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If you wouldn't, then fire Hegseth today and have your DOJ bring everyone in the chain of command that led to that prosecuted.
Otherwise, the buck stops with you.
Otherwise, the buck stops with you.
December 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If you wouldn't, then fire Hegseth today and have your DOJ bring everyone in the chain of command that led to that prosecuted.
Otherwise, the buck stops with you.
Otherwise, the buck stops with you.
Who cares?
Focus. Trump's the one committing war crimes, not Schumer.
Focus. Trump's the one committing war crimes, not Schumer.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Who cares?
Focus. Trump's the one committing war crimes, not Schumer.
Focus. Trump's the one committing war crimes, not Schumer.
The Trump administration is committing war crimes. Let's attack the Democratic Senate Minority Leader.
Focus people.
Focus people.
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Trump administration is committing war crimes. Let's attack the Democratic Senate Minority Leader.
Focus people.
Focus people.
We wouldn't have had the next Dem Health Secretary a full on anti-vaxxer.
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
We wouldn't have had the next Dem Health Secretary a full on anti-vaxxer.
Given that it was Trump, I was concerned that he'd rush the approval process and push them out before the election. He didn't.
Yeah, there would have been some crackpots, but it wouldn't have gone widespread and it wouldn't have gotten institutional support.
Yeah, there would have been some crackpots, but it wouldn't have gone widespread and it wouldn't have gotten institutional support.
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Given that it was Trump, I was concerned that he'd rush the approval process and push them out before the election. He didn't.
Yeah, there would have been some crackpots, but it wouldn't have gone widespread and it wouldn't have gotten institutional support.
Yeah, there would have been some crackpots, but it wouldn't have gone widespread and it wouldn't have gotten institutional support.
They do, but politics can make them kill more people.
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
They do, but politics can make them kill more people.
And 20 years ago, that was a tiny minority.
November 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
And 20 years ago, that was a tiny minority.
Not really. Anti-vax was basically bi-partisan but fringe 20 years ago. Some small right wing religious groups and some crunchy granola leftists. It was the GOP that mainstreamed it with Covid. Dems wouldn't have. Even if it was Trump distributing it in 2021.
November 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Not really. Anti-vax was basically bi-partisan but fringe 20 years ago. Some small right wing religious groups and some crunchy granola leftists. It was the GOP that mainstreamed it with Covid. Dems wouldn't have. Even if it was Trump distributing it in 2021.
This was an income tax surcharge, not a wealth tax right?
Do we have examples of a wealth tax to look at?
Do we have examples of a wealth tax to look at?
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This was an income tax surcharge, not a wealth tax right?
Do we have examples of a wealth tax to look at?
Do we have examples of a wealth tax to look at?
More accurately unfortunately, a 70,000% percent tax on cigarettes incentivizes smuggling and black market sales.
November 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
More accurately unfortunately, a 70,000% percent tax on cigarettes incentivizes smuggling and black market sales.
More so, though the VtM players stayed mostly segregated for awhile.
But they were definitely a presence before then. In the mid-late 80s at least.
But they were definitely a presence before then. In the mid-late 80s at least.
October 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
More so, though the VtM players stayed mostly segregated for awhile.
But they were definitely a presence before then. In the mid-late 80s at least.
But they were definitely a presence before then. In the mid-late 80s at least.
Depends on the school or the region, I think. Lots of overlap in my area. More in people I met in college who'd been both in high school than in my own high school - which was small and the D&D crowd really dropped off after middle school.
October 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Depends on the school or the region, I think. Lots of overlap in my area. More in people I met in college who'd been both in high school than in my own high school - which was small and the D&D crowd really dropped off after middle school.
That's actually a little surprising. I'd expect toddlers to have less exposure than older kids in the first years of school.
I guess day care plays the same role?
I guess day care plays the same role?
October 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
That's actually a little surprising. I'd expect toddlers to have less exposure than older kids in the first years of school.
I guess day care plays the same role?
I guess day care plays the same role?
Theoretically. In reality there are often attacks during ceasefires. Sometimes they're minor and fade away. Sometimes they keep escalating.
This does not look like the good case.
This does not look like the good case.
October 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Theoretically. In reality there are often attacks during ceasefires. Sometimes they're minor and fade away. Sometimes they keep escalating.
This does not look like the good case.
This does not look like the good case.
If Congress doesn't gavel in again, the troops stop getting paid. Historically, that doesn't go well for the wannabe dictator.
The military might start shooting, but it likely won't be at protestors.
The military might start shooting, but it likely won't be at protestors.
October 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If Congress doesn't gavel in again, the troops stop getting paid. Historically, that doesn't go well for the wannabe dictator.
The military might start shooting, but it likely won't be at protestors.
The military might start shooting, but it likely won't be at protestors.
How do we tax billionaires out of existence without getting our democracy back first?
October 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
How do we tax billionaires out of existence without getting our democracy back first?
He's older now than he was when you posted that.
And now he's even older. And now he's older still.
And now he's even older. And now he's older still.
October 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
He's older now than he was when you posted that.
And now he's even older. And now he's older still.
And now he's even older. And now he's older still.
Apparently there was a Fox News show that used old footage of Portland riots the night before he made that announcement. I'm not sure anyone is deliberately gaslighting him.
October 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Apparently there was a Fox News show that used old footage of Portland riots the night before he made that announcement. I'm not sure anyone is deliberately gaslighting him.
Also, they get emergency care, but no follow up, so if it's any kind of chronic condition, they can't get the (relatively) cheap medication to keep from being back in the ER again.
And the ER is by far the most expensive way to provide any kind of care
And the ER is by far the most expensive way to provide any kind of care
October 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Also, they get emergency care, but no follow up, so if it's any kind of chronic condition, they can't get the (relatively) cheap medication to keep from being back in the ER again.
And the ER is by far the most expensive way to provide any kind of care
And the ER is by far the most expensive way to provide any kind of care
Openly supporting all the marginalized groups is still the correct moral choice, but that doesn't mean it's a clear election winner.
If it was, as far back as the late 60s, signing the Civil Rights Acts would have made Dems even more dominant.
If it was, as far back as the late 60s, signing the Civil Rights Acts would have made Dems even more dominant.
September 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Openly supporting all the marginalized groups is still the correct moral choice, but that doesn't mean it's a clear election winner.
If it was, as far back as the late 60s, signing the Civil Rights Acts would have made Dems even more dominant.
If it was, as far back as the late 60s, signing the Civil Rights Acts would have made Dems even more dominant.
In reality, every group you support brings in people from that group, but drives out some from other groups who hate or fear the new one. That sucks, but it's reality.
I'm not talking about morality here.
I'm not talking about morality here.
September 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
In reality, every group you support brings in people from that group, but drives out some from other groups who hate or fear the new one. That sucks, but it's reality.
I'm not talking about morality here.
I'm not talking about morality here.
It's not that simple. The bigger tent doesn't necessarily mean more votes. Not all those "types" of people you invite in support each other. Some won't show up if others are there.
It seems obvious, right? Support everyone's rights and then everyone will vote for you.
It seems obvious, right? Support everyone's rights and then everyone will vote for you.
September 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It's not that simple. The bigger tent doesn't necessarily mean more votes. Not all those "types" of people you invite in support each other. Some won't show up if others are there.
It seems obvious, right? Support everyone's rights and then everyone will vote for you.
It seems obvious, right? Support everyone's rights and then everyone will vote for you.
Yeah, it accomplishes something.
It turns people against Democrats and helps Republicans gain and keep power.
It turns people against Democrats and helps Republicans gain and keep power.
September 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Yeah, it accomplishes something.
It turns people against Democrats and helps Republicans gain and keep power.
It turns people against Democrats and helps Republicans gain and keep power.
Yeah, the idea that voters in WV became less liberal because of Manchin, rather than Manchin being able to hang on as a Democrat in an increasingly red state is absurd.
WV hadn't voted blue in a Presidential race since before Manchin was Governor, much less Senator.
WV hadn't voted blue in a Presidential race since before Manchin was Governor, much less Senator.
September 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Yeah, the idea that voters in WV became less liberal because of Manchin, rather than Manchin being able to hang on as a Democrat in an increasingly red state is absurd.
WV hadn't voted blue in a Presidential race since before Manchin was Governor, much less Senator.
WV hadn't voted blue in a Presidential race since before Manchin was Governor, much less Senator.
Maybe I'm just blind and they hid them too well for me, but Pf2e really just doesn't do any of the things I didn't like about 4e. It really doesn't have the "all classes play the same" thing 4e did at first.
The 3 action economy isn't at all a 4e thing, nor the way it does criticals.
The 3 action economy isn't at all a 4e thing, nor the way it does criticals.
September 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Maybe I'm just blind and they hid them too well for me, but Pf2e really just doesn't do any of the things I didn't like about 4e. It really doesn't have the "all classes play the same" thing 4e did at first.
The 3 action economy isn't at all a 4e thing, nor the way it does criticals.
The 3 action economy isn't at all a 4e thing, nor the way it does criticals.