And then they use propaganda to cover up the crime. Most americans still view the Black Panthers as a belligerent extremist group

In the senate, it passed with a voice vote

In the house, it passed 409 - 2

AND THE TWO NAY VOTES WEREN’T EVEN DEMS!!!

https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025104

The GOP gets more opposition from itself than the dems

In a call to investors on April 16, ASML chief executive Christophe Fouquet said that it was “always possible to generate some EUV light, but it would take many, many years for China to make an EUV machine”.

LOL

lmao even

I think large blackouts happen when this goes wrong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronization_(alternating_current) . Or that’s one of the things that makes restarting a power grid so difficult

Huh. That was on my bingo card for america, but not the Iberian peninsula

According to Stephen Wolfram, EVERYTHING

Is this what Schumer was talking about when he said democrats will fight?

“If you give back some of the money you stole from market manipulation, emoluments and self-dealing, we’ll name the crown jewel of american public transit after you” [edit] Oh wait. They’re not even talking about his personal wealth. She’s just talking about regular degular federal funds

Don’t bother trying to understand American taxes. It’s fucking insane.

The government withholds money from your paycheck for taxes. Makes sense, right? Except in most cases, they withhold more than you actually will end up owing the government. The IRS knows ho much money you’re making, and they know how much you owe or are owed. But instead of just sending a check or bill, they make you calculate it yourself every year.

most low income americans end up paying very little in income tax (but only if they get their ducks in a row)

That there is a sovereign citizen. Or they just adapted sovcit language. I think they’ve learned not to bring up maritime law right away

Makaya mccraven has been my go-to Jazz lately https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b05lkQ5T4Y&list=RDEMLlhqQkE-M28S3Ja14a8bdQ&start_radio=1

IDK how long that playlist is, but there’s plenty on youtube of him. It’s all gold

Many other communist revolutions had a disaffected petite bourgeoisie class that resented the new system and worked to undermine it through subterfuge.

Something that blew my mind recently is that the 5 stars on the chinese flag represent the CPC (the big star), and then the four “revolutionary classes”: the peasantry, the proletariat, the petite bourgeoisie and the national bourgeoisie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Democracy

ince I haven’t seen it mentioned it, what role did reeducation and cultural revolutions play in China to help it resist Western influence?

I don’t know enough to answer, but one thing is clear: it worked with Xi

line go up = good

“I believe China’s circle of friends in space will continue to grow,” he said.

The surgeon general tweeting, “STOP BUYING MASKS!” and Fauci going on 60 Minutes and agreeing with a claim that masks could increase your chance of catching it are a bit more than “imperfect” messaging, if you ask me.

I remember looking up the effectiveness of masks pre 2020, and the consensus in the english speaking world was that there’s no real public health benefit to masking in public during flu season. They basically portrayed the practice of masking in Asia as polite decorum and superstition.

Why did it take a pandemic for americans to learn what the Japanese had been doing for decades? IDK. But what the CDC was saying early in the pandemic was the same advice they were giving in the previous year’s flu season. So calling it a “lie” isn’t right, it was incompetence

I have no interest in defending Mr. Kennedy, whose shaky science and conspiracy theories will do nothing to benefit those with autism and their families.

And yet…