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Jesus is the Messiah in Islam

Happy birthday @Katya_Hiki!

There have always been three factions here: religion can't be favored over secular; religions can be favored over secular, but not over each other; and Christian religions can be favored, but not over each other. Separation of church and state has always been a hodgepodge of conflicting jurisprudence depending on which faction could cobble together a scotus majority at any given time. But now the extreme social conservatives who believe in category 3 control the executive and the courts.

not sure how real it is, but a constitutional amendment was introduced in the NY state senate today: https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S8467 as I read it, the premise of the amendment is that if another state does a mid-decade redistricting the way TX is, it would automatically empower the NYS legislature to redraw NY's congressional map without having to defer to the constitutionally mandated independent redistricting commission. if it turns out to be serious (it was introduced by the number two guy in the senate, which means that is possible), the state constitutional amendment process is a multi-term and resolves with a public referendum - so the earliest it could apply would be the 2028 cycle.

"Trump survived the midterm curse because he's that popular!"

schemes are afoot

An article about how the Republicans are full of shit for wanting to police late night talk shows, and how Jay Leno is a terrible human being. https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/jay-lenos-phony-case-for-balanced-comedy/

Happy belated @jayrider128!

Texas unveiled it's plan to steal five congressional seats (aka a ten-seat swing) https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5427604-congressional-maps-texas-gop/

Harris not running for CA gov in 2026 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/30/kamala-harris-wont-run-for-california-governor-00484884

I haven't gotten around to summarizing the student loan changes in the OBBB, but look at this: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/30/ice-recruitment-donald-trump-00484885 turns out student loan forgiveness is ok as an incentive to join the gestapo

I have Metroid Prime 1, 2, and 3, and I have the Metroid Prime trilogy collection, and I have the Metroid Prime 1 remake