Israel blames the United Nations agencies responsible for collecting this aid and distributing it inside Gaza, saying they need to urgently step up aid deliveries.

Of course they do, it couldn’t possibly be because the IDF is a rapid dog off the leash that kills anything that moves, including (or rather, especially) aid orgs and journalists.

Shay’s Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion were both carried out by veterans who had fought in the Revolutionary War, only to immediately have their rights curtailed and be taxed to pay the debt that was held by the elite revolutionary class. Massachusetts (where Shay’s rebellion was focused) had basically paid off all these wealthy elites who had funded the revolution and then taxed the normal citizens of the state.

Hamilton was pretty explicitly trying to create an oligarchy in the US, and the rebellions were a response to that effort to essentially cut the general population out of the democracy they had fought for while also getting them to pay down the debts incurred by the ultrawealthy landowners.

These rebellions were led by revolutionary veterans who had been fighting under the assumption that they were fighting for their own democratic rights, yet even after the war without a certain amount of property you couldn’t vote or run for office, leaving most people out in the cold.

So yeah, Washington (one of the biggest landowners) was eager to put down the rebellions, but it was out of a hypocritical and anti-democratic impulse, ironically. So, does it matter what the founders intended with 2A? If they were against what we now understand as democracy, how much weight should we really be lending their opinions now, in our context and understanding of what democracy should be? You start to see how “Constitutional Originalism” came to be a thing – it’s a relic of that early struggle between oligarch’s and the common people.

If people are interested in more on that topic there was a great podcast featuring William Hogeland that outlines a lot of really interesting context about post-revolution US that is not widely understood, but makes a lot of what we still struggle with to this day make a lot more sense. I’d say it’s critical history for progressive inclined people to understand.

Is the one trying to overthrow democracy the fascist or the one funding the ethnic cleansing?

They look like they’re stoned and someone just came in and asked if they want anything from the corner store.

UK, what is going on with you guys? You had both George Orwell and Aldous Huxley…

OceanSoap being loaded into the train car: “Ok guys, any minute now will be the prime opportunity to stop these fascist guys. Just remember to consider both sides, they might have a really good reason for taking us out to this isolated camp.”

Do you happen to know the name of this venue? I was kind of curious to look at it on Google earth.

The fact that bystanders were killed/injured kind of makes me doubt it was staged, as much as Trump would stage something like that, I am doubtful they did in this case.

Supposedly they literally caught the bullet that struck him on camera:

Which is wild, but not outside the realm of possibility. This photo was being reported on by NPR this morning, they had an interview with the photographer.

This seems to be the right-wing’s main angle of attack on this issue. Seeing how forcefully they’re pushing this fact across social media I’m kind of resistant to going along with any narrative they are trying to build from it until more facts come out.

I saw the interview with the guy who said he saw the shooter and he came off as kind of a doofus, he more or less said the extent they went to alert anyone was just pointing. You’ve got to remember that this was a rally for some deeply stupid people, I’m sure it adds to the security difficulties to have to suss out what’s just idiots being idiots and what is useful info.

I think the reality is more simple; people overestimate the abilities of the Secret Service. I am sure they’re experts and highly trained, but they’re still human, and the mythos around their abilities is likely overblown to an extent. History has shown that if someone is determined enough, they can get close to the president if they want.

“Google will soon let everyone know if that their information is on the dark web.”

I don’t use reddit anymore, but I’ve had plenty of accounts banned there, mostly for arguing with sock puppets and tankies and stuff who will stalk your account and mass report anything that can be construed as even remotely violating the rules. Or one of the power mods just back channels the admins, who will ban based on that alone, no questions asked.

The key is, you need to create your new account on a separate computer (so the browser fingerprint they get is unrelated), use a VPN for the creation, build up enough karma to get past the automated systems (answering stuff on AskReddit was usually my go to, but don’t spam, take your time and give thoughtful answers) then make sure you use strong anti-fingerprinting settings on your browser on whayever device you plan on using. Possibly use a different third-party app on your phone (though I dunno how well this works since the API changes). Boost worked well for me, and Bacon Reader. And obviously delete your browser/app cache if you eventually use your main device.

Also, when you create your new account, sub to a bunch of shit you normally wouldn’t, if you’re not a sports fan sub to a baseball subreddit, avoid subbing to any niche subreddits you had on your old account for a while. Try to be bland and unremarkable in your choices.

The key is to avoid as many connected data points to your old account as possible until you’re pretty well established as “someone else”. Avoid attracting too much attention, and have multiple accounts that live on separate devices (I had one that I used on my phone only, and usually only when not at home so it was a separate IP) and one I used at home. Then a couple created on a laptop that were just kind of aging, just in case.

That might seem like great lengths to circumvent a ban, but I have a thing about abuse of power where it just kind of sticks in my craw, plus getting one over on the reddit admins was fun and I was curious exactly how deep their profiling went. I left the site on my terms eventually, which puts a smile on my face.

They know the US is distracted, so they’re taking the opportunity to kill more kids.

People on the left talk about “sending in Seal Team 6” as a way of pointing out the hypocrisy and short-sightedness of the right’s power grab. Not because anyone actually thinks the president should assassinate people.

Meanwhile Trump has literally said he wants to execute his political opponents and the right-wing supreme court gave their blessing.

It’s not a bothsides, get off the fence.

The fact that he claimed self-defense really goes to show how far the MAGA attitude of being “victimized” goes. Literally plows his car into a crowd of people and then claims self-defense when shooting someone.

Maybe, but the problem for Republicans is their platform simply isn’t popular, it’s why they have to go to these extremes.

His base of ~25% of the electorate is maybe more motivated to turn up at the polls now and is more likely to be violent (especially if Trump loses), but no one is going to say “Oh, I was against fascism, but now that the fascist died I’m pro-fascism.” anyone who thinks that way was already supporting Donald Trump anyway. The GOP is maxed on support, which is why they are constantly trying to purge voter registration rolls anywhere they can.

Sure, yet none of them are able to do what Trump does. That’s why it’s taken 40+ years for them to get to this point. The Mitch McConnells and such might be politically saavy, but they don’t have the “charisma” of Donald Trump to actually pull off the end game. That’s why they all protect him so much, he’s a cult figure, which can be difficult to fabricate.

It may simply be that former presidents don’t get the same security resources as an actual president.

Plus it’s been reported that he treats his security staff like trash, so it might be difficult to find people willing to put themselves in harms way for him.

No way, a Trump presidency will be way worse.

They’re Trump supporters, their brain power is not what brought them to the rally.

Would be nice, but it’s looking less and less likely that anything can be done. Best to start preparing for a Trump presidency.