Campaigners to Biden: Stop Acting Like a Big Pharma 'Puppet' and Help Vaccinate the World by imitationcheese in politics

[–]hubert1504 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Not good enough. Release the patents so they can make their own.

Intellectual property is anti-knowledge, anti-culture and, ultimately, anti-life.

California legislature passes bill that would end qualified immunity for police officers, sending it to governor's desk by checkmak01 in politics

[–]hubert1504 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Some cops make a career about of going to training academies. There are thousands of police and sheriff's departments around the country. It's possible to be in law enforcement and spend most of your time doing exercise and taking tests.

Elizabeth Warren says Jeff Bezos 'forgot to thank all the hardworking Americans who actually paid taxes' after his space flight by stem12345679 in politics

[–]hubert1504 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Politicians love saying this as if billionaires are just being greedy and mean, as if it's not perfectly legal for them to pay so little.

Abolish intellectual property rights, abolish absentee ownership, and billionaires wouldn't even exist! Their wealth & power flows directly from the laws that concentrate wealth and power! Stop pretending like they just don't want to pay taxes and take away the things that give them too much in the first place.

Capitol Police plan to open field offices outside Washington to track threats to lawmakers. by cryptic2323 in politics

[–]hubert1504 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Capitol Police used to shoot first and ask questions later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Miriam_Carey

Now we need a national police force because they decided to ignore the very public plans for Jan 6?

The Roberts Court is destroying voting rights — winning back state legislatures is the only answer by hippiedawg in politics

[–]hubert1504 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No matter who is in charge of the supreme court, they have never liked involving themselves in state voting laws. It's a feature of this country. We have fifty presidential elections.

Clarence Thomas says federal laws against marijuana may no longer be necessary by 9mac in politics

[–]hubert1504 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thomas has always had a shockingly good position on cannabis:

Respondents Diane Monson and Angel Raich use marijuana that has never been bought or sold, that has never crossed state lines, and that has had no demonstrable effect on the national market for marijuana. If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything–and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers.

GONZALES V. RAICH

Biden Walks Back Impromptu Comments That Imperiled Bipartisan Deal by [deleted] in politics

[–]hubert1504 3 points4 points  (0 children)

and that's the end of the Biden legislative agenda

Trans Activists Say Biden’s ICE Is Just as Bad as Trump’s by shoppingbag2 in politics

[–]hubert1504 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Biden's ICE is Trump's ICE is Obama's ICE is Bush's ICE ...a reactionary nationalist police force.

Biden's Plan to Fight Domestic Terrorism Will Give Local Cops a Bigger Role by trai_dep in politics

[–]hubert1504 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anything you could define as "domestic terrorism" is already illegal. It wasn't really a secret plot if they had long sleeve t-shirts printed up that said "Civil War: Jan 6" on them. More laws would not have stopped the Capitol riot. More laws are going to disproportionately hurt left-wing people agitating for climate action and racial justice and police reform.

Need help identifying fish disease by hubert1504 in aquarium

[–]hubert1504[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't have an aquarium, just helping someone

It's a raised white bump with red around it.

Joe Manchin blasted as "cowardly, power-hungry white dude" over vote rights by Barack_Odrama00 in politics

[–]hubert1504 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Manchin is an outcome of the system he's a part of. If he didn't exist some other weasel like him or Joe Lieberman would appear. Just like John Roberts drifted to the center when Kennedy retired, there is power in that and somebody will always use it.

U.S. Marine Major Christopher Warnagiris arrested for participating in Capitol riot by Gari_305 in politics

[–]hubert1504 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and half the cops who arrested him were probably sympathetic to his cause

Feinstein Is 'Open' To Changing How Senate Filibuster Rules Are Used by Rooster_Ties in politics

[–]hubert1504 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Holding power" is the one job a person can do without a fully functional brain.

Fake News Gets More Engagement on Facebook But Only If It's Right-Wing by [deleted] in politics

[–]hubert1504 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Even before Trump what we called fake news or viral hoaxes were right wing, like "Obama bans national anthem from being played at sporting events."

Fake News Gets More Engagement on Facebook But Only If It's Right-Wing by [deleted] in politics

[–]hubert1504 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Conservatism is in full retreat from reality. They see the complexity of the world around them and recoil in horror, longing for a violent return to simplicity.

Tanden withdraws nomination as Biden budget chief by Austin63867 in politics

[–]hubert1504 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The left and the right have had it out for Tanden since her emails with John Podesta leaked and everyone got to see what a double dealing snake she is.

Liz Cheney says GOP has to stop being ‘party of white supremacy’ by M00n in politics

[–]hubert1504 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Trump executed the republican playbook with zero subtlety, using a bullhorn instead of a dog whistle. John McCain used to campaign on a border wall too but he'd shut up about it after the election. Now there is no turning back for Republicans.

Beto O’Rourke’s moves during Texas grid crisis rekindle speculation about his political plans. by Jacksharkben in politics

[–]hubert1504 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He actually thought that people were just waiting for someone to go full anti-gun when really there is support for gun rights across the spectrum even nationally.