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• On the post: Supreme Court Surprisingly Backs FCC Effort To Punish AT&T, Verizon For Spying On Public Location Data

  

  Thad ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2026 @ 09:51am

  Could have done without the racism and homophobia, my guy.

• On the post: Trump Attempts To EO America Into Mimicking Denmark’s Vaccination Schedules

  

  Thad ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2026 @ 09:50am

  That and the stochastic terrorism. Marge Taylor-Greene gave him some mild pushback and she quit three months later because she couldn't take the heat she got for it.

• On the post: The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Have One Consistent Rule: Black Votes Shouldn’t Count

  

  Thad ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2026 @ 02:46pm

  Hey, quick question: who gets to decide what those clauses mean? Followup question: does that maybe clear up why we need reform?

• On the post: Bari Weiss Asked 60 Minutes To Lie. Scott Pelley Had Already Done Plenty On His Own.

  

  Thad ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2026 @ 02:38pm

  Motherfucker did you just bothsides bothsidesing?

• On the post: Bari Weiss Asked 60 Minutes To Lie. Scott Pelley Had Already Done Plenty On His Own.

  

  Thad ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2026 @ 01:42pm

  He should have asked people at the NYT how well working with Bari Weiss went for them.

  Oh yeah, because if I want someone who isn't going to sing the praises of bothsides journalism, my first stop is gonna be the New York fuckin' Times.

• On the post: Bari Weiss Asked 60 Minutes To Lie. Scott Pelley Had Already Done Plenty On His Own.

  

  Thad ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2026 @ 01:38pm

  Everything Sauron showed Denethor in the Palantir was real, too.

• On the post: Bari Weiss Asked 60 Minutes To Lie. Scott Pelley Had Already Done Plenty On His Own.

  

  Thad ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2026 @ 01:37pm

  I agree with Pelley and think showing the violent side of the protests was the right decision.

  Of course you do.

• On the post: CBS Fires Scott Pelley For Telling Bari Weiss The Truth

  

  Thad ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2026 @ 01:44pm

  But Weiss has shown repeatedly that she’s marginally competent and has the media savvy of a 90-year-old Conservative man.

  Yes, 90-year-old conservative men, famous for...being bad at running conservative news outlets. I feel like that analogy probably could have used a second pass.

• On the post: The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Have One Consistent Rule: Black Votes Shouldn’t Count

  

  Thad ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2026 @ 12:34pm

  He knows his race was a consideration in his appointment to the Court and it eats him up inside and he's made it everyone else's problem.

• On the post: The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Have One Consistent Rule: Black Votes Shouldn’t Count

  

  Thad ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2026 @ 11:26am

  The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Have One Consistent Rule: Black Votes Shouldn’t Count

  Well, one Black vote should.

• On the post: Feds Begin Targeting ‘Anti-Technology Extremists’ Which Is Going To Make Everything So Much Worse

  

  Thad ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2026 @ 11:51am

  Of course you will. Do you have any that are falsifiable? Like, a rough estimate of when it will be ratified that's actually within our lifetimes and not open-ended? A basic idea of what the amendment will be besides "something something AI"? Any thoughts on what will make it palatable to 2/3 of both houses of Congress in a way that no other amendment proposed in the past 50 years has been, and then 3/4 of state legislatures? Guesses as to which states might be the holdouts? Are you willing to make any predictions you might look back on in 5 years and say "Gee, I was really wrong about that one; maybe I didn't think this through and should have paid more attention to all the people telling me so"? And if you're not, does that say anything about the strength of your position? Here, I'll make a couple. Falsifiable, relatively near-future.

  1. There will be a major AI crash and global economic recession within the next 5 years.
  2. There will be no constitutional amendments ratified within the next 10 years, concerning AI or any other subject.

  If I'm wrong, well, I'll plan on eating some crow when the time comes (but also be relieved if there's been no economic recession, and possibly relieved that the amendment process has become functional again, depending on how we got there and what the amendment is we're passing). I've been wrong before -- I never thought Trump could win the 2016 primary, let alone the general -- and I'm willing to admit it when I am.

• On the post: Disney Moves To Protect Its Broadcast Licenses From Brendan Carr’s Sham Investigations

  

  Thad ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2026 @ 11:09am

  Expose them to light? They're doing it right out in the open!

• On the post: Administration ‘Aliens’ Website Proudly Announces ICE Has Arrested Over 700 US Citizens

  

  Thad ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2026 @ 10:47am

  These asshats don’t care.

  Which is the entire point. It's just racism. It was always just racism.

• On the post: Administration ‘Aliens’ Website Proudly Announces ICE Has Arrested Over 700 US Citizens

  

  Thad ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2026 @ 10:03am

  We know why Puerto Rico is on the list.

• On the post: Disney Moves To Protect Its Broadcast Licenses From Brendan Carr’s Sham Investigations

  

  Thad ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2026 @ 09:22am

  In this case the trick is that it's not Carr's money.

• On the post: Feds Begin Targeting ‘Anti-Technology Extremists’ Which Is Going To Make Everything So Much Worse

  

  Thad ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2026 @ 09:17am

  Hell, on a long enough timeline, I imagine the chances of there not being some kind of amendment to the U.S. Constitution that has something to do with AI is probably zero.

  Now that's silly.

• On the post: Disney Moves To Protect Its Broadcast Licenses From Brendan Carr’s Sham Investigations

  

  Thad ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2026 @ 08:08am

  ...do you... ...do you not think Disney's lawyers have done anything in the past 30 years

• On the post: Prosecutor Nopes Out Of The DOJ After Being Handed The James Comey ‘8647’ Case

  

  Thad ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2026 @ 03:47pm

  Lindsey Halligan — managed to set fire to pretty much everything she touched before deciding to exit to the DOJ.

  "deciding"

• On the post: Judge Reopens Trump’s IRS Case, Wants To Know If The Court Was Defrauded

  

  Thad ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2026 @ 12:02pm

  There are rumors that he's backing off the slush fund, though they're anonymously-sourced and the only quoted source said "It's dead for now," emphasis mine, like it might come back later.

• On the post: CBP Commander Greg Bovino Is Taking Guest Speaker Spots At White Nationalist Conferences

  

  Thad ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2026 @ 10:36am

  The accompanying text suggests Nazi salutes are just another way federal officers can visibly show their support for ICE and its activities.

  Well, can't argue with that.

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