I’d say that I wish they were, particularly as during this cycle I’m stretching my budget to sprinkle some around on good candidates, win or lose.
But, overall I think they should NOT be deductible.
I also agree with your sentiment that people in the ~120k range are firmly “middle class” now for whatever that’s worth.
Of course, there are regional variables too — that money in Jackson MS is very different than in Brooklyn NY
Jarts were a favorite in our backyard. Noone died. Or even got stabbed in the foot.
They had great heft.
Uhh where are you where political donations, either to candidates directly, or to PAC/501c(4) are deductible?
They are not. It says so right on the ActBlue page and everywhere else. It’s a legal requirement that people be notified that their donations are not tax deductible.
Pretti’s pistol is a Sig P230
Which has (allegedly) issues with what appears to be called “uncommanded” discharge
That is, a discharge when being handled otherwise normally, and therefore neither accidental nor negligent.
It is possible, though I would see this as NO EXCUSE, that Pretti’s gun discharged and the ice agent fired (wrongly) in reaction to that noise.
Some close analysis of the frame-by-frame appear to clearly show the slide pushed back, while in the same frame seeming to show gray jacket with four fingers around the grip and none inside the trigger guard.
HOWEVER I am not a video expert
This (and every killing which involved an ice/cbp operation) deserved to be thoroughly and impartially investigated
Buy an older pixel and install Graphene
Keep it off/in a faraday bag at all times, never turn it on at home. Go to elsewhere to set it up.
If they REALLY want you, you will get got.
But there’s no reason to make it easy.
No.
There is no search warrant for the contents of your mind.
Of course “rubber hose decrypt” is always an option, but we’re not quite there yet.
Honestly I am quite happy with better air travel security and safety, and not particularly interested in going back to a time when any random Greek anarchist assholes or PLA or whatever are stabbing flight attendants or sticking bombs on Pan Am flights
You sound too young to remember, so read up a little.
Here’s something that popped up on the first page of results
Obviously I am US-centric. This is a thread about voting in US elections (??)
I do happen to fly to UK, and generally to LBA or MAN, which are easily two of the worst / most annoying airports in Europe.
Both of them have made great improvements over the past ~18 months though.
CDG is also particularly annoying imo.
I’d do more than that
Disband DHS. This agency was never required and was created merely as a knee-jerk to the information sharing problems that contributed to how 9/11 turned out.
Ironically, the majority of those problems were actually between the FBI and CIA and DHS has no authority over either — that role was handled to the also-newly-created Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
Sooooo we never needed the orwellian DHS in the first place
Abolish ICE, HSI and CBP*. The the other constituent agencies carry on as they did before 9/11 and leave the LE/intelligence coordination to the DNI
*Some folks would love to see ATF go, others want the end of TSA
To be fair, it is. I also kept a Clear membership for a few years, but it wasn’t worth it.
But, non-pre lines are just as short as pre-check these days, and my (non-science) impression is that the only reason it’s slower is that more of the folks in it are unfamiliar with the process.
But messaging/signage for what’s required is quite good in most places, and it’s still much less confusing than 80s and 90s airports.
Suozzi NY-03 Apologized, regrets vote
Henry Cuellar TX-28 pardoned for bribery by trump
Don Davis NC-01 no primary, no challenger
Laura Gillen NY-04 primary challengers https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/laura_gillen/457010 https://ballotpedia.org/Nicholas_Sciretta
Jared Golden ME-02 not running for re-election
Vincente Gonzalez TX-34 primary challengers https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/vicente_gonzalez/412725 https://ballotpedia.org/Etienne_Rosas
Sorry this is bad paste from my spreadsheet, and doesn’t include the links.
But only two of these even have primary challengers.
How so?
I fly enough to hit “gold” status on major airlines, and have seen the transition from the shit-show that was TSA initially into a universally smooth and fast process.
I think a lot of people don’t truly know the chaos that was pre-TSA screening. Do you recall being stuck in an aircraft at the gate, because the airline had to unload luggage for a passenger that hadn’t boarded?
For a long time after 9/11 the only airport operating smoothly was DCA (Congress uses DCA)
But for the last dozen or more years, things have only gotten smoother, everywhere.
I passed through JFK screening in less than 22 minutes a few weeks ago.
Aah I see in the footer. Thanks
Where does this say that this tradeshow is DHS/Law Enforcement related?
I see no information beyond that of the company
Could be a funeral industry show for all we know?
FFS you are an insufferable prick.
Regardless of your politics.
“the likes of which”
Because she hates you (us) even more?
This is obviously true, but also obviously rational and is exactly what you would have done in that situation.
For real, she’s a shite person but this is the least of her sins
Bernie + (anyone else, but preferably AOC) would have won against Trump three (3) times.