the article makes it clear this is suspected suicide but that the police / FBI are keeping open minds because of the obvious connotations.
Just so you know, the cops have said quite specifically they don’t think it was anything but suicide.
Its also a heavily racist area and no one should trust cops in the first place, making for a bad combo. Thats why the family will want an autopsy from someone independent of the police.
Just something to think about here - republicans all seem pretty gung-ho on the fascism, and they have control of everything right now. Do you think pointing it out will change republican minds? Those in office and those who are the voters backing them up.
Personally, I don’t see that happening. You’ll get some halfhearted dissent here and there, but I think thats mostly cover.
So, what would cause a major split or shift? I think solid confirmation of Trump making use of Epstein’s ‘services’ could do that. Maybe it won’t, I can’t predict the future (obviously). It seems much more likely than pointing out how rights are being stripped away (again and again), because they haven’t cared about our rights yet.
That doesn’t mean I think we should ignore what’s happening, just that I think there is substantial value in making sure the Epstein files don’t just disappear. If there wasn’t, I don’t think they would be trying so hard to deflect/ignore/cover up anything related to it.
No, you’ve got that wrong.
There will be plenty “originating” (at least on paper) from Israel, just not arriving (or not getting to anyone who needs it at least).
This is about boosting the economy.
Gender identity is constitutionally protected there! I wouldn’t have guessed it either, I found out about it when I was researching options on places to move.
I hope they do make it easier for trans Americans to get in!
With any luck, what’s happening here right now will be a big enough warning for your fellow Canadians…
Unfortunately, a lot of places are…
Safety and survival are the top priorities, so the furthest from “actually trying to kill you” is ideal IMO. But getting to another country is easier said than done, so its get going to where you can be as safe as you can. If that’s Portugal, do it. If its a blue city in a blue state, do that. If its surviving on a homestead and avoiding all contact possible… Thats still an option.
One of my friends is planning to go to Toronto for an “extended work trip” her boss is arranging.
I really fucking hate this stupid timeline.
Clearly! Hopefully you’ll be driven away!
To Canada, Portugal, or maybe Malta. Which apparently all have very strong protections for transgender folks. Malta apparently combines that with no murders of trans persons from 2008-2022.
(Stay safe please)
Much more like it!
Still not anywhere near that maga territory though, gotta get all that on one car, plus some paint jobs for permanence and that flag pole needs to be permanently mounted to be remotely close to… Even 2016 maga.
But a much better attempt than I have seen before! Well done.
Their car:
Thats all removable.
Edit: To be clear, I mean that doesnt even survive rain. Its soap. And tape. Not a sticker, not a paint job, and not even a single flagpole!
Closer! But not remotely near what maga territory looks like.
Their costume
A hat and a T-shirt… Still seems a little bit like just regular stuff you see at a rally or convention…
Their every day wear:
Ah, t-shirts again. Not a vest with 80 patched on it that say Kamala, no coverage in ridiculous flags…hell, no Kamala tattoos in sight!
Sorry, none of that is remotely close yet. I appreciate the effort though!
I’ve seen houses set up the same way and clothing merch with all the nonsense
Really? I haven’t. Not once.
Should be easy to share a picture demonstrating that then, right?
Something like:
Edit: The last time I asked this question, I was shown a tshirt, a hat, and a banner about Gavin Newsom poking fun at Trump, as three separate photos. The T-shirt wasn’t even on a person.
If its so common, surely there must be some pictures.
If I search for “maga house”, “maga car”, “maga outfit”, etc, I will get a very specific set of images. Pages after pages of them.
Can you please demonstrate equivalents of what this “blue maga” looks like for those searches?
Thats a really silly take for “No, MAGA was never cool, admirable, or intellectually honest and a meme suggesting that is pretty ridiculous”.
The sad thing about it is that list started around the Kavanaugh hearings, and the list was about 10-15 pages from the jump.
Iirc it started with an accusation of democrats being “just as bad”, which turned into “OK, you make a list of democrats, I’ll make a list of republicans”. Obviously there were a few democrats, but the list for republicans outpaced from the start, and just keeps growing.
Its just going to get worse with everything else going on, too.
People they didnt like.
Thats it. They assumed anyone on the list would be further left of them, and potentially part of a demonic cult.
This obviously ignores the long history of republicans committing sex crimes, currently up to part 57. They don’t read that though. They just assume they are right, because its what they’ve been told by the only people they listen to/parrot.
In the second case, there’s fuckery by the coroner.
I don’t think gross incompetence would be entirely unexpected! But it would put really heavy lean into the ‘fuckery’ bucket, definitely.
People have this kind of knee-jerk “the system is going to lie about everything” reaction which sometimes makes them kind of throw up their hands on the concept of every getting to the bottom of anything
I understand, and I wasn’t saying that so much as “Ugh, I really hope this doesn’t get handled poorly”. What I was saying - for clarity - is there is a long history of racism there and enough is off about this to make me put on my “worried” hat. That I would feel more assured about how this would be handled if there were more trustworthy folks involved, but thats unfortunately not an option given the current administration, instead needing to wait not just for the coroner to finish, but for the family to receive his body and have the unpleasant experience of potentially needing to get their own specialist to take a look.
Even just the prospect of a family needing to verify the report is an upsetting reality.
I wasn’t having an argument.
I agreed with you. And then I said I have little trust in those responsible for handling things, making it a concern.
Then you seemed to completely misunderstand what I said, so I clarified.
Not everything is an argument, sometimes a comment is just additional thoughts.
I understood entirely.
What I said was there is entirely the possibility of “Oops! His body went to the furnace instead”, or “oh no! The body was mishandled and fell”, or a whole variety of other things.
Off the top of my head, I can recall cases where:
I’m saying its not a guarantee until the body of this kid ends up with the family, and given the history in this particular area… I have little to no trust of those involved.
It would have to be a pretty shockingly brazen coverup for that part of the story to be true and covered up.
I agree, and at the same time… I can still see it as a possibility given everything else going on. There are plenty of ways “unfortunate mishandling” can happen.
I have even lower trust these days. There is so much willingness to blatantly lie all the way up to the federal level that I doubt I would trust any report produced. Not to say I’d assume it was something else, just that I have virtually zero trust in the police there or the coroner.
Supposedly the autopsy report will be released in full, but as you say - if they are willing to cover it up then the report won’t matter.
An independent review would be needed, which, with this admin especially, isn’t going to happen.
I think I know exactly the comment that inspired this post.