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Russian state TV airs Melania Trump's nudes on prime time
  • Is this not very clearly a public demonstration of how absolutely pwned he is by Russia? Am I reading too much into this? This feels like the kind of thing that gets revealed with dramatic musical effects in a spy movie when someone looks over and sees a headline or a news clip.

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    How did this happen?
  • You don't really have to take my word for it, there have been articles about her courting Republicans for weeks. You are free to disagree, but she very explicitly did do so. The article I linked in the comment you replied to gives specific examples, but your search engine of choice will find numerous articles listing the ways in which she did so, often with video. It's not like it's some tinfoil hat thing, it was her very obvious strategy.

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  • You’re fucking complicit.

    No my dude, I voted for her. I don't agree with the decision from those who didn't vote or voted elsewhere.

    But I understand. /ChrisRock

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    How did this happen?
  • There's plenty of blame to go around. One thing a politician needs to do is effectively sell themselves to the people who will be voting. Harris spent a lot of time selling herself to Republicans.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/us/politics/kamala-harris-progressives-democrats.html

    The people who voted for the fascists were always going to vote for the fascists.

    I have no need or desire to argue with you about it. There is no end to people smarter and more eloquent than I who are explaining the exact same thing in more detail than I could, from Bernie Sanders to Rolling Stone.

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  • Speaking only for myself - sure - until she abandoned all progressive stances and sprinted for the right, then allowed a Cheney (and other Republicans) to speak at the DNC while also refusing to give even a minute of podium time to anyone with a pro-Palestine viewpoint.

    She turned right the moment she announced the candidacy and just kept moving further and further, as if somehow 1) All D votes were in the bag so it didn't matter if they were pissed and also 2) R was going to give any D candidate the time of day.

    Didn't work out so well. It turns out that trying to become the watered down version of your opponent doesn't win a lot of good favor among the folks who put you in that position in the first place.

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    "The American experiment endures," Biden said. "We're going to be OK."
  • Hey you got what you wanted, and you got to post a lengthy manifesto about it. I don't feel obligated to give you more of my time than I already have.

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    Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this?
  • For the love of all that is holy, do not assume that they will figure out everything you just typed above from the fact that you didn't vote for them.

    I don't actually agree with your choice, but I do agree with this:

    The Dems can be better, but they choose not to.

    So please, if you have convinced yourself that withholding one vote out of tens of millions will somehow send them the message you are trying to send, please also convince yourself that it would be even more effective to drop them a line and let them know how you feel in explicit detail.

    https://democrats.org/contact-us/

    Same message for everyone else who chose a protest vote on Tuesday. It's all great to feel like you did the right thing, but maybe now question whether your message will actually be received, and be sure that it does. Otherwise you put Trump in for literally nothing.

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    Bernie Sanders blasts Democratic Party following Harris loss
  • I’ve probably got another 35 years, 67 more if im really lucky

    That seems like a really big spread. I've probably got another 30, but nowhere near 60 even if I"m really lucky, unless I'm like "statistical outlier" lucky.

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    There's lots to criticize Harris and Dems for. Nonetheless...

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    The Gilead Party Sure Is Pissed About This

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/political-ad-ignites-conservative-anger-women-possibly-hiding-vote-hus-rcna178584

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    I have an FC660C which I love, and really has been my endgame board. I have literally not bought another keyboard since picking this up however many years ago. (Well, technically not true, but the only thing I bought after that was an FC980C to use at work, and that was because I wanted something as nice as the 660C to use while I was there.)

    However, it hasn't been thoroughly cleaned in all the time I've owned it. I've taken most of the caps off and cleaned under them a couple times, and I've opened the bottom of the case once or twice, but I haven't done a full disassembly, haven't even considered lube, haven't pulled caps for the stabilizer keys, etc.

    Some things are getting a little squeaky, and I really want to give it a deep clean. (and maybe a lube)

    My fears are: Screwing up the stabilizers (I have fully disassembled a couple cherry MX boards before, but I'm not clear how different or more delicate this is likely to be, and it's been awhile), and screwing up/losing all (or any of) those little springs and the domes.

    I've checked out a few videos over the years, but am still just a little nervous about doing it.

    Can anyone who has done it convince me it's not that bad, or warn me away from trying? 😁

    Bonus question: If I end up in there anyway, any recommended extra steps to take?

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    Edited later to add:

    The original press release seems to be gone now, but here is what is claimed to be the revised release, and an article on the same topic.

    https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/polizei-dortmund-greta-gewaltbereit-100.html

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-politician-calls-greta-thunberg-102611513.html

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    www.cnn.com Police in small Mississippi city discriminate against Black residents, Justice Department finds | CNN

    Police in small Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force, Justice Department probe finds.

    cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/43424862

    > Police in a majority-Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against critics, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathing report detailing findings of an investigation into civil rights abuses. > > The Lexington Police Department “has created a system where officers can relentlessly violate the law” in one of the poorest counties in America, according to the Justice Department. Investigators found police also sexually harassed women and kept people behind bars for minor offenses because they couldn’t afford to pay fines. > > “Today’s findings show that the Lexington Police Department abandoned its sacred position of trust in the community by routinely violating the constitutional rights of those it was sworn to protect,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said.

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    apnews.com Justice Department opens civil rights probe of sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men

    The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men.

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19963910

    > JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men in a racist attack that included beatings, repeated use of stun guns and assaults with a sex toy before one of the victims was shot in the mouth, officials said Thursday.  > > The Justice Department will investigate whether the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department has engaged in a pattern or practice of excessive force and unlawful stops, searches and arrests, and whether it has used racially discriminatory policing practices, according to Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke. > > Five Rankin sheriff’s deputies pleaded guilty in 2023 to breaking into a home without a warrant and engaging in an hourslong attack on Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker. A sixth officer, from the Richland Police Department, was also convicted in the attack

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    The rest of us are such bullies...

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