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littlebro07 posted...

That letter cant be real

What makes you say that?

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https://twitter.com/kristincbrown/status/1357404828566228997

The union responds
https://twitter.com/bristei/status/1357400965780033546


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Also just, politically speaking, you're going to get much more flak from people who were expecting checks (because they received the previous two) missing out, or people in need of assistance not getting it, than you ever would from the five debt dweebs actually upset at the idea of helping more people.

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https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1357386501794000900


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Squall28 posted...

Sounds good to me.

We're already spending stupid amounts of money. Target the people who actually need it.

You can't meaningfully do that on the basis of 2019 incomes.

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Fuck, that's my bad, not what I meant. I'm sorry.

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https://twitter.com/justfp/status/1357377288690495491

Seems like there's a fair amount of wiggle room in that terminology that would allow for US support for ongoing Saudi efforts, but this seems good, imo.

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CommonGrackle posted...

Dick Cheney is still around?

This is about Liz Cheney, his daughter, who voted for impeachment and came under fire from Republicans for that.

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https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1357365630169669637


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skermac posted...

Why did tc point out a newsmax host instead of just saying a man did it? Biased much?

Because I'm not going to make a topic about just some unimportant rando. I have to give context for why people should care.

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https://twitter.com/gregkellyusa/status/1357364273182343168


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Republican elected officials, by definition, haven't lost. These are the ones still with jobs. And largely they come from red states or gerrymandered safe red districts where the biggest threat to their job security is a primary from a Republican who will praise Trump more than them.

Additionally, they have severe constraints on the sorts of economic policies they can offer voters, and as such have to find alternative methods of generating enthusiasm. Trumpism has proven useful for that purpose.

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spikethedevil posted...

Can I get a cheap pre owned copy of 2 and use that?

Yeah, any copy will do

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So, the content that you can bring in to 3 has to come from 2; owning 1 entitles you to the Legacy Pack for 2, ownership of which lets you bring those levels into 3, there's just that additional step in between. You'll have to, I believe, open Hitman 1 and you'll be able to redeem that legacy pack from the menu there. Once that's all installed, you should be able to download the GOTY Legacy Pass in 3 to play all those missions.

2 could be found on sale fairly regularly in the past, but I'm not sure what the case is currently.

Yes, this is all more confusing than it needs to be.

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SPE posted...

so you mean one party rule, forever. Sounds healthy/Democratic

No, in the same way that saying "imagine not having a Nazi government again" doesn't entail permanent one party rule

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- Corey Robin, The Reactionary Mind

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Yeah, you just have to grind near the endgame to make those fights winnable. Also it starts being really helpful to know what elements bosses are weak to.

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https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1357133641965596672


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Update
https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1357129502275620865


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https://twitter.com/cam_joseph/status/1357121714774290432


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hockeybub89 posted...

Hitman

That's right

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Antifar posted...

Nobody's even guessed mine, so I'll add a second round to hint



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Bump

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https://nyti.ms/2MU16zj

President Biden told House Democrats on Wednesday that he would not agree to scale back the $1,400 direct payments to many Americans that are a centerpiece of his $1.9 trillion stimulus package, but would consider restricting them to lower-income individuals as Republicans have proposed.

We cant walk away from an additional $1,400 in direct checks, because people need it, Mr. Biden told the lawmakers on a private conference call, according to two people who participated. Im not going to start my administration by breaking a promise to people.

But he added: We can better target the number Im OK with that.

Mr. Bidens comments came as Democrats pressed forward with their budget resolution in Congress, laying the groundwork to use a procedural maneuver that could eventually allow them to push through the presidents sweeping pandemic aid plan without Republican support. It was part of a two-track strategy that Mr. Biden and Democratic leaders were employing to speed through the relief package: show Republicans that they have the votes to pass an ambitious package with only Democratic backing, but offer to negotiate some details in hopes of gaining Republican support.

We need to act fast, Mr. Biden told the Democratic lawmakers, according to the people, who detailed the private conversation on condition of anonymity. Its about who the hell we are as a country.

Some Republicans have argued that the next round of stimulus checks should go to Americans most in need. Under Mr. Bidens plan, the full $1,400 payment would be limited to individuals earning no more than $75,000 a year, but those with higher incomes would receive smaller checks.

The presidents signal that he was open to compromise on the matter came a couple of days after he met at the White House with 10 Republican senators who are seeking a $618 billion package they said could win bipartisan backing. Their proposal calls for checks of up to $1,000 that would go only to individuals earning less than $50,000 a year, with the full payment limited to those whose annual income was $40,000 or below.

Later, Mr. Biden met separately at the White House with Senate Democrats and again discussed narrowing eligibility for the checks.

We did have a conversation about the direct payments and how those might be modified in a way to ensure theyre targeted, said Senator Chris Coons of Delaware, who attended the hourlong session.

On the call with House Democrats, Mr. Biden said he was not married to a particular, absolute number on the overall stimulus package.

We can make compromises on several of the programs, he told them, adding, we have to take care of the people who are hurting.

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Yeah I definitely think liberals can go too far in their liberalism.

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https://reason.com/2021/02/03/milwaukee-cops-left-4-year-old-in-freezing-car-overnight/

Milwaukee police officers left a 4-year-old girl in an impounded car overnight after arresting the girl's mother on suspicion of drunk driving. On Tuesday, lawyers for the family filed a lawsuit against the city and the police sergeant of Milwaukee, as well as five officers involved in the incident, which occurred in November 2018.

Police had responded to a call about a minivan pulled over on the side of the road and wound up taking the girl's mom into custody. The girl, identified by the initials F.K., was sleeping in the back of the vanand her aunt told police this, the suit against the city claims.

But police ordered the aunt (who had also been in the vehicle) to leave the car and did not bother checking for the child, according to the girl's lawyers. Instead, the officerswho did not have their body cameras turned onlet the vehicle be towed to a nearby impound lot, on a night where the temperature dropped below freezing.

The girl was discovered the next day when someone working in a nearby tow lot heard her "very upset and crying," said Jeff Polenske, a city engineer, at a press conference about the incident. She was taken to a local hospital emergency room.

Polenske added that city protocols for impounded vehicles were being reviewed. Not checking the car apparently went against city protocol, which says Milwaukee cops must "thoroughly" search a vehicle at the scene before it is towed and that the city tow lot operator should also inspect the vehicle.

The girl's mother was criminally prosecuted for child neglect and driving under the influence and sentenced to 10 months in prison. She was also ordered to have no contact with her children. Local news reports at the time portrayed the girl's abandonment in the vehicle overnight as the mother's fault.

Two Milwaukee police officers received suspensions over the incident. James Collinsone of five officers named as defendants in the lawsuit, along with Fabian Garcia, Antonio Dorsey, Emily Markert, and David Paszkiewiczwas suspended for 25 days, according to TMJ4 Milwaukee. Garcia was suspended for 10 days.

"Collins was the same officer involved in the controversial arrest of Sterling Brown, the former Milwaukee Bucks player," notes TMJ4. The city wound up paying $750,000 to Brown, who was tased by police responding to a report that Brown was parked illegally.

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g980 posted...

Whats that got to do with workers owning the means of production

Precarity is an obstacle to workers organizing themselves. If people are made more reliant on their employment for their healthcare, or fear their head could be next on the chopping block, they're less likely take risks in organizing.

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Absolutely

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Nice


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Steep is great for this, too

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BotW

The Crew/2

Hitman games, for varying definitions of exploring.

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g980 posted...

what does taxing the rich have to do with workers owning the means of production

The alternative is across the board budget cuts, which means layoffs for teachers and cuts to healthcare funding.

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https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1356702926899605506

lol

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ultimate reaver posted...

How was the adrenochrome

Tasty

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We have tried to make political education part of what we do, with reading groups and stuff like that; we don't expect expertise and there are a bunch of folks who show up and just listen.

Tonight's meeting focused on the tax the rich campaign and a recent incident of police violence in our city.

DrizztLink posted...

Were there socialists there?

Yes

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what are your thoughts on this?

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TerraSeeker posted...

When can we expect the socialist utopia/dystopia?

The 16th.

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Blue_Dream87 posted...

How many people there would you describe as social democrats?

I couldn't put an exact number on it, but yeah, a decent amount

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The Trent posted...

were there any rich ass folks at the meeting

I couldn't really say.

treewojima posted...

Did you learn all the old union hymns?

We've never been a singing chapter, even when we would meet in person

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Now, this is just a personal preference thing. But IMO, 9'6" is too damn tall

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The Trent posted...

was the 27 number inspired by bernie or is there something about 27 that i just don't know

Probably a Bernie thing

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FlameTurtle posted...

how much are the dues

They start at $27 a year, but you can apply for exemptions. No one's shut out due to an inability to pay.

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ImAMarvel posted...

I'll check it out myself. How many people are in your group?

We have over 300 dues paying members in our area, but 30 were at the meeting tonight, and that's probably on the larger side for a meeting like this.

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ImAMarvel posted...

Very cool.

I've been thinking about including myself in more local politics and joining a group like yours, Anti. Do they have a Florida chapter?

From the looks of it, several based on locality. But I can't speak for how large or active any of those might be.

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The Trent posted...

what WAS on the agenda this time around?
how many speakers are there at the meeting? does everyone get heard or are most members passengers?

The aforementioned Tax The Rich campaign, updates from our working groups, and breakout rooms to talk about police violence.

There's one facilitator who guides the meeting along, but the campaign stuff was led by two other people, after which there was a Q&A where anybody could voice their thoughts on it. And then everybody was expected to talk a bit in the smaller group settings.

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IShall_Run_Amok posted...

Did you insert your agenda into muh video games, muh star wars, or muh children's cartoons?

We did at last month's meeting, but it wasn't on the agenda this time around

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MabusIncarnate posted...

The Dems made good on their end because of how the bill was presented. Once it's signed and done, you can't just change it.

I mean this bill is entirely new, not the one that passed in December.

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The Trent posted...

how much is in the fund

It's now independent of our org, so I don't have those figures. But it continues distributing food and assistance around the community.

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The Trent posted...

did the members pool their stimmies together for the cause?

I know I wasn't the only one who put my $1200 towards a mutual aid fund we helped establish last year.
FlameTurtle posted...

how you doing on queer demographics

I can't speak towards the orientation of everyone, but we have a few NB/trans members.

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