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California becomes first state to offer health insurance to all undocumented immigrants

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One small point: Undocumented immigrants absolutely do pay taxes. They pay sales taxes, gas taxes, and contribute billions annually in income taxes. It may be true that not all of them pay income taxes, but many of them do.

And not for nothin, but there are plenty of citizens who pay little or no taxes too. And if you're worried about people not paying their fair share of taxes, it's weird to focus on such an underprivileged group when our corporations and billionaires are almost the whole fuckin pie chart. It's not even close.

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Nick Offerman Slams ‘Homophobic Hate’ Against His ‘The Last of Us’ Episode: ‘It’s Not a Gay Story. It’s a Love Story, You A–hole!’

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I'm sorry you're getting downvoted. You're allowed to like things and dislike things, as long as tolerance and respect are given for others' choices. It seems like you're doing that here.

Acceptance for something you like and enjoy is pretty easy and natural. It's a bit harder, and takes more thought and courage, to show respect and tolerance for things you don't like and don't enjoy, but you accept them anyway because it's the right thing to do and it's a part of being a human on this planet with billions of other humans. Grow up, lemmy.

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Bodycam video shows handcuffed man telling Ohio officers 'I can't breathe' before his death

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I’m not defending the police here, but

Oh boy, here we go.

could this man have had a heart attack due to the presence of drugs or alcohol in his system, combined with the fact that his heart rate was elevated by resisting arrest

Totally. He could have also died from a brain aneurysm, aliens, a very advanced case of SIDS, or a witch's curse. Or, you know, maybe he died from the whole not being able to breathe thing that was actually happening.

He does not appear to be in good physical condition. I see that his stomach looks a little distended and he sort of waddles as he took steps around the bar area.

He didn't look like he was in great shape? Only fitness buffs and marathon runners with no booze in their systems get to live though being cuffed? Tf is wrong with you.