Hard Pass

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48539147

Look, maybe I am getting too old for the internet or my brain isn't what it used to be, but each time I see a Trump meme, I legit do not know if the meme is based on something that was really said, or something that the OP has made up.

It's one thing to laugh at absurdism where I read something like "Trump gifts Vance a new couch and causes marital troubles to the vice president" with a clearly photoshopped image of those two with furniture around.

But when I see Trump holding a placard with dumb comparisons (like a pool length versus heights of other building), I start questioning my sanity because that dude is totally capable of something absolutely mental.

Here's my request to posters making Trump memes, keep them flowing, but please kind of clarify if that bloke really did say / do something that absurd. Humor hits different when it comes from raw absurdism than from references with real world events.

After moving to throw out the "entire" case, arguing that Trump couldn't establish jurisdiction and failed to state a claim, the BBC defendants anticipated that extensive Jan. 6-related discovery would show Trump can't "prove that he did not foment or incite the January 6 Capitol riot."

"[H]e cannot now prevent Defendants from seeking records that would shed light on his true knowledge, intent, and state of mind in delivering his speech at the Ellipse," the defendants argued.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/62292093

In Maine, state health officials hoped to steer a slice of $190 million in new federal rural health funding to shield hospitals and clinics from the fallout caused by cuts to federal health programs.

Their plan would have helped pay to treat low-income, uninsured patients.

But federal leaders overseeing the five-year, $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program said no.

“It was not our decision,” said Lisa Letourneau, a senior adviser at Maine’s health department.

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