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The whole news cycle is endless despotism.
House Republicans INSANE proposal for a 900% increase in the ICE budget. Raising it from $9 Billion to $90 Billion. With an impending recession and layoffs looming.

#Caturday with friends
This new season of #Andor is hitting differently thanks to current events or is it just me…
So the 1st Amendment is only for citizens now and not just anyone wanting to experience and tour our country? This was being done on a case by case basis where warranted, but now is mandatory.
US Visa Applications from Japan Now Require Disclosing 5 Years of Social Media History
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Another floofy #caturday is upon us! 😸

So he folded and dropped those tariffs down to 10% huh… except 125% on China huh… Market back up 2000 point instantly though huh
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This doesn’t smell right at all. Someone really close to these decisions gotta be plundering and swashbuckling 🏴☠️💸😑
Currently reading: Dust (Silo Trilogy) by Hugh Howey 📚

18 hours and counting on the filibuster. Thank you for your sacrifice Senator Booker.

🤔 At first glance, seems like these new tarriffs are gonna be more beneficial to one automaker in particular… coincidence?
GA Republicans introduced a bill to give the State Election Board more power, including enforcing hand ballot counts, ruling on voter eligibility appeals, and leaving a voter accuracy group. Critics say it overreaches, while supporters argue it adds accountability. I call it voter suppression.

Happy #caturday for those celebrating.
(My side-eyeing hound ain’t impressed)
🚨 Georgia residents: don’t fall for this Peach Pass scammer
Georgia SRTA never sends just a text message to collect unpaid tolls; you’ll get postal mail and emails as well. No one from Philippines would text you; you’d be asked to log in to your account, not click a link.
DON’T FALL FOR IT!
Putting 2 and 2 together, our favorite 🍊 🫏 thinks Canada will become the 51st state because of tarriffs…
So that’s where all this ‘Canada will be a state’ 🐂 💩 came from. He can’t keep a single congruent thought in his mind. He just read a cliff’s Note from the Wikipedia page and that’s that. 🤬
Guess I’m gonna have to make a “scam-of-the-day” section in my “shit I don’t like about living in the States” category of the blog.
✔️ calling from Belgium (?) ✔️ goofy ass AI voice. ✔️ I am literally a licensed tax pro. My shit is always on time.
They got the wrong one today! Don’t fall for this!
I didn’t even know this was a thing: Installed this Intel Arc A310 GPU to aid in transcoding and AI tasks but now my QNAP sees it as system memory. How does that even happen?! 64GB but let’s use the 4GB on the GPU instead. 😒 #homelab

This smells like some Nazi/Bolshevik/Orwellian type shit right here. Why does it seem like nobody else is giving the slightest damn about this?!

That playbook being published is the reason I’m not freaking out. Quit pretending like you don’t know what’s coming next and prepare yourself.
We are seeing Project 2025 unfold in real-time.
(The dystopian humor in having AI summarize and keep track of this all II at lost on me either. 🤖)
Wouldn’t be a winter storm in Atlanta if the power didn’t damn go out. Good thing I gassed up the RV beforehand. Time for some driveway camping.