Nope, the vast majority of crimes require intent and criminal statutes that didn’t make that a necessary element of the crime were frequently struck down as unconstitutional before our judicial system went to hell

That being said, what “intent” means exactly to a judge gets really complicated and can lead to unexpected results (e.g. if you intended to just stand around as a non violent lookout while your friends robbed a store with an unloaded handgun that probably could be intent enough for you to be convicted of murder when one of your friends gets shot and killed by the store attendant)

Oh yeah, I didn’t say they’d be arrested, I said they’d be an asshole. Not only are there tons of perfectly legal ways to be an asshole in America, it’s usually a very effective way of personally enriching oneself.

Yeah, I hope that plays out too, and it’s never out of the question with how unhinged and drugged up Musk is, but unfortunately I think this is less Musk stepping back for real and more of a bullshit PR move to get some of the heat off of Trump and Elon both -

The president remains pleased with Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency initiative, but both men have decided in recent days that it will soon be time for Musk to return to his businesses and take on a supporting role, according to three Trump insiders who were granted anonymity to describe the evolving relationship.

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One senior administration official said Musk is likely to retain an informal role as an adviser and continue to be an occasional face around the White House grounds. Another cautioned that anyone who thinks Musk is going to disappear entirely from Trump’s orbit is “fooling themselves.”

The transition, the insiders said, is likely to correspond to the end of Musk’s time as a “special government employee,” a special status that temporarily exempts him from some ethics and conflict-of-interest rules. That 130-day period is expected to expire in late May or early June.

Probably so

Nope, if the patron has chosen to do business in a stupid shitty country like mine they should pay a reasonable tip or they’re an asshole. I agree that it’s a completely stupid system that needs change, but screwing the server for a stupid culture they have no control over is not cool.

Nope, a motion for cloture would end this speech and any other debate and move the Senate along to its next vote

What progress was obstructed here? He started at 7 in the evening and went through the middle of the night, I doubt Republicans had plans to move some critical legislation at 3am.

I mean, giving an extra long speech where you point out all the terrible things Trump is doing and read letters from constituents is doing something, it’s just not a filibuster or anywhere near the level of intensity we need. Telling Republicans they’re hurting people isn’t going to change their minds.

“Booker’s speech is not a filibuster because it is not blocking legislation or a nomination.” (archived)

Also, “can’t” is bullshit, they just don’t want to

Huh, I’d never considered that difference. Every grammar resource I’ve seen online says “in spite of” and “despite” currently have the exact same meaning and the emotional connotations of “spite” (which seems to have just meant “in opposition to” for longer than it’s meant “in opposition to for vindictive reasons”) never got inferred into the phrase “in spite of”, but I actually think your reading makes more sense for how it should be (if only because there’s no point in having “in spite of” and “despite” mean different things).

I’d be ok with just ruling out that first option

I’m sure RFK’s CDC will get right to the bottom of what happened here and prevent it from happening again /s

This isn’t even the worst thing to come out of Rankin County in the past few years, they’re home of the police department that the media dubbed the goon* squad for their habit of just straight up kidnapping and torturing people. Like, they only got caught because a dumb bastard forgot to unload his gun before doing a mock execution and accidentally shot the tongue off of someone and they couldn’t come up with anyway to make the forensics on that look like anything other than what it was (they did try to argue they were somehow defending themselves for a few days).

*Slang changes fast, okay?

“felt like a kidnapping.”

In related news, these snozzberries feel like like snozzberries

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A photo of the victim taken by the news publication who interviewed her for this story

Moreover, caption for that photo points out how she “fell” out of a five story window at her abuser’s apartment and the full version of it shows she’s standing on a cane, i.e. dealing with a permanent physical disability because of her abuser’s abuse

But since the thumbnail cut off her cane and since you’ve still got a bit of a point regardless of the details I just added I’ve updated the post

obligatory Modest Mouse

Be nice or I’ll stab myself every citizen everyone in the country.

Legal permanent residents, international students, etc. are all going to have to suffer American prices too, but otherwise yeah, it’s not themselves they’re hurting

Economic events that are bad for most people in a state can very easily be opportunities for oligarchs who have the money to invest in the right things. If getting a bigger slice for themselves means a smaller pie overall they’re ok with it.