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Boycott Shopify! CEO wants to disenfranchise poor citizens and give rich people more votes than you or I.

You know, one thing the Trump Presidencies have really made crystal clear is we really need some Constitutional reform. There are some well-intentioned but deep flaws in the Constitution. 1/x

Also, Juries shall have the power by unanimous agreement to determine if any private citizens or legal entity (such as political parties and corporations) committed crimes on behalf of or to advance the agenda of any... 5/x

You know, one thing the Trump Presidencies have really made crystal clear is we really need some Constitutional reform. There are some well-intentioned but deep flaws in the Constitution. 1/x

No one who holds any public office, whether elected or appointed, of the United States or the States shall be eligible for pardons or clemency for crimes committed while in office. 3/x

You know, one thing the Trump Presidencies have really made crystal clear is we really need some Constitutional reform. There are some well-intentioned but deep flaws in the Constitution. 1/x

A #programming post: I decided to do a course for modern #Java, for #Java25. Of course much of it is the same as older Java, like the ternary operator '? :'. While working thru an exercise in combining methods, return values, and if/else, I got bored and came up with a super beautiful use of '? :'

public static int calcScoreTier(int score) { int tier = 4; if (score >= 1000) { tier = 1; } else if (score >= 500) { tier = 2; } else if (score >= 100){ tier = 3; } return tier; }

A #programming post: I decided to do a course for modern #Java, for #Java25. Of course much of it is the same as older Java, like the ternary operator '? :'. While working thru an exercise in combining methods, return values, and if/else, I got bored and came up with a super beautiful use of '? :'

I don't know how to say this any more plainly: If you are elderly, or have ongoing healthcare needs, and you vote Republican, you are VOTING TO EUGENOCIDE yourself. Nobody USES the term eugenics anymore, but basically the Republican healthcare plan is just that. Let the sick & very disabled die.

... Particularly those who aren't "productive enough" to have gotten healthcare and disability benefits through an employer. They'll point to private health/disability insurance, government employee benefits, and military benefits to claim they are taking care of people, but...

We need a new law, if this isn't already law: ALL SETTLEMENTS by any Dept or Agency of the Federal Govt MUST be reviewed by a court for Constitutionality and lawfulness. In Trump's lawsuit against the IRS, a judge questioned if the case was Constitutional. So the DoJ settled. How can they...

@legaleagle.tv PLEASE FILE TO INTERVENE in the Jan 6th Lawsuits. Please raise the argument with the Court that the 14thA says, "But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States"...

@lizdye.bsky.social Can someone file a motion to intervene in the class action lawsuit in Florida by the Jan6 insurrectionists against the capitol police, to raise the argument that the plaintiffs seek monetary damages for alleged police excessive use of force that day, BUT, even if they were right

...the court is prohibited by the 14th Amendment from paying out any such award, because as the 14A says, "But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States...", so therefor the case