Daniels said, most recently under oath, that after briefly meeting Trump in 2006, she was invited to dinner and to meet him at his hotel room. …

Daniels testified that she thought they would be going to a restaurant, and eventually used the bathroom in Trump’s hotel room, but upon re-emerging was surprised to find Trump stripped to his underwear sitting on the bed. Daniels testified she said “I think we should go” and moved toward the door but Trump allegedly stood in her way saying in part, “This is the only way you’re getting out of the trailer park.” Daniels could not remember how she ended up on the bed, but testified that they had sex in the missionary position and Trump chose not to use a condom. Daniels insisted she was neither forced nor under the influence, but also said it wasn’t something she wanted and that she “blacked out”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Daniels–Donald_Trump_scandal

Yeah, I too remember there was some anger but not the reason for it. Licensing issues, maybe? Anyway, with the kerfuffle, bloat, and Java requirement, it didn’t have enough to keep me from µTorrent.

Also been using qBittorrent for the last few years, on Windows and the last two years on Linux. With search plugins for key sites, so I can avoid the popups that even uBlock Origin can’t prevent.

(Due to an unpatched security vulnerability in the repo version of qB, currently using AppImages of latest versions of both qB and qB-enhanced. Only difference I personally notice is that qB-enhanced follows my system theme, dark.)

You’re welcome :)

re OT question: I remember trying out Azureus a bit back in the day, and with its “legit content distribution” section getting to watch this video:

YouTube - Benny Benassi - Satisfaction

But I didn’t stick with it, mainly used µTorrent and eMule.

The one with bigotry as a side effect would be:

So sad this is necessary now.

They had the relatively recent events of the English Civil Wars and the Glorious Revolution to remind them of the occasional need to remove a head of state (pun intended).

But in those cases, the legislature (Parliament) was the instigator and antagonist of the fight against a tyrant. I guess they never imagined the legislature (Congress) becoming the faithful/cowed lapdog of a tyrant that would consistently fail to use the power the constitution gives it.

Some states can have recall votes for governor but there’s nothing like that at the federal level, is there?

The other “democratic removal process” is impeachment for crimes, but we’ve seen what happens with that nowadays.

The UK dumped impeachment a couple of centuries ago, deciding legal matters should be decided by the courts, not politicians. Unfortunately with the terrorism he directs at judges who don’t kowtow to him, and the likes of Aileen Cannon peppering the system, even the judiciary can’t be relied on. ☹️

It’s totally objectifying to talk about Marjorie Taylor Greene like that.

I mean, that position worked so well for Liz Truss!

(It’s times like these I really wish the US had a parliamentary system, where the party can ditch an albatross leader.)

Or hosted in a way that is itself P2P? Like IPFS or ZeroNet?

Conservatives who are actually conservative??? Not radical lunatic rightists who do or say whatever Trump wants?

I didn’t realize any were left.

I remember when Americans having to pay tariffs on tea was enough to get them revolting.

Dudek had been a mid-level IT staffer at Social Security before being put on administrative leave for helping Elon Musk’s DOGE team access sensitive databases inside the agency. The Trump administration tapped him to lead the agency after more senior officials refused to cooperate with Musk’s team.

The most fanatically loyal to the Dear Leader, the most contemptuous of both the law and the people, are plucked from mediocrity and placed at the top.

This is America now.

And then the Sturmtrumper gives a masterclass in petulance and childishness.

TIL Planet Hollywood still existed.

Wisconsin result just in:

Along with his best bud, Dave Chappelle

Two decades torrenting in Mexico (also periods of eMule and Soulseek), never a problem. No VPN, no seedbox, no Tailscale.

(ISP: Telmex Prodigy Infinitum.)