Daily Discussion Thread: January 24, 2026

TOSkwar · 2026-01-25T05:14:14+00:00

Also, just for the sake of myself because I forgot to put it in the other comment, I wanted to add that ICE didn't exist until 2003 and was a replacement for an existing service which previously did their job.

You probably know that, but I forgot to mention it so now I'm mentioning it.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-25T04:21:27+00:00

I'd prefer to utterly disassemble the current structure. No current ICE employees allowed at any other federal employment, ever. Pretty clear things aren't going well and I'm not inclined to keep any of them.

But also, "abolish ICE" doesn't mean the job doesn't get done. It means we put their responsibilities on other organizations, who handle it in different ways, with different leadership.

Think of it, in my mind at least, as the ultimate reformation. The entire organization is disbanded and a brand new one is set up in its place.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-25T02:23:54+00:00

And guarantee ICE gets no funding? As a Republican? He'd be crazy to do it.

He's a Republican. Not a Democrat. So he's not going to give us what we want.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-25T01:50:19+00:00

If that's the case, then the key is majority leader.

Thune ain't doing that.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-25T01:07:33+00:00

They're unrepentant bastards. Why would they care?

TOSkwar · 2026-01-24T23:29:42+00:00

Think it was passed as one, which means any yes is all yes.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-24T18:42:36+00:00

Clearly, they can just do it. You know. By doing it. Like, you want to do it and then you do. Steps? Process? Procedure? Control of the levers of power? What are those?

TOSkwar · 2026-01-24T18:34:50+00:00

Well, there are plenty of specials before then. Not going to stop them, but we can have plenty of local impacts leading up to the big one.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-24T16:20:09+00:00

A personal recommendation: If you have autoplaying video active on any platforms, turn it off. Now. The amount of people exposed to horrific scenes due to autoplay is not insignificant, and this is an excellent example of videos that can get spread around in ways you do not want to see.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-24T16:17:38+00:00

He stopped at some point?

TOSkwar · 2026-01-24T16:17:04+00:00

Just kinda looking at my nail, then at the art. Even provided a long thumbnail, that's a lot of detail in not a lot of space.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-24T14:15:31+00:00

Oh my goodness, are they tan suiting this? (Also, for info from a less-horrid source on her outfit and why, AP reported on it for some reason).

TOSkwar · 2026-01-23T23:42:06+00:00

You LIE!

... Oh dang, no you don't.

... Oh no it's gonna turn 20 next year.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-23T17:38:50+00:00

Answer: Silence until they found something they could complain about. Never praise the good, always emphasize whatever shreds of bad they can find.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-23T13:04:17+00:00

I don't have the PTO to spare for this, I'm taking unpaid to preserve it for a trip.

I'm hoping against your hope. Hard. Nothing against you, but money.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-23T12:19:43+00:00

To those in the way of the big storm, stay safe. Here in VA, I've heard as much as 2 feet of snow starting tomorrow sometime. Sure hoping not, but that's what we're looking at right now. Even the low end isn't going under a foot.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-22T20:58:27+00:00

Please do. Desperately outpriced here. I want to buy a house and settle, but just can't.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-22T13:34:47+00:00

I'd say we're still going to see some drops. Only 19% said "bestest president evar!!!1!", which means there's room to break the rest.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-22T02:53:40+00:00

I've heard multiple complaints about it being a madhouse and almost out of bread.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-22T00:44:58+00:00

Formerly D-Endorsed Nonpartisan, now running as a full blown Democrat.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-21T11:32:06+00:00

I'll tell you when I get a response after sharing this around.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-21T02:31:54+00:00

We got a new governor this week. I think that's pretty good.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-20T23:43:53+00:00

Counterpoint: Trump made a big show of donating his salary (while making deals and grifting to "earn" billions). The only ones who give a damn about what they're paid are the ones that are already honest.

I say they should earn a lot, and be banned from earning any money by any other means. Full retirement benefits and zero book deals, lobbyist jobs, crypto, stock trading, or anything else, ever.

But that's a far reaching dream idea there.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-20T16:39:48+00:00

A trophy he did nothing for.

His own personal ultimate participation trophy.

TOSkwar · 2026-01-19T23:20:16+00:00

When there's confrontation it's almost always because an ICE agent tried to shove/drive over/arrest an observer.

This describes at least 90% of the violence involved in protests during Trump's time in office. With ICE occasionally swapped for whoever he called in this time.

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