My 401k today is $520 less than what it was Jan 21st. I put in almost $600 every 2 weeks.
That’s a good chunk of change that just disappeared. I can only imagine how much someone with a bigger retirement account than I have is hurting.
A “special Government employee” (or “SGE”) is an officer or employee in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government who is appointed to perform important […] for a period not to exceed 130 days during any period of 365 consecutive days.
https://www.doi.gov/ethics/special-government-employees
May 30th is 130 days from Jan 20th.
The DMV (or secretary of state offices) I know won’t see you without an appointment.
That was such a disingenuous comment. Literally relying on the peoples lack of history knowledge to distort the truth. It’s fucking doublespeak.
Don’t lie to my face and tell me I like it.
The supply chain comment makes me wonder if they might need new pagers soon.
It is the obligation of every university to refuse to cooperate beyond the minimum amount required by law. No one in the administration is working in good faith. Make them require the judicial branch.
Indirect becomes nebulous. At what degree of indirect harm do we set that limit. Almost every action we do may cause indirect harm to others. It might be better phrases as “physically” harms someone. I don’t want to get into someone doing something to themselves like taking drugs and restrict it solely on the basis that it will hurt their family and friends to see what happens to them.
I use it as the core base of my beliefs, but that doesn’t mean I don’t think that freedom divests them of any responsibility for their indirect actions. It’s the default position until something convinces me why it should be restricted or outlawed.
I also limit it to individuals working alone. Once they work in groups and organize the damage that can be done is different. Or doing it for commercial reasons. I believe private businesses can only exist under strict regulation.
I’m not giving an excuse. But really understand our size. There are a shitload of horror news stories that are posted here, but most people haven’t seen it hit close to home.
They are all in America, yes. But these are news stories that take place in what is effectively Moscow when your in London. We are getting pissed off, but while these news articles make it seem like the guard rails are off, and they are, the majority of people still aren’t actually seeing this shit. It’s still mostly those that are actively following the news. I don’t think people are really, truly understanding that it’s in their house already.
They did.
What’s funny is seeing the fox news right wing report of those questions though. How ridiculous they twist the interaction. https://www.foxnews.com/media/karoline-leavitt-says-ap-reporter-clearly-failed-grasp-trumps-tariff-plan-after-heated-exchange
I enjoyed the series, and rewatched it recently but I did disagree on several episodes/topics.
I’d love to see a new series though.
The core political belief I hold is that so long as you are not directly harming someone else, you should be free to do that. That said, I have a lot built up on that.
I do not extend it to corporations or government. I believe that regulation is undoubtedly necessary for a functioning society.
And with laws, nuance is in everything. Nothing is ever so black and white to have a zero tolerance policy.
I really, really don’t want this to pop off. I want there to be some other means.
I’m just having a real hard time seeing what other choice people with their backs against the wall will have.
It’s premise is that the courts can never be 100% correct. There is no level of burden of proof which is infallible.
No amount of modern technology guarantees that an innocent man won’t inadvertently be convicted and sentenced to death.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exonerated_death_row_inmates
If every case were so cut and dry, it would work.
But invariably there will come a case where it seems so certain but not be true. To accept the death penalty in any case, we must be okay with it being applied at least once to kill an innocent person.
I hereby direct the Attorney General to seek sanctions against attorneys and law firms who engage in frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious litigation against the United States or in matters before executive departments and agencies of the United States.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law […] abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people […] to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Fuck you, Trump.
His EO says
against the United States or in matters before executive departments and agencies of the United States.
The first amendment says:
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
This EO is literally just rescinding the first amendment.
No no. They are trans parents. Musk is a trans parent. He’s just not good at the parent part.
Oh I totally agree.
When I say efficiency, I’m talking about quickly providing service. I expect the USPS to be efficient in that they deliver the mail without sending something around the country pointlessly and that they deliver it quickly. Efficient in that appointments are easy to get. Efficient in that applications are processed in a timely fashion.
I don’t want meaningless busy work or pointless paperwork. I honestly don’t think there is a lot of that anyway. These aren’t things that federal workers want or administrators would set up to purposely be obtuse. (Other than those purposely trying to sabotage agencies for privatization. But I’m good with my tax money going to more federal workers. Those people aren’t getting rich on their government salaries.
I’m not saying perfection. That’s my last sentence. The fraud of by a small number of people is worth it if it means more people are helped.
It doesn’t make sense to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to prevent fraud of hundreds of dollars.
Oh I’m not stopping. Just pointing out how this is hurting people’s retirement.