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silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Democrats Sue to Find Out if Trump Will Send Armed Officers to Election Sites
7·5 hours agoOrganize escorts for minorities so that people can vote
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Democrats Sue to Find Out if Trump Will Send Armed Officers to Election Sites
101·5 hours agoThey don’t have any real power. So its going to be on us to pull that off
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politics @lemmy.world•Billionaires Are Swaying Elections in All Corners of America
6·1 day agoYou rather mangled the URL there. Here’s a simple gift link
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Fox News apologizes for showing old video of a hatless Donald Trump at a dignified transfer ceremony
21·2 days agoI think they annoyed Republicans because they failed to help Trump hawk hats
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Americans are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
49·3 days agoAlways been a risk with ICE and the Border Patrol. About 1% of deportations have long been of US citizens. You need to get a friend to bring your proof of citizenship and try repeatedly to come home if that happens. A lawyer helps too.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
World News@lemmy.world•How War in the Middle East Could Sow Hunger | The Persian Gulf is a major source of fertilizers, making the conflict disruptive to the global production of food.English
2·3 days agoFwiw the US only imports about 5% of its nitrogen fertilizer use.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Americans are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
311·3 days agoFor US citizens, that’s not so true. People do seem to be getting no-bills from grand juries and acquitted at trial.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•How D.H.S. Retreated on Immigration Tactics After Minneapolis | Agents have conducted more targeted operations, rather than street sweeps, leading to a dip in arrests — at least for now.
5·3 days agoNo, they’re just being less flashy about it.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Trump Demands ‘Unconditional Surrender’ by Iran | President Trump’s comments on Friday reflected yet another shift in the goals of U.S. military actions.
9·4 days agoWhatever girls are left when they’re done shooting.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
World News@lemmy.world•Fertiliser disruption from Iran conflict prompts global food shortage warnings | Prices have jumped and exports been hit as war puts pressure on one of the world’s largest producersEnglish
7·5 days agoI believe it is mostly nitrogen fertilizer that’s in short supply, not potassium.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•To Cut Housing Costs, Some States Are Easing Fire Safety Rules
1·6 days agoYeah, its not completely crazy for less-tall buildings where a ladder can be used for rescue if the staircase is unsafe. Some places allow single-stair where that’s possible and it might moderately reduce construction costs
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
World News@lemmy.world•Inside the plan to kill Ali Khamenei | Israel spent years hacking Tehran’s traffic cameras and monitoring bodyguards ahead of the assassination of Iran’s supreme leaderEnglish
4·7 days agoYeah. It imposes a huge set of risks for leadership if that surveillance system is compromised.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Read: The ‘Emergency’ Executive Order Proposal That Trump Activists are Rallying Behind
10·11 days agoThat’s the least of it. The biggest group this affects is married women who changed their name. Since it no longer matches the birth certificate, they can’t use that. Since the passport has a black and white photo, they can’t use that either.
In the best case, they have to find three different documents, which they may not be able to easily obtain, and which require spending time and money for, in order to vote. Many won’t.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•ICE’s Latest Bit of Despicable Trickery May Be Illegal
7·11 days agoHeadline isn’t great, but they’ve started impersonating local police, which is something ICE has not done before. Locally, a big part of what rapid responders do is to verify that a local police action is not ICE or Border Patrol. If ICE is running around with fake local police badges, this becomes a lot harder.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
World News@lemmy.world•The little-known commodity fuelling Sudan’s civil warEnglish
2·11 days agoTurns out it had a view count limit that I didn’t notice. Here’s an archived copy; not a completely trustworthy archive, but they seem to be accurate on this one.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•The Republican Party Has a Nazi Problem | How did the GOP become a haven for slogans and ideas straight out of the Third Reich?
2·14 days agoThere is a range of ways to run an economy and a society which can all work reasonably well. Conservative doesn’t have to be fascist. Its more that Republicans purged the non-fascist conservatives from any position of power






It seems to all be anonymously sourced. Still, the kind of thing I’d be really surprised if Iran didn’t do