The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday the government can't criminally prosecute a man for possessing a firearm simply because he regularly smoked marijuana ... read more
Officials altered their views on the economy, raising their outlook on inflation for 2026 to 3.6% on headline and 3.3% for core, which excludes food and energy. At the last update in March, committee members anticipated 2.7% rates for both measures. They also slightly lowered their projection for gross domestic product growth to 2.2%, down 0.2 percentage point from March, and cut the unemployment projection to 4.3%, down 0.1 percentage point.
AI capex now represents about 5% of US GDP, a level last seen during the late-1990s technology boom. read more
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, could block poorer students from getting verified, and could meet pushback from medical professionals who refuse to comply.
The initiative would require students who want to participate in girls' sports to provide "a health examination and consent form or other statement signed by the student's personal health care provider that verifies the student's biological sex, relying only on one or more of the following: The student's reproductive anatomy, genetic makeup, or normal endogenously produced testosterone levels."
"Seems like taxation without representation"
It's also giving Bill of Attainder vibes.
A bill of attainder (also known as an act of attainder, writ of attainder, or bill of pains and penalties) is an act of a legislature declaring a person, or a group of people, guilty of some crime, and providing for a punishment, often without a trial. en.wikipedia.org
All the affected orgs were created by the Legislature, and were cut by the Executive via DOGE, so I guess this is Bill of Attainder by Executive Proxy.
""Virginia law required emancipated slaves to leave the state, which meant that emancipation could separate people from their families and communities."
Uh huh. And then, "In 2007, the Virginia General Assembly approved a formal statement of "profound regret" for the Commonwealth's history of slavery." en.wikipedia.org
BillJohnson doesn't understand why there is any regret about slavery.
BillJohnson, also doesn't understand why that regret is being communicated at the plantation of the most notorious slaver in the State of Virginia that isn't named George.
"You don't need to listen to a podcaster and let them influence your opinion about a country. You can look at those facts yourself"
Sounds Woke.
Sounds like Critical Theory.