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  1. Why would you soend so much money on an add that supports someone you oppose?
  2. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/10/men-anti-trump-activist-groups How do we get more men to join the anti-Trump resistance? If I see two other men’s faces at one of my group’s events, it feels like we’ve had a pretty good masculine turnout. Bigger events like the No Kings rallies feature more men, but nearly everywhere we go under Trump 2.0, there is a notable paucity of men. “When we look at the demographics of Resistance 2.0 there is overwhelming consistency,” writes Dana R Fisher, who studies civic engagement at American University. “Participants are predominantly white, highly-educated, female, and middle-aged.” And it is a vicious cycle: the more women and non-binary people do the overwhelming majority of resistance work, the more men take in the wrong-headed message that this work is not for them. The truth is, the arrival of any new man in these spaces is cause for celebration. My co-leaders and I have a special emoji that we reserve for a new man joining our group.
  3. Has nothing directly to do with Parliment, well except a LOT of Labour MPs are wondering if they will have a job after the next elections.
  4. Not sure if this translates anyway kudos to the poster
  5. They changed their name, now Green Party.
  6. I watched quite a lot of it, first on Sky then BBC. Greens well an odd combination of Corbynistas and Islamists, they were interviewing traditional Greens who wondered what happened to their Party, anyway bound to split at some point as they only have ProPals and Open Borders in common. Labour reminds me of the Dems in the both abandoned their traditional base, Labours origins are with the Unions now who knows what. Conservatives are the walking dead, they also lost seats and that would have been a wow if it was not for the total collapse of Labour Reform the ultimate protest vote and highly doubt they have the depth needed, but who are you going to vote for otherwise. Lib Dems never get much of a mention but they picked up some seats as they always do at this time of the cycle. What is often not mentioned is that the membership of the traditional parties has collapsed, the people who knock on doors etc, and Labour has lost a large number who could be expected to do this sort of grunt vote. Scotlans and Wales sort of similar, well labourr had been in charge for over 100 years, the Welsh Labour leader lost her seat and resigned.
  7. Could be interesting as it seems CA has not a lot of gas in reserve due to their regulations.
  8. Another one Sarah Paulson is an outspoken liberal who supports the Democratic Party, identifying as pro-choice, pro-LGBTQ+ rights, and focused on environmental issues. She has actively opposed conservative policies, such as the 2017 travel ban, and has expressed deep concern regarding the current U.S. political landscape and the need for action,
  9. 18 to 24 months She can live where she wants
  10. These always make me laugh, no interest when they were beong robbed blind
  11. Did you got through the CRBA process Also look at a Naturalisation Certificate
  12. As always it is more complicated than that, certainly there are people who file with a fake SSN or ITIN and some who do not. I am not sure how you would know someones status and be able to separate the amount paid into categories, I suppose you could infer but it is a bit like the numbers here undocumented, no one knows. Certainly for Federal taxes most would not earn enough to pay significant taxes and there are deductions, I remember reading about how people claimed dodgy dependents overseas but it was years ago and forget the details. And of course if there is a subsequent route, say you legalise through marriage to a USC you can transfer your past payments to your legit SSN. The big taxes that most people can't avoid are things like sales and property taxes. In the County I am currently sitting in a few months back there was an ICE raid on a Mexican restaurant, big fuss in the local rag and social media. Anyway according to the local paper which is very Progressive 30% no show the following day at the local schools. And I am pretty sure none of them would have been on F1 visas. Cost per pupil is $13k. Odd thing is that Immigration is Federal but the costs mainly fall at a local level.
  13. Well someone tried one of the lines and it did not go well
  14. There was a small group on the main drag Friday when I drove past, 4 or 5 I guess, not sure how long they were they for. I may know one of the participants. We had had heavy snow and the car windows needed a wash and they were wrapped up.
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