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Retired from investing; not retired from scientific-type software exploration. Also enjoying being Grandpa
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![Clip from Politico:
5. POLITICAL VIOLENCE WATCH: A pardoned Capitol rioter was charged for allegedly threatening to “eliminate” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, POLITICO’s Kyle Cheney reports. “Court records reflect that the FBI’s tipster told the bureau that on Oct. 17, [Christopher] Moynihan ‘made statements regarding the assassination of Congressman Hakeem Jeffries’ and that he planned to carry out the attack ‘in a few days,’ while the Democratic House leader was in New York. The person told the FBI that Moynihan described the motivation for the plot as ‘the future’ and voiced concern that the man given clemency by Trump had been abusing drugs and expressing increasing ‘homicidal ideations.’”
The response: “Jeffries praised state and federal authorities for apprehending Moynihan and lamented Trump’s blanket pardon. ‘Unfortunately, our brave men and women in law enforcement are being forced to spend their time keeping our communities safe from these violent individuals who should never have been pardoned,’ Jeffries said in a statement.” Johnson denounced the alleged death threat this morning: “Anybody who threatens to kill any political official, we denounce it absolutely.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e6hfev24wc4rsdmicslxdqkl/bafkreicpnarpxv36komjawu4nczz7jcnb5ao3vj6ymd757ozzu6uk4juee@jpeg)
![Screen capture from the Guardian
The marchers largely ignored what looked like a determined effort by a handful of counter-protesters in Maga hats to provoke conflict. “Ignore them,” a protester with dyed purple hair said. “Because there’s a sea of us that are like-minded and they’re just a little drop of shit.”
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Tommy Allen, right, a Trump supporter who was recently charged with assault for punching a protester outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in South Portland, shouted praise for Trump and transphobic slurs during an anti-Trump rally in Portland, Oregon on Saturday. Photograph: Robert Mackey/The Guardian
“I could go over there and I could scream at them, but it won’t matter,” the protester, a young woman from neighboring Gresham, Oregon added. “This is what matters, people coming together.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e6hfev24wc4rsdmicslxdqkl/bafkreihcxzmfg6ogpst2baigigxikpwatb7djwehjb76siwxs6qas3dvre@jpeg)
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I was born in 1972. The replacement rate he's panicked about has been below 2.1% for almost every year of my life.
If you're really worried about the population falling, giving immigrants a path to citizenship is an obvious and easy solution.
Unless there's ... something about them you don't like?
If you're really worried about the population falling, giving immigrants a path to citizenship is an obvious and easy solution.
Unless there's ... something about them you don't like?
RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."
READ the John Bolton indictment storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
As the partial government shutdown continues, the White House and some congressional Republicans are worried that Democrats’ demand to boost Obamacare as part of any bill to reopen the government is proving salient with voters — including their own.
Why Republicans’ attempts to kill Obamacare keep backfiring
The White House and some Republicans are growing nervous that Democrats’ demand to boost Obamacare as part of a government funding bill has salience with voters.
www.washingtonpost.com
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If I see one more rich person say “if it could happen to my powerful friend it can happen to you” my head will explode.
It’s already happening! What you think your rich friend with the great lawyers was prioritized first??
It’s already happening! What you think your rich friend with the great lawyers was prioritized first??