nxdefiant

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[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

if you're actually interested, even the considerable powers granted in a state of emergency are defined by laws passed by Congress:

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/guide-emergency-powers-and-their-use

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago

Battlefield Earth

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago

I don't know if that's a typo, but "cheey" is a delightfully terrible name that I am stealing.

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It seems very likely that this uncharacteristically conservative move was calculated to produce these results. The house won't pass any pro immigration laws, so letting the SC strike this down would let the administration essentially leave things where they were and say "can't do anything else oh well", effectively removing the topic from election discourse and putting the ball firmly in the Republican court, who won't be able to get anything past the Senate.

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

Senegalese refugees comprise the bulk of the migrants, and all sorts of things like drought and commodity prices (due to the invasion Ukraine among other things) are driving their economy into the ground. In the end, climate change is definitely a non negligible component of the problem which is only going to get worse.

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 8 points 2 years ago

haha no source, just a dumb joke.

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 12 points 2 years ago

I guess the U.S. just calls those Marines.

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Japan: Checkmate

:: Reveals 10X more laws regulating game consoles ::

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago

Same for 3, but the rat killing doesn't happen until near the end.

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 20 points 2 years ago

Deplatforming isn't denying anyone their freedom of speech unless that platform is owned by some part of the US Government. That dog needs to RTFM.

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Doesn't the far right coalition in Spain still control a terrifying amount power?

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