Dump Term 2, 1.01: Sleep Now in the Fire

[Bronco]

I, for one, cannot wait for the Great Lakes Alliance to be a victor the North American freshwater wars that are coming in the second half of this century. Not to mention the Mediterranean-esque climate.

Indiana can be our far-right prison colony.

Can't wait for the return of piracy on the Great Lakes!

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Can't wait for the return of piracy on the Great Lakes!

Hey now, the Somalis live in Minneapolis, not Duluth!

 

[aparch]

What if your parents are in one of those states, but you're not?

Asking for a friend...

I am not a lawyer, but concensus seems to be yes, the states can enforce it, but hasn't been pushed.

Yet.

https://www.reddit.com/r/legal/comments/16a9hmb/if_a_parent_moves_to_a_state_with_a_filial/

 

[Bronco]

Hey now, the Somalis live in Minneapolis, not Duluth!

Damnit I didn't even think of that!

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

But autopen!

Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)

Doocy: The judge wants to know why the proclamation was signed in the dark Trump: I don’t know when it was signed. I didn’t sign it. Other people handled it.

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[dxmnkd316]

Yeah, keeping gov open so terrible things don’t happen was def the right choice

More Perfect Union (@moreperfectunion.bsky.social)

BREAKING: Acting Social Security commissioner Leland Dudek says he is consulting with the Justice Department about shutting down the agency. Dudek told the Washington Post: “Unless I get clarification, I’ll just start to shut it down. I don’t have much of a choice here.”...

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if they stop social security, that's when the pitchforks come out.

37% of seniors would fall below the poverty line as opposed to just a hair under 10% now.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

That's already happening.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Chekhov's gun

if they stop social security, that's when the pitchforks come out.

37% of seniors would fall below the poverty line as opposed to just a hair under 10% now.

You sound like a whiny bitch, hysterical and stupid enough to believe roe would be overturned

-you know who

 

[Handyman]

if they stop social security, that's when the pitchforks come out.

37% of seniors would fall below the poverty line as opposed to just a hair under 10% now.

I think you are undercutting it. 37% of seniors would fall below the poverty line right away (like literally first missed check) but in 6 months it will be more I would be willing to bet as prices continue to rise.

People will die...

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I think you are undercutting it. 37% of seniors would fall below the poverty line right away (like literally first missed check) but in 6 months it will be more I would be willing to bet as prices continue to rise.

People will die...

In the wise words of Kirk cousins:

If I die, I die!

 

[aparch]

Tired: Canada as the 51st state.
Wired: USA becoming a British Commonwealth... again.

 

[rufus]

Just a reminder that the following states and territories have Filial Laws on the books, ranging from civil to criminal charges, making children (or some cases other relatives) financially responsible for their impoverished parents:

On the upside, there's gonna be a Metric Fuck Ton of homes on the market when Social Security gets eliminated.

Donnie's billionaire pals just licking their lips ready to snap them all up cheap

 

[St. Clown]

Donnie's billionaire pals just licking their lips ready to snap them all up cheap

Warren Buffet has Berkshire Hathaway siting on record-level cash reserves, ready to pounce on the housing market crash he’s expecting, along with depressed stocks that are sure to follow.

The biggest wealth gains happen by those who position themselves to reap the rewards of others’ misery and misfortune.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

GEO Group signs contract with ICE to reopen a detention facility in Baldwin, MI that Biden closed. It will be used to house up to 2,000 detainees.

The irony of it being just a few miles from Idlewild (a historical 'safe' vacation resort town for people of color) is definitely not lost on me.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Elmo is threatening to sue Jamaal Bowman for calling him a liar and a Nazi on CNN the other day.

TBD if he actually files it.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

The goddamn golden girl

PinkNews (@pinknews.bsky.social)

Iconic Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her contribution scrubbed from Department of Defence website https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/21/bea-arthur-golden-girls-dei-department-of-defense/

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[rufus]

So much for saving money. What's the latest fake number that DOGE claims they've saved? Is it more than half a trillion?

Josh Marshall reports from Talking Points Memo:

IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA

" The Post reports today that the IRS’s internal projections estimate that the DOGE-driven disruptions to the IRS since the inauguration are on track to have reduced tax receipts by more than $500 billion by April 15th. This, to be clear, is not a final tally."

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Tom Homan is confirming that due process is dead in America if you're brown. ABC not pushing back.

 

[walrus]

China will be too busy taking Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.

If that happens the whole world will be glowing and no one gets out alive

 

[dxmnkd316]

Warren Buffet has Berkshire Hathaway siting on record-level cash reserves, ready to pounce on the housing market crash he’s expecting, along with depressed stocks that are sure to follow.

The biggest wealth gains happen by those who position themselves to reap the rewards of others’ misery and misfortune.

He also liquidated his entire S&P position.