Keep in mind that’s Income Tax. Most rich people don’t actually have income, they have capital gains.

Lol I didn’t even know they were actually bidding. I saw a Lemmy comment yesterday saying they should, but I didn’t think they actually would do it.

That’s what is ridiculous to me. The consequences are literally that they might lose their job. Yeah it sucks for them a little bit, but the alternative is destroying our fucking country. It’s amazing how many of them choose to bend the knee time and time again.

I know! I hate myself for it but I can’t unsee it. I think it’s the chin that does it for me. That and the sleaziness…

On a random note, not sure how many Monkey Island fans there are around here, but I can’t see Matt Gaetz without seeing Stan the used boat salesman.

Shouldn’t this dude be in prison for sex trafficking?

Thanks for the clarification. I’m glad that presidents can’t just overturn Justice Department policy when they want.

Wish we had a remind me bot so I can check this comment in 4 years and see if that’s still the case.

Is there an app? I use Voyager and Sync for Lemmy.

I still don’t understand how this is an official DOJ policy. I always see it referenced as a DOJ memo from the 70s. Who gives a shit about memos? This is supposed to be a country of laws, not 50 year old memos.

But yeah, would love Garland to issue a new memo overturning that policy. Let Trump’s first official act be to overturn an existing policy to prevent him from being investigated. Not saying he would even hesitate to do it, just saying I’d like to make it an explicit step he has to take.

Same. What made me feel old as fuck in this article was one of the young women mentioning voting for Obama in her elementary school mock election.

This mother fucker.

At this point, I’d also just say Ender 3 printers. You can get them for a hundred bucks now. They’re not as fancy as the newer 3d printers with auto-leveling, remote printing, dual extruders, etc. But they get the job done just fine.

It’s mind blowing this is what passes for normal conservative conversation. In a minute and a half, they hit on:

1. Trump is a hero

2. Trump is so cool because he made racist jokes about Harris

3. It’s weird that Biden would peacefully transition power to someone who plans to be a dictator

4. Bashing on trans people

5. Prosecutors should get the death penalty

6. They voted for Trump because he is a criminal

Yeah, it was bad when Bush was reelected. But even then, I felt people were treating politics more like a team sport than actually chosing the most qualified leader. But now I feel like it’s gone from “rooting for me team” to full on cult mode. My neighbor across the street has 6 Trump signs on her house. That’s not normal behavior.

Remember when gas was cheap because the entire country ground to a halt due to Trump mismanaging COVID? Those sure were the days…

That’ll have to do.

And yet he still managed to lose 25% of what he had.

They made that joke on Weekend Update later in the show.

Donald coming after Nancy Reagan’s title belt.

Honestly, if Trump did this it would completely change my view of him. Jokingly gnawing on a baby turkey leg is a very human thing to do, and I just could never see Trump doing it.