60 years of propaganda masquerading under the banner of legitimate News organizations will do that to a population.

Or… They also remove the moratorium to drive the point home.

Is this the law that has exceptions for undercover, environmental, and weather?

Meaning the only reason to be against it is to avoid accountability?

ICE isn’t new, it was created back in 2003 when the Department of Homeland Security was created post-9/11.

The lack of any training… that’s new.

Well this guy was the Vice Chief from 2022-2023 and became Chief in 2023. So that’s under the Biden administration, for what that’s worth.

I get what you’re saying, but the more direct comparison would be to the Chief of Staff of the Army, not the President.

I gotta say, I spent a solid minute on Google Images trying to find a picture that made him look more badass than the professional headshot photo, but a good half of the images are him in readers.

That depends on your sorting preference. Several sorting options are very straightforward like top, new, etc.

Sex is a scapegoat for implementing surveillance and discrimination systems. The same as every “think of the children” law ever passed.

It’s not about the children, it’s about making it impossible for opponents to justify in the 10 second sound bite that the media allows with no further context whatsoever. And that’s all of the media that 90% of people consume.

They are as far as the shareholders are concerned if Amazon is telling them about different tiers of subscription. The bullshit the company spins is just as, if not more, important than the raw numbers. Especially when companies only report mandated info and the raw numbers they’re referencing aren’t disclosed for comparison.

Statistics is the art of making up a narrative you want to show via numbers, and finding a way to say it exists regardless of reality.

Shareholders are dumb panicky creatures. As long as the numbers aren’t terrible and you say some nice things most of them take it as gospel.

Spinning shit as a positive is a full time career in the corporate world after all.

Subscription info is definitely part of the information provided to investors. The raw numbers may not be in the financial documents, but revenue from subscriptions most definitely is and will give a general idea of changes even if the company doesn’t give the numbers directly.

You’re talking internal accountability. That doesn’t apply at this scale.

The accountability here is to shareholders. And they don’t care about why, just quarterly profits and growth.

Large Shareholders some care about how the line goes up, just that it does. Constantly. Every quarter.

He will. He just reminded them of what their oath already says, and that it only applies to lawful orders. “Just following orders” does not protect you from prosecution for following illegal orders.

The UCMJ does not define what “lawful” means directly. However, the Rules for Courts-Martial say that an order is lawful, “unless it is contrary to the Constitution, the laws of the United States, or lawful superior orders or for some other reason is beyond the authority of the official issuing it.”

The two oaths, for context:

The Oath of Enlistment (for enlisted):
“I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.”

The Oath of Office (for officers):
“I, _____, having been appointed an officer in the _____ (Military Branch) of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God.”

Arming your "enemy’ immediately before attacking them seems like a very stupid idea. So par for the course with this administration.

Fucking autocorrect. Yeah.

That’s exactly why they’ve been defunding schools for decades and more recently demonizing higher education as “woke”, which they have no actual definition for. Woke is whatever they don’t want, they never have a definition for it.

Of course, because woke just means understanding reality not fantasy.

For what? They’re already buying shit the military has said for years they don’t need (things like Tanks and APCs) because Congress uses it as a jobs program.

If you’re eating whole fruits and vegetables as also recommended… the fiber should come with them. Fiber doesn’t just come from enriched processed foods and supplements.