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Great episode of On Point from Friday, covering the history and context of birthright citizenship and "subject to the jurisdiction thereof." It's a 45-minute-long interview/conversation with Heather Cox Richardson (full transcript is found in the link below as well). I'd say anyone who doubts the intent of the 14th Amendment as we've commonly interpreted (until recently) absolutely should find the time to listen. The historical context that she outlines is unambiguous and affirms that, yes, we have indeed been correct that the way we view it today is EXACTLY how it was intended, as written, in the 1860s. https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025/05/02/birthright-citizenship-trump-history-heather-cox-richardson
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Sounds like the toxicity of the "Made in the USA" brand is spreading from Canada to Europe now, too. Buy American? No Thanks, Europe Says, as Tariff Backlash Grows. A shifting perception of the United States amid President Trump’s trade war is prompting Europeans to pivot decisively away from U.S. goods and services. For motorcycle lovers in Sweden, Harley-Davidson is the hottest brand on the road. Jack Daniel’s whiskey beckons from the bar at British pubs. In France, Levi’s jeans are all about chic. But in the tumult of President Trump’s trade war with Europe, many European consumers are starting to avoid U.S. products and services in what appears to be a decisive and potentially long-term shift away from buying American, according to a new assessment by the European Central Bank. In April, Mr. Trump imposed a 10 percent blanket tariff on America’s trading partners, and threatened “reciprocal tariffs” on many of those, including the European Union. Companies like Tesla and McDonald’s are seeing customers in Europe put off by “Made in America.” “The newly imposed U.S. trade tariffs on European products are causing European consumers to think twice about what’s in their shopping cart,” the European Central Bank wrote in a blog post about its research on consumer behavior. “Consumers are very willing to actively move away from U.S. products and services.” Europeans had already begun testing grass-roots boycotts on American products, including Heinz ketchup and Lay’s potato chips, shortly after Mr. Trump took office. His threats to take over Greenland, part of Denmark, energized Danes to organize no-buy campaigns on Facebook. Tesla owners in Sweden slapped “shame” bumper stickers on their cars to distance themselves from Elon Musk, the Tesla chief executive, who is one of Mr. Trump’s top advisers. But Europeans’ anguish over Mr. Trump’s treatment of America’s longtime allies has hardened as he has moved to rewire world trade with steep global tariffs, the central bank found. Mr. Trump took particular aim at the European Union, which he called “very, very bad to us” for not buying more from the United States, and threatened the bloc with a 20 percent “reciprocal” tariff last month. Such talk bewildered many Europeans and rattled E.U. leaders, who retaliated with a 25 percent duty on many U.S. goods. Both sides called a temporary truce after Mr. Trump abruptly reversed course and delayed tariffs until the summer. But the 10 percent base-line tariff is still in place, and a trans-Atlantic trade war could easily flare again. And even if a trade deal is reached, Europe’s newfound wariness of its longtime ally will not easily be unwound. The European Central Bank’s study found that even if a mere 5 percent tax was placed on American products sold in Europe, Europeans would be inclined to shun them. What is new, the central bank said, is a “preference” among European consumers “to move away from U.S. products and brands altogether,” no matter what the cost. That was the case even for households that could bear the brunt of higher prices. “Even though they could afford more expensive U.S. products and services, they consciously choose alternatives,” the bank said. “This suggests that consumers’ reactions may not just be a temporary response to tariff increases, but instead signal a possible long-term structural shift in consumer preferences away from U.S. products and brands.” In Germany and Italy, developers have created apps that scan grocery and clothing items for people who want to make sure they are not buying American. The top app, BrandSnap, even suggests European alternatives. On a French-run “Boycott USA!” Facebook channel with 31,000 members, people boast about buying Adidas, a German brand, over Nike and New Balance, and post stories about avoiding travel to the United States. In a Danish Facebook group with 95,000 members, people try to help one another figure out if products like Gillette Mach 3 razor blades or Schweppes soda are from the United States. One run from Sweden promotes alternatives to Airbnb and is calling for a European boycott on Meta platforms for a week in May. Europeans have also posted online to say they have begun canceling subscriptions to U.S. streaming giants, including Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video. Some consumers who have boycotted Amazon have gone online to lament that delivery from alternate e-commerce platforms in their countries is slower or less reliable, but say they are staying the course. Millions of people still buy American goods and services worldwide, but U.S. companies and investors are keeping a close eye on international markets for signs of anti-American sentiment related to Mr. Trump’s policies. In Europe, Tesla sales continued a sharp decline in April, data showed, including an 81 percent plunge in Sweden from a year earlier, as protests against Mr. Musk’s political views held steady. And McDonald’s said it was observing growing negative attitudes abroad toward U.S. brands, especially in Northern Europe and Canada. International consumers are “going to be cutting back their purchase of American brands, and we’ve seen an uptick in anti-American sentiment,” the burger chain’s chief executive, Chris Kempczinski, said in a call with analysts last week. The McDonald’s brand does not seem to have been damaged yet — same-store sales in Canada and Europe were down only 1 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier. But there is an “eight- to a 10-point increase in anti-American sentiment,” he said.
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Just watched the first episode. It's pretty good.
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Everything is Shit: Tracking the Great Enshittening
bolverk replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
MALFUNCTION! MALFUNCTION! DANGER! DANGER! -
Okay, then, I stand corrected.
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I would've thought Bostonians would lean more toward "brah."
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It's like every conspiracist from the John Birchers on down to today's anti-vaxxers are running the show now.
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What a fucking retard.
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Melania, if she shows up to his birthday parade, will be all over that.
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MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN: Bring back teen moms, child marriage, and kids working in the mines. https://bsky.app/profile/alicemiranda.bsky.social/post/3lo74lsirrk2i
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John Fetterman - saving America with sweatshirts and Umbros
bolverk replied to Gil Bang's topic in Cloak Room
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Something also to bear in mind is that state employment commissions don't estimate job numbers for federal agencies, the railroads (I don't recall the rationale for that), or the post office (weird quasi-federal workers). Everything else, if I'm remembering correctly, is. Also, jobs are only to be counted if they are present during the week of each month that the 12th falls on. Anything that happens after that week is recorded for the following month.
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Yeah, he went to the one in 2017, during his first year. I seem to recall a discussion of the damage the tanks would do to DC's streets at the time. He was invited, and the US participated in that one to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the US joining the fight in WWI. They have a tradition of inviting other countries to celebrate other anniversaries and the like. For France, the tradition started back in the 1880s but really kicked off in celebration of the end of World War I. Notably, it continued after WW2 when the Nazis marched down the Champs-Elysees during their occupation of Paris.
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John Fetterman - saving America with sweatshirts and Umbros
bolverk replied to Gil Bang's topic in Cloak Room
Note to self: Don't have a stroke. Your brain could turn to mush, and you might start thinking like a genocidal Trumptard. -
Let me add, @Wulaw Horn, your not understanding something doesn't make it a conspiracy. In fact, I'd say the majority of this country's problem is people jumping to that kind of conclusion without understanding the basics about what the fuck is actually happening and how shit works. Instead, uninformed people often seem to prefer making assumptions and acting before they even start to ask questions. Then, they end up fucking around and finding out.
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There was an interesting quote from Diego Luna in the YouTube clip posted above when he said something like, "Andor is a story of love in a time of rebellion." I suppose there's no rule about falling in love a second time during the same, so yeah, that checks out. After all, the whole thing is a state of heightened emotions.
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FRIDAY UPDATE: 20 new cases since Tuesday in El Paso (+6), Upshur (+5), Eastland (+2), Lubbock (+2), Dawson (+1), Ector (+1), Hardeman (+1), Hockley (+1), and Potter (+1) counties. *Bolded counties previously reported no cases. DSHS still doesn’t mention Denton or Scurry counties, which makes me wonder if other cases we haven't heard about in the media are also present but haven’t been tallied by the state yet (or they’ve been determined to be unrelated).
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Do you know how the job numbers are run each month? I do, because it was my job for a year right out of grad school in the late 1990s. Each state’s labor department and without federal influence (e.g., Labor Market Information division of the Texas Workforce Commission in this state) has a section devoted to: Independently calculating the number of jobs by sector in its own state, based on a sample of data from individual employers who are required to report their staff on the payroll. These calculations are done twice monthly, with the second revised estimate simply having more data, allowing for greater accuracy as the month passes. This is a "job count" by state, county, and industry, and is continuously verified by calling HR departments around the state, cleaned up, and revised with a final "benchmark" at the end of each year. Surveying households to calculate employment and unemployment estimates on whether or not people are working. This survey is then applied to Census data, estimating the number of people over the age of 16 years (working age civilian labor force) by state and county. This is a "people count" by state and county, with major revisions only conducted each decade after the decennial census. These figures come from the individual analysts at each state’s employment commission. The only federal oversight occurs during the "benchmarking process," where analysts from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics fly in and pore over the numbers with the party responsible for each dataset. For example, I personally was responsible for defending a year of my own numbers in a two-on-one meeting with federal analysts. None of this is to say that they are precise, ball-on-accurate data. Still, I can affirmatively attest that all the calculations are performed with zero federal influence and only a modicum of federal oversight.
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And to think that people would dare to besmirch the inherent value of your great-great-grandpa’s creation. It’s imperative that Jacksborons get their police back to protect this stony heritage.
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17 year old stabbed to death by another 17 year old at Frisco track meet
bolverk replied to Derka's topic in Daily Texan
I just read this page’s posts and see that, after another week on this most critical topic, we still haven’t reached a resolution, but I have every confidence in the brain trust coming to a verdict before the trial. Keep fighting the good fight!
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