywhere from botched prosecutions through botched international negotiations.<br/><br/>Corruption? Oil fields? No, the administration is just continuing to fuck up.<br/><br/>No need to look for anything more complicated than that. 2025-12-03T15:50:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9m9m0ajj5u3axarngg7f0788950c0nvncetaqknmmkqjqlwhdw0gzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5q3e0llt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9q5tdkp0wcftx0k7knur8h28mrg0sr5cpyy05rws9d4s33u6vdxs73lkft'>nevent1q…lkft</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you have proof that there is widespread election fraud?<br/><br/>You can prove that the folks in Congress weren&#39;t actually elected? 2025-12-03T15:30:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstkjrga9ylv8w4zx3vut3y0x7gx0574a0ytxrsg790k2ga3r2amtczyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qs9k773 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq6hkpnqt3s0aqhchw98hf9xdu0cdp77sr9tcu3umhamn7dz6mhzcfek63d'>nevent1q…k63d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well... right, because it&#39;s not really up to the Supreme Court in the US system. It&#39;s up to Congress.<br/><br/>SCOTUS has little real enforcement power by design. They only judge. It&#39;s up to the people we elect to Congress to really respond to a misbehaving executive.<br/><br/>Congress can impeach and remove from office, can withhold funds, can generally engage with the executive branch as needed. The Supreme Court is limited to judging cases brought before them. 2025-12-02T15:58:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqjc2d03aj2gdkvnzvn5clpy7em3evz232p0da2ck62v0d758x00gzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qx75l6x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyhv5mnc62qx0e7y0du5vk8h59n68tm6f39kfzw7ml5cu8qjgnqzcy6ehzg'>nevent1q…ehzg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think it&#39;s important to emphasize that a lot of folks aren&#39;t so much voting over values as they are voting over their particular set of facts that don&#39;t necessarily match the real world.<br/><br/>In analogy, you and I can both agree in terms of values that we should dress to be comfortable, but we&#39;re going to dress very differently if you believe the middle of a scorching summer while I believe we&#39;re in the depth of winter. Agreement in values, of fact.<br/><br/>THAT is what I would say is the reason we are here as a nation. Different groups have completely different sets of facts that they are working with, and we no longer have institutions able to sort out what is true.<br/><br/>People spend so much time addressing values that are actually shared without realizing the real dispute is over fact. So they talk past the actual problems. <br/><br/>#USPolitics #journalism 2025-11-27T16:04:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr3mvh70fc4pksza3g3u6uljyjfr3wygpd87fcper4u9xzajtvpmczyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qj4gk0q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2q0a3s5s9dt22e7al6dg7f48nuzlmp3nkqnkwcw2rjqjvwm8xplqege8a6'>nevent1q…e8a6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>meh, the subset of his voters that think he is orange Jesus would believe it either way.<br/><br/>If Harris was president they would all be griping about how much better things would be if Trump had won, and probably be real annoying about conspiracy theories that stole the election from him.<br/><br/>But a whole lot of Trump&#39;s constituents don&#39;t actually think he&#39;s Jesus. They just thought as crappy as he is, they didn&#39;t think Harris was better. 2025-11-25T12:53:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstvf8uezfc78nh68lxkcshll5l57p23an4cutjzednrz9geu97trszyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qes2tkd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp3lvdyrkmx4pjpaqwyqvfask27mdc2k9pcflnwx489npzrh4dcdccvw6zq'>nevent1q…w6zq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No that is not what&#39;s happening in this case. <br/><br/>The legality of same-sex marriage is not at all being questioned by this case. Instead it&#39;s a case about procedures and penalties to be applied under state law toward ministerial offices. It has nothing to do with whether same-sex marriage is legal. <br/><br/>Unfortunately there are a lot of very misleading sensationalized headlines going around. 2025-11-07T23:20:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz499wjy2effsk4a7pkz2hwf9eatgl49l480lhx8sdzdat9jges2czyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qr5zhmp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2xlv5sa0jcr9jq2vgaplstf2rfs9mupc0lgv4c3jmnffz2mk3sactz6eqr'>nevent1q…6eqr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bizarre to talk about voters not having control and democracy not existing in context of a system of voters voting and democratically empowering officials.<br/><br/>No, that&#39;s just conspiracy theory that doesn&#39;t really match reality.<br/><br/>In reality, we voted for this mess. We should stop submitting our votes for a bunch of idiots, but we did and we do.<br/><br/>Yay democracy. 2025-10-16T16:00:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs272a0rujwt2xqj76jthx96r35zfkaku08209rmvw2nclkg66edlczyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qanwl3c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs25l8nvmx9yez8mnn5c53ac9ghevd70c8wufj3l4e2nyx9ylmnrsclf0n7x'>nevent1q…0n7x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The problem is that going nuclear and overriding the Democratic vote against proceeding to funding will lead to serious consequences, as it did when that option was taken with regard to judicial nominees.<br/><br/>The current state of the judiciary in the US came out of a party doing exactly this, overriding the minority party&#39;s traditional power of objection.<br/><br/>They CAN end the impasse by changing Senate rules, but blowing up that dam is a seriously consequential proposal.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1h7uswlranckrxgrgwdg2rzgv55v5es37e6xvelk86tj70wgcy7esw6nfql" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Lisa Gets Politik</span> (<span class="italic">npub1h7u…nfql</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#USPolitics #Senate #shutdown 2025-10-13T12:46:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswe6l0ku3d0lgqd7ckrvkwja2320t3423vsz8zpe0qn3vvge07ldqzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qm2ayxv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspsax48zqdyz6v8j388xj3568235q77xnmjkhxz0p9akc4dsxyuxq9qnppl'>nevent1q…nppl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that misses the argument here.<br/><br/>It&#39;s NOT that torture is protected free speech but that talking to people is not torture.<br/><br/>As for the science, it&#39;s not the role of the Court to judge science. They&#39;re experts on law, not science, and often times poor results come out of courts wading into matters of science.<br/><br/>The Court is to apply the law as they receive it. 2025-10-09T15:33:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv6efg4edtvqcvvgavft3rrs6dxxvmsm2ykmsgxv8nlkkdpvgjnlgzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qnp03mt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ce8zfn0m5wyd7hcgdxpznl8wnaueuueje5kpm4ev5s4ehu6yr5cyg5x83'>nevent1q…5x83</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Correct. A century of segregation doesn&#39;t count because in modern times that has been relegated to the dust heap of history. <br/><br/>That&#39;s how constitutional interpretation works. <br/><br/>If there is general consensus today, then there is a lack of controversy today, and that counts for a whole lot in the way these questions are addressed. <br/><br/>This is nothing new, this has been the norm for a long time. 2025-09-30T22:27:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2yex0370m7gapzjswf76fu7j2cwhlyjhenwshy0gfejxkx2dufqgzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5q86z05k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0v2q5ankh7s4ud903d8vm6mdm5755zy8ekd4yk286a5czqtmrrjg65gz7x'>nevent1q…gz7x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>one doesn&#39;t have to wonder very far.<br/><br/>Loving v. Virginia would pass tests that Thomas has espoused, from its lack of controversy through basis in text and tradition.<br/><br/>That&#39;s in stark contrast to Humphrey’s Executor, as the excerpt above shows.<br/><br/>That Humphrey&#39;s has been chipped away at shows that the &#34;stability in the law&#34; isn&#39;t always protected by blind adherence to precedent. 2025-09-29T13:34:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswdejq8297gglncv4e7kuvq5qc6aznm2algvy9wrhh5dtw2ltm4yszyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qwvm5wx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvcg7240kfv2t8kunsnydgzz8avfuhjpctrcggvdg2qsukxmls9qg0yn6ev'>nevent1q…n6ev</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>maybe they started paying attention to the fact that it wasn&#39;t written into the Constitution?<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nzjhgymv940yzdqeqs58n4rheraynzsext2l3u6nxpvrqpfuwz2ql3pmgc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Bich Nguyen :verified:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nzj…pmgc</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-24T21:38:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszdp9jsj85gx7zmlc690w0carct7wjal6ulq9vcgr76ldv2e2fqhszyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qg0upsr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrzkzw3gqq0y4antt6y2gczcdthf6ftjkaux5urmfl86rh8d38e8q83d933'>nevent1q…d933</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>notice, if you will, how JD Vance tends to use very simple words even when talking about big picture issues. <br/><br/>He gets it. 2025-03-05T16:15:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswnyznng074q8f0fpl97zk9w3p38kkdwtjlpxpqpq3phvjqvyh0cqzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qhkekuk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrzqwjgewvlwslxavaah5j82wg9pfq4sapeltttyyyz3kn8n0mkqcvz98zr'>nevent1q…98zr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A lot of people are missing at the moment that the safeguard against unconstitutional actions is NOT through #SCOTUS but through the Congress, and more importantly, through voters electing representatives who will react to unconstitutionality appropriately.<br/><br/>SCOTUS has no enforcement power against the Executive Branch. That was left to the Congresss.<br/><br/>Both SCOTUS and Congress can and should judge the President in different ways, but at the end of the day, it&#39;s up to the people we elect to Congress to react to whatever has been found about what the president has been doing.<br/><br/>Far too many congresspeople shirk their duties by pointing fingers at the other two branches when they&#39;re the only ones with the actual power to act, and that&#39;s critical to the US system.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lh47a0mwym7f822hn7v3uzl4jyfxm3t4ded66cqdurg9dhqtelpqcgv34t" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>The Felon Pope :popephil:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lh4…v34t</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub153lsl0t8k7ug7aksd42ykr04h0rqpjfcya9s4d49nahpn6xfj4lq7zcaex" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Steve Randy Waldman</span> (<span class="italic">npub153l…caex</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#USPolitics #Trump 2025-02-12T13:00:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvlcrpkx7rfc4squmed8m2xjystaq04cyftn7rmrwz3upvwk0dxtqzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5q8tujyy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqe408yd5fw0pt6qtf84ylw5qxn8esu627wzt4p5unaaeaa9prdnse9nwg2'>nevent1q…nwg2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah, I think you&#39;re getting this exactly backwards.<br/><br/>#Mastodon/#ActivityPub makes it way too hard to move instances. It&#39;s unfortunately a core problem with this platform, but we shouldn&#39;t pretend it&#39;s not.<br/><br/>Other platforms like #BlueSky make it much easier, but #Fediverse is behind on this one.<br/><br/>We need to recognize that as a rough edge, a legit reason users might choose another platform. 2025-01-28T17:25:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrhh6aw4v77wneamgkrf0lacmrmjxeq5wzmfyjnc4f268c7xd82zqzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qgdayje In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxg5se206a9zaxuyzn62lfwr2ylam60ngmfr0fwgxwtf9r4aplfcgnjeznq'>nevent1q…eznq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just based on the headline on the paywall, sounds like they&#39;re planning on inflating their way out of tariffs?<br/><br/>Their undermining their own economy isn&#39;t exactly sticking it to Trump. It just means they&#39;ll leave the US more competitive without Trump even having to do anything. 2025-01-28T17:20:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8wnzz0ezzpemw33cjmqu5cwwerkd3dz89wk0r2ka8ks0vng2m0nszyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qky78w0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvnr8f5jse0mp7rytaxjjrejazyaev3lkq7x0y60ufukd0qz9d2cgw58hux'>nevent1q…8hux</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>except #ActivityPub DOESN&#39;T give the people total say over what stories go viral.<br/><br/>We see so much consternation over instance owners censoring what people can see, and that&#39;s one of the huge criticisms of this platform that needs to be emphasized.<br/><br/>YES, people can shut down hashtags and links here, and I think that&#39;s problematic.<br/><br/>We can&#39;t address it by denying that it exists, though.<br/><br/>#Bluesky doesn&#39;t just retain that resistance to being shut down. With its relays it does a better job of having the features you&#39;re promoting here. <br/><br/>BlueSky comes much closer to giving the people total control over what stories go viral. #Fediverse falls short, empowering instances over people.<br/><br/>[@mmasnick.bsky.social](<a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/mmasnick.bsky.social">https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/mmasnick.bsky.social</a> ) 2025-01-22T14:52:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst9lktjpu5enm79hjprg8jvgsgl0ltzrxv5e7vy3nw4l68a73tjxszyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5q7dalw9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8a9pxqxzwpsr9cp9k6x2zdnlsekqu8fwqa3c3sw9mrl537g44ujs232mlc'>nevent1q…2mlc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>they didn&#39;t though!<br/><br/>That&#39;s so notable, the efficiency Department was not actually made into a department. It has no power, it&#39;s just a PR stunt. 2025-01-20T17:30:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvp4ys5mxwtnpdtqsysfv5v6tzhan665lyta0jzw88kvn8kmat5vgzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qt8nss9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8g53nhcrykngcf6wte2mtfq6r27za3zn7s0dvh2c2td7rcwrlk8qy38vvp'>nevent1q…8vvp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Often it may be a matter of your instance being administered in ways that block things you actually want to see.<br/><br/>Talk to your instance operator about the issue.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1l0atlwxgghj6dc4xt4rp53smua84ge93ynx6tnxnay972fq0jxgqnfj7dh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Andy</span> (<span class="italic">npub1l0a…j7dh</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-09T17:41:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsypy329fpwnr26u6nlpzpevwqyy54qvf8elw3cq5hp249uu23suwczyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qzrqs29 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy9900v9jm0l865dpsqwysxkt7kqwdl6yymwz2s5ygm52wt7z9ftc64g2z6'>nevent1q…g2z6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think I&#39;m being very clear, I&#39;m not sure what your confusion is. I don&#39;t know how to put it any more simply. <br/><br/>You&#39;re supporting letting murderers off the hook, okay, I&#39;m just wondering how you would feel if the murderers were coming after you.<br/><br/>Still okay with that?<br/><br/>If you are, great! I&#39;m just asking if you&#39;re okay with that.<br/><br/>If people are deciding to murder you, literally not figuratively or anything like that, knowing that they would be let off the hook through jury nullification, that&#39;s all right in your book? Or would you have a problem with that?<br/><br/>I guess the simple question is, would you be equally okay with excusing murder if you were the target?<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1egyt3a02m7estv3dfd98whe63ssch597yrmk7pysw5fyjy7f9qmsu48ye0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>THE MAGA JEW</span> (<span class="italic">npub1egy…8ye0</span>)</a></span> 2024-12-06T21:01:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg2t5ayryfauekayuznxmpnzs9edr62fwxu4hwt4s8cmn8yr3wnegzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qt6dy6j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd0qpj3p30tma9kd6rj8v3km87rlufgktypkrxaau66h2lvsesrxgxxqw0p'>nevent1q…qw0p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>okay, but I repeat, what might happen if the people decide that you&#39;re on the wrong side of justice? <br/><br/>The deflection doesn&#39;t absolve you from thinking about that. <br/><br/>What if they decide that you are up for murder? You okay with that?<br/><br/>I really don&#39;t care about oligarchs. I&#39;m just suggesting that maybe you think about yourself and what might happen when you face the guillotine.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1egyt3a02m7estv3dfd98whe63ssch597yrmk7pysw5fyjy7f9qmsu48ye0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>THE MAGA JEW</span> (<span class="italic">npub1egy…8ye0</span>)</a></span> 2024-12-06T20:21:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvmgaer03lazesf9t0vnruga9fn5kv89aa2q3myrulgk6cevf2d5szyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qz6tat0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspk8ntckmsausmh60snm7v3pfm0fujfptcej2qw98h8f78ma6uslqw2ejd8'>nevent1q…ejd8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>uh huh. <br/><br/>Consider what might happen if &#34;the people&#34; decide that you&#39;re on the wrong side of justice.<br/><br/>Careful with how you set your interests.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1egyt3a02m7estv3dfd98whe63ssch597yrmk7pysw5fyjy7f9qmsu48ye0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>THE MAGA JEW</span> (<span class="italic">npub1egy…8ye0</span>)</a></span> 2024-12-06T19:40:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8ugsnzxz7ap2mr8xfsczetwgja2u8gz0933ptaa0n0eml8zc8akqzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qxlx6ue In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstpe6dqjm4lghlxrrffcqq0gl0k2xrsja6tfvfse3v4y696nn3gpstkreez'>nevent1q…reez</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>more important than compromising vs uncompromising, they&#39;ve failed to engage with the broader public to make their case.<br/><br/>That&#39;s the real lesson here, captured by Harris missing chance after chance to make a solid argument for her perspective.<br/><br/>Democrats acted like they could just be right and waltz into office. That&#39;s just not how democracy works, though.<br/><br/>They need to engage with those outside their spheres. They haven&#39;t been doing that. 2024-11-11T14:53:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx3dnz45cqjt42kuhv2h37avr6l4vex67e34ky62hfsdmwlpk2ukczyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qsj8kjf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8c0ju4s86yu2m3yvzqf65kxpcw7ugkmjr86lazj886es29kvuslcc3wq77'>nevent1q…wq77</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s not a lie at all.<br/><br/>This is how the system is engineered, and whether or not that has taken off or not is a different question.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1j2m3l7kg9n3xd30206fjmx4tvpqsx3kkk0meage4rlgu735znc9snwngt0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Chee Aun 🤔</span> (<span class="italic">npub1j2m…ngt0</span>)</a></span> 2024-10-30T02:08:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgf9vvvqvea9lhh046v6nqha3maj0pcr22vkzcyh5da0j6mu4kutszyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qzsclfu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9nc4uka9yla3sg4qx3cpysfqwdmwa5pqmk6qpcsfjad29trz6aqsws35lf'>nevent1q…35lf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t see it. <br/><br/>Obama was so much better at laying out policies, answering questions, doing press events, and generally engaging with the realities of the office of President.<br/><br/>We don&#39;t get that these days. 2024-10-30T01:20:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstpek7lgu4s3uqdtuzvdplpq76pl957e9g0t3g7svh3jtx7v3t28czyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qfq49gd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfcs0gg98uq5ccj3lcqkqsdzl6eaa5qfadys0337aw69uv8ytlvug3wtswu'>nevent1q…tswu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The problem is that we keep hearing such stories and then noticing that they&#39;re just not true, noticing that what people say about the law doesn&#39;t correspond with what we can read in the law for ourselves.<br/><br/>If you want to be convincing, this strategy of making it personal hasn&#39;t been working because the rhetoric just doesn&#39;t match the facts.<br/><br/>It ends up preaching to the choir. It doesn&#39;t really get anyone anywhere except more divided and less likely to find ways forward. 2024-10-27T19:34:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8v4kethl8twcyvhy8vsu6yu87wdtgrg3nmn7a5sj8lh4musm7m7czyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qlykg07 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyd0f0fwn3t3m8kkrjrpumqgxw4yyd2jj6024ewde8c3dgea3zkhq4zhktf'>nevent1q…hktf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t think y&#39;all realize how well that played with Trump&#39;s audience.<br/><br/>He&#39;s not afraid of 60 Minutes or fact checking. He doesn&#39;t really care. But he did enjoy using that to score political points with his base.<br/><br/>[@aureliano](<a href="https://mstdn.party/@aureliano">https://mstdn.party/@aureliano</a> ) 2024-10-07T14:04:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2ecf2gn0qda0yql5lnanpyhvm2nelqgl4d5tsvynmq4vwjkzfwhczyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5q6kxxf6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd5h3jpl4k8za5yedt06lhjdklsda2agd0xj92llwv3kpt3a30xxstzuddh'>nevent1q…uddh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That’s a nice conspiracy theory you’ve got there. 2024-09-22T20:19:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs08gxnxu763hvkagy7au6nj93ejg48v4r96ttsqc7dlamhn9u7r2gzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qkzhzzt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrasuusm3nrs40fw3zearjs6pp09ly9gzmews7k4fv0hhscwp0yrs4dente'>nevent1q…ente</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that seems really counterproductive.<br/><br/>You don’t like the messenger so you kill the message, no matter how positive and pro-social it may be.<br/><br/>I just want to call out how selfish that is. 2024-09-08T23:14:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr36er90le742p2mvu5mu98k3wplepfzgqg7nyw7ep3jqjln6th5szyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5q4m5p3t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszqautayenszs3tdu6fqkj3uc6yu9y0v8m2s29p07hxj0f3s20x9gmg4pnq'>nevent1q…4pnq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>so you’re going to deprive the rest of us of interesting information because you personally don’t like the source? 2024-09-08T23:08:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv5k2vtaetqpcya2gkp9y2h6hykswzr0d5xe2w8lfsq5z9ysqlfxgzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qhcdxet In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxnnpjppt9x38uk3c0cdtksara4z52yyqp2cxwn7leh66zmyhvxeqerzcr7'>nevent1q…zcr7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>… I mean they have? 2024-08-21T22:05:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9hela0xtcj9x4zvz9emh5jdd9wk7xshemuhfyyxt3s76pv5mrm0czyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qz3r6y8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstqcv5rru9gutlv2fms7vwynd726ev9mpsa4uyk8f2cldanklk9gclh3zum'>nevent1q…3zum</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>but it’s not the role of the Supreme Court in the US system to reflect current perspectives.<br/><br/>Wrong branch of government. That’s the legislative branch that’s supposed to be reflecting the opinions of the people as they evolve over time.<br/><br/>And the Senate doesn’t block appointments. That’s not how the process works. Rather, the president works with the Senate to settle on an appointee that our elected senators can accept.<br/><br/>This process was set up this way to ensure that presidents don’t wield too much power. It’s really important to get it right. 2024-07-31T12:31:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswl7grn7djd6taawajzf86y03j6ejytrk8rmwu3dcvndkpgk6p8rczyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qeaat2k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs05za6qr6w0zjrf8zguxfzhxp77q6c2yfkeh6j0ftk3gguxx2525qusul9y'>nevent1q…ul9y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>… So bullshit 2024-07-27T18:41:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg0ayakmd73fsjn8lccvxhwm5zj3kz543rz99a4xxn0kg03c6a5cczyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5q88qhzz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrt3g62wxq6yvw223d3t673pq5d5s9y54mlxuyr2enkta4dkrttmg0kktz8'>nevent1q…ktz8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what are you talking about?<br/><br/>Personally I criticize Harris quite a lot specifically for the bullshit that she has been spouting all these years.<br/><br/>She has a long history of it, so what are you seeing that represents a change?<br/><br/>One of the reasons I consider her such a flawed candidate. 2024-07-27T15:21:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxvuwwknqknvmkasqqhpr9lptzz7guesqkuh0ls2ldpmv59md0qlqzyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qr20hm7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvkfgd402h79p0pkmavzg2vwuyfqwdz2jdlnc449vx6vrutqw97uc256pwl'>nevent1q…6pwl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you’re fine with administration prosecuting anyone, well, that’s just the sort of thing that I’m going to simply disagree with.<br/><br/>Personally I don’t think we should allow presidents, including Trump, to go after their enemies with unfounded prosecutions.<br/><br/>But that’s just me.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub153lsl0t8k7ug7aksd42ykr04h0rqpjfcya9s4d49nahpn6xfj4lq7zcaex" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Steve Randy Waldman</span> (<span class="italic">npub153l…caex</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19gvf2pju7j66w8t34gvhhyr0du708llt9u9ns0605xy8vhs2a22qlcx4p4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>realcaseyrollins ✝️</span> (<span class="italic">npub19gv…x4p4</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub14ptdyg9f922ynttxrqywxd9lkh3rp6wsf8pp2u4m3gglfly4rsmss5t548" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>AltonDooley</span> (<span class="italic">npub14pt…t548</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub163l2w7exfh3h8l2qa5pw8fyj73wlt7fdxs2677xt40ph9q6prtxsuqqkgx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Hyolobrika (left)</span> (<span class="italic">npub163l…qkgx</span>)</a></span> 2024-07-09T19:38:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyqrhwp7nzc22u82c7vfakmvquzu3m8lz65zqj9kg2chq9ava82zczyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qppsf85 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdc3apf5mpw6capadxqlekhy47zgej2l9w67kvcd2e27dxwzg62eg4hzxh7'>nevent1q…zxh7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It doesn’t only crumble for the president of the United States. That’s not what happened.<br/><br/>In fact, a whole lot of people are pissed off that that’s not what happened.<br/><br/>The Supreme Court didn’t judge Trump. That’s not its role in the system. That’s for lower courts. Instead, the Supreme Court issued an opinion that applies to everybody, with a general rule that really applies to officers in general.<br/><br/>The Supreme Court said that the the executive branch may not prosecute anybody for carrying out their legal duties as per law. No matter the mess that might exist out there, the president cannot, effectively, harass people for doing what is legal.<br/><br/>That’s the long and short of it.<br/><br/>It was basically saying that no matter what mess the criminal statutes may be, the president may not harass people for doing legal things.<br/><br/>I remember hearing all of the criticisms of the court after oral argument when people were pulling their hair out that justices weren’t laser focused on getting Trump. But they weren’t because that’s not their job.<br/><br/>So you say you don’t know why it would crumble only for the president, and that’s not the case, it doesn’t, the Supreme Court laid out a general rule regardless of the people complaining that it was looking to lay out a general rule.<br/><br/>And regardless of the dissenters who often seem completely oblivious of what the Supreme Court is supposed to do in the first place.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19gvf2pju7j66w8t34gvhhyr0du708llt9u9ns0605xy8vhs2a22qlcx4p4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>realcaseyrollins ✝️</span> (<span class="italic">npub19gv…x4p4</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub14ptdyg9f922ynttxrqywxd9lkh3rp6wsf8pp2u4m3gglfly4rsmss5t548" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>AltonDooley</span> (<span class="italic">npub14pt…t548</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ax9mddmv6yhyd69mfj00hgpv2yeum6veqnh32pe99l0tdwennhvsk28tmg" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>casey is remote</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ax9…8tmg</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub163l2w7exfh3h8l2qa5pw8fyj73wlt7fdxs2677xt40ph9q6prtxsuqqkgx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Hyolobrika (left)</span> (<span class="italic">npub163l…qkgx</span>)</a></span> 2024-07-09T13:15:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs83q8q5j786jqlgtcm8du3dg7nhmzyv2277pmqahcltyj3zxjhzrczyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qu5l04d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxg7x5wqy3fxn4l6ha5pa3wn67cttygazyevygle9l4jnjszm0kfqnyjmzx'>nevent1q…jmzx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But that’s just the theory. In theory they raise taxes sufficiently to pay people enough that they will jump up and fix patients, but in reality there are things like not enough doctors to fix the people, not enough doctors willing to accept that trade, etc.<br/><br/>There is no universal healthcare. Even if governments force doctors to operate at gunpoint, which to be clear I’m highlighting as the problematic thing, there will be a limited supply of doctors. It cannot be universal.<br/><br/>It’s always going to be a negotiation, and the issue is how constraining that negotiation is on doctors, how much pressure we put on them to work for others when they don’t want to.<br/><br/>In theory everything is wonderful and everybody gets fixed. Reality is much more harsh because it requires people to work to fix people.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1jaj38ke28ktz2kczweslvc82ct06pcnjar9zkgskxzgcn07ma5lqqhu768" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Frigid Crystal Tormented Wrath</span> (<span class="italic">npub1jaj…u768</span>)</a></span> 2024-06-28T13:06:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz2pxmfnt9mfu92da6vzladan6skkvwraccaztzx7xeqwjjgmgwmczyre6cn26jscws8zrw4y480x5mww7le5wyx9u7rd5gra2044hp7u5qw07qnv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy7qfsdnd0h0l6c4c666haad5yzgc4rkvpj3w6k7syqtrdudl4f3gjk049q'>nevent1q…049q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The unavoidable problem is that healthcare requires people to work, input from workers, and so anyone stating that healthcare should be free runs into the issue of requiring people to work without compensation.<br/><br/>It runs into the issue of you’re going to fix me for free. You’re going to work for me for free.<br/><br/>You see how problematic that is?<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ax9mddmv6yhyd69mfj00hgpv2yeum6veqnh32pe99l0tdwennhvsk28tmg" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>casey is remote</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ax9…8tmg</span>)</a></span> 2024-06-28T12:55:56Z