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Seems in all the cost cutting promises by Trump and President Musk, the military seems pretty much exempt. 800 Billion budget, 800 Million in cuts. Doesn't sound that bad to have a 1% cut but compared to other government agencies, seems like nothing. More significantly, after Musk criticizing...

Erdogan just had the Mayor of Istanbul arrested because the Mayor was expected to have a credible chance against Erdogan in the next election. Several other opposition mayors have also been arrested an replaced by government appointees...

Definitely action on gangs should be part of the country's actions on drugs but am I the only one concerned that this will lead to: a) US troops going into Mexico and b) an excuse to target and possibly deport Hispanic Americans?

Surprised there's no thread on this. https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/02/us/tesla-cybertruck-trump-hotel-wwk-hnk/index.html I would guess an obvious political message with the guy killing himself then blowing up the truck but I'd think an active duty Green Beret could get a bigger bang if he wanted...

More of a math geek video related to voting than a true politics topic but I found it interesting. Thankfully as an Engineer, adequate approximations are more important than detailed mathematical proofs. I do want to think more about the approval based voting system he discusses at the end...

Don't know if anyone has looked at the details in this semiofficial GOP policy doc but it's scary as fuck how happily the crowd that lauds the constitution is happy to vote for people who want to abandon it for personal benefit. Along with all their typical 'war on woke' bullshit, it is meant...

Can't believe there isn't a thread on this already. https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/mps-wittingly-took-part-in-foreign-interference-national-security-committee-1.6911673 Soon after they were elected, some Canadian members of Parliament began "wittingly assisting" foreign state actors, says a...

And I agree with everything he says (though I can't confirm his view on Hummus. https://mo-husseini.medium.com/50-completely-true-things-1ce672087b28 I am a Palestinian American who is tired of stupid people. I wanted to share a (not exhaustive) list of 50 useful and indisputable facts on...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/09/canada-first-nation-kawartha-lakes-validity Some dude is claiming he's part of an unheard of indigenous group demanding a huge chunk of land from lake Ontario up to Minden and exemption from Canada's laws and taxes while at the same time...

Very under-reported tragedy and extremely complex geopolitical conflict. For those not in the know, Al-Bashir was dictator for decades and one tool of keeping power was to create two parallel militaries so neither one would be in a position to hold a coup. In 2019, they teamed up and got rid...

By targeting them in online harrassment https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/utah-official-faces-calls-resign-falsely-suggesting-teen-girl-transgen-rcna137903

The Court deems it necessary to emphasize that all parties to the conflict in the Gaza Strip are bound by international humanitarian law. It is gravely concerned about the fate of the hostages abducted during the attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 and held since then by Hamas and other armed...

I was thinking about starting a thread about Trump's promises to enact a whole bunch of authoritarian measures on his first day while the alleged freedom crew cheer him on but then I came across this. https://www.freedominthe50states.org/personal Seems that many Red States have far worse...

No surprise that Iran wants their Lebanese proxy to support their Gaza proxy...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/30/us/mississippi-11-year-old-shot-aderrien-murry-interview/index.html An 11 year old calls 9-11 for his mom because of an aggressive ex of hers coming over, tells dispatch that there are no guns or weapons involved, walks out of the house with his hands up when the...

I guess Florida is getting rid of science. https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/24/politics/ron-desantis-florida-universities-gender-studies/index.html Amazing how much this guy is willing to fuck up his state to get the GOP nomination. His self-published book seems to be a hot mess too, justifying...

Seems that the freedom loving republicans in Idaho are supporting people's free choice by making mRNA vaccines illegal there, not only for humans but any mammal. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/idaho-lawmakers-introduce-legislation-criminalize-044725902.html

Seems that Ford's government is full of shit with their promises and even implementing their budget. 5 Billion in budgeted money for Health care that they've chosen not to spend while at the same time, he keeps bragging about how much he's invested to fight staffing shortages. How many...

I'm sure that they were all planted by the FBI and that as VP he was allowed to leave the docs in a private office. Either that or Biden can get in a similar amount of shit as Trump. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/politics/joe-biden-classified-documents-upenn/index.html I'm sure this is...

Ford announced his plan to increase housing supply to much fanfare. No surprise that it's just an excuse to save his developer buddies a few bucks. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/housing-plan-development-charges-1.6633771 So developers save money and municipalities are the ones left...