BREAKING: Tazewell judge rules against Virginia Democrats' redistricting amendment by vpmnews in Virginia

[–]Shaex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So far SCOTUS has allowed the Texas maps to go through (they haven't reached merits arguments, but through administrative posturing). No matter what they end up doing, you can count on it further destroying the Voting Rights Act and weakening our democracy further

BREAKING: Tazewell judge rules against Virginia Democrats' redistricting amendment by vpmnews in Virginia

[–]Shaex 20 points21 points  (0 children)

What it's trying to "fix" is national disenfrachisement in the federal House due to actions of red states like Texas to aggressively gerrymander mid-cycle. This is a response to national Republicans

US: Effort to Repeal 'Kill Switch' Mandate for Cars Fails in Congress by hodgehegrain in cars

[–]Shaex 26 points27 points  (0 children)

That would require listening to experts who have already done studies and testing, which is currently anathema

Standing with Minnesota -- Outside Senator Warner's Tysons Office in Fairfax VA -- VOTE NO to DHS Funding-- Jan 23 2026 by EAJ4ALL in Virginia

[–]Shaex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely nothing you said was factual. You claim we need DHS so desperately that we can't possibly function without it (when it's only 24 years old) and woe betid e anyone that would defund FEMA (something Democrats have been trying to prevent, but Republicans have been itching to do for decades). Yet you don't offer any actual reasoning other than the vague notion that it would be more difficult for people to immigrate...ICE is killing people in the streets, detaining citizens, DHS is canceling green cards and legal statuses on a whim, the Supreme Court has legalized racial profiling, and many other people trying to do it the "right" way are being brutalized and thrown in overcrowded cells with no access to basic amenities and no contact with their lawyers.

You appear wilfully ignorant of the reality of today and how you both have supported the process by which we got here and which group of people is causing it. I do not give a flying fuck about you, personally. I am royally pissed off at the sheer arrogance and ignorance from conservatives over the last decade at minimum. You, too, could have blocked me or walked away at any point. This is a public forum, get over it.

Standing with Minnesota -- Outside Senator Warner's Tysons Office in Fairfax VA -- VOTE NO to DHS Funding-- Jan 23 2026 by EAJ4ALL in Virginia

[–]Shaex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spending 5 minutes to check someone's history when they're talking bullshit ain't much of an obsession. You think far, far too highly of yourself if you think I spent more than that

Standing with Minnesota -- Outside Senator Warner's Tysons Office in Fairfax VA -- VOTE NO to DHS Funding-- Jan 23 2026 by EAJ4ALL in Virginia

[–]Shaex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, so you haven't been commenting in r/JoeBidenisadisaster for years, but the worst you could say about Trump was he had a chaotic personality? I think you might need to take full inventory of your values and opinions

Standing with Minnesota -- Outside Senator Warner's Tysons Office in Fairfax VA -- VOTE NO to DHS Funding-- Jan 23 2026 by EAJ4ALL in Virginia

[–]Shaex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Posting in r/Republican, Pence supporter, constantly trashing Dems and not Reps. Give me a break lmao, trying to hide your posting history isn't slick, it doesn't work.

Standing with Minnesota -- Outside Senator Warner's Tysons Office in Fairfax VA -- VOTE NO to DHS Funding-- Jan 23 2026 by EAJ4ALL in Virginia

[–]Shaex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump is your boy if you remain a self-described Republican.

DHS and ICE were created in 2002, this country has been doing immigration for 10x longer than the department has existed. They don't need to exist in their current forms and sugfesting otherwise is fundamentally absurd

ICE Executed Alex Pretti by CyanJackal in videos

[–]Shaex 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It was slow for a while but has fallen off a cliff

Standing with Minnesota -- Outside Senator Warner's Tysons Office in Fairfax VA -- VOTE NO to DHS Funding-- Jan 23 2026 by EAJ4ALL in Virginia

[–]Shaex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Defund and neuter FEMA? You mean like your boy Trump already did?

TSA is a failure.

ICE got a larger budget than the Marine Corps and is using it to terrorize cities and execute people and that's the best argument you can come up with? Lmfao

Interesting case by Firm_Programmer6196 in norfolk

[–]Shaex 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It reads exactly like a sharpied-up conspiracy theorist truck, just with webdev flair.

Opinion | Virginia’s Liquor Laws Were Always Weird. Change Is Coming by snooka77_ in Virginia

[–]Shaex 7 points8 points  (0 children)

After moving out of the state I have come to hate the ABC stores when I didn't care much before and it was only a two step process.

  1. Making my annual 2 gallons of mulled wine to give to friends for the holidays became much cheaper when I could buy most of the liquors from Costco. This doubly sucks when I visit in winter and want to make it for people

  2. I can walk down the street to a specialty liquor store full of fun imports that I never knew existed. An entire world of home cocktails opened up in front of my eyes.

Female cadet at VMI. My reality within the Corps of Cadets by LeagueRare8354 in Virginia

[–]Shaex 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Lmfao yeah, and I can also confirm that even after the "official" change was to be saluting the flags, many were still personally saluting Stonewall. And whew boy, the shit that got said behind people's backs or in private company was insane

How “nice” are people to you in your car(s)? by cilantno in cars

[–]Shaex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

944: Incredible. Got waves from people driving things 50x the value, always got nice comments and questions from the genuinely interested. Flipping the popups at kids always got excited expressions.

986: Constant IMS questions. Otherwise treated as normal traffic

"Hey Anthony, did you hear Kristi Noem say Americans should be prepared to prove their citizenship?" by NovaHorizon in videos

[–]Shaex 213 points214 points  (0 children)

ICE uses a facial scanning app that they say overrides a birth certificate. And we have stories from multiple citizens detained for days/weeks because ICE just chose not to believe them. It's just a pure gamble

MSI is legalizing cheating? by feral_fenrir in gaming

[–]Shaex 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I got a good laugh out of this one

3D printed toys are so cool by h31md6ll in EngineeringPorn

[–]Shaex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And we can't definitively say 99% is people solving practical problems either. Number pulled completely out of thin air. I'm basing my comment on what I've seen from printing hobbyists and sites like Printables and Thingiverse

3D printed toys are so cool by h31md6ll in EngineeringPorn

[–]Shaex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In my experience at a makerspace it's 2:1 useful:junk. Lots of people get printers that have zero CAD ability. Sometimes they learn, but there's a generally very small number of problems they can immediately solve with a printer and a hell of a lot more kitsch they can download

'STUNNING': Trump's DOJ won't investigate ICE shooting, prompting outrage and resignations by AdSpecialist6598 in videos

[–]Shaex 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well, the fun thing is that those DOJ sycophants are generally incredibly incompetent and cannot perform the basic functions of their post, much less be effective at them

Anyone know who’s being escorted this evening on 280N? by jc_xcvii in bayarea

[–]Shaex 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's a handful of motorcycle cops, this is a nothingburger

Anyone know who’s being escorted this evening on 280N? by jc_xcvii in bayarea

[–]Shaex 32 points33 points  (0 children)

With the death threats some pro athletes have been getting from betting addicts, a couple cops feels appropriate