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If this is what it takes to end the global post-COVID inflation anti-incumbent streak, I guess there's a silver lining in it.

The film industry wants a national tax credit to compete with the UK and Canada, but I wouldn't hold your breath on that.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/nx-s1-5293524/ap-gulf-of-mexico-white-house-oval-office

If he runs as a Republican it gets him out of the ranked choice primary. Had the thought driving into work that I think if I remember correctly the letter said to drop the charges without prejudice. Which means if he doesn't play ball they can revive them at any time.

There's been a global downturn in film/tv production since COVID and the strikes, and I'm fairly sure a higher proportion is in CA/UK etc. Their role, whether official or just symbolic, is to entice a higher share of that production to the United States. He appointed them because they're basically the three of the most well-known conservatives in the Hollywood ecosystem.

I don't think Adams can win the primary, because NYC primaries are ranked choice now. But the concept of Andrew Cuomo running and winning just feels absurd. I still can't picture him running for an office where he has to flip all his prior positions on state/city balance of power and funding, and do that in-person in front of state legislators that he used to feel were beneath him and who also hate his guts. Big picture though, this is a new era in corruption. If Democrats were in power at the time of conviction, it's "weaponized justice" and a pardon is on the table. I also saw he's expected to pardon Rod Blagojevich (remember him?) too.

i used to think the word "meme" was pronounced "MEM"

happy birthday @lady-Yuna

hi

one is R+19 and the other is R+14 there will presumably be a pro-D lean, but I wouldn't hold my breath on a 20 point lean

happy birthday @That_One_Guyand @KatEyes !

the extrajudicial troll who is also the mod

what a fucking dipshit

[the answer is "yes, you are very dumb"]

It's intriguing but I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around it on a macro level is it just canceling out sunlight-induced melting to break even and/or slow it down? It can't really reverse it on a macro scale because pumping water to the top doesn't change the air temperature. I want to understand but am I just dumb?

hi

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/proud-boys.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU4.lp9k.r2aKo3bH0DJX&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

this year's gubernatorial election in Virginia is an absolute lock for the Dems that's the only positive all I can say though

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I was too busy today to actually follow any of it, no idea who blinked first

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/02/list-of-products-from-the-united-states-subject-to-25-per-cent-tariffs-effective-february-4-2025.html