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That’s a fair concern! But we have to recognize what kind of oversight is possible in the moment without jeopardizing Ukraine’s success instead of using oversight as a way to slow down aid (which I am sure is the goal of some of the MTG types). The primary goal should be helping Ukraine defend itself and even retake its legal 1991 borders. Everything else, while it may be important, should be secondary.

We’ve spent less than the amount equal to 3% of the pentagon’s budget to utterly decimate the Russian military, morale, and country, without risking US soldiers and while strengthening our relationships with our allies. It’s probably the greatest ROI the federal government has ever seen. If Ronald Reagan was still alive, he’d just be laughing non-stop with his only criticism being that we should give more. Send more HIMARS, javelins, drones, missiles, bullets, etc. Grind the Russian military into dust and restore Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders.

Dem outreach to the Hispanic community has been terrible. They just assume immigration is the only issue instead of recognizing them as people with different interests.

I don’t understand why we just pick somebody to like and then view everything about them as good for them, even when it’s clearly not. Is it good business to add $1 billion in annual debt servicing costs into a $3 billion company that’s never been profitable? I don’t think they’ll be teaching this as good strategy in business school. Elon literally lowered the price of the new verification system because Stephen King said he wouldn’t pay $20/mo. And this isn’t just on the right. The left floated Avenatti as a presidential candidate despite his obvious sumbaggery. And acted like Mueller was going to take care of Trump for them so they wouldn’t have to do anything on their own.

(citation needed) Actually, crime is up because the lizard people took over during the pandemic and they are pro crime because criminals vote for lizards.

Classic PPP move. Say something not true and make other people do the work and then ignore the truth anyway. In case anyone is as gullible as Doc; https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/defunding-claims-police-funding-increased-us-cities/story?id=91511971

(citation needed)

Woof. This one went straight to racism pretty quick. Also defund the police is a stupid slogan, which explains why the police are not being defunded, even in blue states.

Does anyone still think this is going well for Elon?

Trump just has to call DeSantis a dumb nickname akin to Little Marco and it’ll be over. Honestly, even something as dumb as Ron “PeePee PooPoo Pants” DeSantis should do. The braindead masses will laugh it up and turn on DeSantis in a second.

DeSantis is not going to be president in 2024 if Trump runs.

Do you honestly believe that the GOP will try to improve the economy in the lead up to 2024, thus helping the Dems keep the White House?

Obviously that’s not what I said, but cognition never has been your strong point. GOP: We will risk tanking the US economy unless we get what we want. Also, we don’t want a good economy in 2024 so we can win the White House. Voters: These are the guys I trust on the economy.

The GOP: a subsidiary of the House of Saud, in conjunction with the Kremlin, Viktor Orban, Big Pharma, Big Oil, and big businesses everywhere. That being said, they still probably take control of Congress. At which point the only thing they’ll do is show trials and investigations and absolutely nothing to help the average American or the economy.

Well, I’m sorry to tell you this, but none of this is true.

Is to wear shorts with pockets full of stuff the cops confiscate?

I’ll take the people who tell the same story whether or not there is a penalty for it than the people who say one thing and then the opposite when they could get in trouble if they lie.

If every leader I agreed with on this absolutely refused to testify under oath about, I’d probably reconsider my support of that narrative. Additionally, if many of the colleagues of these leaders (or some of the leaders themselves) publicly said that behind closed doors, nobody really believes the narrative, I’d probably reconsider. If a guy published a book about the narrative but had to delay publishing because they had to scrub the book of names to avoid defamation suits, I’d probably reconsider. If the election was stolen, why didn’t Eastman testify to that? Why would he plead the fifth? Same with Gen. Flynn. When asked by a judge during one of the lawsuits if they were alleging fraud, why did Trump’s lawyers say no? Because they know it’s a lie. They will lie in the media and they will lie to you. But the minute they could be punished for lying, they sing a very different tune.

Here’s the WARN act for anyone interested. Here are the exceptions I could find: 1. California WARN does not apply when the closing or layoff is the result of the completion of a particular project or undertaking of an employer subject to Wage Orders 11, 12 or 16, regulating the Motion Picture Industry, or Construction, Drilling, Logging and Mining Industries, and the employees were hired with the understanding that their employment was limited to the duration of that project or undertaking. [California Labor Code Section 1400 (g)] 2. The notice requirements do not apply to employees involved in seasonal employment where the employees were hired with the understanding that their employment was seasonal and temporary. [California Labor Code Section 1400 (g)(2)]2. 3. Notice is not required if a mass layoff, relocation or plant closure is necessitated by a physical calamity or act of war. [California Labor Code Section 1401 (c)] 4. Notice of a relocation or termination is not required where, under multiple and specific conditions, the employer submits documents to the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the DIR determines that the employer was actively seeking capital or business, and a WARN notice would have precluded the employer from obtaining the capital or business. (California Labor Code Section 1402.5) This exception does not apply to notice of a mass layoff as defined in California Labor Code Section 1400 (d). [California Labor Code Section 1402.5 (d)] Exceptions 1-3 clearly don’t apply. 4 probably doesn’t but he can probably come up with enough of a defense to avoid summary judgment if he obtained DIR approval.

About 13% detransition and the overwhelming majority of them do it because of outside pressure, not because they realize they aren’t trans. New Study Shows Discrimination, Stigma, And Family Pressure Drive “Detransition” Among Transgender People “ A new study published in LGBT Health found that 13.1% of currently identified transgender people have detransitioned at some point in their lives, but that 82.5% of those who have detransitioned attribute their decision to at least one external factor such as pressure from family, non-affirming school environments, and increased vulnerability to violence, including sexual assault. The study was authored by researchers at The Fenway Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard Medical School) and is believed to be the first rigorous study of the factors that drive transgender and gender diverse people to detransition. “These findings show that detransition and transition regret are not synonymous, despite the two phenomena being frequently conflated in the media and in political debates,” said Dr. Jack Turban, fellow in child and adolescent psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and lead author of the study. “For most people, it appears detransition is forced upon them. Our results highlight the extreme barriers transgender people in the U.S. face when trying to live their lives authentically.”

I literally cited the law. And linked to it. You’re just speculating and pretending. If you really think Musk’s actions fall within an exception to the law, cite that exception.

I mean, you could just look up the law before spouting off this nonsense. But that would require work and it’s easier to just reflexively say whatever supports your preferred outcome.

California has a law called the WARN Act. It requires that companies in CA with 100 or more employees give at least 60 days notice before layoffs. Musk took ownership of Twitter on October 27th and began laying off employees 8 days later.

You do know that the people promoting this claim fall into three camps, right? 1. They are lying and they know they are lying but they think people like you are dumb 2. They are lying and that’s why whenever they are given a chance to talk about this in a setting in which there is a penalty for lying, they either don’t show up or they plead the 5th 3. The absolute dumbest people on the face of the Earth.

Please tell me you’re not dumb enough to believe that “overheard is too expensive” is a legal defense to breaking the law. Even you can’t possibly be that dumb.