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[florduh]

What an incredibly bleak 24 hours.

Supreme Court overturns Chevron decision, curtailing federal agencies' power in major shift

The Supreme Court overturned a landmark 40-year-old decision that gave federal agencies broad regulatory power.

www.cbsnews.com

Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside

Lawyers representing cities are applauding a Supreme Court ruling that cities can enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outdoors in West Coast areas where shelter space is lacking.

apnews.com

Just a dumb, evil country.

 

[sedentree]

William Davies · Fever Dream: Fourteen Years Later

What is it that is coming to a close? This fourteen-year fever dream of failures, absurdities and outbursts of reaction...

www.lrb.co.uk

Tom Crewe · Carnival of Self-Harm: Good Riddance to the Tories

It would be a mistake to think that what has happened to Britain since 2010 is an accident, an unforeseen side-effect...

www.lrb.co.uk

 

[florduh]

Biden says he will NOT drop out of presidential race after debate

A presidential adviser told CNN this morning that not only is Biden refusing to step aside as the Democratic candidate, he is committed to stepping onto the debating stage again in September

www.dailymail.co.uk

I've seen Biden Loyalists claiming that people like me are being ableist. After all the man has a stutter. I should focus on the words he said, not the aesthetics. Here is a direct quote, devoid of his cadaverous visage and delivery:

Even if he didn't look and sound like he was moments from dying, this is fucking awful. It was a response to a question on Abortion. The Democrat's best issue. He turned it into an answer about Immigration. Their worst issue. It's also racist as fuck.

If he won't step down willingly, Jill or Kamala need to push him down a staircase. Today. After all "democracy" is on the line

Also. Important note to any Euros or Canadians: you are NOT allowed to view any video from that debate! Stay out of Dumbfuckistani Business

This is OUR personal shame to deal with!

 

[florduh]

We are through the looking glass here if the entire NYT Editorial Board is saying this

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1806810975317701037

This is important because he will not voluntarily step aside. But the Democratic Party does not represent voters. They represent donors. And every Democratic Party donor reads the NYT.

Also, a famous expert at good working brains has chimed in:

 

[Abele Rizieri Ferrari]

I wouldn't get your hopes up.

 

[666Honeybadger]

I wouldn't get your hopes up.

Every democrat right now:

"Give us a break and let nature take its course! (we are so close)"
I think they are secretly prepping a state funeral tbh..

 

[budski]

a president Harris in a couple years wouldn't bother me much,

 

[florduh]

a president Harris in a couple years wouldn't bother me much,

A couple years???? Brother, she needs to be the President by MONDAY.

What are we doing here? The guy's an Alzheimer's patient. This is terrifying.

Two Joe Bidens: The night America saw the other one​

Yeah, it's called "sundowning". Grandpa is lucid for a few hours during the day, and the rest of the time he doesn't know what decade it is.

I remember the Trump years. The constant background anxiety, wondering if he's gonna nuke Finland or something. The entire sales proposition for Biden, a lifelong mediocrity, is that we wouldn't have to worry anymore. Everyone could go back to brunch.

Well, I'm sorry but I can't enjoy brunch knowing that a guy who shouldn't be allowed to live on his own has the nuclear codes.

So, yes. It's malpractice to put this guy up for the most important election ever (part 3). But we have a more immediate problem.

 

[CANtalk]

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1dranjf

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[florduh]

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1dranjf

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Something I didn't even put together until now: the end of the Chevron Doctrine more or less kills the National Labor Relations Board. We're now back to the pre-New Deal era for unions.

Instead of filing suits with the government, Unions will have to go back to the 19th century tradition of saying "Listen boss. Me and the boys have a list of demands. You can either meet them or we'll burn this factory to the ground ".

And by the way. If you're not at least a multimillionaire, and you're cheering any of this bullshit on, "Yee-haw, no moar gubernment reg-u-la-tions", you are a fucking rube.

You're the modern equivalent of the medieval peasant who would cheer their local Lord along as he fucked their wife in front of them.

"Yes, m'lord! Your dick-game is so strong, m'lord! Give 'er the 'ol heave-ho, m'lord!"

Pathetic

 

[CANtalk]

Lawrence: We live in a country where most commentators declared the liar the debate winner​

Lawrence: We live in a country where most commentators declared the liar the debate winner

Twenty-four hours after the word “panic” appeared on television screens, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell provides what he calls “calm analysis” of the first presidential debate of the 2024 election.

www.msnbc.com

 

[sedentree]

What an incredibly bleak 24 hours.

Supreme Court overturns Chevron decision, curtailing federal agencies' power in major shift

The Supreme Court overturned a landmark 40-year-old decision that gave federal agencies broad regulatory power.

www.cbsnews.com

Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside

Lawyers representing cities are applauding a Supreme Court ruling that cities can enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outdoors in West Coast areas where shelter space is lacking.

apnews.com

Just a dumb, evil country.

Just watching Star Trek Insurrection and this quote felt relevant to the second link.

Jean-Luc Picard: But some of the darkest chapters in the history of my world involved the forced relocation of a small group of people to satisfy the demands of a large one. I'd hoped that we had learned from our mistakes, but it seems some of us hav

A great memorable quote from the Star Trek: Insurrection movie on Quotes.net - Jean-Luc Picard: But some of the darkest chapters in the history of my world involved the forced relocation of a small group of people to satisfy the demands of a large one. I'd hoped that we had learned from our...

www.quotes.net

 

[coolbreeze]

Just watching Star Trek Insurrection and this quote felt relevant to the second link.

Jean-Luc Picard: But some of the darkest chapters in the history of my world involved the forced relocation of a small group of people to satisfy the demands of a large one. I'd hoped that we had learned from our mistakes, but it seems some of us hav

A great memorable quote from the Star Trek: Insurrection movie on Quotes.net - Jean-Luc Picard: But some of the darkest chapters in the history of my world involved the forced relocation of a small group of people to satisfy the demands of a large one. I'd hoped that we had learned from our...

www.quotes.net

Fwiw, there's a great DS9 episode about the Bell Riots that end the Sanctuaries, which I mistakenly associated with what I could see of Picard's quote. Anyhow, the Sanctuaries were ghettos for the homeless, speaking of another topical Supreme Court fiasco:

Bell Riots

The Bell Riots were a pivotal series of events on Earth that took place in September 2024. Started in San Francisco's Sanctuary District A, they were named after protest leader Gabriel Bell. One of the most violent civil disturbances in all of American history, the riots and subsequent crackdown...

memory-alpha.fandom.com

 

[sedentree]

Fwiw, there's a great DS9 episode about the Bell Riots that end the Sanctuaries:

Bell Riots

The Bell Riots were a pivotal series of events on Earth that took place in September 2024. Started in San Francisco's Sanctuary District A, they were named after protest leader Gabriel Bell. One of the most violent civil disturbances in all of American history, the riots and subsequent crackdown...

memory-alpha.fandom.com

Getting a little off topic now, but I actually watched that in the recent past, basically in the midst of following this list

List of Star Trek episodes, chronological

 

[florduh]

Just watching Star Trek Insurrection and this quote felt relevant to the second link.

Wow. Didn't realize my childhood hero was an antisemite :

But some of the darkest chapters in the history of my world involved the forced relocation of a small group of people to satisfy the demands of a large one. I'd hoped that we had learned from our mistakes, but it seems some of us haven't.

And a fucking communist to boot :

Although, the past week has proved Captain Picard correct on that point

Fwiw, there's a great DS9 episode about the Bell Riots

That's this September!

But, yes. That is the future. If it's illegal to be homeless, we're a few months or years away from a "final solution" to the unhoused problem.

The only difference is, the American concentration camps will be privately owned and for-profit forced labor camps.

Anyhow, the Sanctuaries were ghettos for the homeless, speaking of another topical Supreme Court fiasco:

I'm getting really tired of problems that are easy to solve not being solved because it might mildly inconvenience the wealthy. It's not like building people homes is impossible by the laws of physics or something. Four fucking walls and a roof

There's also the issue that there are multiple vacant homes for every unhoused person.

Millions of Homes Still Being Kept Vacant as Housing Costs Surge, Report Finds

The nation's 50 largest metro areas have millions of homes that aren't being used. There are under 500,000 unhoused individuals in the entire country.

www.vice.com

 

[florduh]

'It's a mess': Biden turns to family on his path forward after his disastrous debate

Democratic leaders have stood by the president as he faces questions about his ability to defeat Trump in November. But privately, many are expressing concern.

www.nbcnews.com

So glad that the future of "democracy" (and maybe the world) comes down to whether or not the lady a Right Wing Dixiecrat married back in the mid 70's is a complete scumbag or not