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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 22m

Introducing a resolution that John Carter was a box office sensation

Introducing a resolution that, per my coffee mug, I am no.1 dad

Introducing a resolution ratifying the Harlem Globetrotters’ player stats

Introducing a resolution picking a side on the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 30m

It’s a bop

The line where Cash stifles feigned laughter with “he won’t do that again” cracks me up every time

youtu.be/_CoMSJyrHnY

Custer

YouTube video by Johnny Cash - Topic

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 32m

Remember when [checks notes] Donald Trump called Qatar a state sponsor of terrorism

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017...

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 2h

if Johnny Cash were releasing his albums today he’d be mauled by the far-right as a woke Marxist

Dude loved trains, was constantly writing the first shall be last, and he had a song about how cool it was George Armstrong Custer got scalped

youtu.be/72iuK-aDWSM

All of God's Children Ain't Free

YouTube video by Johnny Cash - Topic

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 2h

The new ~£35 billion Hinckley Point C nuclear power plant that has given British politicians both plaudits & fits and will have taken ~15 years to build & open will consist of 2x 1.6 GW fission reactors, ie, roughly half the solar farm that Donald Trump just killed

www.edfenergy.com/energy/nucle...

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 4h

There are already reports that the IDF isn’t pulling back from territory or ceasing shelling as promised though

That doesn’t impact the counterparty?

❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 7h

30 republicans voted no

www.senate.gov/legislative/...

U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 118th Congress - 1st Session

www.senate.gov

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 8h

If tomorrow Trump called Bibi and said “you know what? Screw it, do what you want. Honestly I don’t care anymore“ you don’t think that could cause the situation to wobble?

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 8h

Idk I’m no expert but wouldn’t you want leverage to sustain trust & followthru from the sides, even after ostensibly agreeing to a framework? (Hamas’ chief negotiator in Egypt literally had his son killed by Israel in a surprise strike in Doha just weeks ago)

There’s a lot of detail & execution

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 8h

Speaking of Australia, my better half has a specialty in resentencing juveniles in the US in all 50 states and DC, and when googling a (putatively) simple question, the LLM not only confuses among adult/juvenile and US states, but sometimes pulls from the UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland, and NZ

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 8h

I read that whole sordid book from a US publication copy, and if Melania Trump ever came up in the book it was very brief

There was some mention maybe of her and Donald on Epstein’s plane?

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 8h

Gonna be real tragicomic when Trump pulls back whatever leaverage he’s been putting on Bibi once Trump learns he isn’t the Nobel prize winner

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 8h

I had meant Pepe and the far-right’s Pepe-related use of frog emojis being the evil frog

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 14h

Faraqui says the gov’t’s position is a magistrate’s role is purely ministerial and he has no power to reject any proffered indictments for any reason—beside noting the absurd implications of this argument, Faraqui notes he recently rejected an indictment in another case, and the gov’t didn’t object:

It should come as no surprise to the government that this Court serves as more than a mere
rubber stamp on grand jury returns. Indeed, just last week, the undersigned refused a facially
invalid indictment because the government failed to present a charge to the grand jury, as reflected
in the poll sheet, that was in its indictment. The government acknowledged the error and informed
the undersigned that they would resubmit their indictment at a later date.

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 9h

The history books having to explain cartoon frog = fascist, inflatable frog = anti-fascist…

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 9h

Still a good move to try to repeal Congress’ open blessing for the president to sustain military action in Iraq (honestly it’s notable that in 2023, 20+ senators voted against formally ending the Iraq War!)

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 9h

There was a previous 1991 and 2002 Iraq AUMF repeal bill in 2023 that was cosponsored by Mike Lee and Bernie Sanders that got almost 70 votes in the senate, but never advanced to final passage or got picked up in the House for whatever reason

www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-...

Senate advances bill to repeal Iraq war authorizations in bipartisan vote

The White House said President Biden supports the bill, which would repeal the 1991 and 2002 authorizations for use of military force.

www.cbsnews.com

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 9h

I think that user is confusing the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs

The 2001 AUMF is the open-ended one that has been overbroad and abused

Kaine has been trying to get the 2002 and 1991 Iraq authorizations repealed but it’s substantially symbolic

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authori...

Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 13h

Ingrassia represented Andrew Tate so I guess you could say he lives his values

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 14h

That answer is like straight out of Scalia’s Lawrence v. Texas dissent

“I don’t hate gay people, I hate people who do gay conduct“

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 14h

Faraqui says the gov’t’s position is a magistrate’s role is purely ministerial and he has no power to reject any proffered indictments for any reason—beside noting the absurd implications of this argument, Faraqui notes he recently rejected an indictment in another case, and the gov’t didn’t object:

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 17h

Anyway Albert Speer presented this model to Adolf Hitler in April 1939 for Hitler’s 50th birthday

A model of the so-called Triumphbogen, which was intended to form a part of the new Nazi capital. The Nazis only ever got as far as some structural tests, some of which still exist

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 17h

Cool that we 9 month in we are up to the Welthauptstadt Germania stage

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 1d

Beside the point, but Texas v. Johnson is one of those “hold on, it was *that* close?” 5–4 cases where the dissents age like limburger. John Paul Stevens dissented!

Rehnquist’s principal dissent says flag burning is an “inarticulate grunt or roar” that convey no expressiveness “but to antagonize”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 20h

The only Jewy things about I remember are hamotzi and that we had mandatory services attendance on either Friday night or Saturday morning

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