What Russia says and does is very much different. Russia has thus far supported every single EU-“skeptic” movement from Britain to Armenia. Hell, just two days ago an article was posted about how yet another Russian botnet attempts to prevent Armenia from deepening ties with the EU:

https://theins.ru/en/news/285805

I mean, intent is very often a major defining factor whether something is illegal or not.

The difference between murder and manslaughter often hinges on whether there was intent.

And for something as stupid as loitering intent is the sole deciding factor for guilt.

Wow, that sucks. Somewhat surprised you didn’t have the finiancial penalties for providing too much already though, Germany had so since forever:

Of course the only recourse if they don’t provide coverage is to first write a letter of complaint and if it’s rejected to sue for coverage. If you have suffered quantifiable damage due to the lack of coverage you will have to launch a separate lawsuit to get compensation. Being in pain alone does not qualify.

It sadly won’t last. This is just the “flip” phase of his flop.

In the meantime, I hope he damages the Russian economy for a bit. Investors probably don’t want to invest too much in Russia right now in case one of Trump’s threats actually holds true for once.

Plus even if they were to implement those features, the challenges would still get increasingly harder the more bot-like a scraper behaves.

You can’t prevent scraping entirely but you can certainly prevent scraping that behaves like a DOS attack.

Then why be upset Sanders lost the primary? If he didn’t have a chance in the first place there is no way Biden (or anyone really) could have “stolen” his victory.

So?

Isn’t the point of the primaries to find the candidate most people would want to vote for?

The primary should always be between two candidates or using ranked choice voting. If there are ten candidates in the primary and the winner has 10.1% of the vote you cannot tell whether they are the most popular one.

Sanders lost because he was less popular than Biden. Obama calling all other spoiler candidates to drop out ensured the candidate who most people prefer won. After all, if the candidates who dropped out had policies more similar to Sanders, they would have supported him instead of Biden.

It’s neither my history nor do I lack knowledge in the basics of US history.

I do know the history of my own country though - Germany - where the President only has a representative role and the Chancellor cannot do anything without a supportive Parliament. You know, because the Weimar Republic fell due to the President having Kaiser-lite powers.

It’s very much not against your laws or morals.

The US President has basically dictatorial rights. No head of state in any other democracy can do even a tenth of the things that the US President can.

And never did the US people oppose this.

They can literally arrest non-citizens indefinitely while “awaiting” deportation. There is no upper time limit and anyone handling his case can just make “mistakes” requiring any deportation request to be re-re-re-re-submitted.

There is no issue with rewarding work with luxury while still providing everyone with the necessities to survive - such as a basic home and food.

Besides, you can reduce unemployment by just reducing working hours. 40 hours per week is way too much frankly. Why not 30 or even 20? That way everyone has more free time which results in better health and more productivity.

Gleichschaltung took a bit of time for the nazis.

The Night of the Long Knives is only applicable if the judge herself were a nazi who is seen as a potential threat due to being slightly differently aligned than the main faction.

It assumes the man is being imprisoned for just cause

Guantanamo Bay doesn’t rely on any cause though? It’s literally a US torture camp where nothing matters. No due process, no just cause, no nothing. It’s worse than CECOT in everything but scale.

Have you ever seen any country’s opposition figure successfully demand something from another country? I personally haven’t. Usually the government alone controls any and all foreign relations.

Hell, Israel has literally detained and deported two British MPs on a parliamentary delegation - not just a visit. And they’re part of the governing party, no less!

It’s genuinely not surprising that El Salvador reacts this way. It’s the literal default reaction to a nongovernmental politician demanding something.

And yes, I think it’s appalling that the I US deports anyone and everyone, legally or otherwise. This doesn’t affect El Salvador though since they detain whoever the US sends there. The US argues this man is a terrorist, therefore this is sufficient justification for them.

Had Britain started deporting migrants to Rwanda and a MP from the Green Party requested to visit someone “mistakenly” deported, they would’ve been denied access as well.

I just really don’t think there’s anything noteworthy in the rejection alone.

It should be fairly normal to decline a random politician from another country a request no one else gets.

It reeks a bit of American exceptionalism that US senators should get special rights. If a random politician from, say, the Netherlands asked to see someone held in Guantanamo Bay the US will do fuck all to accommodate this request.

My comment is not a justification for the deportation of that guy by the way. I just don’t think it should be notable, as random politicians usually enjoy much, much fewer rights than head of states.

Illegality has layers though. Right now they’re merely probing the waters and seeing how much pushback there is from the judicative.

That’s rather tame compared to Hitler’s first months, where the nazis centralized all power under them.

The US has had multiple local elections as well, while all free elections vanished the moment Hitler had the power to do so.

So I’d argue the US is somewhere around 1932. Not everything is lost just yet but you’re moving ever closer to the point of no return.

Early 1930s.

The US has elections still, while Hitler abolished all democracy the moment he could.

As soon as Trump starts actually using his presidential power to the full extent, that’s when you have entered 1933. He is still holding back at the moment - the US President is legally speaking nearly equivalent to an absolute monarch and can do far more than just signing executive orders, stopping federal money transfer and deporting non-citizens.

True.

“Austria Est Imperare Orbi Universo” (all the world is subject to Austria) is an important historic motto the Habsburgs coined in the 14th century.

Why would you need to go to the Department of Motor Vehicles for an ID though? For a driver’s license I can somewhat understand but that should be the extent of their responsibilities.

Over here you go to your local registration office which basically every town has? It’s the same office for registering where you live (which you are also legally required to do) - meaning there are more than enough of them around. For smaller towns they are usually located in town halls, larger cities have many of them spread around.

Honestly, you’d easily get significant adaption of IDs by just mandating them for everything. Want a bank account? Need an ID. Want to get a job? Need an ID. Want to get a driver’s license? Need an ID. Are you older than 16? Believe it or not, need an ID.

If (nearly) everyone has an ID, it cannot be used as means for voter disenfranchisment.

Confused? Take a look at global politics. The right-wing conservatives / fascists are winning everywhere.

There is not a chance in hell that a progressive candidate will win in the US in at least the next decade or two.

I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if California became a swing state (if the US remains a democracy) by 2032.

The swing in the presidential contest to Republicans in California was accompanied by a rejection of progressive ballot measures and a near-universal swing against progressive local candidates.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_California

Right, maybe except for the US.

You aren’t allowed to advertise against something specific, like a company, in many countries. Plus the advertising space provider can be held liable for defamatory ads.