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Did you look up the precedent? Because I’m guessing Judge Doughty threw his back out when he reached that far. In that case, a store owner called the cops on black kids eating at his counter. So he was a private citizen who violated the kids’ 14th amendment rights but wasn’t personally liable, because he was forced by the government to act, because he was complying with a long-standing city segregation law in 1960. It really doesn’t compare to this situation with government officials meeting with social media companies. The most obvious difference is there is no law at issue here. In that case, there was a black and white law. In this case, the judge wants us to believe that meetings and emails are equivalent to that? Just silly, IMO.

Let me guess, they HAD evidence of all sorts of other stuff, but the DEEP STATE burned it all. Or maybe the dog ate their homework. Or their source disappeared 5 years ago. Or, or, or… The excuses from Comer and the GOP House committees have been hilarious. Hunter probably started the war in Ukraine, shot JFK, and faked the moon landing too. Pretty sure he also was the inventor of New Coke… which was truly a crime against humanity.

The world didn’t end in 2022. There has been marked improvement so far in 2023. That article doesn’t mention this year at all.

Hmm…

Whataboutism presented with no shame.

You can see the chart at the linked site for a longer view. Inflation seems to have peaked and fallen rapidly while wage growth lagged behind at first but has been more steady.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1351276/wage-growth-vs-inflation-us/ Inflation is down into the 4% range, while wage growth has held steady in the 6% range.

Isn’t it the job of the accuser to prove their allegations? All I see, over and over with this Hunter Biden thing, is right-wingers asking everybody to prove Hunter is innocent. That’s not how it works. If he did all these things you’re accusing him of, why can’t you come up with the goods? They investigated him for 5 years and all they got was failure to file his taxes and buying a gun while high? Also, you mention the supposed threat to a Chinese company. See the other Hunter thread for info on how those WhatsApp messages were not real, but a mock-up made by a member of Congress, and the actual discussion very well may not have been with a Chinese company at all… and there is evidence Hunter was definitely NOT in the same location as his dad that day. So the whole thing is made up. But hey, it keeps the MAGA faithful entertained.

Yep. Hunter took a plea deal for his 2017-18 tax evasion and buying a gun while on drugs. All the rest of this is desperate flailing around by Comer and Jordan. Nothing will come of it.

Remember those text messages they “released” during the hearings about Hunter? Those weren’t real. https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/07/10/gary-shapley-and-hunter-bidens-colleague-named-z/ Representative Jason Smith created those mock-ups. But you might think: it’s not totally dishonest because the text of the messages is real…. Right? Nope. The content was a “summary” of WhatsApp messages. Who made that summary? Well, the star witness, IRS “whistleblower” Gary Shapley doesn’t even know. To wrap up: Not real texts, but a mock-up of a “summary” by an unknown person.

Numbers in light of Friday's jobs report: • Unemployment fell further to 3.6%, and we've now had 17 straight months of sub-4% unemployment under Biden, the longest stretch of sub-4% unemployment in over 50 years • Labor force participation for prime-working-age Americans is at a 22-year high • 13.2 million jobs added under Biden • Wages rising faster than inflation • Inflation and unemployment both lower than when Reagan won a landslide reelection in 1984

Perhaps there is a problem distinguishing disagreement with failure to understand. I understand the Judge’s statement you quoted just fine. However, I disagree that the underlying evidence he claims was “exhaustively listed” in his ruling supports that statement. Especially since he used the word “coercion” in that statement. And yet I skimmed through the ruling and saw nothing I believe was coercion. I found the examples purporting to be coercive unconvincing. I was surprised how many times he listed TV appearances by Fauci(in which he didn’t mention social media at all) as somehow coercive. That’s just silly. Also, wasn’t COVID-19 an “actual emergency”?

Another reminder that survivors of white mobs mass murdering black people still can’t get compensation.

You have presented zero evidence regarding the political leanings of those who already left California. This survey is the only indicator you presented, and one could reasonably assume the sentiment expressed doesn’t drastically change from year to year. But, please support your assertion that “All the libs that left aren’t around to take the survey.” Surely you have a past survey with that information, or you wouldn’t be making such a claim… right?

This guy was a soccer coach and was grooming, drugging, and raping kids and recording it for 20 years before he got caught. As usual, the criminal was not a drag Queen or a transgender person.

If you consider the source unreliable, why did you link to it?

Hmm, one thing you say here caught my eye “prevent blue state Dems from relocating to red states” The article you posted about people leaving California says it’s mostly conservatives who are leaving. There goes the liberal invasion of red states argument, debunked by your own link again. Next time you put a bunch of rakes in the thread, try not stepping on ALL of them?

Why is it if I disagree with something, you pretend I didn’t read it? I find the assertion that the government was so involved with social media companies that their actions and the government’s actions were the same…. To be unsupported by the evidence. It’s an extremely bold assertion, followed by an extremely bold and broad injunction that effectively censors almost the entire federal executive branch. What I found in the memo and ruling was a lot of complaining about social media companies taking things down, sometimes connected to requests from the government, but sometimes only based on somebody appearing on TV and debunking COVID disinformation (which this judge attempted to link despite no direct evidence of a link)… and very little evidence that takedowns were compelled by the govt… as the judge asserts. I predict the judge’s injunction will be lifted on appeal very soon. As for the trial? I haven’t looked into whether it’s a jury or if the judge rules. If the judge rules, then I’m sure he will support the plaintiffs. He’s already played his hand there. If it’s a jury? Lawyers for the defendants can keep hammering home that nobody was coerced or threatened. They can also debunk the idea that every moderation action was as if the government acted simply by pointing to times when the government made a request and social media companies didn’t honor it. Finally, let’s not lose sight of the fact that this case is mostly about COVID-19 disinformation. It was strategically put before THIS judge because he (infamously) quoted vaccine disinformation from a discredited physician in past anti-vaccine and anti-mask rulings. A more sympathetic judicial ear for COVID-19 skeptics I doubt you could find.

To me, this is one of many American half-measures that don’t have the intended effect. People can’t afford college? Make state schools free! Well, that’s no good because private schools don’t think it’s fair, and some states don’t want the extra state expenditure. So, how about we just have the government loan people money instead? YES say private schools, they definitely want more money, and states like it too. Plus, since they are loans, the federal govt will get the money back anyway. Win win right? Nah. Should have just made state schools free and let private schools deal with it by offering more for the money. See also: Germany Same thing with Medicare. It wouldn’t be that hard to expand it to everybody… but insurance companies would not like it. It would also make sense to allow them to negotiate prices on drugs. But the drug makers wouldn’t like that. So… another half-measure. They never seem to fully solve the problems, and then cause other problems.

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This whole discussion began because you claimed people didn’t “vote and live with it.” YOU then presented numbers showing that 99% of people DO vote and live with it. This undercut your entire argument, so you change the argument to “migration out of California is a problem.” For reference, here was your statement:

That’s 1%. Meaning 99% stayed. Meaning 99% of people are “voting and living with it”. You desperately want this to be a BIG issue. It’s not. Keep flailing.

300 people a day leaving a state of 40 million people is not a big deal. 50 businesses out of 4 million leaving in a year is not a big deal. You weaken your argument when you insist otherwise. Both of these facts disprove your assertion that there is a massive amount of migration. You’re clowning yourself.

Wow, 300 per day in a state of 40 million people! About 1/4 of 1% of people moved to Texas. At that rate the whole state will be empty!… well in 400 years… if nobody is born or moves in. And your second stat is incorrect, based on the link you provided. 40% of California businesses did NOT relocate to Texas. Of the only 139 businesses that moved to Texas, 40% of them were from California. For context? There are 4 million small businesses in CA. Oh no, 50 left! And THIS is why I ask for stats. To show that the facts don’t mesh with your narrative. 99% or more of people actually DO live where they voted in the most recent election. So your argument of “vote with it live with it” is silly. That’s everybody’s situation. Plotting a coup or a secession is the opposite of “living with” the results of elections.

You’ve made a bunch of statements like this. Not once have you backed any of them up with facts. You just make crap up to fit your worldview.