Michael Meyden is accused of making the smoothies with benzodiazepine, a drug typically prescribed for anxiety, according to a probable cause affidavit....
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said Wednesday he would “absolutely not” vote for former President Trump over President Biden in November, pointing to Trump’s foreign policy views and his character....
I’m really starting to hate it, but really don’t want to go back to Reddit. Every post about Israel and capitalism makes me want to quit. I wish there was a better alternative.
Israeli troops have entered Nasser Medical Complex, the hospital in southern Gaza where thousands of displaced Palestinians had been sheltering in recent days, Gaza’s health ministry and the Israeli military said on Thursday....
There are plenty of addicts that seek out help without legal compulsion. I work in a treatment center in Portland and we have way more people seeking help than we can accommodate. Housing is the biggest problem, often people wouldn’t need a residential treatment bed if they had adequate housing.
Even better, if they don’t report it, then people who read stuff from alternative sources will find that they can’t confirm the reporting in mainstream sources and decide that it probably didn’t happen, at least the way they read it.
My take on this: She has no right to. That was a ballot measure, not a law passed by the Oregon legislature. If they want it repealed, send it back to ballot. Ballot measures are a check and balance on the power of the legislature, they are worthless if the legislature can just reverse them. Suggesting they have the power to do...
There have been a couple of sophisticated studies done that show that decriminalization had nothing to do with the increase in overdose, crime or drug use. It just happened at the same time that fentanyl hit the streets in Oregon. The public doesn’t seem to know that, or care. They just want politicians to do SOMETHING about it. This is an easy thing to do.
If you think Texans can’t mount an insurgency that would turn extraordinarily bloody for both sides, you’re crazy. A significant part of the military would switch sides too, and we’d have a full blown civil war on our hands.
Oregon man spiked smoothies for daughter's 12-year-old friends with sedatives, affidavit says (www.nbcnews.com)
Michael Meyden is accused of making the smoothies with benzodiazepine, a drug typically prescribed for anxiety, according to a probable cause affidavit....
Romney on voting for Trump over Biden: ‘No, no, no, absolutely not’ (thehill.com)
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said Wednesday he would “absolutely not” vote for former President Trump over President Biden in November, pointing to Trump’s foreign policy views and his character....
Now that you have settled here on Lemmy. What is your impression of it?
To me it feels like a matured Reddit. (At least most of the time 🙃)
The GOP’s 2024 Campaign Message Is Falling Apart (www.thedailybeast.com)
Israel says its special forces are inside the largest hospital in southern Gaza. (www.nytimes.com)
Israeli troops have entered Nasser Medical Complex, the hospital in southern Gaza where thousands of displaced Palestinians had been sheltering in recent days, Gaza’s health ministry and the Israeli military said on Thursday....
Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization Aimed to Make Cops a Gateway to Rehab, Not Jail. State Leaders Failed to Make It Work. (www.propublica.org)
Major western news outlets manufacture consent for Genocide (lemmy.world)
State Department Declares “Ethnic Cleansing” in Sudan but Won't Say the Same About Israel's War in Gaza (theintercept.com)
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek indicates she would sign a bill recriminalizing drug possession (www.opb.org)
My take on this: She has no right to. That was a ballot measure, not a law passed by the Oregon legislature. If they want it repealed, send it back to ballot. Ballot measures are a check and balance on the power of the legislature, they are worthless if the legislature can just reverse them. Suggesting they have the power to do...
Genesis EV sales are soaring, nearly quadrupling in the US last year (electrek.co)
Volvo shares jump 20% on higher sales, plans to stop Polestar funding (www.cnbc.com)
Dem Lawmaker Rips GOP Reps To Their Faces: 'You Bend The Knee To The Orange Jesus' (www.huffpost.com)
Rep. Rob Menendez says he’s “had it” with the partisanship of Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee....
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