they're fools but hey idk anything can happen

i vacillate between doom and hope. at the end of the day we was all gonna die anyway like in an existential way so idk y'know

Honestly I’ll be glad if I see the world burn since I don’t wanna die knowing my enemies got ahead of me in the world

They'd collapse without the support of blue states in months.

That's the argument,

of course they think since 'red states = agricultural supply' that they'd be able to sustain their own economy.

I don't believe that for a second, considering states like MS or AR are already like 3rd world countries in some parts.

There is absolute total truth to this meme right here:

The second that 'Occupy Wall Street' seeped down to the mainstream level is when the media turned it around to divide the masses. There's nothing here trying to be proved right now, beside the manufactured culture war that is ongoing today.

What does the ice have to do with me

Not here for a long time, here for a good time

Funny when you go outside and interact with most people, none of this s*** really seems real.

Going to start documenting breaking news stories in this thread. @plants

carry the torch

It only appears that way because some people hold their tongues in real life, which is a good thing. But the second they have a screen in front of them is when they show their true colors.

wafb.com/2023/05/01/high-school-students-allegedly-mob-beat-assistant-principal

High school students allegedly mob, beat assistant principal

SPRING, Texas (KPRC) - Students at a Texas high school are accused of forming a mob and beating an assistant principal so badly she was rushed to the hospital. Her colleagues say it’s not the first time something violent like this has happened at the school, and they don’t feel safe.

Staff members at Westfield High School in Spring, Texas, are coming forward after the assistant principal was allegedly beaten by several students Thursday at the school’s 9th Grade Center. They say this isn’t the first time students have injured staff members, and they fear it won’t be the last.

“It broke my heart. It makes me want to cry,” said a teacher at the school about the incident. “She loves those kids. She is the nicest person. She’s the best administrator that we have at Westfield High School.”

The teacher asked not to be identified out of fear of retaliation from Spring Independent School District, but she says she felt compelled to speak out after the assistant principal’s brutal beating, which allegedly happened after she tried to break up a fight.

“Three or four other kids jump in on her and just pummel her to the ground, and they are kicking her and pulling her hair,” the teacher said.

The victim’s family says she was left unable to talk after the attack and was suffering from excruciating head pain. Her father says it’s unclear how long she may have to stay at the hospital, as her pain needs to be constantly monitored. She will also need a CT scan.

The school district released a statement that reads in part, “All students involved in the altercation will be subject to the full extent of disciplinary action available. We take these issues very seriously as the safety of our students and staff is our highest priority. There will be no tolerance for any altercations or disruptions to learning.”

The teacher disputes the district’s words, adding the entire campus only has two officers.

“When you call for help to the front office, nobody ever shows up,” she said. “We don’t feel safe. Faculty don’t feel safe and parents... If the parents knew how unsafe the inside of the school is, they would be upset.”

cnn.com/2023/05/01/politics/supreme-court-chevron-deference-conservatives-power-of-agencies/index.html

Supreme Court to hear major case on limiting the power of federal government, a long-term goal of legal conservatives

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to reconsider long held precedent and decide whether to significantly scale back on the power of federal agencies in a case that can impact everything from how the government addresses everything from climate change to public health to immigration.

Conservative justices have long sought to rein in regulatory authority, arguing that Washington has too much control over American businesses and individual lives. The justices have been incrementally diminishing federal power but the new case would allow them to take a much broader stride.

The justices announced they would take up an appeal from herring fishermen in the Atlantic who say the National Marine Fisheries Service does not have the authority to require them to pay the salaries of government monitors who ride aboard the fishing vessels.

Their action means they will reconsider a 1984 case – Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council – that sets forward factors to determine when courts should defer to a government agency’s interpretation of the law.

Conservatives on the bench have cast a skeptical eye on the so-called Chevron deference, arguing that agencies are often too insulated from the usual checks and balances essential to the separation of powers.

“The idea that agencies should be allowed to resolve ambiguities in statutes that they enforce has been a central feature of modern administrative law,” said Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court a***yst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law.

“If it’s up to courts rather than agencies to resolve ambiguities even in statutes delegating highly technical authority to the executive branch, that will give courts more power – and the executive branch less – on everything from environmental regulation to immigration to public health to meat inspections to telecommunications policy,” Vladeck said. “In that respect, it’s consistent with the current conservative majority’s pattern of weakening the administrative state – in favor of judicial power to answer all of these questions.”

The case will be heard next term, with a ruling likely in 2024.
A separate case already on the justices’ calendar for next session, which begins in October, relatedly offers the opportunity to rein in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which currently oversees practices related to mortgages, car loans and credit cards.

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Republicans don't want the EPA to exist. Get ready for muh capitalism smog everywhere!

This right here is the smoking gun that isn’t discussed enough. This is what has turned us against each other. The data needs to be plastered everywhere and the news media must be held accountable. There’s a reason this country looks unrecognizable when you read the news and resulting discourse.

Yep! Occupy Wall Street was the absolute tipping point, basically had about 2-3 years of "somewhat normal" life (saying that lightly) after until the modern day culture war started happening around 2015-2016. It's absurd that the average American can't piece this timeline together too.

It really is absurd. They saw people waking up to their corruption and greed and developed a plan to turn us against each other instead.

Sadly, they're still winning too. They want to see the entire country fall apart as long as they continue to profit.

Normal people don’t know words like Patriarchy all that s*** is only important in the internet

The goal of most fringe movements is to become mainstream. You’re not wrong, but let’s not rest on our laurels with this logic.

6/8 of my bosses over the years were women. Do I get to cry about matriarchy? Of course I don’t.

It’s very real, people only open up about their dumbass opinions around other dumbasses who agree with them.

Trust.