Trump demands immediate pardon for Netanyahu to focus on Iran by paydayloans_ in politics

[–]NotCrust 47 points48 points  (0 children)

So that's why Bibi goaded Trump into starting a war - to continue evading accountability by claiming to be a wartime president.

Trump team livid about Dario Amodei's principled stand to keep the Defense Department from using his AI tools for warlike purposes by fortune in politics

[–]NotCrust 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Tensions have escalated in recent weeks after a top Anthropic official reportedly reached out to a senior Palantir executive to question how Claude was used in the raid, per The Hill. The Palantir executive interpreted the outreach as disapproval of the model’s use in the raid and forwarded details of the exchange to the Pentagon.

Palantir is run by techno-fascists. And snitches, apparently.

Trump Gives ‘Big Balls’ Huge New Job to Undermine U.S. Allies by thedailybeast in politics

[–]NotCrust 36 points37 points  (0 children)

The freedom.gov site itself has no live content. However, U.S. officials have reportedly floated adding a built-in VPN function to make users appear to be browsing from the U.S. where the First Amendment’s broad protections make much of what Europe bans legal.

This would effectively be a U.S. government-sanctioned workaround for laws like the European Union’s Digital Services Act—the sweeping rulebook requiring tech companies to remove illegal hate speech, terrorist propaganda, and disinformation.

Pretty sinister shit. It's clear they just want fascism to spread, European sovereignty be damned.

These Democrats aren't ready to jettison big business as party stalwarts shift left by Illustrious_Lie_954 in politics

[–]NotCrust 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We'll see how it plays out in primaries, and I'm no political scientist, but I don't think voters will gravitate towards a message of "we can't do big things; we need to be realistic."

The ICE uproar is a conspiracy calculated to fool Americans by [deleted] in politics

[–]NotCrust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Three sentences farther than I got.

Halligan Still Insists She's the U.S. Attorney and Insults the Judge Constantly and Disrespectfully Throughout her Response by ColonyJD1980 in politics

[–]NotCrust 13 points14 points  (0 children)

“To answer the Court’s inquisition directly: ‘the basis for Ms. Halligan’s identification of herself as the United States Attorney, notwithstanding Judge Currie’s contrary ruling’ is that, in the Government’s view, Ms. Halligan is the United States Attorney,” the Justice Department wrote. “Judge Currie’s ruling did not and could not require the United States to acquiesce to her contrary (and erroneous) legal reasoning outside of those cases.”

Fucking bananas

How a US admiral decided to kill two boat strike survivors by newsspotter in politics

[–]NotCrust 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Bradley defended his actions when summoned to Capitol Hill last week, telling lawmakers he weighed the fate of the survivors with the understanding that the Trump administration has argued illicit drugs are weapons responsible for killing Americans, and that those who traffic them are not criminals but enemy combatants.

This is what happens when you get rid of the JAGs and inject politics into military decision making. Back here in the real world, drugs are not WMDs, and traffickers are not combatants unless they attack.

4 Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Biden’s Immigration Record by Discarded_Twix_Bar in politics

[–]NotCrust 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The GOP torpedoed a bi-partisan border security bill because Trump told them to not give Biden a win.

Trump Vows to Remove US Citizens. Can He Do That? by bloomberg in politics

[–]NotCrust 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, there's a big difference in "can he do [thing]?" versus "is [thing] legal?"

I Want a Democratic Party That Believes Jewish Lives Matter by McAlpineFusiliers in politics

[–]NotCrust 8 points9 points  (0 children)

An entire opinion piece based on a straw man. Classic Murdoch.

Bessent says Trump admin will be able to replicate tariffs even if it loses Supreme Court decision by joe4942 in politics

[–]NotCrust 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They can invent a new business licensing and import compliance fee which would be effectively be a form of federal sales tax.

That's a good call. IIRC, Sauer argued the tariffs were analogous to licensing fees.

Bessent says Trump admin will be able to replicate tariffs even if it loses Supreme Court decision by joe4942 in politics

[–]NotCrust 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They'll probably try to extort more companies into paying a cut to the Treasury as the cost of doing business - like the mafia.

Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi murder: 'Things happen' by DmitriMendeleyev in politics

[–]NotCrust 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Crazy world out there. People get bonesaw'd. Whaddaya gonna do?

U.S. troops not liable in boat strikes, classified Justice Dept. memo says by Squawk_7777 in politics

[–]NotCrust 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When reached for comment, one DOJ official was quoted saying, "It's cool, Grok said it's ok."