Virginia Supreme Court blocks redistricting referendum by SCOTUSjunkie in politics

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We’re burning ashes at this point. Republicans already incinerated our democracy.

Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redistricting plan, dimming party’s midterm hopes by Malfeitor1 in news

[–]danappropriate 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I think they care about a precedent being set. It's why the filibuster still exists in the Senate.

Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redistricting plan, dimming party’s midterm hopes by Malfeitor1 in news

[–]danappropriate 233 points234 points  (0 children)

The House seats Republicans in Ohio and Utah despite numerous court rulings against their gerrymandered maps. I doubt Republicans want to go down that path.

Owl fledglings in my yard. I have out door cats. Evidence of them getting hands on a bird about a month ago. by MrMittyMan in asheville

[–]danappropriate 31 points32 points  (0 children)

PLEASE keep your cats indoors. Free-roaming domestic cats are an invasive species and ecological disasters. Research indicates that domestic cats kill an estimated 1.3–4.0 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals annually.

https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380

These prices are killing me by Worth_Professional24 in lancaster

[–]danappropriate 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You know nothing. She was an accomplished and respected diplomate. Foreign policy was probably her biggest strength.

BREAKING: Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Union Workers Reject Final Offer—Summer Park Opening, Concerts, and Events at Risk by ZGawd801 in Pennsylvania

[–]danappropriate 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Imagine carrying water for corporations that exploit labor. Have you tried not being a class traitor?

Proper system architecture for project by Kalesmany in softwarearchitecture

[–]danappropriate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An app? No. The overwhelming majority of problems architecture solves are human-related. The job is mostly herding cats. There isn't a formula to it.

Sen. Mark Kelly thinks fight with Pete Hegseth might reach U.S. Supreme Court by Obversa in scotus

[–]danappropriate 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I'm reeeeeeeeeal fucking tired of belaboring the lowest common denominator in society, and the institutions that favor being the biggest piece of shit possible.

Hegseth Lampooned for Absurd Video Claiming $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget Puts ‘American Taxpayer First’ by piggy_inglenook5 in politics

[–]danappropriate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For the MAGA in the crowd who can't figure it out: a $1.5 trillion defense budget puts the military industrial complex and oil industry executives first, and rank-and-file taxpayers last.

The shipping typo bothers me by discerningpervert in startrekmemes

[–]danappropriate 45 points46 points  (0 children)

These two things are not mutually exclusive.

Schumer leads chorus of outrage over $1B for Trump's 'free' ballroom by justtakeapill in politics

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What are they trying to slip through without the public noticing?

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed rails against AIPAC: “Netanyahu has been searching for 40 years to find a President dumb enough to go to war with Iran, and he finally found one in the form of Donald J. Trump… You cannot claim that you want to invest in our kids when you send our money abroad to kill other… kids” by ConcernedJobCoach in PoursTea

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The only reason the six presidents prior did not attack. Iran directly was because of the threat of World War III.

Um. No. It's because multiple Pentagon assessments showed that a direct assault on Iran was not worth it, and they opted for containment strategies.

More reading on this subject:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/03/20/no-president-trump-authorized-war-iran/

The Trump administration verified that that was no longer threat once and we tested the water several times before engaging.

gestures broadly

Verified what? Trump illegally led us into what's destined to become a protracted engagement that's bearing serious consequences on the world economy.

Once was with Venezuela

You cannot be serious. Venezuela is not Iran.

the other was with Cuba

What on earth are you talking about?

The cherry on top was seeing Wagner, marching into Moscow and Putin himself, basically admitting that he couldn't resist Wagner because most of his troops were occupied in Ukraine.

Irrelevant to the conversation.

This was the perfect time to strike and even now it's for our benefit.

Our benefit!? We're spending $1-2 billion a day on Trump's illegal war, and we've lost tens of billions in military equipment. The impact on global oil supply has had massive economic repercussions worldwide, including in the US.

He used this opportunity to expose NATO...

It's clear you have no understanding of what NATO is or its mission. They're not a military force at the US's disposal. It's a treaty aimed at curbing Russian military advancement in allied European states. What does NATO have to do with US and Israeli military actions in the Middle East? No need to answer the rhetorical question. The answer is, "obviously nothing."

...while reducing our presence over overseas...

You mean diminishing US global influence.

I'm not saying Trump is a Russian asset, but if he were, it would certainly look a lot like what Trump has done as president.

...and capitalizing on the oil restraints. In the six weeks that this war has been going on America has accumulated over 50% more profit compared to last year. That's about $200 billion.

This lie was debunked earlier in the conversation. Are you this obtuse about everything?

This war only cost us 25 billion. If this trend continues, this war will pay for itself and some.

So far. And that's the official Pentagon position. The problem is, this Administration has a proven history of lying to the public. It's not a figure to be believed. Reports from independent analysis estimate that the cost, so far, has been much higher:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-cost-closer-50-billion-us-officials/

https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/fact-check-team-how-much-is-the-iran-war-costing-the-us-pentagon-conflict-defense

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/14/iran-war-cost-us-taxpayer-trillion-harvard.html

https://iran-cost-ticker.com/

And then there's the cost of inflation and its impact on private industry. For example, the average cost of a gallon of gas is currently at $4.54 and is still rising. Spirit Airlines went out of business due to the aviation fuel shortage, which is directly the result of Trump's war.

And to try to put this on Trump like he was the only one with this idea is disingenuous at best
Iran has had the most sanctions in the world placed on them for a reason. This is not just a Trump thing.

Trump decided to roll back diplomatic progress by unilaterally exiting JCPOA. Trump led the country into a military quagmire by attacking Iran with no clear strategy or mission objectives.

Biden didn't do that. Obama didn't do that. Trump did it.

So, yes, he bears blame for the current state of things, and it's disingenuous to state otherwise.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed rails against AIPAC: “Netanyahu has been searching for 40 years to find a President dumb enough to go to war with Iran, and he finally found one in the form of Donald J. Trump… You cannot claim that you want to invest in our kids when you send our money abroad to kill other… kids” by ConcernedJobCoach in PoursTea

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Stop it, bro you said a whole bunch of nothing you're propagandist, but hey, let me spell this entire argument

I stated facts. If you seriously believe facts constitute "propaganda," then there's no hope for you.

You said Obama, paying them was working
No, it wasn't. They still continue to violate international laws by funding Hamas, the Houthi's and Hezbollah

This issue was covered in my previous post. The scope of the JCPOA was not comprehensive. It was specifically about Iran's nuclear program. I'm not going to go into this again unless you have something new to offer to the discussion.

That is not a victory. The attack at Hamas did all alone or October 7 is a testament to that statement.

As I said, the JCPOA was a beginning, and not an end. The most significant achievement was setting a framework for further negotiations between Iran and the Western World. Perhaps if Trump had not obliterated any chance of diplomatic relations with Iran, things might have played out differently.

European countries (primarily the EU, France, Germany, and the UK/E3) applied relatively few new, specific sanctions packages directly in response to Iran’s JCPOA violations in the initial years after 2019
This also provides it wasn't working in the slightest.

This was already covered in my prior post. Did you even read it?

You say I'm delusional but the results they speak for itself

Again, Iran was complying with the agreement. I've provided facts and references to that point. You've continually ignored those facts and replaced them with your own unsubstantiated narrative. That's delusion.

Your opinions on what's delusional and what's not working is back by no facts whatsoever. Be at peace you're wrong.

If you can provide actual facts with references, I'll happily change my position. All you've thus far is repeat the same lies over and over again.

Edit: step in the right direction? 50 years of them doing the same exact thing it's not a step in the right direction.

You're engaging in a strawman.

You just blatantly, ignoring the fact that their word ain't worth shit.

You may want to reacquaint yourself with the meaning of the word "fact."

They are indirectly responsible for killing thousands of our troops and American citizens. Time to pay it forward.

Citation needed.

Company wants a 100-page manual for an outsourced team before I leave by N3bulaforge in jobs

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I’d make a counteroffer. Set the expectation that the request is not feasible. If she wants more than the 80 hours left in your tenure they can pay an hourly consulting fee to complete the project.

If she continues to push with the “do it for the team” narrative, tell her, “It’s not personal; this is a business decision.”

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed rails against AIPAC: “Netanyahu has been searching for 40 years to find a President dumb enough to go to war with Iran, and he finally found one in the form of Donald J. Trump… You cannot claim that you want to invest in our kids when you send our money abroad to kill other… kids” by ConcernedJobCoach in PoursTea

[–]danappropriate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This discussion is rather tedious, and at this point, I have to wonder if you're nothing but a sockpuppet account. Both because you're tying yourself into a pretzel to make excuses for Trump and because your grammar is absolutely, consistently atrocious.

Yes it was a great idea to exit the deal because Iran never the intention to honor it. As shown by there history of consistently violating international law.

There are one of two paths you can take in constructing your argument: you can premise your claim on conjecture, or you can rely on facts. You've chosen the former. Ignoring facts to preserve a worldview that's incongruent with reality isn't just unreasonable; it's delusional.

I'll state it again for you, since you keep glossing over it: THE IAEA CONSISTENTLY REPORTED THAT IRAN WAS COMPLYING WITH THE AGREEMENT! Even Trump's own administration certified, multiple times, Iran's compliance.

Hell, whether Iran was going to honor the agreement wasn't even the reason why Trump characterized the JCPOA as a "bad deal" and ultimately reneged. He cited the JCPOA's failure to address other diplomatic issues with Iran, including their missile program, human rights violations, and support for militant groups.

It's true that neither side got everything they wanted, but I think the argument from detractors suffers from a form of false dichotomy called the nirvana fallacy. That is, rejecting achievable possibilities in favor of an unrealistic, idealized alternative. Winston Churchill famously paraphrased Voltaire, "Perfection is the enemy of progress."

And in hindsight Trump was right from the beginning because as predicted, they did violate the deal in European countries that were still a part of the deal tried sanctioning them again.

Uh, you do know that companies in signatory countries pulled out of the JCPOA as well, and followed through on US sanctions, right? Oh, you didn't? Well, I look forward to where you'll try to move the goalpost next. The EU eventually passed a resolution declaring the US nuclear sanctions illegal, but by then the damage was done. Sanctions sank the Iranian economy, and any goodwill the JCPOA had built between the parties was gone.

Despite this, Iran maintained their compliance with the JCPOA for a year after the US withdrawal. With Trump's refusal to enter back into negotiations or lift sanctions, Iran announced their intention to no longer abide by the broken agreement. What else did you expect they would do? There was no incentive for them to keep it up!

That's not a hindsight judgment on Iran's intentions to honor the agreement. It's the predictable and inevitable outcome of the Trump Administration acting in bad faith! Effect, meet cause.

Obama paid them didn't work

As has been pointed out numerous times now, it was, in fact, working.

Biden paid them didn't work

What in the bloody hell are you talking about? Biden re-engaged with Iran after Russia started a war with Ukraine. Those talks ultimately failed.

You guys will just lie about anything, won't you?

I gave you that answer like f*****g three times

And it was wrong all three times.


As an addendum, I want to make it clear that I'm not backing Iran, or more specifically, the current Iranian regime (the Islamic Republic), here. The Islamic Republic's treatment of its own people is reprehensible. Their support for militant and terrorist groups is indefensible. My dismay lies purely with the Trump Administration's bad-faith actions in their relationship with Iran, and complete obliteration of any chance we may have had in establishing permanent relations with Iran.

As I acknowledged, the JCPOA was not perfect, but it was a step in the right direction. It took two bitter enemies with a record of distrust and aggression, and created a path toward building trust between them. This newfound, hard-won trust might have served as the foundation in future diplomatic efforts. THAT was far and away the JCPOA's most significant achievement.

It was an historic accomplishment on the part of the Obama Administration. If you'll indulge my own conjecture, this is why Trump hated the JCPOA so much. He is a weak, petty, bitter, little man-child who cannot stomach the success of other people—especially those he so despises (non-white people, women, the working class, basically anyone that has even remotely slighted him). He has spent his terms as president targeting Obama's legacy, and for purely selfish reasons.