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Proud Boys leaders Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl have been sentenced to 17 and 15 years in prison, respectively, for their roles in the Jan 6 insurrection.

Head Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio was scheduled to be sentenced yesterday, but illness delayed it until Tuesday.

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Two more Proud Boys leaders were sentenced today. Ethan Nordean received an 18 year sentence, tied for the longest Jan 6 related sentence (so far :crossed_fingers:). Dominic Pezzola, the only one of the five leaders to be acquitted of seditious conspiracy, got 10 years for assaulting police and obstructing an official proceeding.

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Enrique Tarrio, chief treasonous shitbird, sets a new record with a 22 year prison sentence.

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I love that he wasn’t even there, and got the longest sentence so far.

I do wish these guys would get longer sentences though. Your remorse means nothing!

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They should’ve locked down Washington DC and the surrounding area much like how the police locked down a train station and Chinatown in Hitman Absolution to try to catch 47. That way law enforcement would’ve been saved the trouble of a manhunt because there would be no leaving the Capitol except either via handcuffs or a body bag.

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A post was merged into an existing topic: The Funny Pictures/ Video Thread

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Now that charges have been filed, the report from the special grand jury in Georgia has been unsealed. In addition to those charged, it also recommended indictments of about 20 other people, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, former Georgia senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue and ex-national security advisor Michael Flynn.

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Oh, for fuck’s sake. :man_facepalming:

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Let them. No matter how it ends, it will be good for the democrats.

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Today was the 2023 European Union State of the Union.

The five takeaways, as highlighted in the article :

  • Economy. The largest point. Seen as innovative, going towards climate neutrality, and resilient in front of the challenge of the last few years. On the other hands there is a widespread shortage of workers (nurses, and IT were highlighted), persistently high prices, and the administrative burden faced by small companies (quoted as a bottleneck).
    As a consequence an envoy to small and medium businesses will be sent to diagnoses and address issues.
  • China. More precisely an official anti-subsidy investigation into the low-cost electric cars. This was an action taken on the larger point of (potentially unfair) competition between the EU and China, which could results in tariff. Since the fear is a repeat of what happened to the solar energy sector, an EU staple overtaken by China.
  • Climate neutrality by 2050, and the European Green Deal. Lots of congratulations about current policies. But with the caveat that it should be careful not to impact disproportionally the agricultural sector, since this argument is the main one used against the policies, so smooth talk are needed.
  • Ukraine, and the future of the EU ideal. Reaffirmation of the pledge of support, but this was not the place for announcement of sanctions or other actions. The main reaffirmation was on the maintenance of the ideal of the EU. In short, a large future awaits, but no compromise should ever be made to the candidate.
  • AI. The EU is still the normative superpower. AI is moving fast, and the AI Act is in negotiation for the market rules (legal responsibilities and all). A proposition is made to create an IPCC equivalent for AI, so that the structure is in place if a need for it arise, and to monitor for this potential need.

Not talk in this article, but more engagements with Africa, especially the Sahel.

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Anyone else put this on their bingo card??

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You are a representative of the White House not the White Trash, Bobo.

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Good pun but factually incorrect. She’s a member —barf— of the legislative branch. White House is executive branch.

The More You Knooooow :rainbow: :dizzy:

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Yeah it should be congress shouldn’t it? Imma change it now since the pun still works.

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A bit off topic, but I had the largest sigh in existence from taking the time to write about the fundamental politics of the EU, to seeing a few minutes after that a post of “hey, look at this dumb American politician, it’s going to be an actual discussion with replies”.

I’m going to have a drink. (I won’t, I don’t drink, don’t worry)

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I mean all the EU said was they are doing absolutely nothing radical. They are just doing the things they are saying they are already doing.

It is basically like any other state of the union speech these days which is basically this gif from The Naked Gun
Leslie Nielsen Nothing To See Here GIF - Leslie Nielsen Nothing To See Here Disperse GIFs

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Lol. I appreciate the thought-out post with bullet points and all. Please understand that we Americans are GOING CRAZY with our shitshow political world. The schadenfreude of seeing morons like her be punished for anything is all we have to cling to…

Yeah yeah, the economy, China, climate change… the usual. Rich people in power making promises. Sigh. The rent is too damn high.

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I appreciate the EU’s desire to regulate AI, tech law is just about the only thing the EU seems to actually draft and enact with any sort of fervour these days.