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The first "expert organization" they talk to in this article published a "research study" last year saying DEI policies cause workplace hostility, this is propaganda bullshit

Yeah, why was he answering this stupid question and not being asked about why his officers keep brutalizing protesters and journalists?

on CNN

Oh, that's why

Yeah, apparently the plane crashed into the dining hall for a medical school, so a ton of potential first responders were likely among the injured. It's kind of hard to imagine how this could have turned out any worse.

I worry RFK is going to use a combination of being exactly who we thought he was, moving just slowly enough for people to lose interest, and his boss's tendency to demand all of our attention to do some truly awful stuff, and by the time we realize how awful it is it will be way too late to do anything about it

TBF, seeing Trump treat someone else like shit, empathizing with their experience, and realizing how it could happen to them is really hard for Republicans because they're morally and intellectually defective

being strong enough to ~~quit~~ refuse unlawful orders and use your own common sense and basic decency to resolve conflicts in the field and deal with the court martial.

Hundreds of years ago they were a mixed bag, but with the advent of germ theory (and fire codes) cities rock and like 95% of humans should live in one

But that doesn't mean CAFOs are a good idea, because their number one economy of scale trick is a) ignore all the environmental regulations to create more profit per unit b) have enough units makes the cost of fines/litigation/lobbying a manageable business expense

The curfew was ordered by the mayor

If you're donating to a local station, the donation goes directly to the station itself, who may or may not use some of that donation to purchase NPR programming. Some people may choose to give to NPR directly instead, but that's usually big organizations like the MacArthur foundation or other big charitable trust funds.

These deaths came during the same period that Portland began a two-pronged response to public pressure over homelessness. City leaders began moving homeless people out of public view by removing tents at a rate far surpassing those of its West Coast peers. Since 2021, it carried out 19,000 sweeps, and it dismantled over 20 encampments per day in 2024, according to city records.

At the same time, the city reduced money for stable permanent housing while dramatically increasing its investment in temporary shelters. The city spent $19.4 million to house formerly homeless Portlanders in 2019, according to the city budget. By 2024, the city budgeted $4.3 million, which housed 391 people.

They got what they paid for

Seems like it would be more effective to just tell your local stations to stop carrying NPR programming if that's how you feel. If this goes through NPR will be fine and just keep on reporting the same as they have been because they've got tons of big foundations and corporations that donate to them directly and they've got a bunch of the most popular podcasts in the country they're running advertisements on besides. It's the little regional TV and radio stations that carry NPR shows alongside local reporting are going to have a lot harder time making their budgets.

Yeah, also even though it's "almost half" there's more people saying disapprove than approve, so there's a large number in the "unsure" category right now, and the more we find out about who's being deported and how and what the cops will do to suppress these protests the more that disapprove number will go up