Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

@Background Pony #1F81
Which makes him setting himself on fire for Trump’s hush money trial even more baffling.

@Background Pony #1F81
So in other words he was a complete whack job. Must have figured offing himself like that would alert people to his cause.

@Meanlucario
Regardless of their political leanings, conspiracy nutcases such as that guy tend to run on their own brand of logic (as evidenced by the aforementioned exhibits).

Guy was mentally ill, and I don’t mean that in an insulting way. Probably loads of warning signs ignored considering how he was known for various antics already. But it’s the standard, “somebody else’s problem”, “don’t make a scene”, etc.

Mental health care is a bitch.

The Ukraine aid bill passed the House with every single Dem voting Yea. 112 Republicans voted Nay.

That was it? All that time wasted?

Looking forward to more drone footage of mobiks in dire straits in the coming days.

“The House also voted on Saturday to force TikTok’s parent company to sell it or be banned in the U.S. The measure includes a policy to force the China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok within nine months — which the president could extend to a year — or face a nationwide ban. The policy, which lengthens the time frame for a sale from an earlier House bill, has Senate buy-in along with Biden’s support, putting TikTok closer than ever to a ban in the U.S.”

I love Ukraine getting aid but that TikTok ban is a problem…

Also I still see Elon Fanboys as the biggest simps/cucks/lemmings/nimrods to exist:

@CaptainXtra
Tiktok is a spy tool for a hostile foreign power,

@Thanotos Omega
And yet Facebook harvest even more but gets a pass for being base in the USA.

@Thanotos Omega
The “TikTok ban” is a stealth Patriot Act 2.0; if a foreign company doesn’t bend over for US requests to hand over private user data, then they’re clearly a spy app and banned.

And if Trump wins in November the Dems who voted for the ban will look like complete idiots when he starts using said powers to target outlets that are otherwise US friendly.

I’m happy for Ukraine getting the aid and yet I also believe it’s not gonna do jack for them except lose a little less land than what they would’ve lost without it.

And barring a miracle result where Dems get their trifecta back this November, that’ll be the last aid package Ukraine gets for the foreseeable future.

If Trump wins in November he’ll probably do that regardless of whether or not this ban goes through. The kind of guy who promises to be a dictator day one and thinks he should be able to silence anyone who says anything negative about him is not going to be restrained from targeting companies due to the existence or nonexistence of a law.

Also, if Trump wins in November, I think we’ll have substantially bigger things to worry about than TikTok.

@The Smiling Pony
@SleepySteve
As written, the TikTok ban can only apply to companies based in China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea. (The bill cites a specific list from 10 U.S.C. 4872.) But Trump could use it to go after WeChat and generally make Tencent’s life hell.

Going to suck for anyone in the US that uses VK, which is basically Facebook for Russians.

So apparently US Congress will soon consider the “Pro Codes Act” which will allow parts of law (building and safety codes) to be copyrighted.

Copyright laws are problematic in general, but this is on another level.

@Background Pony #FAA3
Unfortunately you are right. Please don’t let him win.

See, at first one would think that’s political suicide given how the Sedition Caucus is already hogging that motion to vacate threat and howling about it constantly.

Then you realize, the last Republican House member that resigned mentioned there being 4-5 more of his colleagues being sick and tired of MAGA having taken over their party.

It’s a possibility that Mike Johnson knows about and made a deal with them: if the motion to vacate passes, the House will truly be lost with no chance of another speaker being elected, so they might as well nuke Republican control of the House and hand it over to the functioning party.

Here comes Mike with the dead-man’s switch!

Today’s New York Post’s front page:

Murdoch-owned newspaper red-baiting a drug-addicted loon who loves fascists and hates commies? Shocker!

(FTR Stalin would’ve had Putin shot.)

Interest in the 2024 election is at a 20-year low according to a new poll. Call me crazy, but I don’t think low-propensity voters are going to matter at all this year.

If low propensity voters are no-show this year, then that actually might work out for Biden, since polls had Trump is doing (or did) the best with low turnout voters.

The GQP in New Hampshire are now fighting to have polio vaccination non-mandatory.

Just in case you had forgotten whether the MAGA Death Cult were pro-disease or not.

@SleepySteve
note according to the same poll biden actually leads trump outright if we include JFK jr. and two others into the mix.

@Dustcan
Evangelical Christianity was a mistake. Denying science and using the legislature to shove G-Q-D down our throats…

Rank and file Republicans are apparently getting tired of the Freedom Caucus and the MAGA crowd in the house. With some prominent Republicans blaming them for the continued failure of border legislation, big Dem wins, and the rancor that is starting to impact fundraising.

Dems have barely had to lift a finger in the last few months, the Republican majority has done all the damage by repeatedly punching itself in the face.

@Zincy
Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!