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by basementcat 2y ago
Part of it is many technically inclined people may have trust, respect and admiration for other technically inclined people, especially those who are famous and appear to be successful from an entrepreneurial perspective. When some of these
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by basementcat 2y ago
I think it is true that a subset of HN readers don't want to see stories about politics. This subset may intersect with another subset that is happy to see the things described in these stories happen.
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Impeachment articles being drafted for judge who ordered grant freeze injunction(newsweek.com)
7 points by basementcat 2y ago|2 comments
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by basementcat 2y ago
Fortunately tech bros like Peter Thiel are backing an "All Drug Olympics" https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2024/01/31/billionai... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA
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by basementcat 2y ago
Why did he lie about the deaths of 83 Samoan children in front of the Senate? https://apnews.com/article/rfk-jr-samoa-measles-kennedy-vacc...
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by basementcat 2y ago
> HN flagging, censoring, and condoning what amounts to fascism rather than promoting rule of law, common sense, and freedom of speech To be fair, HN kind of has to do this. Y Combinator has close ties with the world's richest man;
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by basementcat 2y ago
> What makes you think that? Perhaps I'm too optimistic.
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by basementcat 2y ago
The US Federal government reached its limit on borrowing on January 21 and is currently taking "extraordinary measures" to avoid a sovereign default. There is currently no agreement to raise the debt limit in Congress. While there
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by basementcat 2y ago
Taking away life saving medication from over 20 million people takes the cake for me. After having visited Auschwitz and Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I'm really having trouble relating to friends and colleagues who are with the administrati
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by basementcat 2y ago
Is this related to the sovereign default scheduled to happen within a month?
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by basementcat 2y ago
The link between the "trans opera in Colombia" and USAID seems tenuous at best. https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/02/05/usaid-spending-list-t... Still seems weird to threaten the lives of over 20 mil
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RFK Jr Will Be Confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services(reuters.com)
67 points by basementcat 2y ago|50 comments
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by basementcat 2y ago
This is the will of the electorate. Even many of the people here on HN (probably more thoughtful than a typical cross section of the population) believe the administration is on the right track. The best time to stop this was back in Novemb
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by basementcat 2y ago
As Americans retreat from the world, hopefully China, Russia, EU, Japan and other countries will continue to fund basic research in the sciences.
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by basementcat 2y ago
The current president has been on record calling journalists the "enemy of the people" https://www.salon.com/2024/10/24/enemy-of-the-people-press-a...
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by basementcat 2y ago
One person's heretic is another person's saint. Besides, the Pope is just a politician, also chosen by an Electoral College. Catholics are just as welcome to disagree with their Pope as Americans disagree with their President.
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by basementcat 2y ago
Over twenty million lives are currently in danger because of the USAID shutdown. I agree there are other valid concerns and the administration is also aware that causing as much chaos as possible may force people to choose which problems to
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Tulsi Gabbard has been confirmed as National Intelligence Director(usatoday.com)
16 points by basementcat 2y ago|6 comments
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by basementcat 2y ago
Before this is flagged, I'd appreciate an explanation for why it is a good idea to let these people starve to death.
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by basementcat 2y ago
Would you care to elaborate?
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by basementcat 2y ago
Also it would help to actually pass budgets instead of continuing resolution brinkmanship. Previous efforts such as the Hoover Commissions resulted in bipartisan spending reductions without the mass chaos and deprivation of lifesaving medic
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by basementcat 2y ago
> Milton Friedman: > > If you have free immigration, in the way we had it before 1914, everybody benefited. The USA didn’t have free immigration before 1914. The Chinese Exclusion Act was signed in 1882 and renewed in 1892 and 1902
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by basementcat 2y ago
The cool thing about Christianity is that scriptural material may be found to support a variety of perspectives and opinions. It is similarly straightforward to collect bible quotes to support conservative political outlooks as it is to sup
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by basementcat 2y ago
Would the CFPB perceived as a regulatory threat to Twitter's proposed payment wallet? Would the FDIC be next on the chopping block?
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by basementcat 2y ago
Is there a similar one of these for the President's Malaria Initiative?
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by basementcat 2y ago
Before this is flagged, I would like to hear an argument for why continuing operation of this bureau would be harmful.
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by basementcat 2y ago
I would like to hear an argument for why this bureau should cease activity.
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by basementcat 2y ago
Do you think the millions of people with HIV, TB or Malaria wish USAID (or some USAID contractors) had donated several million dollars to the president's inauguration festivities?
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by basementcat 2y ago
A former employer classified them as "facilitating payments" that are often necessary to complete a business transaction.
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by basementcat 2y ago
The fact that you and others find it enjoyable would imply that we will see more of this going forward.

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