Current Affairs General US politics (ie, not POTUS related)

[TN Toffee]

They are just psychopaths hiding in pla8n sight aren't they?

Conservatives condemn Kristi Noem for ‘twisted’ admission of killing dog

Revelation in new book that possible Trump running mate killed ‘untrainable’ hunting dog prompts widespread revulsion

www.theguardian.com

What’s insane about this is that she has so little awareness that she would freely put this in her own book, like it wouldn’t even be problematic. It’s not like this story was unearthed by some intrepid journalist doing an investigative deep dive. Truly an all time self-own.

 

[neil999]

What’s insane about this is that she has so little awareness that she would freely put this in her own book, like it wouldn’t even be problematic. It’s not like this story was unearthed by some intrepid journalist doing an investigative deep dive. Truly an all time self-own.

Makes you wonder what she hasn't put in the book...

 

[verreauxi]

Very much agree here...

You Don’t Have to Publish Every Point of View ❧ Current Affairs

<p>It’s indefensible for the New York Times to publish an argument against women’s basic human rights.</p>

www.currentaffairs.org

 

[gonetomorrow]

Politicians say some daft things in the run up to elections but surely Trump's assertion that he'd encourage Russia to attack NATO allies has to take the biscuit.
He must be a foreign agent hiding in plain sight.

 

[Rook]

The ticket we could all get behind

NOEM - ZOUMA 2024

 

[Martin Alvito]

Columbia unrest echoes chaotic campus protest movement of 1968

Early on April 30, 1968, police arrested nearly 700 student protesters who had occupied buildings at Columbia, including Hamilton Hall. Fifty-six years later to the day, pro-Palestinian activists took over the same building.

www.nbcnews.com

Curious what their plan for food is. They'll run out of toilet paper like it's COVID, too.

Do they not learn about sieges in the history portion of that vaunted Core Curriculum? All admin has to do is prevent anything from going in/out, and wait them out.

 

[dylsexicbleu]

If my comparison to 1968 is correct expect the firebombing phase of operations on university campuses to begin soon.

 

[Yarrgh]

Columbia unrest echoes chaotic campus protest movement of 1968

Early on April 30, 1968, police arrested nearly 700 student protesters who had occupied buildings at Columbia, including Hamilton Hall. Fifty-six years later to the day, pro-Palestinian activists took over the same building.

www.nbcnews.com

Curious what their plan for food is. They'll run out of toilet paper like it's COVID, too.

Do they not learn about sieges in the history portion of that vaunted Core Curriculum? All admin has to do is prevent anything from going in/out, and wait them out.

Throw a few missiles at them for an authentic Palestinian experience.

 

[orchard]

The stormtroopers have piled in and cleared the hall on behalf of the administrators/finance of those pesky rational peaceniks now, right ? Know your place and the nation's values.

 

[Martin Alvito]

Throw a few missiles at them for an authentic Palestinian experience.

They sent in the riot police there to clear them, and are about to do the same at UCLA. It seems like university administrations are just looking for the first good excuse.

From the standpoint of student safety, this is probably a good thing. As for a healthy civil society, probably not so much.

 

[dylsexicbleu]

 

[Martin Alvito]

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will force a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson next week

Democrats have pledged to vote to kill Greene's motion to vacate and save the GOP speaker's job after he pushed through a $95 billion package with aid for Ukraine.

www.nbcnews.com

Not sure what having Democratic leadership go on record to table her motion accomplishes, but whatever. (To 'table' means to kill it, in American parlance. I realize it means the opposite most anywhere else.)

 

[Ruairi77]

Brown seem to be doing a good job of deescalating this.
Unlike Columbia and UCLA

 

[orchard]

Brown seem to be doing a good job of deescalating this.
Unlike Columbia and UCLA

Which one's the campus Uni that's actually let Israeli 'backed' non-members on site to antagonise the students and staff ? Fairly special that move like. Al Jazeera allegedly did a sting a few days ago and discovered rent-a-mob Israeli 'backers'.

To some extent I believe this scene is bigger than just this one issue for the West, it's also reason vs backroom politics. UK/US/Germany. None of the parties want this to be up for debate, like many of our other issues.

 

[orchard]

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Oh ffs