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  1. So, as an example, Trump is removing protected status for a lot of Central American, South American and Caribbean populations. At the same time he is granting status to white (and only white) South Africans. All of this is perfectly legal under the authority of the president. Are you telling me with a straight face that this couldn't possibly be racist in its intent? I'm not even saying it necessarily is racist, but you have to see how it's possible to have immigration actions that are both legal and racist at the same time.
  2. The first episode of Underdogs with Ryan Reynolds on National Geographic has a great segment on how honey badgers are nearly indestructible. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/episode/33b9ec1a-fe35-4d71-8ae5-e41dcef5af1e/playlist/PL553044961
  3. And here's a longer clip. They started chasing the guy because he said "Fuck Trump". We have a half dozen guys all geared up like their in a war zone and ready to beat this guy's ass all because they didn't like something he said.
  4. Aside from the general trend of US healthcare getting more expensive for everyone, we were told a major factor is the rise in high-cost claimants over the past couple years. We have 500 or so people in the US, so I could understand how it only takes a handful of high-cost people to drive things up. For example, a colleague spent the past ~18 months fighting stage 4 brain cancer. I'm going to his memorial this week.
  5. Yes, they talked about this on NPR. Most kids (80%+ I believe) get two different shots not providers like having the option of the single slot. I imagine it makes a difference for hard to serve populations.
  6. I think Tricia McLaughlin may be about to lose her job.
  7. Do you need the OCR so you can search and copy text? Or are you just trying to preserve some digital copy? I've scanned docs on my Android phone using the Google Drive scan capability. It's easy to do multiple pages and it saves the doc as a PDF. What I've found is that opening the PDF in Drive doesn't recognize the text. If I open the PDF in the Apple Preview app on my Mac, it does recognize the text and lets me search and copy. The free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader doesn't recognize the text, but I think the paid version would let me do that. So, scanning through Google Drive may work for you as long as you have the patience to scan each page.
  8. This guy has been here since he was 4 years old, he has a visa application in process and he's working as a firefighter. What are we even trying to accomplish by harassing people like this? It's crazy.
  9. I've been at my company for 20 years and we have always covered 100% of premiums on a top of the line health insurance plan, including contributions to employee HSAs. In 2025 premiums went up 25% and we managed to still cover everything. For 2026, BCBS demanded another 58% increase and we just can't do it anymore. We're switching carriers and pushing some of the premium to employees for the first time. This company really tries to treat people well and it sucks that costs have just made this impossible. I'm a little depressed.
  10. Is @Allen_Bernier a bot trying to build up post count? What's up with digging up multiple old threads and throwing out random advice?
  11. Da fuq you say?
  12. I understand the sentiment, but there's no quick win here and it's never too late to live your values.
  13. Yes, I hear you. Just to be clear, I was specifically suggesting that Texas Democratics should look to take action and make an impact privately, not through legislative/state action. Find ways to do good for people despite state failings.
  14. More of this
  15. I recognize that you're full of shit and not asking any of this in good faith, but I've been thinking for a while that there's something to this. If the Texas Democratic party (as an example) wants to build any type of support, they should focus on winning hearts and minds through practical action that actually improves people's lives. Words and rhetoric aren't going to move the needle. People aren't going to pay attention to abstract concerns about "fascism vs democracy" or finger pointing at Republicans. Instead they should focus on things like: Welfare checks, meals and other support for the elderly and disabled Providing books to kids (better yet, daycare, after school care, summer camp) City beautification efforts Honoring every single veteran in a visible way on Veteran's Day Recruiting and training CASA volunteers and foster parents Sponsoring sports leagues, teams and facilities for kids Providing free sex education resources and contraception These are just a few ideas off the top of my head. Some require a ton of resources. Some invite more controversy and criticism than others. But the point is to put the focus on things that matter to people. Don't try to fight fire with fire. The more the regime takes away, the more the opposition should step up and give away.
  16. Were Kimmel's comments more or less horrifying than this?
  17. Nothing Kimmel said was incorrect. He never said he thinks the shooter is MAGA. He said that MAGA was tripping over their dicks 5 seconds after the shooting, with no evidence, to point the finger at any other possibility than MAGA. He was 100% correct.
  18. Add Ball State to the list...
  19. Democrats getting a spine? Probably too much to hope for. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/18/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-comments-show-cancelled-suspended-monologue-trump-us-politics-live?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-68cc022e8f0816a4522bd35a#block-68cc022e8f0816a4522bd35a
  20. I missed this yesterday. Nice to hear some alternate voices. I don't know anything about the Interfaith Alliance. Is this a fairly sane, mainstream group? https://www.keranews.org/news/2025-09-17/interfaith-religious-freedom-schools-summit-texas
  21. There might be something to this as the unions are speaking out. https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-kimmel-live-trump-abc-cancelled-fcc-free-speech-2131701
  22. I had forgotten about his January 6th involvement. I could totally see one of those convicted rioters turning on him. That's as good a guess as any.
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