[-] Laika@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 10 months ago

but Mark (I will not type that legal name. Gun to my head, I won’t)

This has to be one of the funniest comments I've read in a while lol

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More about Mullin: Senator Markwayne Mullin ran a multimillion-dollar plumbing business and lied that he only took a $50,000 salary on financial disclosure forms

https://web.archive.org/web/20231117121445/https://www.businessinsider.com/senator-markwayne-mullin-misleading-income-argument-union-president-2023-3

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[-] Laika@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 10 months ago

Just to be clear, it would be vetoed because the Republicans are the minority party right now (They only hold the house, not Senate or Presidency) and are proposing reducing funding from the IRS to pay for the Israel Aid package. The increased funding came from previous Biden passed legislation when Democrats had majority in all three places. Moreover, even if the house passes their bill it would instantly be shot down and returned to the house by the Democratic senate.

What is interesting is if the Republicans will take a hardline stance on no fundings for Ukraine. Institutionalists on the Republican side are very much in support of sending aid to Isreal, Ukraine, and Taiwan but they have progressively lost power to the openly Fascist wing known as the "Freedom Caucus." The Freedom Caucus, for very different reasons than MLs, are highly against sending aid to Ukraine but do silently support sending it to Isreal and Taiwan.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has used a system called Giant Oak Search Technology (GOST) to help the agency scrutinize social media posts, determine if they are “derogatory” to the U.S., and then use that information as part of immigration enforcement, according to a new cache of documents reviewed by 404 Media.

[-] Laika@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 11 months ago

She wants nothing more than to put us into WW3 for her imperialist ambitions

Laika

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