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@CaptainXtra
>SCOTUS taking on Texas age verification law.

I kind of hope this happens, because if they strike it down, then (I think) they effectively strike down all the other age verification laws including the one I’m having to suffer through in Utah.

But the court has imposed limits on free speech in the past (albeit totally reasonable ones like “no threatening people.”) Certainly the more partisan justices might vote that way and use something like that as an excuse.

Either way, it’s sure to be a big case.

@CaptainXtra

And Russia lost one of their bombers. Possibly to a Ukrainian missile, but it seems like it was too far away for that.

@NitroFury
Why Trump being in a courtroom for hush money fraud made him do that I have no idea than. You’d think he’s done it with the leaked documents, something much more serious.

And the guy who set himself on fire isn’t a Trump Cultist, just another insane anti-Government conspiracy wacko.

@CaptainXtra
I guess the leopard got to his face.

“I think we could witness one of the most important First Amendment legal showdowns ever.”

“The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to rule on the constitutionality of mandatory age verification for porn websites. If the high court takes up the case, it would queue up a landmark debate pertaining to the First Amendment and privacy rights of millions of people.”

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Oh and another thing:

@Dustcan
wooo 10 days.

@BlitztheDragon
Man, wouldn’t it be funny if Catturd gets rolled over by the algorithm like he did his dog?

After days of no word on Trump’s bond appeal, NY AG Letitia James has filed a motion to reject the latest one as Trump’s insurer still could not provide evidence that they have the money to cover the bond.

Oh I know that’s exactly how it’s going to play out. But I am holding out hope that Elon’s track record of recklessness and incompetence will result in him rolling it out and forgetting to assign special protection to Libs of Tiktok, Catturd, and his own account first.

You can bet on there being an overriding factor to all of that: the more an account follows, responds to and retweets users from a particular aisle of the political spectrum, the less likely they’ll get flagged.

If anything, it’s just a matter of time before Grok itself spills the beans on it.

Since we’re talking about Elon, he recently announced that any account caught partaking in “engagement farming” will be “banned and traced to source.” How will he do this? By relying on Grok of course. How does Grok define engagement farming? It listed some examples. Basically everything Elon and his favorite fash accounts are doing.

@Background Pony #1F81
@Ereiam

And Tesla’s largest retail shareholder today said they won’t support reinstating Musk’s invalidated pay package.

It just keeps getting worse for him.

@Background Pony #1F81
Being the main shareholder of said companies makes him kinda hard to fire (but yeah, any company with a governance system worth a damn would’ve already given him the boot by now).

Elon Musk/Tesla has announced a total recall on all of their Cybertruck models (Around 3.9K models), due to a massive design flaw that allows the accelerator pedal to become easily stuck

This man can do literally nothing right yet he’s still put in charge of of companies

Florida Man visits New York City.

@SleepySteve
And in today’s “not a cult” news…

A man outside the NYC courthouse where Trump is being tried set himself on fire.

Trump says he raised $50 million in one night.

Trump is also in court for lying about his worth.

And despite that, the GOP is still cash starved.

And, key word there, Trump raised it. How much of that do you honestly believe will actually be funneled to down ballot causes? I’d bet good money that it’s going into his campaign coffers and then likely diverted to keeping him out of jail.

So in another advancement in AI media tech, Microsoft has announced a new image to video ML model that turns faces into talking heads and it’s shockingly real

Just in time for the elections lol

YouTube is already awash with ai generated ads featuring my country’s prime minister telling people to invest in a shitcoin or a pyramid scheme, I can’t imagine what it’s going to be like for you Americans with your incredibly divise political climate

@Zincy
Didn’t Trump recently do a fundraiser that raised like $50 mil tho?

@Zincy
The seem to not understand how to rent an escort.

Dems are building what is looking like a record setting cash advantage, in some cases absolutely dwarfing Republicans on both the individual candiate level and on PACs.

Dems are also placing huge fall ad buys in the swing states.

Meanwhile, the Trump campaign hasn’t bought any fall ads in key states like Arizona, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Trump is also funneling campaign cash into his businesses, which is then spent on his legal defense.

A republican dark money group recently spent 700k…attacking fellow Republicans. Going after 3 Republicans that voted to oust ol Kev.

While money and spending don’t always equal success, you’d still rather be the party making money hand-over-fist than the party that’s paying to punch itself in the face.

@Commune
There’s probably going to be permanent stalemate until it blows up to all out global war should some NATO members decide they can’t wait any longer and start to send troops there (which would be them telling Biden and Scholz to suck dick; a huge mistake given the threat of far right populists being elected in those countries), or the Russian government somehow spectacularly collapses and is unable to sustain the war effort.

Neither is likely.

There’s also the wild card factor of Zelensky losing domestic support after his knifing of Zaluzhnyi, who is beloved amongst the Ukrainians.

Beyond those scenarios, Ukraine’s best hope is Democrats winning a trifecta this year. It’s plausible that Biden could win reelection and Democrats win back the House; the Senate is another matter (and unlike 2022 turnout won’t be low).

@Archivist
Kiev is unlikely to fall

The question is rather, is Ukraine likely to take back its former territories?
It doesn’t look likely I’ll tell you that