The House on Tuesday failed to pass a Republican-led resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the southern border.
I am completely surprised that any GOP congress critters broke from the party line and voted against impeachment for reasonable reasons like a lack of any reason to impeach.
"The Columbus Police Department was conducting a welfare check on a subject following a report of potential self-harm," Nebraska State Patrol said in a press release.
"We made sure that the subject did not chicken out of his threat."
U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller was responding to a comment reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in which Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested creating a "demilitarized" or "sanitary" zone in Ukraine that would put Russian territory and illegally occupied parts of Ukraine out of range of...
If Russia wants a demilitarized zone they should remove their troops and use their territory for the zone, based on the border in 2013, instead of using Ukraine's land.
Ohio has banned gender-affirming care for minors and restricted transgender women’s and girls’ participation on sports teams, a move that has families of transgender children scrambling over how best to care for them....
The title doesn't say "all" or "any" Hispanic person, because it conveys the main point which is that the law labels only Hispanic people, and not other people, as terrorists. The additional gang affiliation is not nearly as important as the racist basis of only applying the label to Hispanic people.
"I mean, it was originally where we sent the Native Americans when we thought that part of the country wasn't worth settling, but there was oil and so we had to take it back."
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that Ukraine should be left as a “buffer zone” between Russia and the West, which would provide certain security guarantees but not admit Ukraine as a member of the EU or NATO.
Threads seems to be beginning to test ActivityPub federation, and since Kbin can be used for microblogging, this affects kbin.social. What are your thoughts on federating or defederating with them?
The Catholic Church sold around 30,000 children to adoptive parents without their mother's consent or knowledge, new testimonies reported by Het Laatste Nieuws reveal.
Instead, I try to practice what’s known as radical empathy. This is empathy given to another person without any expectation of receiving it back in return. I try to see the world through someone else’s eyes and use that to find common ground.
That's just empathy. How is basic empathy radical?
Both of these are pretty typical of all the articles I have seen, which is the government claiming he did great harm, but no actual examples of getting anyone killed.
Senate negotiators on Sunday night released a $118 billion package of border enforcement policy and funding for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, hoping that the details would win over skeptics. The bill represented a rightward tilt in Senate negotiations over border measures, yet the backlash was intense from...
I saw this post and wanted to ask the opposite. What are some items that really aren’t worth paying the expensive version for? Preferably more extreme or unexpected examples.
The tools is good advice most of the time, but not if the tool would fail dangerously. Don't skimp on car jacks, table saws, or other things that are likely to injure you if they fail.
Screwdrivers/drills/hammers/crowbars/etc. don't need to be expensive if you are going to use them rarely as the professional grade is mostly about being used all day every day and being able to survive rough handling by tired workers.
Moms for Liberty experienced a meteoric rise at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, as local chapters sprang up to push back against coronavirus restrictions in schools. The organization soon expanded to pushing book bans and opposing discussion of LGBTQ issues and race and diversity in classrooms, prompting the Southern Poverty...
Republicans contend Mayorkas is guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors” that amount to a “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” on immigration and a “breach of the public trust.” Impeachment, they say, is “Congress’s only viable option.”...
Rashida Tlaib just announced a whopping $3.7 million fundraising haul for the last quarter of 2023, after being censured by Congress for her support of Palestine. Her fundraising success shows pro-Palestine politics can go head-to-head with the Israel lobby.
Several parents in an Iowa town where a deadly school shooting took place earlier this month told school officials on Monday they want more preventative measures and transparency as the school board plans for students’ return....
The mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, said the city's police officers were ramping up their presence across places of worship and major infrastructure points following an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal that he called "bigoted" and "Islamophobic."
Slavery is currently legal a the federal level for incarcerated people as that exception was carved out in the 13th Amendment. That is pretty much maxed out in its current state through disproportionately incarcerating minorities, and is likely to be the primary reason that the US has such a ridiculously high incarceration rate.
In stunning defeat, House Republicans fail to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas over border (abcnews.go.com)
The House on Tuesday failed to pass a Republican-led resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the southern border.
17-year-old shot and killed by officer conducting welfare check (abcnews.go.com)
A teenager was shot and killed by a police officer responding to a residence in Nebraska to conduct a welfare check, state police said.
US State Department: If Russia wants demilitarized zone in Ukraine, it should remove its own troops (kyivindependent.com)
U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller was responding to a comment reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in which Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested creating a "demilitarized" or "sanitary" zone in Ukraine that would put Russian territory and illegally occupied parts of Ukraine out of range of...
Ohio bans gender-affirming care and restricts transgender athletes despite GOP governor's veto (apnews.com)
Ohio has banned gender-affirming care for minors and restricted transgender women’s and girls’ participation on sports teams, a move that has families of transgender children scrambling over how best to care for them....
Outrage as Oklahoma Republican’s bill labels Hispanic people ‘terrorists’ (www.theguardian.com)
Orbán says Ukraine should be “buffer zone” outside EU and NATO (www.pravda.com.ua)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that Ukraine should be left as a “buffer zone” between Russia and the West, which would provide certain security guarantees but not admit Ukraine as a member of the EU or NATO.
Gorsuch urged to recuse himself from supreme court case over ties to oil baron (www.theguardian.com)
Philip Anschutz has hosted rightwing justice at resort and stands to benefit if court strips power from federal regulatory agencies...
How do we feel about federating with Threads?
Threads seems to be beginning to test ActivityPub federation, and since Kbin can be used for microblogging, this affects kbin.social. What are your thoughts on federating or defederating with them?
Catholic Church put up 30,000 children for adoption without mothers' consent (www.brusselstimes.com)
The Catholic Church sold around 30,000 children to adoptive parents without their mother's consent or knowledge, new testimonies reported by Het Laatste Nieuws reveal.
The key to fighting pseudoscience isn’t mockery—it’s empathy (arstechnica.com)
Evidence shows that shoving data in peoples’ faces doesn’t work to change minds....
Ex-CIA computer engineer gets 40 years in prison for giving spy agency hacking secrets to WikiLeaks (apnews.com)
Cancer incidence rising among adults under 50, new report finds, leaving doctors puzzled and worried (www.cnn.com)
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Tucker Carlson: Putin takes charge as TV host gives free rein to Kremlin (www.bbc.co.uk)
What’s America’s view on this Tucker Carlson?
Senate presses toward vote on border policies and Ukraine amid Republican backlash (apnews.com)
Senate negotiators on Sunday night released a $118 billion package of border enforcement policy and funding for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, hoping that the details would win over skeptics. The bill represented a rightward tilt in Senate negotiations over border measures, yet the backlash was intense from...
What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for?
I saw this post and wanted to ask the opposite. What are some items that really aren’t worth paying the expensive version for? Preferably more extreme or unexpected examples.
Moms for Liberty Completely Collapses in Former Strongholds (newrepublic.com)
Moms for Liberty experienced a meteoric rise at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, as local chapters sprang up to push back against coronavirus restrictions in schools. The organization soon expanded to pushing book bans and opposing discussion of LGBTQ issues and race and diversity in classrooms, prompting the Southern Poverty...
House GOP releases impeachment articles in bid to oust Homeland Security's Mayorkas over the border (apnews.com)
Republicans contend Mayorkas is guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors” that amount to a “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” on immigration and a “breach of the public trust.” Impeachment, they say, is “Congress’s only viable option.”...
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Conservatives on Facebook absolutely believe this. (lemmy.world)
Rashida Tlaib Is Showing Pro-Palestine Politics Are Popular (jacobin.com)
Rashida Tlaib just announced a whopping $3.7 million fundraising haul for the last quarter of 2023, after being censured by Congress for her support of Palestine. Her fundraising success shows pro-Palestine politics can go head-to-head with the Israel lobby.
Parents want district to improve security more after deadly Iowa school shooting (www.pbs.org)
Several parents in an Iowa town where a deadly school shooting took place earlier this month told school officials on Monday they want more preventative measures and transparency as the school board plans for students’ return....
Police in Dearborn, Michigan on alert after WSJ opinion piece (www.reuters.com)
The mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, said the city's police officers were ramping up their presence across places of worship and major infrastructure points following an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal that he called "bigoted" and "Islamophobic."
Would you be surprised at all if there was a re-emergence of slavery in the United States?