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  1. I’d also add that learning that other posters with whom we could casually get along and joke around previously are A-OKAY with fascism has put a damper on the fun times.
  2. Woman trying to get home to her apartment, standing 30 feet away from cops. We can't hear her but can assume she's likely trying to explain the situation. She gets shot and walks away (crying), cops render zero aid, bystander (filmer) comes to assist hurt woman, and it sounds like cops start to shoot at her, too, at the end.
  3. That's just fucking appalling and enraging. That, to me, is assault. In normal times, would there be any possible way for that woman to get any sort of justice or compensation? Also, take note that the victim received zero aid from any "public servants" and that a civilian had to run cattycorner across the intersection to help the woman, and even she was also threatened. (To embed on Surly, just copy/paste the url link instead of trying any share buttons)
  4. YTD rainfall. This link should allow you to zoom in and hover over your locale. YTD rainfall anomaly. Link YTD Average. Link
  5. Trump Says Army Bases Will Revert to Confederate Names The move would reverse a yearslong effort to remove names and symbols honoring the Confederacy from the military.
  6. B-I-N-G-O
  7. What the hell are you talking about? We got a speech about green eggs and ham once, about 12 years ago.
  8. I can understand their rationale, since Russian-friendly Serbia doesn’t recognize their independence and they feel the need to be on the dickhead’s good side. They’re placing a bet that Il Dookie won’t eventually stab them in the back. We'll see how that goes for them.
  9. bolverk

    LBGTQ

    I'd lay off Slorch. Yeah, he's right-leaning, and we’re certainly not going to agree with him on everything. But on the fundamental basics of democracy and opposition to the Trump Regime, the dude is an ally. He formally renounced any lingering support for the fuckface years ago, immediately after Helsinki and Trump shitting all over the vets and skipping out on visiting that cemetary in France. That was all well before the 2020 election. Edit: I generally think he's a more live-and-let-live guy who won't offer full-throated support on a lot of social issues. He probably shouldn't be considered an ally, per se, for the LGBTQ community, but I think he'd just rather not have stuff shoved in his face. Call him a neutral party on this front, unless I'm misreading him. I think that's about the best that can be expected for a fundamentally conservative straight white guy from Texas, and I don't mean that condescendingly or as a put down. It just is.
  10. The Trump Regime isn't happy with its slim majority in Congress, so it's pushing Texas to gerrymander its districts even worse to disenfranchise further those of us who aren't in the cult. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/11/texas-congress-midcycle-redistricting-trump-republicans/
  11. This could've gone in the "Way too early prez" thread, but I thought here was better because first things first. The Dems needed a national leader, and Newsom is giving it a shot. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/newsom-speech-2028.html When Gavin Newsom stepped in front of a camera Tuesday evening, he was a California governor addressing his constituents as a crisis of civil disorder gripped pockets of Los Angeles. But by the time Mr. Newsom was finished, it was clear the governor was speaking not only to his state but to his country, and his beleaguered party. To Democrats looking for direction and leadership, Mr. Newsom used one of the highest profile moments of his political career to lay out the threat he argued President Trump posed to the nation, and how Americans should resist it. And he suggested he was the man to lead that fight. “Democracy is under assault right before our eyes,” Mr. Newsom said. “The moment we’ve feared has arrived.” The next presidential election is more than three years away. But it was hard to watch the speech, delivered as anti-Trump protests spread from Los Angeles to other cities, and not wonder if the 2028 campaign had already begun. This may well prove to be a turning point both for Mr. Newsom and for the Democratic Party. Mr. Newsom has made little secret of his interest in running for president, and the speech, posted on his social media channels, was filled with the trappings of a nationally televised address from a White House candidate. He was flanked by an American and a California flag, dressed in a suit and tie, and he read from a prepared speech, which is unusual for the governor, who has dyslexia. A copy of his prepared text was released to the media in advance of its delivery, from a television studio in Los Angeles. “He gave a kickoff to his 2028 campaign,” said Steve Bannon, a former top aide to Mr. Trump and a critic of Mr. Newsom. The speech was the culmination of several days of battles between Mr. Newson and Mr. Trump that have captivated much of the nation. The immigration raids carried out by federal agents on Friday set off demonstrations across Los Angeles. Mr. Trump sent in the National Guard and the Marines despite Mr. Newsom’s objections, producing days of caustic exchanges. It was also a reminder of how quickly Mr. Newsom’s standing has changed. A month ago, Mr. Newsom seemed at times in danger of fading to the sidelines. At 57, he was playing out his final years as governor, since he is barred by term limits from seeking a third term. He was facing the thankless burden of managing a huge state budget deficit, overseeing the rebuilding of Los Angeles after the January wildfires and grappling with Mr. Trump as the president moved to undercut signature California programs, from high-speed rail to clean air measures. For much of 2024, Mr. Newsom had been closely tied to Joe Biden, acting as one of the former president’s surrogates and defenders before Mr. Biden was forced out of the race. Mr. Newsom had sought, in the first days of the Trump administration, to raise his profile and to influence the direction of the Democratic Party. He hosted a podcast — “This is Gavin Newsom” — in which he gave a platform to some of the leading figures in the Trump movement, including Mr. Bannon. He met Mr. Trump with a handshake at LAX when the president came to tour the damage from the fires. And he broke with many Democrats in saying that he thought that the participation of transgender athletes in women’s sports was “deeply unfair.” Those actions made Mr. Newsom an unpopular figure with parts of the Democratic Party. It’s unclear whether his abrupt change, from saying Democrats needed to work with Mr. Trump to his searing attacks on the president on Tuesday, will feed apprehensions among some Democrats that Mr. Newsom is inauthentic or an opportunist. But Mr. Newsom’s stature, at least in his party, was likely elevated by a barrage of attacks from Mr. Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and other G.O.P. leaders in the aftermath of the demonstrations against the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Mr. Trump suggested Mr. Newsom be placed under arrest; Mr. Johnson said he should be “tarred and feathered.” As a result, the lame-duck governor of California has emerged as arguably the most prominent Democratic foil to Mr. Trump. For his part, Mr. Newsom has seemed to relish parrying with Republicans on social media, responding to their comments with acid retorts that won him cheers from Democrats who had, not so long ago, been skeptical of Mr. Newsom’s friendly podcast banter with right-wing figures. “It gives Gavin the ability to be a leader of a resistance that is not contrived,” said Rob Stutzman, a political strategist and a senior consultant to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, a Republican. “It’s real, because Trump has attacked him and his state.” For all the plaudits he may be winning from Democrats, Mr. Newsom could face tough going should he decide to run. He comes from California, the symbol of blue America and the home of Kamala Harris, the former vice president who lost to Mr. Trump in November’s election. And these next few weeks could prove increasingly difficult, as Mr. Newsom finds his fortunes tied both to what happens on the streets of Los Angeles and to the actions of the man in the White House. David Axelrod, the former chief political aide to Barack Obama, said Mr. Newsom’s “message was very powerful.” But he warned that it is difficult to at once “admonish the president for his provocative, escalatory actions,” while at the same time urging “protesters to show restraint.” Still, with his bristling attacks on Mr. Trump, Mr. Newsom may have positioned himself this week as the leader of the very resistance he once eschewed. The question is whether he can now do what so many other Democrats have failed to do over these chaotic five months: unite the party behind a strategy to weaken a president who has seemed invincible.
  12. Abbott would have to call out the National Guard to quell actual, real riots.
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  14. Other than the recently broken windows, it's not run down in the slightest.
  15. @hobbes2702 and others who don't feel like watching Newsom's address. Quick NYTimes write-up below. I'm sure there will be more written later in other media. This feels like a showdown. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/newsom-speech-trump-la-protests.html?smid=url-share Gov. Gavin Newsom made the case in a televised address Tuesday evening that President Trump’s decisions to send military forces to immigration protests in Los Angeles have put the nation at the precipice of authoritarianism. The California governor urged Americans to stand up to Mr. Trump, calling it a “perilous moment” for democracy and the country’s long-held legal norms. “California may be first, but it clearly won’t end here,” Mr. Newsom said, speaking to cameras from a studio in Los Angeles. “Other states are next. Democracy is next.” “Democracy is under assault right before our eyes — the moment we’ve feared has arrived,” he added. Mr. Newsom spoke on the fifth day of protests in Los Angeles against federal immigration raids that have sent fear and anger through many communities in Southern California. He said Mr. Trump had “inflamed a combustible situation” by taking over California’s National Guard, and by calling up 4,000 troops and 700 Marines. The governor is considered a possible Democratic presidential candidate in 2028, and his Tuesday night speech, called “Democracy at a Crossroads,” sounded national in scope. It aired on some national networks and on Mr. Newsom’s social media accounts. The current political standoff has made it possible for Mr. Newsom to have a wider platform, and he has jousted with President Trump and Republicans for several days in interviews and on social media. “Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves.,” Mr. Newsom said in his speech. “But they do not stop there. Trump and his loyalists thrive on division because it allows them to take more power and exert even more control.” The address was an unusual move for Mr. Newsom, who has dyslexia and dislikes reading from a teleprompter to deliver formal speeches. But he has been using every communication channel possible to raise alarms about the extraordinary measures Mr. Trump has taken to mobilize the military for domestic uses. Not since the civil rights movement in the 1960s has a president sent National Guard troops to quell unrest without the support of the state’s governor. “I ask everyone to take the time to reflect on this perilous moment,” he said, “a president who wants to be bound by no law or constitution, perpetrating a unified assault on American traditions.”
  16. He called out our Hurr Durr Fuhrer on all the bullshit in very strong terms, itemizing the list of illegal, unconstitutional shit and basically saying explicitely that Donny Fuckwad wants to be a dictator.
  17. First time I've ever seen him speak in any sort of formal setting. Some of his speaking quirks jumped out, but I don't give a single fuck.
  18. No, it won’t, but all of it needed to be said.
  19. Newsom just gave an address tonight.
  20. https://bsky.app/profile/professorbutts.com/post/3lrbn3bw7422o
  21. Felt the same way, my man. As a viewer, you do have to switch gears, but as a Star Wars fan, select episodes of 'Clone Wars' and just about all of 'Rebels' fill in so many blanks and make for some great entertainment.
  22. Don't mean to make this thread all about me, me, me, but the NWS's report on that Sunday evening storm I posted photos of has come in: BIG SPRING, Texas — A powerful storm barreled through Big Spring on Sunday night, causing widespread destruction and prompting the city’s mayor to issue a local disaster declaration. Winds reached up to 119 mph as the severe thunderstorm struck shortly after a warning was issued around 7:40 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. The storm produced damaging wind gusts and baseball-sized hail, which shattered windows, downed power lines and tore through homes and vehicles across the area. Video link
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