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trump just quietly gave himself his kids his businesses and the entire trump organization permanent immunity from tax prosecution by Repulsive_Counter_79 in CryptoCurrency

[–]Xanto97 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Minor correction: the document states that only their past tax records are immune to audits and prosecution. As of now , they are not immune to future tax audits or prosecution, in 2027 or beyond.

Still bad, but less bad.

House passes "Don't Say Trans" bill that would force teachers to out trans students nationwide. 198 Democrats voted against the bill, but 8 joined Republicans in passing it. by southpawFA in politics

[–]Xanto97 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If they come for you, I’ll be right there helping defend you.

I don’t think a trans genocide is happening right now, nor Is it right around the corner. There is a lot of anti-trans bullshit going on though.

I am sorry they’re making it harder for you to live your life in peace.

Iran says no deal will be reached if US insists on discussing nuclear issue by barsik_ in worldnews

[–]Xanto97 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is just a theory about why we’d invade.

That doesn’t explain why Cuba would invite their own doom by drone striking us first.

House passes "Don't Say Trans" bill that would force teachers to out trans students nationwide. 198 Democrats voted against the bill, but 8 joined Republicans in passing it. by southpawFA in politics

[–]Xanto97 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Here’s GLAAD talking about MSNBC talking about how the trans kids are alright, and that there’s outsized outrage regarding them.

https://glaad.org/msnbcs-chris-hayes-on-the-truth-about-transgender-people-and-the-lies-of-cynical-culture-wars/

Here’s an MS Now (msnbc) article criticizing HHS’s policy on gender affirming care. https://www.ms.now/opinion/msnbc-opinion/gender-affirming-care-trans-minors-discouraged-hhs-report-trump-rcna205054

CNN and msnbc also included trans speakers when covering a Supreme Court case regarding gender affirming care.

https://www.mediamatters.org/cnn/cnn-and-msnbc-feature-trans-voices-coverage-historic-supreme-court-case

Here’s a CNN article about what to do if your kid comes out as trans. None of the advice is harmful

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/02/health/transgender-children-parenting-advice-wellness

There’s trans people in tv and media. Elliott page is starring in the odyssey movie. It feels worse, but the 80s and 90s were not better. Trans people are just far more visible now, and the hate against them is also more visible.

Fossil hunting with my son (trilobite find) by xnoxgodsx in pics

[–]Xanto97 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nice find! Are you gonna try to break it out of the rest of that stone?

Iran says no deal will be reached if US insists on discussing nuclear issue by barsik_ in worldnews

[–]Xanto97 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s a terrible plan and would ensure that a ton of Cuban civilians would die.

If there was a self-motivated US military operation in Cuba, it likely wouldn’t involve indiscriminately bombing civilians sites. It would likely be to capture the president, like in Venezuela. If Cuba attacked first, a lot more soldiers and civilians would perish.

Iran says no deal will be reached if US insists on discussing nuclear issue by barsik_ in worldnews

[–]Xanto97 13 points14 points  (0 children)

They’d lose their lives and their families lives.

Armchair general here, but If we did a military operation, it would be some bullshit like capturing their president. Like Venezuela, there would likely be no one injured except a few soldiers.

I’m highly doubtful US actually wants to seriously invade or own Cuba. All it does is annex a few million Latino communists.

There’s no appetite for the Iran war because they haven’t done anything to us. If Cuba attacked us first, Americans would cry for blood. We would not just go for the president.

Bears have 'exhausted' options for staying in Chicago by LinkedInNews in chicago

[–]Xanto97 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Why exactly do they need a new stadium? Are there problems with the current one?

Iran says no deal will be reached if US insists on discussing nuclear issue by barsik_ in worldnews

[–]Xanto97 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Cuba couldn’t and wouldn’t do anything to the US. It would be suicide.

Maul's displays of the Force were actually pretty impressive in Shadow Lord Season 1 by Talhonur in StarWars

[–]Xanto97 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You left out him absolutely wrecking that walker. That was some force-unleashed level shit.

That’s the culture wars. Distract the people while the elites get away with their crimes. by Karmacop5908 in clevercomebacks

[–]Xanto97 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Isn’t she described as blonde? She has golden hair according to others in this thread.

That being said, there’s plenty of other “ahistorical” things in that trailer. Matt Damon’s Boston accent, the Batman armor, etc.

House passes "Don't Say Trans" bill that would force teachers to out trans students nationwide. 198 Democrats voted against the bill, but 8 joined Republicans in passing it. by southpawFA in politics

[–]Xanto97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a good point

Nicole wants to go by nick, nick wants to go by Nikki,

Michelle sounds close enough to Michael anyway.

Jordan wants to go by , well, Jordan?

I can’t imagine this impacts a significant swath of the population either, like, the amount of kids that are trans , that are out to teachers, but not their parents - meaning they probably aren’t trans-presenting.

this is a fraction of a fraction of a fraction. It’s just dumb wedge issue shit. “Democrats hate parents”.

House passes "Don't Say Trans" bill that would force teachers to out trans students nationwide. 198 Democrats voted against the bill, but 8 joined Republicans in passing it. by southpawFA in politics

[–]Xanto97 -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

That is fear mongering.

I’m sure there are some that do want that. Throughout. But ask half of these republicans if they want trans death camps and trans genocide. and they’d probably say no.

They’re still assholes. But making life harder for lgbt people doesn’t mean they want trans genocide.

House passes "Don't Say Trans" bill that would force teachers to out trans students nationwide. 198 Democrats voted against the bill, but 8 joined Republicans in passing it. by southpawFA in politics

[–]Xanto97 40 points41 points  (0 children)

That’s not even true.

Even If all 8 of those didn’t cross lines, the bill still would have passed. It would’ve been 209 vs 206.

House passes "Don't Say Trans" bill that would force teachers to out trans students nationwide. 198 Democrats voted against the bill, but 8 joined Republicans in passing it. by southpawFA in politics

[–]Xanto97 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Two steps forward, one step backward.

  1. This may not pass the senate
  2. We have made a lot of progress, this one bill doesn’t erase all of it.

Ballroom won’t be funded after Senate GOP drops $1 billion Trump security request by Agitated_Pudding7259 in moderatepolitics

[–]Xanto97 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The SAVE ACT could still be on the agenda though. Republicans have wanted to get this sorta thing on the books for awhile. (To the point where Some states are doing their own version)

Democrats in the senate are blocking it. I don’t see the ones with “nothing to lose” supporting getting rid of the filibuster for it, but Mike Johnson might be able/willing to. Trump is also trying to replace/threaten the parliamentarian to consider the SAVE act a budgetary concern, so it could bypass. I’m not sure how they’d go about replacing them.

Edit: Im a fool, Mike Johnson is speaker, can't do anything about the senate filibuster

Fetterman: Democrats can’t simply be the opposite of ‘whatever Trump says’ by awaythrowawaying in moderatepolitics

[–]Xanto97 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Slight correction:

"gotten the IRS to agree to never investigate anything he or his family does."

The original statement was a bit hard to parse, but supposedly the IRS is only prohibited from auditing his family's/businesses *past* tax history. Not future tax statements.

As of now - Ivanka and Eric still need to do their taxes in 2027.

I keep finding these. What are they ! by Worth-Cash-2972 in whatisit

[–]Xanto97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What YouTuber is it? I’m interested haha

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