I think it was G-20. Can't say for sure. 2014 or so, pretty sure it was Toronto.

#55 Police also used a non-lethal sound based area denial weapon on G-20 protrsers in Toronto. That device can easily deafen people. It's entirely reasonable to expect people in Serbia will suffer permanent damage from the assault, only time will tell.

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This is for ACCESSING your account. I did that the other day, to see how much I've paid in to social security, as people are advised to do in case there are any errors. Come to think of it I should print out that page in case there are any accidental deletions of Social Security itself by DOGE.

But people don't need to access that account to have social security checks direct deposited to their bank accounts.

I got an ID.me when I needed a replacement Social Security card, for example. That is the type of reason somebody would need to access their Social Security Account page on the government website. And then my identity was verified over the webcam and they mailed me a new card.

All that has NOTHING AT ALL to do with Grandma receiving her check every month, like shes been doing for for decades.

"the many millions that went to the bureaucracy of the dept and to the teachers' unions will have been dried up."

Bureaucracy I can see the point you are making.

But how, exactly, do you think money flows to the teachers unions?

"Really, I want to turn it off and let the courts figure out how they want to run a federal agency"

That's probably the safest thing to do.

No one is saying the won't kill Social Security, like they did Roe.
I guess we can thank a hundred thousand unwanted babies for that.
Thanks, unwanted babies that should have been aborted!
You helped a handful of Americans understand that their country is ending.

Sometimes things just get worse.

anonymous sources ffs...

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The bodies of all this times this guy shoots the anonymous messenger would fill Arlington National Cemetery.

There will be a Holocaust of anonymous sources by the time you're done denying them.

We understand.

"If Trump actually kills Social Security, the number of people in this country with a serious and at times desperate motivation to kill him expands by about 75 million."

There will be knock-on effects.

As Republicans steal people's parents and grandparents often sole source of income, many will contemplate acting directly against the system that is deliberately harming their loved ones.

One might even pre-suppose that Trump is counting on this, so he can have even more casus belli to declare martial law when his border report comes back on Hitler's Birthday.

Taggart, have your Proud Boys to do a "Number Six" on a few of these retirement homes.

Just to speed this inevitable process along.

"Staff cuts and open positions left vacant are another main culprit for the decrease in parking enforcement fines. The City eliminated more than 60 positions in the 2024-25 budget, Sweeney said. Dozens of traffic officers have also retired."

Sounds like they tried and failed to fire their way out of the revenue shortfall.

I'd like to see the numbers on that. How much were receipts down, compared to the trend, after they tried to fire their way to solvency? Did they at least move the needle in the right direction?

I would also like to know how much of things like towing is the city paying private companies to do it, and how much the city is paying compared to retail or other businesses that use the same services.

It doesn't make sense to me that retired parking enforcement personnel pensions would be paid out of this budget. Funds from parking tickets are earmarked for the parking ticket enforcement personnel pension plan? That sounds crazy, but it is California.

Our children are our greatest hope for the future, and we must invest in their education and well-being.
--Steven Biko

American will not be investing in American children any more.
--Republicans

I would have expected more MAGA victory laps over these successful trial balloons.

Hog-tied and placed in Indefinite Detention with No Charges Filed is what MAGA wants for Transgenders and Democrats.

Education is Woke. And expensive.

Of course they don't value it.

Are there any MAGAs here with more than a high school education?

If so, they won't even admit it. They're ashamed of it. It's got them feeling like they had sex with a woman who turned out to be a man.

"When the left stops buying those electric cars?"

Trump selling Teslas on the White House Lawn will help with that. So did Elon Musk's Nazi Salute.

"people are shooting at Tesla cars on the open highway."

It's Florida. Shooting at cars on the open highway is no longer a crime.

What will it take for a Republican to say:
This is madness.

There is no bridge too far for Republicans, two months into supporting Trump's insanity.

Only forty-six more months to go!

"The government can fire workers"

That's probably why "Judge Bredar's ruling did not stop the agencies from firing the workers"

Sounds like there are other issues in play here.

Care to discuss them?

"He had previously spread claims that Democrats and LGBTQ people were trying to groom children."

Blame the gays for what you yourself are doing?
He's definitely in the right party.

"Being gay is where God makes you lust after men using 2 genes on the X chromosome."

Which two genes are those?

What happens when women have those two genes on one or both X chromosomes, do they lust after men or women?

"Being trans is where you tuck your junk, put on women's underwear, and dance around pretending you have a vagina because you get off to it sexually."

Which genes give rise to this phenotype?

"the federal department of education is worthless and unnecessary"

Thitty billion dollars is worthless and unnecessary.
This is really how Deplorables think.

"The bird-flu is over and the answer was quarentine, like it always has been"

Was that the correct answer for COVID too?

"It jumps straight at a gay gene"

So it's not a choice?

How about trans, also not a choice?

"The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy."

What's the fundamental strength?

"I will also add - what happens if you overstay your visa in Germany?"

Not what Trump is doing.

You understand this is shocking news because of what Trump is doing, right?