The GOP has been fighting a war against our educational system for about 70+ years. Add to that the fact that most of these people have been voting R for generations, so it's basically like a religion to them.
There's also the news networks that feed them the bullshit they've been brainwashed into wanting to believe.
It can if set up right. It's just not set up right.
I would love for potential politicians to be completely anonymous. You get their political platform, their voting history, and that's it. The candidates would be randomly selected from a database of people with the necessary qualifications to hold office, so no one can really buy their way in.
The U.S. government has taken notice of far-right extremists’ renewed interest in targeting critical infrastructure, releasing numerous bulletins and warnings to educate the public and communicate transparently about the nature of the threat. According to CNN reporting, in late April 2023, a Department of Homeland Security...
Dougan, a former Marine and police officer, fled his home in Florida in 2016 to evade criminal charges related to a massive doxxing campaign he was accused of launching against public officials and was given asylum by the Russian government. Most recently, Dougan has posed as a journalist in Ukraine’s Donbas region, testifying...
In the first quarter of 2024, Meta made $36.45 billion dollars - $12.37 billion dollars of which was pure profit. Though the company no longer reports daily active users, it now uses another metric: “family daily active people.” This number refers to “registered and logged-in users of one or more of Facebook’s Family...
...on Tuesday, the former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was all over social media for a picture taken of her during a visit to Israel. In the picture, Haley – the one Republican who had been frequently lauded for her smarts on foreign policy – is seen squatting down in front of a row of Israeli artillery...
His reputation, future, and even perhaps the White House’s destiny, will on Wednesday be placed in the hands of 12 citizens of his native New York City, proving that not even once-and-possibly future commanders in chief are above the law....
Yeah, each broiler house can hold ~20-50k chickens (depending on size). A few million chickens is a pretty large operation. Most farms around here have about 20 houses max.
Emergency workers told NBC News that the death toll was likely to rise, as many people had been trapped in the encampment as it was engulfed in flames....
My SO frequently includes me in conversations that they've already started in their head, and I have to remind them that I have zero context for what they just said.
Trump campaign raises record $34.8 million in donations after guilty verdict ( www.cnbc.com )
Key Points...
Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict ( www.reuters.com )
Donald Trump Should Drop Out ( washingtonmonthly.com )
The Targeting of Infrastructure by America’s Violent Far-Right ( ctc.westpoint.edu )
The U.S. government has taken notice of far-right extremists’ renewed interest in targeting critical infrastructure, releasing numerous bulletins and warnings to educate the public and communicate transparently about the nature of the threat. According to CNN reporting, in late April 2023, a Department of Homeland Security...
Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change ( apnews.com )
Hope it was worth it ( sh.itjust.works )
TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS ( www.bbc.com )
Windows 2000 professional ( lemmy.world )
John Mark Dougan, former marine and police officer, now living in Russia to evade criminal charges ( sh.itjust.works )
Dougan, a former Marine and police officer, fled his home in Florida in 2016 to evade criminal charges related to a massive doxxing campaign he was accused of launching against public officials and was given asylum by the Russian government. Most recently, Dougan has posed as a journalist in Ukraine’s Donbas region, testifying...
I don't know if my PC can handle this ( sh.itjust.works )
Dog...
It's so over ( lemmy.world )
The paint job on this Crust Wombat frameset ( sh.itjust.works )
WP: US concerned about Ukrainian strikes on early-warning radars on Russian soil, official says ( kyivindependent.com )
We're Watching Facebook Die ( www.wheresyoured.at )
In the first quarter of 2024, Meta made $36.45 billion dollars - $12.37 billion dollars of which was pure profit. Though the company no longer reports daily active users, it now uses another metric: “family daily active people.” This number refers to “registered and logged-in users of one or more of Facebook’s Family...
Jan. 6 officer says mother swatted after he called Tump 'authoritarian' ( lawandcrime.com )
Trump co-defendant's attorney says client only conspired as fake elector for '26 minutes' ( www.rawstory.com )
Request for VHS to Digital services for Internet Archive ( lemmy.ca )
Edit: And they are spoken for! That was quick!...
Amazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-ups ( arstechnica.com )
Tennessee Becomes the 2nd State to Enact an 'Abortion Trafficking' Law ( www.jezebel.com )
First Lady Jill Biden: "Those Polls Are Going To Turn," "Americans Are Going To Choose Good Over Evil" ( www.realclearpolitics.com )
Why is Nikki Haley scrawling genocidal messages on Israeli bombs? | Moustafa Bayoumi ( www.theguardian.com )
...on Tuesday, the former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was all over social media for a picture taken of her during a visit to Israel. In the picture, Haley – the one Republican who had been frequently lauded for her smarts on foreign policy – is seen squatting down in front of a row of Israeli artillery...
Justice Alito tells Congress he will not recuse from Jan. 6-related cases ( wapo.st )
He has something of a history of flying flags in support of the insurrection.
Judgment day looms for Donald Trump in New York | CNN Politics ( edition.cnn.com )
His reputation, future, and even perhaps the White House’s destiny, will on Wednesday be placed in the hands of 12 citizens of his native New York City, proving that not even once-and-possibly future commanders in chief are above the law....
More than 4 million chickens to be killed in Iowa after officials detect bird flu on farm ( www.cbsnews.com )
Nearly every time 🙃 ( lemmy.world )
Waste not ( lemmy.world )
Can't be the only one right?
So I created this blog from scratch, and after posting my first article I noticed something....
This automatic faucet that need the hands to be between the wall and the water to turn on. ( lemmy.world )
It’s not just boomers, young people are voting far right too ( www.politico.eu )
Ahead of the European election, striking data shows where Gen Z and millennials’ allegiances lie....
“Nowhere Is Safe”: Israel Bombs Tent Camp in Rafah, Killing 45 Palestinians ( truthout.org )
Emergency workers told NBC News that the death toll was likely to rise, as many people had been trapped in the encampment as it was engulfed in flames....
Autism rule ( midwest.social )
the people I know don't listen and often hear the opposite of what I say. That's why I have to repeat myself a lot.
WTF Joe... ( lemmy.world )
if you ever dropped water or liquids on a notebook and placed it in a bucket full of rice afterwards, did the notebook work again?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16155441...
Male birth control breakthrough safely switches off fit sperm for a while ( newatlas.com )