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Much like fans celebrating the guy occupying the Oval Office who’s been convicted of 34 felonies by a jury of his peers, who’s no longer able to run a charitable foundation in New York because he stole money from kids with cancer, who stole classified documents and storing them in a bathroom, and who operated a scam “university”? Is that the type of law-breaking celebration you’re talking about?
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Wordle 1,522 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #800 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🙂 Daily Quordle 1303 6️⃣4️⃣ 5️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,521 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #799 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1302 9️⃣4️⃣ 6️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
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Wordle 1,520 2/6 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #798 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1301 6️⃣4️⃣ 5️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Late. Travelling all day. Wordle 1,519 3/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #797 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1300 7️⃣6️⃣ 4️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,518 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #796 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1299 7️⃣4️⃣ 5️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,517 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #795 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1298 4️⃣7️⃣ 8️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
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Robert E. Lee HS in Tyler TX up for a Name Change Vote
bolverk replied to dcbc's topic in Daily Texan
I wonder if they’re going to revert to Confederate Rebels or continue to be Colonial ones. Right now, they can pretend the name doesn’t include the “Robert E.” so it’s just any old generic Lee you can think of. If they go back to including all the Confederate shit, the mask will have been entirely removed. -
Wordle 1,516 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #794 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1297 6️⃣5️⃣ 4️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Youth Minister's (and other pervs) Thread of Shame
bolverk replied to tx 3 putt's topic in Daily Texan
We got another case of "Methinks, the GOP doth protest too much." -
If you could explain this fiction they’re trying to convince us of in a persuasive enough manner, you just might be the next Federal Reserve Chair our president is looking for.
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Should've just said to them, "Kojak! Bang bang!"
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Wordle 1,515 3/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #793 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🙂 Daily Quordle 1296 4️⃣7️⃣ 8️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/11/us/trump-news The U.S. military is preparing to activate several hundred National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., on Monday, a Defense Department official said. President Trump, who has repeatedly threatened a federal takeover of the nation’s capital, was expected to announce the deployment at a White House news conference on Monday. Mr. Trump has claimed that crime is “totally out of control” in Washington, even though officials announced in January that violent crime in the city was at a 30-year low. On Monday, Mr. Trump is expected to say that up to several hundred District of Columbia National Guard personnel will be sent to support law enforcement officers in the city, the Defense Department official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters. No other details were available early Monday. Here’s what else to know: D.C. deployment: Mr. Trump had not approved any official deployment orders for Washington as of early Monday. In a Truth Social post Monday morning, Mr. Trump said: “I will, MAKE OUR CAPITAL GREAT AGAIN!” Unlike a state’s governor, the District of Columbia does not have control over its National Guard, giving the president broad leeway to deploy those troops. The Trump administration also plans to temporarily reassign 120 F.B.I. agents in Washington to nighttime patrol duties as part of Mr. Trump’s crackdown, according to people familiar with the matter. Read more › Viral claim: Mr. Trump’s most recent threats to take control of Washington came after a prominent member of the Department of Government Efficiency reported being beaten in an attempted carjacking. Mr. Trump shared a photograph of the victim, Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old software engineer, on social media last week and wrote, “If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City.” Other deployments: The troop activation in Washington comes after the deployment this summer of nearly 5,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles with orders to help quell protests that had erupted over immigration raids and to protect the federal agents conducting them. All but about 250 of those National Guard troops have since been withdrawn. And in his first term, Mr. Trump called up National Guard soldiers and federal law enforcement personnel to forcibly clear peaceful protests during the Black Lives Matter protests after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020.
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Wordle 1,514 3/6 🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #792 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1295 4️⃣8️⃣ 6️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
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Wordle 1,513 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #791 🟦🟪🟩🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1294 4️⃣9️⃣ 6️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
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Wordle 1,512 4/6 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #790 🟨🟪🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1293 7️⃣5️⃣ 8️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/nyregion/cuomo-trump-mamdani-mayor.html Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has positioned himself as the only candidate in the New York City mayor’s race who can forcefully go toe-to-toe with President Trump. But in a closed-door meeting on Wednesday with some of the city’s biggest business leaders, Mr. Cuomo suggested he might adopt a more conciliatory strategy. As he made a case for his candidacy, Mr. Cuomo said he was not “personally” looking for a fight with the president and compared their yearslong relationship to a “dysfunctional marriage.” “I think he wants to be accepted by New York City, and I think there’s an opportunity there,” Mr. Cuomo said, according to four people who shared accounts of the private meeting with 50 corporate executives gathered at Rockefeller Center. He added: “I know, personally, he doesn’t want to fight with me. Personally, I don’t want to fight with him, right? So I don’t think he’s going to be eager to create a conflict with us.” Mr. Cuomo also made the case that Mr. Trump cared about his hometown and wanted to “find a way to be a hero in New York City.” Mr. Trump knew, he said, that confronting Mr. Cuomo would lead to a “nasty, ugly, drawn-out fight.” Just hours after the Wednesday meeting, which was organized by the Partnership for New York City, The New York Times reported that Mr. Cuomo had in recent weeks spoken privately to the president about the race. Like many of the city’s business leaders, the president has expressed alarm about Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee who has proposed raising taxes on the wealthy and freezing rents for some tenants. The remarks to the Partnership speak to the sometimes divergent stances Mr. Cuomo is adopting around Mr. Trump publicly and privately as he seeks to revive his campaign after losing the Democratic primary to Mr. Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman and democratic socialist. Mr. Cuomo has previously said the White House is working to “undermine our democracy” and has criticized Mr. Trump’s immigration policies. Mr. Cuomo needs to court business leaders, voters and potential donors who are friendlier with Mr. Trump or fear his influence. But inching too close to him could alienate Democrats in a city where the president is overwhelmingly unpopular. Mr. Mamdani and his allies quickly seized on The Times’s report. At a news conference on Thursday morning, Mr. Mamdani called the conversation between the two men “a betrayal” of the city by Mr. Cuomo. He held the event outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, the hub for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the city. “The job of mayor is not to audition to be the jester for a want-to-be king,” Mr. Mamdani said. “It is to be the person who stands up for the values of this city, the fabric of this city and the people of this city." Mr. Mamdani said he had not spoken to Mr. Trump and played down concerns that his election could put a bigger target on New York City’s back, given the president’s virulent criticism of him. He said he would fight Mr. Trump at all costs if he sought to harm New Yorkers, but was open to collaboration to help the city. “If the president and the administration is looking to work for the benefit of New Yorkers, which is what he spent so much of his campaign speaking about, that is a different conversation,” Mr. Mamdani said. Mr. Cuomo was scheduled to hold an event Thursday afternoon. His meeting with business leaders was intended to make a case for why he, rather than Mayor Eric Adams or the Republican candidate, Curtis Sliwa, was the best positioned to defeat Mr. Mamdani and guide the city through a tumultuous era. The former governor is leading Mr. Adams in the polls, but has said candidly that Mr. Mamdani, the race’s front-runner, will prevail if opposition to him remains splintered. Among the attendees were the head of Pfizer and Tishman Speyer, the real estate giant. In a statement on Wednesday, Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for Mr. Cuomo, did not deny that the former governor and the president had spoken, but sought to put distance between them. He said the two men had not spoken “in some time” and that “as far as I know,” they had not discussed the race. Mr. Azzopardi suggested Mr. Trump would be more likely to prefer that Mr. Mamdani or Mr. Adams win. “He believes Mamdani would serve as a political boon to Republicans nationwide in the midterms, symbolizing what he sees as the Democratic Party’s extremism,” he said. He called Mr. Adams, who worked with the Trump administration to get federal corruption charges dismissed against him, as a “wholly owned subsidiary of the president.” Mr. Cuomo said in a recent interview on WNYC that the best way to handle Mr. Trump was with a confrontational approach. “I don’t know there is a strategy besides being very aggressive because he’s a very aggressive personality,” Mr. Cuomo said. “He comes in very strong. His tactic is just to overpower you, and you have to meet force with force.”
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The data and surveys I've seen showed that in-migration to Texas, before the pandemic, was pretty much a 50/50 ideological wash among likely Republicans and Democrats. However, that balance tilted more Republican during the pandemic, but I haven't seen data on those trends for the past couple of years. I imagine that in-migration is likely still somewhat balanced with a bit of tilt, but out-migration data are probably showing that a lot more Democrat-leaning voters are leaving than before. So, the net migration figures probably favor the Republicans.
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Renewable Energy Saving Texas' Ass Right Now
bolverk replied to Horn Under a Bad Sign's topic in Daily Texan
We'll be seeing a lot fewer renewable projects in Texas, but what will replace them to save our ass won't make us breathe any easier, literally or figuratively. Suddenly, the Trump Administration Tightens the Vise on Wind Farms Federal agencies have recently issued a barrage of restrictions that could halt construction of solar and wind farms on public and private lands. The Trump administration has sharply escalated its attacks on wind and solar power in recent days, issuing a barrage of policies that could halt the construction of renewable energy projects on public and private lands across the country. The Interior Department is now requiring dozens of formerly routine consultations and approvals for wind and solar projects to undergo new layers of political review by the interior secretary’s office, a policy that is causing significant permitting delays. The agency is also opening investigations into bird deaths caused by wind farms and withdrawing millions of acres of federal waters previously available for leasing by offshore wind companies. The Interior Department also signaled that it would review wind projects that have already been approved by the federal government but are being sued by opponents, and consider rescinding their permits, a step that could halt projects already under construction. On Wednesday, the agency said it was reversing a Biden administration decision to approve the Lava Ridge Wind Project, a giant wind farm planned for southern Idaho that was opposed by state lawmakers because, among other things, it would be visible from the Minidoka National Historic Site, a World War II internment camp for Japanese Americans. The Trump administration said it had discovered “legal deficiencies” in the original approval but did not provide details. At the same time, the Transportation Department is recommending minimum setback requirements for wind farms near federal highways and railroads, requiring them to be placed 1.2 miles away. And it ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to re-evaluate whether wind farms pose a danger to aviation, a potentially momentous step since nearly every wind farm in the country requires height clearance approvals from the agency. Taken together, the policies amount to a far-reaching crackdown on wind and solar power, which provided 16 percent of the nation’s electricity last year and were two of the fastest-growing sources of power. Wind power is a major source of electricity in Republican-led states like Iowa, Oklahoma and Texas. “These actions are so extreme that one can only hope that they reconsider once they see the impacts here,” said Jason Grumet, chief executive of the American Clean Power Association, which represents renewable energy producers. “This is going to dramatically affect our ability to develop energy in this country.” President Trump has repeatedly expressed his distaste for both renewable energy technologies, calling them ugly and inefficient. His interior secretary, Doug Burgum, has adopted Mr. Trump’s rhetoric, referring to wind and solar as “gargantuan, unreliable, intermittent energy projects.” Dozens of wind and solar projects that sit on both public and private lands nationwide are now stalled while waiting for what were once ordinary approvals from the federal government, Mr. Grumet said. While fewer than 5 percent of solar and wind projects are on public lands directly overseen by the Interior Department, many projects on private lands often need federal approvals to comply with wildlife protections or other laws. One planned solar facility on private land in the Upper Midwest is currently delayed because federal agencies have halted all discussions over a needed water permit. Another large solar farm on private land in the West is being held up because it must now undergo three layers of political review, including by Mr. Burgum’s office. “Projects in the late stages of development are suddenly getting their meetings with federal agencies canceled and can’t move forward,” Mr. Grumet said. “It’s costing companies tens of millions of dollars.” Elizabeth Peace, a spokeswoman for the Interior Department, declined to comment on the delays but defended the agency’s stricter reviews. “Evaluating land use efficiency and environmental impact isn’t partisan, it’s responsible governance,” she said. -
Everything is Shit: Tracking the Great Enshittening
bolverk replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
I guess this is the best active thread for this. Using AI to monitor kids’ online text/speech is being abused. Of course, I understand concern on the other side of the argument, but the big, bolded last sentence quoted below (there's more at the link) is a broad societal problem, imo. Normalizing Big Brother shit. Let's train the next generation to "watch what they say." Yeah, that's not an original sentiment or statement, but I don't get why we're putting up with all of this stuff, as it's increasingly being spread throughout all aspects of our lives and disturbs my libertarian nature, in the free speech and civil liberties sense. It's not really an AI issue per se, except for how the tech can be abused, which I guess you could argue is the whole AI problem thing. https://apnews.com/article/ai-school-surveillance-gaggle-goguardian-bark-8c531cde8f9aee0b1ef06cfce109724a Lesley Mathis knows what her daughter said was wrong. But she never expected the 13-year-old girl would get arrested for it. The teenage girl made an offensive joke while chatting online with her classmates, triggering the school’s surveillance software. Before the morning was even over, the Tennessee eighth grader was under arrest. She was interrogated, strip-searched and spent the night in a jail cell, her mother says. Earlier in the day, her friends had teased the teen about her tanned complexion and called her “Mexican,” even though she’s not. When a friend asked what she was planning for Thursday, she wrote: “on Thursday we kill all the Mexico’s.” Mathis said the comments were “wrong” and “stupid,” but context showed they were not a threat. “It made me feel like, is this the America we live in?” Mathis said of her daughter’s arrest. “And it was this stupid, stupid technology that is just going through picking up random words and not looking at context.” Surveillance systems in American schools increasingly monitor everything students write on school accounts and devices. Thousands of school districts across the country use software like Gaggle and Lightspeed Alert to track kids’ online activities, looking for signs they might hurt themselves or others. With the help of artificial intelligence, technology can dip into online conversations and immediately notify both school officials and law enforcement. Educators say the technology has saved lives. But critics warn it can criminalize children for careless words. “It has routinized law enforcement access and presence in students’ lives, including in their home,” said Elizabeth Laird, a director at the Center for Democracy and Technology. -
corporation for public broadcasting shutting down
bolverk replied to Hagbard Celine's topic in Daily Texan
Midland’s got the money, but my gawd, not the will. Not having cable, I can’t access it anyway because the OTA signal’s too weak. Regardless, I would’ve liked to have seen the raw numbers appear alongside the percentages as well. Undoubtedly, for the smaller stations with massive funding losses, they could likely be made up for at relatively low cost. Having brought up Marfa Public Radio previously in this thread as a real gem, it’d be a shame to see the quality of their programming diminished, but they’ll likely survive out there okay since some relatively deep pockets are probably willing to step up to the plate. But what the hell are these income-deprived folks living out in the middle of nowhere on a reservation -- because our federal government forced them there -- going to do? And I highly doubt many have access to decent internet -- could be wrong, of course. Then, you’ve got all those super-duper isolated people up in Alaska losing funding. Maybe I’m erroneously overstating what a lifeline I assume those terrestrial stations are, and I guess they’ll all manage somehow, but this seems so stupidly pointless over such a paltry sum.
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