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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨California Governor Gavin Newsom Signs “Stop Nick Shirley Act” into Law – Journalists Can Now Be FINED and JAILED for Uncovering Democrat Fraud⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  What it does

  Eligible immigration-support service providers, employees, and volunteers can apply through the California Secretary of State for a substitute address rather than using their actual home, work, or school address in relevant public records.

  To qualify, an applicant must be affiliated with a covered immigration-support-services facility and document a relevant threat, harassment, or violence within the preceding year. Covered settings can include nonprofit organizations, legal clinics, law offices, and health facilities serving immigrants. Online doxxing provision

  The law also creates protections against online publication or trafficking of an enrolled participant’s personal information or identifying image—but it requires a high intent threshold. Liability is not based solely on recording someone, criticizing an organization, or causing subjective discomfort.

  The conduct must involve the legally required specific intent to have someone imminently use the information to commit likely violence or make a threat that produces an objectively reasonable fear for personal safety. Remedies may include injunctions or declaratory relief, attorney fees, and damages—up to three times actual damages, with a $4,000 minimum in the reported final-version description. What it does not do

  Based on the enacted bill’s descriptions and reporting:

  • It does not broadly ban public filming.
  • It does not create protection for every immigration-related organization or worker automatically.
  • It does not apply unless an individual enrolls in and is certified by Safe at Home.
  • It does not make ordinary investigative reporting unlawful absent the statute’s required harmful intent.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. debt crosses $40 trillion threshold after doubling under Trump and Biden⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s fair that you called me out. Of the ‘recent’ 17.2 trillion increases, Biden gets credit/blame for ~2.5 trillion or ~15%.

  I would stills say that if one looks at what Biden spent it on vs. what Trump is spending it on then Biden can mostly be forgiven his contribution.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. debt crosses $40 trillion threshold after doubling under Trump and Biden⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Fucking assholes… Trump is 99% responsible for this bullshit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moderator abuse: Request for review and removal of Decoy321@lemmy.world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There was no warning discussion or communication of any kind.

  Lol… I got banned because I down-voted a couple stupid posts in a community that came up in my main feed. Whatever… moved on. You should, too. Quit trying to belong to a community that doesn’t want you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump’s tariffs resulted in a massive transfer of wealth from working people into the hands of millionaires and billionaire⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  un-possible!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be bigger than reddit will require bringing over all of the worst fuckwits of reddit. Let’s not do that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Republican Party used to be very big on smaller government. What caused them to turn into the party of big government over reach? When did it happen?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That was always a like, just like the rest of their platform. You’re just becoming aware of the reality, now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's rigged⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It provides incentive to keep your money in the market.

  No it doesn’t. The vast majority of my stock has LTCG treatment. When I sell, I sell that stock because of the preferential tax treatment and let my non-qualified stock bake longer. You either have the wealth to be in the market and can play the game or you don’t and you’re not in the market. I’ve lived both lives.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's rigged⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  LTCG means that I can 15% or 20% (depending on income) on selling stock even if I’m otherwise in a high tax bracket. Why should I get to have a massive tax break just because I already have a lot of income? There’s nothing special about my income from stock vs. my income from employment other than I work a hell of a lot harder for my income from employment than I do my income from stock.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's rigged⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The other thing to get rid of is long term capital gains taxes and just tax capital gains as regular income.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's rigged⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL - interesting language… even the article goes on to call it a cap multiple times even thought he official title is what you listed. Thanks for sharing!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's rigged⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re talking about a cap and not a base, but yeah… remove the cap and everything gets better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Take the medicine for one week" is monday-sunday or monday-monday?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I have seen zero cats today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No fear!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Survivor bias… they incorrectly believe that because they lived that there was no actual danger. Truly, the selfish and self-absorbed generation. :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ups and downs⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bullshit and make your own god-damned breakfast.