I don’t think there’s really a way to do this, since federal taxes are paid directly to the fed without state involvement. This is just to poke the bear, which I am all for.

We shall see. He was also supposed to declare martial law on April 20th.

You can learn and be good at sports. In fact a lot of the best students are also athletes.

Very interesting. With NIL rights in NCAA now, it was only a matter of time before something like this happened.

Most trans adults feel Americans don’t accept transgender people, Pew poll finds

Makes sense to me

Taco Thursday, taco Friday, man I love tacos

I lurk in the conservative reddit to see what they say about stuff, and the other side of the aisle also realizes this problem. They’re well aware that any time the presidency flips colors the incumbent can just undo every EO from the previous administration.

Seems that one thing both sides agree on is that Congress needs to get back to legislating. Now how we do that, I’m not sure, easier said than done.

I also want to point out that this administration is a symptom not only of the rot within the population, but the growing power of the executive branch.

It’s been a concern since the Great Depression and WWII and over the decades it has been becoming more and more possible that an administration like this could happen.

Now it’s being tested and I hope we’re able to fix it.

The most high-profile case of ignoring the judges has been the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, where the ruling came when he was already en route. The courts have also said the administration had to take all reasonable actions to facilitate his return, or words to that effect, which they’ve surely not done.

Aside from that, in what other instances have they successfully ignored court rulings? I’m sure there have been a few, but not many.

In regards to this particular thread, a pardon of state crimes doesn’t mean anything because no one would listen to it. States run themselves when it comes to criminal justice. Short of marching the military in and causing an actual civil war, there’s no method for enforcing that.

It’s important not to doom. Despair is the enemy. Stay positive but stay vigilant.

I’m not sure if you’ve been paying attention, but federal courts have been stopping him left and right. The most common situation has been Trump signs an EO or takes other action, federal court blocks said action, administration whines and moans but is forced to go along with the ruling.

You can count on one hand the times this administration has successfully ignored a court order.

Joe Biden’s hubris and stubbornness is one of the reasons we’re in this mess

I get new videos and new creators that are aligned with my interests all the time.

And a portion of your money goes to the creators you watch, and you get YouTube music included. I always say if you’re gonna pay for one service, the one that makes the most sense is YouTube.

I’m not surprised. YouTube has a constant stream of new material, curated to each user’s exact interests. And more back catalogue than you could watch in a thousand lifetimes. It’s definitely the service I use the most.

That’s why you gotta write your outline first!

I know the article mentions these, but it’s time to bring back oral exams and handwritten-in-class essays

Because I’m a skeptic, and I don’t see any reason to believe in a creator or higher power. And if I did, a creator/architect is as far as that belief would go, I wouldn’t think that being was personally involved in our lives or morals, just someone who pressed play on the program.

And if there was one, I don’t think any human-made religion is so wise as to have found all the answers. That’s just prideful foolishness.

I’m open to the idea that there may be aspects to our existence and the universe of which we are not entirely aware, though as long as we can’t see any evidence of it I don’t think there’s much need to dwell on it.

On a more personal note, I think the way organized religion is the most damaging is how it makes people satisfied in their ignorance. Both because in their eyes it already explains so much so there’s no need to learn more, and also because there is a divine plan so there’s no need to question why things are the way they are or how they could be different.

Yeah sure, wars and genocide and slavery and all that. But like I said, people can find any excuse to be horrible and greedy and hurt others. It’s not hard to do, doesn’t need to be divine. But I think it’s a lot harder to convince someone to keep themselves uneducated when humans are naturally curious.

My point is that religion isn’t inherently a negative thing. And not worse than any other human institution solely because of its belief in the supernatural, and that organized religion is just as susceptible to corruption and weaponization as any institution.

To be clear, I’m an atheist.

Had to go check the Elon jet tracker. Maybe next time!

Right. And FIFA, a secular organization headquartered in Switzerland, selected Qatar knowing all this and they were perfectly ok with that sort of exploitation to make the World Cup happen. To say nothing else of their history of bribery and corruption.

Companies with no religious affiliation are no better. They’ll produce bombs, sell weapons to terrorists and genocidal governments, whatever brings home the bacon.

PTAs and school boards discriminate against trans and queer kids all the time. HOAs discriminate against minorities all the time.

People in groups have always used their power to enrich themselves, hurt others, and control the world around them. This is a phenomenon that isn’t limited to any one organization, sacred or secular.