I think the original commenter means that Google got off with a tap on the wrist

This take makes a lot of sense, fair enough.

I guess I’m just expecting the worse because of all the norms they’re breaking. Maybe not a war, but I would not be surprised if the CIA leans on us a little more heavily than they already have (allegedly, but let’s be honest, very likely).

I’m still (probably naively) hoping people wake the fuck up and resist like their lives depended up it.

This voting system does not spark joy (thanks for the explanation!)

I feel like your (the US’) only hope is a proper grassroots campaign.

Preferential voting or bust.

Because it’s really going to be bust, at this rate.

I feel like what the rest of the world doesn’t understand (I am from the "rest of the world), is that the USA is VASTLY more powerful than the Nazis ever were. Barely any country is sounding the alarm seriously. Just “oh we’re concerned about what’s happening”.

We are truly fucked.

And we’re under the US’ thumb (Australia).

At least we’re majority white… maybe that’ll keep us safe, temporarily.

I hate this timeline, so very much.

Do they not have preferential voting in the primaries?

Is this a specific NYC democratic party thing?

I am not from the US.

As much as we’d all faun over the fall of the US empire, I don’t think fascism in the US would work out well for anyone.

Why Harris?

Wait until Tremp finds out all digital services now need to charge GST in Australia (10%) since like 10 years ago.

Some of you are. Another portion is in poverty, another is apathetic, and another is straight up cheering him along.

Considering what’s happening to the rule of law, the first group is far too small.

We’re counting on you, wishing you godspeed from the provinces.

I hate how we (Australia) are so closely tied to a country that is speed-running the late Roman republic.

It’s all there, a “democratic” system run by the wealthy, for the wealthy, physical intimidation of voters and politicians, a rigged voting system, ignoring the law for the benefit of a populist leader promising to deliver the masses from the corrupt establishment.

How many times per day does your boyfriend think of the Roman Empire?

Recently, surely dozens

Can the supreme court just straight up ignore the constitution, under the constitution?

Surely no, right?

I’m thinking of keeping timer next to me for all the time I waste literally waiting for Windows 11 to load the bloody right click menu (and other things) at work.

Perhaps once you get preferential voting in, then primaries won’t be as necessary.

They’re not a big thing here (Australia), because most people aren’t party members, and each party has various methods of choosing candidates.

I’m just out here proselytising for preferential voting (for single member elections, that is).

Good on the new york democrats for using it at a party level 👍👍👍

My 5D chess move would be:

• Go: ok bet, you wanna shut it down? Your stores are now in immediate administration under some eminent domain law
• In order to mitigate political backlash, make it known that they’re able to sell their business to someone else, or the city, provided that the subsequent owner is bound to either run it, or sell it to the city

Watch them get mad because you haven’t technically seized it, they can still sell the business (maintaining the sacrosanct rights to private property capitalists love so much), you’ve just prevented them from closing it down, and everyone gets to keep their jobs :)

Iran’s theocratic regime aside (which the US is largely responsible for creating), why exactly are the US (and a handful of other countries) somehow more worthy of having nukes than others?

It’s some bullshit if you ask me.

The question of “do we really want X country having nukes?” seems to come off as: “it’s okay for country Y (the US) to have nukes”.

I for one, am not a fan of anyone having nukes, but if we’re not planning on getting that number to zero, not sure how it’s justified to say a certain country doesn’t deserve them, other than maybe North Korea who are completely unhinged, but how can we draw the line? The USA is literally just committing acts of war because they’ve unilaterally decided that Iran has nukes, without evidence, and that means they’re justified in doing pre-emptive strikes.

I don’t think any country is ever justified in pre-emptively striking another without extremely strong evidence.

I’m thoroughly unconvinced that any war the US has fought other than World War II has been justified.

I typically hear people say it at my company because we’re all busy as hell and time in meetings is time spent not doing tasks (which are a mix of necessary and not).

We’re “getting back” the time to work, not relax

Should be at least streamed to a server not controlled by the police, including things like charge levels so they can’t claim “oh whoops, it ran out of charge!”. A specific organisation within the judiciary, perhaps?

This way they’re gonna need to get far more creative in concealing video.

And if you’re found to do something that is concealing evidence, well that’s a crime by itself

Surely Trump could have ignored them, as an official act of course.