just_another_personNov 3

Trump loses cool as he's grilled on '60 Minutes' — but CBS cuts it from broadcast

https://lemmy.world/post/38267837

Trump loses cool as he's grilled on '60 Minutes' — but CBS cuts it from broadcast - Lemmy.World

Again and again, they prove their projection is all about intent, and the hypocrisy doesn’t matter. They SAID someone did something they intended to do, and even though it’s bullshit, they go and do it. In this case, bitching about 60 Minutes “helping” the Harris campaign by editing for time, when they intended to force journalists to capitulate to them editing for actual content.

Show threadkingofrasNov 3
Totally not alarming. A good solid blue vote in the midterms in just 12 short months away will fix that (once Johnson figures out how to also swear in the non GOP congress people)
Show threadBanMeNov 3
A blue wave is not coming. Go look at projections for 2026.
Show threadSoulg

The trends show that the levels of habitability we see now predict an insane blue wave.

The problem is whether or not the Republicans would let it happen. Johnson refusing to swear in the Arizona congresswoman is very blatantly a test run to just ignore the Democrats and carry on with a Republican supermajority and many open seats.

Nov 3 at 3:19pmWeb
Show threadBanMeNov 3
What trend? What data are you looking at?
Show threadNessaSolaNov 3

Yup. The admin knows that a blue wave is an existential threat to corruption. They have no interest in allowing a free and fair election. Every fight to protect democracy is now critical, from here until Nov 2026.

Every month, they’ve committed further abominations against law and process. 12 more to go.

Show threadpsycho_driverNov 3
We lost the fight in 2024. Try to remember to turn off the lights if you’re the last one out.
Show threadUnderpantsWeevilNov 3

The admin knows that a blue wave is an existential threat to corruption.

Okay, tap the breaks. Democrats are a lot of things. But they’ve never been a barrier to corruption. You just have to be willing to cut them in.

Show threadNessaSolaNov 3
My bad on the phrasing. I meant individual acts and actors, and spoke too broadly.
Show threadBytemeisterNov 3

No taxation without representation.

If the speaker is preventing my elected official from representing me, then I’m not paying a fucking cent until they are seated.

Show threadXanthobillyNov 3
Good luck withholding taxes.
Show threadBytemeisterNov 3
It’s worked in the past.
Show threadSoulgNov 4
It’s more that for most people paying taxes is automatic and they have zero control. My job pays the taxes out of my paycheck before I get any of the money, I cannot withhold taxes without writing my job.
Show threadInstigateNov 4
Not sure how it works in USA but can’t you elect to not have your employer withhold your taxes for you and then have to pay your annual tax in a lump sum at the end of the fiscal year? That’s part of standard HR taxation forms here in Australia and some people do it in order to invest what they would otherwise be paying in taxes then divest at tax time, pay their tax, and hold onto the capital gains from their investment that they’d otherwise not have had access to. Sure they pay capital gains tax on that but it’s still a net windfall if their investments accrue.
Show threadrelativestrangerNov 4

Not sure how it works in USA but can’t you elect to not have your employer withhold your taxes for you and then have to pay your annual tax in a lump sum at the end of the fiscal year?

you can. they will get add penalties and interest to your tax bill if you owe too much at the end of the year, though, even if you did pay-in every check or every quarter but just not enough.