[-] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 80 points 4 months ago

The end of the article is great:

For his part, Mr. Raskin has tried to come up with creative ways to invoke Mr. Trump’s criminal cases without running afoul of the ruling.

During a recent floor speech, he made reference to an “unmentionable American felon, one of 19 million in the country” and an “unrepentant and anonymous convicted felon from New York” without mentioning the former president by name. He referred to Mr. Trump’s hush-money case as “the trial whose very existence must be sent down the Orwellian memory hole to save someone’s hurt feelings.”

In the interview, he noted that no rule could erase the facts of Mr. Trump’s status as a felon.

“I’m afraid the Republicans have now invited a contest for how creative we can be in talking about Donald Trump’s criminal convictions without explicitly stating those words,” Mr. Raskin said.

[-] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 155 points 7 months ago

It’s just incredible that the guy is in a legal battle about mishandling intelligence materials, and we’re even talking about giving him access to more of them. This country is absolute brain rot.

[-] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 321 points 11 months ago

This is the most simp-y shit I’ve ever heard of. You don’t bail out a billionaire.

[-] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 182 points 11 months ago

God I am so fucking tired of hearing about the 2020 election. Republicans are so exhaustingly insane.

[-] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 347 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This story is fucked. He was wrongfully convicted and then set free, gets $800k compensation in August, then pulled over (looks like they’re still coming up with a reason for pulling him over), threatened I’m sure with more jail (essentially provoked), tased then shot.

~~I think some fucking cops were after him and pissed that the dude got paid.~~

Video link from a comment below. Not a good look for the guy. Hard video to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GrcptVf8Yk

[-] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago

I’d say about $30 better

[-] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 88 points 1 year ago

He didn’t build any of that shit.

[-] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 83 points 1 year ago

This is the lowest-effort attempt at faking a sign I’ve seen in a while.

[-] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 118 points 1 year ago

Someone noted that basically all of the media from the Arab Spring—which was a massive Twitter moment—has been wiped out.

[-] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 78 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That’s how shit looks after it burns. You ever seen a campfire? And cloud cover or smoke filters daylight which actually reveals a lot of natural color. Think about what your town looks like on an overcast day vs a clear one.

[-] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago

“Plus” usually implies a cost, so this sent me for a loop.

[-] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago

I learned these real quick in the workplace as a young adult, around a coworker with a mentally disabled child, and with a coworker who was gay. The abstraction is what made using such crude language easy. As soon as I knew someone affected by the words, I snapped out of it.

Abstraction, come to think of it, is what permits a lot of bad behavior.

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