Despite these efforts, some Republicans remain skeptical about the integrity of the election process.

Uhh, the efforts aren’t for “election integrity,” they’re to protect staff from the fascists.

Now you tell me.

Zuckerberg: I want a nuclear-powered data center!

Bees: Nooo

It’s still the same violation as originally brought before the court. Offering anything of value to someone for being registered to vote, explicitly including lottery entries, is illegal. That is what happened.

Lying about it being a lottery is an additional crime.

The Secret Service also have plans for physical security measures outside of the West Palm Beach, Fla. convention center where former President Trump will host an event on Election Night, the outlet reported.

They’re going to need to keep the fascists inside.

But it does solve the real problem of rich people not having another way to avoid paying taxes.

“Many Americans” have always and will always live paycheck to paycheck. Seize the means of production.

Nobody is forcing you to drink tap water.

Roe v Wade: “This should be decided by the states!”

Fluoride in water: “This should be decided by the federal government!”

???

The quote you’re looking for:

“And I have a piece of glass over here, and I don’t have a piece of glass there, and I have this piece of glass here,” he opined. “But all we have really over here is the fake news, right?”

“And to get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news, and I don’t mind that so much,” he continued. “I don’t mind, I don’t mind that.”

He’s talking in the first part about bulletproof glass, and then “all we really have over here is the fake news” is when he is pointing at what I believe to be the press area. He points again while saying “somebody would have to shoot through,” completing this gesture with his pointed right hand coming slightly back to himself, as though to mimic the path of a bullet.

Donald Trump has suggested that the press he doesn’t like should be shot, and that he “[wouldn’t] mind that.” It’s hardly a leap to think that as president, he would pardon anyone would would shoot those who oppose him.

How many people are borderline enough that if they had to figure things out on their own wouldn’t get diagnosed as an adult.

Again, that’s not how that works. ASD diagnosis is a lengthy process involving multiple days of interviewing. When someone goes undiagnosed until adulthood, but has figured out their own coping mechanisms and strategies, that doesn’t mean they aren’t on the spectrum anymore. As above, ASD and behavior are two different things.

… I’m high functioning, …

Have you been diagnosed? If you had, I’d have to think you would already know the above.

That’s not how that works. ASD is one thing; behavior is another. However.

My son is on the spectrum, not diagnosed until his mid teens. He’s attended some college so far, and took advantage of a support program at the school for people with an ASD diagnosis. The first year, he was in a dorm specifically built for this program, so over the course of the year, he got a lot of new exposure to “people like him.”

Just today he was remarking (again) about how “sheltered” and “coddled” a lot of the other students in this program are. He sees how people respond to situations, and he sees how parents interact with their kids when visiting, moving in/out.

My son is glad to not have had a diagnosis until later on. He recognizes that having gotten some bullying in school - while definitely not desirable, did happen - forced him to be introspective, and forced him to figure out coping mechanisms on his own.

Those are beneficial skills that are well taught by experience, and overprotective parenting (whether the kid is on the spectrum or not) reduces the ability for kids to learn those skills.

Weather disaster or not, it’s horrible to be thankful for a less-than-stellar jobs report.

The registered Democrat said she identifies as pro-life but doesn’t think anyone should make that choice for somebody else.

That’s … pro-choice.

“Illegal Corporate In-Kind Contributions”

wat

Audio engineers, tyvm

Honest question(s):

Does the National Guard for a particular state answer to the governor as their “Commander in Chief”? What about State Police, County Sherrifs, local police?

If the former is “yes,” and the latter is “no,” that would suggest that National Guard being mobilized is a better protection against the actions of fascist police than not.

Don’t get excited. That picture is a “booking photo from 2018,” from some previous fuckery.

This guy and his lackeys are just out there, freely doing this shit, right now. I imagine that if someone was to head over to the Ingles Markets in Lake Lure, NC, on NC-9 just south of US 64, they might still be there.

Since it’s apparently okay to do this now, he should have nine rifles shooting at him.

Have you seen SCOTUS? Has. And wholly enabled by the GOP, when McConnell was Speaker.

Fuck all of them.