It used to be that airplanes had to keep 1000 feet of altitude over residential areas. A drone with its camera can come right up to your front door? Fly over your home, take pictures of your yard?

Everyone’s health records are at risk from this admin, not just trans folks. Another story this morning is about the Trump admin wanting health records of foreigners: Senators Criticize Trump Administration’s Demands for Foreign Health Data — ProPublica

When government compels education, there’s an implication that knowledge is valued. Obviously this is not true when those who desire Christian Nationalism get in power. Our constitutional writers made a severe mistake by putting religion above government regulation. The unchanging church and its ignorance.

How far can Trump push it until he loses the GOP congress?

I’m not enamored with Musk, but chatbots should have to follow the same laws as the rest of us. If they threaten or encourage violence, they need a visit from the FBI and perhaps some handcuffs and a perp walk.

One of the most basic lessons of Christianity is the need to ask for forgiveness. Trump once held up a bible for a photo op, we keep hearing rumblings of Christian Nationalism apparently from this current administration, and Trump now declares, “I’ll never apologize.” That’s about as anti-Christian as a message can be.

One thing that bothers me here at Lemmy is that a lot of the news stories I feel are important, are first carried at pravda_news@news.abolish.capital, whose about page makes Russian and Lenin inferences. So, if we’re Americans resonating with a message such as not funding shock gloves for ICE, boom, there’s a linkage to an apparent Russia and Lenin page. Do we then become targets of private-sector corporate attack? Simply because we’re against Night Watches and Slave Patrols?

His point is kinda dumb, although not unexpected from an oligarch wannabe. The problem is the middle class is being hollowed out. A majority of college grads are middle class. When the economic system doesn’t work for the educated, of course they’re going to look at alternatives.

Why don’t workers see them coming back?

Businesses are mostly concerned with the short term.

Yeah, I was vaguely aware of that. Texas is not a safe state to step foot in, particularly for kids.

So they allow child abuse in Texas? Christianity = child abuse. Spare the rod, spoil the child. Beat the little ones with a rod to save their souls from Sheol.

As long as they don’t mention the bible or religion, they seem to think that meets the standard of Separation of Church and State, while they seem otherwise free to force their biblical ideas of sex and gender on the populace.

Scapegoating an 85-year old retiree? Not a good look.

Religious demographics of Louisiana, 74% Christian, 4% other religions, 21% unaffiliated, according to Pew Research. Wanna take bets that mob had a high percentage of Christians? Would beating a couple of transgenders in the park be new testament treatment, or old testament? I’m thinking the latter…

Meanwhile, in my country, the US government gives tax credits for children. No kids? No tax credits.

Is it legal for a service to be called private when it is programmatically shared with law enforcement?

Oh, I went to Christian private schools, I’ve had my fill of their BS. “Preach the new testament, practice the old.” That’s Christianity in a nutshell.

There are so many phrasing variants depending on translation. Do we believe the bible, or the actions of people who claim to be Christians? Many Christian parents have historically interpreted the bible advocacy not as metaphor for instruction, but of severe physical discipline and corporal punishment. 2000 years surely is long enough for Christians to refine their game to your gentler and kinder interpretation, yes?

See Religion and Child Abuse, Perfect Together, by Donald Capps.

I understand ACLU, Public Counsel, and United Farm Workers have filed lawsuits against ICE actions in California. Feel free to search for more info!