U.S. Senator Mike Rounds is pushing back after Mike Johnson announced his opposition to the Ethics Committee releasing the report on its years-long investigation into Matt Gaetz. Rounds said that the Senate has a constitutional responsibility to provide advice and consent on presidential nominees and is required to examine all evidence it can during the confirmation process. He added that if necessary, they will subpoena the House Ethics Committee’s report on Gaetz.
https://rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-2669892960/
@JV3MJD jd vance is a religious fanatical fuckwit who is currently feeling drunk on VP power and can't stop himself from talking out of his ass. He's upset because the AP nailed it. What a gaping asshole that pudgy guyliner sporting turd fellator is.
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Europe’s richest man Bernard Arnault is suing X owner Elon Musk
"Newspapers including Arnault’s Les Echos and Le Parisien titles, along with Le Figaro, Le Monde, Courrier International, Huffington Post, and Le Nouvel Obs said in a statement on Tuesday that they were launching joint action against the social media company run by US billionaire Elon Musk."
Satirical news site The Onion has won the auction to acquire conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars. https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/14/business/onion-alex-jones-infowars-auction/index.html
“Times New Dumbass” is a font inspired by the owner of Xitter https://boingboing.net/2024/11/13/times-new-dumbass-is-a-font-inspired-by-the-owner-of-xitter.html
The Australian government will push on with regulation of social media and artificial intelligence despite the incoming Trump administration’s opposition to both.
New bill that will impose fines of up to 5% on Elon Musk's Twitter/X global revenue, which could be hundreds of millions of dollars for failing to control the spread of misinformation.
Buddha noticed a human tendency, which he talked about in terms of arrows...
The “first arrow” hits us when a painful event occurs, and...it hurts.
The “second arrow,” which is our reaction to the event, only adds to our pain and mental suffering.
Be mindful of that second arrow, and avoid it when possible.
Maybe this will help Bring some peace or ease the emotions that I know that we’re all feeling right now it’s not our lesson to learn it’s their lesson. Let them on it and enjoy it. We don’t have to learn it because we learned these things a long time ago. It’s their lesson to learn. Yeah, they played this stupid game and now they’re gonna win the stupid prizes.
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Everybody has a role as we respond to the election and anticipate the changes to come.
Some folks will educate
Others will whip up energy for protest and resistance
Many will share fun distractions
And others will offer comfort or simple stability
Asking again to please not judge how folks cope and how they express themselves here—people may be doing more than surmised from their posting.
Give grace, receive grace, and use the resources for your benefit.
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