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[–] [email protected] 20 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (7 children)

? ~60% of his wealth is estimated to be in Tesla shares

His net worth is definitely affected by Tesla shares declining

[–] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

There are groups working to do that. We don't have to talk about this as a hypothetical can get involved today

For instance, groups like Indivisible are pushing for Schumer to be pushed out. Groups like Run for Something are supporting progressives under 40 to run for all positions in state and local elections (generals and primaries)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

https://www.teslatakedown.com/

Make the share prices fall further

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

Most of the attendance of protests in the US I've been seeing lately have had older crowds. However, some of the ones I know have been organized by younger people have had rather good turnout with entirely younger crowds. Don't think it's a lack of interest of younger people just they're not hearing about it existing as much

A good chunk of this boils down to use of entirely different platforms. For instance, people getting the word primarily on on Facebook isn't seen by most of the <40 crowd

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

https://www.teslatakedown.com/

Make the share prices fall further

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's aware of it at least per the article

"Crazy," wrote Musk on his social media site X (formerly known as Twitter), in response to a video of Premier David Eby speaking to the rebate ban.

 
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I think they saying it is good that this is partially overturned because the the bans will kill trans youth

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We can still fight back on the state level. States and local levels will lead the way for progress here

California got a state law to enforce net neutrality in 2018. This is a good part of what limited the damage of Trump overturning it the first time

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Internet_Consumer_Protection_and_Net_Neutrality_Act_of_2018

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Trump is often a paper tiger. He quite often backs down from fights the minute someone pushes back. He's also been rather willing to throw people under the bus

He's not yet a dictator as much as he might be trying to make himself one. Most of his power in this moment is from people complying assuming he is. He is a lot weaker in actually getting you to do something if you resist than he wants you to believe. Don't do his dirty work for him

The fight isn't over until it's over

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

If they don't testify, they can put people in contempt of congress which can be enforced by the Sergeant at Arms. This is something that did happen to Steve Bannon when he refuesed to testify for the Jan 6th committee. Not just a hypothetical power

The Sergeant at Arms is part of the house, not the executive

If Trump tries to illegally dismissing congress, they could just still meet and direct the Sergeant at Arms anyway

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Chuck Schumer had that power last wee

And the senate would not need to be involved here. All but 1 house dems did vote against it when there was a real chance to stop it (it wasn't 100% certain that republicans had the vors in the house)

House dems are livid at Schumer. The house has been better at opposing - it's just that their powers are much more limited while in the minority are more limited compared to the senate.

Democrats have no subpoena power or ability to hold official hearings while in the minority

The context was in flipping the house. They would be in the majority in that scenario

If you for half a second think a Republican-led House

Again the context was flipping the house

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

I get the idea of wanting to stick it to the US, but it's maybe not the largest source of pride when you consider what the industry looks like. Being slightly less bad than the US is not a high bar. It's still quite horrifying


Intensive farming is the predominant method of producing meat, dairy products and eggs in Europe and elsewhere in the world

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/23/long-shadow-life-under-the-veiled-grasp-of-factory-farming-in-europe

In the EU, over 300 million animals spend all, or a significant part, of their lives imprisoned in cages – from sows in farrowing crates to egg-laying hens in so-called ‘enriched’ cages.

[...]

While the EU ban on the use of barren battery cages came into force in 2012, nearly half of commercial egg-laying hens are still kept in so-called ‘enriched’ cages. Additionally breeding flocks and chicks are also caged, often in barren cages.

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/231961/'End%20the%20Cage%20Age'%20report,%20October%202020.pdf

 

After they got Starbucks to drop the upcharge, they've now gotten other chains are starting to do the same

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