As the Supreme Court weighs whetherDonald Trump is shielded from prosecution for acts committed while president, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he opposes Trump’s view of absolute immunity.
Using gendered professions mostly fell out of style years ago. Waiter/waitress became server. Steward/stewardess became flight attendant. Actor/actress is still used but I hear “actor” used for all genders more frequently these days.
Some people feel more comfortable talking to or being touched by a person of a specific gender. Sometimes that’s for a bigoted reason but sometimes it’s not. For example, I’ve always had an easier time opening up about emotional stuff with women so I would prefer speaking to a female counselor or therapist. This isn’t because I dislike or distrust men, I just had more conversations like that with my female friends growing up so it feels more natural.
Former Obama deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner engaged in a “level of corruption that we’ve just never seen” when talking about his firm’s recent investments overseas....
What people don’t say is often more important than what they do. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the The Witcher 4 is an always online multiplayer game with mtx.
The pole linked above shows that 55% of women are pro-choice. That’s not nearly enough of a majority to “flip the red states” especially since the majority of the 55% are more likely to live in blue states already.
Reading through the Project 2025 PDF is insane (lemmy.world)
Mitch McConnell Breaks With Trump on Absolute Presidential Immunity (www.thedailybeast.com)
As the Supreme Court weighs whetherDonald Trump is shielded from prosecution for acts committed while president, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he opposes Trump’s view of absolute immunity.
$1200 Graphics Card Opens Two Extra Google Chrome Tabs (hard-drive.net)
ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Seems appropriate today... (yall.theatl.social)
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As bans spread, fluoride in drinking water divides communities across the US (kffhealthnews.org)
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Florida can’t ban teacher from asking students to use her preferred pronouns, judge rules (www.theguardian.com)
Katie Wood, a transgender algebra teacher, has long gone by ‘Ms Wood’ but the law required students to say ‘Teacher Wood’...
Former Obama adviser: Kushner engaged in ‘level of corruption that we’ve just never seen’ with foreign relations (thehill.com)
Former Obama deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner engaged in a “level of corruption that we’ve just never seen” when talking about his firm’s recent investments overseas....
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Greta Thunberg detained at The Hague climate demonstration (www.theguardian.com)
JK Rowling, Joe Rogan and Elon Musk are fuming over Scotland’s hate crime law (www.politico.eu)
It was no April Fool’s joke....
New moral panic dropped... (lemmy.world)
Putin Wants Russia to Make Its Own Consoles and Steam-Like Platform (wccftech.com)
CD Projekt CFO does "not see a place for microtransactions in single-player games" (www.eurogamer.net)
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‘We are losing our kids to a satanic cult,’ Sen. Tommy Tuberville warns during Utah campaign stop (www.sltrib.com)
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