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I feel like the only way this dismissal makes sense is if there have been back room conversations between Cannon and SCOTUS indicating that there is a majority to overturn any 11th circuit ruling. Cannon wouldn’t have dismissed unless the outcome was in some way guaranteed because the outcome of seating a jury, then dismissing was absolutely guaranteed.

I’m honestly surprised that she dismissed at this stage. If she could have dragged the case to the point where they had selected a jury, then dismissed for some reason, there would have been no right to an appeal. I do understand that Clarence Thomas essentially suggested that Cannon should take this route in one of his concurrences, but it seems like the wrong strategy when there was a possibility to dismiss without the possibility of appeal.

I don’t mean that I wish she had dismissed later. I just mean that I’m surprised because I thought their strategy was going to be different with this case.

The most prominent LGBTQ+ republican organization is call the Log Cabin Republicans and annually present the “Spirit of Lincoln Award”. They were founded in the '70s so the idea that Lincoln was LGBTQ+ himself has been around for quite some time.

As a side note, recent recipients of the “Spirit of Lincoln Award” include Melania Trump and Kellyanne Conway who are obviously prominent LGBTQ+ advocates…

Lots of very full leopards around the Log Cabin Republicans I think…

PA has a closed primary. In closed primaries, people tend to switch their registration in order to effect the primary they see as most impactful. It is not unlikely that the shooter registered as republican to vote against Trump in the primary.

Edit: Downvotes without explanation are fun…

Thanks. I guess is was being a little credulous when I read that.

Thanks. I guess is was being a little credulous when I read that.

Wait, Garland is Federalist Society? That explains so much!

There are places a skinny naked person can hide things. What do we do about that?

So, which would you honestly rather have? Someone who may or may not be in cognitive decline or someone who wants to become a fascist dictator?

I’m not saying that Biden is in cognitive decline but I am saying that Trump is a wannabe fascist dictator.

I know nothing about Josh Shapiro, Michelle Obama has stated that she doesn’t want the job, I also know very little about Gretchen Whitmer, and Gavin Newsom is a shit head.

I say this as someone who follows politics more than average. If I don’t know much more than the fact that three of the four people you mentioned are governors and the other is a former first lady with no political aspirations, what do you think the general public knows?

With much of the public’s attention on the looming presidential election and high-stakes jockeying over who will take on Donald Trump in November…

What the fuck is with all of these articles suggesting that there is a real power battle over who will run against Trump at this point? That ship sailed at least six months ago. There isn’t nearly enough time to build up a new candidate. If you don’t want Trump to become king, get behind the onky other choice we truly have.

Ugh, Trump is going to win because democrats can’t hold their fucking noses and vote for their onky other choice.

said that they didn’t even start debate prep until 11 am each day at Camp David

Do we know what he was doing before 11am? He has other duties besides preparing for the debate. While probably his most important immediate task, he still needs to take briefings on things like the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the consequences of recent SCOTUS decisions, and the dumbass shit that Trump said.

I agree that this doesn’t make me feel better about him, but I don’t think that starting debate prep at 11am and taking an afternoon nap means that Biden was slacking off. It may just mean that he’s got other things to worry about.

I wonder, if someone were to write some good novels about the Anunnaki, could they get this nutjob crowd at the same time as pulling in a good sci-fi audience? Seems like a reasonable way to try starting the next thing like Scientology.

I don’t think they really query one another. Maybe they do though?

I wonder how undergrads would do on the same exams given unlimited time and internet access but with LLMs blocked. That’s essentially what the LLMs have.

Does anyone know where I can find a time line of this case? I’m really curious how it took four years to litigate something this egregious. Four years to reach a settlement, not even a litigate court ruling.

Perfect image!

Just practicing my Japanese. A good translation for this would be “Please do not leave your trash here”.