Na, the commanding heights of the economy should be left to the anarchy of the free market! Clearly only good things can come from this. /s

Yes, but the most important parts, the parts that legally constitute a gun are being printed in plastic. The parts you’re talking about, do not legally constitute a gun. Sure, you can’t make a barrel, bolt, or firing pin out of plastic, that’s obvious, but those parts by themselves are not guns under federal law. The “firearm” is legally defined as the lower receiver or frame (the part that holds the trigger and magazine). If you want your gun to be untraceable, if you want to have a gun but not be a registered gun owner, you just need to manufacture the frame or receiver. Which in the case of small frame AR, just looks like this:

It’s just something that holds all the other “non-gun” parts together into a “gun shape”. The round is never housed inside the receiver to be fired, and thus the plastic is never exposed to the internal forces of firing the round. Pistols experience more force, since the receiver holds the slide rails and are more impacted by recoil, but they still do not house the round, or need to contain the internal force of firing the round.

This video is more like boy then boy boy but there is a replacement boy for the boy who didn’t go.

More seriously: the endurance and resolve of the Cuban people in the face of this monstrous act of war against them is incredible.

I don’t really believe an Injunction can stop a war, but I’d love to be proven wrong.

What would a lawsuit even do? Would it jail him? Probably not. Are they going to fine him? Even if they did that it would be negligible.

For those playing at home: it was Zyklon B.

May a thousand DSA primary campaigns bloom!

Thanks!

Like the Latam community, these publications publish mostly UK news and some international news. Since most of the content is UK focused, they’ve been moved.

Who could have predicted the gold horders would have been right all along.

This has so little to do with Epstein. If you think the people in charge are afraid of their secrets getting out, and that’s why they’re “in line” you’re drifting away from reality. Israel has always been the unsinkable aircraft carrier in the Middle East. They are the enforcer of western policy in the region. The petrodollar runs the western worlds’ economy, and they know that they hold the keys to keeping it stable. Look at what they’ve been able to do by dragging the US into a war with Iran. They’ve set up the west’s economy on a razors edge, and are not effectively holding it ransom.

That’s an interesting idea. I wonder if that’s the case. It would be pretty easy to implement. Let me roll it around in my head for a bit. I might make a thread to get users opinion on the idea too.

Is it that “new math” everyone keeps telling me about?

Thanks for the heads-up. I’ve updated the story with the body text from the site.

lol, ok. I’m not interested in people who are not interested in learning, or listening. So peace out.

Blaming “protest‑non‑voters” for ICE brutality misses why Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election, and why Democrats keep failing vulnerable communities.

Yes, Gaza cost Harris votes: about 422,000 Democratic‑leaning voters stayed home or voted third‑party, with roughly 122,380 directly linked to protest (Al‑Shabaka). But protest voters were a smaller factor compared to the 6.8 million former Biden voters who switched sides or stayed home due to broader campaign failures (Common Dreams).

The Democratic Party’s own autopsy points to larger failures: voter disenchantment as millions switched sides or stayed home, a chaotic primary process, abandoning the working class to court Republicans and donors, alienating young and minority voters over Gaza and the economy, and losing Black and Latino voters who shifted toward Trump (NPR).

ICE brutality isn’t a Trump‑only problem. Obama deported a record 2.7 million people (Migration Policy Institute). Biden’s Title 42 expulsions removed over 2.5 million migrants without asylum hearings (PBS NewsHour). The agency’s culture of violence was built by successive administrations.

When we blame individuals who refused to vote for a candidate supporting genocide, we ignore why Democrats offered such a candidate. The answer isn’t that voters failed the party, it’s that the party failed voters. A political machine funded by corporate donors cannot deliver protection for vulnerable people.

If we want to stop ICE brutality, we need to confront the system that produces both Republican and Democratic presidents who expand its powers. Focusing on “protest‑non‑voters” lets that system off the hook.

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Curious if any of you could do a better job of explaining this persons position here.

Agreed.

Yeah, it’s not about mining at all. Somalia doesn’t have major US mining ops, but it’s strategically crucial for three big reasons:

1. Somalia controls the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, where 10% of global trade passes (Al Jazeera, Feb 2026). Keeping that sea lane open (and under US influence) is a top priority for the Pentagon.

2. Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti is the only permanent US military base in Africa (Manara Magazine, July 2025). Having an unstable Somalia next door justifies keeping that base open and lets the US monitor rivals like China (which has its own base in Djibouti) and Turkey (which just built a naval base in Mogadishu) (ISSF, Nov 2025).

3. Turkey discovered about 20 billion barrels of oil there last year (Somali Guardian, May 2025). The US wants to make sure rivals don’t lock down those resources and that any future development happens under a US‑friendly security umbrella.

The “counterterrorism” justification (al‑Shabaab/ISIS) is the public face, they’ve already hit Somalia 47 times this year, on track to break last year’s record of 124 strikes per the above article. The administration now frames the groups as a potential “homeland threat” to justify the escalation (CTC Sentinel, July 2025). But the real drivers are securing that vital choke point, maintaining the base, and checking China/Turkey/UAE influence in the Horn.

Sudan’s different because the RSF is backed by UAE/Saudi, who are US allies. The US isn’t going to bomb its partners’ proxies. Religion isn’t the deciding factor; it’s who’s aligned with whom in the regional power game.

Hezbollah’s been hitting back with a mix of rockets, drones, and artillery, mostly targeting northern Israeli communities and troops. Here are some specifics from the last few days:

• Rocket attacks: On March 22, Hezbollah fired a rocket barrage at the northern Israeli community of Misgav Am, killing one person (Al Jazeera). That same day, they launched 85 attack waves, the highest single-day total since the conflict began, with the majority being rockets/missiles (Alma Research).

• Drone (UAV) strikes: In those same 85 waves, 18 were carried out with offensive drones. They’ve also used anti-aircraft missiles against Israeli drones (Alma Research).

• Targets and tactics: Their operations are focused on Israeli military gatherings, armored vehicles, and bases along the border, as well as towns in the Galilee. On the ground, they’re using anti-tank guided munitions and artillery to resist Israeli advances into southern Lebanon (The Guardian).

• Scale: Since the latest round of fighting began on March 2, over 865 attack waves have been recorded, showing they’re prepared for a sustained conflict (Alma Research).

So, beyond the general statement in the article, the retaliation has involved specific, daily attacks with a variety of weapons, causing casualties and keeping pressure on Israel’s northern border.

You should watch the video.