A lot of people were wondering this during the later Trump years: what's to stop government officials from simply ignoring the Supreme Court (or another branch, for that matter). It's surely a "Constitutional Crisis", but many conservatives seem more interested in preaching about the Constitution than actually following it.

He won't stop because the cruelty is the point

I guess they haven't discovered the button to block communities?

My feed is quite nice after blocking the stuff that doesn't appeal to me.

"On environmental issues, he is equally provocative, calling climate change “a socialist hoax”, and saying that a company should be able to pollute a river as it sees fit."

It's amazing how much damage can be done in a short amount of time when people like this get in charge. This isn't even getting into the fact that he wants to end investments in research, when investments in US research generate 2.6x in economic output. I'm guessing it's not too different in Argentina, but guys like this have no interest in facts.

Perhaps he's forgotten that free speech means you're free to say whatever you want, but you're not free from the repercussions. Especially in all the "at will" employee states.

This is so stupid.

Well, at least that's a logically consistent position in the issue, even if I vehemently disagree with their broader stance. Of course, they would need to extend that to allow women to claim unborn children as dependents in their taxes, allow women to drive in the HOV lane alone with their fetus, etc.

I LOL'd at the quote about men not liking that, and paying child support from the time of conception was dumb. Yeah, no shit, dumbass. There goes your logical inconsistency again.

These judges like Wallace are people too, with families who cannot hide behind anonymity like a high profile jury in a mob case. They've seen what Trump's Brown Shirts will do to those they don't like: anything from incessant threatening phone calls to attempted murder with a hammer. What an impossible position to be in: serve justice, or risk your family being stalk and possibly assaulted.

This is how democracy dies. It takes very brave people in power to stand up to someone like Trump.

Isn't this standard enshitification?

Google started off like any new tech company years ago and they did have a superior product. Then they went public and Wall Street started expecting certain revenue numbers every quarter, growth slowed because they saturated the market, so the core product was pushed toward making money instead staying true to the original goals.

Typical stuff, really

"She was told she violated state rules about judicial impartiality because her refusal to treat LGBTQ+ people equally cast “doubt on her capacity to act impartially to persons appearing before her as a judge due to the person’s sexual orientation.” "

That's the other major issue here. By refusing to officiate same-sex weddings she is saying that she cannot be impartial on an actual court cases brought before her if they involve an LGBTQ person.

She shouldn't be a judge at all. Of course, Texas is one of only a few states where judges are elected, so you'll get crazy QAnon judges if enough psychos show up to the polls.

So much for the Constitution, eh, Mike? Can you point to any historical basis for the US being a "Christian nation" or nation of any religion?

Just like the Bible, the guys only cite the Constitution when it suits them, but ignore the rest.

It's fascinating, sad, and terrifying that people are so dedicated to a man who is obviously, to anyone outside the cult, a lying grifter and con man.

How about this... we'll pay them something extra for wearimg a camera, but then officers are personally liable for any wrongdoing. No more qualified immunity, and settlements are paid by the officer and not a fund of public money. If the cops don't like that they can go get their own liability insurance and they pay the premiums with that camera bonus.

'"It is not humanitarian at all because it only serves one segment of the population there. The hostages there do not receive any humanitarian aid.”

They mean the civilians in Gaza held hostage by the Israeli military, right?

"Seedorf said he’d “take a bullet for” Trump and that Trump was the only politician he’d commit such an act of self-sacrifice for. Of the former president, Seedorf said: “He’d do it, too, for everyone else.”"

These people are mentally ill. It would be sad if it weren't so terrifying

I am genuinely concerned that a jury will have at least one person that will not convict Trump no matter what the evidence shows. There are people so brainwashed by Trump's big lie that getting an impartial jury will be neaely impossible.

I only have slim hope it will be ok since a grand jury did choose to indict him. I guess we'll see.

"For many election workers, the threats have been a major driving factor to leave the job, hollowing out the ranks of experience ahead of 2024,"

And this is EXACTLY what the facists want. They hope to replace poll workers with people who will follow their conspiracy theories instead of the law.

They still won 50 seats out of 24,000 up for election. Even that is too many.

$200 one time to completely replace someone as an actor.

Now think about all the other workers in industries WITHOUT union backing. They will have no recourse, and will simply be replaced.

We all live in interesting times, unfortunately....

It's so sad. Study after study have shown that the ROI on publicly funded research is anywhere from 20% to 100% depending on the industry.

These morons don't understand science enough to even realize how they benefit from it every day.

I feel like this is part of a Republican long game - make their states so unpalatable to progressives that they move out, thus ensuring that the US Senate and House are never again under Democratic control. It's like a for of self-imposed gerrymandering for Democrats, packing themselves into the few states with liberal legislaturea and policies.

Of course, those blue states will continue to subsidize the red states through tax dollars and federal programs, but that's another issue entirely.