@Lee Newman as if we didn't need any more reasons
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@Lee Newman as if we didn't need any more reasons
Last night's episode was on immigration. And holy hell has Biden really done not much of anything to improve upon the disaster Trump started.
Fuck this timeline.
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If the new law is enacted, it would represent the latest flashpoint in a long-running national debate over harm reduction, a philosophy that aims to avert the worst consequences of substance use, like death and disease, while recognizing that demanding instant abstinence is rarely practical.
It may also indicate a rightward lurch in U.S. attitudes toward harm reduction, and the country’s response to its drug epidemic more broadly. While the Biden administration has expressed unprecedented support for harm reduction, many Americans remain hostile to the approach.
Being involved with HIV/AIDS prevention in my early career, clean needle sites were imperative for disease prevention. Besides being sites where users could get medical attention, these were also sites for outreach. It's really sad that we are taking backwards steps in the fight against addiction.
Pennsylvania set to ban supervised drug use sites, in setback for harm reduction
A bill against supervised drug use sites suggests U.S. attitudes toward harm reduction are moving to the right.
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If the new law is enacted, it would represent the latest flashpoint in a long-running national debate over harm reduction, a philosophy that aims to avert the worst consequences of substance use, like death and disease, while recognizing that demanding instant abstinence is rarely practical.
It may also indicate a rightward lurch in U.S. attitudes toward harm reduction, and the country’s response to its drug epidemic more broadly. While the Biden administration has expressed unprecedented support for harm reduction, many Americans remain hostile to the approach.
Being involved with HIV/AIDS prevention in my early career, clean needle sites were imperative for disease prevention. Besides being sites where users could get medical attention, these were also sites for outreach. It's really sad that we are taking backwards steps in the fight against addiction.
After a rough week on the stock market last week, First Republic Bank has failed. JPMorgan Chase is buying most of the assets of First Republic Bank in a deal it has made with the FDIC for $13 Billion
We don't want the government to get too powerful, but we're going to let Chase buy up all of the banks (that the government didn't regulate so they were doomed to fail given rising interest rates), because letting companies have unlimited power is going to be totally okay....
Ron Desantis has accused Disney of "forum shopping" when Disney sued the new board last week. Basically, Disney filed its lawsuit in the Northern Florida District, which has a judge who was appointed by Obama and who has ruled unfavorably to Ron Desantis policies in the past.
Therefor, Meatball Ron is essentially accusing Disney of being shady and Cherry Picking a judge who will rule in their favor.
When did we get the point that the right doesn't see judges appointed by the left as fit / just. And we categorize judges as "Obama Judges" as a method of throwing mud at them.
Therefor, Meatball Ron is essentially accusing Disney of being shady and Cherry Picking a judge who will rule in their favor.
When did we get the point that the right doesn't see judges appointed by the left as fit / just. And we categorize judges as "Obama Judges" as a method of throwing mud at them.
Jan
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Republican attacks on trans people smack of fascism | Robert Reich
Bigotry against minority groups based on sexual orientation or gender identity is a way fascism takes root
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mdmost
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Republicans like DeSantis get angry when you beat them at their own game. See anything that gets filed in the Federal court of Abilene, Texas. DeSantis problem is he sought so much credit for what he did to "Woke Disney" that he fell right into a trap of doing 100% what Disney stipulates in their lawsuit. They were 100% targeted by the government for their speech. They were 100% retaliated against by DeSantis on multiple occasions. And the dumb son of a bitch can't shut up about it. But like Trump, he will whine about Obama judges when even a Trump judge would rule for Disney because they value the rights of corporation against the government over the victory over woke ideology.
The best thing to come out of this is Disney torpedoing his presidential aspirations. I'd argue DeSantis could be more dangerous than Trump because he 100% weaponizes the government against those who he doesn't like or who go against him.
threesunrises
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Bingo. trump is a dumbass, but desantis is smarter. I like to believe that he's a bit demoralized after the Japan trip, and might reconsider running since the media continually points out how much he is trailing by. That the FL House just passed the repeal of "resign to run" law is sickening. He's a wily one and should be viewed as such.
mdmost
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And more from the "DeSantis is a massive piece of shit" desk:
The budget the House passed has a bunch of things in it that will never pass the senate.
- It codifies that the Biden Administration does not have the power to grant student loan forgiveness.
- It repeals the funding to the IRS
- It cuts Food Stamps, Medicare and other benefits.
- It requires much stricter Welfare to Work requirements for eligibility.
- It authorizes increased production of fossil fuels.
- It limits the EPA and Biden from being able to set or enforce any type of climate change goals.
Sonicpharmacist
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Heard a coworker say how only one of the people who were killed in that massacre was here legally (as he said it, only one was “legal”). I asked him “why does it matter”, he said something I couldn’t hear, I just left the room. Don’t gun nuts want everyone to have guns without restrictions?
The 6 year old was looking for a lost kitten. If you have to answer your door with a gun because a 6 year old rang the doorbell you shouldn't be allowed to own a gun.
mdmost
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Yep. My Nextdoor is full of posts where this person is scared of someone who came to their door or this person has someone "suspicious" (usually non-white) who was on the Ring doorbell cam or alley cam. And I'd imagine a lot of those people are Fox News viewers who get a steady diet of white fear. I'm glad my daughters are no longer doing Girl Scouts because I'm convinced someday we're getting a story where some old fucker shoots a Girl Scout who had the audacity of ringing his doorbell. Oh and that's in DFW, yet another hit that Republicans in this state can take pride in given the gun nut culture they've cultivated and encouraged.
mdmost
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One of the first responses to Newtown was people rushing out to buy AR-15s since they felt Obama was about to ban them. It wasn't oh my God we really should take a look at how easy these weapons that can destroy our children are to get. It was how does this affect me. I remember cutting off a friend from high school whose response to this was exactly that. He didn't care that families and a community were forever affected by the violence. He only cared that his right to own a weapon he didn't need would be "infringed".
This is why I sadly feel nothing will ever change our gun nut culture. We're a violent nation by birthright. We have a I gotta get mine and I'll destroy you if you try to take it mentality. We don't care how many children have to die, why won't give an inch on our guns. They're not our kids.
folsom_lives
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Sadly the same here. People posting about a car sitting on the street with someone in it they don't recognize. Suddenly it's suspicious...
Also when the auditor's office comes around to take photos of the front of properties, the number of these types of posts goes up like crazy.
"saw somebody out taking photos of my house. looked suspicious"
Also there is no follow up of, like hey did you walk out and ask this person what they were doing before you posted some fear mongering post on the internet echo-chamber?
Bull Shannon
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The best part is if you point out the only (or most prominent) descriptor of these "suspicious characters" is always their race or signifiers which place them outside the "in class" of the community, everyone will close ranks and say you're the one who made it about race or class.
mdmost
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It's to the point in our neighborhood that I feel terribly for anyone who is African American or Hispanic who actually lives in the neighborhood. How they must be viewed with suspicion just for walking their dog or taking a piece of mail back to someone's box that got misdelivered. And you can guess the age of the people who typically post this stuff. Just move to the country or far flung exurb where scary minorities don't exist. What's funny is my friend in the suburb says his feed is the exact same. Black Lives Matter was the ultimate boogeyman after George Floyd. People were freaking out about a "Antifa brickpile" that was suspiciously left at the front of their neighborhood. Yeah, that was a construction crew that was building a brick wall around the entrance to the subdivision.