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Chicago banned unannounced migrant drop-offs. Now this Texas charter bus company is suing over the restrictions

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I don't think the issue is them "dealing with the problem", they've been doing exactly that, which has been reported on repeatedly since these shenanigans started. Remember Martha's Vineyard? NY/CHI/etc are upset because Texas is not communicating any of their actions to them, and misleading (trafficking) the migrants under false pretenses. I don't know how you can be on Texas's side here...

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US suicides hit an all-time high last year

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How far do you take this perspective? As a lefty that doesn't sound like a very leftist take, rather it sort of completely eschews the principles of solidarity and reason-based argumentation...

I do agree that feminism is about helping women (and that's great!), but should mothers not advocate for better mental health resources for their sons? Should I not advocate for better access to birth control for the women in my life because I'm male or for Ukrainian liberty because I'm not Ukrainian? Denying someone access to public discourse about a topic because they're not suffering the consequences of the topic seems a bit silly to me. And of course, men do actually suffer under patriarchy, albeit in a different way than women obviously.

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Senator Bernie Sanders Report Warns Nearly Half of Older Americans 'Have No Retirement Savings'

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Look stranger, no one is saying you're wrong to call out the problems with the economy. Everyone is on your side there.

They're saying that you personally made a mistake, and that's one that other people can and should avoid for themselves. If after 45 years you REALLY TRULY only have like $2k USD in your retirement account then you messed up somewhere. That's almost impossible the way compounding interest works.

Many 401ks are not actually invested by default, it's up to the account holder to assign those funds themselves. Guessing that's what happened to you. Unfortunately this isn't widely known for some reason and companies don't bother to educate employees about it.

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Boeing strike: bosses bruised, blindsided and on brink of crisis

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Biden got the rail workers what they asked for, this isn't quite right.

https://ibew.org/media-center/Articles/23Daily/2306/230620_IBEWandPaid

"We’re thankful that the Biden administration played the long game on sick days and stuck with us for months after Congress imposed our updated national agreement,” Russo said. “Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers."

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Bethesda Softworks to close Arkane Austin [Redfall], Tango Gameworks[Hi-Fi RUSH,The Evil Within], Alpha Dog Games[mobile games], and Roundhouse Studios [remnants of Human Head Studios: Prey,Rune]

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I don't think you're salty, HFR has millions of units sold and is pretty highly rated. It's insane they would simply close the entire studio, it definitely reeks of "make number go up." Especially since they seemingly didn't give any real reason.

These changes are grounded in prioritizing high-impact titles and further investing in Bethesda’s portfolio of blockbuster games

By shit-canning the whole teams behind these properties?? Yeah okay...

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This is correct, and everyone who is "disappointed in Michigan" should really try harder to understand the laws they're talking about. The party primaries here are not under the authority of the state, the court was just following the rules.

The court has however left the door open and is willing to hear this case regarding the general election ballot, which is under the state's purview. I suspect they will rule against Trump personally but this is just rage bait for the moment.

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People looking for content outside of news, tech, memes and politics, do you know where to find communities?

This doesn't address your question directly OP, but something I've been doing here (as a sad former redditor of over a decade) is to relentlessly upvote anything I like or that contributes to communities I'm subscribed to. I was more of a lurker on reddit but I think if we can push more niche communities and posts into the "everything" feed this problem will hopefully resolve itself eventually through organic growth.

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US suicides hit an all-time high last year

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To be clear here, when I say "reason" I mean the fundamental capability humans have to use logic, rationality, and data to make decisions and inform their behaviors. If this is the understanding you had when you wrote your comment I suppose we just disagree fundamentally, and that'd be an exceptional take on the matter.

We can be both emotionally and logically intelligent creatures, the two aren't mutually exclusive and reducing people to their base emotional responses takes away from their agency. In my experience people are typically much more reason-based in their decision-making, even people who are victims of the term "unreasonable woman". We don't go around doing things just because.