Yeah, that tracks with my experience, sadly. “…respect the brotherhood…” JFC.

She is blonde, though. And female. And a lot younger than him.

Oh I deleted my NextDoor account years ago. That site has always been a cesspool. For whatever reason, people on NextDoor have always been perfectly happy to spout bigoted/racist crap at their neighbors.

I gotcha. Hell, we’ve been there before. The company towns essentially owned every aspect of the lives of the people that lived there.

Tell me what the difference is between “doing nothing” and “doing something guaranteed to be ineffectual”. There are actual things happening constantly that are slowing down the administration and making a difference. This isn’t one of them.

More like: 30 people who had loved ones on the outside with the resources and persistence to find out what happened to them. I guarantee they won’t report anything they don’t absolutely have to.

I still pop my head into Facebook from time to time, mostly because I have some groups I need to keep track of. Unfortunately, my feed keeps getting slammed with news posts, too. And because of the way the algorithm works, the top comments on every one of them is some MAGA jackass who doesn’t have a clue. A couple days ago, when that family got tear gassed in their car and their infant child ended up in the NICU, every single article had some asshole posting “Why are they bringing their baby to a riot?” right underneath it. But of course, you don’t see all the responses explaining that no, they live there and were just on their way home when they ran into the mess and tried to turn around. But all those responses are the reason Ace McFucknut is the top comment. Engagement FTW, am I right?

I officially hate this world.

Every democrat in congress could sign on as a co-sponsor and it still wouldn’t make it through a single vote. You understand that, right?

The impeachment process is complicated and difficult (by design). Congress is split in two parts, the House of Representatives, and the Senate. Anyone in the House can introduce a bill to impeach someone (bring them to trial). But in order for anything to happen, you need a majority vote to adopt that bill. It then gets sent to the Senate, where they have another majority vote to decide if there will be a trial. If and only if there’s a trial, you need a 2/3 majority vote in the Senate to convict. This has happened exactly 8 times in the history of the United States, and never for a sitting president.

If you don’t have at least a majority in both parts of Congress, it’s basically pointless. Introducing an impeachment bill becomes a symbolic gesture. All the voters hear is “Democrats tried to impeach, and failed. Again.” This demoralizes Democrat voters and energizes Republican voters.

So, yeah, a lot of Democrat politicians aren’t on board because they already know how this will play out.

We literally going to transition to a subscription based model for just being alive.

Isn’t that just health insurance?

That’s not even a remotely objective study. A self-reported anonymous online poll of people who claim to be hiring managers reported what they “believe” about their company’s hiring practices.

Fair point. That is another possible explanation.

I found this bit very telling:

The officer ran down other departments I might end up in: Prosecutions, Removal Coordination Unit, or Detention. The point being that I should not expect to be a badass street officer on Day 1. “I have so many guys that come over to me, they’re like, ‘I’m gonna put cuffs on somebody. I’m gonna arrest somebody.’ Well, you need to master this first and then we’ll see about getting you on the field.”

I told him that I was fine with office work—with my analyst background, it seemed like a better fit for my skill set anyway. His attitude shift was subtle, but instant and unmistakable; this was the wrong attitude and the wrong answer. “Just to be upfront, the goal is to put as many guns and badges out in the field as possible,” he said.

“Don’t expect to be beating heads on day one. But if beating heads isn’t what you’re signing up for, you’re probably not who we want.”

Interesting. Apparently the recruiters are gaming the system, too. They’re probably getting a piece of that sweet-sweet signing bonus.

Steve Cohen sounds like one of the more reasonable and together US Reps I’ve seen comment on these issues. Good for him!

Seeing as he was casually standing in the street immediately after, I’m going to put on my shocked face.

With all the people that keep trying to run ICE agents over with their cars it’s amazing that none of them have actually been hit yet.